My second purchase from the tiny Kettering record shop was this debut from Heaven 17. It was a hit album on release in 1981, arguably...

I happened upon a little record shop in Kettering this afternoon, and an interesting place it was. Exactly the sort of place where men...

Twenty years ago, Carl Palmer played a gig at the Astor Theatre (capacity about 180) in Deal, where I lived. Ticket prices were...

Last of the Ghent purchases is an album my father made me a tape of, many years ago. His love of classical and my love pf pop / rock...

The second purchase from a Sunday market in Ghent, for a couple of euros. I've spoken before about my Zappa obsession in my 30s, and how...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I enjoyed Prefab Sprout in the 1980s and 1990s, but when they disappeared after Jordan: The Comeback , and only returned after seven...

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...

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...

So, a quick visit to Oxfam in Market Harborough yesterday, and I happened to stumble across this 2 CD album from 21st century...

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...

Another 'quid at the boot fair' acquisition from the weekend. I'd enjoyed Protection and Mezzanine a decade earlier, but subsequent...

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...