Let’s be honest – the faff is exactly what it’s all about for a lot of people; the careful removal from the sleeve, the cleaning before the lowering of the tone arm….getting up 20 minutes later to turn the damn […]

Thanks to all for the guidance! Hmmm….side long prog songs eh? Well, I’m encouraged by the word ‘songs’!! I’ve said before that I’m not really a ‘prog’ person, although I did participate in the prog wars back […]

Of course, the Fabulosas recorded German versions of She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand, and the Searchers did French and German versions of some of their early hits. The Hollies recorded in Italian, as […]

I have never knowingly heard a Rush track. Should I? Where do you start..?

I do it a lot. It could help that I used to teach, but I also trained as an interviewer and talked to people a lot as a Business Analyst in my work life. Does being on the radio help too..? I love striking up conversations.

My wife gave in a couple of years ago after resisting for ages and now has hearing aids – frankly it’s made my life a whole lot better! They are so good as well – controlled by a phone app, she can adjust the d […]

Looking forward to this @Mousey @Myoldman ! Happy to do this digitally, but can also burn a CD if preferred @Myoldman. Brace yourselves….

I got the Lydon cover, so seems to be random as regards subscribers. My guess is that it has been done to attract different casual buyers, although I would have thought that the Miles cover is a bit niche..? I […]

We’ve watched two episodes, but wish I hadn’t read the 5 star reviews as I think my expectations were set a bit high. We will definitely stick with it though, as there are some brilliant laugh out loud mom […]

My first date with the current Mrs. T was exactly 50 years ago, 15th February 1976. A good friend of mine had got some front row tickets for Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band at the Bristol Hippodrome on her first […]

Count me in as well….always good fun…and also lots of angst involved in the track selection of course..!

Let’s be honest – Amazon got where they are by being bloody good at what they do. Price matching, customer service available on the phone, easy no quibble returns, and so on. However, they have now got to the p […]

If we are restricting this to the last 30 odd years, then… The Jayhawks – Smile in particular. Seems they are a popular choice hearabouts. John Hiatt – continues to make great records. Alison Krauss – p […]

Happy to defend Wonderful Tonight, although I much prefer the live version on 24 Nights to the admittedly rather saccharine studio version. I love the underlying melody, and the storyline. Yeah, I’m a softy here a […]

Live at Leeds is one of the few albums that actually benefit from being expanded. The live version of Tommy is incredible.

Great call on Supidity, but I don’t think it is in mono (not currently able to check my copy though..!). I think only the first album is mono.

I should have mentioned Voodoo Room – a tribute to Hendrix, Cream and Clapton. A proper power trio, they are a great night out. They do the odd deep cut, like Third Rock from the Sun, as well as the obvious hits. […]

I get to see quite a few for nothing as I frequently interview members for my Gig Guide radio show, and they range from the dire to the excellent. Top of the range.. Think Floyd – utterly superb The Rozzers – […]

I have a soft spot for Mick Abrahams. I saw the soon-to-be-mighty Tull upstairs at the Red Lion in Leytonstone just as their first album came out and they were brilliantly different even then. I was disappointed […]

Babbacombe Lee..? I wasn’t aware of this. I know Gladys Leap was reissued.