OMD A group I loved in the early 90s somehow stumbling into them via their well known Sugar Tax CD. I never got past Sugar Tax at the time but became familiar with their other well known tracks. I managed to see them live for free at the G-MEX in Manchester in December 1993 during their Liberator Tour, with a warm up act....Gary Numan! I was lucky enough to do some work for a guy that was connected with the live music venues so I was given a a "Lucky Dip" ticket to the show. I still have the concert ticket somewhere...... With the renewed interest in Vinyl I thought I would add a well reviewed OMD classic, Architecture and Morality to the listening room. It is a 2018 remaster of the original release of 1981. Cut at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. It contains two songs that have hair on my neck stand on end. Side B with the subject being Joan of Arc. In itself Joan of Arc was quite remarkable. Hard to think that at the age of 19 I was at music concerts whil
Following on from the Vinyl theme. Finally after 28 years I can put some "records" on again. Vinyl is a tactile medium with ambience, stories and quite a few sentiments attached, at least to my meagre collection. It took a while before I could narrow down what to put on first. It was always going to be the Boss.... finally settling on the Rising. A seminal album reflective of the horror of 911 and a hopeful chance of realisation and change.