VINYL VOYAGES

There's nothing I enjoy more than discovering a record I might have ignored or indeed rediscovering a forgotten classic. You might remember I used to host a site called "Remasters Of The Universe" where I made it my life's work to get  any drifting passers-by to dig out their record collection from the loft and rethink why they bought them in the first place. After all, somebody must have. 

So I'll be doing the same here but some of the records may be my own reappraisal and thoughts rather than putting the onus on you to reduce the number of Paul Young's "No Parlez" in boxes headed towards the car boot sale.

Hopefully, the effect will be the same and you'll give some old war-horses some turntable time (or whatever heathen practice you choose to follow).

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• THE GREATEST GREATEST? - The Eagles "Their Greatest Hits 1971-75"

• UNPARALLELED - Blondie "Parallel Lines"

• PEEK PERFORMANCE - Billy Joel "The Nylon Curtain"

• TIME TO STAND UP - Dexy's Midnight Runners "Don't Stand Me Down"

• THE REAL DANNY GALWAY - Prefab Sprout "Crimson/Red" (+ Jimmy Webb)

• LESS TRAGIC MORE MAGIC - kd Lang "Ingenue"

• DI ANOTHER WAY - Diana Ross "Diana"

• KEEPING UP WITH... THE SMITHS - The Sundays "Reading, Writing And Arithmetic"

• A CLASH OF CULTURE - Culture Club "Kissing To Be Clever" & "Colour By Numbers" 

• ISN'T 3 THE MAGIC NUMBER? - Led Zeppelin " Led Zeppelin 3"

• RIGHTING REDDING - Otis Redding "Live In  Europe"

• FAMILY ALBUMS - Split Enz "True Colours" & Crowded House "Woodface"

• THE FIRST SHADE OF GRAY - David Gray "White Ladder"THE FIRST SHADE OF GRAY - David Gray "White Ladder"

• OPEN SKY - The Temptations "Cloud Nine"

• WHERE THE SIXTIES SWUNG - Donovan "Sunshine Superman"

• A MAN OUT OF TIME - Alexander O'Neal "Hearsay"

• FLEETINGLY ATTRACTIVE - Fairground Attraction "First Of A Million Kisses"

• BEAUTIFULLY  BEHAVED - Pet Shop Boys "Behaviour"

• ELOQUENCE - Talk Talk "The Colour Of Spring"

• OLYMPIC STANDARD - Electric Light Orchestra "A New World Record"

• THE FORGOTTEN FIRE - U2 "The Unforgettable Fire

• STILL so GOOD - Peter Gabriel "so"STILL so GOOD - Peter Gabriel "so"

• OUTSTANDING IN ITS FIELD - John Cougar Mellencamp "Scarecrow"

• SLIPSTREAM - T Rex "The Slider"

• NOT GUILTY - Modern Romance  "Adventures In Clubland"

• SELLER'S MARKET - The Beatles "Beatles For Sale"

• MASTERFUL - Oasis "The Masterplan"

• WHEN  PURPLE REIGNED - Deep Purple "Machine Head"

• SMOOTH AS... - Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees"

• DREICH & BLUE - Deacon Blue "Raintown"

STILL so GOOD - Peter Gabriel "so"