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I’m Mike from Portsmouth, England (mike_grogan@btinternet.com). I have a life long passion for music resulting in an ever growing collection of Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, memorabilia etc. Also collection of Guitars. I perform in a Kinks tribute band and a grungy folk outfit. Musical tastes are eclectic but include The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Elvis Costello, Comsat Angels, The Sound, Killing Joke……..The Bunnymen….oh and Zeppelin…and The Who, not forgetting The Police…..oh yes and the Pistols! …….and many more…….oh and don’t forget Noddy and the boys!…..and many more…..Basically just love music!! 😃……I really shouldn’t have started this list because I also really like Polly Harvey, Gang of 4, Joy Division, Stranglers, The Damned, The Ruts, Red House Painters, Peter Gabriel and others………………and breathe 🧘♀️ oh and of course Black Sabbath!
Vinyl Pick Ups JULY, 2024 incls. Siouxsie, Magazine, Bauhaus, Dirty Three, The Saints, Ruts DC etc.
Channels mentioned in this video;
@benrankins4446
@LloydBoonworldofmusic2
@AttackFromDownunda
@downundertuneage3875
@playvinylinthemilkynight1879
@benrankins4446
@LloydBoonworldofmusic2
@AttackFromDownunda
@downundertuneage3875
@playvinylinthemilkynight1879
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Unboxing The Police Synchronicity Super Deluxe Vinyl, CD and Picture Disc #vc #vinylcommunity
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Unboxing; 6 CD Super Deluxe Boxset 4 LP super Deluxe Boxset Picture Disc
Vinyl Contest Entry for Morten Aastad push to 650 Subs - @MortenAastad #vinylcommunity
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JACK - @vinylmartini3377 LLOYD - @LloydBoonworldofmusic2 GARY - @vikingbrace
Unboxing two Clash Vinyl Boxsets & David Bowie's Rock 'n' Roll Star Boxset. #vc #vinylcommunity
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3 Unboxing's; The Clash - 5 Album Vinyl Boxset from 2013 The Clash - Live Show from 1982 David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Star
Vinyl Pick Ups June, 2024 + meet & greet John Lydon. Cramps, Rush, Clash, Hole, Skynyrd etc. #vc
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Remember to check out Berwickshire Mike's new channel name; 'Midnight 2 Six' @berwickshiremike51
Lloyd Boon 1st Anniversary Vinyl Contest @LloydBoonworldofmusic2 #vc #vinylcommunity
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Please check out Lloyd's Contest; czcams.com/video/fMguEGmG2_s/video.htmlsi=9ptMIwjAuSucs_8P Loyd's Channel is; @LoydBoonworldofmusic2
Vinyl Pick Ups May, 2024 & VCLT from @mikevinylspiral - incls. Bowie, Penetration, Floyd, The Cramps
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Channels mentioned in the video; @mkgboston @mikevinylspiral @berwickshiremike51 @CookieMusic43
BLACK SABBATH Unboxing 'ANNO DOMINI' Super Deluxe Boxset 1989-95 #vc #vinylcommunity #blacksabbath
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My unboxing of Black Sabbath's 'Anno Domini' Super Deluxe Edition Boxset. Channel mentioned in video; Steve at @alltheworldsastage899
Vinyl Contest Entry 'Beer and Vinyl' Alex @beerandvinyl 500 Subs + VCLT from @berwickshiremike51
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Please Sub these two great channels!! @beerandvinyl @berwickshiremike51
Unboxing PETER GABRIEL i/o Boxset. #vc #vinylcommunity #petergabriel #i/o
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This is my unboxing of Peter Gabriel's fantastic new Boxset, 'i/o'.
Record Store Day 2024 - My 7 BRILLIANT Pick Ups!
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Two of the excellent channels I mentioned during my video; @Harrispilton22 @benrankins4446
Vinyl Pick Ups April, 2024 & VCLT from Lloyd Boon - incls. Clash, MC5, AC/DC, Creatures, Drahla etc.
