I saw one of the touring versions of The Beat when they came to Victoria a little over 10 years ago- it was a fun show, but obviously not the same without the original lineup. Also a big Sugor Ros fan, although I've only heard a handful of their albums.

That Sigur Rós album is excellent. I own it as well on CD. I always liked Wha’ppen by the English Beat as well. It’s such a chill record.

Love Sigur Ros! That is a killer album by them. I like Valtari & Takk too. Cheers

Great chat both - Todd was my gateway into the whole vinyl/music community via REM on here and I have discovered people like Fitz as a result. I definitely gravitate towards the chat, the "how old were you when" and gig memories...I mean seeing new stuff is great but I'm more interested in the why and where? Please keep this up guys...its like sitting in a pub or a coffee shop with two old friends.

he feels censored without him ending with mother F’ers

Skydiggers are Great. They opened for Blue Rodeo on the "Casino" album tour. I thought they stole the show to be honest. Still love them today.

Good conversation. Came over from Lost Mixtapes. Just subbed.

great chat. i love listening to every take !!!

Great conversation. It was really interesting learning about how you each discover music and how you listen to and experience music.

Two of my favorites here! Loved this little conversation! Hope all is well with you both. Cheers☘️

Fun conversation! It’s always interesting to hear about others setups, listening habits and influences.

excellent chat thanks

Comin home, Poor Elijah, and the Dave Mason song are the standouts to me. Mason's first solo record is great too and features many of the same familiar faces- Radle, Bonnie, Leon. All those Tulsa folks just made great music.

Definitely an overlooked record sadly, until people dive into the lineages of the timelines and players.

Nice chat, thanks. One correction: Jim Gordon, not Keltner, was the drummer.

Great post. I saw them at the Commodore Ballroom in June 2015. They were an incredible band.

I LOVE Rick! He needs his own channel doing just this- one album reviews! I could listen to this guy all day.

Nice to meet you, Rick! Fun to hear your musical background, perspective and influences. Greetings from Japan!

Great collection!

Finally watching this now Fitz! Yelapa sounds preferable to my current winter situation in Buffalo! Nice Donald Byrd. I saw several shows at SkyDome. Glad to hear the sound issue improved. I remember there used to be a Hard Rock Cafe in there as well. That Stones concert story was really excellent! Thanks for helping push me to a trillion. ✌️

I love your friend

Thank you for the shoutout Fitz! Love the Stones concert story.

Good to see you avoided the hate question, there's far too much hate in the world today. I've got a lot of artists that do absolutely nothing for me, and Nickleback is one of my choices, too 😊 Let's all try to spread some love in 2025 ❤

Nice entry Fitz. Great way to sidestep the hated artist question. I moved to Toronto just before the Skydome opened in ‘89. That’s ironic since I cut most of the glass that was installed in the corporate box seats, and the Blue Jays finally found success in the post season. I dumped the Leafs for the Canucks as soon as I arrived here as well😡😡. Cheers.

Cool tracks! I have seen Billy Bragg several times. He can spend a lot of time expounding, but I always find him to be very funny. I don't think I have seen anyone else mention Art Bergman!

Congratulations on your 2 years. I've watched a lot of your videos over the last 6 months or so and really enjoyed them. Nice eclectic taste in music and some interesting picks 👍

Hi Fitz, congratulations on your 2 yrs. I know what you mean about BB, I’ve seen him many many times and I always find myself willing him to get on with the music. Good choice in Levi Stubbs tears, it is a wonderful song. Dean Wareham is touring the UK in April, looking forward to seeing him (first time for me). Always good to see the 4th best band in Hull. I don’t have that comp but I’m definitely going to pick it up when I next see it out in the wild. Looking forward to the good stuff to come in Year 3. Andy

Congrats on two years! Loved your selections here. Saw Luna on the Penthouse tour and loved it. Such a pure organic rich sounding band. I’ve had a hard time getting as into Galaxie 500 as well. Familiar with about half of your choices…Westerberg and Celluloid Heroes…yes! I’m looking forward to checking out the rest. Del Fuego’s…picked that one up used a while ago and haven’t gotten around to listening to it. Running it through my Humming Guru as I write this so I can give it a proper listen. I’d like to do a collaboration with you sometime.

