ILM Snapshot: Last Five Records You Bought part II

Son Volt - Trace

King's Ransom - Happy Motherfuckers and Sad Clowns (double vinyl)

Eyesinweasel - Live in the Middle East

Guided By Voices - Glad Girls Australian CDEP

Sons of Ralph - Grab A Root & Growl

Shara Nelson - Friendly fire (50p in a charity shop!)

Plush - More you becomes you

Royal Trux- Cats and dogs

Prefab Sprout - Gunman and other stories

The mixmag Faithless mix cd

Also copied new ones from Divine Comedy, Wu Tang Clan and Semisonic after which CDR drive on computer ground to a halt- Suppose it serves me right for copying Semisonic.

Bjork - Vespertine

Spring Heel Jack - Masses

Basement Jaxx - Rooty

Missy Elliot - Miss E

Herbie Hancock - Sextant

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Just got back from the record shop!

Most recently picked from shelves first:

Various Artists - "The Music Of Mali"
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - A Jackson In Your House / Message To Our Folks
Various Artists - "Dub: Original Bass Culture"
Various Artists - "25 Years Of Rough Trade Shops"(box set)

1) Talk Talk - The Collection

2) Snakebite City 10 (mostly crappy indie compilation with one or two good tracks - Carfax/Holy Roman Empire)

3) Mina - Kryptonite

4) Sportsguitar - Married, 3 Kids

5) Human League - Secrets

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tide. Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert. Duke Ellington (feat. Mahalia Jackson) - Black, Brown and Beige. Beta Band - Hot Shots II. Before that not sure. Aaliyah or Shipping News or Basement Jaxx or June of 44 I think.

Few purchases made today so I can't do just the last five, I'm afraid. You should have asked me yesterday.

Geto Boys - "Mind Playin Tricks On Me"
Roots Manuva - "Run Come Save Me" LP
Masterstepz & Celetia feat. MC Ranking - "Sorry (You Lied To Me) Remix"
Jeru Tha Damaja - "Can't Stop The Prophet"
DJ Flare - "Dirt Style (Deluxe Shampoo Edition)" (scratch sounds etc.)< br> So Solid Crew - "21 Seconds" (because I didn't get to a record shop last week)
MOP - "Ante Up (Remix)" (ditto)
Skitz - "Countryman" LP (because I've not seen it on vinyl up till now)
Notorious BIG - "Juicy"/"Unbelievable" (two copies)
London Posse - "How's Life In London?" (reissue)
De La Soul - "Buddy (Extended Version)"/"The Magic Number (1-2-3 Remix)" (disappointing remix of The Magic Number - why didn't they just reissue the originals?)
De La Soul - "Me, Myself And I (Extended Version)"/"Jenifa Taught Me (Extended Version)" (ditto)
Big Punisher - "Yeeeeah Baby" LP
DJ Premier - "Golden Year Vol 2" LP

Am I hardcore or not?

"Run Come Save Me" - good, but still destined to be the second token (oxmoronic?) UK hip hop record in ILM readers' collections. Actually, having also bought "How's Life In London" I think I've got the royal flush of token UK records today.

What's the first token UK hip hop record then. It's not MC Buzz B by any chance coz I've got that and I'm looking to complete the set.

Been kinda slow lately...

1) Beta Band-Hot Shots II 2) Disco Tex & the Sex-o-lettes-Get Dancin' 3) Sugababes-One Touch 4) Super Furry Animals-Rings Around the World 5) Talk Talk-Laughing Stock (thanks to your Ned's Nineties review, Mr. Raggett)

The first - Skitz' "Countryman" I'd guess. Actually the Roots M album is my third UK hip-hop purchase this year (4th if the Big Dada comp counts) - I also bought Aspects.

Did everyone answer within the last two minutes or something? Cripes!

Teardrop Explodes -- _Kilimanjaro_ reissue Teardrop Explodes -- _Wilder_ reissue Crispy Ambulance -- _Fin_ Crispy Ambulance -- _Accessory After the Fact_ Adam Ant -- _Antbox_

Viva the early eighties!

