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Category: Record collecting

Final Score Just In – Off! 16 :Bloated Plutocrats 0
Culture, Hardcore, Music, Off!, Punk, Record collecting, Vinyl

Final Score Just In – Off! 16 :Bloated Plutocrats 0

I’m a perfectly balanced individual* and I’m pretty happy at the moment but I just felt the need to RAGE … Continue reading Final Score Just In – Off! 16 :Bloated Plutocrats 0

She’s A Woman, You Know What I Mean
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl, Wolfmother

She’s A Woman, You Know What I Mean

She’s a woman You know what I mean One of my mate Ste and my favourite lyrics right there, from … Continue reading She’s A Woman, You Know What I Mean

Acoustic Airlock
Culture, Folk, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Indie, Music, Psych, Record collecting, Vinyl

Acoustic Airlock

Well in honour of the sun beginning to show its face shyly around these parts recently I reached for another … Continue reading Acoustic Airlock

Absinthe Antelopes
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Record collecting, Stoner rock, Vinyl

Absinthe Antelopes

I genuinely have no idea why I bought Holy Mountain Ancient Astronauts, I’m guessing it must have been recommended to … Continue reading Absinthe Antelopes

1537 vs. RSD 2017
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

1537 vs. RSD 2017

Hey, guess what? I actually went to a record shop on RSD for the first time ever!*  Mrs 1537 hadn’t … Continue reading 1537 vs. RSD 2017

Stuns The Slobs
60's, Culture, Free, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Stuns The Slobs

I got my love gun loaded With hundreds of kisses Soon as I pull the trigger baby There will be … Continue reading Stuns The Slobs

There’s A Message In the Music
Culture, Disco, Funk, Music, Record collecting, Soul, Vinyl

There’s A Message In the Music

Music, it’s a goddamned powerful transformative thing.  Take this next one of mine, it’s got me through good times, bad … Continue reading There’s A Message In the Music

The Size Of …
Culture, Music, Record collecting, The Jam, Vinyl

The Size Of …

My views on The Jam, in a nutshell: Awesomely brilliant singles band. Can’t stand the whole mod thing. Their albums … Continue reading The Size Of …

Radial Oscillating Capacitor Flux-a-Bastards
Culture, Music, Psych, Record collecting, Vinyl, White Hills

Radial Oscillating Capacitor Flux-a-Bastards

I’m gearing myself up for a new White Hills album soon by dipping into some of their past goodies.  Well, … Continue reading Radial Oscillating Capacitor Flux-a-Bastards

Lateral Thinking
Culture, Music, Pontiak, Psych, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Lateral Thinking

I’d been waiting for this one to be released for a long time.  The postman had slipped the package under … Continue reading Lateral Thinking

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm
Culture, John Carpenter, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

It’s customary here at my Gilded Palace of Sin to begin reviews with a quotation from my favourite lyric on the … Continue reading Dumm, Dum, De Dumm-umm

Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow
Chuck berry, Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow

As I was motivatin’ over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville 90 years aint too bad. Chuck … Continue reading Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow

The Green Party
Culture, Music, Prog, Record collecting, Steve Hillage, Vinyl

The Green Party

Okay so I’m cheating again, sort of, because I’ve only owned this beastie for 9 months or so, but we … Continue reading The Green Party

Ready, Teddy?
Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rolling Stones, Vinyl

Ready, Teddy?

I think it may just be fair to say the Rolling Stones were in the middle of a bit of a hot streak … Continue reading Ready, Teddy?

Do Your Duty LL
Culture, Hip Hop, Music, Record collecting, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Do Your Duty LL

God this is a tedious listen!  After watching a good interview with Public Enemy producer Hank Shocklee last night I … Continue reading Do Your Duty LL

The Valium Panthers
Culture, Music, Pop, Record collecting, Roxy Music, Vinyl

The Valium Panthers

On a shiny gatefold cover an impossibly angular woman in shiny sheath couture totters forwards with a panther on a … Continue reading The Valium Panthers

Brunette Blondie
80's, AOR, Culture, Music, Pat Benatar, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Brunette Blondie

You really do know how to strut that stuff You really do know how to act tough Your body’s just … Continue reading Brunette Blondie

Depeche Mode In The Commode
Culture, Dead Milkmen, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Depeche Mode In The Commode

I’m not claiming I’m some sort of genius or something* but it is interesting trawling through the 1537 how accurate … Continue reading Depeche Mode In The Commode

Exile On Stain Street
Hardcore, Music, Poison idea, Record collecting, Vinyl

Exile On Stain Street

Come in, sit down, what seems to be the problem? no, don’t tell me, let’s guess: Have you just been … Continue reading Exile On Stain Street

1 2 3 4 5 6
Culture, Modern Lovers, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 My favourite count off* beginning one of my very favourite songs on one of … Continue reading 1 2 3 4 5 6

It’s So Easy
Dollar Brand, Manic Street Preachers, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

It’s So Easy

Ya get nothin’ for nothin’ If that’s what ya do So there I was yesterday in Birkenhead with 20 minutes to … Continue reading It’s So Easy

Curdle My Milk, Baby
Culture, Flight of the Conchords, Humour, Music, Record collecting, Sub Pop, Vinyl

Curdle My Milk, Baby

Demon woman Your hair is like silk But you’re curdling my milk I know not of what ilk thou art … Continue reading Curdle My Milk, Baby

Les Binks (FR. n. Pl.)
Culture, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Les Binks (FR. n. Pl.)

How could I not dig Judas Priest Stained Class, opening as it does with a great tune about me? Racing’ … Continue reading Les Binks (FR. n. Pl.)

Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested

I am displeased with you all.  I gave you free will that you might better follow my teachings and spread … Continue reading Omnipotence/Patience Sorely Tested

Sass And Menace
Culture, Gossip, Indie, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Sass And Menace

You learn so much Now listen up Now gather ’round Now listen up Gather round now I knew what the … Continue reading Sass And Menace

The Bird And The Band
Barn Owl, Culture, Instrumental, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

The Bird And The Band

Last week to celebrate the annual reoccurrence of possibly the most significant event in human history I went to a … Continue reading The Bird And The Band

Miaow Cow!
Culture, Music, Record collecting, Senseless Things, Vinyl

Miaow Cow!

Consider for a moment the fate of my copy of Senseless Things Got It At The Delmar EP.  I bought … Continue reading Miaow Cow!

Mutant Sinatra Syndrome
80's, Culture, Hard Rock, Iggy Pop, Music, Punk, Record collecting, Vinyl

Mutant Sinatra Syndrome

I’m a product of America From the morgue to the prisons Cold metal, when I start my band Cold metal, … Continue reading Mutant Sinatra Syndrome

Nine Sinatras In A Sack
Charles Mingus, Culture, Jazz, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Vinyl

Nine Sinatras In A Sack

Here’s my favourite Mingus LP and so, by definition, near enough my favourite jazz LP, Blues & Roots.  Prior to Mingus … Continue reading Nine Sinatras In A Sack

The Global Pants 11
Culture, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

The Global Pants 11

January eh? apart from my birthday at the end of it, what a pants month. In fact, given the events … Continue reading The Global Pants 11

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