Hi Rob - great responses and thanks so much for the shout out - very kind of you. Love the fact that you just keep on playing and waxing lyrical about Roy Harper - I always love that focus and enthusiasm and the sheer pleasure that an artist can bring us. Hoping we might get to meet in Birmingham this year !
Cheers Graham I never need much of an excuse to rattle on about Roy!. Yes, would be great to meet up in Birmingham, perhaps next time the Motorcycle Museum has a fair?.
Great response from the pink room Rob. You’re not alone in your love of Roy Harper Rob. It’s a great day when I find another out in the wild, which doesn’t happen enough I can assure you. Have yet to see anyone from Britain choose another country other than England, which is understandable. I chose the US because I like to buck the trend😁😉. Cheers.
Hey Jack, Happy new year!. Glad to hear you're a fellow Roy worshipper..his earlier albums are relatively easy to find, here in the UK as they were issued on EMI Harvest and had decent distribution..once he started label jumping in the 80s and 90s, they become harder to find. It was virtually impossible for me to choose any other country than the UK because of Roy! all the best and thanks gor watching.
Hello just discovered your channel and subbed you up, The Buggles Elvis Costello, Fleet Foxes, very cool stuff ABC and Kate Bush very good vinyl tag. I mainly talk rock vinyl on my channel and post a few concert clips, thanks for sharing the great music, have a great 2024!
Hi Rob, it’s a Harper-Fest! and why not, excellent stuff. Two solid Sparks albums. Gotta be the 70’s, as you say classic albums across multi-genres. Interesting dinner party guests, it would no doubt be an entertaining party. Big Pink classic. Mike
Hi Rob, great to see someone talking about and praising the great Roy Harper, one of the best! I'm surprised that nobody seems to mention the Hollies being from Manchester, love those early Hollies albums with Graham. Nice video, keep up the good work. Greetings from Michigan.
Thanks Ronald! Always great to hear from fellow Roy fans, particularly from the US. Butterfly is a great Hollies album and along with Graham Nash does tend to get more love stateside. Thanks for watching and commenting. All the best Rob.
Hi Rob, Those two Sparks albums are cracking records. They were on a roll that year. I love Lexicon Of Love too, but I didn't get it until I was in my 40s. Great answers Rob. Who knew that Roy Harper was so versatile. LOL Happy New Year
Cheers Pete! A Waters / Gilmour meet up at a party would certainly put a downer on the event!. Thanks for your words of support Pete, very much appreciated..a chat in the pub over a couple of pints chewing the fat sounds good..perhaps we should meet sometime this year?. All the best Rob.
Happy New Year, Rob. Great tag. Thanks for the Evans reminder. Nice choice with Sparks. I was late the their game, but enjoy both of those records. Roy Harper for the win! Fun stuff, Rob. Cheers
Hi Rob - Happy New Year to you. Hope that your knees have recovered now. A real Roy Harper festival in your answers (not unexpected). Your RH related dinner party would have some interesting conversation. I had to smile when you LOST the record for “we lost them in 2023”. You will be surprised to hear that I don’t have that Kate Bush album in my collection- but I do need to get it in 2024. Great video response. Cheers Bill
Hi Rob. I thought you'd started doing that weird thing where people refer to themselves by name. I eventually realised you were talking about Rob Walker ... Some good albums here. I particularly liked how you showed a varied selection in support of your choice of the 1970's for best decade ... The Emma Anderson CD was a surprise to me. I've recently been listening to 'Lovelife' and loving the power pop sound. Lush were a band that had a few bad breaks, and should have been bigger. I'll keep a watching brief on the price of Emma's CD ... I knew Sparks were prolific, but didn't realise they'd released two albums within a few months. Bands are just too precious and slow these days. I blame the Stone Roses ... Graham Allan is one of the most articulate members of the vinyl community. I'll be watching his vinyl tag video at some point (there are just so many I want to watch this year!) ... We share a love for 'Sheet Music'. Such an inventive band when they had the classic lineup. All the best for 2024, Carl
Cheers Carl Didn't realise I'd mentioned Rob thst many times! I was a big Lush fan back in the day and saw them live in Birmingham around 1990..when I heard Emma had released an album I had to get it pronto!. Graham is a great guy..we almost met up here last year at the Motorcycle Museum record Fair but sadly it didn't happen. Have fun with the tag. Rob.