I can't remember exactly, not been in a buying mood but:

* Philistines Jr - We Don't Get The Respect We Deserve In Today's Scientific Community or Analog vs. Digital
* Labybug Transistor - Argyle Heir
* The Sixth Great Lake - Up The Country
* Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
* Wolfie - Talk Dark Hill

It's been a bit indie/ twee pop lately.

1.Low - Curtain Hits the Cast 2.Mouse on Mars - Vulvaland 3.Palace Music - Arise Therefore 4.MSP - The Holy Bible 5.RH - Amnesiac (I think)

1. The White Stripes - "White Blood Cells" 2. Neurosis - "Enemy of the Sun" 3. Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" 4. The A-Teens - "The Abba Generation" 5. Blink 182 - "Dude Ranch"

Mahogany Dream of a Modern Day, Fontanelle s/t, Hungry GhostsAlone, Alone, Kahimi KarieK.K.K.K.K. - all used at Reckless Records in Chicago last week. A few weeks before that, Supersilent 5 new at Neptune Records outside Detroit. CD-Rs kick ass!

Everyone loves Reckless. Especially me and Momus.

My list is really, really boring: the Shins' Oh, Inverted World, the Strokes' The Modern Age (yes, yes), Stereolab's Captain Easychord EP, the American Analog Set's Know by Heart, and Pinback's self-titled record.

All that would have been different if my Life Without Buildings import had arrived or I'd been able to find the MC Paul Barman 12" I wanted.

I got 4 second-hand C.D.'s last Saturday. Ernest Ranglin "In search of the lost riddim", Gorky's Zygotic Mynci "The blue trees", Groove Armada "All back to mine", Jimi Hendrix "Before the experience". Before that I got "Ghostface Killah's "Supreme clientle" thanks to the ILM tape trading thingie.

1)Eartha Kitt - Eartha Revisited 2)Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz and thee Glitz. 3)Missy Elliott...Miss E... 4)The Village People - Go West (A whole village people LP for only 99p. Bargain! 5) Elvis' Last Band - Christmas is for the family.

Manual : Until Tomorrow
Mum : Yesterday was dramatic . . .
Kepler : Fight Fuck Fail
Super Furry Animals : Mwing
White Stripes : White Blood Cells

My last five, a mix of dirt-cheap used and spankin' new: (1) Echo and the Bunnymen - 'Porcupine' (2) Spacemen 3 - 'Perfect Prescription' and 'Playing With Fire' (3) Tricky - 'Maxinquaye' (4) Comsat Angels - 'Waiting for a Mircale' (5) Oval - '94 Diskont'

And I love 'em all! I'm on a streak lately (knock on wood)...

1) Stooges - Fun House. Pretty cool, but not enjoying it as much as I thought I would. 2) Sinead O'Connor - The Gospel Oak EP. I think she's always underrated. A pretty, quiet, melodic record. 3) Speedy J - G Spot. I like to play catch-up w/ techno when I find it used & cheap. Didn't think much of this after one listen. 4) VA - Hypercity/Force Tracks - really, really great stuff. Melodic minimal house. Tim's endorsement caused me to pick this up. 5) To Roccoco Rot & I Sound - Music Is A Hungry Ghost. Strangely dissapointed by this one. Sounds good enough but rather dull. Need to hear it more, though.

Ice Hockey Hair by SFA, a promo of If You've Never Been by Embrace, I acquired (for free) a copy of This Is It by The Strokes, Rings Around The World by SFA, and also Smiley Smile / Wild Honey on one disc by The Beach Boys.

Mark, I've been a hair's breadth from buying 'Funhouse' about four thousand times, but I've just never managed to bring it to the register. It's one of those albums I feel like I really really should own, but I'm not that attracted to it.

Jeez, I knew my indolence nay poverty wd catch up with me. See out previous thread like this: answer hasn't changed. Dastoor: I quite like Sinister sorta but Missy elliott is bettah

*Destiny's Child - Survivor *Pnau - Sambanova *Avalanches - Since I Left You *Alex Lloyd - Black The Sun *Zed - Silencer

The new Aaliyah. Beta Band -- Hot Shots II. New Jack City soundtrack. Cyndi Lauper -- She's So Unusual. Art Ensable Of Chicago -- The Third Decade.

