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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steveburnhamuk
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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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steveburnhamuk
Nov 141 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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steveburnhamuk
Nov 132 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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steveburnhamuk
Nov 132 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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steveburnhamuk
Nov 43 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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steveburnhamuk
Nov 32 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 302 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 302 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 292 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 254 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 201 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 201 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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steveburnhamuk
Oct 192 min read
Joe Jackson – Big World (1986)
Stumbling across a Sunday morning market on a recent break in Ghent, there's a chap selling some CDs and I part with a few euros and...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 183 min read
Wire – 154 (1979)
Travelling back from holiday, I've decided to end the break with an old favourite. i had this on vinyl, a Christmas present in 1980, an...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 182 min read
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band – Clear Spot (1972)
I'm waiting at Brussels Midi Station, my terror of being late getting me here two hours early for the Eurostar, but at least there's time...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 182 min read
Kevin Ayers – The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories (1974)
I picked this up in a second hand CD shop in Falmouth last year, as part of a 5CD box set (3 of which I already had!) It was Ayers' first...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 172 min read
Richard Thompson – Amnesia (1988)
I've already looked at Richard Thompson's earlier albums with ex-wife Linda, but in doing a recent audit of the CDs, I noticed lots of...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 83 min read
Various Artists – Dreams To Fill The Vacuum - The Sound Of Sheffield 1977-1988 (2019)
I spent a lot of time in Sheffield from 1978 to 1981, probably far more than I should have done given that I was supposed to be doing a...
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steveburnhamuk
Oct 11 min read
Paul Weller – Paul Weller (1992)
I seem to own a lot of Paul Weller albums, without ever having been convinced by his solo work. I think a lot were bought by fans of The...
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