The Left Banke (admittedly only two original albums to choose from anyway)
The Lovin’ Spoonful
The Monkees (?)
The Monochrome Set (“Volume, Contrast, Brilliance” is the best single album they did)

I like them both, but there is an element of surprise and restlessness in Cale’s career that makes him the more compelling.

I have Goat Girl and Gazelle Twin ( a surprising number one that is presumably there for topical purposes as much as anything); meaning to buy the Julia Holter when I can find a CD. Old fogey that I may be, I have […]

Blimey, that list really is a load of old bobbins. I have < 5% of that.

Kenny Rogers
Kenny Loggins
Kenn(e)y Jones
Kenny Lynch
Kenny G

Quick thoughts; 1) the Baby Boomers/ Gen X didn’t stop buying CDs over here ( unlike in S Korea), so the market for reissues is buoyant 2) the opportunity for Japanese language packaging on foreign records e […]

There is a lovely Japanese edition of this, in a seven inch paper sleeve reproduction of the ‘obi’ packaging, and a bonus CD/ flexidisc (!) of the Japanese mono 45 of ‘Sympathy’ backed with ‘Hello! This is Mick J […]

Faust.

Incisive and very helpful review, Tiggerlion! Music magazines should take note that even when we love an album, we don’t necessarily think every reissue deserves an automatic accolade or 5/5 if its not giving us […]

BLUE SUNSHINE

Bit obscure and with no stars in it, but the ‘cult’ 70s film about bad acid flashbacks turning respectable ex-hippies into zombie killers ten years after they first tripped had been mentioned eno […]

‘The Great British Psychedelic Trip’ on See For Miles Records ( 1986) was the first Rubble/ Nuggets style album I ever bought as a teenager and it set me off on a long trail: had cult bands like Tintern Abbey and […]

I prefer the first three Ride EPs to anything by Oasis, although I don’t begrudge Andy Bell being successful.

Yeah, I have been buying these sorts of comps for 30 years now, and the well has somewhat run dry (although, conversely, some other material seems to have disappeared).

Good point: I want to hear the mono mix of The Nile Song, which was another thing left off that box set.By the way, those Japanese Floyd 45s go for a bomb in second-hand shops over here.

Certainly a “Yay!”from me: one of my favourite albums and, I would argue, one of the best rock albums of its decade. Slightly odd to me that their reputation now seems to be based mostly on the 90s Geffen Records […]

I discovered VDGG via a second hand record shop in the mid-90s when they were giving away prog albums and soon became hooked. They strike me as having a ‘gothic’ sound, but as in some cavernous, gloomy cat […]

Cheers. Have always liked Saint Etienne recordings but (sadly) thought they were pretty poor as a live band. Yet Bob and Pete are always interesting scholars of pop, so this sort of gig sounds like a nice idea. […]

Intruiging thread metaphor. Right now, I’m thinking of The Long Blondes and Ladytron: both interesting, off-beat pop groups with indie cred that looked like they were about to acquire some traction in the N […]

When I was in my early twenties, I was into Throbbing Gristle and some associated Industrial artists, but I no longer have the patience or mental space for that bleak, shock aesthetic and so have left it all […]