“In the old days, when most record buying was done on the high street, the lack of choice meant that you were more likely to get the same CD as your neighbours.”

Not on planet Afterword it didn’t!

You make it […]

Oh gosh, dear Marc. Yes, a whole album full. Possibly the only person who can over-emote more than Rod McKuen. I’ve seen him perform (supporting Brian Ferry, which is apt) and he’s entertaining and full of charm. […]

@dave-amitri The best track (for me anyway) has already been mentioned above – the brilliant – and improving on the original – cover of “Sorrow”. To complete your exposure to Bowie at that time though, you really […]

I share your doubts about the honesty and probity of the testing companies.

I wonder if it is possible to get an analysis done by a reliable bunch who may be trusted to only retain an anonymized dataset. I don’t […]

Bloody vikings.

New Morning. Few people I know who love Dylan ever seem to mention it, but I think it’s wonderful. Time passes slowly, up here in the mountains.

Best fifty notes in the business.

Stupid prices too. They sell to people who want the brand not the item of clothing.

Next thing you know you’ll be wasting money on a gilet from Schöffel!

Hoggs of Fife, mate, that’s what you want.

Seconded – vote for Viv. No punch unpulled, but no triumphalism either. Very, very good.

Joe’s is great too.

No need to apologise – backthen I couldn’t afford the bigger version. I already had all the previously issued content anyway, so the double was a cheap way of getting around a dozen new tracks.

Glad we got that sorted.

Yes, but with more content. i.e. ‘updated and expanded’.

Amazon has this 4 disc version showing as a Rhino release from 2013, whereas my old 2 disc copy was on Atlantic and came out 30 years ago!

@paulwright – try this:

Go to Amazon and put this in the Search box: B082S825JN

Only 5 copies left, allegedly, at the time of writing.

As I said, it looks ok, in as much as it has some vaguely recognisable Georgian feel to it, but by Christ it’s stuffed full of the same old same old chain store shite you can find in any decent sized conurbation; […]

2022? At one album a month, it’ll take Dave three centuries to get through them all.

This is an updated and expanded version of the original 2 CD set called ‘Carry On’ that Atlantic put out in 1991. As such it is an incredible steal at this price. I have the original double set, and I bought this […]

“greedy landlords, unhelpful councils and picky customers” is pretty good, but I’d be tempted to change the final adjective to ‘brainwashed’. The public wants what the public gets, remember?