The Vinyl Countdown # 1801
Galaxie 500, This Is Our Music (1990) I bought this a couple of years ago – I’d enjoyed some Galaxie 500 and I had really enjoyed Dean Wareham’s book, Black Postcards. Also, I was interviewing Dean...
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Robert Plant, Manic Nirvana (1990) It was back in the days when a trip to the big Marbecks store in Auckland was a helluva treat. I’d get to go there once a year – and it was a big deal! I’d almost be...
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Lou Reed, Lou Reed Live (1975) Released two years after it was recorded – and a companion of sorts to the more famous Rock’n’Roll Animal (released in 1974) this album was a favourite of mine when I was...
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The Byrds, Fifth Dimension (1966) It’s funny, I only ever owned compilations by The Byrds on CD; never any of the band’s original albums. Great band – of course. So now I’m collecting a few of the key...
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Tracey Thorn, A Distant Shore (1982) I bought this a few years ago because I was a bit intrigued by it – which is to say I didn’t know it existed; I’ve warmed to Everything But The Girl with time, I...
View ArticleTerror of the Deep: Death of the Gideon
Terror of the Deep Death of the Gideon (Independent) Wellington band Terror of the Deep has been around since 2008 and, in the way that you’d hope, each release improves the sound – and direction – of...
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Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno & Nico, June 1, 1974 (1974) Oh sure, I loved Brian Eno but I bought this for John Cale and Nico. As an eager Lou Reed/Velvet Underground fan it was about finding...
View ArticlePoem: VU
The Velvet Underground took their name from the cover of a cheap trashy porno-novel. That’s kinda neat, don’t ya think? I mean, come on – they sang about sex, and violins were always threatening to...
View ArticleJoseph Arthur: Lou
Joseph Arthur Lou Vanguard Joseph Arthur has been prolific, particularly of late, three records in three year, his last (a double), still pretty fresh and now an album-length tribute to Lou Reed....
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1086
The Velvet Underground, Singles 1966-69 (2009) Here is the most expensive record/s in the house that I’ve never listened to. $100 for this set of seven x 7” singles – reissued in 2009 – and still...
View ArticleLou Reed: Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast
Lou Reed Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast Goldfish Records Sooner or later everything becomes available right? Death certainly helps. Lou Reed’s no longer with us – cue “new shoes” versions...
View ArticleStubs: #100 – John Cale, Auckland, 2007
One of the first times – as far as I can remember – that I flew to Auckland specifically to see a show. There had been other times where I’d cash in on seeing something while there, but the whole...
View ArticleThe Best Guitarist in The World: # 4 – David Kilgour
It was only recently, a couple of years ago, that I stumbled onto the best way to describe David Kilgour: his approach, his playing, his position. I considered him a nonchalant phenomenon. In fact I’d...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1592
The Byrds, Fifth Dimension (1966) It’s funny, I only ever owned compilations by The Byrds on CD; never any of the band’s original albums. Great band – of course. So now I’m collecting a few of the key...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1404
Tracey Thorn, A Distant Shore (1982) I bought this a few years ago because I was a bit intrigued by it – which is to say I didn’t know it existed; I’ve warmed to Everything But The Girl with time, I...
View ArticleTerror of the Deep: Death of the Gideon
Terror of the Deep Death of the Gideon (Independent) Wellington band Terror of the Deep has been around since 2008 and, in the way that you’d hope, each release improves the sound – and direction – of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1340
Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno & Nico, June 1, 1974 (1974) Oh sure, I loved Brian Eno but I bought this for John Cale and Nico. As an eager Lou Reed/Velvet Underground fan it was about finding...
View ArticlePoem: VU
The Velvet Underground took their name from the cover of a cheap trashy porno-novel. That’s kinda neat, don’t ya think? I mean, come on – they sang about sex, and violins were always threatening to...
View ArticleJoseph Arthur: Lou
Joseph Arthur Lou Vanguard Joseph Arthur has been prolific, particularly of late, three records in three year, his last (a double), still pretty fresh and now an album-length tribute to Lou Reed....
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1086
The Velvet Underground, Singles 1966-69 (2009) Here is the most expensive record/s in the house that I’ve never listened to. $100 for this set of seven x 7” singles – reissued in 2009 – and still...
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