Hi Rob. Well done on speedily making a Vinyl Tag response, I’d be quite interested in that Emma Anderson album as I too really like Lush. Good choice of Sparks with those two albums. I have to be in the mood for Sparks because as you said they’re so frenetic in sound. Nice also to see Renaissance - I only discovered them in 2023. Never knew Roy Harper was from Manchester - but you should know, being his number one fan 😂 As for 7” singles, I have quite a lot but don’t play them very much. Susanna Hoffs seems to have been the most in demand dinner party guest. Jimmy Page is an excellent choice though. Will check out Morten and Graham’s channels... Take care, John.
Thanks John..although at nearly 40 minutes I was hardly ' speedy ' 😁..thanks for sticking with it. Yes, that Emma Anderson has become a bit of an obsession, it's got a lovely atmosphere. Someone suggested I should have included Waters to the party along with Gilmour, but I figured that definitely wouldn't end well... All the best.
Very nice answers Rob. I just put my copy of 'Kimono My House' through the spin cleaner yesterday, as I tried to listen to it the other night and it was in a bit of a mess. I'm a walking contradiction in that The Beatles are my favourite band yet I also would choose the 1970s to listen to over every other decade. I think The Age of Plastic actually came out in 1980 by the way, though Video Killed The Radio Star preceded it at the back end of the 70s. Don't hold me to that though. I think it's great that you still spend most of your listening time with Roy Harper. Did you know that Nick Harper supported Squeeze in the late nineties and ended up being signed to Glenn Tilbrook's label Quixotic? Cheers James
Hi James Yes, I did know about Quitxotic, the CD I showed of Nicks' was Harperspace from 2000 ( probably his best) and was produced by Glenn..I believe they became good friends. All the best. Rob.
Hi Rob, I sense a theme coming...I just checked and Roy Harper has several 7" singles...Surely Roy has recorded some soul...PJ Harvey album is a grower...I was sure you were going to finish with 'Valentine'. Nice tag, cheers Dale
Thanks Dale I can't believe I didn't show the 7" single from Roy that came with my Bullinamingvase ist press..wtf! ??..out of sight, out of mind as they say. I think by the time the 1974 question came, i figured most of you would be Roy'd out!!. Thanks for staying with the video!.
Good choices Rob. Here's a bonus question just for you. If you woke up one morning and Roy Harper magically ceased to exist, who would you listen to? Happy New Year, Mike
Hiya Rob. Splendid entry. Very happy To see ABC in the Vinyl Tag! And also Supergrass! You are the only one I’ve seen so far who did (apart from me showing a 7’’). Ah, classic 10CC 😊Have you put all these records back? It’s 3 days later here and I have to admit about half of them are still not tidied up 😄
Thanks Morten Yes, Knees fully recovered and vinyl stashed away! It's a bit of a chore, but fun to do! Supergrass are just wonderful, there's very little in their catalogue I don't like. All the best Rob.
@@robison5396 Ha ha, good to read. I’ll better get mine sorted. Btw did you get Gaz Coombes latest solo album? I did an unboxing video about that few weeks ago. It is excellent!
@@mortenaastad796 No, still haven't got that last Gaz Coombes, I have streamed it and it's very good, theres' one song that's so good, where he sounds like Scott Walker..Thanks for the reminder!
Roy Harper was inid to your party , I was shocked lol. That PJ Harvey is 50/50 with people having a love hate relationship with. I enjoyed your video with James Rob. Did not know about that Zamrock video. Someone beat me to the punch , dang it. What was the channel?
