I can't remember when this was recommended to me, but regular readers will know I'm a recent discoverer of the world of Wilson and...

Across to Newquay, and another raid on a charity shop netting me another half dozen discs for a quid each, including this 1984 Bunnymen...

A short holiday to Cornwall a couple of weeks ago was an excuse to plunder some new charity shops for their CD sections. There's a huge...

This one is the third and final one of my Fall purchases from Rock On Records in Stamford a couple of weeks ago. It's apparently the...

Final purchase from the bloke at the boot fair a couple of weeks ago was this 2016 release from the reformed Pixies, an album I wasn't...

There was a point to this blog - it was meant to get me to listen to every one of my CDs, and to thin them out by getting rid of ones I...

My second purchase from Rock On Records in Stamford was The Fall's 1982 follow up to the hugely praised and groundbreaking Hex Enduction...

Yet another charity shop purchase from last week's Stamford visit, a quid for a Tom Waits album I'd oft listened to, but hadn't got round...

On last week's visit to Stamford, I sought out Rock On! Records , a tiny shop run by Ted Carroll, a name I knew from 1970s punk (ish)...

Second selection from last week's boot fair purchases was this unofficial release of Pink Floyd's 1972 concert at Boston Music Hall...

On a visit to Stamford yesterday, I popped into Oxfam, to see their CD wares, and had to think about this one. On the one hand, it's a...

I've had a particularly good week for picking up reasonably priced CDs, which started last Saturday at the local boot fair, where there's...

This was always an album which was going to be replaced on CD before the vinyl was sold, and this special edition to mark the 25th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

As part of getting to know jazz, I've picked up a couple of cheap, low budget compilations of the 'greats'. Clarinetist Benny Goodman...