Colin Towns & NDR Bigband – Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells) (2005)
This is an odd one. I saw the words 'Bigband' and 'Zappa' on the cover (along with the price tag of £1), and had to give it a go. I was...
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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
May 32 min read
Various Artists – Beat The Retreat - Songs By Richard Thompson (1995)
This CD was a Christmas present, many years ago. I've mentioned these tribute albums before, and my hypothesis that the most successful...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 283 min read
This Mortal Coil – Blood (1991)
I first heard many albums from the early 1990s after borrowing them from Deal Library or the DVD rental shop in the High Street. I'm not...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 282 min read
The 13th Floor Elevators – Going Up: The Very Best Of The 13th Floor Elevators (2004)
I'd heard the 13th Floor Elevators mentioned as a cult 1960s US Garage Rock band, and was aware of Julian Cope's love for them, so on...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 281 min read
The Terem Quartet – Terem (1992)
This is another album bought in a charity shop, on the strength of it being on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, and probably only played...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 281 min read
James Taylor Quartet – The Collection (2001)
I picked this out of the jazz section in a charity shop for a quid. I wasn't sure whether this was a side project from the You've Got A...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 271 min read
Tangerine Dream – Ricochet (1975)
I've already mentioned how Tangerine Dream were already there in the 1970s, and while I heard bits, it never quite got to me. Only now...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 262 min read
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music (1979)
I first heard this album when it came out, and didn't get it. I didn't really get David Byrne and Talking Heads until quite a bit later,...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 262 min read
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp – The First Day (1993)
In the early 1990s, Robert Fripp wanted to revive King Crimson for a third time and asked David Sylvian to be the band's singer. Sylvian...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 262 min read
Sun Ra – Space Is The Place (1973)
You must listen to Sun Ra, they said, so I picked this up in HMV on a punt. I was aware of the album, but had never heard it and had no...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 252 min read
Sting – The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985)
Nowadays, Sting is generally regarded less than favourably, as a Bono-like figure of fun full of his own self-importance. I don't know if...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 252 min read
Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material (1979)
SLF were yet another band who passed me by at the time, and I only really became aware of them from a punk compilation with Suspect...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 232 min read
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (1984)
After the success of the debut album, there were a lot of songs kicking about from BBC sessions and singles, and a massive appetite for...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 202 min read
The Slits – Cut (1979)
There hadn't been many all-female groups who weren't manufactured pop vocal acts before the "great punk revolution" of the late 1970s,...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 192 min read
Sigur Rós – Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust (2008)
I have a number of Sigur Rós CDs, which I've picked up in charity shops. I don't know why I decided they were a good idea, and after...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 182 min read
Slapp Happy / Henry Cow - Desperate Straights (1975)
The second half of the 'two albums on one CD', this is one I owned on vinyl (bought second hand from Virgin) in the 1970s, one that no...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 181 min read
Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon (1974)
Another cheat. I actually own this as a 'two albums on one CD thing' alongside Slapp Happy's collaboration with Henry Cow, Desperate...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 152 min read
June Tabor & The Oyster Band – Freedom And Rain (1990)
I like June Tabor, I like the Oyster band, so why wouldn't this collaboration be something I enjoy? I saw them do Love Will Tear Us Apart...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 151 min read
It Hugs Back – The Record Room: First Four Singles (2008)
It Hugs Back came to my attention as the 'day job' of Matthew Simms, who has been guitarist with Wire for the last fourteen years. So,...
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steveburnhamuk
Apr 111 min read
Dead Kennedys – Bedtime For Democracy (1986)
Another recent purchase. I didn't really need another Dead Kennedys CD, but it looked lonely in the Oxfam Shop. There's no surprises...
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