Thanks for the recommendation about the live UK set. I won’t say my usual reservations have been blown away but it’s probably the best GD live album I’ve heard and Garcia is in great form.

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I adore American Beauty – bought it in the early 70s and ever since have been searching for the holy grail of something else I like by the Dead. I had early hope that WD would be a good companion piece and the […]

I had a TP-Link extender which a few months for no apparent reason stopped working. I spent ages investigating a replacement but they all looked either formidably complicated and or expensive. Decided to live with […]

The new Weller sounds rather good after a couple of listens. For me thats two good albums on the bounce and he’s reined in that recent adventurous side a tad and allowed the old songcraft back in. I admire PW […]

Just one of the great ‘modern’ composers. He wrote such beautifully evocative tunes often for very violent films – the juxtoposition was brilliant. The changes in this are magical from Barryesque twangy guitar […]

That Billy Childs album is superb .

Thanks Wad for letting me know about a new Joe Pernice , I had sadly forgotten all about him.

I just cant make up my mind about the Dylan album – is it really that good or is it the Kings new clothes? Not sure […]

It is a fabulous record – great songs, sumptuous arrangements and her voice. Its the perfect package if that style of music is your bag. I agree somewhat with the Rundgren comparisin but only of you freeze frame […]

One of my choices should surely win a prize as being the most valuable. Just seen that you can buy the cd on Amazon for £1,350. I do own a copy so will now place under lock and key.

Im already regretting my list but here we go

1 – 1972 – Josh Rouse
2 – The Trials of Van Occupanther – Midlake
3 – Both Sides Now – Joni Mitchell
4 – Sky Meadows – The Pearlfishers
5 – Just A Little Lovin’ […]

Something that has not been remarked upon as yet is that this album was exactly (well within about 10 seconds) the length of my morning dog walk today. It works well in that environment – haven’t tried it […]

Intriguing @Mrbellows but no idea what this is all about as the first link doesn’t work?

Exhaustive examination of those 20 years – it should be published as the definitive work on this period of music.

Gird your loins for the 21st century vote….

Loving this. Eg and Alice should have done better (might have helped if I’d voted for it)

Daniel is on a bit of a solid gold run following his work on the Girl Called Eddy album.

Please excuse the totally unnecessary and shameless plug for my own music but here is “Vera Lynn’ by The Feedback File which has nothing at all to do with the old gal.

The free jazz movement of the 60/70s was indeed an almost impenetrable music form but I loved the energy and adventure that these musicians had and just the fact that this music existed. A long time ago I worked […]

Good God almighty! You have to ask …. Why???

Well Stewart would most certainly have done a better job as PM in all respects than the waffling blonde bombshell. I think he is big loss to the Tories who were so short sighted in their strategy and a loss to […]