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Today's Eclectic Selection
Just as I Am/Still BillJust as I Am/Still Bill by Bill Withers
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £9.22
A work of genius. Shivers down the spine stuff.
Picking Up Where We Left OffPicking Up Where We Left Off by James Taylor's 4th Dimension
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £6.71
Music for the mind; music for the feet. Brilliant playing, too.
The Sand and the StarsThe Sand and the Stars by Movietone
Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £4.28
Simply gorgeous mix of indie attitude and gentle acoustics
Sound-System: RemasteredSound-System: Remastered by Herbie Hancock
Worldjazzhiphopelectro fusion. Or something. Breathtaking.
Smash The System - Singles 1990-99Smash The System - Singles 1990-99 by Saint Etienne
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £1.57
Perfect pop
La VarieteLa Variete by Weekend
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.14
Indescribably wonderful. Just buy it.
Big Noise: A Mambo Inn CompilationBig Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation by Various Artists
Buy used from: £2.98
Music without frontiers - and jolly good, as well.
Sound MirrorsSound Mirrors by Coldcut
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.99
More polished production and some proper songs.
Working NightsWorking Nights by Working Week
Buy used from: £24.97
Their first and still best album
Victim of GeographyVictim of Geography by Billy Bragg
Buy used from: £0.22
Perfect primer on BB, combining his two best albums.
Snap, Crackle & BopSnap, Crackle & Bop by John Cooper Clarke
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £12.13
All of human life is here...
Zip Style MethodZip Style Method by John Cooper Clarke
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.30
...actually, some of it's here.
ArchiveArchive by Weekend
You can never have too much Weekend
Bagpuss Ost/Kerr/Faulkner - Songs and MusicBagpuss Ost/Kerr/Faulkner - Songs and Music by Original Soundtrack
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.75
Silly and sentimental with a big blob of nostalgia: perfect.
Non Stop Non StopNon Stop Non Stop by Kanda Bongo Man
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.99
Featuring the mighty Diblo and there's little greater recommendation than that.
Bend SinisterBend Sinister by The Fall
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.49
Still my favourite Fall album...
Fall Heads RollFall Heads Roll by The Fall
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £7.46
...although I'm rather enjoying this one, currently.
Maple SnowMaple Snow by Alison Statton & Spike
More jazziness and beauty
The World of TomorrowThe World of Tomorrow by Komputer
Buy used from: £4.49
Short-lived heirs to the Kraftwerk crown.
Tender ButtonsTender Buttons by Broadcast
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £7.49
Eerie and yet familiar. Unsettling yet comforting.
StandardsStandards by Tortoise
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.46
So: not all standards are out of date.
Still Sounds Like BromleyStill Sounds Like Bromley by Billy Jenkins
Buy used from: £11.98
It does, too.
When the Crowds Have GoneWhen the Crowds Have Gone by Billy Jenkins
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.38
King of demented British blues-avant-free-jazz guitar goes solo
Let 'em RollLet 'em Roll by John Patton
Buy used from: £19.39
Best ever Blue Note organ album? Maybe.
Radioaxiom: A Dub TransmissionRadioaxiom: A Dub Transmission by Bill Laswell & Jah Wobble
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £5.09
Worth it for "Alsema Dub"