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02-04-2010, 09:37
DanJennings

there's a few stinkers on there, but I guess it's down to personal taste....

but that Chad Kroeger (however you spell it) song makes me want to kill things
12-04-2010, 18:36
Grez

Fortunately, I've got no credibility on here, anyway but I think you'll find that this tops the lot.

My guilty secret is THIS!

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u.../christmas.jpg

A cheap album of Christmas carols played in the style of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana brass, but not by them, obviously.

Not only that, but it's on the legendary Music for Pleasure label. I kid you not, this was bought for me the year it came out (1968) and I think it was my very first LP - I would have been 2 years old (just) at the time. Since then, it's been an integral part of the family's Christmas celebrations and we play it every year without fail while putting up the Christmas decorations.

The first track on each side has a spot about halfway through that crackles like a bowl of coco-pops (obviously some heavy-handed handling back in the days of mum and dad's old Philips Diamond mono record player!). However, the rest of it plays really well for all of its 40+ years.

And getting ready for Christmas would never be the same without it!

:D
11-03-2011, 00:17
Techno Commander

I'm keeping me gob shut. :)
11-03-2011, 00:22
Tim

Quote:

Originally Posted by Techno Commander

I'm keeping me gob shut. :)

Me too and it's late, maybe I'll fess up over the weekend ;)
11-03-2011, 03:31
WOStantonCS100

What a hilarious thread... :lol:

Ok... ummmmm..... most recently,

Lipps, Inc. Mouth to Mouth (yep, the one with "Funky Town")

Sometimes when I come home from record shopping I find that the clerk just slid some things in the bag. They're always doing that. I don't know why. There's no sense in taking the records back. ;)
11-03-2011, 10:18
shane

I'm not confessing to anything in my collection, but I will admit that if Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep comes on the radio, I always turn it up unless there's anyone else in the room, in which case I reach for the off button in a pointed manner.

Same applies to Son Of My Father and Zoom (Fat Larry's Band). Something to do with the synths I think.

There. After all these years I've admitted it.

Oh all right then. I've got a copy of Journey To The Centre Of The Earth as well. Nurse, the screens......
11-03-2011, 11:41
Welder

Thankfully I don’t have any of that ghastly rubbish on my hard drive.
I’ve always had excellent musical taste preferring to sit down with a nice glass of claret in order to appreciate every nuance and harmonic detail that flows from my wonderfully transparent sound reproduction system.
I must confess, I did have some “pop” I collected in my youth before I came to understand the intricacies and harmonies of better presented works but thanks to a recent clear out most of that sort of produced for the masses drivel has gone.

I did have a moments regret when I erased Emerson Lake and Palmer to make way for Pinks Greatest Hits.
It didn’t take much thought though to delete Yes Fragile in order to make room for James Blunt.
All my Dire Straights albums went to be replaced by my Scissor Sisters collection.
I was a bit sad to see my copy of Edgar Broughtons Band Out Skinheads Out retire to storage but hey, it was all such a long time ago wasn’t it and lots of nice chaps have those haircuts now. Not to worry though Salt n Peppers greatest hits along with NWA Straight Outa Compton more than makes up for the loss (alwayss thought it a shame white people can’t make this sort of music but I suppose its genetic)
My Camel recordings from Watford Town Hall went. Well, we got let down by the local rugby club who had promised to appear and do a “dirty ditties” turn and Camel was all we could get at short notice at the time. Still, it has meant I can squeeze a couple of Sugar Babes tracks on and of course my selection of Spice Girls music.

I certainly wouldn’t describe myself as a snob of any kind. I just have taste, comes with being white, middle aged and comparatively well off I suppose. I’ve never really understood this dancing business; I mean, all that energy and sexuality on display, it’s just not British is it.

:sofa::mad:
11-03-2011, 14:07
MartinT

Status Quo - Quo & Hello.
11-03-2011, 14:09
Beechwoods

Noooo! It's one thing owning it, it's another listening to it!
11-03-2011, 14:30
MartinT

I didn't say I listened to it, did I? Well, about a month ago, I did - maybe - put Quo on for the first time in 20 years :rolleyes:
11-03-2011, 14:32
Beechwoods

It's not really a guilty pleasure unless you listen to it :)
11-03-2011, 14:49
MartinT

Ok, I admit it. And further, Quo was actually pretty good to listen to :)
13-03-2011, 21:16
DanJennings

Quote:

Originally Posted by MartinT

Ok, I admit it. And further, Quo was actually pretty good to listen to :)

I also own Quo, and regularly have to defend it when people nose through my collection! It's a good album!
14-03-2011, 23:14
Neil McCauley

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Since I mentioned that I had been thinking about starting this thread, it falls to me to actually kick it off.

