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Record Review: Bruce Woolley + The Camera Club DLX RM [part 1]

Posted on July 13, 2015 by

Bruce Woolley + The Camera Club: Bruce Woolley + The Camera Club UK DLX RM CD [2009] English Garden Video Killed The Radio Star Dancing With The Sporting Boys Johnny No Surrender Flying Man You Got Class W.W.9 Clean Clean … Continue reading →

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Record Review: The Buggles – The Age Of Plastic [part 2]

Posted on June 24, 2015 by

[…continued from past post] “Kid Dynamo” was a more straightforward number with synths used for embellishment over a foundation of your basic guitars, bass, and drums. At the time this seemed like wholly synthetic music, but we were young and … Continue reading →

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Record Review: The Buggles – The Age Of Plastic DLX RM [part 1]

Posted on June 22, 2015 by

The Buggles: The Age Of Plastic Japan DLX RM CD [2011] Living In The Plastic Age Video Killed The Radio Star Kid Dynamo I Love You [Miss Robot] Clean, Clean Elstree Astroboy [And The Proles On Parade] Johnny On The … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 30]

Posted on January 19, 2015 by

Simple Minds | Street Fighting Years – 0 [continued from previous post] It’s official. This thread is now tied with the longest one I’ve ever had at PPM, 2013’s “30 Days – 30 Albums” series. We’ve still got quite a … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 29]

Posted on January 16, 2015 by

Simple Minds | Street Fighting Years – 0 That’s right. Your eyes are not deceiving you. There are some albums so wanting, in my opinion, that they merit the once-in-a-lifetime zero rating in the Rock G.P.A. game. Trust me. A zero rating … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 28]

Posted on January 14, 2015 by

The “Live In The City Of Light” album was the third one in a row to reach #1 on the UK album charts. Obviously, someone, liked it. The band decamped to Loch Earn, Scotland to build their studios there as … Continue reading →

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The End Of An Era: SARM Studios to Undergo Redevelopment

Posted on August 27, 2014 by

Just yesterday, I received an email from ZTT. It was ostensibly about one of the pledge points on the current Frankie Goes To Hollywood Pledge Music campaign. One of the items that UK fans can pledge for is a playback … Continue reading →

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