Saturday, 21 February 2015

An audience with...?


Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is "I've Seen Them Play That Live!"

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 8th March.

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp).

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated.

The deadline for voting is 9pm, Sunday 1st March.




Baader Meinoff – Baader Meinhoff
2 Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
3 Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
4 Billy Bragg – Life’s A Riot
5 Breeders – Last Splash
7 Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
8 Camel – Snow Goose
9 Chamelons – Script of the Bridge
10 Cocteau Twins – Victoria Land
11 The Decembrists – Hazards of Love
12 Deerhoof – Milkman
13 Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
14 Deerhunter – Microcastle
15 Dinosaur Jr  Bug
16 Dirty Three – Horse Stories
17 Echo and the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
18 Echo and the Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
19 Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
20 Fairport Convention – Babbacombe Lee
21 Father John Misty – Honeybear
22 Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
23 Green on Red – Gas Food Lodging
24 Heather Peace – The Thin Line
25 I Like Trains – Progress Reform
26 Jane’s Addiction – Nothings Shocking
28 Jethro Tull – Thick As A Brick
29 Lambchop – Nixon
30 Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray
31 Manic Street Preachers – Journal for Plague Lovers
32 Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II
33 Mega City Four – Who Cares Wins
34 Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
35 Anais Mitchell – Hadestown
36 Bob Mould – Workbook
37 Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff and Early Singles
38 Muse – Origin of Symmetry
39 Nirvana – Bleach
40 Lee Perry - Battle of Armagideon
41 Pixies – Surfer Rosa
42 Presidents of USA – Presidents of USA
43 Lou Reed – Berlin
44 Todd Rundgren – A Wizard A True Star
45 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
46 Screaming Lord Sutch – Live Manifesto
47 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju
48 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Nocturne
49 Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent
50 Slint – Spiderland
51 Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
52 Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
53 Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
54 Sunday Drivers – The End of Maiden Trip
55 Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
56 Twilight Sad – 14 Autumns and 15 Winters
57 The Wedding Present – Bizarro
58 The Wedding Present – Seamonsters
59 Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
60 The Who – Quadrophenia
61 Yes – Close to the Edge

Sunday, 25 January 2015

Thoughts....

Evening all...

Sorry there's been such little activity emanating from LP Group recently. Without going into details, I've had other stuff to think about and I needed time away from Twitter generally. I'm happy to be back as @coleser (I have so many lovely friends who I'd missed) but I'm not sure I'm up to organising monthly polls for the foreseeable future.

Is there anyone who'd like to take over the reins for a bit? If a few people offered to organise a month each, that would be jolly. I'd love there to be a Best Album of 2014 vote - I'd be very curious as to what would win! Is anybody interested in masterminding the 2014 poll?

Future months? There are only three more themes left to tick off (see here). What about the rest of the year? There are a few years that could be done (1968 was a recent success) and a few record labels we haven't tackled (I always like those polls). I did think that @lpgrp stalwarts could have a month each. Each stalwart could produce a shortlist of 25 albums and we all vote from that list. There's life in the old dog yet I reckon. Sadly, I  can't devote myself to it any longer but would love to join in with future sessions.

Views, offers of advice, opinions - all welcome!

Lots of love

Martin

Sunday, 16 November 2014

Mind Your Language

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Foreign Language.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 7th December. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 10pm, Sunday 23rd November.


1. Goran Bregovic – Music Inspired and Taken by Underground
2. Alpha Blondy - Merci
3. Alpha Blondy & the Solar System - Masada
4. Aston Villa - Aston Villa
5. Blumfeld - L'etat Et Moi
6. Jacques Brel - Ces Gens-La
7. Jacques Brel - C'est Comme Ca
8. Jacques Brel - Mijn Vlakke Land
9. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
10. Willie Colon - Cosa Nuestra
11. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
12. La Dusseldorf - Viva
13. Ethiopiques 8 - Swinging Addis
14. Euros Childs ~ Bore Da
15. Fille Qui Mousse ~ Trixie Stapleton 291 / Se Taire Pour Une Femme Trop Belle
16. Peter Gabriel - Ein Deutsches Album
17. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
18. Serge Gainsbourg  - Initials B.B.
19. The Gloaming -  The Gloaming
20. Nina Hagen – Unbehagen
21. Happy End - Kazemachi Roman
22. Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Sessions
23. Kraftwerk – Autobahn
24. Le Mans - Aquí Vivía Yo
25. Bavon Marie-Marie et L'Orchestre Negro Succes - L'Intrepide Bavon Marie-Marie
26. Emel Mathlouthi - Kelmti Horra
27. Mishima  - Trucar a Casa. Recollir Les Fotos. Pagar La Multa
28. Neu! - Neu!
29. Bo Ningen - III
30. Bo Ningen - Line the Wall
31. Gruff Rhys – Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
32. Oumou Sangare – Oumou
33. Sigur Ros - ( )
34. Sigur Ros - Agætis Byrjun
35. Sigur Ros Takk
36. Sobin a'r Smaeliaid - Caib
37. Soon E MC - Point de Vue
38. Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm
39. Che Sudaka - Mirando El Mundo Al Reves
40. Super Furry Animals - Mwng
41. Svper – Pegasvs
42. Tarmac - Notre Epoque
43. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
44. Tinarawen - L'Eau, Cest La Vie
45. Tirez Sur Le Pianiste OST
46. Rokia Traore - Tchamantché
47. Various Artists - Haiti Direct!
48. Y Niwl – Y Niwl
49. The Young Gods - L'Eau Rouge