What I have in mind is those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’; the sort of thing that you bought to remind you of a time and place in your life and/or that you simply enjoy listening to, although you may be in a minority of one.

I’ll start things off, in no particular order (since they were pulled from different parts of my collection) we have:
It’s A Beautiful Day, ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’,
The Hollies, ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’,

Hmm. I rather like "It's A Beautiful Day" Like a old stuffed musical armchair really.

Now then, that Hollies track. Terrific bass-line which after many years I'm still trying to get both tone and note perfect.

Meanwhile I'm deeply proud to say I have never bought an Elton John record. Nor an Elvis 'bloody' Costello one either!
15-03-2011, 06:45
MartinT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Popeck (Stereonow)

Nor an Elvis 'bloody' Costello one either!

I forgave him his sins for having the good taste to marry Diana Krall.
16-04-2011, 12:45
Mothman

Well time for me to fess up I guess, so this is mine

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4.../MattMonro.jpg

One of the greatest voices this country has ever produced IMO, like drowning in liquid chocolate:)

It's a good job I had zero street cred to start with:lol:.
16-04-2011, 13:03
Tim

Hmmmm, I passed on this the last time....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

I have a total of 7 Gloria Estefan albums, as well as 3 Toni Braxton's

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

oh, there's this too....

http://lyricsfever.net/images/n/no-m...572020f3ff.jpg

:( .... lol
17-04-2011, 14:36
Rare Bird

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Since I mentioned that I had been thinking about starting this thread, it falls to me to actually kick it off.

What I have in mind is those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’; the sort of thing that you bought to remind you of a time and place in your life and/or that you simply enjoy listening to, although you may be in a minority of one.

It’s A Beautiful Day, ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’,

What's up with this (Assumining it's the same band your refering to!) i have 'It's A Beautiful Day, it's a wonderful album..
17-04-2011, 17:41
Barry

The intention of this thread seems to have been misunderstood. This is possibly due to reference to some of the examples I listed.

It's not that some of the listings are bad, in fact quite the opposite, it is that they fit the requirements of being "Skeletons in the cupboard" i.e. "... those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’". I can't imagine any street rapper or acid house music fan liking IABD. :scratch:

So come on - let's be hearing from all you Val Doonican and Mantovani enthusiasts! ;)
17-04-2011, 17:53
colinB

Ive always been overly conscious of street cred when buying music. I wouldnt dare tell my two tone and punk mates as a teenager that i was going through a Genesis faze.
I did recently buy Abba Arrival when it came out as a vinyl reissue, just for old times sake. :o

I cant believe this threads a year old by the way.
17-04-2011, 17:54
Reid Malenfant

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

It's not that some of the listings are bad, in fact quite the opposite, it is that they fit the requirements of being "Skeletons in the cupboard" i.e. "... those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’".

Some of them are bad though & still have zero street cred :eyebrows: What was i thinking :scratch: I was much younger so put it down to stupidity :mental:

Attachment 4267 :lolsign:

:sofa:
17-04-2011, 18:00
Beechwoods

I have that! Mine's the first-edition CD, and it's one of those really nice weighty mid-80's CD's not the flimsy excuse for CD's you get now :)
17-04-2011, 18:14
John

Just thought a few more I got hidden away (I really cannot believe I will confess this)
Michael Bolton Everybody Crazy When he used to be a rocker
Blackjack Worlds Apart
I always loved Last of the Teenage Idols

Oh my god I think I see myself in the audience
17-04-2011, 18:16
Rare Bird

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

The intention of this thread seems to have been misunderstood. This is possibly due to reference to some of the examples I listed.

It's not that some of the listings are bad, in fact quite the opposite, it is that they fit the requirements of being "Skeletons in the cupboard" i.e. "... those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’". I can't imagine any street rapper or acid house music fan liking IABD. :scratch:

O right well then everything i have has zero street cred :lolsign:
17-04-2011, 18:20
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andre

O right well then everything i have has zero street cred then :lolsign:

Welcome to the club mate. :)
17-04-2011, 18:28
Rare Bird

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Welcome to the club mate. :)

Just going off topic a sec if you do like 'It's a Beautiful day' track like ''Girl With No Eyes'' you might like The Comfortable Chair

Magic stuff
19-04-2011, 18:24
magiccarpetride

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

Since I mentioned that I had been thinking about starting this thread, it falls to me to actually kick it off.

What I have in mind is those records in your collection which have low or zero ‘street creditability’; the sort of thing that you bought to remind you of a time and place in your life and/or that you simply enjoy listening to, although you may be in a minority of one.

