Here is an unedited list of all the culture I consumed in 2017. I didn’t listen to enough jazz or read enough comics. I saw more great TV and read more great books than I have done for years. I spent a lot of time in a van listening to Classic Rock with tour manager James Hingley, basically.

NEW FILMS

I saw 19 new films in 2017. The best eight were…

Hell Or High Water (David Mackenzie) ★★★★★
The Ballad of Shirley Collins (Rob Curry/Tim Plester) ★★★★★
The Hunt For The Wilkderpeople (Taika Waititi) ★★★★★
A Street Cat Named Bob (Roger Spottiswode) ★★★★★
Sing!(Garth Jennings) ★★★★
Guardians of The Galaxy Volume 2 (James Gunn) ★★★★
The Red Turtle (Michael Dudok De Witt) ★★★★
Holy Terrors (Julian Butler & Mark Goodall) ★★★★

The worst new film I saw was The Limehouse Golem (Juan Carlos Medina) ★

These weren’t very good either…
Logan (James Mangold) ★★
Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan) ★
Lego Ninjago (Charlie Bean) ★
Nine Lives (Barry Sonenfeld) ★
The Secret Life Of Pets (Chris Renaud) ★

The other new films I saw were…
Bone Tomahawk (S Craig Zahler)
Lego Batman (Chris Mackay)
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (David Yates)
A Monster Calls (J A Bayona)
Jim And Andy (Chris Smith)

OLD FILMS

I saw 105 old films this year, in this order.

