Apologies, forgot the Lovemongers! I’ve always thought of it as a mini-lp but looking at it again, it’s a full album

Which one? The second album is ace too!

There’s tons of my favourites that’ll never make it into that list, but here’s 5 for now:-

On fire – Galaxie 500
The wrong people- Furniture
Hex – Bark Psychosis
Steve mcqueen – Prefab Sprout
Yellow belli […]

I’ve moved 5 times since I originally pledged. There has been some problems with health, pressing, mastering etc so I’ve kept John up to date with my moves. Really looking forward to it!

We used to have the radio on at work in New Zealand and the only thing you could put on without everyone whingeing was the local classic rock station. They always used to use album versions which irritated me no […]

It’ll probably upset a few on here but I actually prefer the 7” edit of Heroes to the longer album version. I think that’s probably because I knew the single for a long time when I was in my teens before I actua […]

Luke Haines sings his Auteurs “hits” with an orchestral backing on Das CapitaL. I’m pretty sure it was for a contractual settlement, despite that it’s actually pretty good

I had a listen yesterday while I was working in the kitchen and thoroughly enjoyed it

I had This Is The Shirt on 7”, it got a lot of airplay on Janice Long’s show but never got near the charts. Great single

That’s Maggie DeMonde and a bloke (can’t remember his name) who had a couple of minor hits a few years earlier as Swansway

Gentle Stream – The Amazing.

Not exactly new and a terrible band name but I was introduced this lot a couple of years back. Brilliant Swedish neo-prog with a bit of early John Martyn also thrown into the mix

1.Hex – Bark Psychosis
2.Lexicon of Love – ABC
3.Colour of Spring – Talk Talk
4.Food, Sex & Paranoia – Furniture
5.The Queen is Dead – The Smiths
6.Hounds of Love – Kate Bush
7.The House of Love* – The House of […]

When we lived in New Plymouth there were Walker Brothers Solicitors plastered along the side of a car. I bet they weren’t even proper brothers either

I don’t mind the Eurovision but I wish there was a red button that could edit Graham Norton out

When I was a kid, for years that I thought Hugh Cornwell had his head missing whenever I saw the cover of that album. It struck me as a very “punk” thing (probably like when Vivian loses his to an oncoming tra […]

Like everyone’s said, tough to whittle it done to 10, it’s not a greatest albums of all time, just my favourite 10

1.Hex – Bark Psychosis
2.Lexicon of Love – ABC
3.Forever Changes – Love
4.The Kick Ins […]

When I lived in New Plymouth there used to be a car going round with Walker Brothers legal services.

Slightly off the musical subject, there also used to be a company that rented out transport for the […]

Eddie, you might find this helpful then. And you don’t really need to understand Finnish either

Not sure if this’ll fit your criteria as it’s 1968 but it’s beautiful almost proto-Portishead*, so dark and moody – Sure As Sin by Jeannie Green

*corrective text was having a field day with that!

You’ve got a no talking rule? Is this for the playlist or a general abhorrence for talky bits on records?