I’ll start things off, in no particular order (since they were pulled from different parts of my collection) we have:

Canned Heat, ‘Boogie with Canned Heat’
Marc Brierley, ‘Hello’,
Kraftwerk, ‘Autobahn’,
It’s A Beautiful Day, ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’,
The Incredible String Band, ‘5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion’ and ‘Changing Horses’,
Ron Geesin, ‘A Raise of Eyebrows’,
Lalo Schifrin, ‘Marquis de Sade’,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, ‘Peanut Butter Conspiracy’,
Planxty, ‘The Well Below the Valley',
Phil Collins, ‘Face Value’,
The Hollies, ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’,
Manfred Mann, ‘For Sale’,
Robert Plant, ‘The Principle of Moments’,
Andy Roberts, ‘Home Grown’,
Leon Russell, ‘Leon Russell and The Shelter People’,
Pete Skellern, ‘Astaire’,

And finally:

Sainkho, ‘Out of Tuva', an odd mixture of Tuvan ‘throat singing’ and Mongolian electro-pop.

So there you go – any followers? Come on, don't be shy, let’s hear what’s “in your closet”.

Regards

Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"
19-04-2011, 22:46
Beechwoods

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry

. I can't imagine any street rapper or acid house music fan liking IABD.

The real skeletons are those that are dismissed by those who think themselves real music fans, maybe because they sniffed a bit of popular acclaim at some point. I name Aswad - fantastic, honest, early UK reggae, or Marillion - their Fish stuff is fantastic and certainly wasn't designed to top charts at the time, they just happened to.

There are those who seem to always love the 'bands that could have been The Beatles' but would never admit to liking The Beatles, you know the sort!

I guess sometimes you get bands who are lauded as the zeitgeist, who people could dismiss as being overrated, but that's not necessarily their fault, maybe the fault of the reviewer trying to pin their credibility on the next big thing. It's best to set aside all that stuff and listen without prejudice. Now there's a skeleton in the closet :)
20-04-2011, 01:43
Thing Fish

Eek, The following are kept under lock and key.
Altered images - happy birthday
Adam and the ants - kings of the wild frontier
Madonna - anything by her i'm afraid
20-04-2011, 09:29
MartinT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beechwoods

I guess sometimes you get bands who are lauded as the zeitgeist, who people could dismiss as being overrated, but that's not necessarily their fault, maybe the fault of the reviewer trying to pin their credibility on the next big thing. It's best to set aside all that stuff and listen without prejudice. Now there's a skeleton in the closet :)

A good example seems to be Dire Straits. It's popular for them to be criticised by all and sundry, or to be treated as 'not cool'. What I hear is a very talented band with some superb and memorable songs, excellently played.
20-04-2011, 12:05
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thing Fish

Eek, The following are kept under lock and key.
Altered images - happy birthday Adam and the ants - kings of the wild frontier
Madonna - anything by her i'm afraid

Yes, I think I once had a couple of Altered Images LPs. Only a year or so ago, whilst having a bit of a clear out, I recorded the tracks that I liked and gave the LPs away.

Don't feel bad - this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for when started this thread. If you enjoy it then that's all that matters, but like you there are perhaps some titles we all have that are secret and guilty pleasures. :)

Regards
20-04-2011, 12:09
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mothman

Well time for me to fess up I guess, so this is mine

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4.../MattMonro.jpg

One of the greatest voices this country has ever produced IMO, like drowning in liquid chocolate:)

It's a good job I had zero street cred to start with:lol:.

Perfect example of what I had in mind: a fine artist sadly enjoying very little "street cred" these days.

Any Perry Como fans out there?

Regards
20-04-2011, 12:13
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by magiccarpetride

Rimsky-Korsakov "Scheherazade"

Nothing wrong with that. So it's a bit of a classical "lollypop", who cares if it's programmatic, it's full of emotion and anyway it was one of the first classical CDs I bought.

Regards
20-04-2011, 15:03
Marco

Quote:

Any Perry Como fans out there?

No, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick? :eyebrows:

Marco.
20-04-2011, 15:41
Reid Malenfant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco

No, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick? :eyebrows:

What about Acker Bilk :eyebrows:
20-04-2011, 18:11
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco

No, but what about a spot of Engy Humpydick? :eyebrows:

Marco.

Como had soul, "Humpydick" did not! :)
20-04-2011, 18:30
Marco

No-one can touch Dean Martin or 'Get yer Nat King', baby!!

I presume you're familiar with the vernacular expression of 'Get yer Nat King'? ;)

Marco.

