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Elbow Bristol Canons Marsh Amphitheatre June 29th 2019

by Tim | Jun 30, 2019 | 0 Comments

Elbow have been touring festivals around Europe and have been playing mostly fairly short sets of fan favourites. The weather turned out kind for this outdoor show, part of the Bristol Sounds series being held on the waterfront in the city centre, probably to the...

Bristol and Bath boys (and girls) make more noise…

by Tim | Apr 3, 2019 | 0 Comments

Bristol's music scene, if you think of it at all, probably conjures up Trip Hop, Drum & Bass or if you are a bit older Reggae. Back in my day it was a diverse mix of all sorts of pop, rock, funk and noise.The year is about 1981 to 83, and my friend Neil and I are...

Real Record Shops…

by Tim | Sep 1, 2018 | 0 Comments

It started with reading "Going For A Song: A Chronicle of the UK Record Shop" by Garth Cartwright. Yet another purchase prompted by listening to the Word In Your Ear podcast. This started me thinking about Bristol's record shops and Richard King's book Original...

Dream Syndicate – Medicine Show: I Know What You Like (4 CD Deluxe Edition)

by Tim | 5 October 2025 | album review | 0 Comments

When my Americana UK colleague Paul Kerr posted on the dreaded socials about the 40th Anniversary edition of ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ late in 2023, I needed no persuading to invest in my third copy of the album with its lovely book and intriguing extras. The hope...

We’ve got five years, what a surprise!

by Tim | 18 September 2025 | Music discovery | 0 Comments

No I'm not going to start singing Bowie, but it is 5 years since I started my CD store on Discogs. I’ve sold nearly 19,500 discs in that time, and I thought it would be interesting to work out who the most popular artists have been over the 5 years. This is of course...

Album review: Rain Parade – “Crashing Dream” deluxe edition

by Tim | 17 August 2025 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

Having reviewed the 40th anniversary reissue of “Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” over at Americana UK last December I had rediscovered my love for all things Paisley Underground. So, the notice about this issue of “Crashing Dream” dropping into my inbox was cause for...

So that didn’t go according to plan…

by Tim | 26 July 2025 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

Having made all sorts of promises about featuring lots of exciting things from the “big box of discs” I promptly had the biggest down spike in M.E. for 10 years. That meant that it was triage time and doing enough to keep earning a living became the priority and...

Yet more Power Pop…

by Tim | 22 June 2025 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop. Edited by Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden it’s a mine of information and opinion. With What is Power Pop being almost as common a question as What is Americana, and just as...

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