Blimey I threw a copy of Black The Sun away today because I'd got it free and assumed nobody in the entire world could possibly want it. I must put a list up on the tape trading thread.

John Adams - Nixon in China
Madonna -Erotica,Bedtime Stories and Ray of light
A best of Francois Hardy.

Hmm. I've been low on funds lately, so my purchases have been weeks apart...

These aren't in chronological order, just what I remember buying the past month or so...

•Tha Liks - X.O. Experience

•Miss E ...So Addictive

•Nas - Illmatic

•Urban Jungle mixed by Aphrodite

•Basement Jaxx - Rooty

Ugh. That took more remembering than I thought. I need to start buying music a bit more often. I don't have to eat -everyday-....

hey neat, i didn't know kepler had any profile in the states.

iirc: guns 'n' roses - appetite for destruction (which i hate so far)

goodie mob - soul food

def leppard - pyromania (oh god, this list is getting embarrassing)

i think the last time i bought music before that was my montreal stash, which was:

lydia lunch - "the agony is the ecstacy(sic)"/the birthday party - "drunk on the pope's blood"

anton webern - complete works

iannis xenakis - electronic music

milton babbitt - philomel

I've been poor and haven't been able to get near a record shop much recently, so:

• Rings Around The World DVD - Super Furry Animals
• Hut Recordings 1991-2001 (It was cheap)
• Bang! Bang! Bang! Lookout! Lookout! Lookout! EP - The Lollies
• Since I Left You - Avalanches
• One Touch - Sugababes

the clean 'getaway'(kinda disappointing) marine time keepers 'a perfect knowledge of dreams'(beautiful) pram 'somniliquy'(maybe the best pram release yet) siddeleys 'slum clearance'(fantastic) super furry animals 'rings around the world'(lovely, except for the bon jovi number half way through)

I don't think I've bought any CDs since the last time we did this. But I've copied or downloaded Static Age and Walk Among Us by the Misfits, and The Sign by Ace of Base. I also bought Soul Calibur for Dreamcast, if that counts.

Hmph. Still awaiting records from a mailorder purchase..patience, I have not.

Orchids "Striving For The Lazy Perfection" CD (whoa, this is still around?!)

Clientele "Fading Summer" EP

My Favorite "Joan Of Arc" EP

Siddeleys "Slum Clearance"

Dream Syndicate "The Days Of Wine And Roses" (Yay! Finally!

NERD "In search of"

Blackstreet

Bonzo Dog Dooh Da Band

Donna Summer best of

Bow Down To Exit Sign by David Holmes

Next up might be either Dream Syndicate or Turin Brakes

(1) The Rough Guide to Bhangra, (2) Bhangra Fever, (3) Mya Fear of Flying, (4) MTV Party to Go 2000, (5) Amil All Money Is Legal.

1) V/A - Warp 10th Anniversary: Influences 2) Laika - Good Looking Blues 3) The Beta Band - The Hot Shots II 4) The Stanton Warriors - The Stanton Sessions 5) Alphawezen - l'apres-midi d'un microphone

Tony Joe White, 'Homemade Ice Cream'
Goblin, 'Tenebrae'
ELP 'Welcome Back My Friends...'
'Capitol Country Classics: The 1940s'
'Beat at Cinecitta Vol 3'

1) Stranded (2n hand l.p.) - Roxy Music 2) Run Come Save Me - Roots Manuva 3) Aaliyah - Aaliyah 4) Universal Indicator - V/A 5) Dream Theory in Malaya (2nd hand l.p.) - Jon Hassell

With the caveat that these are purchases, not acquisitions:

Downtown 81--soundtrack to movie, a pretty cool primer of the NYC stuff from that era: Kid Creole, DNA, Tuxedomoon, "Beat Bop"

Saturday Night Fish Fry (Soul Jazz UK)--kinda disappointing sequel to New Orleans Funk, but maybe it'll grow on me

Steve Reid, Nova (Universal Sound UK)--nice solo album of free jazz from Sun Ra percussionist

Disco Kandi 4 (Hed Kandi UK)--Full Intention Presents Shena's "I'll Be Waiting (Gray & Pern Club Mix)," a.k.a. disc one, track eight, is one of my favorite singles of the year

The Harder They Come (Island)--reissue; couldn't get them to send me one, so I just sprang for it, what the fuck. Still one of the greatest records ever made

The Stanton Warriors - The Stanton Sessions

was going to get this. but didn't.

last 5? hmm

felix da housecat - kittenz and thee glitz
random number - july selectah (cdr) - well, that was given but...
basement jaxx - rooty
air - 10000hz legend
luomo - vocalcity

Vocalcity = amazing.