The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass 2007)
Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)
El Topo (Alejandro Jodrowsky 1970)
Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971) ★★★★★
I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2007)
Pokerface (Joe D’Amato 1973)
The Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948) ★★★★★
Roma (Fredereco Felinni, 1972) ★★★★
Don’t Turn The Other Cheek (Duccio Tessari, 1971)
Sonny & Jed (Sergio Corbucci, 1971)
Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953) ★★★★★
Garringo (The Dead Are Countless) (Rafael Romero Marchent, 1969)
Why Go On Killing? (Jose Antonio de la Loma, Edoardo Mulargia, 1965)
Reverend Colt (Marino Girolami, 1970)
Some Dollars For Django (Enzo Castllari, 1966)
3:10 To Yuma (James Mangold, 2007)
Cleopatra Jones (Jack Starrett, 1973) ★
Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979) ★★★★
Mannaja, A Man Called Blade (Sergio Martino, 1977)
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (Paolo Cavara, 1973)
Fistful Of Dynamite/Duck You Sucker! (Sergio Leone, 1971) ★★★★
Ben & Charlie (Michele Lupo, 1972)
Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves (Kevin Reynolds, 1991) ★
Robin Hood (Wolfgang Reithermann, 1973) ★★★★
The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley, 1988) ★★★★★
Blood At Sundown (Alberto Cardone, 1966)
The Man Called Noon (Peter Collinson, 1973)
Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reithermann, 1967) ★★★★
Rubber (Quentin Dupliex, 2010)
Coffin For The Sheriff (Mario Caiano, 1965)
California (Michele Lupo, 1977)
Home Alone (Christopher Columbus, 1990)
Zach Galifanakiss At The Purple Onion (Michael Blieden, 2007) ★★★★
There’s A Noose Waiting For You Trinity (George Martin, 1972)
Fort Yuma Gold (Giorgio Ferroni, 1966)
Arriva Sabata (Tulio Demichell, 1970)
The Law Of Violence (Giorgio Cerioni, 1969) ★
Dead Men Don’t Make Shadows (Demofilo Fidani, 1970)
They Call Him Holy Ghost (Giuliano Carnimeo, 1972)
Sartana’s Here, Trade Your Pistol For A Coffin (G Carnimeo, 1970)
Have A Good Funeral My Friend, Sartana Will Pay (G Carnimeo, 1970)
Sartana In The Valley Of Death (Roberto Mauri, 1970)
Train For Durango (Mario Caino, 1968) ★★★★
Oliver! (Carol Reed, 1968) ★★★★
Silver Streak (Arthur Hiller, 1976)
A Stranger In Paso Bravo (Salvatore Rosso, 1968)
A Man Called Sledge (Vic Morrow, 1970)
North By Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) ★★★★
Trading Places (John Landis, 1983) ★★★★
Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990) ★★★★
Straight Story (David Lynch, 1999) ★★★★
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
Run Man Run (Sergio Sollima, 1968) ★★★★
The Golem (Paul Wegener, 1915)
Wings Of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
Hans Christian Andersen (Charles Vidor, 1952)
West Side Story (Robert Wise/Jerome Robins, 1961) ★★★★★
Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) ★★★★
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Cohen Brothers, 2000) ★★★★
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) ★★★★
Home Alone 3 (John Hughes, 1997)
Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1977) ★★★★
Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, 1940) ★★★★
Cinderella (Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske1950) ★★★★
A Bridge Too Far (Richard Attenborough, 1977) ★★★★
The Dam Busters (Michael Anderson, 1955) ★★★★★
Starman (John Carpenter, 1984) ★★★★
Inside Llewyn Davis (Cohen Brothers, 2013) ★★★★
Paris Texas (Wim Wenders, 1983) ★★★★
Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968) ★★★★★
The Big Gundown (Sergio Selima, 1966) ★★★★
An American Werewolf In London (John Landis, 1981) ★★★★
Shrek 2 (Andrew Adamson, 2004)
Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961) ★★★★
Serpico (Sydney Lumet, 1973) ★★★★
Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1972) ★★★★
Magnum Force (Ted Post, 1973)
The Homesman (Tommy Lee Jones, 2014)
Backbeat (Iain Softley, 1994)
Crocodile Dundee (Peter Fairman, 1986)
Airplane (Zucker Brothers, 1980) ★★★★
Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
Predator (John McTiernan, 1988)
Matalo (Cesare Canevari, 1971) ★★★★
Zacharia A Head Of His Time (1971)
101 Dalmatians (Clyde Geronimi, 1961) ★★★★
Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003) ★★★★
Thompson 1880 (Guido Zurli, 1966)
The Longest Hunt/Shoot Gringo Shoot (Bruno Corbucci, 1966)
The Jazz Baroness (Hannah Rothschild, 2009)
Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946) ★★★★
The Stone Tape (Peter Sasdy, 1972) ★★★★
Big Star : Nothing Can Hurt Me (Drew Denicola, 2012)
Attack The Block (Joe Cornish, 2011) ★★★★
Grizzly (William Girdler, 1976)
Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963) ★★★★★
Penda’s Fen (Alan Clarke, 1973) ★★★★★
The Dead Pool (Buddy Van Horn, 1988)
Dr Zhivago (David Lean, 1964) ★★★★★

NEW BOOKS

I read 24 new books this year. The best dozen were the following, three of which aren’t out yet.
I had a great reading year, and felt re-engaged. Iain Sinclair and Jarrett Kobek articulated things I’d been trying to understand but couldn’t find the words for, Dave Graney as usual nailed the contradictions of the life of a performer hilariously and brilliantly, and Rob Sears made me laugh out loud on a train.

Iain Sinclair – The Last Of London ★★★★★
Jarett Kobek – I Hate The Internet ★★★★★
Jarett Kobek – The Future Won’t Be Long ★★★★★
Rob Sears – The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump ★★★★★
Dave Graney – Workshy, My Life As A Bludge ★★★★★
Heathcote Williams – Boris Johnson, The Blond Beast of Brexit ★★★★★
Dan Stuart – The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings ★★★★★
Jon Fine – Your Band Sucks (2015) ★★★★
Lucy Newlyn – Diary Of A Bi-Polar Explorer ★★★★
Dave Dictor – Memoir From A Damaged Civilisation (2015) ★★★★
Adam Thorpe – On Silbury Hill ★★★★
Nikesh Shukkla – The Good Immigrant ★★★★
John Dowie – The Freewheelin’ John Dowie ★★★★

