The are the six John Martyn albums that I come back to – a decade-long creative peak when his songwriting, singing and guitar-playing were white hot:

Bless the Weather (November 1971)
Solid Air (February […]

I’ve heard some good things about Ian Penman’s new book, “It Gets Me Home, This Curving Track: Objects & Essays 2012-2018”. Having said that, when Penman used to write for the NME a few decades ago, I wasn’t […]

“Listening Wind” is one of my absolute favourite Talking Heads songs.

1. I have the following 9 Clay Pipe albums. Frances Castle’s artwork is so beautiful, it would almost be worth buying the albums even if the music was rubbish. But luckily the music isn’t rubbish. Beautiful, […]

Listen to Mr Stanton on this point.

All Todd fans know AWATS!

Re: “I skip George’s Indian ventures.”

“The Inner Light” is one of my absolute favourite Beatles songs.

“Take This Waltz” is my absolute favourite Leonard Cohen song of all time.

There’s one guy on the Steve Hoffman forum who refers to a must-skip track as “a real Jazz Police”, after the well-known stinker on Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man”.

SOS was a very important single for ABBA.

Now, at a distance of 45 years, people imagine that winning the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with “Waterloo” automatically triggered a long list of huge no.1 singles […]

Yes, apparently Chris Dean simply disappeared off the face of the earth sometime in the late 1980s…

Palace Brothers = Palace Music = Bonnie “Prince” Billy = Will Oldham

Buster Poindexter = David Johansen out of the New York Dolls

This is correct. The state line divides Kansas City, Missouri from Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri part of the city is a fair bit larger.

I’m not sure even that Sooty’s entirely innocent. I mean, he used to harass poor old Sweep with that wand pretty badly.

Oh yes, that’s right. The Volkswagen Cabriolet advert in 1999. Time flies …

“Heart of the Congos” only in 797th place?
These people must be mad.

Perhaps you were getting Chrysalis mixed up with Charisma, KFD?

7. One of the acts was the Durutti Column, I think.

Mr Foat: STOP!
No more albums for the time being, please.
I’m still trying to digest “The Dreaming Jewels”