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My Ridiculous CD Collection


Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief (1969)
" The most important folk album of all time" says the label on this album. It's arguably an album which, if it didn't create the...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 272 min read
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Hatfield And The North – The Rotters' Club (1975)
" Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear, hey there Rotters' Club... " So began another formative album from my teenage years. While other...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 263 min read
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David Bowie – Earthling (1997)
My Bowie education continues with 1997's Earthling , his drum & bass album. Is he leading or following at this point? Picked up for a...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 242 min read
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The Divine Comedy – Casanova (1996)
However it might look, lounging around Venice wearing shades and smoking fags isn't big and clever, so don't do it, kids! This was...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 101 min read
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The Alarm – Standards (1990)
I've tried not to buy compilation albums since starting this blog, preferring to visit stand alone efforts, but for £1 in a charity shop...
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Mar 82 min read
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Yes - Going For The One (1977)
Tired of Yes-dom after 1974's Relayer , the band scattered to the four winds to pursue solo projects. None of these were particularly...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 72 min read
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Tangerine Dream – Tangram (1980)
Also in the recent Ebay package was the Tangerine Dream album which followed Force Majeure, about which I was quite lukewarm. So, I'm...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 61 min read
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Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Despite owning a number of their CDs, of all the bands who were ubiquitous throughout my teenage years, Led Zeppelin are a band I rarely...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 22 min read
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Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure (1979)
Among the latest set of EBay purchases is this 1979 album from German electronicists, Tangerine Dream. I was a late convert to the Tangs,...
steveburnhamuk
Mar 11 min read
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House Of All - House Of All Souls (2025)
Tight band, layered drums from a duo of drummers, pounding bass, lyrics half spoken, half sung on top, House Of All have taken The Fall...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 282 min read
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Soft Machine - BBC Radio 1967-1971 (2003)
This was a Christmas present several years ago, and it collects together in a 2CD set, BBC sessions from the band (mostly for John Peel's...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 203 min read
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Richard Dawson - 'End Of The Middle' (2025)
The first new purchase of 2025 is Richard Dawson's latest release. I've spoken lots about my love for Dawson's musical world and this...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 202 min read
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Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, And Yet Apart (1999)
This one's a recent purchase from Oxfam (I actually saw it a couple of weeks ago, but had to check that I didn't already have it). It's...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 171 min read
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Steve Hackett – Please Don't Touch! (1978)
This is the second album of Hackett's from Universal's Five Classic Albums set, picked up cheap at a boot fair, and probably the one I'm...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 162 min read
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Gomez – Liquid Skin (1999)
This was Gomez's second album, and their highest chart placing, making No 2 in the album charts. I bought it on release, after being...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 122 min read
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Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking (1969)
1969 was a hell of a year for Fairport Convention. They released three albums, over the course of which they morphed from a country-rock...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 112 min read
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Soft Machine – Volume Two (1969)
Mike Ratledge, the final founding member of Soft Machine to leave the band, died this week, so we might have a couple of Softs albums in...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 72 min read
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Brian Eno – Music For Films (1978)
I've been listening to a lot of Eno and other ambient music recently. Four weeks ago, I had knee replacement surgery, and sleep has been...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 51 min read
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Miles Davis – Milestones (1958)
Picked up for a decent price in an HMV sale some years ago, this is a recording from one of Davis' 1950s sextets consisting of himself,...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 52 min read
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Kicking Against The Pricks (1986)
Nick Cave's covers album from 1986 features an eclectic selection and Cave himself has suggested it's the album where the Bad Seed really...
steveburnhamuk
Feb 42 min read
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