I also read..
Alex Cox – I Am Not A Number
Brett Milano – Don’t Thank Me All At Once, Lost Pop Genius Scott Miller
Kristin Hersch – Don’t Suck Don’t Die
John Doe – Under The Big Black Sun
Will Ashon – Strange Labyrinth
Roger Shepherd – In Love With These Times
Robert Forster – Grant And I
Tim Winton – Boy Behind The Curtain
Adam Scovell – Folk Horror
Grayson Perry – The Descent Of Man
Douglas Murray – Nincompoopolis, The Follies Of Boris Johnson

OLD BOOKS

I read twelve old books this year, in the following order, some aloud to a child. I never read Durrell’s Justine before, which was amazing.

Arthur Machen – Far Off Things (1915)
Arthur Machen – Things Near And Far (1923)
Kes Gray – Daisy And The Trouble With Kittens (2009)
Rosemary Tonks – Bedouin Of The London Evening (1963-67) ★★★★
Franz Kafka – Metamorphosis And Other Stories (1915-24) ★★★★★
Anthony Beevor – Berlin (2002) ★★★★
Greg Fleet – These Things Happen (2015)
Walter Miller Jnr – A Canticle For Leibowitz (1960) ★★★★
Samuel Beckett – Murphy (1938)
Lawrence Durrell – Justine (1957) ★★★★★
Roald Dahl – James & The Giant Peach (1961)
Enid Blyton – The Enchanted Wood (1939)

COMICS

Here’s some comics I remember reading this year.
The Vision 1-12 (Tom King/Gabriel Hernandez Walta)★★★★
Scalped 1, 2, 3, 4 (★★★★)
Loads of old Atlas comics from 1975
Injection 1, 2 (Warren Ellis) ★★★★
Wonder Woman 203, Women’s Lib issue
The Unquotable Trump – R Sikoryak
Black Panther – 1975/6 – Don McGreggor/Billy Graham

TV NEW AND OLD

The best three things I saw on TV were..
Godless (Netflix) ★★★★★
Grayson Perry – Divided Britain (C4)★★★★★
This Country (BBC3) ★★★★★

And…
This Week (BBC1) ★★★★★
Line Of Duty 4 (BBC1) ★★★★★
Over The Garden Wall (Cartoon Network) ★★★★★
Curb Your Enthusiasm season 9 (HB0) ★★★★★
Better Call Saul 3 (Netflix) ★★★★★
Line Of Duty series 1 (BBC2) ★★★★★
Happy Valley Series 1 (BBC1) ★★★★★
Chewing Gum (C4) ★★★★
Gogglebox (C4)★★★★
First Dates (C4) ★★★★
Ambulance (BBC) ★★★★
Question Time (BBC1) ★★★★
Detectorists series 3 (BBC2) ★★★★
Inside No 9 (BBC2) ★★★★
Horrible Histories (CBBC) ★★★★
Stranger Things S 1 (Netflix) ★★★★
Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island Series 2 (C4) ★★★★
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1) ★★★★
Luke Cage (Netflix) ★★★★
Stranger Things S 2 (Netflix)★★★★
Blue Planet (BBC1) ★★★★
Ghost Stories For Christmas (BBC) ★★★★

I also saw
The Crown (Netflix)
Motherland (BBC2)
James and Jupp (BBC2)
and
Josh (BBC3)

MAGAZINES AND PAPERS

Guardian, Observer, Independent, Mojo, Record Collector, Shindig, Wire, Viz, London Review Of Books, Faunus, Machenalia.

RADIO

James O’Brien (LBC)
Elkie Brooks singing Lilac Wine on Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4) ★★★★★
Radio Ballade 101.8 Mhz (Languedoc, France) generally
Resonance 104.4 fm generally
Sean Keaveny (6 Music)

The worst radio I heard was The Today Program (BBC Radio 4)

THEATRE

I didn’t see much theatre. The best of five was…

White Fang – Jethro Compton (Park Theatre, London) ★★★★

And I enjoyed …
Tempest/Midsummer Night’s Dream – Fisher Youth Thtr, Bungay ★★★★
It was great to see…
Gloucestershire Morris Men’s Mummers’ Play (Gloucester Cathedral)
I also saw
Cinderella (Hackney Empire)
And
Young Frankenstein (Garrick)
… which was as baffling as all music theatre tends to be.