But how is that Felix da Housecat album? I was going to get that one myself yesterday, but could not find it.

Inside My Brain - Angry Samoans

Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (box set) - Louis Armstrong

Silver City - Sonny Rollins

Generic Flipper [as good as Metal Box and Fun House]

Radioactivity - Kraftwerk

Runt. The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren

Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals

Scott 2 - Scott Walker

Supergrass - Supergrass

Omar, Kittenz and Thee Glitz (despite the best title of all time) is rather disappointing. I much prefer I Know Elektrikboy, his 99 album

Being a bit short on funds, I haven't got that much lately: Camera Obscura - First 2 7"s
Birdie - Sidewalk CD single and 7" single
The La's - Lost La's
Beaumont - Discotechque (sp?) EP
Various Sarah 7"s at Discount Prices
American Spring Album
It's been very indie/twee lately, and I'm damn proud of it.

'Generic Flipper' - YES!!! Not only as good as 'Metal Box' and 'Fun House', but as good as 'Modern Lovers' or 'Damaged', or anything else you'd care to name...

Last Thursday I bought:

Sulk - Associates
Cupid & Psyche '85 - Scritti Politti
Frequencies - LFO
Radioactivity - Kraftwerk

from the wonder that is HMV's 4 for £20 sale and:

Role Model - Cex
Send Me A Lullabye - The Go-Betweens
Hot Shots II - The Beta Band

from Selectadisc the day before. I do seem to be buying a lot of back catalogue stuff at the moment.

I also took advantage of that fabby four for twenty quid HMV sale recently, and picked up some good gap-filling stuff - 'Here Come the Warm Jets' by Eno, 'A Handful of Beauty' by Shakti, 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' by The Byrds and the Miles Davis remix alb 'Panthalassa' (Dave Q - there's yr gd Laswell rec, right there!)

Other recent purchases include 'Commers' by Oval, 'Endless Summer' by Fennesz, 'Graduation and Other New Country and Blues Music' by Henry Flynt, 'Thirty-Minute Raven' by David Grubbs, and 'After the Ball' by John Fahey (finally available on mid-price CD - time to ditch my withered old vinyl copy...)

Notable Acquisitions-
Neu 2
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Crydamore - V/A compilation, but half of Daft Punk
Hotel Stadt Berlin - V/A
and anything by Hakan Lidbo

K-Reg (yr back!), how does Hakan Lidbo compare to Luomo?

Aha! Someone who bought Fennesz' "Endless Summer"! Is it any good? I usually dread these Brian Wilson-influenced albums (you know High Lamas and that bloody 'Hawaii'). So Andrew do you recommend it?

i too have Endless Summer, i'm not sure i'd recommend it, although it is quite good (don't see the Brian Wilsonisms though). Again, i've just written about this on 1471 (sorry)

Mitch: Is Vulvaland any good? It's been sitting in the used section for months now and I'm hesitant in getting it. As point of reference, how is it compared to iaora tahiti?

Nitsuh: I've been anticipating the Shins' album since I saw them open for Modest Mouse, but I lost interest in the waiting. Worth seeking again?

