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On a whim I have been revisiting Simple Minds first album "Life in a Day" which I bought back in 1979 and liked a lot.

I didn't take to the next one "Real to Reel Cacophany" because it was, well, cack. As was almost everything they recorded after that.

Really enjoying "Life in a Day". Are there any other albums from the olden days that you have gone back to and liked.

Argus - Wishbone Ash

Prefab Sprout - Swoon
Phenomenal wordsmithery, and no mistake.........

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon. Yes I know that's cliched but tbh, up until recently I never really took a lot of notice of the Floyd.

Led Zeppelin - the first 4 albums. Songs of Leonard Cohen. Anything by the Velvet Underground.

"Crush" by OMD and "The Dream Academy" by The Dream Academy.

The Beast Inside by Inspiral Carpets. It deserves to be recognised as an all time great and an equal of many of the other so-called classics from that era.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:28 pm On a whim I have been revisiting Simple Minds first album "Life in a Day" which I bought back in 1979 and liked a lot.

I didn't take to the next one "Real to Reel Cacophany" because it was, well, cack. As was almost everything they recorded after that.

Really enjoying "Life in a Day". Are there any other albums from the olden days that you have gone back to and liked.

The first 4 Simple Minds albums have been played by myself countless times, with Empires and Dance my favourite. Saw them first promoting Real to Real Cacophony but after only playing 2 songs from their back catalogue while promoting their breakthrough album I stopped.

While getting grief from some idiots at the Marquee in 1980, during Pleasantly Disturbed Jim Kerr kept offering his mic stand to them when singing "Take it from me", one guy tried and Jim smashed the stand in his face. Bloke went past me with claret over his face, totally deserved.

Hocus Pocus - Focus. Every few years I go back to it and play it, remember seeing them whilst very pissed at the Sundown and have always enjoyed the music and the reminders of my largely misspent youth.

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks. He's an arse and always has been but what an album.

jamespevans wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:11 pm Van Morrison - Astral Weeks. He's an arse and always has been but what an album.

It’s one I’ve always tried to get round to as I love a lot of stuff from the era but I just didn’t get the hype. I tried so hard but it was mainly extended whining for 6 mins.

1st album I ever bought was Cosmos Factory (Creedence) and I still love it (and can play the original 51 year old copy). Not really gone back to it though as it's never been far from my playlist.

Depends on the mood
If im relaxed & tranquil then
nothing beats we are one
by Maze featuring Frankie B

if im in a mood for something a bit livelier
then Sound Affects by the Jam

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:20 pm Depends on the mood
If im relaxed & tranquil then
nothing beats we are one
by Maze featuring Frankie B

if im in a mood for something a bit livelier
then Sound Affects by the Jam

then it has to be rhe Jam

Have my tickets for January to see From The Jam perform the whole Sound Affects album

The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion.............The Hedgehog Song one of the more creative things to come out of Scotland.

Clive Evans wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:42 pm The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion.............The Hedgehog Song one of the more creative things to come out of Scotland.

Oh look its the mildly racist Clive Evans.

I have a couple of thousand records so I'm always listening to something. I buy a lot of the records I liked when I was a teenager but didn't have the money to buy. Tonight it's Wings Over America. Like most triples it could be a very good double, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

BoniO wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:30 pm Argus - Wishbone Ash

Seconded and thirded. In fact BoniO, if you hadn't had put that album in, I would have.

mildandbitter wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:59 pm I have a couple of thousand records so I'm always listening to something. I buy a lot of the records I liked when I was a teenager but didn't have the money to buy. Tonight it's Wings Over America. Like most triples it could be a very good double, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

Your choice reminds me when Jeremy Beadle announced that he owned 27,000 books and somebody said it was like Douglas Bader owning 27,000 pairs of shoes.

jamespevans wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:16 pm

mildandbitter wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:59 pm I have a couple of thousand records so I'm always listening to something. I buy a lot of the records I liked when I was a teenager but didn't have the money to buy. Tonight it's Wings Over America. Like most triples it could be a very good double, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

Your choice reminds me when Jeremy Beadle announced that he owned 27,000 books and somebody said it was like Douglas Bader owning 27,000 pairs of shoes.

Try it, you might like it. Moved on to the reissue of Lewis Taylor's epic debut album. Sounding great.

I still regularly listen to the Beatles Sergeant Pepper

If I am allowed another that I go back to regularly is Half Man Half Biscuit’s Back in the DHSS. Priceless songs and references from the era. Seen at the Hope and Anchor Islington, again very pissed. Often adopted the Len Ganley stance in Jelks’.

I played Waiting by Fun Boy Three again a few years back and enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

Went through a Krautrock phase during early lockdown and Ege Bamyasi by Can from 1972 sits well with contemporary stuff from the likes of Black Midi.

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails still amazes whenever I give it a spin.

Tbf all the albums I listen to from the olden days are new to me so hard to say.

Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:48 pm

Clive Evans wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:42 pm The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion.............The Hedgehog Song one of the more creative things to come out of Scotland.

Oh look its the mildly racist Clive Evans.