“I don’t care how goddamed illogical it is, Spock, the old tape-based Mellotrons just SOUND better! Digital, my arse!”

In this first of three end of 2019 specials, Wilf and Martin take a canter through some of the excellent albums released in the first part of the year.

Kylie Minogue – Santa Baby (03:22) from Now That’s What I Call Xmas, 2009
Lost Crowns – Sound As Colour (07:40) from Every Night Something Happens, 2019
The Neal Morse Band – I Got to Run (06:05) from The Great Adventure, 2019
Red Bazar – Future Song (06:56) from Things As They Appear, 2019
Duke 72 – Isadora (04:36) from The Mid Shires Herald, 2019
Cheeto’s Magazine – Ready to Rumble (05:06) from Amazingous, 2019
Motorpsycho – Lux Aeterna (10:56) from The Crucible, 2019
Joost Maglev – Ever After (07:09) from Alter Ego, 2019
The Mute Gods – Envy the Dead (05:41) from Atheists and Believers, 2019
RPWL – Not Our Place To Be (06:07) from Tales From Outer Space, 2019
Eveline’s Dust – Lost In A Lullaby (05:39) from K, 2019
The Far Meadow – Foreign Land (11:06) from Foreign Land, 2019
Giancarlo Erra – End VII (06:44) from ENDS, 2019
United Progressive Fraternity – Dying to be Reborn (05:20) from Loss Part 1, 2019
Isbjörg – Needles (05:59) from Iridescent, 2019
Lonely Robot – When Gravity Fails (05:04) from Under Stars, 2019
Bjørn Riis – Icarus (07:00) from A Storm Is Coming, 2019
Panzerpappa – Belgerisk Impro (06:48) from Summarisk Suite, 2019
Gong – The Elemental (06:43) from The Universe Also Collapses, 2019
Sarcophagus Now – Bitontologen (06:05) from Maneter, 2019
Snarky Puppy – Xavi (09:31) from Immigrance, 2019
Big Big Train – Voyager (14:03) from Grand Tour, 2019
North Sea Radio Orchestra – A Last Straw (05:27) from Folly Bololey (Songs from Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom), 2019
IZZ – Moment Of Inertia (09:46) from Don’t Panic, 2019
The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York (04:31) from Now That’s What I Call Xmas, 2009