Mark: I've had the exact same reaction with Fun House. I mean, I put it and try to jump into it, but it just slowly drifts into decent background music as my attention is drawn towards other activities. I can't seem to really immerse myself into it, as hard as I've tried.

re: Vulvaland. I say get it. IMHO still their best album, so dreamy and not as busy as their later stuff. In comparison with Iaora Tahiti? Just a bit spacier. Mmm, I think I'm going to play it right now :)

The Aluminum Group: "Pedals" (lush, frequently lyrically irksome O'Rourke-produced thing on Minty Fresh; four quid in Greenwich R&TEx)

Toru Takemitsu: "Gemeaux" (Denon premiere recording from '94 or so; not yet listened to other material on there ["Dream/Window", "Spirit Garden"], but 4th movement of "Gemeaux" is my new favourite thing; eight quid in Greenwich)

Anja Garbarek: "Smiling and Waving" (Jan's daughter; some nice textures [yeah, I know - Use Other Words, Please], some really duff moments - promo for 50p, Greenwich again)

V/A: Warp 10+3 - Remixes (some terrific stuff on here; b'day present from Mum, but I had to buy it meself 'cos HMV in Liverpool couldn't find a spoonful of jelly in a big bowl of jelly, apparently. 14 squids in Selectadisc for the double-CD, though I really wanted it on vinyl...)

V/A: D'Un Siecle A L'Autre (C20-classical triple-CD box on Montaigne - good for plugging the gaps [don't have "Ionisation" anywhere else, nor any Berio or Mahler]; another pressie a family member couldn't be bothered trying/was unable to find, so their cheque covered it. £17.99 in Selectadisc. Not listened to any of it yet)

Most recent acquisition - an *actual* birthday gift I didn't have to fork out for:

"Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop; Vol 2: 1970-80". Delia, Paddy, all yr favourites. Robin will be pleased.

1) Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts 2) Skitz: Countryman (on order, actually) 3) House of Love: Creation Years 4) Adam Ant: Antics in the Forbidden Zone 5) Ultramarine: Every Man and Woman Is a Star

Coincidentally, 1) Ultramarine - Every Man and Woman is a Star 2) Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle 3) Underworld - Born Slippy (single) 4) Supergrass - I Should Coco 5) Sugarplastic - Radio Jejune

damn, bought instead of got given by sucky ass record execs...hmmm. ok, two cds that came attached to uncut july and august mags, unwound - leaves turn inside you, u2's elevation single, and rhp's old ramon.

Trying to remeber the best I can it is 1) 69 Love Songs 1) MBV - Isn't Anything (both at the same time) 3) SpaceAge Records sampler 4) GBV - Isolation Drills 5) Luna Live.

don't try too hard with fun house. if "1979" doesn't blow you up within the first few listens, it may be a lost cause.

message to our folks - chicago art ensemble number one song in heaven - sparks second album - west coast experimental popart band solimnoqy - pram in a beautiful place in the country - boards of canada.

i've been stroking my chin a fair bit lately.

the afrossippi all-stars (aka otha turner's rising sun fife and drum band + some african musicians) - from senegel to senatopia v/a - roots rock guitar party (comp of zimbabwean guitar music - great!) gillian welch - time (the revelator) the essential radio birdman the sadies new one

Last week or so- Ebay purchases: In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes-Kid Creole and the Coconuts album, The Associates Never Can Say Goodbye 12", Avalanches Frontier Psychiatrist promo CD Mailorder: Clientele split 7" Aislers Set 7" Tuesday Weld Where Psyche Meets Cupid CD Store bought: Between or Beyond the Iron Curtain Rare Grooves From Eastern Europe 1967-1978 CD, Balduin Creative Cookery CD, Riddim Driven Rice + Peas VP records comp CD

Lotsa people listening to the Art Ensemble of Chicago = cool!!

Omar - don't worry, Fennesz is nothing like the wretched High Llamas - the WIlsonisms are all in the undertow. It's snap, crackle and pop glitch stuff. Would highly recommend the alb, but also urged Gareth to buy it and he's doesn't sound that wowed.

I thought of starting a thread on Funhouse, but I wanted to listen to it more, & here we are anyway. I like it, but it reminds me so much of the Stones circa Stick Fingers w/ just a bit more "attitude" and drive in the rhythm section. "Can't You hear me Knockin'" in particular seems cut from the same cloth as Funhouse stuff, w/ the heavy riff & the saxaphone. Sure, Iggy is more "menacing" than Mick or whatever, but it just didn't blow me away. I expected it to be heavier somehow. I've heard the Stooges in passing over the years & my memory was of heavier music.

