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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Oct 19, 20242 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 18, 20243 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 18, 20242 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 18, 20242 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 17, 20242 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 8, 20243 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 1, 20241 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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steveburnhamuk
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Jon And Vangelis – The Best Of Jon And Vangelis (1984)
I've no idea what made me think I'd enjoy this album when I risked a quid on it. I'd never been impressed by Vangelis' music, and I'd...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Prefab Sprout – The Gunman And Other Stories (2001)
I enjoyed Prefab Sprout in the 1980s and 1990s, but when they disappeared after Jordan: The Comeback , and only returned after seven...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Talking Heads – Remain In Light (1980)
And you may ask yourself, is it time for the fourth Talking Heads album already? This is an album I enjoyed at the time, had on vinyl and...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Frank Turner – FTHC (2022)
The last one of the recent boot fair purchases (still sealed, £2), Frank Turner is someone I've had strongly recommended I'd only heard...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning (2011)
So, a quick visit to Oxfam in Market Harborough yesterday, and I happened to stumble across this 2 CD album from 21st century...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Joni Mitchell – Mingus (1979)
Now this was a bargain. Brand new, still sealed, £2 on a market stall. It's Joni's 1979 tribute to jazz legend Charles Mingus, recorded...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 17, 20241 min read
Massive Attack – Heligoland (2010)
Another 'quid at the boot fair' acquisition from the weekend. I'd enjoyed Protection and Mezzanine a decade earlier, but subsequent...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 15, 20241 min read
John Coltrane – Ascension (1966)
Now this is definitely going to need more than one listen. One of yesterday's boot fair purchases was this 2009 re-release of Coltrane's...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 15, 20242 min read
Tom Waits – Foreign Affairs (1977)
The final recent acquisition from scrolling through eBay after a few drinks, and If I'd been looking for a 1977 album, I wouldn't have...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 11, 20242 min read
Billy Bragg – Back To Basics (1987)
Earlier in the year, I dragged our Bragg's Brewing Up With Billy Bragg and expressed surprise that I didn't already have this album....
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Harold Budd / Brian Eno – Ambient 2 (The Plateaux Of Mirror) (1980)
Once again, this is a recent eBay purchase for a couple of quid. It's the second of Eno's Ambient series, this one a collaboration with...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 7, 20242 min read
Malka Spigel – Rosh Ballata (1993)
Malka Spiegel is a former member os Israeli / Belgian band Minimal Compact, and is married to Wire's Colin Newman, who has co-writing...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 4, 20242 min read
Heaven 17 – The Luxury Gap (1983)
I spent a lot of time in Sheffield in the late 1970s, and was at the university there in 1980-81, just at the time of the Human League...
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