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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

I very rarely buy CDs but am happy to buy digital downloads if I would have bought it on CD in the olden days, either from Bandcamp for preference or from Amazon if BC isn't an option. It's sad that people either can't afford or aren't prepared to put their hands in their pockets any more beyond a monthly streaming subscription.

Sounds like they put Hit The Lights in a blender with Mercyful Fate and Diamond Head's back catalogues and this is the result.

Worthless - Bullet For My Valentine

I can only recommend my old luthier Julyan Wallace in Penzance, currently off of BBC One's The Repair Shop (I knew him before he was TV famous though). Definitely worth a trip to Cornwall for, I reckon.

Saturday's gig was cancelled. Something about our singer having a "sore throat" or some other nonsense. Ah well, better to have a break than look like a bunch of numpties, as our backup singer was also struggling, and my singing voice is probably accurately described as "untested" and "only fit for singing in the car". I did suggest an instrumental set but that didn't go down well...

Ah, go on. Go on. Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on...

I've Got A Brand New Combine Harvester - The Wurzels

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Standing In The Way Of Control - Gossip

Indecisive - Newton Faulkner

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Sound of da police - KRS-One

Wise Man - Uriah Heap

Cops and Robbers - The Hoosiers

I assume they're aimed as competition to Squier, Sire and their ilk. As you say, if the QC issues are as bad as they seem they're going to struggle to make any kind of mark with this range, if it doesn't sink without trace first!

Bankrobber - The Clash

Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys

Homeless - Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambaso

The Magic Roundabout - Kylie Minogue

Sue Ryder off of charity shops?

The Placentia series (yes, I thought it too) is different to the Tribute series and is supposed to be an even more budget G&L line. Sounds like they should be avoided like the plague though! I am still lusting after a Tribute L-2500 though...

The Road To Hell - Chris Rea

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