Not long returned from a short break on the Gower in South Wales. If that isn't Wales' best kept secret I don't know what is? Three Cliffs Bay is all you could want in a small piece of coastline/ wonderful beaches, prehistoric remains, a ruined castle and a green river valley, all in a coupla square miles, and no 'facilities', it truly feels unspoiled. Anyhoo, I digress. Holiday musics were surprising short on the ground, as I mainly played the same things over and over....
Two Lone Swordsmen - From The Double Gone Chapel/ Wrong Meeting 1+2
Double Gone Chapel is deffo a great unsung pop recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdm3wlBfmbM&list=PLHCcCVjmq6AGzqIdu_vcJWTzEYaxXYFQJ
Bowie - Divine Symmetry
Enjoying this muchly, but on the intros to several of the live tracks, he does come across as a simpering fool. It's interesting to think that at this time, shit could have gone either way regarding his future career.
Cope - Self Civil War/England Expectorates
Depeche Mode - Memento Mori
Not a terrible album. Couldn't have been easy to make.
Mark Stewart - VS
I always preferred Mark as part of The Maffia or with Tackhead or on his own to the Pop Group truth be told. When Metatron came out in the late 80's I played it to death. On the whole VS is a decent collaboration record, has that trademark heavy Mark Stewart drum sound throughout, though could have done without the awful rendition of Grant Hart' All Of My Senses....it really is terrible. All Of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oytn3xmEPxY
Magazine - Rays and Hail
Wire - Behind The Curtain
Various Artists
Heavy Nuggets 15
Ost German Kraut/Prog
On U Sound Pay It All Back Vol 2
The version of Water The Garden by Prince Far I and Singers and Players has been a firm fav for over 30 years, still love it. Track 7...
https://payitallback.bandcamp.com/album/pay-it-all-back-vol-2
Have a better one....x
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