COMEDY

I didn’t see much this year. I have no frame of reference but Kitson was the best of 3.
Daniel Kitson – Something Other Than Everything (Roundhouse)
Bill Bailey – Work In Progress (Leics Sq Theatre)
Natalie Palamides – Laid (Soho Theatre)

GIGS

I saw 31 gigs this year, back up to pre-children rates, despite being on tour a lot. Here they are in order.

Alan Wilkinson/Steve Noble/Benedict Taylor/Loz Speyer (Ryan’s Bar)
Jon Fine & Smallgang (Windmill, Brixton)
Shirley Collins (Barbican) ★★★★★
Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express (Garage, Islington)
Sun Ra Arkestra (Union Chapel, Islington)
Pierre Favre, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman, Evan Parker (Vortex)
Y Niwl (Machynlleth Comedy Festival)
Coal Porters (Union Chapel, London)
Hagar The Womb/Nightingales (The Islington) ★★★★★
Cult Figures /Fallen Leaves (Hope & Anchor) ★★★★★
Dan Stuart (Aces & Eights)
Brix & The Extricated/The Wedding Present (Roundhouse)
Richard Dawson (St John’s Church, Bethnal Green)
Kraftwerk (Royal Albert Hall)
Alasdair Roberts, Mike Heron & Trembling Bells (Café Oto)
Han Bennink, Mary Oliver, S Noble, A Hawkins, Terrie Ex (Café Oto)
Some power poppy covers band (Esperaza, France)
California (Quillan, France)
Juliette (Quillan, France)
Newzik (Limoux, France)
Lucinda Williams/Buick 6 (Shepherd’s Bush Empire)
Ed Alleyne-Johnson (Chester Shopping Centre)
Dave Graney, C Moore, G Valentino, M Ross (Betsey Trotwood) ★★★★★
The Norfolk Broads (Curzon Cinema)
The Primevals (Hope & Anchor)
Dream Syndicate (Mon) (Lexington)
Dream Syndicate (Tues) (Lexington) ★★★★★
Ut (Lexington)
Howe Gelb (Pizza Express) ★★★★★
Richard Dawson (Islington Assembly Hall) ★★★★★
Gloucestershire Morris Men (Gloucester Cathedral)

ALBUMS I LISTENED TO IN THEIR ENTIRITY OLD SCHOOL THIS YEAR IN ONE SITTING AT A DESIGNATED DEVICE

NEW RECORDS – 2016/2017

I heard 79 new albums this year.
I bought or was kindly given loads that I never got round to as I spent all year travelling. I will catch up. My favorite ten were…

Lee Ranaldo – Electric Trim ★★★★★
Heyman Kupa Band – s/t ★★★★★
Son Volt – Notes Of Blue ★★★★★
Endless Boogie – Vibe Killer ★★★★★
Thurston Moore – Rock n Roll Consciousness ★★★★★
Pentangle – Finale★★★★★
Richard Dawson – Peasant ★★★★★
Gord Downie – Introduce Yourself ★★★★★
Dream Syndicate – How Did I Find Myself Here? ★★★★
Nick Hempton – Trio Stonk Live At Smalls ★★★★

