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I saw several Vinyl copies , the other day including a Best Of ,what albums would you recommend ?....Jim

HiI have just heard this song on the radio i think its called BOLEROIt reminded me of Torvil and Dean winning the olympicsAs you guess i am not a big classical fan but would like to purchase this piece on vinyl if it is availableHope you classical...

This is an incredible book written about 20th C music. Great history lesson and the personalities really come out. Alex Ross is a music writer and critic for New Yorker magazine.I'm only 110 pages into it but it's very engaging.Anybody else have it or...

Zavvi are opening a new shop in the New Victoria Center with 6sq m of Vinyl racks

This album makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck TIN DRUM by JAPAN AWESOME

todays sunday mail free oxygene cd j m jarre .rerecorded in 24 bit hd ,had give it a quick spin , sounds pretty good .

Got our two tickets booked for UEA Norwich on 9th April.He was superb at Cambridge Junction last autumn.Thought others out there might be glad to have a prompt that Jose's back in town.

Does anyone else have a picture of the winter weather from their music room?I have time for this as I've been chucked out of mine (Mrs. 555 has her chanter lesson ), so here's mine ...

Just following on from 555's great discussion has anything interesting happened to you at a gig?I'll start because I'll have a bag of them.Travelled to London Hammersmith to see a gig from the North East in a battered car that seemed to take forever....

Ok, After buying Fagens 2nd album on the gold sony superbit mapping I have discovered these target cd's. Does anyone have any of fagens stuff on these pressings? Or know how good they are?CheersP

just picked this up today - a re-issue of the 3 seminal albums, Changes, Standards Vol. 1 and Vol.2 . included is a booklet with commentary and old photos of the sessions, and all in very cool LP-esque packaging. highly recommended.PACE

Here is a rather unlikely treat to cheer up your weekend.Nothing about this album should work. Firstly it is a truly rubbish name for a band who look about as goth as my grandma. Secondly they play an odd mix of slightly preppy and intellectual pop...

I really like this album, but it seem impossible to find on LP.Anybody know if it was ever cut to vinyl?Brian

just attended their mahler's 5th at the disney concert hall. thought it was fantastic. while there are some favorite recordings of this piece (i have three or four), hearing it live is a great experience, and i thought the orchestra, conducted by...

Edwin Fischer playing BeethovenEdwin Fischer is one of those elusive pianists whose despairingly few recordings show that on his day he was a peerless poet, and the seemingly the least self-conscious or self-interested of pianists. His mistakes are...

Hello, does anybody know if I can get a copy of body on the line on viynl?Terriffic album in kind of Al Stewart way.ThanksGary

Any fellow fans of this fine Dutch rock radio station might like to know that today is its last day transmitting on AM.Henceforth, it will only be available on FM in the Netherlands or on-line.Click on the graphic equaliser icon, top right to check it...

Got Van's 'To Late To Stop Now' reissue today, a fantastic remastering job. But on the flyer publicising the the reissue program, no 'Astral Weeks' , surely some mistake

Today after seeing a mention in my local paper, The Hornsey and Crouch Journal, I popped in to a a newly openedCD shop at the north end of Archway Rd. Alternative Music shop 267 Archway Rd,...

I have read an opinion that this remaster is actually a lot worse than the original in that the recording has been compressed. Anyone here heard it?

Dub is one of those things where there’s no middle ground. The albums are either wonderful or dull. Anyway here’s my top 10 in no particular order.1. Mighty Diamonds – Deeper roots-back to the channel. My introduction to dub. A...

Hi,Any regular listener to this show know who he had playing live dance in the studio - some weeks ago, well before Christmas?Heard it in the car around 9 o'clock one Tuesday evening and it was superb. I meant to look it up as soon as I got home but...

WHYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HdAqqInaKA

What a brilliant single, eh? Surely one of the best of the decade. No despicable po-mo irony here - just appreciation for great pop. Any more GA fans out there?

Dear All,A stunnungly beautiful day here in Sydney on Australia Day.Fantastic events to watch and to listen too.High lights for me were the Several 100 cars on MacQuarrie Street. Loads of good old Aussie Muscle Cars to drool over.Holden Monaro's...