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459 Points / Joined 14 Feb 2013 /

Scotland / Glasgow

Started buying records aged 13 in 1972.
First singles bought: All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople, 10538 Overture - The ELO, & The Jean Genie - David Bowie.
First LP's - Electric Warrior by the electric elf Bolan, Slade Alive!, Ziggy & a cheapo comp by The Move on MFP, Fire Brigade.
Moved on from the Pop scene speedily into the world of Prog.
1st concert: David Bowie at Green's Playhouse, Glasgow, January 1973
2nd: Hawkwind (with Stacia) at Glasgow Apollo (revamped old Green's Playhouse) December 1973.
Dozens more after and spent what seems the entirety of my teenage years at the Apollo.
I sold off many that I just didn't enjoy, so now only own 1,500 LP's, 3,500 CD's, 1,200 vinyl singles on 7" & 12", 300 CD singles & 1,000 music DVD's.
If I like an artist I tend to have everything but just one copy as I'm not at all a "trainspotter" collector into label variations from Venezuela etc. That doesn't interest me, the music is my buzz. Huge Dylan fan with hundreds of bootlegs. Everything by Bowie, The Who, Neil Young, Beatles, Stones, Doors, John Martyn & every second by Jimi Hendrix. My favourite Soul Funk Jazz Rock people, Marvin, Stevie, Isaac, David Porter, Santana, Mouzon, Miles, Funkadelic, Prince, & obscurities such as The Imperial Pompadours & one-off pure gems such as Aphrodites Child's 666, Devo, Suicide. I also have many hundreds of compilation albums & soundtracks but never consider that to be part of my main collection.

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Apollo59 16th Aug 2017		12" Single The Jam - 4 Side Affects	The Jam just weren't good enough and I never bought their records. I and all my friends at the time regarded them as a band that all the little yobs liked (which they did) and nobody I knew bought them either. I suppose it depended where you came from and from where and whom you got your influences, but The Jam just weren't cool at all. Although The Jam were more or less my age, it was kids several years younger who bought their records. We just looked, listened and laughed.
Apollo59 30th Jul 2017		12" Single Patti Smith - Gloria In Excelsis Deo	Yes, it's the sort of bag a grocer's shop would have used in the days before plastic bags.
Apollo59 28th Jun 2017		12" Single The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions (Chris Kimsey's 12")	Some copies with reversed labels
Apollo59 23rd Mar 2017		12" Single The Who - Substitute	I'm A Boy is the 2nd re-recorded in stereo 3m 40s long version otherwise available on the Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy LP & CD.
Apollo59 15th Mar 2017		12" Single The Who - Substitute	Focus B: Is duophonic another term for 'electronically enhanced'? Whatever it is, I've never quite understood why they did this as it sounds so weak. I'll have to get a mono copy of Pictures and been meaning to for about 40+ years!

Latest Added (12" Singles) View All 95 »

12" Single added by Apollo59 24th Mar 2017:

Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (Remix - Edited Version) - Virgin - UK - GENS G 4-12 (1987)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

ZZ Top - Rough Boy (LP Version) - Warner Bros. - UK - W 2003 (T) (1986)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

Yello - Desire (Extended Version) - Elektra - UK - EKR 17T (1985)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

Steve Winwood - One And Only Man (12" Version) - Virgin - UK - VST 1299 (1990)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

Steve Winwood - Freedom Overspill (Liberty Mix) - Island - UK - 12 IS 294 (1986)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

Whitesnake - Still Of The Night [Extended Version] - EMI - UK - 12EMI 5606 (1987)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy - Epic - UK - MUD T1 (1988)

12" Single added by Apollo59 12th Mar 2017:

The Waterboys - Glastonbury Song - Geffen - UK - GFST 49 (1993)

Recently Rated (12" Singles)

12" Single: James Brown - Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - Polydor - UK - POSPX 24 (1979)

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