But could also have been…

The Fall – New Facts Emerge ★★★★
Howe Gelb & Lonna Kelly – Further Standards ★★★★
Trembling Bells – Dungerness ★★★★
Glowering Figs – ★★★★
Guided By Voices – August By Cake ★★★★
Guided By Voices – How Do You Spell Heaven? ★★★★
Physics House Band – Mercury Fountain ★★★★
Tinariwen – Elwan ★★★★
Kate Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos ★★★★
The Blue Aeroplanes – Welcome Stranger! ★★★★
Sleaford Mods – Key Markets ★★★★★
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas ★★★★★
Handsome Family – Unseen ★★★★
Sacred Paws – Strike A Match ★★★★
Paul Rooney – Futile Exorcise ★★★★
David Grubbs – Creep Mission ★★★★
Brix & The Extricated – Part 2 ★★★★
Survive – RR7349 ★★★★
Jakub – Sines ★★★★
Birthmarks – Yawn/Sigh ★★★★
Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
Bardo Pond – Under The Pines

And most of these were great too…
Lady Leshur – Mode
Mark Mulcahy – The Possum In The Driveway
Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman
Songhoy Blues – Resistance
Major Stars – Motion Set
Waterboys – Out Of All This
Michael Tanner – Suite For Psaltery & Dulcimer
Deniz Tek – Mean Old Twister
Bob Mould – Patch The Sky
Echolocation – Empire Blood & Bones
Rich Hopkins & Luminarios – My Way Or The Highway
Alasdair Roberts – Pangs
The Nightingales – Become Not Becoming
Julian Cope – Drunken Songs
Robyn Hitchcock – Robyn Hitchcock
Fazerdaze – Morning Side
Otoboke Beaver – Bakuro Book
Darren Hayman – Thankful Villages 2
Dr John Cooper Clarke & Hugh Cornwell – This Time It’s Personal
Blackeyed Susans – Lover Or The Loved EP
Headland – True Flowers From The Painted World
Headland – Cosy EP
Matthew Sweet – Tomorrow Forever
Hawkwind – Into The Woods ★
The Primevals – Dislocation
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound
Julian Cope – Dope
Offa Rex – The Queen Of Hearts
Mark Olson – Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun
Hugo Race & Michelangelo Russo – John Lee Hooker’s World Today
Hugo Race & Catherine Graindorge – Long Distance Operators
Cosgrave & Banks – Warp And Weft
Andy Partridge – Powers
Bleached – Welcome The Worms
Billy Childish & CTMF – Brand New Cage
The Selecter – Daylight
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Chris Hillman – Bidin’ My Time
Iva Bittova & Cikori – At Home
The Blackeyed Susans – Close Your Eyes And See
Wolves In The Throne Room – Thrice Woven
Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
Hugo Race Fatalists – 24 Hours To Nowhere
Spain – Carolina
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis – Wind River
Stephen Evans – Bonjour Poulet

NEW OLD RECORDS

I listened to 36 reissues this year. My favorite 15 were..

Lal & Mike Waterson – Bright Phoebus (Domino, 1973)
V/A – Lysergic Saviours (Particle 1968-74) ★★★★★
V/A – Follow The Sun, ’70s Australian Folk Rock ★★★★★
Palace Of Light – Beginning Here & Travelling Outwards (1987) ★★★★★v
Game Theory – Big Shot Chronicles (1986) ★★★★
TV Eye – s/t (1977/8) ★★★★
Ut – ep/12″ (1981?) ★★★★
The Wild Poppies – Heroine (1986-89) for reasons of nostalgia
Dave Kusworth & Bounty Hunters – Monkey’s Choice/Kitchen Sink
Dr John The Night Tripper – Gris Gris ★★★★
V/AA – One Way Glass (rpm) ★★★★
Lynn Castle – Rose Coloured Corner (1967, Light In The Attic) ★★★★
V/A – A Life In The Sun, Australian Surf Film S’tracks (1964-77) ★★★★
German Oak – Down In The Bunker + unreleased (1972) ★★★★
V/A – Running The Voodoo Down, Psychrockfunksouljazz (1967-80) ★★★★

