BUT FIRST….
I bought some stuff from Chesterfield on Saturday, here to be precise
http://www.tallbirdrecords.co.uk/
an extremely friendly and knowledgeable shop, obviously enjoying the recent vinyl revival with a busy turnover and a very knowledgeable lady behind the counter. The stuff was pricey but immaculate. I purchased 20 quids worth and found a few gems. I’d of bought more but I still had try to budget myself, they even have some sponsorship at the Football as I watched Bury get battered by the Spiretes; (3-0) the Bird sauntered across the bottom electronic scoreboard.
The price of secondhand vinyl has definitely risen over the last few years. I’m not a collector to horde or to sell on but just random digger, the dustier the better. What I have known in the past few years is the reliance of discogs on pricing. Back in the day it used to be Record Collector, that huge tome that had those sacred prices. I managed to upset a record shop owner in Crewe by foolish trying to name my price as I tend to buy in bulk, it was like I was trying to rob his shop, he wasn’t happy!!! Now this is my hobby, I don’t make any money from this site it just enables me to whitter on and smile to myself as the piles of records get bigger, I suppose it’s like gambling, an innocent pastime.
However, I ‘ve had a think about stuff, this blog is costing me a small fortune and there will be a time when I’ll have to cut my cloth and leave it. As I’ve mentioned before Mike has provided me with a new lease of life, another enthusiastic vinyl lover of the 80’s and without him the blog would have fallen into stagnation.It’s just a bit of a dear doo.
Rant over and something from 1986 by the legend that is Tom Robinson, having mellowed out from his post punk days this is smooth and very mid-80’s sounding. “Spain” bears more than a passing resemblance to The Strangler’s “Golden Brown” Romantic and slightly touristy it washes over you like sunlight. Album track and anti-cocaine song, “Nothing like the Real Thing” gets speeded up and funked up, with guest musicians Chas Jankel , Guy Barker and Tony Jackson. AOR track “Drive All Night” had me, accidentally, head nodding. It was also of the album, “Still Loving You.”
NEW LINK 2021
https://gofile.io/d/4PcbvT
Castaway Records – ZT 41334
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Spain |
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B1 |
Nothing Like The Real Thing (Jazz Version) |
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B2 |
Drive All Night |
