Soul Mining is one of my favorites! I still have the copy I bought new back when I was in High School! I've never heard of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, but I'll definitely check them out.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi David penguin cafe definitely worth checking out All the best chris..

love the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and would recommend any of their albums.As mentioned before Simon Jeffes died in 1977 but his son then took over and the band is now called Penguin Cafe and have released a few albums again highly recommended .Never knew about the Pentangle box set so will be trying to get hold of that.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for that info,the pentangle box is really good. All the best chris..

Enjoyed the video Chris. Soul Mining is a great album. I'd forgotten all about Penguin Cafe Orchestra but you've inspired me to rediscover them. The Pentangle box sets look great. Cherry Red are a fantastic label for CD box sets. I guess most people watching your videoss are mainly interested in vinyl, but a lot of the box sets Cherry Red produce would not be viable on vinyl, just because of size/ weight and probably expense. Anyone interested in retrospective box sets should check out Cherry Red. You've got me interested too in Rodrigo y Gabriela. Looking forward to the next video- keep collecting and keep making videos, all the best Chris.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi Gary ,thanks for your kind words. All the best chris..

I think that jug in the window - the sticky-out-bits are in need of a little vaseline. ;-)

Perpetuum Mobile" is the most well known Penguin Cafe Orchestra tune. It's been used in many adverts. The bands been around since the mid 70z

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi David ,I'm sure gonna enjoy searching out more of penguin cafe albums for sure All the best chris..

Hi Chris, Juno Records have that Rodrigo vinyl x2 for £16.99..what a bargain 👍

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi ,I'm gonna pick that up if I find one. All the best chris..

The next album by The The called Infected was my entry point with them. I can recommend it. I was big into the Blow Monkeys at the time and so I've always thought of The The as being a bit like them.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi John,will look out for infected ,I never bothered with them,it's funny how sometimes we disregard artists only to find out later that they are really good ,I've done that so many times lol . All the best chris.

Both fabulous artists Chris..I've been a fan of Penguin Cafe Orchestra for a long time, their first 3 or 4 albums are wonderful..quirky, classical pop..Simon Jeffes sadly died quite a long time ago but the band continues as Penguin Cafe. Soul Mining is one of my all time favourite albums..I bought it when it was released as I loved Uncertain Smile..( although the 12" single version is quite different and possibly even better imho). You're right, there isn't a bad song..to be honest, it's their best, although the follow up Infected is decent along with Dusk ( I think from around 1992) which has Johnny Marr on guitar. Nice Pentangle CD boxes, I havecther entire discography on vinyl, but those boxsets do look nice. The Rodrigo sounds interesting , I love virtuoso acoustic music if its' got something different about it. All the best.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi rob I certainly will be looking out for more from them both,I have most of pentangles,albums except for a couple of the 80s albums which I'm finding hard to find,I had a word about the third ear band album ,it's a second press and he wants 35 quid for it ,it is in nice condition,let me know if interested,cheers rob All the best chris..

@robison5396

5 ай бұрын

@@thesuffolkrecordcollector680 Hi Chris, thanks for the heads' up on the Third Ear Band..my local has had copies in before, a bit cheaper than that so I'll leave it for now..thanks for the offer though.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Yea I thought it was a bit on the dear side esp being a second and not a first​@@robison5396

The Better Half is a big fan of Penguin Café Orchestra and has that record and a number of CDs. The band more or less finished when Simon Jeffes passed away in 1997. Even more coincidentally she has a couple of Rodrigo y (and?) Gabriela CDs (including yours). Not really my thing, but interesting to show - and isn't it surprising how one's taste can change over the years!

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi,my tastes have certainly changed ,still like my prog and rock ,but seem to be branching out more lol. All the best chris..

Chris, check out The The's Infected album. Not a duff track on it. They also made videos for all the songs on the album. I alway look out for 12inch singles from them as well as the extended versions are also excellent. Cheers.

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi Andy ,thanks for that ,I'm definitely be on the look out for more from the the . All the best chris..

Video quality was much better! Will you post any more in your series “essential titles for your collection”?

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi glen ,yes I probably will sometime ,hoping to change things up a bit and do things a bit different. All the best chris..

Chris... Please please please check out Matt Johnsons first album Burning blue Soul, and the follow up to Soul Mining Infected.... Infected is a seriously good album. The The are seriously good. The first Matt Johnson album was later re-released as a The the record, but originally released under the Matt Johnson monika

@thesuffolkrecordcollector680

5 ай бұрын

Hi Andy,I'm seriously gonna be checking out more of mat Johnson and the the ,can't believe I never bothered to do so before,cheers for that info fella. All the best chris..