Tag: Eighties

So many albums, so little time. Great to see an appearance by Mr. Lee Scratch Perry - this has always been a favourite of mine as has the Elvis Sun Sessions which is technically a compilation...

The UK Vertigo pressing of Kraftwerk’s “Autobahn” sounded fabulous at both our London and NYC venue earlier this month.

In the last three weeks, CAS has had three events in three different cities: our regular monthly in London, a one-off event in Glasgow and the launch of our regular monthlies in New York City.

On this list there are a few compilations and a live album which at first I was unsure if I should include. However, after thinking about it I decided to include them as Elvis Presley’s “Sun Sessions” is probably one of my favourite albums from the King...

We had a sold out session to kick off the year and we saw many new faces who made some new album suggestions. Many albums have also reappeared but don’t worry - I get the hint!

Nick Drake, Big Star, Serge Gainsbourg - we got some serious listening to do next year!

Legend has it The Stone Roses secured their first big gig supporting Pete Townsend when Ian Brown sent a charming note to the promoter: ‘I’m surrounded by skagheads. I wanna smash ‘em. Can you give us a show?’

I wonder if Lou Reed ever anticipated he would be on an album list alongside Abba? I would love to see his face if he found out.

You will find Todd Rundgren next to The Sex Pistols (that does make me giggle) and Duke Ellington next to Queens of the Stone Age (“Songs for the Deaf” on a hi-fi? Why not?).