Vinyl Community: When One Album Is Enough. Artists Where I Just Need One Album.

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

I hope to run into a Robert Wyatt copy like yours. Its now on my hit list ! I saw Mahavishnu Orchestra in '75.. Richie Havens opened ! What a show.. Nice John Martyn Harris ! " Bless The Weather" .. a beauty !

[@Harrispilton22]

Yes that John Martyn rarely gets shown? I’m not sure if it’s a hard to find record now? That’s an original I picked up 10 years ago (when everything was cheap!) Got the original Island Label. Yes I rarely see that Robert Wyatt out in the wild. Hope you & the family are good JT, looks like you’re having loads of fun. 😊

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

@@Harrispilton22 I'd say it's a bit better than "Solid Air" .. Although "May You Never" will always be a favorite !

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

@@Harrispilton22 We're doing well, thanks for that ! One more work day.. then 3 in a row off ! Whoo hoo ! ✌

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

Have you ever heard "Tea Green" from the LP "Road To Ruin" ? Beauty of a tune !

[@EmbryonicRobot]

"Intelligence free zone"! Classic. Lots to think about in this video. I like both of those MBV very much, but I only have CD copies. The Colour of Spring is essential!

[@Harrispilton22]

I think Isn’t Anything gets a bit more love in the U.K. than Canada/America. It made them moderately big over here, made more surprising as up to that album they literally were considered a joke band in the U.K., so when they came out with ‘You Made Me Realise’ I remeber thinking..’Ok..didn’t see that come’. Still the greatest 12” single ever imo! 😊

[@Paneeks1960]

Seedy Films, Secret Life, Tainted Love, etc... One heck of a highly enjoyable record. >< Chelsea Girl is a record that you really have to listen to a few times. Nico was one of the artists kind of like Maryann Faithful, Patti Smith or Amy Winehouse that I appreciated more and more the more I listened. But that debut was 1967. Crazy. So ahead of its time in the originality department. >

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Rob, Thanks, frequently when I post I’m thinking ‘I wonder does Rob like this?’ because your tastes are so wide ranging & I know you have a big love for English music. I wasn’t sure if you were a Quo fan?.I know you like heavy rock. Yes I’m not the worlds biggest Zeppelin fan, but I’ve come to enjoy them more. ‘Over The Hills & Far Away’ set me off on a bit of a journey, & that album is terrific, And I’m starting to enjoy the second now. Now people are telling me the debut is better than the second, so I’m going to have to find a copy of that! Yes Nico was an incredible talent. Her debut single ‘I’m Not Saying’ would Definitely be in my list of greatest songs ever. I think Morrissey & Marr were fans of that tune. Thanks for your kind words Rob, yes I would definately call you a friend, would be great if we could all meet up & chat music one day, but this is the next best thing. 😊

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

No intelligence here either Harris ! Too funny.. Welcome Audiophiles from far and near ! Woah.. that Jane's LP is awesome. " Mountain Song" too good !

[@Harrispilton22]

Mountain song is incredible. I think ‘Ted Just Admit It’ is my favourite.Used in ‘Natural Born Killers’ I beleive!

[@jtsrecordroom3963]

@@Harrispilton22 I'm a massive fan of all of those 90's shock / film noir crazy movies.. Guy Ritchie, Tarantino, Stone, Rodriguez, Tony Scott with his "True Romance".. On and On ! I'll listen to "Ted"..It's been a while !

[@rossfishy]

Great video, your review of the wu albums had me in stitches.

[@Harrispilton22]

Cheers fellah, honestly with the amount of money I blew on Cappadona & Buddha Monk Cd’s ..I could probably solve half the worlds problems!

[@rossfishy]

​@@Harrispilton22😂

[@WezAndHisRecords]

Some 'crackin' records again, the Quo one is awesome.

[@mariawesley7583]

"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is one of my favorite songs! I love it in the video when Marc Almond takes off his sunglasses and hes wearing heavy eye makeup and false eye lashes. Have a great weekend!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Maria, I love a good ‘Eighties Video Moment’ ‘Don’t You Want Me Baby’ has a few where Joanne walks away from the film set, or Madonna in ‘Into The Groove’ where she fires the hand dryer towards her armpit! ( I recently found out ‘Into The Groove’ wasn’t released as a single in America....this is madness!!!! Thanks as ever Maria, I hope you are well!