I like Endless Summer very much, you can see what I thought on Pitchfork. That's a top record of the year for me. I just love noise & melody together, and that's just about the perfect blend.

Vulvaland is indeed a great record. It's grown on me a lot since I first heard it. Definitely don't expect anything even close to Niun Niggung or Idiology. Totally different in every way, except that both have interesting sounds. Vulvaland is much more simple, hypnotic, a kind of ambient dub thing with the edges sanded off. Great stuff, and like Omar said, many consider it their best (esp. those who've been into electronic music for a while.) I rank it somewhere in the middle of their output.

This encompasses all of my music purchases in the last three months. Somebody give me money. 1) The Velvet Undergorund
2) Stooges, Raw Power
3) Momus, Circus Maximus
4) Pink Floyd, the Wall
5) Momus, Folktronic

There's an awful lot of, well, how do I put this, arsing about on those Art Ensemble albums, though. In a good way.

You can talk, Ewing. Your list is printed above.

I have bought no records since last time. Oh, yes - I have bought

SCOTT JOPLIN'S PIANO RAGS // BEST OF IRVING BERLIN / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, TUNNEL OF LOVE

I would like to be able to think that these things sum me up, but I fear that they don't.

Most interesting things heard recently:

1. "Lincoln Cathedral in a Blizzard", Sister Akai (prev. unavailable)

2. "Rain on Gatestone", the Penge Bros (exclusive demo)

3. "Air Conditioning Failure", Packie Bonner / Jimmy Nicholl (Cyberman mix)

Most recent first:
1. The Saturday People/Clientele split 7"
2. songs of You & me - Chris Knox
3. Brigitte Fontaine Est... (thanks, ILM!)
3. La Fossette - Dominique A (thanks, ILM!)
4. The Camera Loves Me - Would Be Goods
4. Heavenly Pop Hits - The Chills
4. Evgeny Kissin, Chopin 24 Preludes, Sonata No. 2, Polonaise
4. The Negatives s/t (thanks, ILM (a select coterie on)!)

extravagance due to tax refund. won't be happening again.

Hey, everyone - spot the GRATE record in that list.

I didn't know you liked Chopin, pinefox.

Alex, concerning "Vulvaland": I'm not sure yet what to make of it. I've owned it for a good few weeks now, but I haven't given it the attention it might deserve. After two concerned listens, I'll say this much: I could do without the repetitive muted house thumps that invade too many songs. A lot of the album seems to meander somewhat aimlessly, if maintaining a consistent warmth and pleasant atmosphere. And there's "Chagrin"- a lovely track of proto-Boards of Canada electro-yearning. I haven't heard "iaora tahiti", so I can't compare. Sorry. This is my first MoM record, I've only heard a couple of MP3s from later works and had an in-store listen to "Idiology". So, I can't really place this, quality-wise, next to any other MoM recordings. I also bought it second-hand, so I haven't felt the need to urgently discover if I've squandered my money, the way I do with more expensive CDs. (Do others think this way,too?)

Kepler? Hmm. Didn't know them from the back of my hand, but played a nice set of mostly-instrumental stop-start loud-soft post-rock (if I remember correctly). And I bought their newest CD, which is on the ever-wonderful and amazing Troubleman Unlimited label. Wha-ho! (Buy the TROUBLEMAN MIX-TAPE compilation! It's choice!)

Last 5 (or so) purchases:

1. Piano Magic - Popular Mechanics
2. Suran Song in Stag - Cowboys and Indians
3. Milemarker - Frigid Forms Sell

Also included are various singles (Shellac, Tara Jane O'Neil, Roads to Space Travel) & two free Astralwerks samplers I snagged @ last evening's Radiohead extravaganza in East Boston.

And, then, there's the shipment I should be receiving from Columbia House in the next couple of weeks... I need a break.

Gareth, to answer your question re Hakan Lidbo in K-Reg's absence... I have Tech Couture which I like a lot although not as much as Vocalcity, to which your lukewarm response still shocks me, to the point that I've been planning on writing a Skykicking entry about my shock.

