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Hi James, I think I know which Hot Chocolate album you're referring to but even that one was a lot better than the Capability Brown cover. The daft thing about spending that much on a single album (even if it is a double) is that I wouldn't think twice at spending the same amount on say 10 albums none of which match the quality of that album - never mind the quality feel the width! I probably should be more selective even if it means spending a bit more... but I just want to try so many... sad 😥.

Änglagård have been favourites of mine for 20+ years but never seen a vinyl copy of one of their albums. So despite my initial guilt at having spent so much on a single (well double actually) album I'm sure in the end I won't regret it. I too have a penchant for deep vocals - loved Leon Redbone's music for a long time - there's something about the authenticity of the performances that really appeals. All the best... Pete

Cheers. I've never owned or even heard the 3rd album. I really would like all of their albums to get a vinyl reissue.

Thanks for watching Vladimir, and for the kind comments. I'm so pleased you found something to enjoy.

Thank you, love that description! Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thanks Dale, it's nice to know I'm not the only one that's going to be assigned to vinyl hell! Looking forward to seeing what you picked up.

Hi Richard. It's going to be interesting listening to Lunch - the track I needle dropped is the first one on the album, but it is meant to be the best. Collect the early VDGG first - up to World Record if you haven't already done so. The latter stuff is still very good, but like you I tend to go to the early albums first. Never see vinyl copies of Änglagård and Anekdoten at the fairs normally so it was really a no-brainer to get them even at the price of the Änglagård (the Anekdoten was great value after the 25% discount. I don't know why Änglagård have never reissued their albums! All the best... Pete

Hi John, do you mean Join Hands with the 4 military figures on the cover? Would never have occurred to me as I'm not a Siouxsie fan. Hinge and Brackett - love it 😂. The needle drop was the first track and it does sound good, but it's meant to be the best on the album. The first two Anekdoten albums are superb, but as this one is so highly rated I'm really looking forward to giving it a spin. Not heard A Time of Day so can't comment on that one, but I have read that they went for a different sound with that one, more in a Radiohead vein, which wouldn't bode well for me as I'm not a Radiohead fan. I have never, ever seen an Änglagård vinyl album before anywhere so I just had to have it. Like you I don't understand why they have never reissued their albums - if Anekdoten can do it so can they! Would also love to see the Morte Macabre album out on vinyl too. Take care... Pete

They are excellent! Thanks for watching.

You know I don't know why but it didn't click with me that it was a Chuck Jones illustration. I've just watched the cartoon - wonderful stuff, but I don't remember having seen it before. Looking forward to giving the Wild Turkey a spin. Stand By The Door seems to be the one that most people rate most highly from the Lunch album - have to see. I never see Gilgamesh albums out in the wild, so really pleased that they've been reissued - just need the archive album Arriving Twice to also get the vinyl reissue treatment too (though I doubt somehow that it'll happen) . Cheers... Pete

But you're a much stronger person than me Chris with greater will power. Remember I'm much older too and a decrease in willpower is another result of old age. Coming out of a record fair without buying anything would absolutely destroy me!!!

@ stay strong my friend 😂

Hi John, I think it's too late for me now - I'm doomed to vinyl hell! The later VDGG albums are very good, but to be perfectly honest not up to the early ones up to 1976 for me. The Gilgamesh is a must - so glad it's been reissued as you never see original copies around. Don't think I'll be doing another book video, I've really stepped away from Book Tube to a large degree - though I have for quite a while thought of doing a music book video on here. All the best... Pete

Hi John, you're definitely making a great start with your Schulze collection. From the early period you should definitely add Picture Music and the two Body Love albums. But, for me, you're missing one of his greatest albums in 'X' - possibly my favourite of his. Check out the first live double too. I really like Audentity too - it's a more avant-garde at times album which not everyone is keen on. In Blue and Kontinuum are worth checking out too. And you should definitely try the first two Wahnfried albums Time Actor and Tonwelle - superb albums. To be honest you can't really go wrong with 90% of the albums he did!

Post the mid 80's Tangerine Dream went down a more digital route using a lot of presets and the music became more mainstream and a lot less experimental - they even had a female sax player at one time. Though they did release so many albums in the 90s up to Froese's death that I've always thought that within there there is likely to be some decent music, it would just be a big job to seek it all out. However what I've heard (and bought) from the band post Edgar has definitely been a step back towards their earlier material and is quite good.

@@AntonMekanik-h2j I have heard Decameron - they were OK. Loudest Whisper I have heard of but not heard I don't think (unless I've heard something by them on a comp CD sometime).

@@AntonMekanik-h2j Now that's one I don't think I've heard of You're a mine of info! Thanks...Pete

​​@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939You are welcome! I just read it is very rare and one of the most expensive record...

Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed it.

@@crossingrubycon I absolutely agree about Tangerine Dream Andreas, I loved their music up to the mid 80s, but after that I didn't enjoy the music I heard. The post Froese material is however a return to form. Thanks for watching, very glad you enjoyed it. All the best... Pete

Hi Rob, Eclipse if you're being generous can be described as a homage to DSotM, but as a total rip-off if you were not being so generously inclined 🤣. I like it though I do much prefer the first 3 albums by him. Good luck with Tortilla Flat - hopefully you'll enjoy them. All the very best... Pete

Hi Richard, thanks for the recommendation to your guitar instructor! TD's Phaedra was my very first Krautrock album and is still my favourite electronic music album of all time. You can't go wrong with 70s TD, and in fact up to the mid 80s they were still putting out very good albums. Recent TD has seen a return to form. I love Kraut Jazz, to my mind some of the finest Jazz rock / fusion out there. If you like Wolf City then you'll like the Utopia album as it's jazzier. Take care... Pete

Thank you Joseph for watching and the kind comment.

Tangerine Dream were probably the very first krautrock band I ever heard / bought with Phaedra (also my first and still favourite electronic music album). Only got to see them live the once unfortunately - in 1981 in London. Original krautrock albums are difficult and expensive to find, so very glad when it found some popularity again and re-issues began to be released. Thanks for watching and for the kind comment.

Thank you Graham. I've not heard the Trilikon Cluster album - that one is on my wish list. I've only got / heard the two Triumvirat albums so far - Illusions is my favourite of the two, but Spartacus is pretty new to the collection so it's one that I need to live with a bit longer. Cheers... Pete

Hi Petri, glad you found some stuff in there that you liked. While the 2nd Tomorrow's Gift album is deemed to be their best, I'd love to find the first Tomorrow's Gift album (a double) sometime. The Tarot album is superb and a must have IMO. Cheers... Pete

@@michaelpdawson Translating the info on the back cover it states that it's from a woodcut by an artist called Richard von Hoerschelmann. I can't find out anything about him. There is an illustrator by the name of Rolf von Hoerschelmann but his style looks different. I got the album for free from a guy who turned out to be the person who released it - he had a copy that had been in his garage for decades. According to Discogs it goes for around £100 - so a true bargain!

@@AntonMekanik-h2j You are absolutely right I was trying to just restrict the choices to studio albums, but then I went and broke that rule in part 2 by selecting Alan Stivell's Live in Dublin. So therefore I should have included the Magma... sorry.

@@bobadams7034 Thank you sir, glad you enjoyed it.

Then you've got great taste 😁! Thanks fir watching.

Another of those classic cult bands which are impossible to find (and prohibitively expensive if you do find them). Has it ever been reissued? Never actually heard the album - will have to rectify that.

Need to order more shelving - welcome to my world Richard 🤣! All the best... Pete

Hi Richard, Godbluff is one of my favourite albums of all time! Wish You Were Here is great but I prefer Floyd from 68-72 - especially live. Cheers... Pete

Hi Rob, envious that you got to see both Bruce and Queen in the 70s. I've seen Bruce 3 time - once 2 nights in a row in Manchester, and the last time with the Sessions Band, and I've seen Queen twice - the last time at Maine Road stadium in 1986 supported by Status Quo. never got to see Led Zep, but I did see Page & Plant once , and Plant solo once. The artists I've seen most live of the ones I showed are Hawkwind and Richard Thompson both quite a lot of times (double figures). I only saw The Dead once (81) but have seen Bob Weir & ratdog 8 times I think (and Phil and Friends once). Of the rest... Steeleye 4 or 5, VDGG 3, Hillage 2, Dylan 2, Roy Harper 2, Neil Young 2, and TD, Gottsching, Hatfields, Zappa, Rainbow, Schulze, Floyd, Be Bop Deluxe, Tull, Ronnie Lane, PFM, Heldon, Purple and Stivell all once only.

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 Thise shows are definitely shows to be proud of Pete. You saw quite a few artists that I did not. But I would have loved to have seen them. Thank you for the detailed response~ Rob

@@Paneeks1960 I didn't start going to concerts until I went to University in late 76, so a lot of the bands I have seen I saw past their 'classic' period - and missed out on bands like Led Zep, Sabbath, King Crimson et al - but still very pleased with those I did see.

Happy new year to you too Mike. I have to admit I forgot about the Renaissance - it could very easily have been included in the prog 25. Ommadawn just missed the cut... but on another day? Wish You Were Here is in the Prog 25. Siren missed out too - I only like the early Roxy, and of them it would be my least favourite (not keen on the Avalon and later period). Face The Music - a good album, but again just missed out... 1975 was a pretty good year so quite a few albums had to be missed unfortunately 😥. You've got some good taste there with your top 5.

