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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 5]

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] Track 15: Winter Marches On In an eleventh hour shakeup, I am adding three more songs to the collection. Tim commented a few days ago about the suitability of the “Notorious” album cut/title single B-side “Winter … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 4]

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] In the last half of the 90s, Duran Duran lost the big momentum that their eponymous 1993 album, had gifted them with. Their 1995 cover album was a disaster. It’s another album that has nothing culled from … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 3]

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] So, to clarify where we are going with this, it’s not just what I think are the best tracks of Duran Duran. In fact, there will be no real singles in evidence here. One or two … Continue reading →

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Deepcut Thinkpiece: The Duran Duran Album…For People Who HATE Duran Duran [part 2]

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] The last post, we set out the notion of compiling a Duran Duran disc that might be a good listen for someone who had preconceived notions of the band due to their often unfortunate image, which … Continue reading →

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Midge Ure Celebrates Over 40 Years Of Music With His Most Expansive Compilation Yet

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

Last Friday, I got separate comments from both negative1ne and Mr. Ware regarding the upcoming Midge Ure compilation due in early September. So I thank my commenters for keeping me on my toes. Because I don’t get out of the … Continue reading →

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REVO Remastering: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

Ultravox: A Young Person’s Guide To Ultravox 2xCD-R [2018] Disc 1 [Foxx] Satday Night In The City of The Dead Slipaway Wide Boys My Sex Young Savage ROckwrok Fear In The Western World Distant Smile The Man Who Dies Every … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 1]

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

Well, with the latest OMD album finally in the Record Cell, it was time to breach the notion of another really long Rock GPA for this highest level Core Collection band in my collection. I have lots of deep collections, … Continue reading →

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