Ned Wood

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1. Gaslight Anthem - Sink Or Swim (2007)
2. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage (2009)
3. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger (2005)
4. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005)
5. Broken Records - Until the Earth Begins to Part (2009)

Art Brut at Rock City

Maximo Park at Rock City

#5DebutAlbums0509 play off at Rock City last night:
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll v Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger.

Hannah Spencer, Gorton & Denton.

A grand day canvassing in Manchester with the wonderful Hannah Spencer.
#VoteGreen
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As Andy Warhol once said:

In the future, everyone will be manager of Nottingham Forest for 15 minutes.

Various debut albums from the 50s and 60s.

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Spoilt for choice this round.

The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
Scott Walker - Scott
Nico - Chelsea Girl
Them - Them (aka The "Angry" Young Them!)
Kaleidoscope (US) - Side Trips

Indeed. Always the purist, me!

You do stupid things when you're young.

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Suede - Suede
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 101 Damnations
Charlatans - Some Friendly
Ride - Nowhere
Birdland - Birdland

Cover, Oblivion Seekers 1st album

A wildcard for best debut albums 90-94 - this fine fine fine album of “a hillbilly rhythm and blues” from the Oblivion Seekers.

Best track: No Depression. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7OJ...

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Album covers: Sprints, Suede, Sharon van Etten, Dead Pioneers, Spiritual Cramp

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Suede - Antidepressants
Sprints - All That Is Over
Dead Pioneers - PO$T AMERICAN
Spiritual Cramp - Rude
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Honourable mentions: Florence & the Machine, CMAT, Hamish Hawk, Kae Tempest, & Crystal Teardrops

Robbo Editions of You   “We’ve got a little fat guy who’ll turn him inside out… A very talented, highly skilled, unbelievable, left-footed player.”  [Brian Clough] “John Robertson wa…

Such sad news about Robbo. He was our greatest ever player.

Back in February, I wrote an appreciation of Robbo for the fanzine 'Oh Mist Rolling In'. It’s reproduced here:

nedwood.uk/robbo/

#nffc #robbo

Various album covers from 70-74.

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1. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
2. Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
3. John Prine - John Prine
4. Cockney Rebel - The Human Menagerie
5. Dick Gaughan - No More Forever

Hey, Kari-Ann

Like the Melania Medal for not pulling the girls’ hair in class or the Ivanka Award for not picking his nose in assembly.

You know how there’s always a spoilt brat in infants who throws a tantrum whenever Jack or Karla get the medals for running or when Hanna and Ben get the stars for answering teacher’s questions? So the teacher invents a prize she can give him to stop him kicking off when OFSTED come in.

See you there!

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This one's in the same boat …

4/4

What you can do is join the fight to get Dick back the rights to this music ….

www.gofundme.com/f/aatux2

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The reasons why are covered here…

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

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Cover, Dick Gaughan: No More Forever.

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This superb album by Dick Gaughan is a strong contender for my top 5.
However, I don’t expect it to do too well:
- It hasn’t been available in any format for years.
- It ain’t on Spotify.
- It’s hard to find it anywhere on the internet.

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1. Palma Violets - 180 (2013)
2. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? (2011)
3. Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi (2011)
4. Brody Dalle - Diploid Love (2014)
5. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (2012)

You wait fifty five years for a win at Anfield, then two come along at (almost) the same time.
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A good place to see a great band!

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Catfish - Balcony (2014)
Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker (2014)
Ex Hex - Rips (2014)
Honeyblood - Honeyblood (2014)
Brody Dalle - Diploid Love (2014)
Grace Petrie & Benefits Culture - Love is My Rebellion (2013)

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Drenge - Drenge (2013)
Charlie Boyer - Clarietta (2013)
Hookworms - Pearl Mystic (2013)
Beth Jeans Houghton - Yours Truly (2011)
Bastille - Bad Blood (2013)
Palma Violets - 180 (2013)
...

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Some initial thoughts ...

Covers of Laurie Anderson - Big Science The The - Soul Mining Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro

Laurie Anderson - Big Science (1982)
The The - Soul Mining (1983)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (1980)

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Part of Article "One Team In Europe" from Oh Mist Rolling In, Europe Special (Part 2).

Celebrating the return of Ian Woan & Steve Stone...
My article on when the boys of 96 were (almost) the Kings of Europe in Part II of Oh Mist Rolling In's Europe Special.

Get a copy on Trent Bridge, tonight or MSR on Radcliffe Road.

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Fantastic live.

Covers for Futureheads, Libertines, Killers, Razorlight, & Franz Ferdinand debut albums.

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The Futureheads - The Futureheads
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
Killers - Hot Fuss
Razorlight - Up All Night
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

You should publish them! They'd be a great read. A companion to Hungry Beat.