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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 12:00 pm:   

Cheap Trick - Dream Police
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - 09:09 pm:   

Sloan - Another Way I Could Do It
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Thursday, October 03, 2013 - 03:34 am:   

The Moody Blues -- In Search of the Lost Chord

When I was a 12 year old I thought this was the greatest group on Earth. I bought this at the time as a new album. I faithfully purchased each successive album until they broke up in the mid-70s. I thought it was great that they explained that their music was all starting to sound the same, because even I thought so by the time of "Seventh Sojourn."

The Moodies fell into disfavor with me not too long afterwards as I was getting more into 60s rock and the trashier corridors of '70s rock. I never did go for any of the officially Prog bands like Yes, Genesis or Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Listening to "In Search of the Lost Chord" all these years later it's interesting how many songs I simply didn't remember. There seem to be about four good songs and a few pleasant numbers and a handful of deeply silly ones. "Legend of a Mind" and "The Actor" are honestly great. "House of Four Doors" and "Om" are honestly absurd. There won't be a big Moody Blues revival at my house. My rediscovery of the three late-60s Savoy Brown records is not replicated here. Fun for the novelty value though.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 04, 2013 - 06:09 am:   

Paul Dempsey - Shotgun Karaoke. Or at least the first 90 seconds of each track on iTunes.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 04, 2013 - 06:50 am:   

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 04, 2013 - 07:01 am:   

The Apartments - Black Ribbons (Autumn Mix)
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 04, 2013 - 03:36 pm:   

The Cult - Electric
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, October 04, 2013 - 04:54 pm:   

Padraig, Disappointed to see that 'Shotgun Karaoke' is a covers album. It must be at least 4 years since he released his debut solo album.

Currently listening to :-

Pinetop Seven - Rigging The Toplights
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2013 - 02:17 am:   

He recorded it in one night Hugh. It's just him and an acoustic guitar. It's selling for $10 both in the shops and on iTunes. The CD has one more track than the download version.
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Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2013 - 02:19 am:   

I'm listening to a self-curated best of The Cult. 1994 single Spiritwalker is playing right now.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2013 - 03:52 am:   

Ride - Cosmic Carnival
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 05, 2013 - 11:49 pm:   

Martha Tilston - 'Til I Reach The Sea
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, October 06, 2013 - 12:21 am:   

Martha Tilston - Of Milkmaids And Architects
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 - 03:40 am:   

Jae Laffer - When The Iron Glows Red. His voice is so distinctive, it naturally sounds like his day job with The Panics. Less lush, but sounds really good on first listen.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 - 01:10 pm:   

Desertshore - Drawing Of Threes
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Lewisdhead
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Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 - 08:08 pm:   

Prefab Sprout-Crimson/Red
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 - 08:54 pm:   

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny. What a song. My favourite Rory song.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 12:29 pm:   

The Arrogants - You've Always Known When Best To Say Goodbye
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2013 - 08:33 pm:   

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (acoustic disc)
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 01:30 am:   

A bit of "Einstein on the Beach." I've been invited to a performance this Sunday and I'm trying to decide whether to say "yes." I've always considered Phillip Glass totally overrated.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 09:55 am:   

I always think it's better to go in these cases, Randy, in the sense that going may result in something enlightening and fresh whereas not going simply leaves things are they are...even if in the end it simply reinforces your opinion of Glass. You never know though, live performance can make a difference.
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Stuart Wilson
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Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 11:39 am:   

Actually, side one of that mix tape a friend sent to me back in 87 is so effing brilliant I think it's worth quoting in full:

The Chills – Pink Frost,

Rolling moon

Doledrums

The Triffids – Wide open road

– Tender is the night

The Housemartins – Flag day

Giant Sand – Artists

Jasmine Minks – Cold heart

Primal Scream – It happens

The Loft – Your door shines like gold

Weather Prophets – Almost prayed

Prefab Sprout – Lions in my own garden

The Beloved – One hundred words

He must've been smoking something good that day, because the sequencing works brilliantly. Only missing When morning comes to town to be absolutely perfect, maybe.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, October 09, 2013 - 08:47 pm:   

I've never heard some of those songs Stuart. I love the ones I do know though.