@ Forgot to mention those 2 top 25 videos look really professional - actually very impressive. Appreciated! Cheers Pete, take care.

@@mike_burke Thanks Mike, I was a bit disappointed with how some of the photos turned out. They looked OK when editing on my PC, but when watched back on a TV they came out very grainy. I try and find band photos from the appropriate year but with some groups it can be difficult to find good quality ones.

And deprive you of the chance to go and purchase these... I think not! 😁

Thank you very much Joseph!

@@alexbillington6813 Thanks for watching and commenting youngster! Hope the videos gave you some ideas for what to buy on the 26th. Hope you have a great birthday sir.

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 Thanks Pete I appreciate it, i hope you have a lot of success with the Lps that you would like to buy this year. I am looking to explore a German Prog group called Eloy this year.

@@alexbillington6813 Good choice with Eloy Alex. Their first album while good is more of a heavy rock album, after that they went down the more progressive space-rock direction. Personally I'd stop at the 1982 album Time To Turn - I found the stuff after that point were more mainstream heavy and far less interesting.

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 Thanks Pete, i have been listening to their late 1970s song Mighty Echoes which i think is a great track i will listen to Time to Turn album, thanks for the advice.

Absolutely John! Loved revisiting these albums, but what constantly surprises me is that after all these years you'd think we'd have discovered all the great music from the 60s and 70s but something new is always turning up!

Thank you for watching and the kind comment. I'm so glad you found some music to enjoy - that's the main point behind VC videos.

I'd frankly forgotten how much great 'prog' was released in 75! All that hair takes me back to the days when I last had some 🤣!

Thanks Chris - the 70s were definitely a golden period!

@@MrTeapotpixie Thank you they're both excellent groups - in fact Heldon's main guy Richard Pinhas also played with Lard Free. Love the handle and thumbnail!

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 Cheers Phil. Happy new year to you.

Hi Petri, Ritual were a lot better than I was expecting! The Miller Anderson has a really nice feel to it. I just had to sample 'On The Drums' from the Tony Levin album - great fun! If you like acid folk then you'd appreciate Fresh Maggots. The other band I mentioned was Fuchsia. I hope that seller is there again in February. Wishing you all the very best for 2025!

@@baggyhi-fi8628 I love the Foxx era too. The album sounds pretty good, though the first 2 tracks on side 2 are mono recordings which aren't quite as good. 5 of the tracks are from the first album, the other 4 I've not heard before. The reason it's a short set is that they were the support act for Eddie & The Hot Rods that night.

Original copies of the Dzyan albums... oh dear! Mine are all recent reissues. If that's the 2nd dumbest thing you've done I hate to ask what the first is 😂. I take it the one you didn't recognise is the Dennis album? A one-off project from Germany that produced an excellent album.

A. Don't ask! B. Yes, the Dennis.

And very best wishes for 2025 to you too Rob - may it bring you nothing but good. The Magma live CD box set is the one to get Rob. Incredible stuff! Inedits is musically superb, but unfortunately the sound quality is not the best, but being a bootleg fan (like myself) that shouldn't bother you. The gary Burton I think is one that'll grow on me - it was just expectations that lessened the impact initially for me. Take care... Pete

Rory it seems only plays on one track on the album, but still it's a decent album. The music and playing on the Magma album is excellent, it's just the sound quality that lets it down a tad. Kitaro is pleasant enough if you like new age style music. All the best.. Pete

Those early ZZ Top albums are worth getting if you like Southern / Texan blues rock.

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 I've got a few. Just looking at their catalogue and I can say that I have: Tres Hombres, Fandango!, Degüello and El Loco on vinyl. It all changed with Eliminator in 1983 didn't it. They became ''Radio Rock' and found the formula that would keep them wealthy a long time. Haven't head their latest music. I wonder if it reverts back to what they did before.

@@johnbellamy3406 You've got the best of their catalogue John - just need to add the first two ('ZZ Top's First Album' and 'Rio Grande Mud). I've only got Tres Hombres, Tejas and Eliminator though I have the rest on CD. I'm not au fait with their later material so I don't know if they returned to their roots or not.

Would love to find a copy of Colours Of Chloe as I know that is his most famous work. You can't have too much Richard Thompson!

@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 I have not had success finding Colours of Chloe priced at a reasonable level. I wish ECM would do a reprint, even if just on CD.

Hi John, never heard of Kham Meslien - will have to check him out.

@@soundsfromthewestcoast9939 I showed his record in last years Vinyl Tag, with a needle drop abut six minutes in.