I also heard…
V/A – C87 (1987)
Terry Dolan – s/t (1972)
Bob Brown w The Conqueroo – The Shoebox Tapes 72-77
Tales Of Justine – Petals From A Sunflower 67-69
Spontaneous Music Ensemble – Frameworks (1968-73)
Hawkwind – Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
Hawkwind – Quark, Strangeness & Charm (1977)
Hawklords – 25 Years On (1978)
Meal Ticket – Code Of The Road (1977)
Meal Ticket – Three Times A Day (1977)
Meal Ticket – Take Away (1978)
Milkshakes – Talking ‘Bout/After School Session (1981/83)
Rico – Wareika Dub (1977)
Black Sabbath – The Ultimate Collection (1970-2013)
Russ Tolman – Compass & Map (1986-2013)
V/A – Svenska Shakers, Swedish Psych-Pop 1964-1968
V/A Back On The Street Again, Australian Funk Rock 1967-1977
V/A Sing It High, Sing It Low : Tumbleweed Records 1971-73
Religious Overdose – Glass Hymnbook 1980-1982
Laura Cantrell – At The BBC 2000-2005
Phil Seymour – Prince of Power Pop (1980-83)

OLD RECORDS

I listened to 211 old records in 2017 in this order

Tom Robinson Band – Power In The Darkness (1978)
The Icicle Works – s/t (1984)
The Icicle Works – The Small Price Of A Bicycle (1985)
v/a – Borderlands, The Best Of Scottish Folk
Bitch Magnet – Ben Hur (1990)
Bitch Magnet – Umber (1989)
Bitch Magnet – Star Booty (1988)
Millions of Dead Cops – Millions Of Dead Cops (1981)
Millions of Dead Cops – More Dead Cops (1988)
Happy Flowers – Singles etc (1983-1991)
The Beatles – Please Please Me (1963)
The Beatles – With the Beatles (1963)
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The Beatles – Beatles for Sale (1964)
The Beatles – Help! (1965)
The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Storyteller – More Pages (1971)
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles – The Beatles (“The White Album”, 1968)
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1969)
The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles – Let It Be (1970)
The Beatles – Let It Be Naked (1970)
The Beatles – 1 (2005)
Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog collection (1965-75)
Fischer-Z – Highlights (1979-2005)
JB Lenoir – Alabama Blues (1965)
JB Lenoir – Down Is Mississippi (1965)
Kirk Swan – It’s Only Me (2009)
Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
Pink Floyd- More (1969)
John Bassman Group – Filthy Sky (1970)
Ludus – Nue Au Soleil (1979-83)
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma (1969)
Raik’s Progress – Raik’s Progress (1967)
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds (1972)
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
Long Ryders – Best Of The Long Ryders (2004)
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend (1991)
Dinosaur Jr – Where You Been? (1993)
Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
21 Pilots – Blurryface (2015)
Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979)
Pink Floyd – The Final Cut (1983)
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987) ★
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell (1994) ★
Pink Floyd – The Endless River (2014) ★
The Photos – s/t (1980)
Billy Bragg – Life’s A Riot With Spy Vs Spy (1983)
Billy Bragg – Brewing Up With (1984)
Led Zeppellin – Remasters (1968-78)
The Vapours – New Clear Days (1979)
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Kaleidoscope (1980)
Bert Jansch – The Black Swan (2006)
U2 – Boy (1980)
Scott Walker – The Moviegoer (1972)
Scott Walker – Any Day Now (1973)
Psychedelic Furs – s/t (1980)
The Whitlams – Introducing (1993)
Wooden Horse – s/t (1972)
West – s/t (1968)
Penelope Houston – Crazy Baby (1994)
Sacred Miracle Cave- s/t (1990)
Neon Hearts – Popular Music (1978)
Scott Walker – Boy Child (1967-70)
Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk (1981)
Specials – Best Of (1979-84)
Hawkwind – Epoch Eclipse (1971-95)
Twenty-one Pilots – Vessel (2013)
Bob Dylan – s/t (1962)
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
Endless Boogie – Tout S’arrange Mais Mal (2015)
Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changing (1964)
Bob Dylan – Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964)
Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Crowbar Salvation – Crowbar Salvation (1988)
Shalini – Metal Corner (2004)
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1969)
Hawkwind- Stonehenge Live This Is Hawkwind (1984)
Nikki Sudden, Roland S Howard, Epic Soundtracks – Venue Live (1987)
Refried Ice Cream – Cosmic Comic Book (2015)
Bob Dylan – Basement Tapes Complete (1967/75)
Bob Dylan – Self Portrait (1969)
Kraftwerk – Autobahn (1974)
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express (1977)
Kraftwerk – The Man Machine (1978)
Kraftwerk – Computer World (1981)
Aretha Franklin – The Very Best Of (1967-70)
John Lee Hooker – Burning Hell (1958)
