List #9 - Current Buns (Christmas Swag)

As ever Santa was very generous (and displayed excelent taste thanks to my Amazon wish list)in the CD department. Some of the material I am working my way through at the moment includes:

1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy
2. Doris Duke - I'm A Loser
3. Terry Reid - Super Lungs (Anthology)
4. Various - Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
5. Various - Round the Gum Tree: the British Bubblegum Explosion
6. Various - Music To Watch Girls Cry: Mixed by Andy Votel

List #8 - Country Rock Gems

As with some of the other lists, this presupposes that you are already aware of/ own the usual suspects, Burritos, Byrds, Parsons, Nashville Skyline ...

1. The Beau Brummels - Bradley's Barn
2. The Byrds - Untitled / Unissued
3. Gene Clark - White Light
4. Grateful Dead - American Beauty
5. Michael Nesmith - Magnetic South
6. Gene Parsons - Kindling
7. Nashville West- Nashville West
8. Pure Prarie League - Bustin' Out
9. Steve Young - Lonesome On'ry & Mean
10. Gram Parsons / International Submarine Band - Safe at Home
11. Twin Engine - Twin Engine

List #7 - Something for the ladies

You know the problem. The wife/girlfriend has her mates round for drinks and she wants you to put on some "background music", belive it or not there are some albums in the collection that seem to go down well and avoid the missus reaching for the dreaded Dido album.

1. Air - Moon Safari
2. John Martyn - Solid Air
3. Van Morrison - Moondance
4. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
5. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
6. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers

Some to Avoid:

1. Big Black - Songs about Fucking
2. Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
3. U Ziq - Tango n Vectiv
4. Captain Beefhart - Trout Mask Replica
5. Caetano Veloso - Araca Azul
6. Tim Buckley - Starsailor