That is the one that leaves me in tears every time. The album as a whole is marvellous in a more joyous way.

Not my favourite either. The (relative) darkness of TOTRAR was followed by the bright dawn of Songs from the Wood though. From there to Broadsword is all good, IMO.

Yes – but not in this format. Same was true of Aqualung, which subsequently was released in the ‘book’ format.

You may well say “But surely only an idiot would buy something again, just so he could have it in […]

Well that’s me back to sleeping with the light on.

Is that the one with absolutely no accompanying information *at all*?

I suspect you’re right. Although I kept going to live shows, I don’t have any of the later albums. Though perhaps I should?

Indeed. But my OCD tendencies mean that I ache for them all in the same format…

BatB is more synthy and less folky, I’d say.

Tell you what, here’s the video for Heavy Horses, which I remember from the OGWT of the time. See/hear what you think.

Does anyone know the future schedule for these? I’m assuming that Stormwatch is a done deal but will there be anything after?

I quite like A and really like Broadsword & the Beast (their last brush with g […]

Add nostalgia and you have a particularly lethal cocktail. And this is why I have Banana Splits, Captain Scarlett and Flashing Blade DVDs. In a surprise development, they are not as exciting as they were when I […]

Was listening to this today. One of the first albums I ever bought, so I have fond memories of it (and the album itself still, natch). However this sounds marvellous – why can’t all CDs sound like this? I kept […]

After this, can a new Blue Nile album be far behind?

Well, it was worth watching anyway, speaking as a former school board/ parent council chair.

The Neil Young ‘Tonight’s the Night Live’ sounds interesting.

Picked up the Original Album Series vol. 2 for a “would be rude not to” £2. Head and shoulders above vol. 1 – possibly because it seems to be almost all live albums.

I think Byrne puts it very well:
“I am happy that we live in a time that this conversation is happening. It’s hard to realise that no matter how much effort you spend nudging the world in what you hope is the rig […]

Coincidentally, there was an article on Peterson in last week’s New Yorker. A review rather than an interview:

Y is for Yes, The.

Late to the party but I was listening to this earlier. Gwenno, with her own brand of electro-fabulousness.

The only festival I will be going to this year is this one – Hidden Door 2018: http://hiddendoorblog.org Music includes Young Fathers, Admiral Fallow and the marvellous Gwenno. There will also be a huge amount of […]