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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Sep 3, 20242 min read
Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (1980)
That young scamp, Peter Gabriel caused much hilarity and confusion by naming his first four solo albums Peter Gabriel. This recent EBay...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 1, 20242 min read
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979)
After the surprise success of 1977's New Boots And Panties, this follow up was long awaited, and as I remember, receive with mixed...
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steveburnhamuk
Sep 1, 20242 min read
Mogwai – Come On Die Young (1999)
In these days of Amazon and everything being available on line, delivered tomorrow, there for streaming and fully documented, an old fart...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 30, 20241 min read
Fripp & Eno – Beyond Even (1992 - 2006) (2007)
Downtempo, experimental and ambient, says the blurb in Discogs, and who am I to argue? No idea where I picked this up, and I don't...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20242 min read
Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide (1991)
I'm cheating a bit by including the image (which, incidentally, Discogs declines to show because it's a bit rude), because my CD version...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band– Mirror Man (1971)
Another quid at a boot fair (from a mate who was selling a few CDs for a charity stall), and a massive bargain. This is an odd one...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20245 min read
INDEX Part Three (S - Z and various)
S Ryuichi Sakamoto - Discord (1997) Pharoah Sanders - Thembi (1971) Santana - Abraxas (1970) Sauna Youth – Distractions (2015) The...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20245 min read
INDEX Part Two (H - R)
H Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte (1975) Half Man Half Biscuit - McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt (1991) Half Man Half Biscuit -...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 28, 20242 min read
The Style Council – The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council (1989)
A lot of people sneered at and derided Paul Weller's first post-Jam project, but I enjoyed the laid back, jazz influenced band that he...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 27, 20242 min read
Gong – You (1974)
Time for the third part of the Radio Gnome Trilogy, another album which I've known for almost 50 years. I first bought a copy of this...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Richard Dawson – 2020 (2019)
This album was my introduction to Richard Dawson, when it was the featured album on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on BBC Radio 6Music. And...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20241 min read
The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)
By 1982, were The Clash past their prime? Probably - I'm saving London Calling and Sandanista for later, as their (in my humble opinion)...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20241 min read
Barry Adamson – Soul Murder (1992)
Another excursion with the atmospheric (occasionally) film music of former Magazine and Bad Seed member, Barry Adamson. This one doesn't...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Public Image Ltd – That What Is Not (1992)
PIL's last album before a two decade hiatus was this one which owes more to heavy rock than punk. I'm not sure where I picked the CD up,...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 18, 20241 min read
Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982)
After Steely Dan took a break in 1981, Fagan produced this, his first solo album, using many of the session musicians who had previously...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Kevin Coyne – Sign Of The Times (1994)
Kevin Coyne was a singer-songwriter, on the Virgin label in the 1970s, during that period of experimentation when Branston had to...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Caravan - Caravan (1968)
Genuinely a Canterbury band, Caravan represent the more commercial, easy to listen to end of the genre, and are a band I've struggled...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 14, 20242 min read
Frank Zappa – Cheap Thrills (1998)
This one was a budget priced posthumous release from the Zappa estate, I'm guessing as a compilation best of, trying to present songs...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Electronic – Electronic (1991)
I'm sure I bought this when it came out, so I'm puzzled that I seem to have the 1994 reissue which includes Getting Away With It. And...
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steveburnhamuk
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Various Artists – Canterbury Tales - Nuggets From The Psychedelic Underground (2000)
A 3CD set of Canterbury Sound music for a fiver in the HMV sale? A quick look, and I don't have it all, so let's give it a go. The...
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