I think if you're ambivalent about Vocalcity for the reasons you listed on 1471 then Lidbo won't really appeal to you terribly much - he's a 'dryer' producer than Delay in Luomo-guise, and the tracks are more minimal and less tuneful than those on Vocalcity, though a lot shorter. On the other hand, he's also closer to the Chain Reaction/Basic Channel sound and has a slight electro influence, so maybe you could approach it from that angle. I reckon the better option though is to pick up Hypercity (which features Lidbo and nearly everyone else important) and work from there.

(1)'wild luv'-roach motel(2)'model 8'-lemon 8 (both bargain bin jobs) (3)'do it now'-dubtribe sound system (4)'aaliyah'-aaliyah(album of the year-no question)(5)'hot shots II'-the beta band.

See earlier flea-market thread + add Kraftwerk 'Man and machine', Lady bugtransistor 'Argyle heir', Paul Lansky 'More than Idle Chatter' , 'Johnny Cash live at folsom prison' (on sale for 4quid)...

But the GRATEST thing about the 1970-80 DW CD is The Sea Devils by Malcolm Clarke, of course (Paddy K is a mere engineer on the stereo versions of the theme, which date from when he was on his way in and Delia on her way out): any thoughts, Mike?

"Lincoln Cathedral in a Blizzard": Reynard, is this a veiled reference to the drowning of mid-80s medieval battle reconstruction as MOR leisure pursuit, or just a thought?

Oh, and the answers:

The Beta Band - Hot Shots II

Luke Haines - Christie Malry's Own Double Entry and The Oliver Twist Manifesto

Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me

Aspects - Correct English

(ALL SECONDHAND)
1: Super Furry Animals: radiator
2: Carl Craig: More songs about food and revolutionary art
3: Scritti Politti: Anomie and Bonhomie
4: the Magnetic fields: 69 Love Songs
5: Britney Spears: …baby one more time

for a small prize you can match the following brief descrptions with the records listed above:—
= completism
= bettah than miles and bach (acc. O.Wheeler)
= cute sleeve w. "proglite" content
= sexy on front of wire mag
= intrepid foray in pinefoxonia

1: Super Furry Animals: radiator = intrepid foray in pinefoxonia
2: Carl Craig: More songs about food and revolutionary art = sexy on front of wire mag
3: Scritti Politti: Anomie and Bonhomie = completism
4: the Magnetic fields: 69 Love Songs = cute sleeve w. "proglite" content
5: Britney Spears: …baby one more time = bettah than miles and bach (acc. O.Wheeler)

Nah. Switch the SFA & Mag Fields descriptions, and I BELIEVE you'll be set. Since when was Stephen Merritt a "proglite" afficionado?

Hey I'm guessing, never heard any Magnetic Fields + generally avoid SFA.

Kid 606 - P.S. I Love You
Acid Mothers Temple - The New Geocentric World of...
Notorius B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Kraftwerk - The Mix
The Shins - Oh Inverted World

I'll just list the big stack I've bought thanks to those lovely lovely people at the Student Loans Company:

• The Moldy Peaches
• The Writing's On The Wall - Destiny's Child
• The May Street Project - Shea Seger
• Beautiful Freak - eels
• Josie and the Pussycats OST
• Trailer Park - Beth Orton
• Lazy Line Painter Jane - B+S
• If You're Feeling Sinister - B+S
• This Is Teen-C Power - Bis
• Discovery - Daft Punk
• Ant & Dec - The Hits
• Empty at the End - Electric Soft Parade
• As If soundtrack (fabulous, though lacks the weirdo instrumental stuff)
• It's All True - Bellatrix

Best Ofs from Lesley Gore and Liza Minelli
Ten New Songs- Leonard Cohen
Discosis - Bran van 3000
3 eps- Sally Timms

Ryan Adams - Gold Brigitte Fontaine - Kekeland New Order - Get Ready Radiohead - Amnesiac

Before I do not remember. Amnesiac as I said. Either I am close to Alzheimer or I really have slowed down record buying. Probably both.

1) Beth Orton - Daydreamer 2) Roots Manuva - Dub come save me 3) The Herbaliser - Cant remember name 4) Orbital - Work 5) The Midfield General - Generalisation