Bill Callahan - Expanding Dub
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 03:56 am:   

I love "When Morning Comes to Town"!

Stuart you have such a healthy attitude about experiences I feel ashamed. But I just couldn't see myself making it through four hours of the sort of thing I was hearing in the excerpts. One hour I could have handled, but not four. It's actually a big deal that "Einstein on the Beach" is being staged here but I felt sure another person would appreciate the experience much more than me so I opted out.
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 11:25 am:   

Mark Kozelek & Desertshore
CD arrived today, paid painfully large amount for this to win e-bay auction, worth every penny , still think this is the best album of 2013, current fave track Livingstone Bramble - Crazy Horse like grinder with brilliant and funny lyrics ' I can play like Fripp and Johnny Marr, I can play circles round Jay Farrar'
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 11:49 am:   

Cosmo, I came across one for sale on eBay a couple of days ago. I last checked with four hours to go at which time the highest bid was approximately Ł26.00 ( not including the shipping charge from the U.S.A.) I suspect it probably went for more as there were several bidders.

There is another one up on eBay at the moment. A U.K. Seller this time. The current bid is Ł5.06. A little over eight days left if anyone is interested.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mark-Kozelek-D esertshore-Mark-Kozelek-Desertshore-CD-N EW-SEALED-/271293988567?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CD s_CDs_GL&hash=item3f2a61bed7

I e-mailed Caldo Verde a few days ago regarding the album and they replied stating that there are no current plans to manufacture any more copies.

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The Arrogants - Your Simple Beauty
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 03:03 pm:   

I paid over $60 Hugh! was just determined not to lose the bloody auction, there were no other copies on e-bay at the time, it's such a great album and although I had downloaded it
(officially) it just isn't the same as having a hard copy. I also noticed that the CD sounds much better than the CD I burned from i-tunes. I am not enough of a tech head to understand why but it's a lot fresher sounding with clearer definition of instruments etc?
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 05:18 pm:   

Cosmo, I think anyone who wants one now is probably going to have pay throught the nose for it. Copies have started apearing on eBay and Discogs. This one has appeared on Discogs within the last 24 hours. US$52.15 plus shipping from an American Seller

http://www.discogs.com/buy/CD/Mark-Kozel ek-Desertshore-Mark-Kozelek-Desertshore/ 122347419?ev=bp_rel_det

I have no idea what Kozelek and Caldo Verde are playing at. The guy has a decent fan base ( Red House Painters; Sun Kil Moon; Mark Kozelek ) so why release in such a limited quantity?

I think the bit rate of an actual cd is about 1141Kbps. I read somewhere that even if you select Apple Lossless in iTunes, the bit rate is only about 900Kbps. This may explain why the disc sounds fresher with clearer definition. I believe the default iTunes bit rate setting is pretty low ( MP3 quality.)

Are you familiar with the Pinetop Seven?

Currently listening to :-

OP8 - Slush
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 03:13 am:   

Bodines -- Played

Exploring another C86 band.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 11:56 am:   

The Bats - December Ice / Boomgates - Widow Maker

Split single by The Bats and Boomgates which will be released in November to celebrate the opening of Melbourne Music Week 2013.

https://soundcloud.com/#search?q=bats%20 december

https://soundcloud.com/#search?q=boomgat es%20widow
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 12:12 pm:   

Randy, Next up in the Cloudberry Records Cake Kitchen Series will be 'Songs To Hover By Vol. 2.' by The Rileys. Should be out by the end of the year. It collects together most, if not all, of the tracks recorded by the band between 1990 and 1993 ( a mini album, an ep and a few singles.) Twenty one tracks in total.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu7_FMOVo D4

There is also a MP3 sample posted on the Cloudberry website.

http://www.cloudberryrecords.com/
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 04:08 pm:   

Thanks for the info, Hugh. I'm sure to forget it by the end of the year though! Speaking of Cloudberry Records, my iPod has been inclined to pitch up the excellent Strange Idols song "He's Out Looking for Love" on a couple of occasions. Too obscure for youtube.

