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Slipped, tripped and fell in love - Ann Peebles

Garden of earthly delights - XTC

The Mole from the Ministry - Dukes of Stratosphear

Rip it up - Little Richard

Daily Express (You never see a nipple in the) - John Cooper Clarke

Maid in heaven - Be Bop Deluxe

Always the sun - The Stranglers

Mr Big - Free

Too busy thinking 'bout my baby - Marvin Gaye

Hot Rails to Hell - Blue Oyster Cult

Theme from an imaginary western - Jack Bruce (amongst others)

Heartbeat City - The Cars

Live albums are usually excluded along with "best ofs", though Rust Never Sleeps is live.

I like NY's earlier (60s/70s) output and Rust Never Sleeps takes me back... Slightly surprised that Harvest is so low.

Ah 2002, last time I saw them - that was the Leadmill, Sheffield. Great show!

Quite a lot of this... and a fair amount of this...

Arrived today - Royal Mail👍

I've ordered a CD from an Amazon seller ie not direct. 1st attempt appears to be "running late and may have been lost", 2nd attempt posted 4 days ago with no tracking info and no ETA. Aside from that, I'm trying to wean myself away from Amazon and focus on independent purveyors of books and music. Personal service is still out there even for "online" purchases.

Yep, I saw it on the C&C website and checked with a photo I had. Beautifully built bass.

Very nice! There have been some mentions of the Jazz 6, but not the baritone I think. It cuts quite the dash next to my old Gretsch😉

3 mins maximum? I didn't know the Ramones did extended improvisations😁!

Limehouse Lizzy were the last live band I saw back in January - they are excellent.

Blackstar are doing a "this weekend only" offer on the Unity 120 combo. Note that Andertons are out of stock and Coda don't seem to have the memo. No affiliation.https://www.blackstaramps.com/uk/unity-offer?fbclid=PAAaYIJMW1DcY5MrC3Wk-gvvvqDEfecwFAI0LyUAiSxpIG8Ure0GYKEIEvyoM

Great stuff Sam👍!

My Dad was a bit of a music lover, with early Beatles and, later on Manfred Mann singles being brought home (he's 96 now, so some might have thought he was a bit old for "that sort of thing" at the time!). My maternal grandparents bought me a classical guitar when I was about 13 which, I'll admit, I didn't make the best use of. My fault, though my teacher was not ideal. My uncle played keyboards in a sort of showband which played around South Dorset in the mid to late 70s and later actually ran a music shop until the web kicked in. A number of things which, cumulatively created an environment with hindsight.