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Many Thanks to Lloyd Boon for even more VCLT! @LloydBoonworldofmusic2 I mentioned Mike during the video; @berwickshiremike51
Vinyl & CD Pick Ups in March +. vclt. Incls. Ride, New York Dolls, Clash, XTC, Kim Gordon etc.
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The following vc'er's were mentioned during my video, please subscribe to their great channels! Lloyd Boon: world of music2 @LloydBoonworldofmusic2 Mike Vinyl Spiral @mikevinylspiral Richard Warwick @Vinyl-Heaven-And-Hell2023 Steve Carlson @stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147 Ben Rankins @benrankins4446
RSD 2024 - MY TOP 12 WANTS (in no particular order) #vc #rsd2024
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RSD 2024 - MY TOP 12 WANTS (in no particular order) #vc #rsd2024
Threefer - VCLT from 'Mike Vinyl Spiral', Unboxing Grail and Gary 'Physical Format R'n'R' challenge
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THREEFER!! 1. VCLT from @mikevinylspiral 2. Unboxing a Grail 3. Responding to a thread challenge from @vikingbrace 'Low Budget' written by Ray Davies (KINKS)
Vinyl Pick Ups Jan/ Feb 24 Pt 2 - AC/DC, PJ Harvey, Killing Joke, Smiths, The Beths, Breeders etc.
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Vinyl Pick Ups Jan/ Feb 24 Pt 2 - AC/DC, PJ Harvey, Killing Joke, Smiths, The Beths, Breeders etc.
Vinyl & CD Pick Ups Jan/ Feb 24 Pt 1 - Clash, The Who, Lush, Kim Gordon, XTC, Ruts, Sex Pistols etc
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Vinyl & CD Pick Ups Jan/ Feb 24 Pt 1 - Clash, The Who, Lush, Kim Gordon, XTC, Ruts, Sex Pistols etc
Vinyl Martini. My entry into Jack's contest, he is celebrating 2 years in the VC and pushing to 600.
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Vinyl Martini. My entry into Jack's contest, he is celebrating 2 years in the VC and pushing to 600.
Ben Rankins 2 Year Anniversary 2 Minute, 2 Record, 2 Word Title Thread. @benrankins4446 #vc
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Ben Rankins 2 Year Anniversary 2 Minute, 2 Record, 2 Word Title Thread. @benrankins4446 #vc
VCLT from BEN RANKINS @benrankins4446 & BERWICKSHIRE MIKE @berwickshiremike51 Albums, Singles & CD
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VCLT from BEN RANKINS @benrankins4446 & BERWICKSHIRE MIKE @berwickshiremike51 Albums, Singles & CD
Vinyl Tag 2024 My Response to Rob Walker's Tag #vinyltag2024
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Vinyl Tag 2024 My Response to Rob Walker's Tag #vinyltag2024
My Top 10 New Albums from 2023. Plus a disappointment & some nearly made its #vc #bestof2023 #top10
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My Top 10 New Albums from 2023. Plus a disappointment & some nearly made its #vc #bestof2023 #top10
Unboxing Black Sabbath's 'HAND OF DOOM' Vinyl Boxset. #vc #vinylcommunity #blacksabbath #handofdoom
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Unboxing Black Sabbath's 'HAND OF DOOM' Vinyl Boxset. #vc #vinylcommunity #blacksabbath #handofdoom
New Vinyl Releases - Peter Gabriel and Nick Cave, new albums released Friday 1st Dec + Needle Drops
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New Vinyl Releases - Peter Gabriel and Nick Cave, new albums released Friday 1st Dec Needle Drops
Ben Rankins Thread 5 x 10 Best Records Of The Last 5 Years @benrankins4446 #vc
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Ben Rankins Thread 5 x 10 Best Records Of The Last 5 Years @benrankins4446 #vc
RSD Black Friday My Pick Ups + Needle Drop + Boxset (unusual one for me) #vinylcommunity #vc #rsd
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RSD Black Friday My Pick Ups Needle Drop Boxset (unusual one for me) #vinylcommunity #vc #rsd
Contest for Lloyd Boon: world of music2. Contest to reach 100 Subs. NEEDLE DROPS and other such fun!
