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Whether you like the songs or not, the quote: “11 songs all sounding the same apart from the rubbish end one and one in the middle that was a bit slower” does not do justice to the variety of styles, tempos and arrangements on offer here, but I’m happy to disagree and move on.

They all sound the same? WTF? There’s definitely something up with year hearing, Bob. If you don’t like it that’s fair enough but how can a gentle acoustic ballad sound the same as a slide guitar-led track or a club instrumental?

Keep up! I was referring g to “Get On It” from the album that we are reviewing. No argument about”Get It On “ - that was blatantly ripped off by Oasis. I like the first three Oasis albums but agree that The Charlatans are streets ahead.

This song was on the Blues playlist a couple of weeks ago.

Listening to On A Golden Shore by The Hanging Stars - a cosmic Americana band from London.

Glad you enjoyed it. If there's time in the crowded listening space, I can recommend the album that came after this - Us and Us Only. There are times on that that the Dylan influence is even more apparent but they mix it up to good effect. Like I said in my review, it's a toss-up for which of...

I'd agree that if you played an Oasis song, there's no way that you'd mistake it for The Beatles. Apart from the "I Am The Walrus" cover, I don't find the two similar and as you say, I think a lot of the comparisons are lazy on a surface level. I've no doubt that people who understand music...

Meant to say that when I said to you that I've never listened to music purely for the vocals, the music of The Everly Brothers, S & G, The Beach Boys, ABBA and "California Dreaming" by the Mama and the Papas clearly makes this a lie. But I notice that in most of these cases it's the harmony...

I’d class them as Rock & Roll but they definitely operated in that crossover area with country and are considered pioneers of country rock.

Can’t find that on Spotify, I’m afraid. Is there a suitable pre-1960s version you can suggest?

I’ve seen the Vietnam War documentary series by Ken Burns and that was very good. I’m aware of his Country Music documentary but I’ll have to see what streaming platforms it’s on. I’ll definitely watch it at some stage. Sure “Blue Suede Shoes” is Rock & Roll? That’ll be coming up in week 5...

Tricky - we weren’t attempting to cover every type of music pre-1960, just the main genres that contributed to what came next in the 1960. It feels to me that gospel would fit more in the blues/jazz genres, but as we’ve had these, maybe next week’s pop playlist? Well they did the documentary so...

The Man in Black was indeed in an earlier cut of my list but I thought I'd leave the door open for somebody. I always thought that this song was from the late 60s but I guess that's just me associating it with the At Folsom Prison live album. This is definitely country - I think that...

Yes, that's a good observation Re: the difference between the original country sound and Nashville Sound. It's something the roots musicians have been trying to get back to over the last 30 or 40 years - a subject that will no doubt crop up in our discussions of future years. I find the Jimmie...

That's OK, we'll just re-organise everything behind your back :) Looks like it's going to be a quiet week in here!

Dan O'Bannon? EDIT: Damn, I knew it would probably be Dark Star when I checked :)

You’re rounding your score DOWN? Half points are allowed you know but I won’t twist your arm.

I agree that they are underrated. They are the only “Madchester” band that I rate. I read somewhere recently that the difference between ordinary and great is the ability to repeatedly do something as opposed to just doing it once. They are the great survivors of a scene that, to be fair, I...

Apologies. You probably wouldn't have pegged me for picking one, but it is an album I love.

I'm a person who doesn't care what a car looks like as long as (a) it runs relatively trouble free and (b) has a decent stereo. The Mazda was something I saw and thought, wow, I wouldn't mind one of those and couldn't believe that it was cheaper than a Vauxhall Astra or others in its class...