I’m Mike from Portsmouth, England (mike_grogan@btinternet.com). I have a life long passion for music resulting in an ever growing collection of Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, memorabilia etc. Also collection of Guitars. I perform in a Kinks tribute band and a grungy folk outfit. Musical tastes are eclectic but include The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Elvis Costello, Comsat Angels, The Sound, Killing Joke……..The Bunnymen….oh and Zeppelin…and The Who, not forgetting The Police…..oh yes and the Pistols! …….and many more…….oh and don’t forget Noddy and the boys!…..and many more…..Basically just love music!! 😃……I really shouldn’t have started this list because I also really like Polly Harvey, Gang of 4, Joy Division, Stranglers, The Damned, The Ruts, Red House Painters, Peter Gabriel and others………………and breathe 🧘♀️ oh and of course Black Sabbath!
OMG !!! Your Clash box sets are crazy good ! ☺The one I would be interested to get is Bowie's Rock n Roll Star box. I met Zowie back in '91.. Played pool with him ( he was dressed as a her ) and he chatted me up for a long while about his father and Paul McCartney.. Evidentially one of his best friends at the time.
That Gabriel boot, I also had it in the late 70s, side 4 opened up my ears to how fantastic Tony Levin was and is (I didn't have Berlin or Exposure yet). So I already had all four members on boots (Fripp on this one and KC Amsterdam 73, Bruford with Yes and Belew with Bowie and TH) when I saw Discipline in Amsterdam 15/5/1981, three days before they went into the studio to record the album. Now, THAT was a life changer.
I didn't know Iggy was of Danish/Norwegian descent, but many people in the Americas are a bit of a mixed bag! I think I'm fairly typical, being mainly English/Scottish/Irish/Dutch, with a bit of German and allegations of some Swiss. Your Sabbath records raise the interesting question of how many copies of one record you should have. I think my maximum is four, and these are all 60s records with a stereo and mono version, so two is the minimum.
‘….allegations of some Swiss’ 😂 I love that. You certainly have a fair share of mixed decent which must make you a rounded, balanced person 😁 I’m also a mixed bag, primarily English and Irish……I think! Four looks a reasonable max although I must admit I break that max for several albums. Love the stereo/ mono rational. Mike
Wannabe Steve, on behalf of the Black Sabbath marketing team we would like to thank you for all of your support in buying everything g we put out dealing with Masters of Reality. We are excited to announce to you that we plan to release this album every year for the next 20 in various colors related to purple. We know you will have to have each and everyone of them Again our thanks Sneaky Pete Schiester
It’s painful when you realise you’ve booked a penthouse suite in Hotel Gullible! My obsessive nature has made me a marketing man’s dream! I am most vulnerable to London Calling, Streetcore, Dark Side, Sabbath’s Sabotage, Springsteen Born To Run, Darkness, Never Mind Bollocks reissues……so Record Company executives give it a rest for a few years please!🙏 WanabeeSteve
Good call on Iggy Pop - didn’t know that ! I’ll be doing my video later so hopefully no one will do my Norway via U.K. Rock god Choice ! Love that Sabbath album too - have you seen the ozzy/geezer Aston Villa new kit video ? Work of genius 🎉
Hi Gav, It took me a while to get to Iggy, can’t wait to see your video and see your UK Rock God choice 😁 I haven’t seen the Ozzy/ Geezer video I’ll check that out shortly. Mike
Great pick in Iggy Pop as I was not aware of his ancestry. I have been to Denmark several times and Norway once and wish I had picked up some local music there. I bought my first Black Sabbath album a while back. Maybe Master of Reality is on the horizon. Cheers.
