Took a somewhat unexpected trip to Bristol today, never a bad thing. So how do you make the most of a trip like that? Buy records of course! I wasn’t on my own so just visited a couple of shops that happened to be on the route we were walking. I was passing Astro Vinyl,…
On this day, the 24th April 1995, Oasis released their first number 1 single, Some Might Say. Straight in at number 1, which was obviously a great result for the band but it put a dilemma in my head! What you ask, well here is the track listing. Some of the comments from reddit about…
3 years on from Paul’s Boutique, the third album from the Beastie Boys was released on April 21st 1992, I remember it well, at the time it seemed a long way on from Licensed to ill, and it was, that was released in 1986 and a lot happens in your life at that time in…
So I have lots of emails coming in saying ‘Coke Bottle Vinyl’ as a special version of a record being released, I have heard it occasionally but not paid attention that much as there are so many variations, red, blue, splatter, gold, limited Silver, Orange and Coke Bottle? And im quite partial to good old…
Ok, this vinyl is not that hard to track down but a 1991 vinyl release is still 33 years of wear and tear you hope is not visible to your eyes and ears when you click buy. This time its ‘Congratulations’ by Jefferson Airhead, later to become Airhead, the previous name chosen as a parody…
Legendary, Mancunian rock group Puressence are performing a huge hometown show at the Albert Hall on Saturday 29th June 2024, their first live date in over 11 years! I cannot remember exactly when or how I discovered this band, it is a distant memory, so I know I have been a fan for a long time. It…
A Wednesday night in Bristol, Johnny Marr with Gaz Coombes in support, two main acts, like a someone you really want to meet that has no surname, just two first names. A 2 hour drive followed by queuing in light rain, thanks O2 priority for putting their priority queue out in the elements, it wasn’t…
I saw lucky enough too see Gaz Coombes recently on March 14th of this year perform a one man show to a small audience in Southampton. This time there was a band, a five piece band, the same but different!. My image but sadly not my setlist. Gaz Coombes came onstage and had roughly 45…
I remember returning back to my student digs and my flatmate was playing this album, I hadn’t heard it at that time, somehow the radio play had passed me by but this sound didn’t! The track playing was ‘The day we caught the train’ and I was an instant fan. The band was Ocean Colour…
Sounds a better title than Drum and Talent. Like a close-nit group of lads putting on a show for their mates and showing just how good they are! The place was bouncing! Always loved Drum & Bass and a great MC is a sight to behold, seen many over the years and rap music is…
