Ronno again, this time on Lady Grinning Soul (the Bond theme that never was) at about 3:00 until the end. Coupled with Mike Garson’s piano and Bowie’s wailing vocal, just an amazing sound

Never gets a men […]

Somehow missed your post Rigid, I’ve included another John Perry solo further down. I always felt he was a bit overlooked as he never really looked rock and roll enough (more like a new wave Clive Anderson)

I’m going to sneak a second one in if nobody minds too much.
Julian Swales on Remember Me? by Kitchens of Distinction. About 3:14 in, a skyscraping sound

John Perry on the Peel session version of Miles from Nowhere by the Only Ones.
I always felt they had more in common with Television and The Heartbreakers than anything UK punk had to offer. About 2 minutes in, […]

I just had that on in the car on the Rob’s Records compilation. Great single

I borrowed the album that it came off from the record library when I was a teenager. Heartache Avenue is the only decent tune on there.

The eighties were a great decade for one hit wonders. This was a similar time (and sound) to Black’s brilliant singles

So many brilliant selections there

In that case Blue Monday has to be in there somewhere I guess

Do you remember Radio 1 getting listeners vote so they could get to the bottom of who was better – Bros vs The Beatles?

The Cath Carroll album is great. I bought that after hearing Moves Like You on a tape I got free with Select

Great show, loved it.

Loads of lesser known things that hadn’t heard for ages. I quite enjoyed that last Happy Mondays single too despite the album getting such a kicking when it came out. The Wendys were p […]

My age means it’s a similar story for me. I’d borrowed Low on cassette from the local record library around 86 and couldn’t get on with it although I’d heard tons of good stuff written about the album. Apart f […]

My 3 big ones

1 Sign o the Times – Prince
2 76 in the Shade – various
3 Vini Reilly + Womad Live – Durutti Column

In a longer list I would have included another bunch of wonderful Bob Stanley curated comps on […]

I saw the them at Staffs Poly student union not long before Return to Yesterday came out. They were brill, probably not much more than 10 people there then either!

Yes, Astronauts is one of my favourite albums of the 90s

Apologies Lodestone, I obviously didn’t read the first post properly, and thanks for bothering!
Now corrected

Baxter Dury – Night Chancers

The Orielles – Disco Volador

A Girl Called Eddy – Been Around

Bill F […]

I’m usually about two years behind with new releases but this year, since I was locked down in the UK I actually got round to buying some new music before I managed to fly back out again
My favourites from this y […]