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With “Release,” Pet Shop Boys Made Their Laurel Canyon Album Thirty Years Late [part 2]
[…continued from last post] After the five worst Pet Shop Boys songs I’d ever heard, I was astonished when “The Samurai In Autumn” emerged from the speakers. It proffered a subtle, glitchy, rhumba beat over a classic PSB sustained string … Continue reading
With “Release,” Pet Shop Boys Made Their Laurel Canyon Album Thirty Years Late [part 1]
I’ve mentioned that I went off Pet Shop Boys almost through their “Very” campaign back in 1993-1994. This was primarily down to their techno DJ styled single remixes which were very [a bitter “hah!] repetitive and reductive. So by some … Continue reading
Want List: Sparks Release DLX RMs Of Their Dazzling 21st Century Canon
We just got the email from the Sparks mailing list today with the great news that the first three of Sparks 21st Century reissue program has begun today with the first three of the seven titles out today with well … Continue reading
The Night Of The Proms: Middlebrow Eurokitsch?…Or The Final Frontier Of Your Obsessive Collection?
It was during the medium-high internet record collecting years around the turn of the century, that I became aware of a European phenomenon called “The Night Of The Proms.” This was begun in 1985 in Belgium by two students and … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Your Prog Roots Are Showing
Tagged 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Alphaville, Bryan Ferry, Grace Jones, Heaven 17, Joe Jackson, Kid Creole + The Coconuts, Martin Fry, Midge Ure, OMD, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears
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The Long Tail Of Billy MacKenzie [part 6]
Part 6: Five Years… From 2001 to 2006 brought our ears a positive deluge of Billy MacKenzie music in the for of archival issues, compilations, and reissues. In 2001, Paul Haig’s Rhythm of Life label dropped another new album of … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock
Tagged 2001, 2002, 2003, Associates, BBC, Billy Mackenzie, orphaned albums
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Billy MacKenzie Fandom In The Aftermath: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst of Times [part 5]
Part 5: Death As A Career Move… The next seven or eight years following Billy’s death saw all manner of his recordings get a release from various labels and concerns. While MacKenzie was gone and would no longer create music … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s
Tagged 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, Alan Rankine, Associates, BillyMacKenzie
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Cherry Red Unleashes BSOG [Boxed Set Of God…] From The Revillos
Fall down the Visage DLX RM rabbit hole, miss a few lunch hours due to extenuating circumstances, and the world… she keeps on spinning. At least three weeks ago commenter Nick A dropped me a line to let me know that … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Record Review, Scots Rock, Want List
Tagged 1981, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2020, BSOG, Cherry Red, The Revillos
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