“More of Tom Lehrer” 1959, Decca Records LF1323 (10″)

I absolutely have to start with this. I can’t remember how old I was when my dad first played this to me – maybe 10-11 or so – but you can imagine the impact a song like “Poisoning Pigeons In The Park” had on me, bloody hilarious. I must have been having proper science lessons at school because “The Elements” resonated too – such a clever song. Mind you, I had no idea at the time who Continue Reading

A quick intro

I have inherited about 1000 LPs from my dad and we’re trying to work out what to keep. When we have a quiet evening, we’re going to pick an album and listen to it – it might only be a little bit of it if it’s particularly awful – and then we’re going to write a post about it. For the record, we’re rock fans and my dad wasn’t. The LPs are about a 50:50 Continue Reading