Just arrived -
Kyuss - "Blues For The Red Sun"
Kate Bush - "The Dreaming"

Just ordered -
Marillion - "Fugazi" & "Clutching at Straws"
The Smiths - "Meat is Murder" ltd picture disc
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
Editors - "The Back Room"
ZZ Top - "Tres Hombres"

Should keep me going for a little while

Martin

Kevin Coyne - Case History.

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Kevin Coyne - Case History.

Wow - and on vinyl too - a great record.

ROTF,

The vinyl was quite easy to track down. The CD appears to be very rare but available, if a tad expensive.

Hi GML

The new CD box set was only £15 - two Siren albums and Case History - pretty good sound too. Was your vinyl an original or a new re-master? The music is great whatever the format. I have Dynamite Daze on vinyl and that's always been a favourite of mine.

ATB Rotf

Hello ROTF,

Yes I saw the box set but thought I'd try Case History first after reading your previous post and listening to samples. I hadn't heard of Kevin Coyne.

The vinyl is a new re-master on the Tapestry label and one of a limited edtion 500 copies.

Regards

George.

Hi George

Kevin Coyne was born in Derby in 1944. His first job was a social therapist at the Whittingham Hospital in Lancashire (1965-1968). In late 1968 he moved to London, starting work for the Soho project as a counsellor for drug addicts in 1969. This work was a source for many of his early songs (Case History) and remains a major influence today.

In 1973 he signed for Virgin and made some eleven great records. The best of which, in IMHO are Dynamite Daze and Marjorie Razorblade. He recorded with Andy Summers, Zoot Money and Carla Bley (Silence) and Dagmar Krause. He also did theatre work and appeared in two musicals which we wrote: Babble and England, England.

Unfortunately he became an alcoholic and had a nervous breakdown in the early 80s. He recorded some rather less satisfying albums during this period. However, in 1985 he moved to Nuremberg. Started a full recovery and formed The Paradise Band with some German musicians. He quit drinking and made around ten albums; of which I'm only familiar with the excellent Knocking on Your Brain.

I don't know if Dynamite Daze and Marjorie Razorblade are available on vinyl, but they are easy to get on CD and are both better albums IMO than the Siren records, which are stll very good. Case History is up there with those two and is KC's third great album.

I saw KC live at Rainbow (End of The Rainbow) concert - he was disappointing as he, like many of the other performers and Mr John Peel, had had rather too much of the red wine - none of which was shared with the audience. The only act that kept it together and played a great set were Hatfield & The North. I've heard KC on many Peel sessions so I know he could perform live and sound wonderful - I just picked the wrong time to see him.

So if you want to investigate more KC then I recommend Dynamite Daze - Kevin's reaction to punk rock. The album starts with the line: I know the Pope is too old to rock n roll, I'm quite aware that he's got no soul and for the Punks he sings Seen it all, seen it all before. It is not a punk rock album and contains a stunning version of Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty, but is a great slab of vinyl that oozes class.

Enjoy Case History, which is an excellent record from a great artist who sadly is no longer with us.

ATB Rotf

Thanks for that ROTF.

Emmylou Harris "The Ballad of Sally Rose" and Linda Ronstadt "Hasten Down the Wind".


jim...........

Grinderman - (Nick Cave and a handful of Bad Seeds)

60 vinyl albums for £5.00 from my local second hand shop.To many to list all good stuff though.
Munch

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Originally posted by munch:
60 vinyl albums for £5.00

Blimey that WAS a bargain.

The women said i could take the whole lot away for £20.00 about 1500 albums.
I went through them and got what i wanted.
Munch

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60 vinyl albums for £5.00

Hey your out doing me!

You have a list of the remainder?

I tell you what. The LPs don't half accumulate at a rate.

Howard,
I left all the James Last and Hot Hits .
ATB Munch

Just how many copies of The Carpenters Greatest Hits and the Sound of Music can one have?

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Just how many copies of The Carpenters Greatest Hits and the Sound of Music can one have?

The King and I and Abba and bloody Barry big nose.

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Just how many copies of The Carpenters Greatest Hits and the Sound of Music can one have?

I know - no matter how many it is never enough

Sound of Music is 2nd up on this clip