It took me ages to track down Norwegian ancestry but then good old Iggy popped up! Sabotage is my favourite Sabbath album but Master of Reality I think is a real turning point Randy, very dark and doomy. Mike
Wonderful entry here Mike. Thanks for that shoutout! I’ve actually been subbed to Morten for awhile now but I am behind on some videos. Great pick with Iggy. I had to laugh when you talked about “insane record collecting “. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves now don’t we? And yes, I do like the album cover for the prize. I mean, who wouldn’t? Well maybe my wife🤔
Hi Gary, I hope you’ve recovered from the big weekend! 😁 It took me ages to find the Iggy connection, but he is a Nordic God. My wife finds Multiple copies of records totally nuts, so I tend to do these sort of videos when she’s out 😂 That album cover……oh yes! Mike
Excellent entry Mike! And thank you for the kind words. Iggy is a great pick, popular man here in Norway. Or with people who likes music. Ooo, what a giveaway! 😆 And you chose my favorite Ozzy period Sabbath album, which I got on vinyl last year from Vinyl Me Please! Thank you again, and best of luck our Mike 😊
Well done with Iggy. I reckon I'll find a UK Norwegian in my collection now that I've entered the contest. You won't believe how much time I've spent googling likely contenders to find out that they're from Sweden or Iceland. Splatter vinyl with a Vertigo swirl, how cool is that. Good luck with the contest. Cheers Mike
It took me an age to find out that Iggy had the heritage so I feel your pain. Splatter…..oh yes! Thanks Mike, and as you say you will now find loads of Norwegians. Mike
Partial?....You are the Doyen! Nice one mate, I was the other way around and got the 5 Album box set at the time but not the Sound System. I agree those remasters sound fantastic. Still don't have Sound System, but I just recently picked up the Japanese Clash 7" box set too. Bloody brilliant. The artwork on that boot is impressive. Is there a vinyl version of the Bowie one? If there is I guess it might be a condensed version. Jeez that book in the set is magnificent. Man it's tempting. I absolutely love the vinyl box of Bowie At The Beeb too. Man Mick Ronson was amazing. Cheers...The Bish
All is right with the world, equilibrium is restored, the Bish is back in the hot seat in Melboneia. At some point SBMBE you just must pick up the Sound System, it’s crammed full of great stuff. But the vinyl remaster boxset is superb, great you got that. Japanese 7” Clash…..just wowsa…..nuff said. There is currently only a single Bowie vinyl record with demos and outtakes and of course the RSD Waiting for the Starman which was the original Ziggy running order for the album. But nothing gets near the boxset which 29 unreleased tracks. All top quality, great boxset. Glad all the trips were a roaring success Bish and you got home safely. D🎸
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman Ha, ha I think I'd prefer to upset the balance and keep travelling. If only one had the cash! But really, meeting those Canadian dudes really is what this whole YT malarkey is about. Showing records and commenting is one thing, but to actually get to hang out with some other VC legends was an absolute joy. The only down side is that it makes me feel even further away over here. I'm certainly going to make it my business from now on wherever I travel to organise meet ups. It's the best! Gawd this maybe be an expensive back end of the year with Sound System & the Bowie box now officially on the list. I will do my best to showcase the Clash 7" box when I do a vid for the Japanese leg of the tour...please forgive my inferior box set unboxing skills in advance Doyen. Cheers...The Bish 🥁
Great video. Very cool you met the man, the myth, the legend, Johnny himself, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for some of those tales. FYI, Farewell to Kings is my fav Rush album, wish I had a good copy. Love BAD, took my daughter to see them in Philadelphia back in 2011 on the reunion tour. Fav album is Tighten Up Vol 88 with the great Paul Simonon cover art.
Many thanks Terry, John was very friendly and entertaining. Great anecdotes and dirt from the inside. He’s not afraid to tell all when it comes to who he likes and dislikes! That’s brilliant you got to see BAD, I never managed it and I regret that. Mike
Love the clash box set, I was looking at the Bowie box set, but got the vinyl album instead, still might get it at some point, great video as always, take care, cheers, Dave 😊
Hiya Dave, hope you’re well my friend? The Bowie boxset is a superb one, 29 unreleased tracks and the overall quality of the contents is top notch. Mike
Great video, I just stumbled upon your channel. I have the Clash Sound System Box set with all the CD’s, but wish I had the vinyl box, since that is what I primarily collect. I do have original US pressings of everything except Give ‘em enough rope and Sandanista that I purchased when they came out but gave the remasters of those now. I Saw them in ‘82 and met Joe and got a pic taken with him on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, NJ. I still have that pic and it’s framed. Regarding Bowie, that book looks awesome, but since I’m only collecting vinyl now I only purchased the stand alone album.
