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I have been through my parents record collection and discovered some interesting artifacts.Any idea what these might have been worth had they not been completly f**ked like they are now.Jimi Hendrix, Are you experienced. However this is not the...

hey you canadians over there --- tell me more about this young lady. saw her on tv last night; my daughter just told me a little about her and just read a bit on AMG. i like her voice and presentation.what's good to try for starters -- "Jagged Little...

After a long, inexplicable delay, I finally broke down and bought a Ron Sexsmith album. I decided to start with Blue Boy, as it was his most recent.I had heard great things about this Canadian artist, and I had heard the occasional track on the radio....

I was at a friends flat the other day, listening to some music, when I asked him what he thought of the White Stripes.I have heard songs on the radio but not much else.He said "if you think you like the Stripes, then listen to this"He then played me...

Just bought his new album - Surf. This really is a solo record, just Roddy and his guitar. I urge you to check this out, compelling stuff.

OK, so I read what is posted here, and I also read Uncut and Q magazines, and from these most of my new music is chosen - but how do you find yours - any other good magazines to recommend, or what ???Steve

JA is quite incredible if you've never heard him or just know his early minimal stuff. He now has an oratorio El Nino and opera Death of Klingkhoffer both have outstanding recording and great musical color. His Sym. Naive and Sentamental Music has...

OK, I'm a bit slow on the uptake with this lot, but from what little I've heard and certainly from postings on this forum, they seem worth investigating.But where to start? Which album would you recommend as a starting point? My LP collection ('prog'...

Go see them on their Vapor Trails tour. You must if you've ever liked anything they do.I saw them last night in Cincinnati (very, very hot but worth the sweat!). Everybody there knew the tunes and was there for the music. What a show!Snagged 5th row...

Just borrowed 'Talkin' Verve', a compilation CD by Les McCann from a friend. Groovy! Great recording too. Does anybody have any recommendations for other albums by him?Peter

Folks, its not often I come here telling you to buy a record ;-)But here it is 'The herbaliser, mercenary'I like 'Something wicked this way comes', but frankly this is a whole lot better.Go buy it all you ninja fans.In the meantime any recommendations...

Went to the Proms last night to hear Bachs St Matthew Passion. It was absolutely fantastic. The soloist were all good and the scale was perfect for the Albert Hall, certainly one of the better musical perforamnces I have been too.Had good seats as...

Does anyone know what it's like?

By this I mean, various albums all follow a specific path, don't deviate and frankly land up sounding the same!I bought rubicon today, it might as well be Phaedra.Common people of the time, were tangeringe dream infact a load of cak?I don't mind it by...

I just finished listening to Anne-Sophie Mutter's Recital 2000 this morning and must gush: this is a remarkable recital recording that should be considered mandatory for fans of 20th century music. The playing is truly inspired throughout, the sound...

I went to see the above at Hull City Hall last night; they were superb. Apparently they had a nightmare journey over which meant the gig started late so perhaps I did not see them at their best! The ultimate irony is that I intended to see them the...

Does anyone want around 30 of those plastic record outer sleeves, they do me head in and are going in the bin, unless someone can deal with them.I tells ya getting into a record is like fort nox!

Ok Nick you git you win. What else have they done?

Hi!,Just checking if anyone out there knows the title of the tune used in the latest iMac advert.It's where this bald black guy playing around with a window display iMac computer.Someone mentioned it sounds like a tune done by Toots Thielemans with...

I finally purchased Naida Cole's debuts CD of French piano music earlier this week and I could kick myself for not buying it sooner. I have mentioned her before, praising her outstanding version of Gaspard de la nuit, claiming that only Ivo Pogorelich...

I just picked up Roxy Musics "Siren" in the local store. Some Japanese lettering on the cover, but it states it's made in the EU !? HDCD in bigg letters (and "Remstered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studio, Portland, Maine"). "Real" LP-type sleeve made of...

Fashion - The Height of FashionI CANNOT BELIEVE this has been re-released.If you lived in Birmingham in the early '80s and were remotely cool, this is who you were listening to / going to see.Fashion were a funk/synth/rock band. At the time they were...

Just got this Radiohead live LP on Wednesday and span it for the first time on the Planar 3 last night.To start with i thought it was a bit slow sounding and muffled, but as the atmosphere grows, the songs become quite hypnotic.Everything in its right...

I just bought this on vinyl, it is a collection of Pixies demos. Really entertaining stuff but it did leave me with one thought. If I was an A&R man would I have signed them on the strength of this? Probably not, without hindsight it is easy to see...