blandy Posted February 4, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 4, 2019 16 hours ago, Risso said: Another vote for the Love album. Absolutely stupendous. Yeah, said it's alright.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos Death Metal + H.P Lovecraft and once again an amazing album cover by Ola Larsson. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted February 4, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2019 5 hours ago, sne said: Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos Death Metal + H.P Lovecraft and once again an amazing album cover by Ola Larsson. That looks and sounds right up my street, time to investigate... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Death metal is usually a step too far to me, but I was intrigued by the theme. A couple of songs in and this ain't too bad. Cheers @sne I've spent most of the day listening to While She Sleeps - You Are We. Going to see them in a few weeks at Rock City. Edited February 4, 2019 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Not an album but: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2019 21 hours ago, sne said: Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos Death Metal + H.P Lovecraft and once again an amazing album cover by Ola Larsson. This is excellent @sne Good shout 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Designer1 said: This is excellent @sne Good shout Nice! In that case the same friend who recommended this to me (he works for Swedish heavy metal paper Close Up Magazine) said that the new Rotting Christ album (The Heretics) that drops February 15th is also really, really good. These bands might not be particularly similar, but if you like one of them you might very well like the other as well. I mean who doesn't like Greek Black/Goth Metal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 HMV has been bought by Canadian company Sunrise, saving 100 stores. List of the HMV's that are set to close: Ayr Bath Bluewater Bristol, Cribbs Chichester Exeter, Princesshay Fopp, Bristol Fopp, Glasgow Byres Fopp, Manchester Fopp, Oxford Glasgow, Braehead Guernsey Hereford Manchester, Trafford Merry Hill Oxford Street Peterborough, Queensgate Plymouth, Drake Circus Reading Sheffield, Meadowhall Southport Thurrock Tunbridge Uxbridge Watford Westfield Wimbledon looking down that list, I wonder if they were the stores with the highest rents that couldn't be renegotiated. Bath always looks quite busy, Meadowhall was busy the couple of times I passed that one. Merry Hill I'd also presume was busy. Westfield they took a location swap a little while back and it killed their footfall. Quote Sunrise Records chief executive Doug Putman said he was "delighted to acquire the most iconic music and entertainment business in the UK." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Super Funk Collection Side 1 - meh Side 2 - everyone one an absolute jewel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 5, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: HMV has been bought by Canadian company Sunrise, saving 100 stores. List of the HMV's that are set to close: Ayr Bath Bluewater Bristol, Cribbs Chichester Exeter, Princesshay Fopp, Bristol Fopp, Glasgow Byres Fopp, Manchester Fopp, Oxford Glasgow, Braehead Guernsey Hereford Manchester, Trafford Merry Hill Oxford Street Peterborough, Queensgate Plymouth, Drake Circus Reading Sheffield, Meadowhall Southport Thurrock Tunbridge Uxbridge Watford Westfield Wimbledon looking down that list, I wonder if they were the stores with the highest rents that couldn't be renegotiated. Bath always looks quite busy, Meadowhall was busy the couple of times I passed that one. Merry Hill I'd also presume was busy. Westfield they took a location swap a little while back and it killed their footfall. 3 Sod knows why the Liverpool Store isn't on that list, it's slap bang in the middle of Liverpool One, over two floors and seems to do little business. Not shocked the Southport one is going, its garbage and everything else has left the town, HMV is just being slow I'm upset by Fopp in Bristol going though, bought a few things in there. In fact, they should turn all the HMVs into Fopps. Fopp caries a much better stock than HMV. HMV fell into the trap of stocking POP Vinyl, the vinyl resurgence was never from fans of bloody Madonna and her ilk. It's a specialist market not a mainstream one EDIT: I don't think its a rent thing, its a location thing for the big ones, they are all out of town stores. People don't go to the Trafford Centre to buy vinyl, the only people that would are like me, there under sufferance because their other halves want to go 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Yeah, the Cardiff HMV is over two enormous floors, one almost entirely dedicated to DVD's. I can't imagine a worse business model than DVD's, wobble head figures. I don't want it to fold, because it can drive enough sales from casual punters to make physical media still worth while. But I don't shop there. I want HMV to survive, so I can go to small independent shops, chat shit, and come away with a gem for a tenner. Fingers crossed there are still enough people buying £25 Madonna albums to play on their Crossleys. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 5, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2019 51 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Yeah, the Cardiff HMV is over two enormous floors, one almost entirely dedicated to DVD's. I can't imagine a worse business model than DVD's, wobble head figures. I don't want it to fold, because it can drive enough sales from casual punters to make physical media still worth while. But I don't shop there. I want HMV to survive, so I can go to small independent shops, chat shit, and come away with a gem for a tenner. Fingers crossed there are still enough people buying £25 Madonna albums to play on their Crossleys. I actually did buy an album in HMV this weekend, occasionally they have stuff that I can't get elsewhere but they also don't stock a lot of the stuff I do want, the stuff they generally do stock is more expensive there but I agree I don't want it to go for the same reasons as you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted February 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2019 Second-hand prices baffle me sometimes. I just dug out Reggae Greats: Lee Perry because I spotted it in my racks and as it suited my mood, gave it a clean before playing it. Now bearing in mind this was always a mid-price compilation that probably sold for a fiver when new albums were a tenner in the mid '80s I was a bit shocked to look up the price on Discogs. There isn't currently a copy under £20 for sale (Neither is in as good condition as mine either). I was expecting it to be a fiver at best Oh and now it's clean and playing I've really just noticed some girls laughing in the right channel on Groovy Situation by Keith Rowe a typically "Scratch" thing to do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 @Seat68 should be all over that album as part of his on going dubeducation programme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 7, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2019 22 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: @Seat68 should be all over that album as part of his on going dubeducation programme Yes or this even. My curiosity arose so I looked up another Lee Perry compilation I own. Hell, I paid £11.99 for this, median price £45. Ok its a three album box set but it's still only a compilation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I'm lazy, I love a multi disc compilation. Bought that mod anthems thing last week, it was 20 tracks pretty much split 10 standards and 10 more northen soul things. But £14 for 20 absolute solid tunes... in an order I didn't already have most of them already. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Mercury Rev - Bobby Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited. beautiful and clearly lovingly put together with so many great guest vocalists. Edited February 9, 2019 by theboyangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 10, 2019 Moderator Share Posted February 10, 2019 16 hours ago, theboyangel said: Mercury Rev - Bobby Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited. beautiful and clearly lovingly put together with so many great guest vocalists. As it happens, I came here to post this very thing. It's early days but definitely my favourite release so far this year (there haven't been that many yet). Great Sunday morning music too. I'd wager even grumpy old men in Yorkshire might like this. This one has added Hope Sandoval for extra loveliness 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, bickster said: As it happens, I came here to post this very thing. It's early days but definitely my favourite release so far this year (there haven't been that many yet). Great Sunday morning music too. I'd wager even grumpy old men in Yorkshire might like this. This one has added Hope Sandoval for extra loveliness It has been this mornings Sunday soundtrack down here. Lovely stuff. (Agree Mooney would most likely like it too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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