Hi Terry, wow, you met the great man and had photo taken with him….wow, brilliant! I have a couple of autographs which I treasure. I absolutely love the Sound System boxset and have spent a long time tracking a great copy of the boxset of vinyl albums. Couldn’t believe it when 11 years after release I got a boxset in shrink still sealed! Mike
The Clash boxsets look fabulous. No Cut the Crap in the official release. I wonder if they will ever remix it. There is a YT channel where the guy has done this, and it sounds much better. The Bowie set looks fabulous too 🙂 Lots of detail in the book.
Have you recovered yet? It looks like you had a great weekend with all the reprobates 😂 😂 it looked a great weekend of meet-ups. Joe disowned the album at the time so I think that’s it for CtC. That’s interesting about the YT that has remixed, I do have boots of demos (pre-Bernie), where the tracks sound so much better before Bernie got involved in the appalling production. The Bowie boxset is excellent, 29 unreleased demos, outtakes, live…..just brilliant. Mike
With regards to The Clash live bootleg set, if I have one criticism of the Clash, it's that they very rarely mixed up their setlist. Of course, with each new year and new album songs were added, but the live setlists never really seemed to change very much. Looking at the setlist for that bootleg, as usual it's very predictable. They were an awesome live band, one of the best, but they generally stuck to the hits. I've always found this somewhat disappointing considering their huge output in such a short space of time. Sure, 'Safe European Home', 'I Fought The Law', 'London Calling', 'White Man In Hammersmith Palais' etc etc etc - they're all classics but they never seemed to give much exposure to the 'lesser known' album tracks. For example I've read somewhere that 'Lost In The Supermarket', 'Hateful' and 'I'm Not Down' - all great tracks which would be fantastic live - were never performed live, or if so, maybe only one or twice. Plus from Sandinista, great though 'Magnificent Seven' and 'Police On My Back' are, there are 36 tracks to choose from, but apart from those two, and sometimes 'One More Time', they rarely played many more from that album (OK of those 36 tracks on Sandinista some of them would clearly not work live, but you get my point). I love them and 'safe' is not exactly a word you would associate with the Clash live (apart from 'Safe European Home' maybe ;-) ) but setlist wise, I always thought they did tend to play it pretty safe.
You’ve really started something! 😂 I’m now trawling through my bootlegs. I’ve quickly found Charlie Don’t Surf, Lightning Strikes, Somebody Got Murdered, clampdown, The Leader, Junco, Ivan so I guess it really depends upon what tour is it. Also, it’s that old dilemma for bands that fans want to hear classics and tend to be less happy hearing new material. But without doubt the classics do tend to be included in most sets. It’s a hard one but as you say they were one of the best live bands, their energy was fantastic. You got me trawling the boots now so I shall carry on 😂 Great comments, I really appreciate you watching and commenting. Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman I’m guessing that was one of the Bond’s bootlegs? I had an incredible tape cassette of one of the Bond’s shows which if I remember featured all those songs and finished with Washington Bullets (another one which was rarely played). As a side note I know there were many Bond’s bootlegs, which were varying in sound quality, but the one I had was absolutely blistering - they were seriously on form that night. I’m pretty sure mine must have been a radio broadcast as the sound quality is absolutely second to none and it started with someone saying “lets get on with it, The Clash, in concert…..” before the band launched into London Calling. But yeah, not only one of the best live bootlegs I’ve ever heard, but one of the best live albums I’ve ever heard full stop - official or unofficial. Back to the tracklisting - as you say there was a lot of Sandinista material that you mentioned, which does seem something of an anomaly - obviously Bonds was between Sandinista and Combat Rock so I guess it does make sense they played a few songs from Sandinista, but after that and pre/after Combat Rock, most of those tracks got dropped again which is a shame, because they really worked live. I dunno, maybe I’m wrong, but it’s just an observation looking at Clash live videos, bootlegs and online setlists that there was generally a very rigid core that made up the majority of the setlists which they didn’t tend to stray too far from. The Bond’s example is a happy anomaly for me because the Sandinista and Combat Rock phase is my absolute favourite Clash period - I find that period the most interesting in their story, and those are my two favourite Clash albums. (PS I wrote a reply to your comment on our Cut The Crap thread which strangely didn’t seem to post - I’ll try and post it again!)