In the meantime, I've ordered another CARE package from Firestation Records.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 05:51 pm:   

Randy, It is a fabulous little label. I am patiently waiting for their next batch of releases. If you do not already have it then check out Instamatic Lovelife by Labrador ( aka Flemming Borby ) and see if it appeals. On sale for €1.00.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oEgViQN8 F8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhoXzbcz zg

I love all the Cloudberry Cake Kitchen Releases. Roque who runs the label has great taste. The first in the Series ( Feverfew ) has Sold Out. Not sure if it will ever be re-released.

Currently listening to :-

Strange Idols - Idolatry
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:44 pm:   

Jae Laffer - When The Iron Glows Red. Sounds far better on second listen than it did on the first. Recommended to both Hugh and Randy.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:48 pm:   

The track Don't Make Me Wait is on right now. It's magnificent. It sounds like a lost outtake from 16 Lover's Lane. Great music for 7.47 on a warm spring morning in Sydney.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 11, 2013 - 10:28 pm:   

Popstrangers - Antipodes. A New Zealand band cognisant of the illustrious NZ musical history.
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 02:10 am:   

I've already got it on order Padraig. I'm hoping he leans back on his folkie roots, which made him write songs like "I Give In." The last Panics album was mediocre.

Sorry to hear about the Feverfew release Hugh. On the strength of your earlier post I was going to poke around this evening and see what I could find by them.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 02:55 am:   

I found the last Panics album improved a lot on further listens. Give it another go Randy.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 02:58 am:   

And from the sublime to the ridiculous ... I'm listening to Marillion's debut, Script For A Jester's Tear. The 16-year-old boy in me is rocking out in a prog rock stylee.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 04:41 am:   

Paul McCartney - New
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 05:32 am:   

Patty Griffin - Silver Bell
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 09:59 am:   

The Sand Pebbles - Atlantis Regrets Nothing. And I know nothing about them. I just picked it off one of the unplayed piles and put it in the CD player. I like it a lot. I got it fom a bargain bin in JB Hi-fi at some point. Now I'm going to google them to see who they are.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 10:08 am:   

They're from Melbourne.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 02:02 pm:   

Padraig, I plan on checking it out. It is pretty expensive over here at the moment as it is only available on import.
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 06:33 pm:   

Kitchens of Distinction - Folly
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, October 14, 2013 - 10:36 am:   

Day Ravies - Tussle. I'm enjoying it a lot on first listen, though the vocals are mixed lower than I'd prefer. I imagine these kids are big fans of Yo La Tengo.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 12:08 pm:   

Ride - Going Blank Again
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C Gull
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Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 10:14 pm:   

Lanterns on the Lake - Until the Colours Run. very good and i am looking forward to seeing them next week.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 18, 2013 - 08:21 am:   

L'Affaire Louis' Trio - Mobilis In Mobile
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 12:39 am:   

Matthew Sweet - Modern Art
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 12:54 am:   

The La's - There She Goes (Mike Hedges Version)
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 01:04 am:   

Mikal Cronin - MCII
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 01:12 am:   

Johnny Cash - Wide Open Road. Unfortunately, not the Triffids' song. Boy, what he could have done with that.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 06:27 am:   

Pallas - Sentinel
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 10:23 am:   

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot demos
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 05:35 pm:   

Feverfew -- Something of Nothing

Late 1980s from Reading, England. Many thanks to Hugh who located this out of print anthology consisting of tracks mostly released only as cassettes at the time. Not to be confused with a Brooklyn band of the same name. (I DID make that confusion and will eventually listen to their CD as well.)
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 05:48 pm:   

Zachary Cale - Blue Rider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w03aX5Bt _U
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 01:05 am:   

A power pop mix through iTunes.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 04:18 am:   

Andy Bull - Baby I Am Nobody Now (Todd Rundgren Mix)
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peter ward
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:56 am:   

Padraig, you've probably heard the Mikal Cronin album "Mcii"?... if not it is right up your Power Pop Street.

