Harvey Mettle

Boy, do I love that first album! Most people prefer III Times... which is pretty good, but that debut is a forgotten classic IMO.

Nice pick up on the 2am disc 50p, but the case was broken. I was going to haggle the price down but Mrs Mettle wanted to visit the ladies room

It's weeks (months?) since I bought any used CD's. Whether it's the glut of excellent new releases that have taken all my cash recently(H.E.A.T., Auras etc etc) or just the fact that there just aren't many used CD's about I don't know. It was good this weekend to visit a friend and scour his regular haunts, although it's always difficult to decide who goes first! VA Suppers Ready - prog/metal tribute to Genesis John Parr s/t Driveblind s/t Tiles Fence the Clear - 2004 issue Tilt s/t - Dutch indie, all covers Clownhouse A Day In The Street - ex Savage, Extreme style hard rock 2am When Every Second Counts - nice to finally replace my vinyl and this had a good airing in the car on the way back home! Finch Say Hello To Sunshine Gotthard Lip Service Macc Lads Dirty CD Overdose Scars Pendragon The Rest Of.. Eric Sardinas Treat Me Right Slamer Nowhere Land Violinski Clog Dance The Best Of George Wallace What It Is - CDR of unissued second album

I've been buying and trading stuff abroad for 30 years now. I've been ripped off by just about every country on the planet - and a few that no longer exist!I won't deal with any third world countries, and I'm nervous about the old "eastern block" but I have had more good experiences than bad there. I'm always nervous about South and Central America, but I've just had a good trade with Brazil so... All this talk of the Italian postal system! Believe me the UK one isn't much better. Stuff I send takes longer to arrive than the reciprocol parcel! I had one trader in Paris checking that I lived in the UK after my parcel arrived from Germany! On checking with my local PO, it seems that most UK parcels go via Germany! A parcel sent 15 miles away got opened and stuff stolen. another to Grimsby, about 80 miles away never arrived. I think it's just luck to wherever you send.

Poor pickings lately at HM towers But today got... BRYAN ADAMS s/t (1990 issue of 1980 LP) and you know what? I've never seen this CD before! Odd! STEVE HOWE Portraits of Bob Dylan - a lot better than it sounds! with some vocals by Max Bacon and Jon Anderson. DEAD WEATHER Horehound JOHNNY THUNDERS So Alone

Hellsongs version of The Trooper is beyond excellent IMO. I think that it's one track that really stands out on the album.

Glasgow - Zero Four One should have the following on the disc CDSNTF 041A/B 1125 802 02 I can only assume my Messiah Force is an original 'cos I've had it a long time, but the cover is not the same as the one shown on RYM so... Can't find any matrix no. on the centre of the disc it say MASTERED BY NIMBUS and mine is the Bold Reprieve issue too.

I must admit that I REALLY LIKE that BLACK WATER RISING, 6ft of Anger is awesome!

From Fopps, all £3 sealed JETHRO TULL Remasters - Stand Up, Benefit, A Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery, Too Old to Rock N Roll, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch IAN GILLAN BAND Scarabus, Clear Air Turbulence. SAXON Crusader (forgot this earlier in week) Power & Glory (spare! didn't realise I already got it doh!) Car boot this morning... CATHEDRAL The Ethereal Mirror - how come I didn't already have this? CROSSFADE same BLACK MOOR The Conquering SKYFIRE Esoteric EGYPT Midnight Sun RICK MARSHALL Lonesome Cowboy - self produced CDR from this Quo fanatic!

Excellent indeed mate - Top stuff! ...so this weekend I'm gonna hoover up the Jethro Tull remasters too!

Fopps has come up trumps today! First time fer ages... Saxon s/t, Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm of the Law, Denim & Leather, Power and the Glory - remasters with bonus all £3 each! Excellent!

Excellent choice!

NIGHTFALL AVE same SANZEN This is Gun City OZRIC TENTACLES Jurassic Shift OZRIC TENTACLES Spirals in Hyperspace DIRTY PERFECT EP

What's that mate? Is it a CD (or CDR) where can I get a copy???? From a trade... DENIGH Fire From The Sky BROKEN BONES Brain Dead GENTLEMANS PISTOLS same CHARLIE UNGRY Chester Road Album SPARE From a couple of days in London... BIFFY CLYRO Infinity land AEROSMITH Draw The Line - can't believe I only had this on vinyl! BLACK MERDA Force of Nature BALAAM & THE ANGEL Live Free or Die MEDECINE HAT Bone Dry SPARE BENEDICTUM Uncreation THE BLESSING Prince of the Deep Water DAVID BYRON BAND Lost and Found CONCRETE BLOND Walking in London CYRCUS Blood Sweat & Bubbles WAYNE KRAMER Adult world THE JOKERS Big Rock & Roll Show GROUNDHOGS Scrathching the Surface FOOTCH KAPOOT same DIXIE CHICKS Taking the Easy Way Out RICK DERRINGER Rock Spectacular DEAD OR GUN Pulse DALLAS CRANE Dirty Hearts WARNING same VON LMO Future Language VELVET REVOLVER Libertad JADED SUN Gypsy Trip SPARE STONE GODS Silver Spoons & BRoken... NUNO Schizophonic SPARE OUTSKIRTS OF INFINITY Lord of the Dark Skies NEW FOUND GLORY Catalyst LEADFOOT Take a Look LEADFOOT We Drink For Free And from Classic Rock magazine! JOE PERRY Have Guitar Will Travel

