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Every record has a story, or memory (most of them fairly mundane). In the absence of having any real use for social media nowadays, I will be cataloguing my collection - in no particular order - here. See below 👇
Imagine having to listen to Sheeran at work. I’d definitely be onto HR.
www.thetimes.com/article/2fe6...
www.thetimes.com/article/2fe6...
Music royalties hit record £300m as workplace listening soars
Office and factories music licensing generated about £120 million, an improvement from the pandemic years when it fell to £57 million from £100 million
www.thetimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Imagine having to listen to Sheeran at work. I’d definitely be onto HR.
www.thetimes.com/article/2fe6...
www.thetimes.com/article/2fe6...
Went to see Erasure with some schoolmates in 1988 and this lot were the support act. So yeah, first band I saw were Nitzer Ebb - and they blew my tiny fragile mind.
#nitzerebb
www.discogs.com/release/1288...
#nitzerebb
www.discogs.com/release/1288...
March 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Went to see Erasure with some schoolmates in 1988 and this lot were the support act. So yeah, first band I saw were Nitzer Ebb - and they blew my tiny fragile mind.
#nitzerebb
www.discogs.com/release/1288...
#nitzerebb
www.discogs.com/release/1288...
Thirty years since the album launch party for this LP at Dingwalls. Full of flu, got on the Benylyn and brandy for the full Spiritualized experience. Well, almost 🚀🚀🚀
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Thirty years since the album launch party for this LP at Dingwalls. Full of flu, got on the Benylyn and brandy for the full Spiritualized experience. Well, almost 🚀🚀🚀
Classic of the genre (whatever that genre is). Was late to this, but bought down at Sister Ray on Berwick Street in 1992. Rasping dubbed out Weatherall remix on B side. Meat Beat Manifesto were ace live.
#meatbeatmanifesto
www.discogs.com/release/5898...
#meatbeatmanifesto
www.discogs.com/release/5898...
January 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Classic of the genre (whatever that genre is). Was late to this, but bought down at Sister Ray on Berwick Street in 1992. Rasping dubbed out Weatherall remix on B side. Meat Beat Manifesto were ace live.
#meatbeatmanifesto
www.discogs.com/release/5898...
#meatbeatmanifesto
www.discogs.com/release/5898...
Shuffling effort of indie-dance with a remix from the Orb of Lovekittens’ cover of the Velvet Underground’s What Goes On? Bought in Durrants, summer 1991. Lazy remix from LX Paterson, but marginally improved a track that should have been an indie hit.
#lovekittens
www.discogs.com/release/4281...
January 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Shuffling effort of indie-dance with a remix from the Orb of Lovekittens’ cover of the Velvet Underground’s What Goes On? Bought in Durrants, summer 1991. Lazy remix from LX Paterson, but marginally improved a track that should have been an indie hit.
#lovekittens
www.discogs.com/release/4281...
Somewhere in the recesses of my mind is the memory of our dad playing this loudly. Not my favourite Kraftwerk LP, but as concept albums go it’s up there. Dad popped this on as soon as we hit the autobahn en route to Dortmund for the Uefa Cup final in 2001
#kraftwerk
www.discogs.com/master/10873...
#kraftwerk
www.discogs.com/master/10873...
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Somewhere in the recesses of my mind is the memory of our dad playing this loudly. Not my favourite Kraftwerk LP, but as concept albums go it’s up there. Dad popped this on as soon as we hit the autobahn en route to Dortmund for the Uefa Cup final in 2001
#kraftwerk
www.discogs.com/master/10873...
#kraftwerk
www.discogs.com/master/10873...
Was never a massive Mary Chain fan, but definitely liked them. As I discovered looking at my record shelf as there are a few LPs, 12”s, 10”s and 7”s on there. Another Our Price purchase around time of its release.
#JaMC
www.discogs.com/release/1620...
#JaMC
www.discogs.com/release/1620...
December 2, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Was never a massive Mary Chain fan, but definitely liked them. As I discovered looking at my record shelf as there are a few LPs, 12”s, 10”s and 7”s on there. Another Our Price purchase around time of its release.
#JaMC
www.discogs.com/release/1620...
#JaMC
www.discogs.com/release/1620...
Classic Our Price purchase. No idea why, but the local store always had loads of new indie / house / bleep – but don’t recall piles of mainstream fodder.
Bought late ‘89, prior to first time I saw Inspiral Carpets live at Keele Uni. Mad strobes 🙄
#inspiralcarpets
www.discogs.com/master/46322...
Bought late ‘89, prior to first time I saw Inspiral Carpets live at Keele Uni. Mad strobes 🙄
#inspiralcarpets
www.discogs.com/master/46322...