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Contest for Lloyd Boon: world of music2. Contest to reach 100 Subs. NEEDLE DROPS and other such fun!
#vinylcommunity VCLT from Steve at 'All The World's A Stage' The Rolling Stones, Clash, John Lydon
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#vinylcommunity VCLT from Steve at 'All The World's A Stage' The Rolling Stones, Clash, John Lydon
VC Thread 'Twofer' Rob Walker's '10 Illustrated Covers' & Mike Vinyl Spiral '5 Artists you now like'
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VC Thread 'Twofer' Rob Walker's '10 Illustrated Covers' & Mike Vinyl Spiral '5 Artists you now like'
Hi Mike they also did that different sequencing thing with the reissue picture disc of Ghost In The Machine lp
I believe legend has it that not only was Bela Lugosi's Dead recorded during Bauhaus's first visit to a recording studio, but it was recorded in one take
@@steveclark9426 wow, didn’t know that Steve, thanks for the info. I love studio stories, anecdotes etc. Mike
An excellent month for you Mike. Magazine, Saints for the wins, but everything else was intriguing. Cheers mate.
great stuff Mike👍🏼concur it would have been great to get all the cover variants. has that same mystique quality of in through the out door.
That would have been a nice touch to see all the variants. Although it may then of led me down a dark expensive path of trying to collect them all!! 😂😂 Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman precisely🤣
First heard Half Man.... on the John Peel show many moons ago along with another brilliantly named band called Death By Milkfloat 😲 Thankgod for John Peel championing bands like these otherwise they'd of been lost forever. I've been sat on the fence for a while now with regards to Ruts DC,i just don't know wether to dip my toe and buy something 🤔🤔🤔
Hi Nick, John Peel was so important wasn’t he, he gave so many bands their first break. A great champion of bands the big labels at the time wouldn’t have touched. I don’t remember Death By Milkfloat, what a great name, I feel I’ve missed out. To be honest, The Ruts were much better than Ruts DC, Malcolm Owen just couldn’t be replaced. Those first two Ruts albums were the essentials imho ‘The Crack’ and ‘Grin and Bear It’. Have you got those? Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman I've got Grin and bear it and Babylons Burning on 7" single. The latter being a must have punk tune 👍👍👍
Great review. It would have been great to see the original handwritten lyrics along with those from nearly ten year’s earlier to show the genesis and evolution of Oh My God which was adapted by the police from the original version written and recorded by Last Exit. There’s a real irony that Sting was looking for creative control expecting all of his songs to be used whilst at the same time he was still reliant on having to use material nearly ten years old written for a different band. Had Sting’s wish to be the exclusive song writer been secured we would never have had two of the most beautiful police songs ever recorded: Darkness and Omegaman from Ghost in the Machine.
Thanks for some really interesting comments. Very late last you had me pulling out and playing Ghost in the Machine, and I played Darkness and Omegaman several times each! You are absolutely right they are fantastic songs, in many respects hidden treasures. I love boxsets because I love seeing the development of songs from their demo state. Great comments, thank you! Mike
Nice finds again Mike 🎉
Thanks Gav! Defo a good month! Mike
Doyen, loved hearing the Clash stories. Don't think I'll be putting in a bid for that graffiti banner anytime soon. That Magazine album looks great. I have the first 3 studio LP's. I'm the same Doyen. I'm very reluctant to pick up stuff with dodgey covers or boots or non official stuff. The Saints moved very fast in a short amount of time. Ed's solo and Laughing Clowns stuff is really interesting, challenging & great. A great D3 to add to start your collection. Also Cat Power contributes to a few tracks on Cinder. If you get the chance see them live. One of the great live bands. Fun fact they recorded the new album at Headgap studios which is where my band recorded last year. We just got the masters back & sounding good! Half Man Half Biscuit...man I haven't heard them in a long time. Dead Can Dance. More great Aus stuff. Brian will be happy with your Bauhaus 12". I found the Belalugosi 12" years ago. It's such a brilliant track. I have some Love & Rockets, but don't know Tones. A very good month indeed Doyen & thanks for the shout out mate 👍Cheers...The Bish
Hiya Sir Benster, Bish of Melbournia, 🥁 I had a cracking month and I also picked up a few rare Clash bootlegs. The Magazine comp is fab, can’t stop playing that one. I’m loving the Dirty Three and Dead Can Dance, I can see my collection of those really growing. When will your PBA II new offering be ready for public consumption?? Bela Lugosi such an iconic goth classic, wonderful. Has your travelling wanderlust has been satisfied for a while? 😁 D🎸
Another superb month Mike. Nice looking Magazine comp. Dirty 3 looks interesting too. Dead Can Dance Mmmmn.