CARL HUFTON A Whorl of Shadows - some odd local release. 70's style hard rock with spoken word packages! JOE D'URSO & STONE CARAVAN Both Sides of Life DEAR SUPERSTAR same RYAN CABRERA Take It All Away BLESSED BY A BROKEN HEART Pedal To The Metal ROBIN GEORGE Dangerous MUsic Live '85 MARILLION Mispalced Childhood IAN HUNTER You're Never Alone.. 30th Anniversary double disc BACKSTREET BOYS Never Gone POETS OF THE FALL Signs of Life POETS OF THE FALL Carnival of Rust ZHAIN Archive - 2006 issue of obscure 70's hard rockers IRON MAIDEn Flight 666 AREA 54 Beckoning of the End EDGEWATER South of Sideways 12 STONES same 12 STONES Potters Field DROPBOX same MOUNTAIN OF POWER Volume II

How did you find out? I cheated and asked my mate Malc, who is pretty much the authority on British heavy metal!

ARMY OF ONE same THE GATHERING Mandylion GODHEADS Ordinary Swoon KIUAS Reformation NATONAL RAZOR Stem of Thorns SILENT FORCE Walk the Earth SQUID The Bitter Saint's Abortion

The band is ARMISTICE. A London based band. Session broadcast on 20th June 1986, recorded 30th May 1986. Lead guitarist Julian Saxby is part of the new SENSATIONAL ALEXY HARVEY BAND. Tracks are.. 1. Land of the Giants 2. Lean on Me 3. Roses

Took a chance on these yesterday... KITARO Mandala KITARO Gaia Onbashira Also got... D.A.D Riskin' It All - always surprises me when something like this turns up in a UK charity shop! ENTER SHIKARI Common Dreads - very happy with this for £1. Only last week I was hovering over it in Fopps for £10! NAZARETH Bad Bad Boys The Best Of - don't need it but, what the hell! TOM WAITS One From The Heart Soundtrack

how much for a n.forest tee? my 2nd team there.... I have no idea mate! Where I'm from originally we don't have football, so I don't follow it. Now, if you were asking about shinty....

Another shop here in Nottingham is on it's last legs. Changed hands and most of the CD stock replaced by vinyl I managed a few paltry bits this week... BAD COMPANY 10 from 6 EDDIE DE GARMO Phase II ELIXIR Mindcreeper FURIOUS TRAUMA Roll The Dice And my mate manged to get me this to add to the pile. MOUNTAIN Official Live Mountain Bootleg Series Volume 3: Capitol Theatre, New Jersey 30 December 1973 Not a good start to the year. Even the charity shops have been barren.

Well I thought my Cd shopping for 2009 was finished, but one of my mates suggested a trip to ST in Dudley, so that was nice BLACKBOARD JUNGLE Welcome To The... XCITER same DALTON Race is On SUPERSHINE same ROSE TATTOO Scarred for Life TANTRUM 3 CD set RENEGADE FIVE Underground Universe CRYSTAL PISTOL same RUNAWAYS Flamin Schoolgirls OZZ No Prisoners - bloody counterfeit and against my better judgement, but I just had to have this And from various chazzas... AEROSMITH Classics Live Complete CHRIS REA Espresso Logic - not really a fan, but for 70p I thought I'd chance it THE BOSSHOSS Stallion Battalion DECONSTRUCTION same HOLLY KNIGHT same Now that is definitely it for 2009!

I forgot about the "Sales"! Given that there's practically no record(CD) shops left and even fewer good ones, I availed myself of the paltry pickings in Fopp (HMV was extremely poor! - no sale to speak off and very few CD's anyway!) GENTLE GIANT Out of the Woods BBC Sessions WISHBONE ASH On Air BLUE OYSTER CULT Agents of Fortune - Remaster CRAZY HORSE s/t MOUNTAIN Official Live Mountain Bootleg Series Volumes 15, 14,13,11,9,8,4,2. Volumes 3,5,7 and 17 still elude me(for a reasonable price) sadly.

Krescendo is definitely NOT a legit label. Both the Ozz and Marcus CD's are illegal - not bootlegs, but counterfeits. They may be issuing some stuff legit but if other titles are not legal, then the whole label must be crooked surely. I had confirmation that the Marcus CD is not legit from Marcus himself. He said he'd tried to stop it being sold but wasn't able to. I sent him the label address and told him he should pop round with some mates and have a chat (it wasn't far from him) Wonder if he did?

OK, that's it. DEfinitely the last CD's of 2009. WHITE ZOMBIE Supersexy Swingin Sounds TWELFTH GATE Threshold of Revelation STAIRWAY The Other Side of Midnight CIRCUS MAXIMUS The 1st Chapter DIVINYLS Underworld Roll on 2010 for more...