Does anyone in 2020 care what Van Morrison thinks about anything? It certainly doesn’t help but I’m more concerned about Noel G and Ian Brown. I can’t say I look to either of them for inspiration and certainly not […]

Yes I ditched probably 80% of the plastic cases to save space, except for some real favourites and rarities. Those poly sleeves are good and ive put some in filing trays that are quite nice to flick through, don’t […]

Good thread! Whenever a SuperDeluxeEdition is posted – no matter how extensive and exhaustive you can be sure someone will get into a hissy fit because a Belgian 7″ Radio edit is missed off a Dollar reissue or a […]

Yes it runs at 33 and is 5.5mins long. I’m pretty sure it’s not a an edit it’s a completely different mix, possibly a different take. Both feature a drum sound that sounds like someone slamming a cutlery drawer in […]

WFH is fine but I would rather my home were not also my permanent workplace – and as others have said is not sustainable for people who don’t have the luxury of space to put a desk and work quietly.
I suspect […]

The mass market is firmly with streaming – even downloading an mp3 (legally or for free) is old hat and starting to look rather quaint. CD is becoming as niche as Vinyl. The former makes no little sense as a mass […]

Of the top of my head until I get a ‘Yes’ :
Wire No
New Order No
Spiritualized No
Kraftwerk No (whether you start from official canon or not)
Simple Minds No
XTC No
The Beatles No
Rolling Stones No
Ride […]

In the 80s a new New Order single was a huge deal, it might get a play on Peel or Janice Long and then you’d wait for it to turn up in a record shop with whatever imagery Peter Saville had chosen and no […]

– ah yes – I should have excluded Temptation and Confusion from my earlier comment. Never understood why they rerecorded them – but it was fun to get hold of the 12″s of those later on to hear original versions – […]

So true. Steve Hoffman bores and Audiophiles suck all the joy and romance out of music. No idea what these DR numbers are, don’t care now and I certainly didn’t care when I first listened to Substance, on tape […]

The myth that only Apple Macs can run design software are long gone too – and yet “creatives” in my place of work still insist they need this overpriced,style over substance piece of tat to be able to do their […]

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I didn’t grow up listening to the Stones and only relatively recently got past just listening to the hits.
Beggars is the one that made the most impact when I started properly listening to the albums – probably […]

Indeed. I can’t believe the rights holders couldn’t strike a decent deal with the film-makers to use the music – I daresay a lot of people might have watched that and streamed or bought the best-of CD if they’d […]

Fair point Mr C. I’ve asked the mods to strike my twattery from the record. There’s enough of it in the world without me adding to it. Apologies for bringing the scene down.

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We are definitely not gonna fucking do Stonehenge.

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Yeah – Why not? I can see it now – The Afterword Troll-cast. Bring it on – before the various parties involved either flounce (again) or get banned (again). Counting the days.