alvin lee - ride on [256]

With his backing band Ten Years After or is it Ten Years Later Alvin delivers a splenid set here with some live recordings along with some studio recordings. you gotta love Ain't Nothin' Shakin' it's a full on Rock classic!

1. Ain't Nothin' Shakin'

2. Scat Encounter

3. Hey Joe

4. Going Home

5. Too Much

6. It's a Gaz

7. Ride on Cowboy

8. Sittin' Here

9. Can't Sleep at Nite

Sittin' Here

Empire Strikes Back!

Hardball time has begun from the Man his rep's want to see me to discuss my Sickness either at the Office or bizarrely Starbucks. will probably go for the Starbucks offer as i can make a quick exit from there and they can't corner me. Still got to be on my best behaviour and fend off any pretend concern about my well being with equally pretend concern about how i feel I've let everyone down...etc etc etc. Hope they forget to bring a Medical Professional [as i am] along to the meeting as it will be a straight forward affair then to direct all queries regarding my health to my Doctor....thank you and goodbye. Might bring along a Union rep just to protect my interests. Good news is that they have clarified my entitlement s to sick pay and there is plenty of scope there for manoeuvre and i could keep this ball in the air for the best part of this year!

eddi reader - angels and electricity [256]

Former Fairground Attraction Front Lady produces a really quality solo album providing some of her most popular songs including "Kiteflyer's Hill", "Bell, Book and Candle" and "Please Don’t Ask Me to Dance". Shes got a great voice and i guess we have established by now how i feel about Female Vocalists

1."Kiteflyer’s Hill"

2."Prayer Wheel"

3."Postcard"

4."Wings on My Heels"

5."On a Whim"

6."Hummingbird"

7."Barcelona Window"

8."Bell, Book and Candle"

9."California"

10."Follow My Tears"

11."Psychic Reader"

12."Please Don’t Ask Me to Dance"

13."Clear"

On A Whim

derek warfield - a nation once again [128]

Wolfe Tones Balladeer breaths new life into a fantastic collection of songs. He has given them his own unique stamp and if you are a fan of Irish Republican Music or just enjoy real quality Ballads give this a whirl and maybe one day i will meet you on the Barricades!

1 - A Nation Once Again

2 - Rory O'Moore

3 - When This Dreadful War is Ended

4 - The Streets of New York

5 - The Young May Moon / The Jolly Ploughboy

6 - The Ballad of Micheal Hogan

7 - The Rising of the Moon

8 - Bold Soldier Boy

9 - Bold Robert Emmet

10 - Tri-coloured Ribbon

11 - I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair

12 - The Men Behind the Wire

13 - Kevin Barry

14 - Some Say the Devil is Dead

15 - Boulavogue

16 - Let Erin Remember/The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls

17 - Fields of Athenry

18 - One For The Road

One For The Road

black sabbath - live evil [320]

First Officially released Live album by this Mega Band. The sleeve notes say that Live Evil was recorded in Seattle, San Antonio and Dallas, but doesn't give the venues or recording dates for the individual songs. This doesn't matter to me as i never want to get that Uptight about music and anyway this album delivers a mighty punch. enough to send your head reeling i would guess!

1."E5150"
2."Neon Knights"
3."N.I.B."
4."Children of the Sea"
5."Voodoo"
6."Black Sabbath"
7."War Pigs"
8."Iron Man"
9."The Mob Rules"
10."Heaven and Hell"
11."The Sign of the Southern Cross/Heaven and Hell (Continued)"
12."Paranoid"
13."Children of the Grave"
14."Fluff"

Fluff

Everything Ship Shape And Above Board!

As i get my shit back together i realise how isolated i've been and how low my self esteem had got. At the moment 2 of my sons are living with me which is a miracle in itself as for several years there i just wanted them to keep away and leave me alone. Second miracle is that they seem to be at ease with the situation as do i and i get a real good feeling coming home seeing the lights on and knowing that at least one of the boys is around. Bottom line for me is that when i'm irritable, restless and discontented in life i pass that on to everyone around me and those who can escape do just that and those who can't have there lifes made harder. So with regular meetings and adherence to my programme and being aware of my behaviour everyones lot is improving especially my own!

skinny puppy - process [256]

This album was meant to be the final one by the band and signs off simply saying the end. The album is meant to be a concept album about a psychotherapy cult from the 1960s known as The Process Church of the Final Judgement, which the band was introduced to by the legend that is Genesis P. Orridge.

1. "Jahya"  
2. "Death"  

3. "Candle"  

4. "Hardset Head"

5. "Cult" 

6. "Process"  

7. "Curcible"

8. "Blue Serge" 

9. "Morter"  

10."Amnesia"   

11."Cellar Heat" 

Cellar Heat