The Field - Cupid's Head
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:45 am:   

Thanks Peter. I have it and like it a lot.

It's almost albums of the year time again. The years are going too fast.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:11 pm:   

Padraig, Fisherman's Box: The Complete Fisherman's Blues Sessions 1986-1988 ( 6 Disc Deluxe Edition ) is up for pre-order on AmazonCo. Release date is given as 11 November, 2013. The band's website mentions a 7 cd and vinyl deluxe set so I am not sure what is going on.

http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/waterb oys-news.php

Currently listening to :-

Zachary Cale - Noise Of Welcome
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:24 pm:   

Hugh, the CD/vinyl edition is on its way to me. Hopefully it will arrive next week.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 05:20 am:   

Much iPod listening on the bus today, including The Chills classic Soft Bomb.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 06:18 am:   

Chris Stamey - London. An amazing song.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 07:49 am:   

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away. I bought this when it came out, but haven't played it till now. I wish I had. It sounds great so far.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 09:57 am:   

Padraig, I am assuming you have gone for Deluxe Edition. Can you let me know how many discs are in the set once it arrives.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 06:35 am:   

Will do Hugh. I think it's six CDs containing the Fisherman's Blues sessions, one CD of songs they were listening to at the time (country, gospel etc) and a vinyl copy of the original album (which I'm excited by as the one vinyl record I really regret selling was Fisherman's Blues).
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 06:39 am:   

Pendragon - Introducing Pendragon. They were a band I always longed to hear 30 years ago, but I never did. Now, thanks to the magic of iTunes, I can. I don't imagine anyone else hereabouts would like them though.

By the way, is anyone else finding this site behaving rather oddly this past week? When you click last day it hasn't updated what you've just posted, though it is actually there.
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Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 08:24 am:   

Twelfth Night - Twelfth Night
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Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 08:38 am:   

William Onyeabor - World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:49 am:   

Hi Hugh, the package arrived and it's as I said above, plus a record sized booklet and art pictures.
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Posted on Monday, October 28, 2013 - 02:59 pm:   

Thanks Padraig. I will pick up a copy in the next week or so.
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Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 08:59 am:   

Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Amina
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Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 03:23 am:   

A package from Deutschland arrived on my doorstep today. No, silly, NOT some dubs of Angela Merkel phone conversations, but a stack of six reissues of obscure U.K. music from the wonderful music obsessives at Firestation Records.

Playing For Time were mostly just too mainstream stylish pop for me. They are a seven-strong group from Hampshire with a couple of brass players and a female among their several singers that made me think of a 1980s update on groups like Amen Corner and the earlier incarnation of The Alan Bown Set even though neither of those groups had a woman in their ranks. I found five tracks I like very much and skipped the rest.

But then . . .

The Cherry Orchard -- These Restless Days (Recordings 1988 - 1990)

An online search finds a group of this name from the late 1990s which is indeed a later iteration of the same band, still headed by singer/songwriter Jason Smith but with the addition of Sara Onyett as collaborator. This earlier group actually released a 7 inch, a 12 inch EP and an LP in the late 1980s. Here's something from the EP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0SAEPNem rU

They had fairly straightforward musical objectives and might have been picked up by a major label but they weren't. You'll hear all sorts of elements in their music which suggest a much more mainstream act but the simple low budget production makes it work.

So Firestation Records have pulled together those earlier released tracks as well as 8 additional unreleased tracks from the same period.

Very much worthwhile. And I still have four other CDs from Firestation to unwrap.
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Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 11:03 am:   

Throwing Muses - Purgatory Paradise
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Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 02:58 am:   

Digging further into my care package from Firestation Records . . . .

Johnny Says Yeah! -- Friends Gone By 1986 - 1989

According to the notes this music was recorded "in an around the Fenlands of England." The reissue collection was remastered at 696 Holloway Road, a manageable jaunt up the road from Joe Meek's old apartment studio.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 01:34 pm:   

Randy, Did you pick up a copy of Sixteen Hail Marys by The Bloody Marys?