[@VagueRANT100]

agree with INNER MOUNTING FLAME....AWESOME

[@Harrispilton22]

It’s brilliant isn’t it? I’m surprised I don’t see it shown more. The drumming is on another planet.The guitar work is insane, the ballads are wonderful, it’s just a complete album.

[@VagueRANT100]

@@Harrispilton22 it is not suitable for dinner parties...therefor it is a WONDER.....I have the Firebird album also and agree with your assessment....I think I ducked into that PEEP SHOW shop when in London in "78...tee hee

[@Harrispilton22]

@@VagueRANT100 Yes, it was wonderfully sleazy up until the early nineties. Like everywhere it’s been gentrified now, it’s still a great place to spend the day, some, fantastic pubs 5/6 records shops Bradley’s Spanish Bar is still there, which refuses to serve food, has no links to Spain, but has one of the greatest vinyl jukeboxes around.

[@VagueRANT100]

@@Harrispilton22

[@Jipnag]

Hi Harris, that John Martyn album is brilliant. I only got into him after starting to collect records ten years ago. I do quite like solid air too though. Keep up the good work. UTH

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey Paul, yes it’s a lovely album isn’t it.’Solid Air’ brings back to many memories of friends falling asleep on beanbags after smoking some magic parsnips!

[@Jipnag]

@@Harrispilton22 my mates listen to Tracey Chapman for that 😂

[@Harrispilton22]

@@Jipnag 🤣

[@rallstonianmusicreport1975]

Hey Harris, what's this intelligence you speak of? 😄😄😄 Nice finds you picked up! I'm definitely going to check out a few of those artists. The Inner Mounting Flame seems interesting as does Badly Drawn Boy and Sam Cooke one. Hope you are doing well! Best, Steve

[@Harrispilton22]

hey Steve, appreciate it. Yeah the Sam Cooke is a beauty.Slow burning bluesy soul. A real classic, hard to find on Viny now.I was lucky enough to still be buying records when shops couldn’t give them away!

[@noravinyl260]

oh wow what a greattt concept!!! i still need a bangles album haha😅😅 maybe i should do a video like this aswell seems really fun 😋😋 also loveee thw shirt atlantic crossing is suxh a good album and the cover art for it is soo stunning also definitely gonna check rock bottom. have never heard of it but hearing its one of your favs of all time and the story behind it and the boc and aphex twin comparison, god i cant resist!!!!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey Nora! Nice to hear from you!. It’s probably a bit more Boards Of Canada, there some 70’s synth sounds going on. Try the track ‘Sea Song’ I think you would like that Bangles debut. Very jangly, quite sixties sounding, but with modern production. Ha,ha, yes Atlantic Crossing is good, ‘Ebery Picture Tells A Story’ is Rod’s best imo. Thanks Nora!

[@ArturoGofunkez]

This is great - I've been wondering where to start with Robert Wyatt, and now I know! And I haven't heard or thought about the Bangles for a long time, but I should check out the one you showed. Mostly I remember that annoying song Walk Like An Egyptian, but I don't think I ever heard their first album.

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Arturo, yes I think it’s the best Robert Wyatt.Try the opener ‘Sea Song’ if you don’t like that then it’s not for you.The Bangles is just very jangly , a mainstream version of the Paisley underground , I really enjoy it!

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

Those pesky audiophiles! Good to see you back and great topic too. Alot of bands I would just pick their greatest hits actually.

[@Harrispilton22]

Yes Dale set the rule ‘No greatest hits’ which made it a lot tougher.

[@Lee-mn748]

Totally agree on Nothings shocking... Isnt anything... & The colur of spring..all sounding brilliant from when they were first released & still a great listen today... i dont own the others so can't comment on em...so i'm off to spotify now to sample some...🎧 Cheers Harris.

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey cheers Lee, this was pretty enjoyable to do, & Ive spent the last day relistenimg , they may not be all to your taste as I’ve chosen a pretty wide spectrum (in fact some of the genres I’ve show like progressive & jazz I normally avoid) Thanks for watching mate!

[@vinylrichie007]

Check out Ladies and Gentlemen by the Bangles. It has their early material, a live song and some demos. I really think you would like it. The demos are so good. I wish they would release a demo album of their polished albums like Different Light. I’m sure I would like the demos more.

