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...

National Health, who were active from 1975-1980, had a shape-shifting line up which at some time featured most of the members of Hatfield...

The Manics' third album passed me by at the time, as had the previous two, but it's another one often seen cheap in charity shops etc,...

This is one of two Lambchop albums I picked up at the same time in a charity shop, long ago. The other one Is A Woman was reviewed very...

If you see a Kraftwerk album in a sale you buy it. Everyone does that, don't they? Which is why I own this, the earliest Kraftwerk in my...

This is another album I had on vinyl, bought at time of release, and later replaced on CD. I think this was bought in a 'CDs without...

This one's a recent birthday present - something which has sat on my Amazon wishlist for far too long, but I finally get a chance to...

This 2008 album from Todd Rundgren was a chance purchase in a local charity shop. I was a fan of Rundgren's work in the 1970s, but...

Released five years after Dig Lazarus Dig , this was the first Nick Cave album in over a decade I didn't buy on release. I'd been less...

David Thomas, main man in avant-garage band Pere Ubu died this week, after a long illness. I saw Pere Ubu several times, but did once see...

http://works.No This certainly wasn't my first Incredible String Band Album - that was The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - but it's...

Another recent boot fair purchase was Nick Lowe's collection, The Brentford Trilogy , (a bargain if you follow the link!) a 2009 release...

During the latter part of my university years (1978-1981) XTC were probably my favourite band. I saw them play on an early date with a...

First boot fair of the spring in a nearby village, and the guy with the CDs is still about. Hiding in his two quid box, sat this sealed...

Bringing you the latest in modern rock and pop music, here's young beat group Soft Machine's third album, imaginatively entitled Third. I...

" 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...

" Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear, hey there Rotters' Club... " So began another formative album from my teenage years. While other...

My Bowie education continues with 1997's Earthling , his drum & bass album. Is he leading or following at this point? Picked up for a...

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...

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...