I thought I’d give the other side of my musical tastes a fair shot after my recent post. The Bogshed side doesn’t jump up and down and shout “me me me” as much as the other, so it’s more tricky to dig out of my brain. They mainly sit in the corner quietly muttering to themselves. However, what I ended up with is a list of tracks that I remember hearing for the first time in a particular place; remember buying – specifically; or to which I associate memories. I don’t have all of these tracks. Actually I have all but two, and I’ve tried to avoid entire albums:

• Elton John: Yellow Brick Road
• Blondie: Rapture
• Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
• Madonna: Everybody
• Danielle Dax: Inky Bloaters
• Bogshed: No to Lemon Mash
• Throwing Muses: Vicky’s Box
• Heidi Berry: Little Tragedy
• Spacemen 3: Revolution
• Transvision Vamp: Revolution Baby [original release]
• Ultra Vivid Scene: She Screamed
• Simple Minds: Somebody Up There Likes You
• Jane Siberry: The Walking (And Constantly)
• Ghost Dance: Celebrate
• Tori Amos: Winter

Funny how the list seems to stop dramatically after 1991. There are still dozens of traditional albums that I love – indeed if you’ve read elsewhere in my blog these dominate my “end of year” reviews; perhaps I’m more an album person now.