There's a massive cheat coming up here. On its own, this album was only released as a 10 MP3 format, or a vinyl LP with 8 tracks. But...

All I knew of the Beta Band was one track ( To You Alone from their 2000 single) on a compilation free with a magazine, which I'd quite...

I'm not a fan of 'Best Of' compilations, as a rule, but Roddy Frame has churned out some decent tunes in his time, and I'm pretty sure...

This is the last of the boot fair purchases from earlier in the month, a Davis double CD from 1974. It was released as a double LP, with...

This is another of those albums that's been on my radar for a couple of decades, yet only bought (from a charity shop) in the past few...

Number 2 in the six volume set of You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (spoiler, Frank, you can) series, this one is an entire concert,...

Yet another boot fair purchase from a couple of weeks ago (three for a fiver), this is the 2023 release of an album put together for 1977...

The final time I saw XTC was at Sheffield University in May 1981, where as a student who had helped them set up, I was allowed into the...

Kathryn Williams' debut album was recorded for £80 and no one noticed it. The following album, Little Black Numbers was nominated for the...

Often regarded as the first The The album, Burning Blue Soul was recorded in 1980 and released the following year under Matt Johnson's...

Another boot fair purchase (still sealed, 3 for a fiver), and the combination of Nick Mason, Pink Floyd's drummer and Robert Wyatt on...

Yet another from a recent boot fair visit, new, sealed for a couple of quid. I enjoyed Pixies in the late '90s and early'00s, and was...

If 34 years elapses between the recording of music and its release, you usually find there's a reason. And that reason is usually that it...

I think my Neil Young collection now tops twenty albums, not because I'm an obsessive fan, although obviously I enjoy his music, but (as...

I've avoided buying Drake's albums until now, not because I dislike his music, but a strange idea that since I have Way To Blue , one of...

The other charity shop purchase from last week (along with Levellers) was another described as folk-rock / punk. It's the second Frank...

I've never listened to a single thing by Levellers. I'm obviously aware of them, and picture them as crusty, hippy traveller types, based...

I've no idea where I picked up Richman's 1994 Spanish language album, but a JR album isn't something I'd leave sitting on the racks. It...

Courtney Pine is, arguably, the most recognisable name in British jazz in the last thirty years, and he's long blended orthodox jazz...

This is The Only Ones' second album (taken from a 2CD set which includes their first three albums). They are a band I saw, almost...