Burlap and Satin

Another dozen LPs to add to the growing stack, with what reads like a Dolly Parton clunker based on AllMusic's review. I was swayed by a profile in Word or Uncut, and the observation that a lot of her strong albums have tacky sleeves, like White Limozeen. In this case, tacky sleeve, tacky album.

Clive Gregson - Strange Persuasions [Porky] £1
Dolly Parton - Burlap and Satin [Germany] 50p
Elton John - Captain Fantastic [DJM, Arun] £1
Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight [Precision SM, Germany] 10p
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams [Bilbo Tape One] 10p
Genesis - Rock Roots (Genesis to Revelation) 50p
Harry Knilson - Knnillssonn [A Porky Prime Cut/ A Master House Mother] £1
Johnny Cash - Happiness Is You [CBS orange A1/B4] £2
Kid Creole and the Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters [Graeme. Sound Clinic. 1u] 10p
Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne [Porky/Peckie, 1u] £1
Modern English - Trick of the Light [Strawberry, Germany] 10p
Pretenders - Get Close [Sterling RL, Germany] 50p

The Cost of Loving Vinyl

Style Council - The Cost of Loving [JA] £1. A double-45RPM album mastered by Jack Adams. AllMusic indicates that its slick soul-pop - darn. It looks like the first five albums are the ones to pick up. To pay off the title of this post, the cost of loving vinyl is that often curiosity and the appeal of cheap, 'audiophile' recordings, encourage follies like this purchase. After reading Robert Wyatt's plug for The Style Council in Mojo's Paul Weller feature this month, I've determined to pick up all those Style Council albums. Previously, I'd focused just on The Jam, but the Style Council records are available for peanuts, so a low risk experiment.


Echo and the Bunnymen - S/T [German] £2


Fleetwood Mac - S/T [Allen] 50p


Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now [12", 1u/1us] 50p


Supertramp - Crime of the Century [Tone] £1. Given the hype around the Speakers Corner reissue of this title, I figured I'd audition a standard UK pressing to see how I like the content before investing $30.

The Colour of Spring

This haul of 42 LPs and singles from last Friday morning rates as my best of the year. There were a number of gleaming, unplayed records, some more worn, but ones I'd been searching for in playable and affordable condition. And lot's to experiment with for future shoot outs of UK-US-German pressings.

Beatles - Revolver [Mono XEX-605-2/XEX-606-2, flip-back, yellow-black-silver] £19
Beatmasters - Hey DJ / I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing [Utopia MS] 20p
Bill Haley - Rock Around the Clock [Decca 1970] £1
Blondie - Atomic [12" Out of space out of time, Tone] £1
Blondie - I'm Always Touched By Your Presence Dear [12"] £1
Blondie - Sunday Girl [12", Antone] £1
Bob Dylan - Another Side of [CBS orange label stereo A4/B2] £6
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin [CBS orange label mono] £10
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward [TimTom, CBS] £1
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell [JA TapeOne] £1
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record [Allen] £1
Ella Fitzgerald - Gershwin Songbook Vol. 1 [HMV] £1
Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate [Bilbo TapeOne, Damont] £1
Elvis Costello - Punch the Clock [Bilbo TapeOne 1u/1u] £1
Fleetwood Mac - S/T [Strawberry G, Germany] £1
Francis Albert Sinatra & Jobim [No anxious Frank on label] £1. One to pitch against the Rhino reissue and US original
Genesis - Foxtrot [Master Room] £1
Japan - Tin Drum [Utopia] £1
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? [Mono, Backtrack 10] 20p. An upgrade to a more worn copy of Backtrack 10.
Johnny Cash - A Thing Called Love [CBS orange label, A4/B3] £1
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside. £1
Loudon Wainwright III - Album III [CBS orange label A1/B1] £3
Madonna - S/T [RME, GB, Germany] £1
Moody Blues - A Question of Balance [1W/1W, with poster] £1
Only Ones - Baby's Got a Gun [USA] £3
Paul McCartney - Press to Play [Masterdisk] £1
Pyschedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk [Townhouse] £1
Rolling Stones - No. 2 [Unboxed mono] £11
Santana - S/T [CBS orange label A1/B1] £3
Sarah Vaughan - Vaughan and Violins [USA black label mono original] £3
Sex Pistols - The Great Rock n Roll Swindle [Tone/Tone/Porky Prime Cut] £3
S-Express- Theme from S-Express [12", Every hour + half/Herbal Tea Casual] 20p
Shadows - Greatest Hits [Columbia mono original 2n/1n] £1
Shadows - S/T [Columbia stereo original] £1
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion [12"] 20p
Stranglers - Feline [Townhouse] £1
Stranglers - Off the Beaten Track. £1
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring. £1
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak [USA, GK Masterdisk] £3
U2 - Boy [Sound Clinic / Jonz 1u/2u] 20p
Wedding Present - Dalliance [10" #1,133 of 10,000] 50p
Wedding Present - Why Are you Being So Reasonable Now? [12" PR-P] £1