Saturday, 8 November 2014

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?

The theme for @lpgrp’s November session is ‘Foreign Language Albums’.
The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 7th December.
We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two foreign language albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Saturday 15th November. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Say, Planet Rock - It's the sure shot

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is Hip-Hop.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 2nd November. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 8pm, Thursday 23rd October.



1. Aim – Hinterland
2. Atmosphere - Lucy Ford:The Atmosphere EP’s
3. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
4. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
5. Blitz the Ambassador – Stereotype
6. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
7. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
8. Chance the Rapper – Acid Rap
9. cLOUDDEAD - Ten
10. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
11. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
12. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
13. Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life
14. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
15. Dessa - Castor, the Twin
16. The Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
17. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hiphoprisy is the Greatest Luxury
18. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
19. DLS - Buhloone Mindstate
20. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
21. El-P  - Cancer4Cure
22. El-P - Fantastic Damage
23. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full
24. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
25. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
26. Ice Cube – The Predator
27. Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math
28. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
29. Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
30. King Sun - XL
31. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter lll
32. Madvillain – Madvillainy
33. Main Source - Breaking Atoms
34. Mantronix - The Album
35. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
36. Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
37. Nas - Illmatic
38. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
39. OutKast - Aquemini
40. OutKast – Stankonia
41. P.O.S – Audition
42. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
43. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
44. Quakers – Quakers
45. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
46. Real Live - The Turnaround
47. Run DMC - Raising Hell
48. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels
49. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
50. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
51. Us3 – Hand on the Torch
52. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)


Tuesday, 7 October 2014

It Takes a Nation of MIllions to Hold the Lpgrp Nominating Process Back

The theme for @lpgrp’s November session is ‘Hip-Hop’.
The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 2nd November.
We need to create a shortlist. Please send me the name of two hip-hop albums you’d like to nominate. Use a direct message or a tweet mentioning 'lpgrp' to contact me. Your deadline is 9pm, Wednesday 15th October. Once the shortlist is ready, I’ll publish further details about how to vote. 

Here's a mighty list of hip-hop albums - straight outta Gloucester. 

Sunday, 21 September 2014

Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer

Here are the runners and riders for the next @lpgrp vote. The theme is 1968.

The listening session will be 9pm, Sunday 5th October. 

You can vote for five albums by sending the numbers (not names!) of your choices to the @lpgrp Twitter account (via a direct message or an ordinary tweet mentioning @lpgrp). 

You are allowed to vote for the albums you nominated. 
The deadline for voting is 8pm, Thursday 25th September.

1. Airplane - Crown of Creation
2. The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Centre of the Mind
3. David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
4. The Band - Music from Big Pink
5. The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album)
6. Graham Bond - Love is the Law
7. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
8. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
9. Caravan – Caravan
10. Chamber Brothers - Time Has Come
11. Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
12. Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
13. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
14. The Everly Brothers – Roots
15. Fairport Convention – Fairport Convention
16. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
17. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
18. The Impressions - This Is My Country
19. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
20. Etta James - Tell Mama
21. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
22, John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
23. Mad River - Mad River
24. Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull
25. The Monkees – Head
26. The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
27. Nico - The Marble Index
28. Laura Nyro - Eli
29. Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets
30. The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
31. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
32. Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
33. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
35. William Shatner - The Transformed Man
36. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
37. Silver Apples – Silver Apples
38. Nina Simone - 'Nuff Said
39. Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music 
40. The Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
41. Traffic - Traffic
42. The United States of America - The United States of America
43. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
44. Scott Walker - Scott 2
45. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - A Child's Guide to Good and Evil
46. Bobby Womack - Fly Me to the Moon
47. Neil Young – Neil Young