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My Ridiculous CD Collection


Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (1980)
That young scamp, Peter Gabriel caused much hilarity and confusion by naming his first four solo albums Peter Gabriel. This recent EBay...
steveburnhamuk
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979)
After the surprise success of 1977's New Boots And Panties, this follow up was long awaited, and as I remember, receive with mixed...
steveburnhamuk
Sep 1, 20242 min read
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Mogwai – Come On Die Young (1999)
In these days of Amazon and everything being available on line, delivered tomorrow, there for streaming and fully documented, an old fart...
steveburnhamuk
Sep 1, 20242 min read
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Fripp & Eno – Beyond Even (1992 - 2006) (2007)
Downtempo, experimental and ambient, says the blurb in Discogs, and who am I to argue? No idea where I picked this up, and I don't...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide (1991)
I'm cheating a bit by including the image (which, incidentally, Discogs declines to show because it's a bit rude), because my CD version...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20242 min read
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Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band– Mirror Man (1971)
Another quid at a boot fair (from a mate who was selling a few CDs for a charity stall), and a massive bargain. This is an odd one...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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INDEX Part Three (S - Z and various)
S Ryuichi Sakamoto - Discord (1997)  Pharoah Sanders - Thembi (1971)  Santana - Abraxas (1970)  Sauna Youth – Distractions (2015) The...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20245 min read
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INDEX Part Two (H - R)
H Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte (1975) Â Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch! (1978) Â Half Man Half Biscuit - McIntyre, Treadmore...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 29, 20246 min read
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The Style Council – The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council (1989)
A lot of people sneered at and derided Paul Weller's first post-Jam project, but I enjoyed the laid back, jazz influenced band that he...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Gong – You (1974)
Time for the third part of the Radio Gnome Trilogy, another album which I've known for almost 50 years. I first bought a copy of this...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 27, 20242 min read
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Richard Dawson – 2020 (2019)
This album was my introduction to Richard Dawson, when it was the featured album on Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on BBC Radio 6Music. And...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)
By 1982, were The Clash past their prime? Probably - I'm saving London Calling and Sandanista for later, as their (in my humble opinion)...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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Barry Adamson – Soul Murder (1992)
Another excursion with the atmospheric (occasionally) film music of former Magazine and Bad Seed member, Barry Adamson. This one doesn't...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 25, 20241 min read
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Public Image Ltd – That What Is Not (1992)
PIL's last album before a two decade hiatus was this one which owes more to heavy rock than punk. I'm not sure where I picked the CD up,...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 21, 20241 min read
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Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982)
After Steely Dan took a break in 1981, Fagan produced this, his first solo album, using many of the session musicians who had previously...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 18, 20241 min read
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Kevin Coyne – Sign Of The Times (1994)
Kevin Coyne was a singer-songwriter, on the Virgin label in the 1970s, during that period of experimentation when Branston had to...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Caravan - Caravan (1968)
Genuinely a Canterbury band, Caravan represent the more commercial, easy to listen to end of the genre, and are a band I've struggled...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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Frank Zappa – Cheap Thrills (1998)
This one was a budget priced posthumous release from the Zappa estate, I'm guessing as a compilation best of, trying to present songs...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 14, 20242 min read
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Electronic – Electronic (1991)
I'm sure I bought this when it came out, so I'm puzzled that I seem to have the 1994 reissue which includes Getting Away With It. And...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Various Artists – Canterbury Tales - Nuggets From The Psychedelic Underground (2000)
A 3CD set of Canterbury Sound music for a fiver in the HMV sale? A quick look, and I don't have it all, so let's give it a go. The...
steveburnhamuk
Aug 12, 20242 min read
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