Currently listening to :-

Plates Of Cake - Plates Of Cake ( CDR - FLAC Download )

Released on vinyl ( Limited Edition of 300 ) and Digital Download only. Ten tracks with a running time of just over 26 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61a96blvi RU
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cosmo vitelli
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Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 05:57 pm:   

Monochrome Set - Super Plastic City
absolutely superb new album from Bid and the boys, they really do have a new lease of life since his illness and recovery and this is genuinely as good as their peak period output
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Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 10:18 pm:   

Twelfth Night - Twelfth Night. My recent prog rock jag is soon to end though.
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Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 11:19 pm:   

The Who - Live At The BBC (BBC Sessions Bonus CD)
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 02:30 am:   

Hugh, I have not gotten that. Cosmo, I'm amazed hear of a new Monochrome LP. I'll be getting it.
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 02:59 am:   

The World's End soundtrack. A great compilation of (mostly) early '90s indie.
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 04:23 am:   

Minor Alps - Get There
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 06:24 am:   

Josh Rouse - The Best Of The Rykodisc Years
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 09:07 am:   

they reformed last year Randy and put out an album Platinum Coils which is also excellent, Bid had a brain aneurysm and nearly died and it inspired him to restart the MS. They have been performing and recording since.
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 03:12 pm:   

Torres - Honey

I'm a bit of a sucker for women like look like this, and sing like that...should be on the November song of the day thread, but I can't find it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgNYcJei Og
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Randy Adams
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 03:48 pm:   

Cosmo, I have Platinum Coils. I just didn't expect another album from them anytime soon. This is very fast for another one.
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 04:32 pm:   

this one is better Randy and you're right it has been quick and very little fanfare, I only found out it was released by accident as I have seen no press at all
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Posted on Friday, November 01, 2013 - 11:12 pm:   

Josh Rouse - Bedroom Classics, Vol. 2 EP
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Posted on Saturday, November 02, 2013 - 01:37 am:   

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box. I've waited 25 years for this box set.
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Posted on Saturday, November 02, 2013 - 10:20 pm:   

Black Box Recorder -- The Facts of Life

Some time back I asked for advice about Luke Haines. Allen Belz sent me the entirety of this release. I enjoyed it but have only now finally gotten around to buying my own copy. This is a fine showcase of Haines' arch pop song craft--actually cowritten with John Moore on here--with vocals provided by someone (Sarah Nixey) MUCH easier to listen to.
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Posted on Sunday, November 03, 2013 - 08:43 pm:   

Hey, I agree with Padraig and Peter about a couple of upthread comments. Both

Mikal Cronin - MCII

And

Minor Alps - Get There

Are very good. The Minor Alps song "I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands" is a total earworm. Proceed at your own risk!
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Posted on Tuesday, November 05, 2013 - 06:01 am:   

The Jae Laffer solo album showed up today. Thank you Padraig for making me aware of it. Much as I hoped, it's a good solid record on first hearing. In certain ways it steps back a bit to how he (and the Panics) originally sounded. There's less gloss.
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Posted on Thursday, November 07, 2013 - 09:14 pm:   

Young Knives - Sick Octave
awesome new album, some dirty synth and kraut rock added to their normal edgy angular pop grooves
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Posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 02:23 am:   

Various tracks by Tasmanian power poppers Sole Stickers. https://myspace.com/solestickers/music/s ongs
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Posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 04:48 am:   

The Parsons Red Heads - Hard to See the Light
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Posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 05:56 am:   

David Bowie - The Next Day Extra
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Posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 06:26 am:   

Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy. A great compilation, for a great cause.