Hi Mike, I’m loving the Magazine comp and playing it lots. Dirty Three is excellent. Is the DCD an interesting Mmmmmm, or a they’re pants Mmmmmmm?? 😂 Mike
@@pc31thevinylpolicemanvery much a good ooh!
@berwickshiremike51 I’ve only got two of theirs at present, but I think that’s going to grow this year.
Some wonderful records amongst that haul.
Thank you Lord L, yes a great month for excellent pick ups. Mike
Hey Mike! If you get anything Clash related, I know it has been a good month for you. I loved the TV version of 'The Peep Show' with David Mitchell, but the band are foreign to me. Tones On Tail, that sounds like another made up band name from Ben. Cheers!
They're all real! 🤷♂
…..and I got some great Clash bootlegs Steve, so super excellent month 😁🎸 Peepshow was a good TV show, but I showed the Siouxsie and the Banshees album called Peepshow. I think the Bishop of Downunder will be after your Downunders if you say he makes things up 😂 he can be vicious with those drumsticks you know 🥁 😂
You had a great month, with all this as well as some box sets! I'm still on the lookout for some Magazine albums. I've been watching for a few of the early albums, but I'll look for that comp as well. That Futura/Clash 12" is completely new to me. It's the British Columbia Day holiday weekend here, so happy BC Day! This is to celebrate August 2, 1858, when some guys in London (England) sat down and created the Colony of British Columbia.
Hi K, the Magazine comp, I think, is pretty rare, I certainly hadn’t seen it before. But must say it’s great and definitely worth pursuing. I’ve been playing it through the day. I forgot to say that on the Radio Clash 1981 tour The Clash also got Futura 2000 to design the tour poster. So he was certainly very busy with The Clash in 1981. Thanks for the info about BC Day, I didn’t know any of that and I love history. So yes, Happy BC Day to you to! 😁 Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman Magazine records have been a no-show here so far, but I'll keep looking. As of this week BC is the undisputed world power in the hammer throw. A guy from a town an hour and half north of me won the Olympic gold a few days ago, and today a woman from just outside Vancouver won the women's event.
GDay WannaBe Steve, so any group with a name, Half Man, Half Biscuit must be pretty darn good. Dirty Three sounds interesting, something I need to stream. Is the Dead Can Dance a new reissue or is that an OG that you found. Another busy month of music. I do love Bela Lugosi is Dead! Now I need to go buy some music to keep up with the Mike crowd. Wanna Be Mike
Hi Wannabe Mike, HMHB are very very English in their humour. Have you ever seen any of the British Comedy films from mainly the 60’s the ‘Carry On…. ‘ films? If you have they are that humour set to punk music! Dirty Three, excellent. Instrumental, ambient, edgy. Very clever. DCD is an og. What a great duo. I seeking many more of their records. Bela….oh yes! Goth classic! Have a great week Steve! Wanabe Steve
Love peepshow - my 2nd fav behind Ju Ju
Hi John, Juju is my favourite as well, and Peepshow is growing on me all the time. Mike
Dirty three are phenomenal live- don’t miss them!
