In the main, yes you can have dinner listening to this (or a single malt!). But it’s the further exploration that will reward. I stuck to what I regard as an obvious starter for ten, but there are so many other a […]

Prog Rock: An Introduction Various – Nice Enough To Eat (Island Sampler) Genesis – Foxtrot Yes – The Yes Album ELP – Tarkus Wishbone Ash – Argus Jethro Tull – Aqualung The Moody Blues – In Search Of The […]

Jazz: An Introduction Miles Davis – Kind of Blue Dave Brubeck – Time Out Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson – Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson John Coltrane – Blue Train Dexter Gordon – Ballads Charlie Parker – […]

You can indeed get full access to The Guardian, Independent and other papers and mags (including loads of music mags) through a subscription to Readly. I’ve been with them a while and it’s good value.

Great guitarist and personality. He was a fighter to the end. Loved the Feelgoods and saw them twice in their heyday. I also loved Wilko’s band – a guaranteed great night out. RIP Wilko.

Caravanserai needs to be listened to on headphones. It’s a great album.

Enjoying this thread!

How about…

Northern Songs by Leo Sayer
Comeblack by Scorpions

The Who’s main problem is that they are a completely different band live, as compared to in the studio. The first Who album I bought was ‘Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy’, a great collection of their singles. When I […]

Really shocked by this sad news. David was a terrific talent and a great frontman for Big Big Train. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

John Fogerty. His set includes loads of CCR songs and he’s still got the chops and that voice.

That’ll be the day…

– Carrying an umbrella on a perfectly dry day ‘just in case’, then forgetting to take it the following day (and it invariably pisses down with rain, particularly when you have just finished washing the car).

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I loved this quirky yet entertaining documentary and the list of Rockfield customers remains impressive. Nice cows too!

1 – Casablanca – 1952
2 – The Searchers – 1956
3 – Doctor Zhivago – 1965
4 – Some Like It Hot – 1959
5 – Way Out West – 1937
6 – Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981
7 – The Maltese Falcon – 1941
8 – The Life and […]

Really sad news. Condolences to his family.

The question I’ve asked in the office of our younger staff is whether they can name all four Beatles.

I rarely get a correct answer (and on a couple of occasions they had never heard of the band at all!). Try […]

I usually put a black disc with a hole in the middle on the turntable and place the needle on it. Is this a record?

Ken Dodd’s jokes were brilliant and quick-fire. He was a natural comedian who actually studied comedy. He claimed to be the only man he knew who could eat an orange through a tennis racket. He was also topical – […]