"All for The Best" (Thom Yorke) [5]
"Ashamed of the Story I Told" (The National)
"Everything's Coming Undone" (Michael Stipe)
"Loves the Only Thing That Shuts Me Up" (David Berkeley)
"The Backyard" (Dinosaur Jr.)
"Micon the Icon" (Chris Harford & Mr Ray Neal)
"Bill Jocko" (Frank Black)
"Little Man" (Vic Chesnutt)
"Ciao My Shining Star" (Unbelievable Truth)
"I Have Patience" (The Butterflies of Love)
"Cookie Jar" (Chris Collingwood)
"The Quiet One" (Frank Turner)
"In Pursuit of Your Happiness" (Rocket from the Tombs)
"Wake Up Whispering" (Ben Kweller)
"I Woke Up in the Mayflower" (Josh Rouse)
"Paradise" (Autumn Defense)
"Happy Birthday Yesterday" (Hayden)
"We're Not in Charleston Anymore" (Juliana Hatfield)
"Sailors and Animals" (Mercury Rev)
"She Watches Over Me" (Elvis Perkins)
"A World Away from This One" (Sean Watkins)
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Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 05:09 am:   

Jason Isbell - Southeastern
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:29 am:   

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol. 3
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Posted on Friday, November 15, 2013 - 04:36 am:   

The Whitefield Brothers - In The Raw. Old school R&B.
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Posted on Friday, November 15, 2013 - 05:22 am:   

The 1975 - The 1975
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Posted on Friday, November 15, 2013 - 06:12 am:   

The Posies - Frosting On The Beater (recorded live in Spain this month)
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Posted on Friday, November 15, 2013 - 03:07 pm:   

Orbweaver - Loom

another jewel of a suggestion from Mr Nimmo... a cool & lovely First Aid Kittish female voice balanced carefully over vaguely minimalist Morricone-like backdrops of guitar and trumpet...very very nice.
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Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 04:46 pm:   

Stuart, The band are currently working on their third album.

New single ( digital download only.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMWZnLCe3 kA

Currently listening to :-

Oliver Mann - Slow Bark
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Posted on Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 10:15 pm:   

Woojen Ships new cd- sounds great! Looking forward to seeing them in December.
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Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 09:50 am:   

ByrdHouse (Crowded House with Roger McGuinn) EP from 1989, which I bought 24 years ago in a record shop in Venice Beach, LA.
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Hugh Nimmo
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Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 02:43 pm:   

Grand Salvo ( aka Paddy Mann ) - Slay Me In My Sleep
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, November 22, 2013 - 10:19 am:   

A mix I made for a guy I work with whom, I've just discovered, is a serious music geek. It was nice to make a mix CD for someone for the first time in ages.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 04:27 am:   

The Plague Monkeys - White Feathers
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Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 05:12 am:   

Cassandra Wilson - Closer To You: The Pop Side
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Posted on Monday, November 25, 2013 - 11:47 am:   

The soundtrack to The Pacific
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Posted on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 05:38 pm:   

Peter Gabriel - Us

I've ignored almost all of PG's solo work, for some reason... well, you can't fit in everything. But Digging the dirt was on Italian X-factor and that convinced me to get Us: which is a beautiful, rich, layered work that deserves all the weighty praise the (strangely cool) Italian judges lathered it with.
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Posted on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 01:01 pm:   

I remember listening to my cassette tape of US in July of 1986 while touring the Canadian Rockies, include Lake Louise, Banff and the drive up to Jasper.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 10:45 pm:   

Coronet Blue - Welcome To The Arms of Forever. Superior Australian power pop, made by a guy (John Rooney) who is an orthopaedic surgeon in his day job!
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 11:23 pm:   

Coronet Blue - Better Day
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 12:00 am:   

Paul Westerberg - John, I'm Only Dancin'. Brilliant cover.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 12:02 am:   

Matthew Sweet - Moonage Daydream. It's all Bowie covers round my way this morning.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 12:41 am:   

The Nines - The Nines
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 01:27 am:   

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - Here And Now
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 07:22 am:   

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box, disc 5
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Posted on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 09:32 am:   

The Waterboys - Fisherman's Box, disc 6
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Posted on Sunday, December 01, 2013 - 02:06 pm:   

This, performed by Franco and Tabu Ley Rochereau:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYlb6mSXJ Kc
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Posted on Monday, December 02, 2013 - 07:11 am:   

Hearing a lot of Wild Swans during last week, yesterday I heared Teardrop Explodes.

After hearing Wilder CD it was Kilimanjaro blowing me away again!

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