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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 05:29 am:   

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Deluxe Version)
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Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 06:48 am:   

Various Millard Powers tracks which first saw light on mp3.com.
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Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 07:15 am:   

Nada Surf - The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy
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Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 07:45 am:   

Back to Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Deluxe Version). Disc 2 now.
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Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 08:59 am:   

Deep In A Dream: An Evening With The Songs Of David McComb. Mostly it's The Blackeyed Susan's playing the songs, but Diving Bell and The Mime Set are in there too.
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 07:11 am:   

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Deluxe Version), disc 3.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 08:17 am:   

Starcastle - Starcastle
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 08:48 am:   

Steely Dan - Aja
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 09:19 am:   

Yes - Love Will Find A Way. I love this song so much.
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 09:34 am:   

Yes - Magnification
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 02:08 pm:   

The Clientele - From Brighton Beach To Santa Monica
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2013 - 04:49 pm:   

Decameron - Say Hello To The Band
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 05:05 am:   

Wire - Please Take. What a song.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 06:43 am:   

Tex Perkins - Songs From My Black Cattledog
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 10:13 am:   

Icecream Hands - The Good China. The best album Teenage Fanclub never made.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 11:34 am:   

Steve Howe - Beginnings
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Posted on Monday, September 02, 2013 - 10:42 pm:   

Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
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Lewisdhead
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Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - 03:25 pm:   

John Murry-The Graceless Age.
Pixies-New EP
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - 10:07 pm:   

Pixies - Indie Cindy
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Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 09:41 am:   

Steely Dan - Home At Last (inspired by its mention in the new Roddy Doyle book)
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Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 12:26 pm:   

Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue. Never heard of them before getting it in JB Hi-fi's bargain bin yesterday for $3. It's terrific.
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Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - 09:56 pm:   

The Church - Under The Milky Way. A timeless classic. Funny how the songs we loved when we were young are suddenly 25 years old.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 08:08 am:   

Imagine an old folks' home recreation room in around 30 years, a bunch of fogeys sitting round sipping their hot milk and listening to the Smiths & Fall & Nick Cave and a nurse leaning gently over one old buffer whispering, "Yes, Mr Smith, do be patient, I'll get them to put on Cortez the Killer as soon as I can..."
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 09:38 am:   

I'm there Stuart!
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 09:48 am:   

Steely Dan - FM. Another song I only had previously on the Gold compilation cassette.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 12:55 pm:   

Yes - Yesshows
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Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2013 - 09:31 pm:   

Jonathan Boulet - 321 Ready Or Not. Just realised this was used on some Australian ad (I think).
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 06, 2013 - 03:40 am:   

Back to Yesshows again.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 06, 2013 - 05:57 am:   

Blackeyed Susans - London Sessions
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 06, 2013 - 06:39 am:   

The Triffids - The Seabirds, then various Pavement songs.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, September 06, 2013 - 03:52 pm:   

Randolph's Leap - The Curse Of The Haunted Headphones / As Fast As A Man
Randolph's Leap - Real Anymore

Eight piece folk / indie pop band led by Adam Ross. Based in Glasgow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYHrq5aH DQ
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, September 06, 2013 - 05:43 pm:   

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Primary Colours

First and second albums in a two disc set.
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 12:56 am:   

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 11:39 am:   

The Drones - I See Seaweed. I've had it since it came out months ago, but played it for the first time just now. It's terrific.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 04:12 pm:   

Hmm, new Drones and new Paradise Motel. On US Amazon no new Drones and only a used (!) copy of the brand new Paradise Motel. Off to Redeye . . . .
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 04:42 pm:   

Randy, You can order 'Oh Boy' directly from the band if Redeye do not have it in stock. I pre-ordered my copy from GomojoNet who seems to be representing the band here in the U.K

http://theparadisemotel.fourfour.com/sto re

http://www.gomojo.net/basement/paradisem otel
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 05:36 pm:   

Hugh thanks for the info, but I've already made my order for both the Drones and Paradise Motel from Rocking Horse Records around the corner from the Queen Street Mall in Brisbane as a matter of a fact. The Drones disc was $2 more at Rocking Horse than Redeye but I decided to support the smaller store that I've actually visited in person.
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 07:43 pm:   