December 2, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Classic Our Price purchase. No idea why, but the local store always had loads of new indie / house / bleep – but don’t recall piles of mainstream fodder.
Bought late ‘89, prior to first time I saw Inspiral Carpets live at Keele Uni. Mad strobes 🙄
#inspiralcarpets
www.discogs.com/master/46322...
Bought late ‘89, prior to first time I saw Inspiral Carpets live at Keele Uni. Mad strobes 🙄
#inspiralcarpets
www.discogs.com/master/46322...
Can’t remember who, but someone sent this to me in 1992 and it blew my mind. Was writing for a student magazine at the time, while also doing music PR/club promotions at Polydor.
Monstrous track that still melts my head. Kings of the Roland 303
#hardfloor #303
www.discogs.com/master/23006...
Monstrous track that still melts my head. Kings of the Roland 303
#hardfloor #303
www.discogs.com/master/23006...
December 2, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Can’t remember who, but someone sent this to me in 1992 and it blew my mind. Was writing for a student magazine at the time, while also doing music PR/club promotions at Polydor.
Monstrous track that still melts my head. Kings of the Roland 303
#hardfloor #303
www.discogs.com/master/23006...
Monstrous track that still melts my head. Kings of the Roland 303
#hardfloor #303
www.discogs.com/master/23006...
No words necessary, quite literally. This might be the best instrumental LP out there: Manuel Göttsching’s seminal E2-E4. Influenced Gong fans and house heads alike. Still sounds ace.
Think I bought at HMV on Oxford Street in 1998 – 17 years after its release
#E2E4
www.discogs.com/master/2786-...
Think I bought at HMV on Oxford Street in 1998 – 17 years after its release
#E2E4
www.discogs.com/master/2786-...
December 2, 2024 at 1:27 AM
No words necessary, quite literally. This might be the best instrumental LP out there: Manuel Göttsching’s seminal E2-E4. Influenced Gong fans and house heads alike. Still sounds ace.
Think I bought at HMV on Oxford Street in 1998 – 17 years after its release
#E2E4
www.discogs.com/master/2786-...
Think I bought at HMV on Oxford Street in 1998 – 17 years after its release
#E2E4
www.discogs.com/master/2786-...
Would have bought this in Durrant Records in Shrewsbury, early 1991.
Went to see Fluke on my own once at a party out west in autumn ‘91 (mates were mostly indie kids) but got there too early (doors still closed), so went home with tail between legs. I tried
#fluke
www.discogs.com/release/1956...
Went to see Fluke on my own once at a party out west in autumn ‘91 (mates were mostly indie kids) but got there too early (doors still closed), so went home with tail between legs. I tried
#fluke
www.discogs.com/release/1956...
December 2, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Would have bought this in Durrant Records in Shrewsbury, early 1991.
Went to see Fluke on my own once at a party out west in autumn ‘91 (mates were mostly indie kids) but got there too early (doors still closed), so went home with tail between legs. I tried
#fluke
www.discogs.com/release/1956...
Went to see Fluke on my own once at a party out west in autumn ‘91 (mates were mostly indie kids) but got there too early (doors still closed), so went home with tail between legs. I tried
#fluke
www.discogs.com/release/1956...
Purchased on December 30 or 31, 1989, from Eastern Bloc on record buying afternoon in Manchester – the last 12” I bought in the 1980s.
Ace remix of huge crossover track from late ‘89. Indie club I went to even played 808 – or as we called them: Bob state
#808state
www.discogs.com/release/3494...
Ace remix of huge crossover track from late ‘89. Indie club I went to even played 808 – or as we called them: Bob state
#808state
www.discogs.com/release/3494...
December 1, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Purchased on December 30 or 31, 1989, from Eastern Bloc on record buying afternoon in Manchester – the last 12” I bought in the 1980s.
Ace remix of huge crossover track from late ‘89. Indie club I went to even played 808 – or as we called them: Bob state
#808state
www.discogs.com/release/3494...
Ace remix of huge crossover track from late ‘89. Indie club I went to even played 808 – or as we called them: Bob state
#808state
www.discogs.com/release/3494...
Not the first record I bought featuring this pair, but probably the best. Bought at Sister Ray.
Between 1994-97 Daft Punk may just have been the most exciting live act/DJing duo on the planet. Fond memories of watching them in tiny clubs or tents at raves
#daftpunk
www.discogs.com/release/7982...
Between 1994-97 Daft Punk may just have been the most exciting live act/DJing duo on the planet. Fond memories of watching them in tiny clubs or tents at raves
#daftpunk
www.discogs.com/release/7982...
December 1, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Not the first record I bought featuring this pair, but probably the best. Bought at Sister Ray.
