Released on this day 40 years ago, 17 February 1986, The Colour of Spring is the third studio album by English band Talk Talk, written by Mark Hollis and producer Tim Friese-Greene. The Talk Talk albums that came before it had much more of a synthesized pop sound, synthesizers are rarely featured on the album, being replaced by guitar, piano, and organ….
According to The Official Charts (UK), theses are the biggest songs on 2025. My question is, where are all the bands? Now just to be clear, I am not posting this as I have any issue or dislike of any solo artists or any of those in the lists below. It’s just a shame that…
To put this title into context, yes I am (was) that person who cringed when someone referred to multiple records as ‘vinyls’ as the plural of ‘vinyl’ is …… wait for it …… ‘vinyl’, and yes I am (was) slightly judgmental when I started seeing records referred to as ‘vinyl’ as a complete substitute for…
This morning on a record collectors Facebook group, a tiled image of a record collection appeared and it turned out to be a members record collection on Discogs. Here is the link I’ve been on Discogs for a few years, mainly to buy a few records I cannot find elsewhere, but recently started using it…
In the lull of gigs (there’s not a lot going on locally right now) and buying vinyl (I’m not allowed this close to Christmas in case its already bought and wrapped) I find myself down a regular rabbit hole on Spotify where I can while away way too much time discovering new songs and hopefully…
This morning I started to receive emails from record shops regarding ‘National Album Day‘ as apparently it returns on October 19th 2024 for its seventh year of existence and this year they have decided the theme is going to be ‘Great British Groups’. It is also teaming with what it calls a ‘broadcast partner’ in…