Hi Steve I almost mentioned you regarding Zamrock as I know you've talked a lot about African music, but wasn't sure if you'd already covered it. The channel is The Suffolk Record Collector and his name is Chris. All the best.Rob 🙂
Bloody Hell's bells, Rob! Are you trying to kill me? How can I play the Rob Ison VC Drinking Game to this one? I have to guzzle a drink everytime you show Roy Harper album! 😉
@@robison5396 Happy new year, Rob. Always a pleasure to join you in the pink room. I'll probably have a go at the tag later this evening or tomorrow, so you can play the Hedley Brown VC Drinking Game. Take a swig everytime I show a bluegrass record, country funk or a cheapo record I've bought from Amazon.
Hi rob quite a few people have showed those sparks albums .. I’m thinking you’ll choose the 70s most people have mentioned that the 60s was decent from 64 .. I’ve only just recently picked up that buggles lp.. Roy harper son of Manchester I know rusholme 😀. Roy again 😁.. I wonder if Roy is coming to your dinner party ??😀.. I really like those channels you shouted out ..I mentioned morten.. I agree lexicon of love could have been a greatest hits .. yes I have hounds of love ✔️you’re right I don’t have that 😄.. that’s a 90s classic .. this is a marathon. .. 🥳.. thanks for doing the tag great response it’s just for fun .. someone else can do it next year .. cheers
@@robison5396 that’s kind of you to say and it has been fun hearing peoples responses but 3 years is enough .. changing the subject .. even I have 2 Roy harper albums and youre definitely responsible 😄
@@robison5396 one I think is a double electronic one from the mid 80s the other is a comp. I’d forgotten I had it but I saw it the other day .. Roy harper records are everywhere 😀
Double electronic?.. hmm interesting...the only official double release he had in the 80s that i'm aware of was the live album ' In Between Every Line"..
You're going to have to rename your channel The Roy Harper Appreciation Society! Not that I'm complaining. BTW do you have the BBC Tapes sets? I think there were 6 in total, but I only have one - I really should try and find the rest - wish I'd got them all when I had the chance. I really should get that Dave Evans album. Great to see The superb No Roses being shown - total classic. The best thing The Buggles ever did was the album Drama as Yes - brilliant. You had to show a Roy Harper album for Jimmy Page didn't you rather than Zeppelin 🤣. Surprised you didn't do the same for Gilmour - or at the very least show Wish You Were Here. If you're inviting Gilmour you should have invited Waters too (though the party might not have lasted too long). Don't put yourself down - you're videos are always great to watch - as I said in my video, channels like yours take me back to my days in Manchester meeting up with friends in the pub, showing each other what we'd bought that day, talking everything music - and thanks for that. Strong finish with the wonderful Sheet Music. All the very best... Pete
I think the Roy Harper Appreciation Society may have something to say about me stealing their name..lol!. Yes, the tag soon became a platform for me to promote and chat about Roy and I possibly got carried away! Thanks for watching and commenting Pete.😊
Hi Rob - great responses and thanks so much for the shout out - very kind of you. Love the fact that you just keep on playing and waxing lyrical about Roy Harper - I always love that focus and enthusiasm and the sheer pleasure that an artist can bring us. Hoping we might get to meet in Birmingham this year !
Cheers Graham
I never need much of an excuse to rattle on about Roy!.
Yes, would be great to meet up in Birmingham, perhaps next time the Motorcycle Museum has a fair?.
Great response from the pink room Rob. You’re not alone in your love of Roy Harper Rob. It’s a great day when I find another out in the wild, which doesn’t happen enough I can assure you. Have yet to see anyone from Britain choose another country other than England, which is understandable. I chose the US because I like to buck the trend😁😉. Cheers.
Hey Jack, Happy new year!.
Glad to hear you're a fellow Roy worshipper..his earlier albums are relatively easy to find, here in the UK as they were issued on EMI Harvest and had decent distribution..once he started label jumping in the 80s and 90s, they become harder to find.
