The stuffquake was coming to an end. Just bits of debris at the surface then suddenly CONEMELT oh my heart my heart.

HELL YES WAY AHEAD

Record shops we have loved (in no order) #1 Way Ahead Records, Derby. No longer with us, sadly, my photo taken in 1992 or 1993. Bought lots of Can records there and instances of the Pebbles garage series on vinyl, still have 'em.

F_____, but a belter.

Charity shop pricing is still stupid.

Going through the 7" box marked 'neogarage' and not much weeding to do here.

Le Blutt, ah oui, IN >

OK time to restate the purpose of this! Starting to write about music / culture again by moving the mountain of sugar that is my record collection one granule at a time into one of three piles: KEEP, LOSE and DUNNO. We are also moving house, so... I am trying to swap quantity for quality.

Of course Johny Nostalgia isn't his real name that's the byline he used for my 'zines back in 1611. He was Deputy Ed and journalist for local papers and a formative influence on me. Here's a grab of his living room, which he describes as a 'tent city of boxes.' Only true collectors will understand.

Big thanks to Johnny Nostalgia for the duplicates of Mulberry Bush and the Kinks' black comp. The black comp was overseen by Ray Davies and is all mono cuts, a rare find these days. Johnny Nostalgia fed me tapes in the pub when a young lad and expanded my understanding of British Psychedelia hugely.

10th Anniversary gift from my darling. Absolutely perfect.

I lost my login! I am back.

Wayz of the Dragon, jungle / drum'n'bass comp, Bristol? I think so, I think it's DJ Die and Roni Size and Krust under pseuds. Absolutely faultless. £1. In >

And re the other post below, I may as well call the Phil Minton and Roger Turner CD on ReR In >

Laika, I'm a fan of Moonshake, so this, on their label Too Pure, is In >

Various, I saw this in the media when it came out but didn't follow it up. Picked it up for £1. Not sure, I think it's over-hyped, but it needs another spin. Maybe. Maybe no.

Staples from Kingbee, Chorlton, noted Rob Chapman music writer sold to them, wonder if I picked any up. Troggs and Downliners on See For Miles, great label now defunct, scarce. Ditto Sir Douglas on Westside. The Apple album (of Brit-psych 'Otherside') is an earlier reish, but a remaster for cheap.

Been on the forage again. Crazy prices out there, not backed up by recent guides. But if you're not a vinyl-only fetishist things are good, CDs are go.

South Manchester has rated these gigs Double Brompton. Get to the next one, inc Maggie Nichols (Centipede et al) and Phil Minton (Mike Westbrook, although I blasted his collaboration with Roger Turner, 'Ammo' most recently).

Great to see this Curious Ear gig sell out. Elaine Mitchener & Pat Thomas. Last performance, a deconstructed take on Lush Life, was wonderful. Family friendly events, the kids' wail and clatter weaves in.

Valentines gift from my darling. Highly recommended. touch33.net/catalogue/to...

Starting to write about music / culture again by moving the mountain of sugar that is my record collection one granule at a time into one of three piles: KEEP, LOSE and DUNNO.

'...all owned objects partake of the same abstractness, and refer to one another only inasmuch as they refer solely to the subject. Such objects together make up the system through which the subject strives to construct a world, a private totality.' - Baudrillard

Record bags I have Loved: No.7 in an occasional series, another Walesland gem, Derrick's, if you're in Swansea get there #recordbags

Been away for a while. Hectic times. Father's health not so good. Listening, not posting. Thanks for all the new follows while I've been logged out. And fuck the fascists.

...he'd probably turn up with John Martyn and do loads of booze and drugs and by nine o'clock you'd be thoroughly disgusted, but you wouldn't be able to get rid of the feckers.

Sinfield I salute thee. But this obit describes 21st Century Schizoid Man as 'King Crimson’s anti-Vietnam war song.' It's far more expansively critical than that, becoming more relevant IMHO over the years, perhaps even peaking now. Shame about Bucks Fizz eh. www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

I've upgraded my Village Green CD three times, I had an old Castle one, then got the Stereo and Mono CD, then I picked up Lola on 7" - got a good run of Kinks 7"s - and heard the b-side Berkeley Mews for the first time, and had to have the triple discer. Found one on Ebay in fine nick for £5.50.

Yeah the music biz stinks. So why not have a collection of recorded music which still includes the great stuff you bought as a teen? Then second hand shop new music? I don’t pay Spotify a penny to permanently resell me what I already own a copy of, and CDs are great.

WHSmith. Even the new seems retro-facing. This is what happens when times are bleak.

Record bags I have Loved: No.6 in an occasional series, the Walesland essential #recordbags

The Holiday genre is under-reported by the serious critics.

Record bags I have Loved: No.5 in an occasional series, Bonus Supermarket, Reykjavik, got my first Bonus carrier when covering Iceland Airwaves for Plan B (the first Airwaves?) On the second trip I got this, which has proved an excellent overspill tote when DJing. #recordbags

For years there's gladly nothing I want from Touch, then suddenly three, the Phil Jeck tribute and two Fennesz's, a new one and a reissue. I listen to things Cherry Red reissue actively hoping I won't like them so I can cross them off my list: collecting is definitely irrational.

Plus the jiffy envelope has a return address so a nerdy fanboy can look up where Steve Giles lives on Google maps.

It has two booklets, one of lyrics / photos, another of album history, plus a signed card etc. If all transactions felt this good, the 'music industry' wouldn't be a problem. Makes me remember buying from Ochre, Pickled Egg et al for some reason.

It has two booklets, one of lyrics / photos, another of album history, plus a signed card etc. If all transactions felt this good, the 'music industry' wouldn't be a problem. Makes me remember buying from Ochre, Pickled Egg et al for some reason.

Numbered CD edition of Dark Round the Edges by Northampton band Dark, a reissue put together by the band's founder Steve Giles (he sells them on Ebay). Dark, on this album, also had former Wicked Lady guitarist Martin Weaver. It has outtakes unlike previous editions. In >

Collecting 'is a measured, diffuse, regulating passion whose fundamental role in the vital equilibrium of the subject or the group — in the very decision to live — we tend not to gauge very well.' - Baudrillard

You can only choose one, which one do you pick?

Record bags I have Loved: No.4 in an occasional series, Soul Jazz, we have a load of these at home, Bought at Sounds of the Universe in Soho, all in various states, zips bust, stains. The Electric Chairs badge was sent to me in the post by Steve Pescott. #recordbags

In or Out?

Savoy Brown hell yes! In >

7"s. Picked up a copy of Tokoloshe Man by John Kongos on Fly, later covered by Happy Mondays, they took another of his tracks as base for Step On. Also found Who Do You Think You Are by Candlewick Green, St Etienne later covered it and had a hit with. They need a clean but In >

Actually this takes the biscuit, a very shit Quo 7" for £9. Everything in the box was £4 or over. It was all 80's detritus of the worst sort.

More charity shop madness.