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My Ridiculous CD Collection


Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile (2018)
In 1978 it was "God save the Queen, she ain't no human bein'". Forty years on, Sons Of Kemet make a similar statement with more subtlety...
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Mar 29, 20242 min read
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Steely Dan - Gaucho (1980)
I pretty much got up to speed with all of Steely Dan's albums while at university, yet this, their final album before a 20 year album...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read
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Silver Apples – Silver Apples (1968)
I had never heard of Silver Apples until this was the featured album on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone. I hadn't heard anything like it, and...
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Mar 26, 20242 min read
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Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate – World Tour (1998)
I first came across Joe Zawinul in my teens when a friend lent me a Weather Report album, and certainly wasn't aware of his pedigree in...
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Mar 24, 20241 min read
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The Passage – Pindrop (1980)
OK, I'll fess up. When I bought this cheap on Ebay earlier this month, I thought I was buying their first Cherry Red album Degenerates. I...
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Mar 23, 20242 min read
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Sauna Youth – Distractions (2015)
I hadn't heard of Sauna Youth until they appeared on Marc Riley's All Shook Up, under the name Monotony, performing the song of the same...
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Mar 23, 20241 min read
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The Ruts – Something That I Said - The Best Of The Ruts (1995)
The Ruts were just one of the host of second division punk bands around at the end of the 1970s, who churned out a couple of decent...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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Rush – A Farewell To Kings (1977)
At the time I had Rush written off as one of those annoying metal bands from across the Atlantic, loved by people whose hair was longer...
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Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Lou Reed and John Cale - Songs For Drella (1990)
Cale and Reed hadn't spoken for years until Andy Warhol's memorial service in 1987, but made enough of a connection to want to work...
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Mar 19, 20242 min read
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David Rees-Williams Trio – Hidden Colours (2002)
I've never really liked classical music as a genre (yes, I know the term classical music is as broad a term as music). I've never liked...
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Mar 18, 20242 min read
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Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, A True Star (1973)
I first heard Rundgren in the early 1970s, I Saw The Light being a song I liked, and that seemed to be played only on pirate radio and...
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Mar 16, 20243 min read
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New York Gong – About Time (1980)
In 1980, Gong's Daevid Allen was at a loose end, and found himself in New York, hooking up with former Gong champion and producer Giorgio...
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Mar 15, 20242 min read
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World Party – Bang! (1993)
Karl Wallinger died earlier this week, far too young at 66. I'm not too familiar with his music, really only through one unconvincing...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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Redskins – Neither Washington Nor Moscow (1986)
One album wonders - bands and artists who recorded one album only. This NME article lists its top 21 of these, and there are many which...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 10, 20242 min read
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Pip Pyle – 7 Year Itch (1998)
This one is deep into the Canterbury Sound rabbit hole. Pip Pyle, who sadly died in 2006, aged 56, was drummer with Gong, Hatfield And...
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Mar 9, 20242 min read
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Public Image Ltd - Paris Au Printemps (1980)
John Lydon has been in the news today, doing some public racism for attention. But it's nicer to think of the times when he was relevant,...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Premiata Forneria Marconi – Photos Of Ghosts (1973)
I remember listening to PFM, touted as Italy's answer to ELP (a lazy comparison, although they were signed to ELP's Manticore label), in...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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Daevid Allen – Time Of Your Life (2005)
Now this is an odd one. I bought this 2CD set cheap on EBay a few years ago, without really looking at what was on it, but being aware of...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Polar Bear - Dim Lit (2003)
In Canterbury there used to be a half decent HMV shop. DVDs, t-shirts and nonsense downstairs, music on CD and vinyl upstairs. Assistants...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius (1976)
My daughter's boyfriend plays the bass, pretty well by all accounts. And his favourite bassist is Jaco Pastorius. I'd certainly heard of...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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