@@theflyintheointmentwow, guess what, I have literally just received a newly pressed bootleg of the 9th June at the Bonds on Broadway and it’s from an FM broadcast. Cant hear the ‘get on with it’ maybe mixed out, but does finish with Washington Bullets. It’s on Red vinyl double vinyl by Parachute. Its sounds great…..maybe it is the one your speaking about?? Mike
I think the Bowie boxset is really excellent for giving so many extra unreleased tracks Steve. 29 unreleased, got to be some kind of record? I love to hear the early takes and the development of some of these iconic tracks. The Clash live……fantastic! Mike
I'm a massive Clash fan but I've always found it interesting how the band and record label have essentially airbrushed Cut The Crap out of their history and back catalogue. OK you could say it isn't REALLY a Clash album as Mick and Topper were long gone by then, but it is still TECHNICALLY a Clash album. Don't get me wrong - it's one of the worst albums ever committed to record, but I can't think of any other examples where a band has simply all but airbrushed an album from their history.
I think the essence of The Clash isn’t there and even Joe disowned it. It’s not good but as you say technically it’s still The Clash and Joe and Paul were there, but too much Bernie! Mind you, I still have three copies and saw them on the tour! But to disown as much, no I agree, I can’t think of another. Mike
Hi Mike, the Doyen of the Boxset strikes again. They all look great. The Bowie boxset has been getting loads of great reviews and I’ve been weighing in the balance to buy or not. Your glowing review has now made up my mind. The wallet is cursing you again! Andy
😂😂 come on Andy, you deserve it, treat yourself! 29 unreleased tracks really swung it for me. I love to hear songs in their early forms, and in this boxset you have demos, outtakes and live renditions. It’s a very good boxset Andy. Mike
Hi Mike, Ziggy Stardust, i have to say i have never got what people see in the album but your enthusiasm speaks volumes for your love of it. The clash, they made two absolute classic albums IMO, another very good and three albums full of filler IMO, that reminds me that i should rank their albums at some point. anyway, some nice box sets for your collection, great video mate - Lloyd
Hi Lloyd, I can’t remember having you done a Bowie ranking? If not you should. Imo Hunky, Ziggy and Aladdin are the best, not saying that I don’t also love some of the later albums like Next Day. You must do a Clash ranking, that would be interesting but if you dis London Calling I’m on the next flight to give you a Chinese wrist burn 😂😂 be warned 😂😂 Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman Hi Mike, i had to check on the Bowie ranking but no, havent done one on this channel so it must have been on the 'lost' channel and my #1 Bowie album surprised everyone if i remember correctly. i will get on to compiling both, thanks mate - Lloyd
Wow Mike! How cool does that Sound System box look?!? Likewise, the studio albums boxset. The bootleg box sounds cool too… I’m always wary of live boots, the recording quality is always so variable. Artwork looks really cool. Rock n Roll Star looks amazing. Would love to hear those Haddon Hall demos and really cool adding the Arnold Corn’s versions. Happy listening 👍
I still can’t get over your latest haul Jack, that was just brilliant! The Clash Sound System is probably one of the best music things I own. It’s literally crammed full of stuff. In saying that I had to send back several times because items inside were damaged. But all perfect now. As you say boots vary dramatically, but I hav3 so many Clash boots that I good from audience to soundboard and fm recordings so I have it all. But you do need to be careful. The Bowie boxset is superb, 29 unreleased tracks, excellent demos, outtakes, live etc. Mike
