I've been collecting records for as long as I can remember, and sometimes it's easy to skip over things, and forget what you've got. I'm going to start listening to things in alphabetical order, it give me a chance to look through my collection again, and give me an opportunity to share things with other music lovers, and vinyl collectors.
The rules are simple, I will start at A, and choose an artist from my collection beginning with that letter, next day I move on to B, then C, etc.
The story so far...
- A is for... Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- B is for... The Beatles - Abbey Road
- C is for... The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
- D is for... Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
- E is for... Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- F is for... Mark Fry - Dreaming With Alice
- G is for... Gong - Flying Teapot
- H is for... Richie Havens - Alarm Clock
- I is for... Incredible String Band - Wee Tam
- J is for... Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
- K is for... The KLF - The White Room
- L is for... The Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
- M is for... John Martyn - Solid Air
- N is for... The Nice - Autumn '67 And Spring '68
- O is for... Oneohtrix Point Never - Russian Mind
- P is for... Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
- Q is for... Queen - Queen II
- R is for... Steve Reich - Different Trains
- S is for Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
- T is for Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Zero Time
- U is for Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
- V is for Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One
- W is for... Steve Wonder - Innervisions
- X is for Iannis Xenakis - Electronic Music
Y is for...
Yes - Time and a Word
Almost there with only a couple to go, it's taken me a little longer than I expected to get to the end but I'll have this all tied up by Christmas!
Yes, they were one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with The Yes Album and Tales from Topographic Oceans being some of their biggest, and were helped along the way by Roger Dean's artwork, shaping their image and being recognisable.
Before their biggest successes they recorded a few albums in which they experimented with different styles, shaping their sound, recording cover versions as well as original sounds, and here integrating orchestral arrangements. It's a mixed bag and has some great tracks. I was lucky enough to pick up an original copy with the famous red and purple Atlantic labels...
