Category Particular platters

DUNE, CHAPTER TWO

October 12, 2018 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, c) Eighties [1980 - 1989], Mixed Media, ODDS & SODS, Particular platters · 23 Comments

It is a rule of cinema that any successful novel will eventually be made into a film, no matter how challenging the translation from page to screen might appear. It is a rule of the known universe that any film adaptation of a beloved book will disappoint bibliophiles. It is a rule of pop that […]

THREE 68 BEES

September 2, 2018 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Particular platters · 31 Comments

One of the best albums of the 60s was released in January 1968. It garnished folk-rock, psychedelic, country and pop tunes with flourishes of Eastern tonalities, smatterings of jazz and a knowing awareness of what four chaps from Liverpool were doing over in the UK. We are talking about The Notorious Byrd Brothers, behind whose […]

GOING INSIDE

August 28, 2018 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, e) Naughts [2000 - 2009], Particular platters · 25 Comments

When it comes to choosing albums to write about, I’ve noticed a few trends. One—previously mentioned—is the difficulty in writing about a really special, favourite record. Something about the meaning, the importance, the desire to communicate the specialness; these somehow inhibit my fingers. At the other end of the spectrum are those artists only known […]

MARS ATTACKS!

August 20, 2018 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, e) Naughts [2000 - 2009], GENRE SPECIFIC, Particular platters, Progressive · 20 Comments

There is a wind-up alien on the cover. The title is Attack Of The Martians. No record label; it was self-produced in 2004. Eccentric Orbit is the name of the band. They come from planet Synth.   This intriguing CD was part of a recent haul, a whim-purchase based on half the quartet playing electric […]

DON’T NEED NO TICKET

August 17, 2018 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Obituaries, ODDS & SODS, Particular platters · 15 Comments

After a breakthrough year in 1967, Aretha Franklin surged into 1968 with Lady Soul, a flat-out classic that hit the shelves in January of that year. Aretha had a way of making a song her own. Didn’t matter who wrote it—male/female, black/white, pop/R&B—made no difference to the Queen of Soul. When Aretha sang a song […]

TOOTH TRAFFIC

August 12, 2018 · by · in a) Sixties and earlier [0 - 1969], ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, Particular platters · 23 Comments

Last year I bit off more than I could chew. A brave, but ultimately foolhardy attempt was made to cover all the 1967 albums stored in the Vinyl Connection larder. A couple of dozen LPs made it to the fifty-year table; a very modest selection from the potential number of courses. Some sense of failure […]

YES, MR WILSON

August 4, 2018 · by · in ACROSS THE DECADES, ALBUM FOCUS, ART AND ABOUT, b) Seventies [1970 - 1979], Cover Art, GENRE SPECIFIC, Particular platters, Progressive · 20 Comments

After my first listens to Steven Wilson’s remixes of five core seventies albums from the Yes catalogue, I confess I was ambivalent. It was not easy to pin down what was preventing a full-hearted embracing of Mr Wilson’s work. Perhaps it was simply different, and I was uncomfortable with the changes to sounds I’ve enjoyed […]

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