It was virtually impossible for me to choose any other country than the UK because of Roy!
all the best and thanks gor watching.
Hello just discovered your channel and subbed you up, The Buggles Elvis Costello, Fleet Foxes, very cool stuff ABC and Kate Bush very good vinyl tag. I mainly talk rock vinyl on my channel and post a few concert clips, thanks for sharing the great music, have a great 2024!
Hi Mike
Thanks for watching and subbing, really appreciated!.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Rob, it’s a Harper-Fest! and why not, excellent stuff. Two solid Sparks albums. Gotta be the 70’s, as you say classic albums across multi-genres. Interesting dinner party guests, it would no doubt be an entertaining party. Big Pink classic. Mike
Thanks Mike
Happy new year, thanks for your kind words.
All the best
Rob.
Hi Rob, great to see someone talking about and praising the great Roy Harper, one of the best! I'm surprised that nobody seems to mention the Hollies being from Manchester, love those early Hollies albums with Graham. Nice video, keep up the good work. Greetings from Michigan.
Thanks Ronald!
Always great to hear from fellow Roy fans, particularly from the US.
Butterfly is a great Hollies album and along with Graham Nash does tend to get more love stateside.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
All the best
Rob.
Hi Rob, Those two Sparks albums are cracking records. They were on a roll that year. I love Lexicon Of Love too, but I didn't get it until I was in my 40s. Great answers Rob. Who knew that Roy Harper was so versatile. LOL Happy New Year
Cheers John
Sparks are crazily talented and evergreen..have you seen the documentary film that came out a couple of years ago.?
Cheers Pete!
A Waters / Gilmour meet up at a party would certainly put a downer on the event!.
Thanks for your words of support Pete, very much appreciated..a chat in the pub over a couple of pints chewing the fat sounds good..perhaps we should meet sometime this year?.
All the best
Rob.
By far the best Roy Harper tag the VC has ever seen 👍😁👍
Excellent response video sir 👏👏👏
Cheers Nick
Aye, more Roy than you can shake a stick at!..if I can spread some love for Roy it'll be all worthwhile!!.
Thanks for watching. 🙂
Happy New Year, Rob. Great tag. Thanks for the Evans reminder. Nice choice with Sparks. I was late the their game, but enjoy both of those records. Roy Harper for the win! Fun stuff, Rob. Cheers
Cheers Jeff!
Always Roy for the 🏆
Thanks for watching.
Looking forward to watching what you buy in 2024!.
All the very best.
Rob.🙂
@@robison5396 thanks Rob. I have my first VC meetup of the year tmrw. Hoping for some goodies.
Hi Rob - Happy New Year to you. Hope that your knees have recovered now. A real Roy Harper festival in your answers (not unexpected). Your RH related dinner party would have some interesting conversation. I had to smile when you LOST the record for “we lost them in 2023”. You will be surprised to hear that I don’t have that Kate Bush album in my collection- but I do need to get it in 2024. Great video response. Cheers Bill
Great response Rob. Didn’t know Harper was a manc. Well done for cobbling together some 45s(ish)
Happy new year fella, Chris
Thanks Chris
Happy New Year to you too...
Yes, epic fail on the 45s
Awesome entry
Thanks very much!.
Hi Rob. I thought you'd started doing that weird thing where people refer to themselves by name. I eventually realised you were talking about Rob Walker ... Some good albums here. I particularly liked how you showed a varied selection in support of your choice of the 1970's for best decade ... The Emma Anderson CD was a surprise to me. I've recently been listening to 'Lovelife' and loving the power pop sound. Lush were a band that had a few bad breaks, and should have been bigger. I'll keep a watching brief on the price of Emma's CD ... I knew Sparks were prolific, but didn't realise they'd released two albums within a few months. Bands are just too precious and slow these days. I blame the Stone Roses ... Graham Allan is one of the most articulate members of the vinyl community. I'll be watching his vinyl tag video at some point (there are just so many I want to watch this year!) ... We share a love for 'Sheet Music'. Such an inventive band when they had the classic lineup. All the best for 2024, Carl
Cheers Carl
Didn't realise I'd mentioned Rob thst many times!