[@Harrispilton22]

Yeah ‘Different Light’ is suffocated by its production. cheers for the tip!, I think they’re much better than a lot of the ‘Credible’ stuff that gets pushed as 80’s Paisley. Ok, I’m checking out that ‘ladies & Gentlemen’

[@vinylrichie007]

@@Harrispilton228:32 The moment Billy Cobham got booted on my video.

[@marktrickett5081]

I imagine that Harris was as shocked as anyone that the Glastonbury mystery guest was none other than Dave Grohl - no-one saw that coming.

[@Harrispilton22]

Ha,ha absolute curveball Mark! Who knew! 😆

[@ConcertBuddie]

Great video, great shirt. 👏🏻

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey Chance, cheers mate! Quick question fellah, do you own a copy of Jeff Buckley’s ‘grace’? & if so what’s the pressing like? You just seem like someone who would love that album , I certainly do, but don’t own a copy.

[@ConcertBuddie]

@@Harrispilton22 I actually don’t have that one (but probably should). Pretty sure I had the CD once upon a time. Certified classic, no doubt. Now excuse while I put that one my waitlist 😂

[@Harrispilton22]

@@ConcertBuddie cheers Chance, if I get a copy, (it’l be a repress) I’ll try & show it, I’ve just heard some mixed views on the pressing quality so was hoping you might have picked it up! Speak to you soon fellah! 😊

[@MrStout14]

i use to play the beginning of the GZA album full bast and turned off the lights the second the coffee shop i worked at closed back in the day. I just picked up that Bangles album, and 100 percent spot on on the Soft Cell. What i love about the Color of spring is its a transition album between the synthpopy stuff and the post rock slow ass shit they put out later, it kinda hit a perfect point.. that being said i love the partys over and its my life..

[@Harrispilton22]

Aaron that GZA album was never out of my car tape deck in 96, amazing stuff.Goodfellahs set to music.Yeah have to agree with Talk Talk, I need to listen to ‘The Party’s Over’ again.Chhers for watching mate, really appreciate it!

[@paulcoughlin7691]

Spot on regarding Jane’s Addiction Nothings Shocking as a masterpiece over Ritual. Same goes for My Bloody Valentine Isn’t Anything over Loveless.

[@Harrispilton22]

Glad you agree. I’m a real ‘Isn’t Anything ‘ disciple, I’m surprised it isn’t lauded as an absolute classic. I’d forgotten how fantastic Nothings Shocking is ‘Ted Just Admit It...’ was used in Natural Born Killers I think, to me it’s much better than anything on the follow up. Cheers mate!

[@thissonicobsession]

Great album and choice. There was nothing quite like it at the time and certainly nothing as good as it within their catalogue.

[@marktrickett5081]

100% agree on MBV.

[@Harrispilton22]

Yes, I’m suprised it doesn’t get recognised more, I think it’s a pretty incredible. Tracks like ‘No More Sorry’ ‘Cigarette In Your Bed’ ‘Sueisfine’ simply incredible.The whole album is really. I remember being a bit crestfallen when I bought ‘Loveless’

[@gatefold33]

Agree great Bangles album I have the next also but it probably won't stay in collection forever. Can't find my copy of that Soft Cell album but it would be the only one I'd own. Not had that Mahavishnu Orchestra but had others that weren't for me. Bless the Weather is great but I also have a few others I like. Agree on Night Beat and spookily just shown it in latest video...thanks for being my first ever thread responder Harris...

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Dale, I thought it was a great idea, & really had me thinking, & it challenges the completist, which is good.Yeah there were some borderline cases Morrissey ,Boo Radleys. I’m suprised you don’t have that Mahavishnu, I think it’s fantastic, & it’s a genre I have little time for (bar Weather Report, but it doesn’t really sound anything like Weather Report) thanks again Dale, it’s got me listening to records I haven’t heard for years.I’ve played side 1 of ‘Qou’ 4 times in the last 24 hours! 😆

[@greenalishi222]

Really enjoy you. All your vids rock. Your taste is completely different from mine. I'm not much for the MTV British haircut synth pop stuff. The live first Janes is thier best. Loveless is awesome. You rock

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey Anthony thanks for your kind words, appreciate it. Yes that Janes is fantastic, ‘Ted Just Admit It’ is superb, used on the soundtrack to ‘Natural Born Killers’ I beleive!