Wow Mike. Only fifty of the box sets pressed? I did see them on the 1982 Tour a few times. I think I told you this already. Both nights at Shea Stadium with The Who and also at the Orpheum in Boston. No recordings from the 10th at Brixton? <> Have to agree with you via the spine on the Bowie box. Every now and then I get a release who's writing on the spine goes the opposite way. I usually opt to place file the album's spine writing the correct way even though the album art is upside down. Outstanding update Mike. Always enjoy your buys/finds and the artists/bands that you purchase speaks for itself. Have a super week~ Rob/Boston
I do the same as you Rob ie file with spine correct even if cover upside down. Non-collectors just don’t understand how important these things are to folks like us 😂😂 Yes, you had told me before, but I just love hearing about shows and you attending. Face to face we would have many hours on such topics, brilliant. Mike
Helloooooo Mike 👋🏻wooow!! Both boxsets(CDs/vinyl) by the Clash are just crazy cool!!.....oooooo 😮 that Bowie set I’m weak in my knees, I think I’m sitting down ...oo oo yea I am lol.....as always great info my friend thank you- 🎶☮️🌈☀️🎶🙏🏻😎Lis
Hey Lis, I hope you are very well my friend?! 😁 I certainly had a great month for boxsets. The Clash has eluded m3 for a long time and the Bowie is wonderful. Thanks for your great support Mike 😁
The Bowie box set looks extraordinary! I don't think I could pick a favourite Bowie album but Ziggy would be on the shortlist for sure. The Clash boxes look great too. I haven't heard any of the remastered albums but I'll vicariously enjoy the box sets through your videos!
Hi K, the Bowie boxset is superb. 29 unreleased tracks, lots of demos, outtakes and the live sessions from the period are great. Same as you, I find it difficult to pick a favourite Bowie but Hunky, Ziggy and Aladdin are top 5. But other gems for me include The Next Day, Outside, Heathen…..it’s too difficult 😁 The Clash remasters feel definitive, can’t get any better so pleased to have them. Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman I actually didn't hear Heathen and Reality until after The Next Day came out, and now I love those two albums. I was late to the party! I mostly listened to 70s Bowie for a very long time and neglected the later stuff.
That Clash vinyl boxset has eluded me for a long time, couldn’t believe it when I found it still sealed in shrink as it came out 2013! The Bowie is an exceptional boxset, lots of unreleased stuff in there Randy and the packaging is high quality. Mike
Great to see those Mike. I actually have the «ghetoblaster» but as for the vinyl I «only» have my old 1980’s vinyls. I guess they are CBS nice price from that time? Oh and the nice 2LP compilation they released . Salivating at all this of course 😄 Splendid video. Chuffed you got those mate.
That’s brilliant you’ve got the Clash Sound System the Ghetto blaster Morten. I think that’s one of the best musical things ever. I had trouble when I got mine and had to keep sending back because of damage to items inside the box. All good now and I love it. Three excellent boxsets this month my friend. Mike
Well Mike, those box sets are fantastic. Nice Bowie, box, book and booklet, interesting how things developed. The Clash bootleg box is a really well made and good looking thing. You must be all Clashed out now my friend. As you said unless you hear the Clash remasters there's not much to comment on. Do you have any framed stuff in your music room or are the records just in your living room?
