Thanks Alan, hope you’re well.
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Motörhead- Overkill - Early green vinyl
Inspired by the logo thread. “We are Motörhead and we play rock and roll.” The classic trio of Fast Eddie, Philthy Animal and Lemmy rocking out hard. They’re actually fine musicians, Lemmy’s signature hoarse snarl backed by pounding guitar, bass and drums on a set of hard driving songs. Playing LOUD.
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Can’t grumble 
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Gregg Allman - Southern Blood - Original vinyl
The great rock singer’s farewell album, recorded as his final illness was taking him. Incredibly moving readings of songs of loss and death by his great friends and contemporaries with a band who had worked with him for years and backed him superbly. My favourite album of the century to date.
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Sandy Denny and the Strawbs - 1991 vinyl
Sandy’s glorious voice and the Strawbs giving us a collection of folk songs, fine playing and wonderful vocals. I think the version of Why Knows Where The Time goes is the second recordings he did after her demo tape, it’s beautiful.
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I’m probably mistaken, but did the version on the 19 Rupert Street album not precede the version with the Strawbs?
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Motorhead - Overkill (2003 re-issue)
I got into Motorhead with their 1996 album, Overnight Sensation which enamored me to the band but it was purchasing Overkill next that made me fall head-over-heels with the English trio. Featuring the classic line-up of Lemmy, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and “Filthy” Phil Taylor, Overkill is a wrecking ball of sleaze, booze and red-faced bar fights, all delivered with the energy and intensity of a sonic-wall designed to shatter your bones to dust. Sporting lashings of rock ‘n’ roll, punk and metal but never fitting into any one camp, Motorhead always had a unique sound that influenced generations of bands but could never be copied. Take the title track whose double-kick pistonic opening would serve as one of the biggest influences in metal’s nascent pursuit of speed, or the spacey, bluesy “Capricorn” that serves as a foot in Lemmy’s past with Hawkwind. This album has a little of everything and while Ace of Spades has every right to be crowned Motorhead best, Overkill is secretly my fave.
When I got into vinyl 20 years ago, this and a number of other records I bought were re-issues from Italy’s Earmark record label and they all sound fantastic. This pressing is an absolute delight, producing a plummy, chewy sound that clearly separates the instruments in the mix while still producing a gigantic, dense wall of sound that swallows the room. Lemmy’s bass in particular had my mouth agape, digging so deep in ways I’ve never heard from my speakers before. An absolute delight.
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One of my all time favourite bands. I remember seeing them on the Overkill tour and then twice on the Bomber tour. All told, I think I saw them a dozen or so times from places as small as Spennymoor Recreation Centre to headlining the Heavy Metal Holocaust outdoors at Port Vale. Lemmy always gave a good show.
The 1979 and Ace Of Spades box sets are well worth getting, the live shows in them are just fantastic.
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