Bark Psychosis' Hex, Lowell George’s Thanks I’ll Eat It Here, and Ali Farka Toure’s Talking Timbuktu.
Look - I’ve been away.
I’ve been away buying CD’s…
But that’s not the point.
One of the pleasures of returning home is finding the stash of CD’s that the local Postie has left for me.
I’ve been after Hex for a year or so now. Prices between £15 - £20 are not unknown.
I managed to pick this up for £8 - a fiver or so above my usual personal threshold.
It’s bloody good though. Dark, early 90’s proto post-rock. That makes it sound a lot more pretentious than it actually is.
At the other end of the scale we have Lowell George.
Erm, I’ve not actually heard this. But Robert Elms always bangs on about how bloody good it is. He’s yet to let me down.
And finally Ali Farka Toure. This was a recent album from the 1,001 Albums list. It’s an uplifting record that gets even my downbeat feet dancing.
What can I trouble the postie with next?