Phoenix Foundation - Fandango
have been listening to this for a couple of weeks now and it's f***ing great.
hard to nail exactly where this sits in the pantheon of contemporary music, definitely sounds like it was recorded on an island at the bottom of the world, ridiculously ambitious in the context of modern music market, definitely flawed but effortlessly brilliant in places. theres some Super Furries and Chills in there. highly recommended
taster here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImKRTPt4- Wo
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 10:22 pm:   

Randy, No worries. I pre-ordered via the Paradise Motel website and it was GomojoNet who fulfilled the order. Like you, I prefer supporting the smaller stores but if there is no substantial price differential then I will always order directly from the artist / band. I have never visited New Zealand ( or Australia for that matter ) but I can understand why you would want to support a store you have actually visited.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 11:28 pm:   

Cosmo, The band have a superb back catalogue ( Horsepower; Pegasus; Happy Ending; Buffalo.) The two main songwriters have released four solo albums ( Luke Buda - Special Surprise; Vesuvius and Samuel Flynn Scott - The Hunt Brings Us Life; Straight Answer Machine.)

A track from 'Horsepower.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiemt9uq- 54.

A track from 'Buffalo.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3trwx81R go

A track from 'Happy Ending.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz5qUPpuA FM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUfotE7L3Pxe rO7_3hvEpcIg

A track from ' The Hunt Brings Us Life.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQ2MLBIv fw

A track from 'Straight Answer Machine.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGLGWsMN Ok
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 02:31 am:   

Steinbecks -- Far From the Madding Crowd.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 02:47 am:   

And now backwards to The Sugargliders -- A Nest With a View.
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Posted on Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 11:31 am:   

thanks Hugh, I already had Buffalo but will pick up the earlier stuff
too
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 09:59 am:   

The 3Ds - Strange News From The Angels. A stunning, ebullient rock record.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 10:42 am:   

Folkways: A Vision Shared. Brilliant 1988 compilation of covers of Woodie Guthrie and Lead Belly songs.

Side one
"Sylvie" (Lead Belly) - Sweet Honey in the Rock
"Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) - Bob Dylan
"Do Re Mi" (Woody Guthrie) - John Mellencamp
"I Ain't Got No Home" (Woody Guthrie)
"Jesus Christ" (Woody Guthrie) - U2
"Rock Island Line" (Lead Belly) - Little Richard with Fishbone
"East Texas Red" (Woody Guthrie) - Arlo Guthrie
Side two
"Philadelphia Lawyer" (Woody Guthrie) - Willie Nelson
"Hobo's Lullaby" (Goebel Reeves; performed by Woody Guthrie) - Emmylou Harris
"The Bourgeois Blues" (Lead Belly) - Taj Mahal
"Grey Goose" (traditional; performed by Lead Belly) - Sweet Honey in the Rock
"Goodnight, Irene" (Lead Belly) - Brian Wilson
"Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie) - Bruce Springsteen
"This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) - Pete Seeger with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Doc Watson & The Little Red School House Chorus
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 11:25 am:   

Alex Chilton - Free Again: The "1970" Sessions
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Posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 12:16 pm:   

Glen Campbell - WIchita Lineman (See You There version). It's sad and heartbreaking and wonderful all at once.
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Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 11:20 am:   

Wilco - Art Of Almost
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 04:01 pm:   

Larry Jon Wilson - New Beginnings
smoky, elegant storytelling that drifts through a southern gothic haze and over a funky backbeat - it says on the cover and who I am I to argue?
great country soul from 1975 and a definite must for Tony Joe White and Bobbie Gentry fans
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Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013 - 01:02 am:   

Glen Campbell - See You There
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:26 am:   

Bedford Falls - Savings & Loan
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013 - 11:56 am:   