I was a big Lush fan back in the day and saw them live in Birmingham around 1990..when I heard Emma had released an album I had to get it pronto!.
Graham is a great guy..we almost met up here last year at the Motorcycle Museum record Fair but sadly it didn't happen.
Have fun with the tag.
Rob.
Hi Rob. Well done on speedily making a Vinyl Tag response,
I’d be quite interested in that Emma Anderson album as I too really like Lush.
Good choice of Sparks with those two albums. I have to be in the mood for Sparks because as you said they’re so frenetic in sound.
Nice also to see Renaissance - I only discovered them in 2023.
Never knew Roy Harper was from Manchester - but you should know, being his number one fan 😂
As for 7” singles, I have quite a lot but don’t play them very much.
Susanna Hoffs seems to have been the most in demand dinner party guest. Jimmy Page is an excellent choice though.
Will check out Morten and Graham’s channels...
Take care, John.
Thanks John..although at nearly 40 minutes I was hardly ' speedy ' 😁..thanks for sticking with it.
Yes, that Emma Anderson has become a bit of an obsession, it's got a lovely atmosphere.
Someone suggested I should have included Waters to the party along with Gilmour, but I figured that definitely wouldn't end well...
All the best.
Hi Rob, great response to the tag. I see you're a bit of a fan of Roy Harper. I loved the fact you showed Sparks as well. Hopefully we can meet up.
Happy new year Steve
Yes, you could say I quite like Roy!.
Sparks just never get old do they.
A meet up this year would be great.
Very nice answers Rob. I just put my copy of 'Kimono My House' through the spin cleaner yesterday, as I tried to listen to it the other night and it was in a bit of a mess. I'm a walking contradiction in that The Beatles are my favourite band yet I also would choose the 1970s to listen to over every other decade. I think The Age of Plastic actually came out in 1980 by the way, though Video Killed The Radio Star preceded it at the back end of the 70s. Don't hold me to that though. I think it's great that you still spend most of your listening time with Roy Harper. Did you know that Nick Harper supported Squeeze in the late nineties and ended up being signed to Glenn Tilbrook's label Quixotic? Cheers James
Hi James
Yes, I did know about Quitxotic, the CD I showed of Nicks' was Harperspace from 2000 ( probably his best) and was produced by Glenn..I believe they became good friends.
All the best.
Rob.
I don't think I've heard it, I need to check it out.
@@jamesgriffithsmusic The wonderful Verse that Time Forgot is on it, Glenn loved it and there's a video on UA-cam of him performing it.
Hi Rob, I sense a theme coming...I just checked and Roy Harper has several 7" singles...Surely Roy has recorded some soul...PJ Harvey album is a grower...I was sure you were going to finish with 'Valentine'. Nice tag, cheers Dale
Thanks Dale
I can't believe I didn't show the 7" single from Roy that came with my Bullinamingvase ist press..wtf! ??..out of sight, out of mind as they say.
I think by the time the 1974 question came, i figured most of you would be Roy'd out!!.
Thanks for staying with the video!.
Hello up there !!!!
Good choices Rob. Here's a bonus question just for you. If you woke up one morning and Roy Harper magically ceased to exist, who would you listen to? Happy New Year, Mike
I'd think I'd just had a nightmare, turn over and go back to sleep!.
Thanks Mike, Happy new year to you too.
Hiya Rob. Splendid entry. Very happy
To see ABC in the Vinyl Tag! And also Supergrass! You are the only one I’ve seen so far who did (apart from me showing a 7’’). Ah, classic 10CC 😊Have you put all these records back? It’s 3 days later here and I have to admit about half of them are still not tidied up 😄
Thanks Morten
Yes, Knees fully recovered and vinyl stashed away!
It's a bit of a chore, but fun to do!
Supergrass are just wonderful, there's very little in their catalogue I don't like.
