Memorabilia Podcast

July 1988 - Kate and Rick were sweet 16, and it was very much a case of school's out for the summer. Within a week of it's release, Rick had ventured into Sheffield City Centre to purchase Kylie, by K...

24 Okt 20211h 23min

Before we get in to the work of genius that is 'Disintegration' by The Cure, we had a fair bit of homework following the previous episode where we covered the Beatles 'Help', including the Cuban Missi...

10 Okt 20211h 34min

What can you say about The Beatles that's not already been said?! Well, we have a crack at disecting their 5th studio LP released in the UK from August 1965 which we don't believe has had too much pre...

26 Sep 20211h 24min

A special episode recorded by the sea in not so sunny Sandsend, North Yorkshire, with our close friends David and Ann Whittle as guests, or 'Pop Dave' and '80's Ann' as they will be known from here on...

5 Sep 20211h 29min

A retrospective on Tracy Chapman's eponymously titled debut LP from 1988. We look at how Tracy went from playing small venues to 72,000 people in a short space of time and the massive impact on her ca...

29 Aug 20211h 26min

Rick's favourite LP of all time gets the Memorabilia podcast treatment for episode 7. Released at the start of a new decade in January 1990, discover what makes the album so magical in Rick's eyes. Mu...

8 Aug 20211h 33min

It's the second Madness LP released in 1980 that gets the full low-down from Rick and Kate for this 6th episode of the Memorabillia Podcast. Absolutely spawned two terrific singles in 'Baggy Trousers'...

1 Aug 20211h 42min

A review of the debut album by The Wedding Present, George Best, from 1987. Kate questions when and where Rick purchased the LP knowing that his musical journey of discovery wasn't developed to such o...

25 Jul 20211h 26min