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    Album Of The Week                                                                   Album Of The Week - 26/09/2026 IBM 1401, A User’s Manual – Johann Johannsson   A complete change of tone this week as we feature the first of my three albums by Icelandic composer, Johann Johannsson. IBM 1401, A User’s Manual was released in 2006 and is Johannsson’s fourth original album. The album was inspired by a recording Johannsson’s father made of an old IBM mainframe computer with its hums, whirls and clicks. This recording subsequently became the foundation for this rather unique work which became a major original work for the composer. The IBM 1401 is a decimal computer launched by the computer giants in 1959 and held a degree of reverence for its place in the world of computing. To be fair, it’s not my a...
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   Album Of The Week 2026 - Archive Album Of The Week - 03/01/2026 Dark Fields - Show of Hands We kick off 2026 with a band that have made a massive impact on my music listening, the Devon based folk duo, Show of Hands, who comprise of singer/songwriter/musician Steve Knightley and the multi-instrumentalist and folk legend Phil Beer, formerly of the Albion Band. This week’s album, Dark Fields, is the fourth of my 32 Show of Hands albums to be selected as my album of week and its an album that has a special memory, as I bought it at a gig we attended at the Exeter Phoenix soon after Julie & I started following them. Dark Fields, released in 1997, is actually the bands 6 th  album although the first 3 were cassette only and are now long out of print. Therefore, Dark Fields is the third main release album and continued the success and acclaim Show of Hands had garnered from their previous 2 albums. In 1996, Show of Hands surprisingly booked the Royal Albert Hall and even...
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