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What can you get for a Tenner? Rough Trade Container Chuck Out and Wobblers.

Mr Squirrel November 27, 2025 No Comments

Ok this bunch cost £12..4 in 2 £3 for a fiver deal and rest £1 from remnants of the great…

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Amy LaVere – Painting Blue

Mr Squirrel November 21, 2023 No Comments

https://amylavere.bandcamp.com/album/painting-blue I came across Amy Lavere by chance through Johnny Dowd’s new record which is produced by her husband Will…

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Trail of Tears: Mark Eitzel and the Great American Songbook

Mr Squirrel February 27, 2023 No Comments

Writing a music blog is a little like masturbation, it generally something one does on one’s own and if it…

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Canadee-I-O in Nottingham: Del Barber and Sarah Jane Scouten

Mr Squirrel January 30, 2023 1 Comment

My last post was a tad downbeat about music futures in Nottingham and indeed in general as the outlook for…

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Pete Pawsey and Burnt Paw – JamCafe Nottingham 28th December 2017

Mr Squirrel January 1, 2018 No Comments

I have not written a review in many years. In fact the last attempt was the first blog post on…

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Joe South – Midnight Rainbows

Mr Squirrel October 11, 2017 No Comments

Bargain of the year! This almost mint copy of Joe South’s second to last album from 1975 cost me 50p.…

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Souled American – The American Gothic

Mr Squirrel November 25, 2015 2 Comments

Some time back in the early 1990s I picked up a cassette tape of Souled American’s ‘Fe’ album because I…

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Wreckless Eric – Someone must’ve nailed us together

Mr Squirrel November 7, 2015 4 Comments

Not sure where I picked this little gem up. My life has touched on that of Eric Goulden at various…

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Pere Ubu – Love Love Love (1989) 7″

Mr Squirrel October 19, 2015 No Comments

I am warming to this blog…it a rare opportunity to delve into the darkest corners of my vinyl collection and…

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Unfaithful Music – Costello’s Back Pages

Mr Squirrel October 18, 2015 No Comments

Oliver’s Army is here to stay…. Yesterday by chance I picked up another three of Elvis Costello’s 7 inch singles…

Music Reviews

What can you get for a Tenner? Rough Trade Container Chuck Out and Wobblers.

Amy LaVere – Painting Blue

Trail of Tears: Mark Eitzel and the Great American Songbook

Canadee-I-O in Nottingham: Del Barber and Sarah Jane Scouten

Pete Pawsey and Burnt Paw – JamCafe Nottingham 28th December 2017

Joe South – Midnight Rainbows

Souled American – The American Gothic

Wreckless Eric – Someone must’ve nailed us together

Pere Ubu – Love Love Love (1989) 7″

Unfaithful Music – Costello’s Back Pages

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