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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
May 8, 20232 min read
Tim Buckley - Morning Glory (2001)
I came to Tim Buckley via his son Jeff. His work had always been there, but I’d dismissed him as just another American singer-songwriter...
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steveburnhamuk
May 5, 20232 min read
Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
Jeff Buckley died before I'd ever heard him. I got his posthumous album Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk out of the record library,...
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steveburnhamuk
May 4, 20231 min read
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks (1987)
Erstwhile drummer with Yes and King Crimson, my interest in Bruford's solo work was awoken about ten years earlier, when he released his...
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steveburnhamuk
May 2, 20231 min read
Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
This is one of the best known and most iconic jazz albums of the bebop era, and a personal favourite. I seem to have always owned this CD...
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steveburnhamuk
May 1, 20231 min read
Keith Jarrett - Belonging (1974)
I've long been a big fan of Jarrett's Köln Concert album, so thought I'd try this album he did with Scandinavian trio Jan Garbarek (sax),...
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steveburnhamuk
May 1, 20231 min read
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain (1999)
Teenage Fanclub completely passed me by. I don't recall ever hearing them in the past 30 years, but I'd heard enough about them to...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Jacques Brel - Quinze Ans D'Amour (1988)
I'd really enjoyed Scott Walker's album of Brel songs, and we've already visited Rod McKuen's album of translations. This French...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Brand X - The X Files (1998)
For many, the reaction to a Brand X double CD might be "kill me now", and if I'm honest, I'm not relishing this one. But part of the...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Blur - 13 (1999)
Late 1990s Britpop wars and you had to choose your side. Oasis v Blur. North v South. Working class lads v Middle class ponces. Authentic...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 24, 20231 min read
La Bottine Souriante - Rock & Reel (1998)
Long ago, a friend lent me the A Week In The Real World compilation, following a request for a selection of African music. What actually...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 24, 20231 min read
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Spirit Of The Century (2001)
I think I first heard the Blind Boys Of Alabama on a Real World compilation and really enjoyed what I heard, despite having had no...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 22, 20231 min read
Frank Black and the Catholics - Devil's Workshop (2002)
I knew Frank Black as Black Francis in The Pixies, so this CD was obviously worth a punt for a quid in a charity shop. I don't recall yet...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 22, 20231 min read
The Birthday Party - Mutiny / The Bad Seed EP (1989)
I was completely unaware of The Birthday Party while they existed, and only investigated on discovering Nick Cave several years later....
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 22, 20231 min read
Blue Nile - Peace At Last (1996)
I really don't remember what made me buy this album, my first exposure to The Blue Nile, but it made an instant impression. I went on to...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 22, 20231 min read
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Obviously, I knew Hi Ho Silver Lining, but was there more to Jeff Beck than that? For years I'd had a cassette with a track of Beck and...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 22, 20232 min read
The Pop Group - Y (1979)
Mark Stewart, singer with The Pop Group died yesterday. He was only 62, a couple of months younger than me, and it's an eye-opener to...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 20, 20231 min read
Beats International - Let Them Eat Bingo (1990)
In the gap between being the Housemartins' bassist, and hitting global mega-stardom as Fat Boy Slim, Norman Cook tested the public's...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 17, 20231 min read
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Barrett albums were spoken of in my youth in hushed tones, as things to approach with caution, Syd having gone a bit odd after...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 17, 20231 min read
The Band - The Collection (1997)
I often buy a CD just because I feel I ought to have heard something by this band/artist, so seeing a The Band 'best of', I thought I'd...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 16, 20231 min read
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso – Darwin! (1972)
Another birthday present of Italian prog from daughter's boyfriend. I do love these little gifts, even if the music's not always to my...
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