[@paulfaulkner2855]

I'll take your Loveless album if you don't want it. I think it's great and can never seem to get a copy. LMK..

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Paul, yeah I might do a bit of a give away on it, I need to assess if I’m going to do a record fair in the next few months, but I’ve sent out a few records recently, & it’s nice to give stuff a good home.

[@paulfaulkner2855]

@@Harrispilton22 It would definitely go to a good home, I just can never find it. I have a huge collection and couple always trade a double.

[@johnpyle1022]

hey Harris great video again...i've just done my usual to see which on your list are available in Mexico via Discogs...alas none this time...but its always worth a check. Chelsea Girl is so good, but the first time i ever heard I'll Keep It With Mine was Dylan's version, fell in love with it instantly...check it out, cheers!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey John, thanks.Yes I need to check out the Dylan version.I normally prefer other bands doing Dylan Tunes ‘Percy’s Song’ by Fairport Convention being a favourite. I struggle with other Nico albums so that’s why it made the last.Hope all is good with you John! 😊

[@m_recordz]

Good for you, bro. Too many people insist on holding onto crap releases just because they like the artist. If you’re not going to listen to a record, just get rid of it, people!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi M! I dropped the same comment about three times on your video where you tagged me, KZbin is being a nightmare & thinks I’m a robot! ( they keep sending me warnings , which hopefully I’ve resolved but messaging them!) I gave up in the end, but the crux of it was, I was going to try & work those questions into a future video! I also made reference to being a Benny Hill fan! (He was born just down the road from me) Cheers mate, yeah I’ve no time for completists! I might try commenting again later to see if KZbin have resolved the issue, it’s happening to me all the time with about 75% of the videos I comment on!

[@m_recordz]

@@Harrispilton22 The same thing has happened to me MANY times. I don't understand why! Good old Benny Hill! He was in re-runs on late night TV in the 80s, and it's where lots of Americans got their first taste of female nudity on broadcast television! God bless that man.

[@georgeprior-vinylshowtell4934]

Superb vid this one mate (as always). What an eclectic bunch shown! How many viewers at home were shouting "BILLY COBHAM' during the Mahavishnu segment? His Spectrum debut is a treat for your ears if you haven't already heard it. £5 I paid last year for Quo. I was clearly robbed, ha ha!!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi George, a couple of people have mentioned Spectrum & Ive seen a few cheap copies about so I may take a punt on that. Went to Reading Record Fair Monday, Maybye a bit overwhelming tbh (125 stalls) but good fun.Ha,ha, I actually think that Quo may have cost me £4.00!, I was a bit optimistic saying £2.00...even ABBAalbums are hitting the £5.00 pain barrier nowadays! Cheers George!

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

I agree with that Soft Cell and the first Janes is a good album. Only solo Wu Tang I have is the ODB LP which I never listen to much. Cbeers man!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Jason, I left a big comment on your books video, but as I’ve explained to someone above, KZbin seems convinced I’m a robot as soon as I comment on 75% of other people’s videos. I was saying that the amount of second hand house/ techno appearing round here is insane & people aren’t really touching it. Jeff Mills,Robert Hood, Transmatt. I picked up a couple of ‘Roule’ 12”, loads of electro clash stuff. Ever time I see more I think ‘I wish Jason was here!!

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

@@Harrispilton22 haha! Thanks man. I need to take a trip to UK again sometime. Those Roule singles look dope. I have a couple from back in the day.

[@Shawn_at_Vinyl_Minimalist]

End of an ear before and one of the compd from after is the way to go with Wyatt.

[@Harrispilton22]

End of an ear looks really interesting. I think I had a comp where did some covers, had a green sleeve. Lost in the midsts of time, along with so many other things!