I would absolutely love to see them! Warren in particular is a big favourite of mine. Here’s hoping! 🤞 Mike
Nice finds Mike and a few that I'll be checking out ...Magazine, Saints, Dead Can Dance and Tones on Tail...cheers Dale
Hi Dale, yes, all good. Magazine are a long time favourite of mine and this comp is excellent and currently spinning in front of me 😁 Dead Can Dance I think you’d really like…..total class. Beautiful ambient, world music that they are calling neo-classical dark wave and I think that fits nicely. Mike
Hiya, some great finds,well done 😊
Hi Dave hope you and Suzy are all good. Yes, some excellent pick ups this month. Mike
Excellent that. Interesting about the grafiti artist and the Clash. I «only» have Siouxie on CD and Peepshow is my favorite 😎
Hi Morten, typical of The Clash to do something arty on tour. They invited him to spraypaint and sing on their Radio Clash tour and I forgot to say he also designed the tour poster. Juju is my favourite Siouxsie but Peepshow is coming up fast. Mike
I have never heard of that Futura 2000 12" or that Magazine comp before. The Magazine LP looks amazing! Peepshow is a really great record. Nice to see Dead Can Dance & Bauhaus & Tones on Tail, too. Bela is such an iconic track. Top shelf finds in this one ☝
I forgot to say Brian that after The Clash meeting Futura 2000 at a Bonds Casino gig in May ‘81, The Clash not only got him to spray the backdrop live but also sing the 12” song and he designed their tour poster for that ‘Radio Clash’ tour! I’m playing the Magazine comp now, it’s absolutely brilliant, they were such a great post punk band. I remembering hearing you talk about Bela recently, superb classic goth track. I’m really getting into Dead Can Dance, very classy. Mike
Happy you picked up some Saints for your collection. I'm on the hunt for their second album I think its been re-issued as well as the one you showed Mike. Some nice spins there mate.
Hi Keith, yes Eternally Yours has definitely been reissued on music for vinyl 180g on coloured vinyl. Hope you track one down. Mike
Hi Mike, a great selection there. The Futura 2000 12 inch looks interesting. The Bela 12 is great, if got my eyes peeled for the Bela sessions. Andy
Hi Andy, The whole Futura 2000 Clash connection is fascinating, and I forgot to say that he also designed the poster for the Radio Clash tour. So they obviously loved his work. Bela what a classic iconic goth track, maybe the best goth track ever?! Mike
I think that eventually you are going to have everything Clash related in your collection. That is the only Siouxsie album I have in Hyaena but I am always on the lookout. I really love everything I have by The Saints but everything is on CD. I don't think that I have ever seen any of their albums while record shopping. Cheers.
I’m the same Randy, I pick everything I see from Siouxsie. Juju is my favourite album. I only have 2 Saints, I cd and 1 vinyl. But apparently a lot of the early stuff has now been re-issued on music for vinyl, so hoping to see more of their stuff available now. I certainly going through a bumper Clash time but they are my favourites. Mike
Every time i hear or see the name Half Man Half Biscuit , it always brings a smile to my face. Has to be my favourite name for a band ever.
I’m with you, always brings a smile to my face too! 😂 I’m still searching for the grail that is the EP ‘The Trumpton Riots’ Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman very apt!
Hey Mike, really nice additions- Siouxsie, Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus and Tones on Tail- love it! Thanks for the shout-out too! Cheers!
Hi Mike, I hope you and Courtney are doing well? Yes, lots in this video for your taste. I am getting further and further into the beautiful Dead Can Dance. Stunning music. What would you consider their best three albums in order?? Thanks. Mike
Every one of those albums was right up my street. I've not seen that Magazine comp before. I must track a copy down.
Yes Mike, I can see they’d all be in your wheelhouse, as our US friends would say 😂 I’m playing the Magazine comp as I’m writing this. It’s fantastic, I just love Magazine. Mike
Nice Siouxsie scores! Her stuff doesn’t seem to turn up in my part of the world.
Hi Michael, funnily enough Siouxsie’s early albums are easy to find in the UK, but her later ones more difficult. My favourite is Juju, but my newly acquired Peepshow is certainly a grower. Thanks Michael. Mike
Hello Sir Mike! Another fantastic unboxing from the king of the vinyl boxsets. This looks amazing. While this is my least favorite Police album, I still love it. It’s The Police for God’s sake. I think I’ll probably get the two cd or vinyl set mostly because I want those live recordings. Well done as always!!