Furniture - The Wrong People

The band's debut album issued for the first time on cd by Cherry Red Records. It adds an additional nine tracks to the album ( singles, demos and extended versions of two songs.) Best known for their song 'Brilliant Mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeEXP717 T0
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Posted on Friday, September 13, 2013 - 12:21 pm:   

The Phoenix Foundation - Horse Power. Bought on the recommendation of Cosmo and Hugh above. Loving it on first listen.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 11:34 am:   

What I hope to be listening to very soon is the new Mark Kozelek/Desertshore album, which is receiving passionately enthusiastic reviews in Italy, but is as yet unavailable here. I seem to have been the only one on the board to go loopy for Pearls from the sea earlier this year, wherefore and why I wonder? On a big roll, Mr K, it appears.
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 01:28 am:   

Glen Campbell - See You There
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 01:46 am:   

Sam Sanders - Mirror, Mirror. Lost '70s soul-jazz classic (which was never properly released even back then) finally gets its day in the sun.
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 02:24 am:   

Bill Callahan - Dream River
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 03:26 am:   

Bill Callahan - Expanding Dub / High In The Mid-40s Dub. Dub versions of two songs from Dream River, released as a single. Expanding is even better than its non-dub brother, Javelin Unlanding.
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 03:33 am:   

Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson - In High Places
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Posted on Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 05:19 am:   

The Parsons Red Heads - Yearling. Anyone who loves The Byrds (I'm looking at you here Randy) should find plenty to love on this record. There is more than a hint of Sister/Lovers too. And The Jayhawks. And Holsapple & Stamey.
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Posted on Monday, September 16, 2013 - 09:49 am:   

Bill Callahan - Dream River
lovely stuff
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 05:52 am:   

Television Personalities -- My Dark Places
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 05:58 am:   

Also listened to "Pillows and Prayers," the Cherry Red comp from the early 80s. This cost me all of $5 in the cheapie bin at Amoeba in Hollywood. The stars for me are Joe Crow's "Compulsion" and his (and Robert Lloyd's) band The Nightingales' "Don't Blink." Ordered the second and third of the classic Nightingales albums but wow is the first one "Pigs on Purpose" expensive!
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 03:20 pm:   

love that comp Randy, it was 99p when it came out, some great stuff on there: Kevin Coyne - Love in Your Heart (I think that's what it's called), Felt - My Face is on Fire
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Andrew Kerr
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 04:49 pm:   

Joy Division - live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 1980

A new version, supposedly from the master tapes, it sounds extremely powerful ! And certainly better than the C90 copy I bought many years ago in the Barrows in Glasgow...

http://100greatestbootlegs.blogspot.fr/2 013/09/flac-joy-division-paradiso-amster dam.html
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 05:28 am:   

Billy Mackenzie -- Outernational. In a perfect world I'd like a well-curated anthology of his but there seems to be none. I'd been meaning to ask for advice from folks on here as to what record of his I should get. But this was at Amoeba and I decided to trust Cherry Red NOT to reissue a crappy album. I'm finding a reasonable proportion of this album to be definitely keepable, with a minority of (for me) vapid dance numbers.
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Andrew Kerr
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 09:32 am:   

Randy,

Been a long time since I've listened to it, but I believe that the first posthumous release "Beyond the Sun" is pretty good, with the title track and the Paul Haig co-written "Give me Time" being standouts as I remember. Some details can be found here

https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/re view/1683/

One of my eternal regrets is not having seen MacKenzie sing "Wild is the Wind" in a Edinburgh bar in '94. Malcolm Ross had an American friend (Spike Priggen) visiting and they played a number of gigs in various bars around the city. I had the pleasure to see Paul Haig croon his way through the Velvets' "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll Roll", but decided not to go the night that MacKenzie appeared. Friends described it as an amazing experience...

