Andrew Ffrench
@AffrenchFfrench
Rediscovering old vinyl with like-minded obsessives
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Day 15: unranked
The Beatles/1967-1970
The blue one edges it for me while my brother The Orchid House Project prefers the red one.
Favourite track: A Day In The Life
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Day 14: unranked
The Style Council: Our Favourite Shop
Weller has no problem mixing pop and politics on this chart-topping album which displaced Brothers in Arms for at least a week
Favourite track: Walls Come Tumbling Down
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Day 13: unranked
Echo & The Bunnymen: Ocean Rain
I think I bought this on the day of release, probably from somewhere naff like John Menzies. Lot of love for the Bunnymen in Hereford. We travelled to see them play elsewhere
Top track: Seven Seas
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Day 12: unranked
The Who: Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
A compilation but I never thought of it that way when I was a kid. To me it was just Meaty Beaty packed with good tunes
Favourite track: Substitute
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Day 11: unranked
Blondie: Parallel Lines
My first album - I didn't have many LPs back in '78 but I was very happy with this one. The singles taken from it seemed to dominate the charts and I loved Sunday Girl.
Favourite track: 11:59
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Day 10: unranked
10,000 Maniacs: The Wishing Chair
I paid £3.45 for this album in Cob Records, Bangor High Street in early '86. I'd never heard it but took a gamble - definitely a good decision! In My Tribe a close second for me from the albums led by Natalie
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Day 9: unranked
Billy Bragg: Workers Playtime
Bragg's wordplay blends perfectly with Cara Tivey's piano and bittersweet backing vocals
Favourite track: Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
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Day 8: unranked
Dexys: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels and/or Too-Rye-Ay
You expect me to choose between these two albums shirley strange? Catch yourself on!😀
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Day 7: unranked
Bryan Ferry: These Foolish Things
This covers album came out in the early 70s but probably didn't reach me until the early/mid 80s when I got into Roxy Music and Bryan's solo stuff. A fun listen I'm always happy to go back to
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Day 6: unranked
The Triffids: Calenture
Recorded in the UK but apparently didn't chart here. Didn't stop this Aussie band from cutting through with us kids in late '80s Hereford The Orchid House Project. The band's most commercial LP; my fav track - Jerdacuttup Man
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Day 5: Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom
These songs have playing on a loop in my head since 1982 - I love this record to bits and I'm even prepared to forgive the screechy intro/outro on Man Out of Time😀
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Day 4: unranked
David Sylvian: Secrets of the Beehive
Bought this when it came out at Cob Records, Bangor High Street for £3.65. Sylvian and his old friend Sakamoto serve up a set of intriguing puzzles that perhaps should never be solved. Let The Happiness In
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Day 3: unranked
Prefab Sprout: Andromeda Heights
I know some of you will be saying I should have picked Jordan or Steve McQueen instead but this is now the Prefab album I play the most! The Mystery Of Love is my standout track
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Day 2: unranked
Aztec Camera: Love
Brings happy memories of uni in '87 when this album was rarely off the turntable. I could have picked other albums by the band but this one means the most to me
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Day 1: (unranked)
The Go-Betweens: Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express. For me this just shades Tallulah. Packed with mysterious stories, melancholy melodies, soaring strings and Spring Rain - a very decent single which should have been a hit
