Having recently obtained a turntable (my last one came to a sticky end around five years ago) I have been trying, as cheaply as possible, to rebuild my once-extensive vinyl collection. It could be argued that maybe I shouldn’t have sold on as much as I have over the years, but if nothing else at least I’m in a position to only buy those records I feel I’ve missed and so can be selective in what I replace.
Recent deliveries have included Singles Going Steady by the Buzzcocks, the Quadrophenia soundtrack (I actually lent that to someone’s now-ex but never got it back) and yesterday, A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles. 10" vinyl edition of course.
Criminally all the ‘classic’ era Dogs D’Amour albums remain out of print (be careful with 'Dynamite Jet Saloon' as that's been re-recorded - more on that another time), and their CD versions can command silly money. Vinyl editions though, with a little patience and a degree of luck, can still be picked up at decent prices. Although not quite the ‘acoustic’ album it claims to be, it includes the definitive version of ‘Errol Flynn’ (ignore its later appearance as a title track) and was arguably their last essential release.
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Dogs D’Amour – Bristol Bierkeller 13/03/89
Dogs D'Amour - The State I'm In
Punk Knits
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I don't know if I'd say it's their last essential LP - I quite like More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace (my 1st Dogs album) and I absolutely love Happy Ever After. I supposed those are both less glammy and more rootsy, though.
Hi Michael - To be honest I quite liked parts of Straight (a huge improvement on Errol Flynn - definitely the point at which releasing album-after-album tipped them over the edge) and I think the enforced break and the addition of Darrell Bath did help produce a decent album in More Unchartered Heights of Disgrace. I'm reasonably in the dark of Happy Ever After; I think I heard it once and remember the opener being good - the friend who played me it was a HUGE fan and even he didn't much like the rest of it. Maybe this is something I need to rectify.
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