Tom Doyle's "The Glamour Chase" is a good read. MacKenzie was a genuine maverick, constantly at odds with the music business.
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 02:15 pm:   

Agree with Andrew, Beyond the Sun is the best solo album by far, largely on the basis of less is more and I think Simon Raymonde having a hand in the production. The others have their moments but are mostly bland (or vapid as Randy suggests)
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:20 am:   

Sarah Blasko - Night & Day
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:25 am:   

The Apartments - Black Ribbons (Spring Mix - on this beautiful Sydney spring day)
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 12:13 pm:   

The Autumn Defense - Paradise
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 12:21 pm:   

Alex Chilton - Jumpin' Jack Flash. What a great cover.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 01:19 pm:   

More "what I'm not actually listening to", since a, usually trustworthy, mate is waxing ecstatic about Cloud Control: so, Does the Team Think this is a sound and healthy thing to do? Yet another band I've never heard anything by.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 01:50 pm:   

Hmmmm, after some quick Youtubing, I'm not sure how much of the guy's voice I can put up with - seems to hit just that tone which sets my lower front teeth vibrating.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:13 pm:   

I got their first album based on its very strong reviews. It wasn't as good as the reviews made out. But sill good. The producer of their first album, Liam Judson, is the partner of a woman I used to work with. Both are very talented musicians.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 02:32 am:   

Thanks for the guidance on Mackenzie, Andrew and Cosmo. I will look for that album.

Meanwhile right now . . . . The Nightingales--"In the Good Old Country Way" Their third album, on first listen this is a blindingly brilliant record.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 03:18 am:   

Ok, a few tracks were skippable for being TOO anarchic but this is mostly brilliant music. I'd describe the Nightingales as a faster less swampy alternative to the early 80s Scientists.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 05:21 am:   

Ian McNabb - Head Like A Rock
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 06:17 am:   

Mikal Cronin - MCII
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 04:54 pm:   

Randy, since you seem to like the band, you might be interested in the following. Compilation album ( 24 tracks recorded between 1980 and 1986 ) which was released on Mau Mau Records in 1991. I had a quick look and it contains a lot of songs ( from singles, eps, alternate takes and live recordings ) which are not on the two albums you have already purchased. Cheap copies available on AmazonCom.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B 001EF4BKK/ref=sr_pi_pm_mupnf_1_1?ie=UTF8 &qid=1379691627&sr=8-1&keywords=nighting ales+what+a+scream&condition=used

http://www.discogs.com/Nightingales-What -A-Scream-1980-86/release/881574

http://www.thenightingales.org.uk/scream .htm
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 07:35 am:   

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 08:48 am:   

Kate Nash - Death Proof EP
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 09:20 am:   

Matthew Sweet - Silent City/American Girl/Ivory Tower
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 01:34 am:   

Alex Chilton - Free Again: The "1970" Sessions
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 08:23 am:   

Bill Callahan - Dream River. One of the best albums of the year.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 04:47 pm:   

Thanks Hugh. In fact, before seeing your post I sprung for a slightly less outrageously-priced copy of "Pigs on Purpose" from a U.K. seller on eBay. I'm still paying 55 USD including postage though. Better than the $89 I first found anyway.

I played "In the Good Old Country Way" yesterday afternoon while painting a part of the exterior of my house. It did not weaken on second listen. It's really great. Between that and how knocked out I was by "Don't Blink" on "Pillows and Prayers" I expect I'm going to be very happy with my $55 indulgence. And Robert Lloyd will probably be a good musical seam for me to mine.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 05:07 pm:   

The other thing I listened to yesterday while up on the ladder was the Walkmen's "You and Me." I already had most of their records but not the first one--which I picked up but have yet to play--and not "You and Me" which was recommended to me by Matthew Lobb of the Bell Divers and long ago of this board.

The Walkmen are one of those groups with a very specific sound which I usually tend to become impatient with and dismiss as "schtick" but I love minor-key music which is pretty much all the Walkmen do. Their bizarre blending of electrocuted mid-60s Dylanesque with garage rock energy, New York doo wop melodic flourishes and modern 10/10ths racket makes them one of the very few American bands that I genuinely enjoy. I doubt that I could survive one of their concerts without really good earplugs though. "Lisbon" has been my favorite of their albums, pulling together the best mixture of their desperate musical sound and actual songs, but it sounds like its immediate predecessor is just as good. The current one, "Heaven", has not grabbed me as firmly as these other two albums.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 09:27 pm:   

