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David
23 Jul, 2016

Joy Division - Closer (1980)

On Vinyl I felt compelled to play this tonight. The impact is never less than profound.

- #joydivision

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David
19 Jul, 2016

Los Lobos - The Town And The City (2006)

The first thing that struck me was the bottom end coming out of my speakers. What a great sound. It’s pitiful I know, but this is my only Los Lobos record and I am ashamed!

- #loslobos

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David
16 Jul, 2016

The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)

My god! “Who loves the Sun” is such a lovely song to start VU’s final “real” record. All this talk about VU selling out doesn’t matter in the scheme of things - it’s still a beautiful thing.

- #velvetunderground

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David
15 Jul, 2016

Opeth - Watershed (2008)

You can’t be a passive listener with this! It can lull you into your happy place one moment then punch you in the temporal lobe when you are all nice and cosy.

- #opeth

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David
13 Jul, 2016

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (1975)

Spooky, Eerie and unsettling, this electronic sculpture makes you keep looking over your shoulder as I certainly did as a mid-teen musical sponge.

- #tangerinedream

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David
12 Jul, 2016

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)

Vinyl Saw this at TWH for only 6 bucks more than the CD - so couldn’t resist. Sometimes its hard to understand why something as well packaged as this, gatefold and poster included, could be considerably cheaper than the latest Pink Floyd vinyl remasters.

- #pjharvey

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David
10 Jul, 2016

Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)

Vinyl Listened to a 24 Bit digital remaster of this classic this morning on my Sunday morning sabbatical and was totally gob-smacked how good this is.