First Album Club of 2015

The choices are in for the first Album Club of the year. They are:
From Langley Park to Memphis (1988) by Prefab Sprout, chosen by Joe; and St Vincent by St Vincent (2013), chosen by Wyn.

Event will be in Wyn and Gavin's, date to be announced. I'll be getting CDs to you over the next few weeks.

Next Album Club and Vote

Greetings Album Clubbers: The albums have been chosen for the next Album Club: they are 'All This Time' (2006) by Heartless Bastards, chosen by Cath; and 'Break It Yourself' (2012) by Andrew Bird, chosen by Jo. If you haven't already got the albums I'll do my best to get them to you as soon as  I can. Cath has agreed to host and we're trying to finalise a date at the moment that will be convenient to as many people as possible. This will be our twentieth meeting, and people have suggested that it might be time for another retrospective Greatest Hits poll. Obviously, with comings and goings and absences and so on, not everybody has heard everything. There’s no ultimately fair way to do it, and it is just a bit of fun, so please do your best and don’t get too hung up on the procedures. Vote for TEN of the thirty-eight albums listed below, giving a score of 10 to your favourite, 9 to your second favourite, and so on all the way down to1 for your tenth favourite. Ignore all the rest! Please return your votes to me and I’ll collate. Results should be available at Meeting No. 21, sometime in September / October. Best wishes, Gerry * Adam Ant, The Blueblack Hussar Alabama 3, Exile on Coldharbor Lane Andrew Bird, Break It Yourself Antony and the Johnsons, Now I Am a Bird Apple of My Eye, Devils Carole King, The Colour of Your Dreams David Bowie, Diamond Dogs Duke Special, Songs from the Deep Forest Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Imperial Bedroom Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours Garth Brooks, No Fences Guillemots, Through the Windowpane Heartless Bastards, All This Time The Hoodoo Gurus, Stoneage Romeos Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky James, Seven J.C. Bach, St Matthew Passion Kate Bush, Never For Ever Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Rattlesnakes Muse, The Resistance Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Patty Smith, Horses Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon Primal Scream, Screamadelica Roy Bailey, Never Leave a Story Unsung R.L. Burnside, Come On In Rodriguez, Cold Fact Roy Harper, Folkjokeopus Ron Sexsmith, Cobblestone Runway Slade, Slayed? Sixteen Horsepower, Folklore The Smiths, The Queen is Dead Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Sparklehorse, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot The Streets, A Grand Don’t Come for Free The Style Council, Café Bleu Tom Petty, Wildflowers Whipping Boy, Heartworm
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Next Album Club

Next Album Club is 8.00pm Friday 2 May at Fiona and Tom's house. Choices are Cold Fact (1969) by Rodriguez,  and Seven (1992) by James.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message from Tom on his 'Diamond Dogs' choice

I did a summary of my thoughts on Diamond Dogs but left it at work, so here goes again - a potted version: I was a wee nipper of 10 when I prised my first Bowie album off my brothers - Ziggy Stardust. It was my first ‘serious’ album, my only other possessions to that point being Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) and I think some Slade and Sweet. Suddenly, as Bowie’s albums came out thick and fast in the early 70s I had a discography by an exceedingly cool dude. Unfortunately it meant I had to keep restyling my hair to keep up with things. All of the albums at this time were played to the point that the vinyl virtually wore out: Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Man who Sold the World, Ziggy and Aladdin Sane could all have made it as my Bowie album. But then in 1974 along came Diamond Dogs a full 10 years before 1984 and Brezhnev and the US doing their usual sabre rattling. Here was an album which may have been an accurate reflection of the future with half men/half dogs wandering the streets, assaulting the glass fronts of Love Me Avenue and the concept and the glam rock along with Bowie’s vocal range made it one of the best ... Ladies and Gentleman, I commend to you Diamond Dogs .... lots of thumbs up please.

 

 

Choices for next Album Club

Titles are in for next Album Club. They are: Roy Harper, Folkjokeopus (1969) - chosen by Jim; and David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (1974) - chosen by Tom. Date and venue to follow.