'I Smell Winter' is a fantastic song. I challenge anyone to find a bands hit collection where the opening track is the second track on the b-side of a 12" single. The Housemartins were fairly remarkable, they were proper pop stars in the UK, always on the cover of teeny magazines even had the UK christmas number one, and every single one of there songs was overtly political. Theres very few acts that have pulled that off. Coincidentally maybye The Specials is the other that springs to mind. Great video.

The Replacements are one of my favorite bands of all time, Paul Westerberg is on of my favorite artists ever (I am originally from Minnesota, growing up during the heyday of The Replacements), and "Runaway Wind" is without a doubt a top Westerberg song of mine. Also a huge fan of Luna, The Del Fuegos, the glorious Housemartins, and of course the amazing Prince (again, Minneapolis). Great picks all around.

about you quote rock and roll suicide Paul,I think that was your name I must say I don’t recommend you do that I had more than 20years ago and wound up up just paralyzed badly with no left arm and leg

Great eclectic mix. "Ghost Town" is my favorite single from the 80's.

Great idea for a show!

Great idea for a series. Will add Tommy Guerrero to my growing list of artists to check out.

Roxy Music, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello and The Jam! The Jam was one of my picks on my vinyl tag! Just subbed to your channel. Great Video!

Awesome video

Kind of forgot about M Ward. Haven’t heard his name much lately. Sounds like that comp would be a good re-introduction. Loved that Nick Cave book. Heard a recent NPR interview with him- although I think it was recorded in May. Was surprising just how religious he’s become. Definitely gets at that in the book and Wild God too.

Crickey! It’s a Fitz spotted in the wild perhaps not his natural habitat but a rare sighting out

This was so relaxing and cool to watch. Thanks!

some great finds, that Spanish Iggy with gatefold sleeve is cool, never seen that one. We went to Tokyo for the first time late 2023, we were just blown away by the record shopping. Went to over a dozen Disk Unions alone, they are the best for sure. Loved going to Tower again, very nostalgic for us, our hotel was a 4 minute walk away. Other favorite stores were Recofan, Coconuts Disk, Daruma Ya, Flask Disc Ranch, few others. We came home with 4 suitcases full haha! In case you didn't know, you can check the condition of all the records at the counter, just say "check condition" and they open everything for you and very gently hand you each lp one at a time to inspect. They are so respectful and friendly, and even when we had 25-30 records to go through, they were always nothing but helpful and patient. Thinking of going back in 2025!

WOW!

Nice. Can't wait for my next trip in April. Keep the videos coming.

Ha! Just realized I missed an edit. Not willing to re-do the post so warts & all!

Good recommendations. Just found you on the Insta.

Great list! Been meaning to check out that Peter Perrett album. Now you have me curious about the Ronnie Lane and Johnny Lytle LPs. Probably need to spend more time with David Gilmour and Jessica Pratt records too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Just discovered your channel via Pretty Green Vinyl Guy's vinyl tag 2025, interesting picks you have for the tag. I enjoyed watching the video and look forward to checking out more of your videos! Best, Steve

Fountain of Youth on your last pic is perfect! all 5 great pics.

Also a fan of the new Gilmore album - I always felt that it was Floyd that brought out the best playing in all of the players, but I generally think his solo output is the strongest.

Splendid selection. I love John Martyn, and that Yo La Tengo album is epic. Kate Bush was on EMI, initially. Sting's 'If On A Winter's Night' would fit right in here too. I gave up on skiing in 2016 after a knee accident on the slopes. I'd been skiing my best ever the day before. Miss it terribly, but grateful for some epic adventures.

Thanks for the reminder of Terry Callier. I saw him live in Bristol, probably on his last visit to the U.K. I hoovered up his catalogue in the 90s, most on CD, some on vinyl. One I always wanted on vinyl was his '98 album 'Timepeace', which includes the magnificent 'Lazarus Man', but it wasn't released on vinyl until recently. I popped it into my Wish List, and kind of forgot about it....until today! Ordered, coming tomorrow. 👊🏻