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My Ridiculous CD Collection


Hey Rudi - Everybody's Happy In The UK (1999)
This one doesn't feature on Discogs, nor could I find a picture on Google, so I had to photograph it from my copy. There's a reason for...
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Aug 29, 20252 min read


Moby – Play (1999)
Moby's number one album was everywhere in 1999. He seemingly appeared from nowhere (to most of us, anyway - he had had two top 40 UK...
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Aug 27, 20252 min read


Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert (1975)
I bought this in response to its fame as a 'jazz classic', being the best selling solo jazz recording of all time, as well as the best...
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Aug 25, 20251 min read


Half Man Half Biscuit – CSI: Ambleside (2008)
This one was bought in the time honoured way - sending a cheque for the required amount to Geoff of Probe Plus Records at Sydenham Avenue...
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Aug 22, 20252 min read


Grandmaster Flash – White Lines & Other Messages (1991)
Like many of my age and background, I seem to recall that my first proper exposure to hip-hop was Grandmaster Flash and the Furious...
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Aug 21, 20252 min read


Alan Gowen, Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, Trevor Tomkins – Before A Word Is Said (1982)
If you get too far down the Canterbury Sound rabbit hole, this is the sort of place it takes you. I'm pretty sure I picked it up of...
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Aug 19, 20251 min read


Benny Goodman – Benny Goodman, His Orchestra And His Combos 1941 - 1955 (1996)
As part of getting to know jazz, I've picked up a couple of cheap, low budget compilations of the 'greats'. Clarinetist Benny Goodman...
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Aug 19, 20251 min read


The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
This is the second of the Cure albums I picked up last week, as I try to visit the more mature music after the first two albums. What's...
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Aug 15, 20251 min read


Philip Glass – Heroes • Low Symphonies (From The Music Of David Bowie & Brian Eno) (2003)
Picked up for a couple of quid a few years back in the charity shop on the basis of "this looks interesting", I have listened to this a...
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Aug 13, 20252 min read


The Cure – The Head On The Door (1985)
I loved the Cure's first two albums, but never really took much notice of them after that. I've no idea why. At various intervals over...
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Aug 8, 20252 min read


Various Artists – Cowpunks (1996)
I bought this in a sale in the short-lived Soundhouse Records in Deal, just because it looked interesting. Cowpunk wasn't a genre I was...
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Aug 4, 20252 min read


The Crocketts – We May Be Skinny & Wirey (1998)
I think I picked this up in a CD shop in Soho for a quid, having heard one track on a compilation that came free with a music magazine. I...
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Aug 3, 20252 min read


Frank Zappa – Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III (1979)
Originally released in two parts in 1979, Zappa's 'rock opera' Joe's Garage is a satire on everything from the music industry and sexual...
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Jul 31, 20253 min read


The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1969)
In the town where I was born, lived four lads who shook the world. Having decided a year or so ago (when I was 64 - I can keep this...
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Jul 31, 20252 min read


Miles Davis – Miles Ahead (1957)
Continuing the charity shop haul from last week, is this 1957 Miles Davis album, playing with an orchestra conducted by, and music...
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Jul 31, 20252 min read


Tangerine Dream – Lily On The Beach (1989)
This is another charity shop purchase from last week, and like so many other names from the 1970s, Tangerine Dream is one name which has...
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Jul 30, 20251 min read


Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)
This is one of a number of CDs picked up from the local Oxfam shop last week, on a particularly fruitful visit. This was a Zappa album...
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Jul 29, 20252 min read


Richard Hawley – Lowedges (2003)
A recent buy from Oxfam in Market Harborough, who seem to have had a plethora of decent donations recently, as we'll find out over the...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 27, 20251 min read


Scott Cossu – Wind Dance (1981)
I reviewed another one of Scott Cossu's CDs about two years ago , and recounted the tale of how a number of CDs from the US jazz label...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 25, 20251 min read


Otis Lee Crenshaw & The Black Liars – London Not Tennessee (2001)
Otis Lee Crenshaw, is, of course US comedian Rich Hall's alter ego as a country and western singer, so the emphasis here is comedy,...
steveburnhamuk
Jul 25, 20251 min read
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