Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius (1976)
My daughter's boyfriend plays the bass, pretty well by all accounts. And his favourite bassist is Jaco Pastorius. I'd certainly heard of...
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My Ridiculous CD Collection
steveburnhamuk
Feb 262 min read
Andy Partridge – Fuzzy Warbles 1 (2002)
As previously mentioned, during my university years, XTC were probably my favourite band, and I was lucky enough to see them three times,...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 252 min read
Oysterband – Rise Above (2002)
Folk rock (let's assume for the sake of argument there is such a genre, and it's relevant to Oysterband) has always appealed more to me...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 172 min read
John Otway – Cor Baby, That's Really Me! (1990)
Having enjoyed his amusing book, detailing his life in show business, without ever exhibiting any aptitude or major talent, I picked up...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 152 min read
The Only Ones – The Only Ones (1978)
I'm cheating a bit now. Technically, I don't own this album - but I do own the 2CD set which compiles all three Only Ones albums...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 131 min read
North Sea Radio Orchestra – Dronne (2016)
If you wanted to step deep into the Canterbury Sound rabbit hole, you could do worse than visit Matthew Watkins' Canterbury Sans...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 132 min read
Nine Horses – Money For All (2007)
In the mid 2000s, David Sylvian collaborated with his brother Steve Jansen, and producer Burnt Friedman, under the group name Nine...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 123 min read
The Nice – Five Bridges (1970)
I've previously mentioned the old Liverpool Record Library opposite the cathedral, and how I'd be sent down there by my dad to pick up...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 101 min read
Colin Newman – It Seems (1988)
Colin Newman's fifth solo album comes during the second (1980s) period of Wire, and is much more electronically based than Wire albums...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 91 min read
Youssou N'Dour – The Guide (Wommat) (1994)
I first heard Youssou N'Dour about seven years before this album was released, probably because of his work with Peter Gabriel. I hadn't...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 41 min read
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares - Ritual (1994)
When I was going through my World Music phase, trying to look cool and out of the mainstream, this was exactly the sort of thing I bought...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 12 min read
The Mutton Birds - Envy Of Angels (1996)
I wasn't aware of The Mutton Birds until I say them at WOMAD probably in 1996. A friend had spent some time in New Zealand and had...
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steveburnhamuk
Feb 11 min read
John Coltrane – Giant Steps (1960)
The final one from the 'Oundle Purchase', and we're on safer ground with the saxophone maestro himself. This album, from 1960, was...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 311 min read
The Moody Blues – In Search Of The Lost Chord (1968)
It's always the same - you wait 300 reviews for a Moody Blues album, then two come in quick succession. This is another cheap purchase...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 302 min read
Portico Quartet – Live / Remix (2013)
Another purchase from last week, as someone in Oundle seems to have decided they don't like Portico Quartet any more, and given their CDs...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 241 min read
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)
So, once I had the wallet out in Oundle, I ended up picking up anything that I thought might be of interest, so this for a couple of quid...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 241 min read
Runrig – The Cutter & The Clan (1987)
Runrig were a band I'd heard of as a Scottish nationalist rock band, but had never really encountered musically until seeing this cheap...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 212 min read
The Moody Blues – To Our Children's Children's Children (1969)
The Moody Blues have always been there as a sixties thing, but only with a couple of insipid hit singles, excluding the rather good...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 201 min read
The Monochrome Set - Eligible Bachelors (1982)
The Monochrome Set were just a name in the music papers, and I didn't really hear anything of them until the wonderful Cherry Red Pillows...
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steveburnhamuk
Jan 112 min read
Phil Miller - Cutting Both Ways (1987)
Down the Canterbury rabbit hole again! Phil Miller was guitarist with Delivery, Hatfield and the North and National Health, where he...
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