Having disposed of a collection of several hundred albums and boxes of singles, I started again in 2022, aiming to have a much smaller but more selective collection of vinyl, possibly limited to no more than 50 albums, and I don’t intend to re-buy anything that I used to have on vinyl or already have on CD – though I might make an exception if I ever see a copy of the 4-track 12″ single of Paul Hardcastle remixes of Ian Dury & the Blockheads tracks – but it does prevent me from re-buying some of my favourite albums like Live & Dangerous, Close to the Edge and A Trick of the Tail.

This is where I have got to so far:

Albums

• Athletico Spizz 80 – Do A Runner
• The Spizzles – Spikey Dream Flower
• Gary Numan – Intruder
• Anna Calvi – Hunter
• PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
• Public Service Broadcasting – Inform, Educate, Entertain
• Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink
• Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel (Melt)
• 10cc – Deceptive Bends
• Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams parts 1 to 4
• Baxter Dury – Mr. Maserati
• Cate Le Bon – Reward
• Tim Bowness – Butterfly Mind
• Jah Wobble – Metal Box – Rebuilt In Dub
• Ted Nugent – Free for All
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
• Tony Banks – A Curious Feeling
• Joe Jackson – I’m The Man
• Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery
• Finn Brothers – Finn
• Steven Wilson – The Future Bites
• King Crimson – Discipline
• The Beatles – Abbey Road
• The Beatles – White Album
• Soft Cell – *Happinesss Not Included
• Betty Boo – Boomerang
• Toyah – In the Court of the Crimson Queen – Rhythm Deluxe
• Boz Scaggs – Silk Degrees
• Thin Lizzy – Black Rose
• Steve Hackett – Spectral Mornings
• Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe
• Gerry Rafferty – City to City
• Daryl Hall & John Oates – Marigold Sky
• Marillion – Fugazi
• The Good, The Bad and The Queen – Merrie England

12″ Singles

• Viva Lula – Dad Sings the Blues
• Uropa Lula – Fell Upon A Jewel

7″ Singles

• Spizzoil – 6000 Crazy
• Spizzoil – Cold City
• Spizzenergi – Soldier, Soldier
• Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?
• Athletico Spizz 80 – No Room
• Athletico Spizz 80 – Hot Deserts
• Athletico Spizz 80 – Central Park
• The Spizzles – Risk
• The Spizzles – Dangers of Living
• Spizzenergi 2 – Work
• Spizzenergi 2 – Jungle Fever

10″ EPs

• Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia/Too Drunk to Fuck + original B sides

Not sure where to go next, but it will be a mixture of new music and classics and suggestions welcome below…