Randy, I have managed to track down a cheap(ish) copy of 'Hysterics' but it looks like I am going to have to pay considerably more for used copies of 'In The Good Old Country Way' and 'What A Scream.' At the prices being asked, I don't see me picking up a copy of 'Pigs On Purpose' anytime soon. :-)

I checked out The Walkmen earlier today. I am pretty certain I investigated them once before after reading something on this forum but nothing I listened to on that occasion grabbed my attention. This time around I listened to the following on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbePfYS71 x8

I now have copies of 'Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone; Bows & Arrows; A Hundred Miles Off; You & Me and Lisbon' incoming. Several members of the band were previously in Jonathan Fire*Eater and one moved on to Child Ballads so I have ordered a few of their titles as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcZNoqJH2 90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMHfZvgRK 6M
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:34 am:   

Moving on to some decidedly arty stuff . . . .

Blurt--Blurt & Singles.

An LTM release.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:48 am:   

Hugh, I hope you don't find that you jumped in too deeply with the Walkmen! Remember that I like some people you don't have much use for, such as Augie March and the Drones.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 09:23 am:   

Love of Will, Mayflower, and a bunch of Edwyn Collins stuff, all thanks to the kindness & courtesy of the Message Board. All of which, as prince Chas might say, one would certainly hate to be without. Several powerful songs which make one despair even more of David McComb's early departure. The snappy sound quality of the Weather Ps really took me by surprise. Is it possible to snog a Message Board? I shall try: Phhhhhhsshswap. Hmmm, bit smoky.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 12:48 pm:   

Randy, I listened to snippets from most of the albums before purchasing them so I should be okay. I am sure it will come as no surprise to you to learn that my personal favourite at the moment is 'Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone.'

'Hysterics' arrived this morning and I am listening to it at the moment. Copies of 'In The Good Old Country Way' and 'What A Scream' ordered. I will keep an eye open for a reasonably priced copy of 'Pigs On Purpose' but I am not holding out much hope.

Have you checked out 'Double Natural' by Boomgates?
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Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 03:50 pm:   

Mark Kozelek & Desert Shore
absolutely loving this, same meandering autoboigraphical storytelling as last Sun Kil Moon - gorgeous dynamics, as close to a Red House Painters reunion album as we will get and as good as one anyway
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Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 06:41 pm:   

You did well to find a copy Stuart, I can't find the CD for love or money
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Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 07:45 pm:   

wrong thread, song of day
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Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 07:47 pm:   

the Mark Kozelek and Desertshore album is the best thing I have heard this year
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 - 01:58 am:   

The Parsons Red Heads - Yearling
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 - 08:46 am:   

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 - 02:46 pm:   

Yes, I thought my local record shop - well, it's only an hour by train - had found me a copy, but it turns out he hasn't. Not available in Italy yet, he says, but looking around various Amazons it doesn't seem to be available anywhere. Bit odd for such a new album. Will turn up at some point, I suppose.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, September 27, 2013 - 09:41 pm:   

It is showing as 'Sold Out' on the Caldo Verde Records website so if we are to see it for sale again it will need a re-press. It was released as a Limited Edition and I have no idea what their policy is with regards to same. The release date was 20 August, 2013, so I am guessing that most, if not all, of the copies were snapped up on pre-order directly from Caldo Verde Records.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 12:36 am:   

I.Q. - Nomzamo
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Posted on Monday, September 30, 2013 - 03:14 pm:   

Nic Jones Penguin Eggs after the BBC4 documentary last friday and Self Portrait.
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TROU
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Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 02:28 pm:   

Pixies - Trompe le monde
Neko Case - new album
Kenya spécial - Sampler
Buzzcocks - a différent kind of tension
Éléphant stone - Éléphant stone
Barbara Carlotti - L'amour, l' argent, le vent.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 03:26 pm:   

65 days of static - wild light
holden - the Inheritors
Deerhunter - Monomania
Moderat - II
local Natives - Hummingbird
Mikal Cronin - MCii
Parquet Court - Light up Gold

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