The Vinyl Countdown # 1908
Cat Stevens, Greatest Hits (1975) It was released the year before I was – but it made it in to our house in the early 1990s; one of the first CDs the family owned and probably the first (and possibly...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1708
Cat Stevens, Tea For The Tillerman (1970) I’m sure I’ve told the story before but here we go anyway: my dad’s a big Cat Stevens fan and we have this Greatest Hits album playing in the car over and over...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1705
James Taylor, Greatest Hits (1976) Dad was obsessed with this album – this and Cat Stevens. And mum used to get sick of them. They were always on car trips; Cat Stevens is the sound of the Napier-Taupo...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1696
Joni Mitchell, Clouds (1969) It’s no secret that I’m a huge Joni Mitchell fan but this album was never one of my favourites. It probably was one of the gateways though; I started with a best-of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1613
Art Garfunkel, Watermark (1977) I found it rather odd rediscovering a bunch of Art Garfunkel solo albums. I mean, who listens to them? I reckon there’s some people out there with the Garfunkel-surname...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1586
Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (1972) I am happy I have this album for one reason. For one song. Sitting. Hearing it – as the opening track, side one of this, the most successful album Cat Stevens...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1488
Cat Stevens, Back To Earth (1978) One of the first albums I ever bought with my own money. Strange – as I have no fondness for it at all. But at the time – many years ago – it was really important to...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1344
David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) Last year I interviewed Rick Wakeman and that was the catalyst for digging out this record. I don’t listen to it often – the LP that is. I have Hunky Dory on an iPod...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1334
Cat Stevens, Izitso (1977) Part of the appeal of collecting vinyl, when starting out anyway, was to pick up the “other” albums by an artist; someone you knew primarily through the “Greatest Hits”. Like...
View ArticleStubs: # 37 – Rick Wakeman, Wellington, 2012
Well, he sure gave good interview – but the gig itself was a little silly, a little sad. I loved hearing a bit of his solo piano playing – dude can fucking play! – but the jokes. Oof. Suddenly it...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1908
Cat Stevens, Greatest Hits (1975) It was released the year before I was – but it made it in to our house in the early 1990s; one of the first CDs the family owned and probably the first (and possibly...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1708
Cat Stevens, Tea For The Tillerman (1970) I’m sure I’ve told the story before but here we go anyway: my dad’s a big Cat Stevens fan and we have this Greatest Hits album playing in the car over and over...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1705
James Taylor, Greatest Hits (1976) Dad was obsessed with this album – this and Cat Stevens. And mum used to get sick of them. They were always on car trips; Cat Stevens is the sound of the Napier-Taupo...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1696
Joni Mitchell, Clouds (1969) It’s no secret that I’m a huge Joni Mitchell fan but this album was never one of my favourites. It probably was one of the gateways though; I started with a best-of...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1613
Art Garfunkel, Watermark (1977) I found it rather odd rediscovering a bunch of Art Garfunkel solo albums. I mean, who listens to them? I reckon there’s some people out there with the Garfunkel-surname...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1586
Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (1972) I am happy I have this album for one reason. For one song. Sitting. Hearing it – as the opening track, side one of this, the most successful album Cat Stevens...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1488
Cat Stevens, Back To Earth (1978) One of the first albums I ever bought with my own money. Strange – as I have no fondness for it at all. But at the time – many years ago – it was really important to...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1344
David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) Last year I interviewed Rick Wakeman and that was the catalyst for digging out this record. I don’t listen to it often – the LP that is. I have Hunky Dory on an iPod...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1334
Cat Stevens, Izitso (1977) Part of the appeal of collecting vinyl, when starting out anyway, was to pick up the “other” albums by an artist; someone you knew primarily through the “Greatest Hits”. Like...
View ArticleStubs: # 37 – Rick Wakeman, Wellington, 2012
Well, he sure gave good interview – but the gig itself was a little silly, a little sad. I loved hearing a bit of his solo piano playing – dude can fucking play! – but the jokes. Oof. Suddenly it...
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