Hi Mike, the Bowie boxset is superb. Everything about it is quality and 29 unreleased tracks. I love all the really early demos, outtakes and there’s some great live sessions…. Peel, Whispering Bob and Johnnie Walker very raw but well produced. I’m not Clashed out, I’m so hooked on growing my Clash bootleg collection I’ve gone a bit wild! I keep locating quite rare ones and can’t leave them there……it’s got to stop! But how?! 😂 All my records are in my music room but I have artwork, posters dotted around house, basically anywhere I’m allowed to put them 😂 Mike
Hi Mike! Great unboxing! I definitely want to pick up the Bowie box set! I'll probably wait till my birthday in November to buy it. So it didn't come out on vinyl? With the volume of material on it, CD is probably the way to go. Glad it fits into a Kallax. Take care. ✌😊
Hiya Christian, I hope you’re doing ok? 👍 The Bowie boxset is definitely worth it. Everything is high quality, books, and 29 unreleased tracks. You get very early demos, outtakes and lots of live sessions. Importantly, as you say, it’s fits the Kallax! 😂 Mike
For me, #-1 "Muswell Hillbillies", #-2 "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society", #-3 "Lola versus Powerman", #-4 "Something Else", #-5 "Arthur", #-6 "Face to Face", #-7 "Sleepwalker", #-8 "Low Budget", #-9 "Misfits", #-10 "Everybody's In Showbiz". I could not agree with you more regarding The Kinks 'not having' a George Martin for a producer. But, I have to wonder if Sir Ray's ego would have clashed with someone as incredibly talented as the late Sir George Martin? I've often listened to songs such as "Get Back In Line" and "Apeman" (two songs that I have loved forever) and thought, 'the production is lacking at the beginning of each track, and why wasn't it noticed'? I still listen to The Kinks, often. Though I dislike quite a bit of the seventies and eighties songs I still believe that The Kinks music of the sixties was better than any other band of that era.
Hi Major, or should I say hello Sir 😁 that’s a great top 10. Muswell number 1, well I have to say it is for me as well some days. It’s a really interesting discussion point about Sir George, but I agree he would, I believe, have made a massive difference to the production. Their sixties output was just incredible. I really appreciate you commenting. Mike
Yes, I understand what you say and agree. I especially don’t like the way he talks about Joe Strummer who is my musical hero. But…..it’s John. He’s just out there and so entertaining and outspoken. He was an absolute gentleman to talk to, and had great stories but he could be brutal about some. Mike
What a standout episode! A meet and greet with John Lydon! How exciting that must have been for you. And then the old bastard spent more time chatting up the Mrs instead of his lifelong fan lol. Typical guy. I know Ive heard JL make remarks about the Clash, but does he have an actual beef with Joe? An upgrade to Farewell to Kings is smashing. I love that album so much. I feel so vindicated now because of your appreciation of Hole’s Live Through This! I have loved that album since it came out and have always had to defend it. Now that the King of Cool has given his endorsement I will use this video as reference in future arguments. As a Blondie fan I understand your initial reaction to their debut but it might grow on you. More Clash bootlegs! Fantastic video. Cheers Mike!
Hi Gary, have you recovered from your fantastic weekend meeting up with all the guys and Marcia. Watching Mike’s videos it looked a real hoot, fun and frolics all round. Sorry I’m late with this one, I read your comments on the road and just released I didn’t get back to you…..rude bleeder! 😂 John was absolutely brilliant, great entertainment and full of fabulous stories. I think he thinks the Clash just followed the Pistols and he’s right that seeing a Pistols performance inspired Joe to form a punk band. But musically The Clash obviously went on to far exceed the Pistols. Joe’s band at the time were the 101ers (so named after the number of the house, a squat, the band were living in at the time). They were headliners in a pub gig and the Pistols were second on bill, but Joe was blown away by the punk music and then realised the pub rock he was doing at time was finished so formed The Clash. But also John and Joe’s politics was miles apart. Im with you Gary, that Hole album is excellent, I’ve played it loads, great material. Now you have a rest Gary from all that beer and vinyl talk at the weekend! Mike
Hi Peter, firstly, sincere apologies in delay in responding. I saved your comment for when back home to actually check my boxset and then forgot! Interesting question because I’ve seen several false track listings for the 1st album across different media. The actual listing on the picture disc in the Hand of Doom boxset is Side One 1. Black Sabbath 2. The Wizard 3. Behind the wall of Sleep 4. NIB Side Two 1. Evil Woman 2. Sleeping Village 3. Warning. So no Wicked World. Hope this helps and apologies again. Mike
I only really know " Rise " from P.I.L , it is a good track. Nice to enjoy a meet and greet where you have not been rushed through. I am interested to know where the venom comes from, about Johns ex-band mates! you mention. I have given " Rush ' a go a few times, if I can find any of there albums might get serious about being a follower. Take care.
