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Fine channel! My first Piano concerto "Mysterio"(three movements). OUT NOW!

The cinematography in this video is top notch! Nice looking hotel! "Hopes may rise on the Grasmere."

The opening shot looks like a scene from a local archives. I was never a 7" record buyer and I do not have any double 45s. But, these look awesome. I am sure that Cure single is valuable. Cool Housemartins pack. Wow, records all of the way from Canada. Very cool that you met up with Gav, and VCLT too!

The 2:14 mark sign looking for vinyl. Love it! Wonderful showcase right after. Patty does that stretch routine like Jill when we’re on the road. “She’s got some walking poles” 😂 .. I enjoyed your hotel review. Patty’s traveled so much over the years, we always laugh at how content I am with what’s often an overrated hotel. On that note, I wrote several Yelp reviews, but tapered off a few years ago. I’ll send you a link. I’ve been told by friends that some are hilarious! Putting on the Ritz soundtrack was a surprise. ✌️

I love Thatcher...delayed full blown socialism in Britain

I also acquired a NAD amp, Dual turntable and Mission speakers, but after Uni; and, in due course, a Technics cassette player and Matsui CD player - all still working.

Subscribed. You remind me of Armin Mueller Stahl😅

Will it be Anfield or Co Op next year

How times have changed, you can continue working and studying online now. Great vid. God bless.

Hi David! Blue is one of my favorite FYC tracks. It takes me back just thinking about it. I have very few 7” singles but those doubles I don’t remember seeing in Ontario back in the day. I do remember It’s Material just for “Driving away from home”…cool you had the meetup with Gav. I have those Marianne Faithful albums with the exception of the last one you showed. Nice Guy Clark!

Beautiful spots, thanks for sharing, David. Using an instrumental version of ''Putting On The Ritz'' while talking about a posh hotel was well inspired 😉

Nice 👌 need to visit Newcastle- never been 😮

Nice video, and nice storytelling. Thanks for sharing.

It'd be hart to pick a top 10 for Van Morrison but I know this for sure Veedon Fleece is number one.

As a collector of various genres of music I'm finding it difficult to stop buying some vinyl 7" singles especially Jamaican/Reggae 7" vinyl...Many are limited releases, polyvinyl dubplates, colored vinyl with fantastic artwork, white labels & limited reissues of ultra rare singles of great 1960s/70s/80s releases, also many are not released on albums etc. The thing is if you own a large collection of music chances are you will never play everything you have acquired over the yrs...

Newcastle must have changed a lot since you grew up there. Very little heavy industry to see.

Hey David. Lovely tour, with an Ice Cream to boot. Cheers

Heaven Up Here! YES!

Nice video man, interesting idea. Hope the brain injury works out for you. Got smashed up myself on a bike a few years ago, lost a leg. No brain injury though..I think!? We're a similar vintage so I'll be following with interest.

Hi David, thanks for jumping on this thread. I didn't know FYC's Blue was out as a double pack, love that track! I also have Wicked Ways but not as a double pack, another great track. Fantastic stuff!

When you mentioned Ted Nugent & Van Halen I assumed you & I had similar tastes in music as well as being from the same city. I couldn't have been more wrong as it turns out. 😕 Best regards.

A very interesting mix of albums on your list . It was great to see Squeeze on your list , one of the great power pop bands . Here's my list , more of less in order of preference , starting with my favourite : Rush : Moving Pictures. (. maybe my hometown boys' best album ) Squeeze : East Side Story. ( just edged out by ArgyBargy as my favourite album by them ) ( I saw them in Toronto on this tour , and they were fantastic ) King Crimson : Discipline The Rolling Stones : Tattoo You. ( with the magnificent Waiting on a Friend , and that great slice of funk , Slave ) Genesis : Abacab. (.except for the egregious Who Dunnit ? , I pretty much like the rest of the songs ) Human League : Dare Phil Collins : Face Value Santana : Zebop ! ( one of my favourite latter day albums by this magnificent guitar player ) The Cars : Shake It Up. (. I'm Not the One is one of my favourite Cars' songs ) The Police : Ghost in the Machine. ( my favourite by them , with the great Darkness ) The Moody Blues : Long Distance Voyager. ( an excellent latter day album from them ) ABBA : The Visitors Jon & Vangelis : Friends of Mr. Cairo. ( with the gorgeous Beside , and other great tracks to boot ) The Pretenders : The Pretenders 2 Mink De Ville : Coup de Grace Blue Oyster Cult : Fire of Unknown Origin. ( with the great Burnin' For You ) The Tubes : The Completion Backwards Principle. ( Talk to ya Later ! ) Strange Advance : Worlds Away. ( check out the title track , it's killer ) Vamgelis : Chariots of Fire Soundtrack 10CC : Ten Out of Ten Thanks !

Heaven Up Here the best album of 81? Absolutely, what an extraordinairy album.

You know what? my Marc Almond was also sticky!! 😜. I like Glen Hansard, I'll have to check that out, more shops pls, cheers

Hiya David Love the Housemartin trippel! The It Bites cover reminds me of the Fast Show 😂 The rain is the sky's blood, pierced by the arrows of foolhardiness! Johnny! The blackness! The end! Where are we sleeping tonight, Mother? In Father's Grave!?! Splendid video. Cheers from Morten 😊

Some great labels there David. F Beat, Kitchenware and Stiff always put out great packages. Know what you mean about singles collections. I sold mine a year or so back after realising they'd been stuck in boxes for decades without being played. I got over it eventually!😅

Enjoyable video, David. You are a fantastic raconteur… liked listening to your tales of leaving school and finding your path in life alongside your musical journey. Very odd, but I was thinking about doing a 1981 video right before seeing your video. Having watched yours, my choices are fairly different, so might do it this weekend. Oh, nice House of Love beside your right arm! Great stuff, Jack

I don't mind how any real Genesis fan rates the albums. We are all true fans and you're list was great. I would have a totally different list but I respect your's. Genesis is simply fantastic!