Between 1994-97 Daft Punk may just have been the most exciting live act/DJing duo on the planet. Fond memories of watching them in tiny clubs or tents at raves
#daftpunk
www.discogs.com/release/7982...
Between 1994-97 Daft Punk may just have been the most exciting live act/DJing duo on the planet. Fond memories of watching them in tiny clubs or tents at raves
#daftpunk
www.discogs.com/release/7982...
Bought this from the Record Peddler in Manchester in 1989. Amazing shop filled with Factory stuff, old and new. What I would do for a time machine.
Brilliantly dark electro, mixed by John Robie of Soulsonic Force fame.
Cabs’ only Faç release.
#cabaretvoltaire
www.discogs.com/master/2705-...
Brilliantly dark electro, mixed by John Robie of Soulsonic Force fame.
Cabs’ only Faç release.
#cabaretvoltaire
www.discogs.com/master/2705-...
November 30, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Bought this from the Record Peddler in Manchester in 1989. Amazing shop filled with Factory stuff, old and new. What I would do for a time machine.
Brilliantly dark electro, mixed by John Robie of Soulsonic Force fame.
Cabs’ only Faç release.
#cabaretvoltaire
www.discogs.com/master/2705-...
Brilliantly dark electro, mixed by John Robie of Soulsonic Force fame.
Cabs’ only Faç release.
#cabaretvoltaire
www.discogs.com/master/2705-...
Lad I knew at London College of Printing was in this band so I bought it.
He was very tall and called Howard. Went to see them live at (possibly) the Bull & Gate – don’t think I was overly excited.
Not listened to this since 1991. Doubt I will again.
www.discogs.com/release/2033...
#becketts
He was very tall and called Howard. Went to see them live at (possibly) the Bull & Gate – don’t think I was overly excited.
Not listened to this since 1991. Doubt I will again.
www.discogs.com/release/2033...
#becketts
November 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Lad I knew at London College of Printing was in this band so I bought it.
He was very tall and called Howard. Went to see them live at (possibly) the Bull & Gate – don’t think I was overly excited.
Not listened to this since 1991. Doubt I will again.
www.discogs.com/release/2033...
#becketts
He was very tall and called Howard. Went to see them live at (possibly) the Bull & Gate – don’t think I was overly excited.
Not listened to this since 1991. Doubt I will again.
www.discogs.com/release/2033...
#becketts
Bought this off my mate Tim for £5 in 1990. He didn’t like it – “too dancey”. I loved it.
Incredible LP which has the worst title in the history of music, but is regularly played at home.
Mrs Mac insisted we played a track off it during our wedding ceremony.
#acr
www.discogs.com/release/2459...
Incredible LP which has the worst title in the history of music, but is regularly played at home.
Mrs Mac insisted we played a track off it during our wedding ceremony.
#acr
www.discogs.com/release/2459...
November 30, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Bought this off my mate Tim for £5 in 1990. He didn’t like it – “too dancey”. I loved it.
Incredible LP which has the worst title in the history of music, but is regularly played at home.
Mrs Mac insisted we played a track off it during our wedding ceremony.
#acr
www.discogs.com/release/2459...
Incredible LP which has the worst title in the history of music, but is regularly played at home.
Mrs Mac insisted we played a track off it during our wedding ceremony.
#acr
www.discogs.com/release/2459...
Loved Pavement, briefly, in 1991/92. Bought this mini-LP from Drag City on mail order and it took weeks to arrive. Not sure if I paid for it being sent to an ‘exotic location’.
Look at those prices!
Listened to yesterday for first time in 30+ years. Very lo-fi.
www.discogs.com/master/17439...
Look at those prices!
Listened to yesterday for first time in 30+ years. Very lo-fi.
www.discogs.com/master/17439...
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Loved Pavement, briefly, in 1991/92. Bought this mini-LP from Drag City on mail order and it took weeks to arrive. Not sure if I paid for it being sent to an ‘exotic location’.
Look at those prices!
Listened to yesterday for first time in 30+ years. Very lo-fi.
www.discogs.com/master/17439...
Look at those prices!
Listened to yesterday for first time in 30+ years. Very lo-fi.
www.discogs.com/master/17439...
Every record has a story, or memory (most of them fairly mundane). In the absence of having any real use for social media nowadays, I will be cataloguing my collection - in no particular order - here. See below 👇
November 29, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Every record has a story, or memory (most of them fairly mundane). In the absence of having any real use for social media nowadays, I will be cataloguing my collection - in no particular order - here. See below 👇
Lost in music: but what city am I listening to? An easy one to start with
November 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Lost in music: but what city am I listening to? An easy one to start with