If you don't have this compilation of tracks that informed and influenced Spacemen 3/ Spectrum, I highly recommend it. It covers a broad selection of stlyes, from the old to the modern. My picks are the fantasticly spacey blues of "Jucy Lucy" perfoming "Just one time" which is the original of "Mary Anne" and the storming one chord style stomper of "Psychic Hitlist Victim No 8" - by "Honolulu Mountain Daffodils"
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A superb recording of Pink Floyd tracks . Recorded in 1971 by the BBC at the Paris cinema in London, for a John peel show in 1971.It was the first airing of the epic Echoes,and also featured great guitar work on Embyro by Dave Gilmour.This was the second session at the Paris cinema, the previous one from 1970 featured tracks from the Atom Heart Mother Period.

Well bought again..I should say..Dead Kennedys-.1st album " Fresh Fruit for Rotting Veg" but this time on CD. Having the LP vinyl and all the singles on 7" that appear on CD.2 did not detere me. With my decks in storage, I cannot live without this brillant selection of tracks. " Fresh fruit " is an absolute killer album. Full of full-on articulate speedcore punk workouts which never fail to hit the nail right on the head. I have to admit that I had never really noticed the difference between the LP and 7" versions of " Holiday in Cambodia"…

Syd Barrett of The Pink Floyd died today, 11 July 2006. He brought a vision to music rarely equalled.
His masterpiece was The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
He also wrote some stunning singles for Pink Floyd, See Emily Play being the standout, and two wonderful solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett.Such a talent.

Chosen Lords -AFX. Got the Cd. I had already bought the 11 Analord EPs on vinyl but have yet to hear them as my decks are in storage but, I hope they are better than this selection of trax on the CD. I mean its ok, very AFXy but lack a certain bite in melody , rhythmic density and playfulness that he has achieved in other output. Granted, the first and last trax are pretty good.
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Well I have , and it sure is a disappointment.
Based on the same concept as the original "Nuggets -Artyfacts from the first psychedelic era" from the 60's this box set,( Brilliant ) this set- Children Of Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996)
Thats 20 years of cool psychedelic/Garage rock music to choose from, so what is staggering is which is the bigger mistake, the bands they left off or the bands they put on?
Who's missing - No.. Radio Birdman, The Saints, Wire, Spacemen 3, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Butthole Surfers, early Siouxsie and the…

Here is a list of 20 essential releases from 1981 - 2006. It is not necessarily my top 20 of all time, that would have meant a repetition of artists,and been much harder to compile.
It is therefore an overview that tries to reflect a range of influence.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Heaven Up Here
THE SMITHS - The Smiths
SPACEMEN 3 - The Perfect Prescription
PUBLIC ENEMY - Fear of a Black Planet
RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM - It Is What It Is EP
CARL CRAIG - Psyche EP
JULIAN COPE - Peggy Suicide
STONE ROSES - Stone Roses…

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The dawn of the digital age brought with it an incredible advance in audio quality,and the ability to duplicate, manipulate and distribute audio.
No more crackly LPs, no more generation loss from cassette to cassette. Hurrah we all said. Digital was all about the quality.

The first cracks in the digital domain, in relation to audio appeared when experts began to question whether the sample rate of 44.1khz was high enough. I love it when people question the status quo and push for improvement. What about 96khz with 20 bit resolution?
Oh the heady days of promise. The reality…