I'll add to this a copy of Help! b/w I'm Down. Not many gaps left in the Beatles 7" box now.

Prize of the charity shop crawl so far has been this Vocalion early rock'n'roll CD compilation. I didn't know this series existed. Volume 3 concludes with all of Screaming Lord Sutch's cuts for Vocalion / Decca. There are four volumes...

Some chazzer finds. Never Stop by the Bunnymen on Korova, 50p. One of the few I don't have. Mirrorball by Neil Young, CD, £1, plus my wife's dad gave me a spare 7" of Bowie's Life on Mars: one of the lovely things about record collecting has always been picking up spares for your fellow collectors.

Decided I'm not going to sell off all my individual Peter Hammill items to get the box set. Unlike the VDG box there's not enough there I don't have and I'm very picky about live recordings.

High fives to the oldies I say, like an embarrassing old person.

I hadn't realised this was out. It's going to be crazy good and I may sell off all my individual Peter Hammill items to get it.

I am about to move from one place to another. I have whittled away at the collection. Next, I will be taking it out of boxes at the other end where it will audition for its life all over again. I will be selling some on eBay.

The stuffquake was coming to an end. Just bits of debris at the surface then suddenly CONEMELT oh my heart my heart.

HELL YES WAY AHEAD

Record shops we have loved (in no order) #1 Way Ahead Records, Derby. No longer with us, sadly, my photo taken in 1992 or 1993. Bought lots of Can records there and instances of the Pebbles garage series on vinyl, still have 'em.

F_____, but a belter.

Charity shop pricing is still stupid.

Going through the 7" box marked 'neogarage' and not much weeding to do here.

Le Blutt, ah oui, IN >

OK time to restate the purpose of this! Starting to write about music / culture again by moving the mountain of sugar that is my record collection one granule at a time into one of three piles: KEEP, LOSE and DUNNO. We are also moving house, so... I am trying to swap quantity for quality.

Of course Johny Nostalgia isn't his real name that's the byline he used for my 'zines back in 1611. He was Deputy Ed and journalist for local papers and a formative influence on me. Here's a grab of his living room, which he describes as a 'tent city of boxes.' Only true collectors will understand.

Big thanks to Johnny Nostalgia for the duplicates of Mulberry Bush and the Kinks' black comp. The black comp was overseen by Ray Davies and is all mono cuts, a rare find these days. Johnny Nostalgia fed me tapes in the pub when a young lad and expanded my understanding of British Psychedelia hugely.

10th Anniversary gift from my darling. Absolutely perfect.

I lost my login! I am back.

Wayz of the Dragon, jungle / drum'n'bass comp, Bristol? I think so, I think it's DJ Die and Roni Size and Krust under pseuds. Absolutely faultless. £1. In >

And re the other post below, I may as well call the Phil Minton and Roger Turner CD on ReR In >

Laika, I'm a fan of Moonshake, so this, on their label Too Pure, is In >

Various, I saw this in the media when it came out but didn't follow it up. Picked it up for £1. Not sure, I think it's over-hyped, but it needs another spin. Maybe. Maybe no.

Staples from Kingbee, Chorlton, noted Rob Chapman music writer sold to them, wonder if I picked any up. Troggs and Downliners on See For Miles, great label now defunct, scarce. Ditto Sir Douglas on Westside. The Apple album (of Brit-psych 'Otherside') is an earlier reish, but a remaster for cheap.

Been on the forage again. Crazy prices out there, not backed up by recent guides. But if you're not a vinyl-only fetishist things are good, CDs are go.

South Manchester has rated these gigs Double Brompton. Get to the next one, inc Maggie Nichols (Centipede et al) and Phil Minton (Mike Westbrook, although I blasted his collaboration with Roger Turner, 'Ammo' most recently).

Great to see this Curious Ear gig sell out. Elaine Mitchener & Pat Thomas. Last performance, a deconstructed take on Lush Life, was wonderful. Family friendly events, the kids' wail and clatter weaves in.

Manchester Review of Books be up for one!

Just beautiful.