BOYRACER: More Songs About Frustration And Self-Hate (LP,…
This is a great album and one that I listened to very regularly soon after its release. I was a big fan of Boyracer in the 1990s, as they bridged a gap between the indie-pop…
SEE MY SOUND: Hidden Depths (7″, Distraction DIST1,…
It happens, more than I'm really happy to admit, that often when I pull out a random record to write about I have literally no idea where it came from, why I have it or…
THE BACHELOR PAD/BABY LEMONADE: Girl Of Your Dreams/Jiffy…
I've called this a 7" in the title up there, but the flexi itself isn't actually seven inches in diameter like a 'real' seven-inch single - it's slightly smaller, perhaps 6" in diameter? I've refrained…
VARIOUS: Touchdown (LP, Fontana TOUCH 1, 1982)
Funny old compilation album, this one - record labels used to do quite a lot of 'themed' albums in the 1980s, although often more musically similar in theme, rather than having an out-and-out thread that…
THE GOLDEN DAWN: George Hamilton’s Dead (7″, Sarah…
Another seven inch single on Sarah Records. I guess there's a stronger chance of such releases being the ones that pop up as a randomly-selected choice, because there are a lot of them in my…
VARIOUS: The Twominutemen 2 (2×7″, Jonson Family JFR…
This double seven inch, sixteen-track compilation, and the one that came before it (can you guess what that one was called? I'll leave that up to your keen mind to work out), represent for me…
THE HOUSEMARTINS: London 0 Hull 4 (LP, Go!…
Not a huge amount to say about this record musically - to me it represents a very mainstream and slick side to the whole C86/indie-pop scene that was flourishing at the time of its release.…
SHELLAC OF NORTH AMERICA: Excellent Italian Greyhound (LP,…
I think this is the first Shellac record that I've mentioned on here. I'm calling them Shellac Of North America for this post because that's how they specifically seem to refer to themselves on this…
VARIOUS: Easy Listening (2LP, Polydor 2675 002, ?)
I love the photographs on this sleeve - a happy female music listener on the front, and a happy male music listener on the back. The gatefold sleeve opens up to reveal nothing more than…
THE CAROLINE KNOW: Nail (7″, Bus Stop BUS012,…
This is one of a little batch of records that my Dad once bought for me. He was away on a trip in America - I forget where, New York perhaps? - and decided that…