All the best
Rob.
@@robison5396 Ha ha, good to read. I’ll better get mine sorted. Btw did you get Gaz Coombes latest solo album? I did an unboxing video about that few weeks ago. It is excellent!
@@mortenaastad796 No, still haven't got that last Gaz Coombes, I have streamed it and it's very good, theres' one song that's so good, where he sounds like Scott Walker..Thanks for the reminder!
Roy Harper was inid to your party , I was shocked lol. That PJ Harvey is 50/50 with people having a love hate relationship with. I enjoyed your video with James Rob. Did not know about that Zamrock video. Someone beat me to the punch , dang it. What was the channel?
Hi Steve
I almost mentioned you regarding Zamrock as I know you've talked a lot about African music, but wasn't sure if you'd already covered it.
The channel is The Suffolk Record Collector and his name is Chris.
All the best.Rob 🙂
Bloody Hell's bells, Rob! Are you trying to kill me? How can I play the Rob Ison VC Drinking Game to this one? I have to guzzle a drink everytime you show Roy Harper album! 😉
Ha ha!..'twas a bit of a Roy fest wasn't it!..Happy New year Hedley.🙂
@@robison5396 Happy new year, Rob. Always a pleasure to join you in the pink room.
I'll probably have a go at the tag later this evening or tomorrow, so you can play the Hedley Brown VC Drinking Game. Take a swig everytime I show a bluegrass record, country funk or a cheapo record I've bought from Amazon.
Hi rob quite a few people have showed those sparks albums .. I’m thinking you’ll choose the 70s most people have mentioned that the 60s was decent from 64 .. I’ve only just recently picked up that buggles lp.. Roy harper son of Manchester I know rusholme 😀. Roy again 😁.. I wonder if Roy is coming to your dinner party ??😀.. I really like those channels you shouted out ..I mentioned morten.. I agree lexicon of love could have been a greatest hits .. yes I have hounds of love ✔️you’re right I don’t have that 😄.. that’s a 90s classic .. this is a marathon. .. 🥳.. thanks for doing the tag great response it’s just for fun .. someone else can do it next year .. cheers
Cheers Rob
Your Tags have almost become a VC institution..I doubt you'll be allowed to relinquish the reins..lol!!...all the best.
Rob.🙂
@@robison5396 that’s kind of you to say and it has been fun hearing peoples responses but 3 years is enough .. changing the subject .. even I have 2 Roy harper albums and youre definitely responsible 😄
@@robwalkerletthemusicplay Which ones?.
@@robison5396 one I think is a double electronic one from the mid 80s the other is a comp. I’d forgotten I had it but I saw it the other day .. Roy harper records are everywhere 😀
Double electronic?.. hmm interesting...the only official double release he had in the 80s that i'm aware of was the live album ' In Between Every Line"..
You're going to have to rename your channel The Roy Harper Appreciation Society! Not that I'm complaining. BTW do you have the BBC Tapes sets? I think there were 6 in total, but I only have one - I really should try and find the rest - wish I'd got them all when I had the chance.
I really should get that Dave Evans album.
Great to see The superb No Roses being shown - total classic. The best thing The Buggles ever did was the album Drama as Yes - brilliant.
You had to show a Roy Harper album for Jimmy Page didn't you rather than Zeppelin 🤣. Surprised you didn't do the same for Gilmour - or at the very least show Wish You Were Here. If you're inviting Gilmour you should have invited Waters too (though the party might not have lasted too long).
Don't put yourself down - you're videos are always great to watch - as I said in my video, channels like yours take me back to my days in Manchester meeting up with friends in the pub, showing each other what we'd bought that day, talking everything music - and thanks for that.
Strong finish with the wonderful Sheet Music.
All the very best... Pete
I think the Roy Harper Appreciation Society may have something to say about me stealing their name..lol!.
Yes, the tag soon became a platform for me to promote and chat about Roy and I possibly got carried away!
Thanks for watching and commenting Pete.😊