It's a reminder of how quickly things have changed that, seven years ago, you had to pay an annual subscription to receive sampler CDs, while now they can't give them away. If you check the Cooking Vinyl website now, they're offering some free downloads, but the Delicatessen series seems to have come to a halt after Issue 5 in 2003.
I can't be sure why I signed up for the Cooking Vinyl membership scheme in the first place. I suspect it was the Pere Ubu/David Thomas connection, since members could buy any album on the CV catalogue at a discount of a pound or two.
It's an intriguing catalogue that intersects with my tastes at several points (The Wedding Present, Jonathan Richman, Richard Thompson and Ryan Adams), while other parts leave me cold (I won't repeat what I think of XTC, lest I get into trouble again).
There's little on this collection that appeals much to me, though I did go on to buy CV albums by a couple of the artists included here.
![]() Listen to several tracks from this album in full at Last.fm |
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