[@pc31thevinylpoliceman]

Hi Harris, I missed you at Reading…did you get there? I’m with you on Loveless. I’ve got it but don’t get it 😮 I love shoegaze, Slowdive probably my favourite shoegazers, but Loveless no it doesn’t float my dingy. Also with you on Quo. I think Quo and Hello and perhaps On The Level are the peak. I saw Quo at Hammersmith Odeon, I think late 70’s and they opened with Backwater and went into Just Take Me, superb opening to the gig. Interesting but brutal thread from Dale. I don’t know if I’m man enough to be that brutal 😁 Mike🎸

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Mike.I got a bit snarled in Bank Holiday traffic so arrived about 2.Got some nice records. Shame I missed you! Had a decent chat with Martin The Vinyl Scavenger, I’m tempted to get a table myself next time.Side 1 of ‘Quo’ is just immense. Alan Lancaster was massively underrated imo.I bet that Hammersmith show was insane, I’m sure you were there in your battle jacket, patches sewn on the week before! I had a bomber jacket my gran sewed on a Quo patch 😆 I’ve only got one Slowdive 12” which is some bonkers dance remix, need to investigate more.

[@pc31thevinylpoliceman]

@@Harrispilton22 I didn’t see Martin, Nick (as in vinyl butty), said he may be there but didn’t catch him. I had a really good morning, I got there quite early. I use to love Alan Lancaster at that time. I remember your seat jumped on every one of his Bass notes….they were massive! Mike🎸

[@shaunspins]

I spent many years working in a photo lab darkroom listening to Nothing Shocking. Summertime Rolls is a masterpiece. I do enjoy Ritual de lo Habitual, to me its a little more worked on, bigger canvases. Three Days has interesting changes and Classic Girl is a great song about Casey. The art was a big influence on me also. ¿Did you get Deconstruction record after Janes breakup ? hope things are well

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Sean, yes good thanks mate, hope you are too. Photo lab darkroom, that explains your brilliant aesthetic eye in your videos, always really admire the stuff you do. I actually bought ‘Ritual’ before ‘Shocking’ Three Days’ was probably the one track the caught my ear, beautiful intro, but to me nothing stood up against ‘Ted Just Admit It’ ‘Jane Says’ or even the poppier stuff like ‘Idiots Rule’ I think the only other Jane’s album I got had ‘Pets’ on it around 93? Decent tune, I don’t even remember the album.Cheers agin Sean, always great to hear from you.

[@Ed-Topo-108]

Hi Harris, love that Tical album, a very dark mix. Bobby Digital in Stereo was a great one too from them. Billy Cobham was that Mahavishnu drummer….am with you on their “Birds of Prey” album, wasn’t their best!

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Ed!, hope you are well! Yeah I had Bobby Digi on CD , long gone now, along with a raft of others. Yeah Tical is great, as was ODB & Reakwon. Then it turned into a bit of a of a pantomime .Masta Killah’s debut album was half decent. Yes! Billy Cobham, listening to it now, this is drumming from another planet.Incredible talent.

[@Ed-Topo-108]

Billy Cobham is amazing.. his album Spectrum is so good.. been heavily sampled.

[@gorryman]

billy cobham was the drummer on the mantivishnu , peeps should check out the first return to forever record its the one with the seagull flying over the ocean , its crazy good the drummer was only into hand percussion but the made him play drumkit a sleeper album for sure

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi mate, cool tip, I’ll try & check that out. I think the drumming on this album is the best I’ve ever heard recorded , it’s from another planet, Guitar laying immense. Thanks again! 😊

[@gorryman]

@@Harrispilton22 cool mang thanks for all the great content I checked out a bunch on this list

[@Harrispilton22]

@@gorryman her Gooryman, thanks for that!. Hopefully there’s something on there you like!

[@benrankins4446]

Harris, trust you to be up to the minute with your AI insights 😂 I would never have picked you as a Jane’s Addiction fan. Mind blown! I gotta say I’m on the same page as you on all of these except Nico, but Chelsea Girl is the best. Ok I don’t like KD as all either 😂 I do like Loveless, but when My Bloody Valentine use melody & cool song craft they’re amazing! I’m a drummer & I hate drum solos. I’m not a fun of the twiddling either. Cheers…Ben

[@Harrispilton22]

Ha, ha.I really enjoy that KD Lang, her voice is a bit Patsy Cline, who I really like. I just can’t get on with Loveless.I was getting all the albums in real time, so I guess I was looking for more of the same after ‘Isn’t Anything’ I just think that Mahavishnu is insanely good at times, pretty cheap too, the drumming is another lever.Cheers Ben!

