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John Cooper Clarke – Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980)

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John Cooper Clarke – Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980)

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Gil Scott-Heron – Real Eyes (1980)

Santa's one contribution to my CD collection this year was a three album compilation of Gil Scott-Heron's early 1980s CDs, made after...

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Elvis Costello – This Year's Model (1978)

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Dec 23, 20242 min read

Elvis Costello – This Year's Model (1978)

Elvis Costello's second album, the first backed by The Attractions (Although not yet billed as such), was a recent internet purchase,...

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Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention – One Size Fits All (1975)

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Dec 11, 20242 min read

Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention – One Size Fits All (1975)

Frank Zappa - such a flawed visionary. A man seemingly so convinced of his own rightness that it's never clear how much of his humour is...

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The Housemartins – London 0 Hull 4 (1986)

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Dec 4, 20242 min read

The Housemartins – London 0 Hull 4 (1986)

I always thought that the Housemartins felt like a breath of fresh air after the sometime sneering cynicism of punk, and the preening...

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Nov 28, 20242 min read

Scritti Politti – Provision (1988)

I first heard Scritti on NME's C81 cassette , where The "Sweetest Girl" opened proceedings, and was immediately hooked by the electronic...

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The Rezillos – Can't Stand The Rezillos (1978)

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Nov 25, 20242 min read

The Rezillos – Can't Stand The Rezillos (1978)

This re-issue of the Rezillos first album was an Ebay acquisition last week. I saw the band in their prime in Durham, and it was a great...

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Nov 22, 20243 min read

The Jam – Setting Sons (1979)

Welcome to the 500th review in this blog. I had thought long and hard about which album should mark this milestone, but made my mind up...

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Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio – Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)

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Nov 19, 20241 min read

Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio – Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)

This is a jazz purchase on the basis of it being two names I felt I ought to find out more about - US saxophonist Stan Getz, and Canadian...

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The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)

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Nov 14, 20241 min read

The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)

This 1956 album is the earliest one in a box set I bought of Mingus albums, and which I only listen to rarely. I'm no expert in matters...

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Nov 13, 20242 min read

Jane Weaver – Flock (2021)

I've enjoyed Jane Weaver's music since stumbling across her performance on Marc Riley's All Shook Up show a few years back, and have...

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Nov 13, 20242 min read

Miles Davis – Quiet Nights (1963)

We're rapidly approaching the 500th review now, but before we do, I thought I'd take the opportunity to fill a couple of gaps, in the...

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Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom (1982)

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Nov 4, 20243 min read

Elvis Costello And The Attractions – Imperial Bedroom (1982)

I've been listening to Elvis Costello's autobiography Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink on my morning bike rides recently, and...

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Nov 3, 20242 min read

Genesis – Wind & Wuthering (1976)

It's 1976, and punk is about to sweep the nation. But not in my head - I'm still stuck with the prog rock of the seventies and Genesis...

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David Thomas & Two Pale Boys – 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest (2004)

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Oct 30, 20242 min read

David Thomas & Two Pale Boys – 18 Monkeys On A Dead Man's Chest (2004)

I went into Oxfam yesterday (Market Harborough, since you ask) intending to buy that Gil Scott-Heron album I saw last week, but was a...

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Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement (1981)

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Oct 30, 20242 min read

Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement (1981)

My second purchase from the tiny Kettering record shop was this debut from Heaven 17. It was a hit album on release in 1981, arguably...

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Oct 29, 20242 min read

Massive Attack – 100th Window (2003)

I happened upon a little record shop in Kettering this afternoon, and an interesting place it was. Exactly the sort of place where men...

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Carl Palmer – Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl? (2001)

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Oct 25, 20244 min read

Carl Palmer – Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl? (2001)

Twenty years ago, Carl Palmer played a gig at the Astor Theatre (capacity about 180) in Deal, where I lived. Ticket prices were...

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Frank Zappa - Boulez Conducts Zappa – The Perfect Stranger (1984)

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Oct 20, 20241 min read

Frank Zappa - Boulez Conducts Zappa – The Perfect Stranger (1984)

Last of the Ghent purchases is an album my father made me a tape of, many years ago. His love of classical and my love pf pop / rock...

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Oct 20, 20241 min read

Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo (1972)

The second purchase from a Sunday market in Ghent, for a couple of euros. I've spoken before about my Zappa obsession in my 30s, and how...

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