Looking through the past few weeks’ worth of retrospective reviews, and facing a relative dearth of new stuff being celebrated here that tempts me to explore (I’m well into a Thea Gilmore investigation thanks to this place right now), for some tangential reason my mind wandered to those CDs or LPs on my shelves that haven’t been played at all since i first heard them. It occurs to me that some members of the Afterword posse might own more duff CDs (or LPs) than the average punter has in their entire collection.

That passing thought led me to ask – if we haven’t done this before I’d be surprised, but it was long enough ago that another crack at it might be amusing – what’s the absolute worst CD or LP in your possession, and what on earth led you to acquire it in the first place? Weird stories of how it came to be on your shelves, or why you still continue to own it, are almost more important than knowing what it is.

Here’s my candidate: ‘Dig Thy Savage Soul’ by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, acquired when my bestie Mike handed it to me with a » Continue Reading.