[@carltwidle9046]

Hi 👋 Eternal Flame was the monster hit in 1989 for the Bangles. The Bangles were okay. I like their song Going down to Liverpool. Love the group the Pixies. All their songs and albums, especially their album Doolittle back in 1989. It contained the song Debaser. Marc Almond is good. I like alot of the British bands in the 1980s, such as Heaven 17 , the Associates, Yazoo , Fine Young Cannibals, ABC. I loved Punk when it happened, the Sex Pistols blew my mind in 1977. I saw Public Image Ltd in the 1980s, they played loud. I like Status Quo, good rock band . I like their song Whatever you Want from 1979. Sam Cooke I like, I remember his songs when i was young. Did you like bands such as Blur, Supergrass, Pulp, Suede ? I did . From Carl.

[@Harrispilton22]

I was sort of into the Britpop bands, I tended to like the singles & Blur & Pulps biggest albums. By then dance music had become just as big as guitar music in the U.K. so I had kind of shifted in that direction. I really loved the Super Furry Animals, especial their singles. The Associates are one of my favourite ever bands . Incredible.

[@carltwidle9046]

@@Harrispilton22 I have been listening to the Associates today. I like their songs Club Country, Party Fears Two, it was sad about Billy MacKenzies suicide. I liked the dance group Faithless in the 1990s.

[@marktrickett5081]

Going down to Liverpool was a cover of a Katrina and the Waves song, which you may or may not know.

[@carltwidle9046]

@@marktrickett5081 I didn't know that.

[@SteviesVinylCupboard]

Our Price , next to the tracks in Poole! I remember going in in Nov 88, went in for that same record and they said 'that guy with the cap just walking out has had the last copy'!! It reminded me of a previous occasion (dec27 1981) when I went into Debenhams for a Quo compilation! Now I know!! Say hello wave goodbye (12") has got to be one of the best songs of all time, ever/ever (ever). I think Nico Chelsea is her best, everything else for me sounds like a drugged horse at a donkey sanctuary, with an appointment pending for the glue factory. Nick Drake probably had the antidepressants that Nico should have had who knows, but bubonic is probably too plague like. STAYtus quo yes why not. I agree with led zep refferences, you get what's on the tin with quo. Colour of Spring goes without saying. KD Langs constant craving would have been ok if it hadn't been played a billion times on the radio, still going on a loop in reception of Dignitas. Drawn Boy was a one album wonder.

[@Harrispilton22]

I remember now Stevie, I think you beat me up by the wooden hippo in the Arndale Centre! I haven’t heard this Quo album for years..I’ve now played it 3 times in the last 2 hours...well side 1 anyway..side 2 falls apart a bit. It’s absolutely fantastic, they were the British Ramones! I really enjoy this KD Lang album, fantastic ballads, slide guitar, her voice is fantastic. I’m off to watch Mike Rice’s Ten Commandments video 😆

[@SteviesVinylCupboard]

@@Harrispilton22 haha, ah yes the wooden hippo, who can forget these strange shopping centre features. I guess Quo were the British Ramones when you think about it. Ok I might give Lanf another chance. Make sure you comment what your 10 are ok 😄

[@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147]

What an amazing run of albums when you bought MBV. I love Loveless. The blue album sucked. I have not heard the one you showed, now I’m curious. Totally agree with Janes Addiction. I found my porno mags in the ditches in the country. My first visit to UK in 81 I was 21 and I was blown away with the amount of porno you could buy, amazing. I had a lot of souvenirs I did not show my parents

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Steve.‘Isn’t Anything’ got a lot of traction in the weeklies. It’s very much a mix of Dinasuar Jr meets Jesus & Mary Chain, meets Husker Du.. The most melodic songs are ‘Cupid Come’ ‘Sueisfine’ ‘When You Wake You’re Still In A Dream’ , then you have the beginnings of Shoegaze with ‘Lose My Breath’ & ‘No More Sorry’ The opener ‘Soft As Snow’ is a bit of an outlier, but imagine Public Enemy deciding to write a shoegaze tune. I think you’d like the album. It was a bit of a game changer in the U.K.

[@RekkidTalk]

First band that came to mind for me was Red Hot Chili Peppers. I should purge them down to "Mother's Milk". I love Ritual de lo Habitual, though, and will keep it with Nothing's Shocking.