John Lee Hooker – I’m John Lee Hooker (1959)
Bob Dylan – Another Self Portrait (1969-71)
John Lee Hooker – Sings And Plays The Blues (1961)
John Lee Hooker – The Big Soul Of… (1962)
Simple Minds – Sparkle In The Rain (1983)
The Whitlams – Little Cloud (2005)
Bob Dylan – New Morning (1971)
Bob Dylan – Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)
The Wedding Present – Tommy (1985-87)
Loud Family – Slouching Towards Liverpool (1990)
Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (1974)
Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)
Bob Dylan – Street Legal (1978)
Kate Tempest – Everybody Down (2014)
Nikki Sudden – The Truth Doesn’t Matter (2006)
v/a – Dub (Metro Select, 1970-79)
Steppeulvene – Hip (1967)
Savage Rose – s/t (1968)
Savage Rose – In The Plain (1968)
Neol Davies – Future Swamp (2002)
La Dusseldorf – La Dusseldorf (1976)
Incredible String Band – Hangman’s Beautiful Daughters (1968)
Nick Cave – The Boatman’s Call (1997)
Extrabreit – Ruckkehr Der Phantastischer 5! (1982)
Ed Kuepper – Lost Cities (2015)
Ed Kuepper – Electrical Storm (1985)
Ed Kuepper – Rooms Of The Magnificent (1987)
Ed Kuepper – Second Winter (2012)
Porcelain Bus – Talking To God (1988)
The Gun Club – Miami (1982)
The Room – In Evil Hour (1984)
Denim – Back In Denim (1992)
The Black Crowes – Shake Your Moneymaker (1990)
The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (92)
The Black Crowes – Amorica (1994)
The Black Crowes – Three Snakes And One Charm (1996)
Area – Agate Lines (1990)
The Fall – Live In Clitheroe (2013)
The Black Crowes – By Your Side (1999)
The Black Crowes – The Lost Crowes (2006)
The Black Crowes – Lions (2001)
The Black Crowes – Warpaint (2008)
The Black Crowes – Before The Frost/Until The Freeze (2009)
Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming (1979)
Bob Dylan – Saved (1980)
Starry Eyed And Laughing – Forever Young (1973)
Bob Dylan – Shot of Love (1981)
Bob Dylan – Infidels (1983)
Bob Dylan – Knocked Out Reloaded (1986)
9:30 Fly – s/t (1972)
Blue Beard – s/t (1970)
Screaming Trees – Buzz Factory (1989)
Bob Dylan – Down In The Groove (1988)
Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy (1989)
The Selecter – Made In Britain (2011)
The Selecter – String Theory (2013)
The Selecter – Reel To Reel (2003)
Bob Dylan – Under the Red Sky (1990)
Bob Dylan – Good as I Been to You (1992)
Bob Dylan – World Gone Wrong (1993)
Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind (1997)
Bob Dylan – Love and Theft (2001)
REM – Murmur (1983)
Bob Dylan – Modern Times (2006)
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life (2009)
Bob Dylan – Christmas in the Heart (2009)
Bailterspace – Thermos (1990)
Bob Dylan – Tempest (2012)
Bob Dylan – Shadows In The Night (2015)
Bob Dylan – Fallen Angels (2016)
Bob Dylan – Triplicate (2017)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Crocodiles (1980)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here (1981)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Porcupien (1983)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984)
Echo & The Bunnymen – s/t (1986)
Electrafixation – Burned (1995)
Echo & The Bunnymen – Evergreen (1997)
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? (1967)
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis : Bold As Love (1967)
The Shop Assistants – Will Anything Happen? (1986)
The Primevals – On The Red Eye (1984-7)
Radiohead – The Bends (1995)
V/A – Dub 40 Deep And Heavy Hits
V/A – Foundation Dub
Gun – Gunsight (1969)
Deerfield – Nil Desperandum (1971)
Charlie Parker – Bird’s Nest
Julian Cope – An Audience With The Cope (2000)
The Ruts – The Crack (1979)
Gary Le Strange – Polaroid Suitcase (2004)
Human League – Dare (1981)
The Maytones – Best Of The Maytones
Felt – Stains On A Decade (1979-1989)
Felt – The Strange Idol’s Pattern & Other Stories (1984)
Felt – Forever Breathes The Lonely World (1986)
Ice T – Original Gangster (1991)
v/a Trojan Dub Rarities Vol 1
Ice T – The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech (1989)
Thelonious Monk – Straight No Chaser (1967)
The Byrds – Long Way Back (1973)
The Byrds – Finsbury Park Rainbow (1972)
Ed Kuepper – Lost Cities (2015)
Black Uhuru – Sinsimillia (1980)
Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru/Showcase (1979)
Nina Simone – Jazz As Played In An Exclusive Side-Street Club (1958)
Nino Ferrer – Nino & Radiah & Le Sud (1974)
The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
The Waterboys – This Is The Sea (1985)
Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift To You (1963)
V/A – Christmas On The Country Side
Low – Christmas ep (1999)
Mark Kozelek – Sings Christmas Carols (2014)
McKisko – Eximo (2013)
Arvo Part – Tabula Rasa (1984)
Tommy Keene – You Hear Me, A Retrospective 1983-2009

