Andy Roberts – “…Home Grown”
This album had eluded me for quite a bit of time, I came across it back in my early days on RateYourMusic and liked the…
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Easy Rider: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
This one goes back to when I bought that entire record collection from an estate sale for a buck. There were some real winners with…
Elton Motello – “Pop Art”
So, back when I had graduated high school I spent a summer working for a newly opened antique store in my developing town. At the…
Jolly Tambourine Man – “Double B-Side”
The early 80’s in Canada had one of the craziest independent music scenes, we had bands like Voice and Welcome Home dropping their EP’s in…
Crystal Gayle – “True Love”
Another for the “Ruined by Value Village” category, the record is mint and clean. The sleeve is VG- thanks to that wonderful little Value Village…
Skinny Puppy – “Rabies”
So, technically, October is spooky month so why not listen to some Skinny Puppy? We all know by this point that I am a huge…
Alabama – “Mountain Music”
So, let’s address the elephant in the room here, the sleeve. This has got to be just one of the most poorly designed sleeves, and…
Iggy Pop – “Lust for Life”
“Lust for Life” marks Iggy Pop’s second collaboration with David Bowie after “The Idiot” (another personal favorite of mine) – this album, unlike “The Idiot”,…
The Associates – “Sulk”
The Associates are definitely an acquired taste, and I don’t mean that in any negative way. When I was a teenager I first got into…
Jamie Redfern – “When You Wish Upon a Star”
Jamie Redfern, at the time, was a kid from Liverpool, who essentially rose to fame on the Australian show “Young Talent Time” (equivalent to the…
Martin Briley – “One Night With A Stranger”
This is another record that falls into the category of “marred by Value Village” – there was a time in the early 2010’s when records…
Tim Curry – “Fearless”
There was a meme going around on social media for a long time that went something along the lines of “You can judge a lot…
Russ Ballard – “Barnet Dogs”
This is another one that I had bought back around 2011/2012, because I saw that cover and thought it looked badass. Tonight, I find out…