[@Harrispilton22]

Hey Chris.That’s intersting.Yes Mothers Milk is my favourite (Knock Me Down) I just find ‘Ritual’ a bit hollow, compared to songs like ‘Ted’ Jane Says’‘Idiots Rule ‘Had A Dad’ in fact it’s all great. I notice Rate Your Music (which I find a decent resource) ranks Ritual higher, so Maybye I need to re listen 😃

[@baggyhi-fi8628]

That Bangles record is a corker I agree but the album after it has a lot of strong tunes too. Much as I love Robert Wyatt and most things Canterbury, I have to give in and say Rockbottom is THE masterpiece. Nothing else like it. I am a massive, still besotted, Nico fan and prefer the more gothic John Cale produced records which followed Chelsea Girl. They need to reissue Nico’s Desertshore album. She put the haunting into haunting!

[@Harrispilton22]

It’s marvellous. When I bought it I was deep in C86 land, so it was great to hear an album with a decent production.If they were English they would have had a fuzz pedal & recorded for Lazy alongside The Primitives! I’ve actually got a nice copy of Desertshore with the textured sleeve from the days when it was about a fiver, I used to enjoy it as a teen, I’m at that stage of my life where I just can’t put it on anymore, I’m not sure why? Rock bottom is a thing of absolute joy to me.

[@playvinylinthemilkynight1879]

Seeing someone rank Isn't Anything above Loveless is a bit disorienting. I'll take that Loveless copy off you. Brilliant video once again. Cheers!

[@Harrispilton22]

I’ve been on forums about this, & I think it’s a view you see more in the U.K. ‘Isn’t Anything’ got pretty big in the U.K. ,hence why the next two EP’s actually went top 40 over here before Loveless was released.Most people still love Loveless, but certainly amongst my group ‘Isn’t Anything’ tend to edge it. In America/Canada it tends to be Loveless all the way!

[@Thevinylscavenger]

Appreciate your honesty and steering clear of those dreaded Q / monthly magazine 'classic' album lists. Bangles I'll give you that though i don't have it. I grew up with different light so had that one. Jane's addiction sorry Ritual Lo but i gave away (we are both too generous for the 21st century). Mahavishnu i don't know but will try. I've the other one by then i forget the name. MBV i used to call 'tuneless' rather than loveless but i dunno i wasn't into them anyway. I'm considering a response to Dale's sort of thread, he's ruffled a few feathers which is a good thing and he's dry enough that he gets away with it which i appreciate.

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi Martyn, I thought this was a bit monthly magazine compared to my normal lists, so that’s interesting! Yes as I told you I gave loads of 90’s pressing away 20 years ago, literally worthless then.. most now £100.00 plus each! Oh well , I never regret it.I’m not sure that Mahavishnu will be up your street, it can go a bit twiddly, but some of the slower songs are lovely,& the guitar & drums are pretty extroaidinary. Speak to you soon Martin.Declan Rice on the way! Boom!

[@davidellis5141]

I have a 4 CD box set of them & am a legitimate fan but For Your Pleasure is the only Roxy Music album I own. Black Celebration is the only Depeche Mode I own ( & quite like ) ..the new one sounds really good though 🤔. Tom Petty .. You're Gonna Get It is brilliant ..others ones are flawed have moments. Loveless is Overrated.

[@Harrispilton22]

Hi David, Roxys a great one , but although there’s none I completely love, I do dig out 3 of the first 4 occasionally & I have a soft spot for Avalon. Tom Petty is a really good call, & one I might have considered. I like three Depeche Mode albums ‘Masses, Celebration’ & Violator is an classic for me, the Gothic little brother of New Orders ‘Technique’. Thanks David, actually looking forward to the FA Cup today, Manchester City treble?

[@davidellis5141]

@@Harrispilton22 Gotta go with City ..They have the formula

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

I don't like Nick Drake either, so overrated

[@Harrispilton22]

Yes! I’m not sure why I dont. I remeber first hearing him back in 92 when he was getting a bit of a revival..his voice..& tunes left me cold. I do wonder if his death distorted people’s opinion of him slightly. Sort of a Sylvia Plath syndrome, Maybye I’m being unkind.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

@@Harrispilton22 Yeah there's something about the posthumous fame thing especially when the artists work contained sadness and depression. I just don't hear anything special about Nick Drake, find his music pretty boring actually, sounds like a sad Jack Johnson