DavidAnother fantastic sounding remaster from 10cc’s early catalogue. An incredibly diverse range of genres and oh so clever-Trevor-ness. Self-referential and up it’s own arse but extremely engrossing all the same.
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DavidI haven’t spent a lot of time with this one, (I picked it up for $1.67 a few weeks back), but what I do hear is not what I expected.
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DavidThis record was very recently voted “Record of the Year” 2017 by Uncut Magazine. Up until today, I did not own this record.
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DavidI dropped the needle on this big slap of recently remastered ruby red vinyl and gasped in stunned disbeleif. If there’s ever an argument in favour of vinyl over digital - this just has to be it.
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DavidCracking retrospective of the legendary punk poet John Cooper Clarke. His is a name that’s cropped up many times over the years but he was not really appreciated until well into his 60’s.
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DavidI’m not sure if I was exposed to this record first or the earlier “The Yes Album”. Whatever the case was, the impact was astounding but just not a positive one at the time.
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DavidAnother $5 bargain bin escapee. I’ve always been curious about this one but never bothered pursuing. Beautifully packaged, I couldn’t lose!
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DavidOMG I need this this evening! The bastards at work are getting me down big time. It’s time to purge. In May 2015 I wrote:
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DavidThe themes were: Name Check, Chess Board, Impress Me
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DavidThere’s nothing much I can say about this record that wouldn’t demean it’s importance in my musical world. While every track, aside from the rollicking “Doubt” is the epitome of understatement and restraint, it’s the final track “Faith” that will take pride of place in my funeral march or on my death bed (I’m not really one for ceremony).
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