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Lately...June 2006
Factory Records: The Complete Graphic AlbumFactory Records: The Complete Graphic Album by Matthew Robertson
Buy used from: £15.19
Lovely collection of Factory-imagery. Worth buying a coffee table for!
The Proposition [2006]The Proposition [2006]
Buy new: £5.10 / Used from: £2.98
Nick Cave-penned colonial Western set in the Outback...Nice soundtrack too.
North By North West: Liverpool & Manchester from Punk to Post-Punk & Beyond 1976-1984/Compiled By Paul Morley/Limited EditionNorth By North West: Liverpool & Manchester from Punk to Post-Punk & Beyond 1976-1984/Compiled By Paul Morley/Limited Edition by Various Artists
Buy used from: £42.21
Limited edition of Korova-compilation focusing on Liverpool and Manchester....
Faust IV: RemasteredFaust IV: Remastered by Faust
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £9.45
Wonderful two-disc reissue of great album by Faust: It's a Bit of a Pain, The Sad Skinhead, Do So, Krautrock...
Come And See [1985]Come And See [1985]
Buy new: £7.52
UK DVD issue of one of the greatest war films made. Nice bonus disc too.
Tin Drum: RemasteredTin Drum: Remastered by Japan
Buy new: £4.03 / Used from: £3.95
Budget-price reissue of last studio LP from Japan: Ghosts, Cantonese Boy, The Art of Parties, Sons of Pioneers...
The Atrocity Exhibition [2001]The Atrocity Exhibition [2001]
Buy new: £14.29
Rarely seen adaptation of JG Ballard's classic novel. With a soundtrack from Jim Thirwell (Foetus, Clint Ruin, Wiseblood, Manorexia, The The etc)
Body of Work: 1984-1997Body of Work: 1984-1997 by Nitzer Ebb
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.99
Two disc trawl through underrated electronic outfit: Join in the Chant, Come Alive, Getting Closer, Hearts & Minds, Family Man, Fun to Be Had, Shame...
Life and FateLife and Fate by Vasily Grossman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.99
A book I was drawn to after reading Anthony Beevor's 'Stalingrad.'
The Red And The White - Csillagosok, Katonak [1967]The Red And The White - Csillagosok, Katonak [1967]
Buy new: £9.98
Another DVD issue of a European classic - I hope they release 'The Round Up' at some point in the future...
JPodJPod by Douglas Coupland
Buy used from: £0.01
Post-post-modern relative of 'Microserfs'...
Fab Four SutureFab Four Suture by Stereolab
Buy new: £6.19 / Used from: £4.96
Excellent collection of singles released last year by the 'Lab: Whisper Pitch, I Was a Sunny Rainphase, Interlock, Kyberneticka...
The Nazis: A Warning from HistoryThe Nazis: A Warning from History by Laurence Rees
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.25
A new edition of Rees' book that adds elements from a prior book on the Eastern Front. Obligatory reading, if horrifying...
Paris 1919Paris 1919 by John Cale
Buy new: £4.56 / Used from: £4.22
Rhino reissue Cale's warners album produced by Chris Thomas: Paris 1919, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Andalucia, Half Past France....
Suite FrancaiseSuite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £2.07
Believe the hype...though sadly the full work anticipated by the author was not to be completed due to the Nazis...
Munich [2005]Munich [2005]
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £1.31
Flawed in part, but the best film Spielberg has made. 'One Day in September' an ideal companion...
White Bread Black BeerWhite Bread Black Beer by Scritti Politti
Buy new: £8.92 / Used from: £4.00
The best Scritti album since 'Cupid & Psyche 85' : The Boom Boom Bap, Petrococadollar, the Kylie song, Dr Abernathy, Cooking, Snow in Sun...
The Beat That My Heart Skipped [2005]The Beat That My Heart Skipped [2005]
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £9.99
Excellent follow up to 'Read My Lips', stars the same foxy femme from its precursor....
The DriftThe Drift by Scott Walker
Buy new: £8.52 / Used from: £6.78
Follow up to 'Tilt' - a bit too rich at times: Cossacks Rule, Clara, Buzzers, The Escape, Jolson and Jones. A change of direction required!!!!
Suburbia [1983]Suburbia [1983]
Buy used from: £4.98
Welcome DVD issue of cult 80s feature that gave its name to a Pet Shop Boys song. A minor companion to Repo Man, River's Edge & Rumble Fish....
The Corner Of Miles And Gil [Limited Edition]The Corner Of Miles And Gil [Limited Edition] by Shack
Buy new: £11.99 / Used from: £6.59
Another fine Shack album...
PicturePicture by Lillian Ross
Buy used from: £8.89
Excellent account of the making of 'The Red Badge of Courage' by John Huston....
The Dead [1987]The Dead [1987]
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £1.99
DVD issue of Huston's last film, a perfect adaptation of the final story from James Joyce's 'Dubliners'....
1000 Films to Change Your Life1000 Films to Change Your Life by Time Out Guides Ltd
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £1.09
Messy, sometimes engaging and dubiously structured list book. Worth a browse, but no great shakes...
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 by Various Artists
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.79
Welcome reissue of original Nuggets-compilation : The Elevators, Chocolate Watch Band, Electric Prunes, The Seeds etc