Thanks King Gary, as you say ‘it’s The Police’ what’s not to like. It’s not my favourite either, but they are superb quality boxsets. The two coloured vinyl option looks great but check how many live tracks there are on those because I don’t know, same with the two cd’s. Live tracks do tend to be mixed in with various studio takes. Thanks Gary! Mike
Hi Mike. I personally think the first three Police albums are brilliant, the other two, not so much. I'd have to say that Reggatta De Blanc is my favorite one. I do love Outlandos De Amour too. Who doesn't love Be My Girl-Sally? I got to see them before they became huge on the Zenyatta Mondatta tour. I'm pretty sure that Ben Rankins is a closet Police fan. He's just jealous of Sting's haircut. Keep up the good work Mike. All the best............
I think you’re right! That Ben Rankins chap tries to throw us off the scent all the time. I think he is also a closet Reg Dwight fan as well. If Elton played a Lute, @benrankins would be in seventh heaven! Brilliant you saw them early, must have been great. Mike
Great entry, Morten is new to me, but will of course support a VC chap. Nice to pick Iggy, great artist and nice album from 71. Cheers
Invisible Sun was a single
Hi Jerry, yes it was a single but from ‘Ghost in the Machine’. But a brilliant track nonetheless. Thanks. Mike
I think I'm the only one that gets why sting loved mother..great album with no filler..infact I don't think there's any filler on the police albums..Zanyatta mondatta is my favourite..great unboxing
Many thanks Colin, that’s kind of you. Why did Sting like Mother?? Maybe because it made all his tracks seem perfect? 😂😂 But seriously, do you know why?? Mike
@pc31thevinylpoliceman I don't mate but honestly I like it..the music has an eastern feel to it..Will subscribe to your channel 👍👍
@@Colinsdroneadventures1968thanks Colin. Mike
Ha ha, ehr… sorry? They did worse in Sweden 😄 Guess what artists kept them from the top spot (btw they were number 4 until august 22nd when they reached number 3): Bobbie Tyler, David Bowie, Agnetha Fältskog and the week they reached number 3? 2: Mike Oldfield • Crises 1: Flashdance (Soundtrack). So now you know 😊 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
😂😂 Flashdance!?! wow…..lots of great info there Morten. So you admit that you didn’t buy it when it came out, when you were 12 years old 😂😂 I can understand Bowie and the lovely Agnetha keeping them off top spot. Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman Mike Oldfield was also very popular, not least because of his relationship with Norwegian artist Anita Hegerland. At 12 I think I was still a member of the record of the month club? So blame them! They did send me Ghost in the machine, so I actually had one of their albums. But I don’t think records from those clubs counted towards sales anyhow.
The Doyen in his element! As a drummer I wish gated drums were not invented. This box is certainly fancier than the cassette version I bought at the time. I might be on an island but I love "Well the telephone is ringing, Is that my mother on the phone?" You sure there's no lutes buried deep in the mix of an outtake that didn't make it on the album which also sowed the seeds of the Police's demise. Cheers...The Bish 🥁
Boxsets……lovely stuff. Did you enjoy my tech bluff about drumming production techniques, did I sound as if I knew what I was talking about Bish?🥁😂😂 Yes, last decent album before we descent into several layers of satanic Lute Hell 😂😂 D🎸
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman It was like Hugh Padgham took over your channel for a moment Doyen 😂
No lutes! Oh well. I always wished they had added Murder By Numbers to the original LP and eliminated Mother. My friend bought the cassette when it came out and I bought the album and I was left feeling shortchanged with the lack of Murder By Numbers. Interesting box. I probably will pass on it, even though I love the record. Well, I suppose it depends on the price. Very professional unboxing, again!
The cassette in Australia had Murder By Numbers as well HP. Mother's awesome!
Thanks Brian for kind words. I totally agree with you, Murder for Mother would have made this a really great album without a weak track. The price I’ve noticed is already dropping in UK, but there is a lot of repetition of songs, although variants, so not for everybody. Mike
You are the king of the boxset unboxings. I always enjoy the detailed information about what each set contains and differences of other versions. Synchronicity may be my favorite Police record.