P.S Tom Jones (his rival) was the one with soul, during the era of Sir 'Humpydick' of Blandness.
20-04-2011, 18:37
Marco

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant

What about Acker Bilk :eyebrows:

Aye, why not?

But only after I've played my Max Bygraves, Sydney Devine and Val Doonican records!

[And then committed suicide]

:acid:

Marco.
20-04-2011, 18:54
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco

No-one can touch Dean Martin or 'Get yer Nat King', baby!!

I presume you're familiar with the vernacular expression of 'Get yer Nat King'? ;)

Marco.

P.S Tom Jones (his rival) was the one with soul, during the era of Sir 'Humpydick' of Blandness.

Agreed about Dino, Nat King Cole and Tom Jones.

Sorry - No I'm not familiar with the vernacular expression "Get yer nat King". :scratch: Please explain.

But Como did have soul, though I have none of his material.

(P.S. You forgot Des O'Connor. :lol:)
20-04-2011, 19:28
Marco

Jeez, how could I forget Dezzo!:doh:

"Did ye get yer Nat King?"... Is a rather quaint Glaswegian expression, used when one is quizzing a friend if he managed to de-frock the young lady he dated last night and engage in coital union.

"Nat King Cole" = 'hole'... Geddit? :eyebrows:

Marco.
20-04-2011, 19:32
Barry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco

Jeez, how could I forget Dezzo!:doh:

"Did ye get yer Nat King?" Is a rather quaint Glaswegian expression, used when one is quizzing a friend if he managed to de-frock the young lady he dated last night and engage in coital union.

"Nat King Cole" = 'hole'... Geddit? :eyebrows:

Marco.

Ah! Glaswegian rhyming slang. That's new to me (but then that's one of the joys of participating in this forum)!

Regards
18-02-2013, 00:49
The Grand Wazoo

From The Grave
18-02-2013, 05:21
synsei

Oh God how did I miss this, it is my spiritual home. There may be tears... of mirth muchly :lol:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._The_Point.jpg

Harry Nilsson ~ The Point

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/...meToLondon.jpg

Bugs Bunny Comes To London (This is not strictly mine but it is in my collection therefore I'm guilty by association)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_on_leith.jpg

The Proclaimers ~ Sunshine On Leith (I really like this album and the production is good too.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...feetsndtrk.jpg

Happy Feet OST ~ Various Artists (Don't knock it until you've heard it ... seriously)

...and there is much, much more. I'll be back... :glug:

:uhho:
18-02-2013, 09:34
The Black Adder

Anything Huey Lewis and the news... Yes I have some, well... only their first album now after selling a job lot off a few years ago.

Their first album is quite ok... so I kept it but when it comes to Fore! it all started to go a bit too cliche. Not something to play loud in the car though...

and this... yes it's out there...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6...1d2e8e24_z.jpg

and this... yes, they were probably the worst band ever... but f@cking hilarious.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_SS500_.jpg

Listen here:
18-02-2013, 10:36
Barry

Thanks Chris for resurrecting this thread. The timing is somewhat apposite, as I have recently added another ‘skeleton’ to my closet:

The Searchers – ‘The Searcher’s Smash Hits’ (sic)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

On the good ol’ Marble Arch label (a Pye ‘spin off). Picked it up for about 50p in a charity shop. It was bought out of nostalgia, reminding me of happy times when I was in the Lower Sixth at school. (Apologies on behalf of Marble Arch for the misplaced apostrophe. It is, however, correctly placed on the rear cover.)

So Chris – let’s be having your ‘skeletons’.
18-02-2013, 10:45
Rare Bird

About 20 Klaus Wunderlich albums

I have an impulsion to collect late 60's/Early 70's Moog based fuzzies

:sofa:
18-02-2013, 10:49
Barry

Have you got "Switched on Bach" André? It was by Walter Carlos (before he became Wendy Carlos).

I know you're a bit of a Moog fan.
18-02-2013, 11:02
Rare Bird

Yeh i have all the Carlos stuuf

You can't beat the sound of the Early Moog modular systems imho & even Alan Pearlman's 'ARP 2500' Modular for that matter.
18-02-2013, 11:33
shane

This thread gives me the chance finally to get something off my chest that, as a dyed-in-the-wool prog and metal fan, I have always had a problem with and until now have always felt it wise to keep to myself.

My name's Shane, and I love the Moody Blues, especially the first five albums.

There. I've said it. There's no going back now.
18-02-2013, 13:06
Rare Bird

Shane
Now whats wrang with that although i do not like the first fuzzy with Denny Laine onboard (The Magnificent Moodies).. However the proceeding three fuzzies on Deram Records (Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord & On the Threshold of a Dream) are fantasic albums that everyone should own..

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