My local shop is very small.

OK, so perhaps not pre-order, but more the usual a ‘let me know what you’d like and I’ll try to get it’. This year collection times were timetabled to avoid a crowd, and had the […]

He was a lovely chap, one of the nicest I’ve dealt with, back in the day when he played for us.

He recently played a tour warm-up in a Cambridge pub and, although I didn’t go, my pals on the venue crew all […]

I think most of the usual RSD rules have been abandoned this year.

Another bonus is the leftover stock goes online at 6pm, which has almost eliminated flippers.

Similarly, as I’ve mentioned repeatedly on here, I missed Bowie’s Glastonbury set as Mrs F’s lift was preggars and bailed on the Sunday morning. So I had to drive her home on Sunday evening, because she hadn’t […]

It’s Mrs F’s birthday, so instead of me watching the ACR binge fest tonight, we’ve listened to the 180g replacement copy of Alf I bought her. She lost her original at a party in Aberdeen c. 1985.

I think this […]

That’s the one I was thinking of. Ta.

Fonda 500 at the Portland Arms, about 12 years ago, supported by The Pony Collaboration. First time I’d seen the (local) support and was blown away. Then F500 came on and I fell in love a bit (a lot) with Sandra […]

I’ve never really understood the comments about the sound of this album. Yes, the original CD suffers, but in the same way many 80s CDs did. Much of the recording was done as overdubs (with, effectively, a better […]

I loved his first EP, booked and did sound for a gig on his first tour, and badgered Sound On Sound magazine to give him his first UK press interview.

Which is more than most NME journos ever did.

To borrow a AW […]

A Floyd-tastic evening

6:30pm Live at Pompeii
7:45pm PULSE – DSOTM live
9:00pm Us + Them
11:30pm The story of WYWH

Blimey, I (mostly) agree with you, especially Clapton – I’ve heard nothing of interest post-Beano.

You’re right, the Ramones were definitely better than Dionne Warwick. Ba-dum, tish!

The first was produced by the fella from The Bees. So it sounded like a Bees record with a different singer.

Just came here to say “Hamper to Canada, addressed to Mr Dai, please.”

David Bowie – A Reality Tour is on Sky Arts next Friday 11pm, followed by Floyd – PULSE and Rog – Us + Them.

When the Boom was On was the EP. It is easily to be confused by their early releases as they all seem to have very similar dreary grey cover artwork.

For a bit of variety, The Lovemongers was, um, brown… and grey.

Sorry, I meant Higher Than The Sun, not Don’t Fight It, Feel It*

And the Terry Farley Extended 12″ mix of Come Together, which bizarrely does appear on the US version of the album.

(*) I had just read the […]

I too love that album and the AWOL title track.

I was once asked to stop playing it during a DJ set by a man who claimed it was “f***ing with his head”. What better recommendation does a tune need?