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No need for embarrassment- good choice. Hide and Seek is something special, particularly on the12"
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I must whole heartedly agree there.

Today still listening to The KIllers Hot Fuss

Thanks H and Brian.
I listened to Howard Jones alot; he was very big here for awhile and as I mentioned in another thread, Midge opened for Howard one of the times that I saw him perform.

What is Love? is still a great song.

Howard Jones is the only 'celebrity' who I can (at least twenty years ago) describe as 'a friend of mine'. used to play a lot locally hwen I was at uni and I did some roadie stuff for him.
Nice man - we shared a lot of beers.

He won't remember...

But now I'm airing Revolver for the first time in a good while.
Bursting with ideas and imaginitave songcraft.

I wonder where John Foxx was when he first heard this album. Sitting at the edge of the World somewhere, I expect...
Picking out the seeds to plant in his own Garden.

Over the Christmas period I've been listening to my prezzies!

New Order's 5 disc Retro box set and their DVD 316 - New York 81, Reading Festival 98 and In Conversation . Some great tracks here despite they found it difficult at first to find their feet since the sad departure of Ian. Steve Morris' drumming and programming is really impressive. They're all brilliant musicians.

Duran Duran's Singles Box 1986 - 1995. Not very excited about this. I always preferred their earlier stuff and Nick's choice of electronic synthesis. In the early days he made some incredible sounds out of his Jupiter-4 and Prophet 5 that are hard to be matched by his new toys.

David Bowie's Serious Moonlight DVD. His comeback and his first real greatest hits set. He waited so long for the end of his disastrous contract with ex Manager Tony De Fries that in 1983 he was in seventh heaven and touring his beloved Far East. Great guitar playing by Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar. David Lebolt plays also some decent keys. Also another compilation The Best of David Bowie - 1980 -1987 plus DVD.

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds 7-disc Collector's edition. Has always been a favourite of mine so I decided to go for this complete version.

Midge Ure's A Christmas Gift from his first solo tour. Since he dropped synthesizers he hasn't been the same again. Although Midge plays guitar here and the synth playing is handed over to Danny Mitchell of the Messengers for this particular tour.

Chris

Gary Numan - 'Fragment 1' dvd.

Souvenir DVD aka The Story of OMD. A very interesting documentary beginning with backstage at the Night of the Proms in Germany, their first performance together in years. Interesting features are both Andy and Paul visting Eric's club and their old studio, The Gramophone Suite, the red telephone box (632 3003 ) at the Wirral and Andy going over the opening sequences of Messages on the Korg Micropreset ie no sophisticated sequencers but merely pressing the G sharp key repetitively!

Chris C

Billy Currie: Sixty Minutes With

Radiohead - In Rainbows

.. a lot better than I thought. Nice Sunday morning stuff ..

Bryan Ferry - Mamouna.

I had forgotten just how amazing this album is. Easily his best, and one of those albums that I'll always hold a special place for. Just brilliant.