Many Thanks Randy. Glad you liked the run through. I was a bit afraid I’d made this one a bit long, but with two boxsets I couldn’t help it. Synchronicity is certainly a classic album. Mike
wow, that is some comprehensive documentation of the album and the recording process. Such detail! I think a good idea (too late now) would have been for them to include a poster of the 36 original album cover variations. I recently got a picture disc of Grateful Dead's "From the Mars Hotel" and the sound is much like what you described - it actually sounds great, but between songs you can hear a low roar. Truth Hits Everybody! lol That's always been one of my favorite quotations. Thanks for showing the boxes!
A poster with all the 36 variants would have been a fantastic idea Randy. It’s makes you wonder why the record labels don’t come up with more innovative ideas. That really is a good idea Randy. Yes, the low rumble on picture discs is such a shame, and you would think technically they would have improved that more by now. Glad you liked the run through Randy. Mike
I'm going to stick with my one copy of the original album, but thanks for showing all the possibilities again! It does inspire me to listen to this album - I haven't played it for a long while. I agree that Mother is the standout (not in a good way) track on Synchronicity. It's terrible but it had great entertainment value in one way: for a few years after the album came out it was common to hear a phone ringing and immediately someone would scream "The telephone is ringing!! Is that my mother on the phone??!" Great fun! You've probably read Andy Summers' book One Train Later, but if you haven't I recommend it. Thanks!
I think it’s a good call K to stick with original. These boxsets are superb, but unless it’s one of your favourites you can be overwhelmed with multiple takes of the same song. I’m definitely a saddo who likes this sort of thing, but you need to be selective. Mother…..shocking track that brings the album down imho. I haven’t read Andy’s book but I will now, thanks for the heads up. Mike
Wow, I’m hoping they come out with all 39 variations in the box set for those who really like to collect. A picture disc was kind of an odd item. You must have a separate house for all your box sets wanna be Steve
😂😂 I like to call it my Boxset Warehouse……or Boxset Heaven 😂😂 I’m applying for a bank loan just in case they reissue all of the variants 😂😂 You know you love a boxset wannabe Mike! Wannabe Steve
Hi Mike. Synchronicity is my favorite Police record. I knew there were color variations but not 36. Picture discs I love just for the look. I love the title track I think the best. (Synchronicity and not Synchronicity 2) I agree not a fan of mother. This looks like a great box with the unreleased tracks book and photos. Great video!
Thanks a lot Shawn, most kind. Great album, and the quality of the boxsets is superb. Mother is the only weakness I agree. It would be brutal on the pocket to chase down all those variants though 😁 Mike
The Police get a lot of stick. Especially in punk circles, but their first singles were as punk as you could be at that time. I think it was snobbery because they could play. Despite Stings short comings l like them and him. Great bunch of Police box sets and pic disc. Interesting that they just bothered George Martin like that.
I completely agree with everything you said Mike. I love Outlandos and consider it a great punk album. I think you’re right about the snobbery. I’m up and down on Sting’s solo stuff. I think he goes from brilliant to self indulgent jazzy nonsense. But very clever as were the Police. Mike
Hi Mike, great looking box set mate. i dont think i will bother with it though, a great album but im not sure i really need it. - Lloyd
Hi Lloyd, to be honest I think you need to really love it to justify buying the boxset. There are multiple takes of the same songs, so you really need to love these songs to justify. Good call. Btw, unless I’m going mad, I haven’t got my winnings from your last contest. Can you check for me please. Thanks Lloyd. Mike
Very nice Mike, I love watching a master at his craft! I have not gotten around to it yet, but do you take some of the prints from the box sets and frame them for hanging? Cheers!