HISTORIC SITES

I visited 46 historic sites
Forum, Rome
Colosseum, Rome
Temple of Hercules, Rome
Pantheon, Rome
Vatican, Rome
Painswick Rococo Garden, Gloucestershire
The Bar Convent, York
Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln
The Major Oak, Nottinghamshire
Puzzle Wood, Gloucestershire
Cooper’s Hill Cheese Roll, Gloucestershire
Madresfield Court Garden, Worcestershire
Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire
Houghton Hall, Norfolk
Varberg Castle, Sweden
Rundetran, Copenhagen
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
Kastellet, Copenhagen
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
Brandenberg Gate, Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Marienkirche, Berlin
Dom, Berlin
Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin
Treptow Soviet War Memorial, Berlin
Prague Castle, Prague
Charles Bridge, Prague,
Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, Prague
The Jewish Quarter, Prague
Kafka’s homes, Prague
Cadbury’s Factory, Birmingham
British Camp, Malvern
Chavenage House, Gloucestershire
Hetty Pegler’s Tump, Gloucestershire
Perypeteuse Castle, France
Queribus Castle, France
Puilaurens Castle, France
The Hermitage of St Antoine, Galaums Gorge, France
H Block Memorial/Bloody Sunday Memorial/Free Derry Museum, Derry
Great Whitcombe Roman Villa, Gloucestershire
John Wesley’s chapel and Victorian toilet, Old Street
Bunhill Fields, London
Hampton Court Palace, London
Gloucester Cathedral
Avebury Stone Circle
Kenwood House, London

ART

I saw ten lots of art…
Vanessa Bell (Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Claude Cahun/Gillian Wearing (National Portrait Gallery)
Richard Long – Heaven & Earth (Houghton Hall) ★★★★★
Grayson Perry – Most Popular Art Exhibition (Serpentine) ★★★★★
Billy Childish (Billy Childish’s studio, Kent)
Bob Dylan (Prague)
Gerhard Richter (Czech National Gallery, Prague)
Into The Unknown (Barbican)
Dali/Duchamp (Royal Academy, London)
Rose Wylie (Rose Wylie’s studio, Kent)