fatpizzaman 13th Jun 2023 | | Vinyl AlbumThe Busymen - Tick Tock | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 14th Mar 2016 | | Vinyl AlbumSergio Mendes - Portrait Of Sergio Mendes | I have a copy of this album. Record number one in the set came with the A&M label that was used between 1973 - 1980, whereas record number two in the set was pressed with the label that was used between 1962 - 1972.
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fatpizzaman 14th Mar 2016 | | Vinyl AlbumMorrissey - Viva Hate | Happy 28th Viva Hate! Still alive after all these years and still inspiring a whole load of young angst ridden musicians. :)
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fatpizzaman 21st Sep 2015 | | 78 RPMBilly Mitchell - Willie Sure Could Do It / The Bumble Bee Invaded A Nudist Colony | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 20th Sep 2015 | | CD AlbumSparks - Interior Design | ReviewAfter 1986's "Music That You Can Dance To", Sparks decided to change tack with their usually dark, askewed and cynical lyrics to explore the more accessible side of pop music to focus on love and romance.
Opening up with the searing anthemic rock of the first single "So Important", Sparks' 15th album received much positive criticism from the media and fans alike at the time but sadly attitudes have waned over the years that it is now ranked as one of their weakest albums.
"Just Got Back From Heaven" is nice synth-funk about the afterlife, whilst "Lots Of Reasons" is more high energy dance rock. "You Got A Hold Of My Heart" is a doo-wop number, and "Let's Make Love" is Sparks at their most romantic.
The closing cut "Madonna" is a fictional story about Russell Mael's date with the pop Queen, and it was recorded in three different languages for the CD release although it did not sell well in the European countries.
In the UK, it was one of the last records to be released on the Carrere label before it went under.
Over the years, the album has been re-released on cheap budget labels, one of them being titled "Just Got Back From Heaven" and featuring members of their 70's band on the cover. Why the record company decided to do that is beyond me!
After the release of "Interior Design", they went on a musical hiatus for the next 5 years to work on a failed film project with Larry Wilson called "Mai The Psychic Girl". Once that was put to rest they came back on a new label embracing the techno sound and the charts loved them all over again.
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fatpizzaman 20th Aug 2015 | | CD SingleThe Veronicas - You Ruin Me | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 20th Aug 2015 | | CD SingleBoom Crash Opera - Gimme | [YouTube Video]
Great combination of glam rock, pop, and industrial rock.
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fatpizzaman 15th Jun 2015 | | 78 RPM[no artist listed] - The Parlophone Laughing Record | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 19th Feb 2015 | | CD SingleLavish - Trashed | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 19th Feb 2015 | | CD SingleLavish - Good For Me | [YouTube Video]
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fatpizzaman 14th Feb 2015 | | CD SingleThe Veronicas - 4ever | The Veronicas are a band from Brisbane, Australia, consisting of twin siblings Jessica and Lisa Origliasso. This was their debut single under the name The Veronicas as they had previously released CDs under the name "Lisa and Jessica".
The single was also released in the US with a different video to the one below.
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fatpizzaman 29th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumSuzi Quatro - Your Mamma Won't Like Me | [YouTube Video]
Mostly funk rock orientated, a brave move for Suzi although chart-wise it did virtually nothing.
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fatpizzaman 16th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumSparks - Interior Design | The first Sparks album to be recorded at Russell's home studio The Pentagon. With this album, Sparks briefly forsook their sense of ingenuity and innovation to focus on commercial Top 40 pop and rock sounds as evidenced by the hard rock opener "So Important" and the ballads "Let's Make Love" and "You Got A Hold Of My Heart". Though the album received warm reviews by fans and critics alike at the time, attitudes towards it have depreciated over the years.
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fatpizzaman 16th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl Album[no artist listed] - 20 Great Hits '73 | I have two copies of this album, one made in Austria and the other made in Switzerland.
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fatpizzaman 16th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl Album[no artist listed] - Top Of The Pops: Vol. 89 | This was the last of the Top of the Pops albums to contain a blurb on the back cover.
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fatpizzaman 16th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl Album[no artist listed] - Top Of The Pops: Vol. 48 | The very first Top of the Pops album I was given as a birthday present in 1975. I still have it today. :)
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fatpizzaman 16th Nov 2014 | | Vinyl AlbumSparks - Propaganda | Sparks' second album for Island Records contained the hit singles "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" and "Something For The Girl With Everything".
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