Winslow, Arizona
(Part 2 of a 2 part series in which, the great, 1537 visits some of the most obscure, hard-to-find indie releases … Continue reading Winslow, Arizona
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I Heard My Dream Was Back Downstream
Monroe, Virginia; St Paul, Minnesota; Spencer, North Carolina; Danville, Virginia; I don’t think I own an album that is more … Continue reading I Heard My Dream Was Back Downstream
1537 Vs. Cupface
Oh, go on then! 428 Down (still) Continue reading 1537 Vs. Cupface
Men In Vests, Chicks in Suspenders
I once read a truly great piece of writing about Thunder, in fact as I sit here to review their … Continue reading Men In Vests, Chicks in Suspenders
A Distant Bell Tolls
Black Sabbath? Black Sabbath Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath! “Black Sabbath”. Much as I do love punctuation (and Sabbath) I’ll stop … Continue reading A Distant Bell Tolls
The Semiotics of Ratt
Rummaging through the record racks after school the cover of Ratt Invasion of Your Privacy caught my adolescent eye for some … Continue reading The Semiotics of Ratt
Follow the Smoke Toward the Riff Filled Land
Sleep Dopesmoker is not for the faint-hearted. For the uninitiated it is a one-track, 1 hour long monolith of Sabbath-inspired doom. … Continue reading Follow the Smoke Toward the Riff Filled Land
Cats on the Wing
Bleating And Babbling I Fell On His Neck With a Scream
I’ve had that line running through my head for about two days solid now, after hearing a brief snatch of Pink … Continue reading Bleating And Babbling I Fell On His Neck With a Scream
AHBLDALKWP
A genius title! Wolfsbane’s All Hell’s Breaking Loose Down At Little Kathy Wilson’s Place! * (abbreviated herewith to AHBLDALKWP). I treated … Continue reading AHBLDALKWP
Been Caught Stealinggggg
Over the years I have learned that less is more. I started out loving bombast, virtuosity and more, more, more. … Continue reading Been Caught Stealinggggg
Sun = Bum
Remember The Polyphonic Spree? About 22 indie-looking oddbods wearing white robes formed into a choir and/or wielding French horns, tambourines … Continue reading Sun = Bum
Frozen Metal Thanks
The first time I heard Licensed To Ill was on a crappy portable tape machine at lunchtime in 1987, my … Continue reading Frozen Metal Thanks
Where the Wild Roses Grow
If this is my sole legacy to the world, then so be it. Continue reading Where the Wild Roses Grow
Sick Aid
”When you’re sad and when you’re lonely / and you haven’t got a friend / Just remember, death is not … Continue reading Sick Aid
We’re Plastic, But We Still Have Fun
I love good pop music. I don’t mean that in a cool ironic, golly gosh my credentials as guardian of … Continue reading We’re Plastic, But We Still Have Fun
The Freewheelin’ 49 Year Old
What can a humble blogger in 2012 say about this record which has been pored over and pondered by infinitely … Continue reading The Freewheelin’ 49 Year Old
Puerile Morning
A bit of a different one for me this time. All the other ones I looked at previously did mean … Continue reading Puerile Morning
Beardieleggycarphenomenon
Eliminator, now we’re talking. One of my top 10 LPs ever, it gets played at least once a week and … Continue reading Beardieleggycarphenomenon
Big Job
It was 24 years ago today …
I bought Permanent Vacation 24 years ago today. True story. How do I know this? Well I’m anal enough to … Continue reading It was 24 years ago today …
Bang that brick that doesn’t bang !
Way back in prehistoric times there was a war. Growing up in South Wales I saw active service; Oh yes … Continue reading Bang that brick that doesn’t bang !
The Rules of Engagement
I own a lot of LPs* 1537 of them to be precise – well actually 1540 of them now, it … Continue reading The Rules of Engagement