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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

952.0. "WOT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS" by YUPPY::WILDERD (PARTYMAN) Tue Dec 24 1991 13:35

This is ready for apres Noel.  Tell us here what ya got, whether ya wanted it
and whether it's any good.  

After all, when we have to exchange the duds, we'll need to know what isn't!


felices navidad


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952.1MARVIN::WARWICKTrevor WarwickTue Dec 24 1991 16:329
    
    Well, I already know that I'm getting 
    
    Discography		- Pet Shop Boys
    Doolittle		- Pixies
    
    and that they're both good,  'cos I had to go and buy them !
    
    Trevor
952.2UBOHUB::FIDDLER_MI'd rather be gazing at my shoesThu Jan 02 1992 15:0822
    Didn't get or pick up much this year.  The afetr Crimble sales are
    terrible (I blame CDs!!)  Anyway:
    
    Prince - Diamonds and pearls (I expected this to be awful, but I think
    		its excellent).
    Buzzcocks - operators Manual (good compilation)
    
    Misty in Roots - Live at the CounterEurovision
    
    Carmel - best of
    
    Associates - best of 
    
    PM Dawn - heart and soul of the cross (very good, well ambient)
    
    Lloyd Cole - Dont get wierd on me (dull)
    
    Miles Davis - Mellow Miles (a far too mellow compilation). 
    
    Thats it for now.  Anyone know of any good sales on anywhere?
    
    Mikef
952.3FORTY2::ASHGrahame Ash @REOThu Jan 02 1992 16:0617
I asked for a couple I wasn't brave enough to fork out for myself:

	Marc Almond: Tenement Symphony

Much more like Soft Cell than the more 'operatic' solo stuff he's done. 
Heavily synthesised. Pleasant surprise, very enjoyable.

	My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

Based on all the recommendations from you lot! But after a couple of 
heasrings, still trying to work out what all the fuss is about. It's a bit of 
a mess isn't it?! (Mind you, it took about 10 plays for me to get into the 
Chapterhouse album - I'll persevere)

Happy New Year to all,

grahame
952.4ARRODS::WHITEHEADJMax the Bunny learns to readThu Jan 02 1992 16:416
   I asked for the two Queen greatest hits CDs and the Pet Shop Boys 
   Discography.

   Instead I got a CD by Ute Lemper!

   Goldy.
952.5AndXSTACY::PATTISONToo sexy for my VT100Thu Jan 02 1992 16:4912
   I got the "Home Again" cassingle by Big Geraniums. Every home should have 
   one.

   And my mum sent me a recording of that punk documentary shown on TV a few 
   months back... a pleasant surprise, because I'd forgotten to watch it. 

   Dave

   (Who got Chas n'Daves greatest hits for christmas in 1990, and hasn't
    spoken to that particular Auntie since)

952.6UBOHUB::FIDDLER_MTalking about the End of the WorldSun Jan 05 1992 16:368
    nearly forgot..
    
    Specials - compilation
    
    Slowdive - Just for a Day.  Quite good moody stuff, nice for those
    		evenings spent staring at the moon and sipping whiskey.
    
    Mikef
952.7RUTILE::LETCHERCall that lunch?Mon Jan 06 1992 18:127
    I flew to london last Friday and dipped into Tower and the Megabore.
    Could I find Operator's Manual? No, I couldn't, so it looks like -.n
    got the last copy. I did pick up a copy of "In Gorbachev We Trust",
    though, and that's excellent, and the two wonderful Devine and Statton
    albums, so the journey wasn't entirely wasted.
    
    Piers
952.8YUPPY::WILDERDPARTYMANTue Jan 07 1992 13:4311

Chorus (ltd) - Erasure, had indifferent reviews, but it's probably their best!

Best of Dance 91 - 32 tracks and only one filler, (the awful Vanilla Ice!)
 Great album for that groovy party moment.

Happy and contented - me



952.9A'RA'BESTAYOV10::BROCKTue Jan 07 1992 15:3426
    
    
    I got :-
    
    		Dinosaur Jnr	-  Green Mind		Good stuff
    
    		My Bloody Valentine - Loveless		Cleared the room
                                                        and "iffy" to say 
                                                        the least
    
    		Blur		-  Leisure		OK
    
    		U2		-  Achtung Baby		Still To recieve it
    
    	Bought in the Sales (which are definitely poor this year) :-
    
    		ABC  Best of..
    
    		Blow Monkeys  Best of...
    
    		Prefab Sprout    Swoon
    
    
    	All the best to you all,
    
    		Ian.
952.10A cineaste's ChristmasESGWST::RDAVISName of the noter: Broadway NoterTue Jan 07 1992 19:058
    - Bedsheets with this funny blue and white and gray and black stripey
    pattern.  Some of the narrow stripes are black and white checkered like
    the sprocket holes in film.
    
    - A bathrobe, but it's too short. I like bathrobes which go ALL THE WAY
    DOWN (to quote the title of one of my favorite movies).
    
    Ray
952.11RUTILE::MACFADYENRemember that, it's importantTue Jan 07 1992 19:1825
Some records I bought for myself:

MBV "Loveless"
	I'm getting really sold on MBV grunginess. This lp is just terrific,
	but I can see where it wouldn't appeal to everyone.

PM Dawn "Of the Heart etc etc"
	Very good words this guy thinks up. The well-known tracks, Paper 
	Doll and so on, are much better than the rest.

Nirvana "Nevermind"
	The best tracks are great, some of the rest are a bit forgettable,
	but it has a good hard sound all the way through.

Ice T "Original Gangster"
	Gotta be the dopest, flyest player around, whatever that means.
	Not very politically correct. Love it - this is a great lp. It
	and MBV were great buys.

Plus I got some other stuff like a new Lush ep, a short lp from Fatima 
Mansions called "Bertie's Brochures" which all sound good on first listening,
but I haven't got to grips with them yet.


Rod
952.12served in bleachSCOAYR::SROBERTSONWed Jan 08 1992 13:4825
    Won 170 quid on the pools on the 22nd so went straight up the town,
    
    Ride - Smile - like it a lot,
    
    MBV - Loveless - same comment as before - didn't like it at first but
    it's growing just like Chapterhouse,my of my favorite lps now.
    
    Enigma - Principles of Lust - Video - guess why I bought the video -
    very good.
    
    Lush - For your Love [EP] - Dissapointing
    
    Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions - excellent
    
    TMC - Blood - still deciding
    
    House Of Love -  [EP] - Girl With The Lonliest Eyes - very good
    
    Blur T-shirt - girl is nice not so keen on the hippo - when sober.
    
    CD ghetto blaster that's as loud as my stereo.100 watts - excellent.
    
    
    
    			stuart.
952.13SAC::EDMUNDSSave the whales. Collect the setWed Jan 08 1992 15:047
952.14KERNEL::PARRYTrevor ParryWed Jan 08 1992 15:177
Leo Kottke - Mudlark

Led Zeppelin - Remasters on CD, 
Is that a telephone I can hear ringing 1:37 into 'The Ocean' and 
someone really ought to oil John Bonhams highhat/bass pedals.

TP
952.15..save the whale or some'at..SIOG::ODELLWed Jan 08 1992 15:498
    The Specials - collection
    
    Pixies - Trompe le Monde
    
    ...and a load of Body Shop stuff
    
    kev