I was born in 1973. 1981 is probably my favorite year in music. Sad to hear about the bike accident, as a cyclist things like that happening is concerning.

The Price You Pay by Bruce. People tend to forget that it's an absolute masterpiece. You could make a video only talking about that song

well if you were going to dabble in hard rock for 1981 Rush - Moving Pictures would have been a much better choice. Your friend didn't do you any favours

Had a great time when we were in Munich a couple of years ago, nice to see some of the shops I visited are still there - even the disappointments! 🙂 NIce video, David!

Thanks, David, Fisher-Z are brilliant, the first three albums,'Word Salad', 'Gong Deaf For a Living' and 'Red Skies Over Paradise' are classics, I still have them, in fact a couple of people I introduced them to, went and bought their own copies.

Sir David of Upper Vinylville UK. You are looking a little boxed in (like some of your least favourite MP's). There is a way out.....the vinyl exorcist now makes house calls in your area!

160 miles ! And another 5 miles on foot ! I’ll drive next time - nice bunch of singles - especially The Cure and that Housemartins box - and I wondered what you picked up so glad you got some good stuff -Mod Lang is a great shop- cleaned all mine today and that Buzzcocks for a fiver is a beauty ! Sounds immense - thanks for the mentions - I’ll do my finds video too- glad you enjoyed Will sort the next expedition out ❤🎉🎉

Cool stuff. The UK always did more cool stuff with singles than the US. I have about 1400 singles now after a purge three years ago, and I still play them. My UK imports are some of my best ones when it comes to packages. The US never did much with EPs either. Always thought that was a missed opportunity. Good video.

Hey David. Great video. Love the 45's. Marc Almond, Lene Lovich, Lone Justice! I was lucky enough to see Glen Hansard twice, once as The Swell Season, and a second time he was solo with a ton of special guests, and he was fantastic both times. Fantastic record store finds. Cheers.

I've been riding my Creo SL for 2 years and at 57 I love it. I don't have knee pain and can ride back-to-back to back days.

I find it extremely odd that you ripped apart "Calling All Stations" and had nothing good to say about it, but had it higher than ABACAB, MAMA AND Invisible Touch?? How is that even possible? Throw it in the garbage! I would have to give a slight edge to Trick over Wind & Wuthering, just because of all of the pressure coming off of Pete leaving. The dynamics of Phil stepping up to the mic and carrying that album vocally, really set the tone for that period. No complaints with the Top 5 as those can be very interchangeable, based on taste (Selling England here...) If you want a new experience with The Lamb, read the insert story first, THEN read the lyrics while playing the album. It's almost like you become Rael by the time it finishes

Genius = Van Morrison

Stranglers - La Folie ???

I could listen to people talk about past events all day especially when it comes back to the music that shaped who you are 👍

Nice description of the shows. Thanks for this but let's not forget that in case of Springsteen the description is only realistic if you spent several hunderts for the ticket. It was way less joy for those who couldn't affort the most expensive category.

You are a charismatic guy. Great list and a better story. I wish you well buddy. 😊

Fair Warning... Full Stop!

Hi David! That sounds like a terrible bike crash. Patty had a nasty one too during her triathlon days in the 90s involving a dog. Hopefully you two can talk cycling next July. Your mentor sounds like a great one. I have one too, and it’s really everything that leads us to where we are. My first year at university in the dorm was like a contest to see who could party louder. Very cool you still have some of your original equipment. I’m the same buying second hand gear/kit. Motley Crue! Let’s party! Who else was on that triple bill that you saw? Essential Van Halen LP. Unchained is a wicked track. ABBA was not a surprise here. I listened to that UB40 album tonight! I love it! University days for that one. Agreed on “One in Ten”..I love all the Police records. Agree with you on “Demolition Man”…”October” is so good. As you said, no grandiosity there. I have a few King Crimson albums including that one. I was really into Peter Gabriel at that time and the Tony Levin connection led me to those 80s King Crimson releases. Those early Simple Minds albums look mint. I have a very perfect original 12” Love Song I picked up at the time. Agreed on Phil Collins. Very cool B52s collection. I have a copy of “Dare”…love it. Of its time though as you said.

Hi David Atkinson.I Really like this channel,great music room as well.

Another great video and I understand know the importance of doing this series - hopefully your health will stay good for many years to come 🎉

Love the story of your first hi-fi. We've all been there David. Great video as always.

Rather than picking 20 from each year, I took the view that I'd share the list of albums that are keeping for a position in my all-time top 500. This way, we can both see which are the great years, which are mediocre and which were dreadful. And 1981 was pretty awful from my perspective, as I'm only going to list six albums: 1 Maze - Live In New Orleans 2 The Sound - From the Lion's Mouth 3 Robyn Hitchcock - Black Snake Diamond Role 4 Electric Light Orchestra - Time 5 Bobby Womack - The Poet 6 King Crimson - Discipline We've only got one in common of the albums that I think are worth recommending. I have Face Value, but I only bought it a year or two ago. I probably need to give it more attention. I also have East Side Story, Dare, October (I liked back in 1981) and Heaven Up Here (which I bought back in 1981 based on critical reviews and didn't like). Probably my two favourite groups are The Who and Genesis and it's sad to see what they'd become by 1981, with Abacab and Face Dances amongst their worst albums. 1982 is quite a lot better for me.