@@AttackFromDownunda I think it comes from John not being involved or asked to be involved in the recent Danny Boyle docudrama ‘Pistol’. All the other Pistols were consulted to John’s annoyance. Also, politically I believe John leans to the right and certainly Glen is left. Mike
Hey, cool photo with John! Nice Clash items. I have streamed the new The The single, but I am not sure yet. I didn't buy the single, because shipping here was insane. I have never heard Blondie's debut! Nice 12 inches from Spear of Destiny 🙂
Welcome home Brian Scorsese, hope you had a great time! I knew you’d like the SoD 12” singles. I was amazed when they all popped up in a local store. Underwhelmed by the lead off from Matt Johnson, but it’ll fit ok as an album track on new album, I’m sure it’ll be a good album 🤞Blondie’s debut was disappointing from me. Very lightweight pop, I was expecting raw punk as it 1977. I think Karen has become a PiL covert….ish. Mike
Hi Mike. Your meet and greet with John looks fab. It's really nice to meet your heroes and they don't disappoint. Lovely eclectic selection of records you picked up this month.
Hi Mike, Johnny Lydon was very entertaining and friendly. We didn’t feel rushed at all. Lots of great stories and anecdotes. Hope all’s well with you? Mike
Hiya Mike! What a fun and special experience! Love the video, be fun to get some of Hole on vinyl. I got 3 CD’s but have never heard that first one, what’s it called… Pretty on the Inside. Should do summat about it I supppse? Hey, look! I’ve recently showed Big Audio Dynamite 😊 That IS a a good record. Gary Valentines (Gary Lachman) only Blondie album, he wrote X-Offender! Then worked with Tracey Ullman and Annie Lennox. He did re-join them for their 1997 re-union a bit. Typically I always like bass players who leave bands 😄 Anyhow, good to see you’ve had a great experience and all. Hope you have a splendid July Mike 😎
Hi Morten, we had a great experience meeting Johnny Lydon. He was very entertaining and friendly. We had a good chat with him and he didn’t put us under any time pressure whatsoever. Lots of great stories and anecdotes. My wife really enjoyed it which is remarkable because that’s not her music at all! Mike
Wow Mike! What a cool experience in every way! What a night, and I love the photos. Karen meets Johnny! Outstanding! I didn’t pay much attention to Courtney Love at the time. Maybe I need to revisit that album.?Beautiful Cramps LP! I need some B.A.D.. For whatever reason I never had any. Gary at Physical Format Jazz won’t like your Blondie review. 😂
You’re right Mike, by disrespecting the lovely Debbie I’m probably in trouble with King Gary at PFJ! 😂 I don’t know much about Hole, but that album I showed ‘Live Through This’ is very good I must say. John Lydon was great, really entertaining and very friendly. He certainly won Karen over and she’s not into that sort of music at all. Mike
I do enjoy when a video covers a wide range of genres Wanna be Steve. For Blondie, that is raw lol. I also thought that but I did like there first two albums as they had X Offender and Rip Her To Shreds. Let’s be honest, with Harry as the front person, did the music really matter lol. Nice bootlegs and wow what a treat to have time with Lyndon, amazing and you got boobs on your album now
You’re right Steve, with Debbie out front……who cares about the music! 😁 but was expecting a bit more edge it being 1977 and them coming out of the NY cbgb’s scene. But I’ll get over myself soon 😁 John Lydon was a hoot, absolutely brilliant entertainment, lots of stories and anecdotes about the music industry told in a very Johnny way. Who else could have boobs in their signature? 😂 Mike wannabe Steve
That 'Beasts' is the original release,I've just realised. Mine is the repress with the all black sleeve. Fantastic stuff. I remember it came in the post with Alien Sex Fiend 'Ignore The Machine'...fantastic Daze of Youth...
