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Category Archives: just dug this one out
Just dug this one out #32: Wishing Like a Mountain… by Poi Dog Pondering
There was a short period in time when I thought Poi Dog Pondering were great. I remember playing Wishing Like a Mountain and Thinking Like the Sea a lot… and awful lot. I bought the follow up album (Volo Volo) … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #31: Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Of all the albums I owned in the days before Motorhead, Out of the Blue was certainly the one that had the longest lasting affect on me. If you asked me to name any albums from before my heavy metal … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #30: English Settlement by XTC
I’m not entirely sure how I became a fan of XTC but for a very short period of time in the early 80s I was. At the time I was listening to, almost exclusively, heavy metal. The two exceptions (that … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #29: Space Ritual by Hawkwind
I arrived at Hawkwind, obviously, by working back from my love for Motorhead. I never loved Hawkwind in the same way, maybe it was the (very misplaced) hippies mess they got tangled up in, or maybe it was becuase the … Continue reading
Just dug this one out #28 – Hanoi Rocks
OK – I haven’t really dug anything out…but a sudden wave of uncontrollable nostalgia inspired me to post this to the Galaxie 500 Mailing List – which got (mostly) the whistling silence it’s astonishing off-topic-ness deserved. I thought it really … Continue reading
Just dug this one out #27 – Tracey Thorn – A Distant Shore
Yesterday we were watching an episode of The Simpsons where Homer was driving his family home, the car was covered in dust and Marge suggested that they get it washed but Homer chooses to ignore her. Just then Lenny pulls … Continue reading
Just dug this one out #26 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival were one of the many bands that my Dad passed onto me. We had a couple of albums kicking around (Willy & The Poor Boys and maybe Green River) but Cosmo’s Factory is the album that stuck … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #25 – Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple in Hanwell On his blog Music Arcades, David posts a piece about an album every day, the recordings are selected using a database and a random number generator. “Just dug this one out” was me trying to do … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #24 – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 I’ve always been most fond of the transitionary era of The Beatles and for many years have proclaimed Rubber Soul and Revolver as my two favourite albums, and that the band’s pinnacle was … Continue reading
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Just dug this one out #23 – Has Been by William Shatner
OK – so this is “digging out” an album that I’ve actually never listened to before. Hazel has had it, I guess since release and I guess because of the Aimee Mann contribution. And of course I’d heard and enjoyed, … Continue reading