TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 june 13

1 Astronauts : All Night Party
2 Autumn Leaves : You Didn't Say A Word
3 Daniel Johnston : Fish
4 Penny Candles : Taj Mahal
5 Nautical William : Love House
6 Estelle : American Boy
7 Jetset : Judy's Toy Box
8 Penny Candles : Making The Most (Of It All)
9 Thanes : Hey Girl (Look What You've Done)
10 Snowbirds : Love Will Come My Way
11 Strange Idols : She's Gonna Let You Down Again
12 Fragile Friends : The Novelty Wears Off
13 Hill Bandits : Nowhere Train
14 Der Plan : Gummi Twist
15 Excel : If It Rains
16 School : All I Wanna Do
17 Starlets : Give My Regards To Betty Ford
18 Youth Group : Sorry
19 Some Loves : Know You Now
20 Vampire Weekend : Mansard Roof

Green numbers indicate new entries.

Turntable Revolution Record Collection 8

WHAT I WON ON EBAY

Despite forgetting to log in to ebay as I press the bid button I still manage to win the Newpolitans single with two seconds to spare. Seems to be a good tactic, maybe I'll try it again if I can take the stress.

TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 june 6

1 Penny Candles : Taj Mahal
2 Autumn Leaves : You Didn't Say A Word
3 Astronauts : All Night Party
4 Snowbirds : Love Will Come My Way
5 Estelle : American Boy
6 Daniel Johnston : Fish
7 Strange Idols : She's Gonna Let You Down Again
8 Penny Candles : Making The Most (Of It All)
9 The School : All I Wanna Do
10 Excel : If It Rains
11 Starlets : Give My Regards To Betty Ford
12 Fragile Friends : The Novelty Wears Off
13 Jetset : Judy's Toy Box
14 Vampire Weekend : Mansard Roof
15 Nautical William : Love House
16 Youth Group : Sorry
17 Potting Sheds : Happy Again
18 Thanes : Hey Girl (Look What You've Done)
19 Vampire Weekend : A Punk
20 Der Plan : Gummi Twist

Green numbers indicate new entries.

Turntable Revolution Record Collection 7

WE PAY POUNDS - THE SEQUEL

Greeted with the acrid aroma of piss is not something one expects of Oxfam. One does expect a Julia Fordham artifact. Someone equipped with an unkind mind might suggest there could be a link between the two. Fordham's single was called "Where Does The Time Go?"A more apt title might be "Where Did My Career Go?" Fordham seemed to be forever popping up on breakfast TV or Pebble Mill back in the eighties and early nineties much to the bemusement of the hosts who clearly had very little idea who she was and often looked worriedly around for security. She looked as though she had been chiselled from an iceberg, gleaming white and radiating emotionlessness. She should have been a dinner party shoo in but back in those days Sade had that market cornered. Imagine it, the party is gently warming up, lively friendly chatter is being exchanged and then the hostess says "Darling, shall we put on that new Julia Fordham CD?" Guests cough, one or two keel over feigning illness, others make excuses and scurry for the nearest exit, then the boyfriend quickly pops in a Sade CD and the evening is rescued . As she sang before an audience of OAP's on Pebble Mill she probably wondered if any of them would live to see her guest on Wogan. Maybe she did and if she did why didn't she do an Ollie Reed or Grace Jones? A violent drunken outburst might have shunted her one top twenty single ( "Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways)" no19 in 1992 ) into, for her at least, the unknown, the top ten. That dizzying achievement was never hers. My twisted imagination pictures her starring in a Phoenix Nights special.

A more rewarding encounter in Cancer Research where I picked up LP's by the Who (Tommy) and the Liverpool Scene (Amazing Adventures Of) for £1 each. And a Jacques Brel LP was scooped up for a £1 in British Heart Foundation.

YOU PAY THOUSANDS, WE PAY POUNDS

As Wob would have it in his song extolling the merits of charity shop delving over traipsing around your local souless shopping arcade for some designer tat. Eschew your lazy ways, surrender your permanent place on the sofa and discover some real British talent, as opposed to the lukewarm losers ITV and BBC serve up on their "talent" shows, and go see Wob live. Buy a CD if you must, and for his sake I suggest you do, but do not deprive yourself of the pleasure of experiencing his energy and charm in his favoured habitat, the local pub. He can actually sing, he is often beset by strange urges to sing show tunes while tuning his guitar and it's almost like being in a West End theatre. His dexterity on the guitar is equally sublime. Last night in the Evening Star in Brighton he displayed his virtuosity on the ukelele and though I had a nasty attack of the Formby's (I was about to rush out and clean the nearest window) I forgave him.

And the charity shops. Brighton has been good to me of late. Fingers filthy and brow beaded with sweat as I raced against sunday shopping hours I uncovered a few glories. A Wild Poppies 12", a single by Robyn Hitchcock horrifically titled "Eaten By Her Own Dinner", 7"singles by Linda Smith, Kieran Halpin, Orange Cake Mix, Reverb and Aislers Set. And the fabulous find of the day, a 12" by Reflection AOB signed by the band. An ebay seller had it listed for £179 a few weeks ago, then when it didn't sell he relisted it for £199! Brazen idiocy, surely nobody will cough up that for it?

TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 may30

1 Snowbirds : Love Will Come My Way
2 The School : All I Wanna Do
3 Strange Idols : She's Gonna Let You Down Again
4 Penny Candles : Taj Mahal
5 Astronauts : All Night Party
6 Autumn Leaves : You Didn't Say A Word
7 Excel : If It Rains
8 Estelle : American Boy
9 Starlets : Give My Regards To Betty Ford
10 Penny Candles : Making The Most (Of It All)
11 Vampire Weekend : Mansard Roof
12 Potting Sheds : Happy Again
13 Vampire Weekend : A Punk
14 Youth Group : Sorry
15 Daniel Johnston : Fish
16 Youth Group : Catching And Killing
17 Wave Pictures : I Love You Like A Madman
18 Fragile Friends : The Novelty Wears Off
19 Inflatable Boy Clams: Skeletons
20 Jeremiahs : Wipe Away Your Tears

Green numbers indicate new entries.

Turntable Revolution Record Collection 6

Turntable Revolution Record Collection 5

Turntable Revolution Record Collection 4