Thanks a lot Steve you are most kind, and I hope you’re feeling better. No I tend to leave everything in the boxset, but sad but true. The only time recently where something has been taken out of a box is the Neutral Milk Hotel boxset. My wife loves some of that artwork and wanted to frame it, I resisted it for a while, but lost the battle! Mike
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@alltheworldsastage899 she never misses! 😂😂
Well well Mike , I too was that Police gig in Brighton (lived at Saltdean at the time) Sting swinging on a large trapeze.Excellent gig
Amazing you were at same gig Charlie! Those were the days and just before Christmas! Mike
Wooparooooo hey hey Mike mm mm glad I happened to be here at this moment, this time, this hour...and aaa waaaa?? Ok I’ll stop watching and I already know I’m gonna dig this unboxing you are THE best at it .... cheers brother✊🏻👋🏻🎶🎶🎸🎶🎶🙏🏻✨😎🌈
Thank you Lis, you are most kind my friend! This unboxing was a little longer than I wanted, but there was a lot to show and tell. Mike 🎸
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman didn’t notice the time at all....at all 🙏🏻✨
Morten is a champ. Nice get with the Iggster. Master Of Reality might be my fav. I didn't get 10 year war because I already had the BS Vinyl Collection 1970-1978, the individual album box sets of Paranoid, Vol 4, Sabotage & Technical Ecstasy as well as a CD box set & the individual CD's. And I thought I'd got caught up in collecting lunacy! You Doyen are the King of the Sabs! Cheers...Bish 🥁\
Hi Sir Bish 🥁 that’s also a hefty Sabb collection. Sabotage is my fav, but Master is a downtuned monster of a record…..lovely stuff! I’m just about to post more boxset lunacy……and there’s not a lute in sight?? D🎸
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman Other days it’s Vol. 4. Sabotage is one I think I take for granted because whenever I hear it I’m blown away & for some reason surprised at how great it is. Do you have albums like that? When you kinda think yeah of course it’s good, but when you put it on it’s actually even better than you regard it in your head. I’m not sure if that will make sense. Strangely I have a soft spot for Technical Ecstasy too.
Very impressive boxsets Mike! Do you order these online?
So……. the big question Mike……have you recovered from that weekend with all those vc reprobates! 😂😂 it looked like a fantastic time. The Bowie and Official Clash were online. But the Clash bootleg was word of mouth through the Clash fraternity. Mike
My best show ever.. David Bowie Nov. 1972 Celebrity Theatre Phoenix, Az. Ziggy Tour !!! 🤘
Ahhhhhhh………the stuff that dreams are made of JT. Ohhh for a Time Machine. Mike
I was so young, with very long hair, we had traveled from Las Vegas to Phoenix to see Bowie, and to hang out..
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OMG !!! Your Clash box sets are crazy good ! ☺The one I would be interested to get is Bowie's Rock n Roll Star box. I met Zowie back in '91.. Played pool with him ( he was dressed as a her ) and he chatted me up for a long while about his father and Paul McCartney.. Evidentially one of his best friends at the time.
I so wish I could have several beers with you JT and just chew the breeze about fantastic R’n’R memories. One day my friend we will sit down together and just talk and talk! Mike
I would like that, Mike. We should be coming over to England a year from this October..Jum has old colleagues from Swiss Air that live in the UK.
@@jtsrecordroom3963we’ll definitely meet up!
Good ! By next summer.. I'll let you know
Hi Mike, challenge accepted, video will be posted on weekend - Lloyd
That Gabriel boot, I also had it in the late 70s, side 4 opened up my ears to how fantastic Tony Levin was and is (I didn't have Berlin or Exposure yet). So I already had all four members on boots (Fripp on this one and KC Amsterdam 73, Bruford with Yes and Belew with Bowie and TH) when I saw Discipline in Amsterdam 15/5/1981, three days before they went into the studio to record the album. Now, THAT was a life changer.
Many thanks for your comments. I’ve seen Tony Levin several times, but all with Peter Gabriel. Such an innovative musical and great performer. Mike
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman I saw him once with PG in 82. (When I saw PG in 80, unfortunately he had John Giblin on bass.) But I saw TL with Crimson 7 times. Twice in 81, then 82, 95, 96, 2015, 2018. In Utrecht, 12-10-81 (two weeks after Discipline had been released), I was standing right in front of him at the edge of the stage. Still struggling to get my head around the Chapman Stick... RF has implied more than once TL is the best musician as musician ever to play in KC, and I tend to agree with him. You can drop Tony in any conceivable musical context and he will contribute something of value and never get in the way of others. Stunning musician.