Gibbo

Blimey! I had that one when I was about 12. Well, still young, anyway. You're 41 next year, aren't you?

I got to thinking the other day about how easy it is these days for us to find out about bands/songs/albums/tours, etc. thanks to the internet ... Those of us with a few years under our belts probably still remember how a lot of news/recommendations came via 'word of mouth', and I thought back to all the albums I've bought over the years without hearing a single note of the music simply because someone told me it was good, or because a review raved about it, or even just because I liked the picture on the cover. Off the top of my head, I came up with: Guns n' Roses: Appetite For Destruction Faster Pussycat: Faster Pussycat Van Halen: 1984 Def Leppard: Pyromania Kiss Of The Gypsy: Kiss Of The Gypsy Motorhead: No Sleep 'til Hammersmith Black Sabbath: Mob Rules Krokus: One Vice At A Time Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell AC/DC: Highway To Hell Elixir: Son Of Odin Motley Crue: Too Fast For Love I don't know about the rest of you, but discovering new music this way was always exciting ... or maybe I'm just getting old and longing for 'the good old days'?

Hell Train by Christopher Fowler

From The INSIDE: Alice Cooper

LOVE Is Fatal: Dream Disciples

Pearl Jam: vs Berlin: Count Three And Pray Scarlet: Naked Break Point: First Serving ... a bit all over the place at the moment, musically speaking ...

Highway To HELL - AC/DC

DOWNtown - Warrior Soul

Time zone-wisae, it it STILL your Birthday? If not, I hope you had a good one.

Get you, you globetrotter! Welcome, Jonas!

Was Mrs B saying things like 'That's NOT the best way to do that, you know' during the more gratuitous scenes?

I second that!

All ALONG The Watchtower: Jimi Hendrix

The SILENT Whales Of Lunar Sea - Skyclad

Nope. I stick to Farcebook ...

Is that what these people are having? Google Images seems to think so. We need to get that t-shirt sorted... Sod the t-shirt! Where can we buy beards like THAT?!

U2: The Joshua Tree Emergency: Boys Will Be Boys

Have you recommended any of these to me?

I'm sure you didn't know that track when I mentioned it to you last year..... One of only 2 songs ever that I prefer the live version! I fear you are mistaken, sir ... I speak as a fella who had 'Denim And Leather' on good old vinyl, back in the day ... always liked Saxon ...

Hurrah!

Awesome job! I'd make the trip for the 600 jewel cases alone. Yeah, good work, I wonder how much you'd get if you sold all the CDs you've ended up with through this 'deal'. I can't imagine anyone giving anything away for free in the UK! When the Golden Disc in Saouthend shut (permanently, this time), the guy who owned it was offering a discount of 25% on everything ... the fact that most of his stock was either rubbish or ridiculously over-priced for what it was probably tells you exactly why he ended up going out of business ... at the other end of the scale, there was another place, in the basement of a clothes shop, that was clearing everything out for £0.50 per CD ... I picked up stuff by Mercyful Fate, Sven Gali, Bruce Dickinson, Gorguts, Def Leppard, Poison, King Diamond ... I spent about a tenner in the end ... THAT was a good day

I know a man that would still be interested ...

PLAY Deep - The Outfield

IS IT A Dream? - Classix Nouveaux

Nah, won't be bothering with this one ... simply because I can't see the point of 're-making/re-imagining' something that was pretty darn good to begin with ...