NINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS - 20 KICKINGS OF THE CORPORATE ARSE

Sampler of 7" inchers from indie label Fierce Panda. 20 tracks altogether. Worth picking up for China Drum's cover of "Wuthering Heights", Pullover's cover of "Last Christmas" and an early version of Placebo's "Bruise Pristine", amongst many other obscure pearls.

NINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS - 20 KICKINGS OF THE CORPORATE ARSE

1999

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MONEYBROTHER - TO DIE ALONE

Absolutely superb album from Swedish rocker Anders Wendin which performed well in his native Sweden (#1) and Germany (#37). Highlight is undoubtedly the rocking disco-soul stormer "They're Building Walls Around Us" which, in my opinion, is one of THE best songs/singles I've heard in the last decade (I'd go as far as to say it's a classic) and, yet sadly, barely anyone has heard of either Moneybrother or Anders outside of a few European countries. Treat yourself and download this superb album and hear what you and everyone outside Sweden and Germany have been missing!

MONEYBROTHER - TO DIE ALONE

2005

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THE BEST OF AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET

Superb collection of music - a whopping 29 tracks - used in the various series of British tv classic Auf Wiedersehen Pet including incidental music and all the excellent hit songs recorded by Joe Fagin for the show such as "That's Livin' Alright" and "Back With The Boys Again".

THE BEST OF AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET

2002

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LOVING THE ALIEN - ATHENS GEORGIA SALUTES DAVID BOWIE

Being a lifetime Bowie fanatic, I'm forever a sucker for Bowie tribute albums! I purchased this some years back when there seemed to be a whole load of Bowie tribute albums coming out at once (I bought them all, of course!). This one is definitely one of the better ones featuring as it does a great batch of unknown bands/artists all hailing from the great Athens, Georgia. Featuring 10 tracks and not one of them actually being "Loving The Alien"(!), Loving The Alien flows very nicely from start to finish. The decidedly REM-ish Robert Lurie Collective do a brilliant cover of Bowie's obscure classic "I Can't Read", The Quiet Men superbly rendition "Big Brother" (although sadly don't end it with "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" so the song feels a bit sudden when it reaches the end), Mime has a refreshingly unique take (which might not be everyone's cup of tea!) on one of my all time fave Bowie songs - the Bowie standard "John, I'm Only Dancing", Ceiling Fan do a superb, grungy and ever-so-faithful version of "Hang Onto Yourself" (one of my favourite tracks on this abum) and the same goes for Slackdaddy's excellent version of "Starman". Don't Analyse really does something (I'm not sure what but I like it!) to the Low instrumental "A New Career In A New Town". Ultimate fave track on here though is Simultaneous Discs' unique, epic, downbeat take on Bowie's upbeat pop classic "Modern Love". What makes Loving The Alien a winner is the way each artist has covered the song with an obvious passion for the material but injecting it with something fresh/different without taking away what made the original what it was in the first place. In other words, they haven't ruined a good song - they've just added another flavour to it. A must own for Bowie fans.

LOVING THE ALIEN - ATHENS GEORGIA SALUTES DAVID BOWIE

1999

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GARY NUMAN - THE MIX

During the mid-late 90s and the early 2000s, there seemed to be a Numan renaissance. Tons of new (or nu!) Numan product were released: new albums, re-issues, remastered editions, tribute albums and remixes. The latter is where Numan's comeback really kicked in with a whole host of djs from around the world started tinkering with the Numan back catalogue (although often it was still usually "Cars"!). 1998's The Mix is one such collection but with a difference. This collection - aimed at the US market - mainly seems to rehash the vocals Numan provided for the earlier Techno Army album. It's no bad thing. Most of the tracks on here are excellent with two really great techno remixes of "We Are Glass" along with "I Die You Die", "We Are So Fragile", "A Question Of Faith" and "She's Got Claws", amongst others. Oh, yes, and of course the collection wouldn't be complete without numerous versions of "Cars" and "Are Friends Electric?"...! The Mix is a must-own for fellow Numanoids.


GARY NUMAN - THE MIX
1998
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DAVID BOWIE - LONDON BYE TA-TA

Excellent early boot of a Bowie performance recorded - not really in Paris (don't be fooled by the title!) - but for The Sunday Show at Paris Cinema Studios, London, February 5th 1970. A lot of people seem to complain about the sound quality. In my opinion, the quality is entirely listenable given the archive nature and rarity of this particular performance. Capturing Bowie mid-phase between his folky Space Oddity era and the far heavier, darker and rockier The Man Who Sold The World era, Paris Bye Ta-Ta is a total must-own. The 13-track playlist is a great mix of mid-late 60s Deram-era gems and early 70s Bowie classics and obscurities that include "London Bye Ta-Ta", "Fill Your Heart" (later recorded for Hunky Dory), "Karma Man", "The Prettiest Star" (originally released as a single in 1970 but magnificently flopped then re-recorded for 1973's glam rock classic Aladdin Sane), "Buzz The Fuzz", "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud", "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed" and the roaring rocker "Width Of A Circle", amongst others.


DAVID BOWIE - LONDON BYE TA-TA
1990
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SWANS WAY - THE BEST OF SWANS WAY

Swans Way (or Swansway - whatever the preference) were an excellent but very short-lived Brummie trio from the early 80s with their own distinctive sound comprising of dance, lounge, synth-pop with a slight twist of avant-garde Art Of Noise/Propaganda-esque off-kilter experimentalist pop. This 1997 "best of" album is basically their one and only album The Fugitive Kind from 1984 - boosted up with some bonus tracks. Their best song and biggest hit "Soul Train" - featured here in album and extended 12" versions is, in my opinion, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece and worth getting for that alone (but the rest of the album is also rather good). After the band split in 1984, two of the members - Rick P. Jones and Maggie De Monde - went on to form the equally excellent Scarlet Fantastic (who released the classic and often-played radio fave "No Memory" - remember?).


SWANS WAY - THE BEST OF SWANS WAY
1997
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AN EVENING WITH DAVID BOWIE

Superb bootleg release of a BBC Radio broadcast from 2002 featuring Bowie at his best with a stunning selection of tracks including "Look Back In Anger", "Alabama Song" and "Survive", amongst others. Bowie's Hunky Dory surreal masterpiece "The Bewlay Brothers" gets it's first ever live performance. A must-own for Bowie fans. Bonus tracks including "Life On Mars", "Fashion" and "Ziggy Stardust" taken from the British tv shows The Michael Parkinson Show and Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.


AN EVENING WITH DAVID BOWIE
2002
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THE WEBB BROTHERS - BEYOND THE BIOSPHERE

Chicago rockers The Webb Brothers - the sons of the legendary songwriter Jimmy Webb - released this superb and tragically obscure "demo" album in 1999 featuring the awesome single - and one of my favourite tracks of all-time - "I'm Over And I Know It".


THE WEBB BROTHERS - BEYOND THE BIOSPHERE
1999
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