1

Date:                11 September 2010

Album:             Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Imperial Bedroom (Gerry)

Chosen By:       Gerry

Hosted By:       Gerry

Present:            Gavin, Gerry, Jim, Jo, Joe, Mick, Tom, Wyn

 

 

2

Date:                December 2010

Albums:            Sixteen Horsepower, Folklore

Sparklehorse, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

Chosen By:       Mick

Hosted By:       Mick and Lisa

Present:            Jim, Jo, Lisa, Mick, Richard, Robbie

 

 

3

Date:                1 April 2011

Album:             Kate Bush, Never For Ever

Chosen By:       Joe Moran

Hosted By:       Gerry

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Mick, Richard, Tom, Wyn

 

 

4

Date:                20 May 2011

Albums:            Roy Bailey, Never Leave a Story Unsung

Whipping Boy, Heartworm

Chosen By:       Jim and Wyn

Hosted By:       Wyn and Gavin

Present:            Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Tom, Wyn

 

 

 5

Date:                16 July 2011

Albums:            Muse, The Resistance

Carole King, The Colour of Your Dreams

Chosen By:       Ian and Corina

Hosted By:       Corina and Ian

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Tom, Wyn (Stacey)

 

6

Date:                14 October 2011

Albums:            Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Rattlesnakes

                        Alabama 3, Exile on Coldharbor Lane

Chosen By:       Gavin and Tom

Hosted By:       Gavin & Wyn

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Tom, Wyn (Stacey)

 

 

7

Date:                25 November 2011

Albums:            Primal Scream, Screamadelica

                        Antony and the Johnsons, Now I Am a Bird

Chosen By:       Fiona and Jo

Hosted By:       Fiona and Tom

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Tom, Wyn (Stacey)

 

 

8

Date:                16 October 2011

Albums:            Guillemots, Through the Windowpane

R.L. Burnside, Come On In

Chosen By:       Gerry and Kate

Hosted By:       Gerry

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Kate, Tom

 

 

9

Date:                20 April 2012

Albums:            Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours

                        The Hoodoo Gurus, Stoneage Romeos

Chosen By:       Joe and Wyn

Hosted By:       Wyn and Gavin

Present:            Corina, Dave, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Kate, Tom, Wyn

 

 

10       

Date:                13 July 2012

Albums:            Ron Sexsmith, Cobblestone Runway

Slade, Slayed?

Chosen By:       Dave and Jim

Hosted By:       Jim and Jo

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Joe, Tom

 

 

 
11

Date:                21 September 2012

Albums:            Garth Brooks, No Fences

                        Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon

Chosen By:       Tom and Ian

Hosted By:       Tom and Fiona

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jo, Joe, Kate, Tom, Wyn

 

 

12

Date:                16 November 2012

Albums:            J.C. Bach, St Matthew Passion

                        Soft Cell, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Chosen By:       Corina and Gavin

Hosted By:       Corina and Ian

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jo, Kate, Tom, Wyn

 

 13

Date:                3 March 2013

Albums:            Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky

                        Patty Smith, Horses

Chosen By:       Jo and Michael

Hosted By:       Jo and Jim

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jo, Joe, Jim, Kate, Michael, Tom, Wyn

 

 

14

Date:                3 May 2013

Albums:            Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

                        Tom Petty, Wildflowers (1994)

Chosen By:       Kath and Fiona

Hosted By:       Kath

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jo, Joe, Jim, Kate, Michael, Tom, Wyn

 

 

15

Date:                12 July 2013

Albums:            The Streets, A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)

                        The Smiths, The Queen is Dead (1986)

Chosen By:       Gerry and Joe

Hosted By:       Gerry

Present:            Corina, Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Joe, Jim, Lucinda, Michael, Tom, Wyn

                        Guests: Clare, Stacey

 

 

 16

Date:                27 September 2013

Albums:            Adam Ant, The Blueblack Hussar (2012)

                        The Style Council, Café Bleu (1984)

Chosen By:       Ian and Wyn

Hosted By:       Corina and Ian

Present:            Alison, Corina, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Joe, Jo, Kath, Lucinda, Michael, Wyn

 

 

17

Date:                7 December 2013

Albums:            Duke Special, Songs from the Deep Forest (2006)

Apple of My Eye, Devils (2012)

Chosen By:       Lucinda and Gavin

Hosted By:       Gavin and Wyn

Present:            Fiona, Gavin, Gerry, Ian, Jim, Jo, Kath, Lucinda, Michael, Tom, Wyn

 

 

 

Rota:

Gerry x 3

Joe x 3

Wyn x 3

Ian x 3

Gavin x 3

Lucinda x 1

Jim x 2

Tom x 2

Corina x 2

Fiona x 2

Jo x 2

Kath x 2

Michael x 1

 

Next meeting is at Gavin and Win's house at 8.00pm on Saturday 8th December.

Choices are:

Songs from the Deep Forest (2006) by Duke Special, chosen by Lucinda.





Devils (2013) by Apple of My Eye, chosen by Gavin.