While I'm a huge fan of being able to stream anything I want to hear, it's no substitute for a physical copy of an album. Similarly, the easy access of information via the internet has removed a lot of the mystique that browsing for music had half a century ago. Never again am I likely to head into a music store and find something by a favourite band, which I had no idea existed, since everything available is so well documented. So, charity shops are more fun, not just for t

More Richard Hawley picked up in a local charity shop, this one being his 6th studio album from 2009. I've grown to admire Hawley's...

Another one that cost a pound in a charity shop raid, this is a 1998 concert that Robinson gave at Abbey Road to celebrate the first...

This is the second of the Manics' albums picked up in Falmouth a couple of weeks ago, their 2013 release, intended as a more sedate,...

This one was another holiday purchase, from a charity shop in Penzance, who seemed to have recently received the entire back catalogue of...

I can't remember when this was recommended to me, but regular readers will know I'm a recent discoverer of the world of Wilson and...

Across to Newquay, and another raid on a charity shop netting me another half dozen discs for a quid each, including this 1984 Bunnymen...

A short holiday to Cornwall a couple of weeks ago was an excuse to plunder some new charity shops for their CD sections. There's a huge...

This one is the third and final one of my Fall purchases from Rock On Records in Stamford a couple of weeks ago. It's apparently the...

Final purchase from the bloke at the boot fair a couple of weeks ago was this 2016 release from the reformed Pixies, an album I wasn't...

There was a point to this blog - it was meant to get me to listen to every one of my CDs, and to thin them out by getting rid of ones I...

My second purchase from Rock On Records in Stamford was The Fall's 1982 follow up to the hugely praised and groundbreaking Hex Enduction...

Yet another charity shop purchase from last week's Stamford visit, a quid for a Tom Waits album I'd oft listened to, but hadn't got round...

On last week's visit to Stamford, I sought out Rock On! Records , a tiny shop run by Ted Carroll, a name I knew from 1970s punk (ish)...

Second selection from last week's boot fair purchases was this unofficial release of Pink Floyd's 1972 concert at Boston Music Hall...

On a visit to Stamford yesterday, I popped into Oxfam, to see their CD wares, and had to think about this one. On the one hand, it's a...

I've had a particularly good week for picking up reasonably priced CDs, which started last Saturday at the local boot fair, where there's...

This was always an album which was going to be replaced on CD before the vinyl was sold, and this special edition to mark the 25th...

This one doesn't feature on Discogs, nor could I find a picture on Google, so I had to photograph it from my copy. There's a reason for...

Moby's number one album was everywhere in 1999. He seemingly appeared from nowhere (to most of us, anyway - he had had two top 40 UK...