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My Ridiculous CD Collection


The Fall – Live At The Knitting Factory - New York - 9 April 2004 (2007)
The final purchase from a recent visit to Cambridge, and this wasn't staying in the Oxfam shop racks for very long while I visited,...
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Jul 8, 20252 min read


Steven Wilson – The Future Bites (2021)
I've recently become more and more interested in the work of Steven Wilson, and his original band Porcupine Tree, and one of my musical...
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Jul 7, 20252 min read


Jane Weaver – The Amber Light (2015)
There's a massive cheat coming up here. On its own, this album was only released as a 10 MP3 format, or a vinyl LP with 8 tracks. But...
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Jul 6, 20252 min read


The Beta Band – Heroes To Zeros (2004)
All I knew of the Beta Band was one track ( To You Alone from their 2000 single) on a compilation free with a magazine, which I'd quite...
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Jul 5, 20251 min read


Aztec Camera – The Best Of Aztec Camera (1999)
I'm not a fan of 'Best Of' compilations, as a rule, but Roddy Frame has churned out some decent tunes in his time, and I'm pretty sure...
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Jul 2, 20252 min read


Miles Davis - Big Fun (1974)
This is the last of the boot fair purchases from earlier in the month, a Davis double CD from 1974. It was released as a double LP, with...
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Jun 27, 20252 min read


Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (1977)
This is another of those albums that's been on my radar for a couple of decades, yet only bought (from a charity shop) in the past few...
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Jun 27, 20252 min read


Frank Zappa – You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (The Helsinki Concert) (1988)
Number 2 in the six volume set of You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (spoiler, Frank, you can) series, this one is an entire concert,...
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Jun 15, 20252 min read


Neil Young – Chrome Dreams (2023)
Yet another boot fair purchase from a couple of weeks ago (three for a fiver), this is the 2023 release of an album put together for 1977...
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Jun 12, 20252 min read


XTC – English Settlement (1982)
The final time I saw XTC was at Sheffield University in May 1981, where as a student who had helped them set up, I was allowed into the...
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Jun 12, 20253 min read


Kathryn Williams – Dog Leap Stairs (1999)
Kathryn Williams' debut album was recorded for £80 and no one noticed it. The following album, Little Black Numbers was nominated for the...
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Jun 11, 20252 min read


The The – Burning Blue Soul (1993)
Often regarded as the first The The album, Burning Blue Soul was recorded in 1980 and released the following year under Matt Johnson's...
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Jun 6, 20252 min read


Nick Mason – Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981)
Another boot fair purchase (still sealed, 3 for a fiver), and the combination of Nick Mason, Pink Floyd's drummer and Robert Wyatt on...
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Jun 5, 20252 min read


Pixies – Doggerel (2022)
Yet another from a recent boot fair visit, new, sealed for a couple of quid. I enjoyed Pixies in the late '90s and early'00s, and was...
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Jun 2, 20251 min read


Miles Davis – Rubberband (2019)
If 34 years elapses between the recording of music and its release, you usually find there's a reason. And that reason is usually that it...
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Jun 1, 20252 min read


Neil Young – Before And After (2023)
I think my Neil Young collection now tops twenty albums, not because I'm an obsessive fan, although obviously I enjoy his music, but (as...
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May 31, 20251 min read


Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969)
I've avoided buying Drake's albums until now, not because I dislike his music, but a strange idea that since I have Way To Blue , one of...
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May 29, 20252 min read


Frank Turner – Positive Songs For Negative People (2015)
The other charity shop purchase from last week (along with Levellers) was another described as folk-rock / punk. It's the second Frank...
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May 29, 20252 min read


Levellers – Zeitgeist (1995)
I've never listened to a single thing by Levellers. I'm obviously aware of them, and picture them as crusty, hippy traveller types, based...
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May 26, 20252 min read


Jonathan Richman – ¡Jonathan, Te Vas A Emocionar! (1994)
I've no idea where I picked up Richman's 1994 Spanish language album, but a JR album isn't something I'd leave sitting on the racks. It...
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May 24, 20251 min read
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