Spinning the past...

Playlist

Laurie Anderson - Heart of a Dog

Hound Dog Taylor's Hand - Hound Dog Taylor's Hand Vol II

Various Composers - 19th Century Masterpieces

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Collection

Haydn - String Quartets (Complete)

Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002

Haydn - Complete String Quartets

Rush - Chronicles

Villa-Lobos - The Complete String Quartets

Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2

King Crimson - Frame By Frame: The Essential King Crimson

Adrian Belew - Side 3

Marillion - Afraid Of Sunlight

Japan - Adolescent Sex

The Beach Boys - The Best of the Beach Boys Vol 1

Rain Tree Crow - Rain Tree Crow

Neal Morse - ?

Toyah - Ophelia's Shadow

Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select

Laurie Anderson - Bright Red

Girls Aloud - Tangled Up

Yes - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (Complete)

Björk - Post

Glass - The Hours

Max Richter - Hostiles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Nice - Autumn 1967 And Spring 1968

Neu! - Die Zweite Neu!

Santana - Santana III

Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields - The Best Of The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

Paul McCartney - Driving Rain

Ideal - Der Ernst des Lebens

Lou Reed - New York

Supertramp - Some Things Never Change

Muse - Muse Greatest Hits

Iggy Pop - The Idiot

Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100

Uriah Heep - Abominog

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

Trevor Rabin - Can't Look Away

Gabi Delgado - 2

A very big happy birthday today to Alice Cooper, my all time fave...

Once again no purcases but I was tracing the new turntable ordered on Saturday night to replace the goosed Ion...

It was on its way...

While making my way home...

...a text from Anne to advise of its arrival...

Ready to roll...

A reasonably quick set up and, of course, the first record played had to be The Coop...

Then, some jazz...

Sounding good...

An Icehouse mix, not heard for many a year...

...received the EP's approval...

Then, further long not heard 12"'s entered the fray...

I have one box of my 7"s down here (the rest are in the attic, for now) - and so gave a few a spin...

Some contain edits which you don't hear that often these days, in particular these from Argent (one of my earliest purchases)...

...and Blue Oyster Cult - these days all the comps tend to keep the annoying break in the middle of the track ...

More cowbell!

This, the first single I remember coming into the house, bought by sister Sheila in 1964...

Then, the single that changed me...

...and the record which, ten years later, soundtracked me and the EP's first dance at our wedding...

This is what a 13 year old boy would do to a fave single...

Still plays fine though...

A rare Pink Floyd track on the B side of this !2"...

The elusive "Part II" - only recently made available on a reissue of "The Final Cut"...

Then, the only Record Store Day special record I've ever bought...

And, finally, last of the day, the Velvets’ debut...

This LP inspired me to make music...

It’s a pretty beaten up copy...

 I gave it to sister Pam when I bought it again a few years later...

When she died in 2011, I found it in her collection....

Now it always reminds me of her...

While I mucked about with my records like a teenager in the 70's, Anne painted...

And so, all was good...

Highlight of the Day : New record player...