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Recollection

Recollection Volume 2 – Depend On This

Recollection is a project to review my record collection. I will listen to an album I own and review it. The album will be chosen randomly by computron. Today computron chooses…  Album: Depend On This Artist: Ruth Minnikin and Her Bandwagon Released: 2009 Format(s) I own it on: Vinyl No, seriously, this is random. Yes, Ruth Minnikin sang on the last album, and now here we are talking about one of hers, but honestly, it’s random. Depend On This is two variations of one EP. Side one (and yes, I own on this on vinyl) has six songs in a straight up folk-pop arrangement with elements of ragtime and jazz, while side two… Read More »Recollection Volume 2 – Depend On This

The Joel Plaskett Emergency - Down At The Khyber

Recollection Volume 1 – Down At The Khyber

Recollection is a project to review my record collection. I will listen to an album I own and review it. The album will be chosen randomly. Album: Down At The Khyber Artist: The Joel Plaskett Emergency Released: 2001 Format(s) I own it on: CD/Vinyl The Joel Plaskett Emergency’s Down At The Khyber is the perfect choice to start this project. The album was chosen randomly, but Plaskett was the first artist I ever interviewed1 Pictured to the left is the album’s vinyl release. When I interviewed Plaskett I had him sign my copy; it sits framed in my living room. Plaskett had, throughout his years with Thrush Hermit, traveled from coast… Read More »Recollection Volume 1 – Down At The Khyber

Recollection

Next week I’m starting a little project. I’m going to review every album I own. That’s a lot of records. I’ve thrown them all into a database and have a script which randomly chooses a record number, I then review it. This is an excuse to break out from my constant playlists. It’s also a goal to get myself writing more, and hopefully better. It’ll also give me a chance to perhaps do some small interviews. We’ll see where this goes.