Welcome to issue 3 of Rarity of the Month. This month we're going right back to 1990. A period where the Lightning Seeds were on a major label in the US whilst being on an independent label in the UK and the rest of Europe. MCA Records seemed to be taking the Lightning Seeds fairly... Continue Reading →
Watch the video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/S1o-R22f9XM?si=rxLgVqzVLEzevUYX
Mat and I waffled on for 3-5 working days about Jollification for our latest episode of the Lightning Seeds podcast. As such, the Jollification podcast will be split into 2 episodes. Side A, which will deal with the first half of the album, and Side B which will deal with the second half of the... Continue Reading →
Ok, so the second issue deals with something in-keeping with the current episode of the podcast, which deals with the album Sense. Singles partyThe Life of Riley and Sense were released as singles across the globe. The UK and everywhere else had singles distributed through Virgin Records after Ghetto got sold. The USA was no... Continue Reading →
I'm flying high on a load of podcast links and show notes, because the latest episode of the Lightning Seeds podcast is live and ready to go. Somehow, and can you believe it, Mat and I find fifteen reasons to talk for even longer than we did before! In this episode, we talk about the... Continue Reading →
Well, the Cloudcuckooland podcast has been in the ether for a little while so it's time to have some show notes. The idea of the show notes is to expand on the things we talked about in the podcast, to address things or add things we may have forgotten or to provide links. In Cloudcuckooland's... Continue Reading →
A review of See You In The Stars from my other blog Extra Soft Blog Roll I love writing about cars and music, and when I write something about music, or an album I like, I tend to write about it quite a while after the initial release. That gives me time to get to... Continue Reading →
Fantastic interview hosted by Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor, otherwise known as Sodajerker. In this episode, Sodajerker is joined by Ian Broudie. Recorded around the time of the 25th anniversary of Jollification, this in-depth interview finds Ian discussing his approach to songwriting and production, his experiences working with Echo and the Bunnymen, The Coral and... Continue Reading →
I can't bring back the Lightning Seeds website and not bring back my rarity of the month, can I? This is my favourite part of it all, and now amounts to nearly 30 years worth of collecting. I'm going to kick it off with my absolute favourite item in my collection and it's something that... Continue Reading →
Mat Read and I have a new podcast. Listen to Episode 1 where Mat and I go full nerd spec on debut album Cloudcuckooland, giving you a deep delve on the songs, our interpretations, interesting trivia and some bonus guitar impressions just for you lot. Get it on Spotify here or watch on Youtube below.... Continue Reading →
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