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David
07 Aug, 2020

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask (1982)

Aside from the brilliant and incomparable Lou Reed/David Bowie/Mick Ronson recording that is “Transformer” this is my favourite Lou Reed album.

- #loureed

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David
05 Aug, 2020

The Pop Group - Y (1979)

The antithesis of “pop” this is as abrasive and challenging as it gets. There’s no hiding. The dog is currently nestled under my legs somewhat disturbed by the dissonance.

- #thepopgroup

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David
04 Aug, 2020

Richard's Session - Aug 20

The themes were: 15 minutes of music recorded or released in 1966.

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David
03 Aug, 2020

Split Enz - True Colours (Remix)(2020)

This arrived on sparkly new orange vinyl today. This 2020 remastered version is all the more remarkable in what it reveals in instrumentation.

- #splitenz

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David
02 Aug, 2020

Arthur Russell - The World Of… (2014)

This FANTASTIC remastered 2014 compilation on 3 great slabs of vinyl just sounds well…. FANTASTIC! These 11 tracks, all released as 12” remixes, were clearly made for the dance floors of the late 70’s, early 80’s, but really blur the links between Disco, Classical, Jazz and Dub.

- #arthurrussell

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David
01 Aug, 2020

Public Service Broadcasting - Inform-Educate-Entertain [DVD] (2013)

While the music can definitely stand-alone on this DVD, the film that accompanies the music on each track beautifully reinforces the historical components that the “found” sounds reference throughout.

- #publicservicebroadcasting

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David
30 Jul, 2020

The Slits - Cut (1979)

I’m half way through Viv Albertine’s very candid 2014 book “Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys” She was brought into The Slits as the guitar player who had never actually played guitar.