This is another of those albums that I've probably been listening to for half a century, and am overly-familiar with. I owned the vinyl,...

I bought this from a charity shop almost a year ago, and don't think I'd listened to it, until now, As I've mentioned, I have a huge...

The second time I saw XTC was at the Top Rank in Sheffield, soon after this album was released, and it was at this point I think I 'got'...

A very short one now, possibly I shouldn't even count it. Is it an EP or an album? This is a 1989 CD release of Robert Wyatt's sessions...

This one is a recent purchase, filling a gap in my Waits collection. It's often seen as the third in a series which started with...

After reviewing Watt's 2014 album Hendra a couple of weeks ago, I had a look online for more Ben Watt product, hoping to pick up his...

My Bowie education continues with a recent online second hand purchase (I do love curling up with an iPad and Music Magpie after a few...

The Sun Ra back catalogue is immense, partly due to the lack of control many musicians had of their own music, and Sun Ra's prodigious...

Nick Lowe is clearly a good egg. From 1970s rocker, to go-to producer for Stiff Records - which earned him the nickname Basher ( "bash it...

I first heard a couple of tracks from this album on John Peel, probably in about 1976, when he did a 'Fairport and family' special, which...

The number of Jah Wobble albums I own is easily into double figures, partly due to his prolific output, and also because there often...

I first heard of Kathryn Williams when this album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and I vaguely recall a TV appearance on...

Wire's 'difficult' second album followed a year after their debut, and was always going to be a tough act to follow. And while it isn't...

Back in school days, I visited a friend, and we listened to some records. Her brother owned this strange artifact, and we listened to it,...

Weather Report, jazz fusion supergroup, weren't the sort of thing young cool kids were listening to in 1977, yet a good friend lent me...

Hot on the heels of their first album last year, there's a second House Of All album out. This one's a recent birthday present from my...

I really enjoyed the jazz infused early Everything But The Girl albums, but never really took to their more dance-based music. But I...

It's time for another early Tom Waits album (his second), picked up along the way. No real story here, I've already mentioned my...

This one is a complete cheat, breaking all the rules. I don’t own this album. I don’t own any Beatles albums nor any of the Fab Fours’...

This is an odd one. I saw the words 'Bigband' and 'Zappa' on the cover (along with the price tag of £1), and had to give it a go. I was...