....as I only ordered them on Friday.

John Hiatt - Same Old Man(released today I think)
Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
Kathleen Edwards - Failer

Blondie - Greatest Hits
The Shortwave Set - Replica Sun Machine
Paris Motel - In the Salpetriere
Varous - That's Proper Folk
Gorecki - Symphony No.3

And the soundtrack to "The Orange Box" computer game which was an iTunes purchase.

I have recently bought:

Ash Wednesday: Elvis Perkins
Untrue: Burial
ASA Breed: Matthew Dear
Revenge Songs: Jacob Golden

Chalky
Terrible Love Songs Blog

Battle and Victory (2007) by Nancy Elizabeth
There Were Wolves (2008) by The Accidental
Time (The Revelator) (2001) by Gillian Welch
Odessey & Oracle (1968) by Zombies
Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) by Scarlett Johansson
Sunday At Devil Dirt (2008) by Isobel Campbell And Mark Lanegan
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008) by Martha Wainwright
Steppas Delight : Dubstep Present To Future (2008) by Various
From The Valley To The Stars (2008) by El Perro Del Mar
Replica Sun Machine (2008) by The Shortwave Set
Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986 (2008) by Various

The Last Temptation of Chris - Chris Difford

Sunday at Devil Dirt - Isobel Campbell

Turn The Water On, Boy! - The Coal Porters

The Autumn Defense - The Autumn Defense

but...

Monster Movie (1969) by Can
Imperial Wax Solvent (2008) by The Fall

Amazon - got bargain oldies:

Nick Drake - Bryter Later. I am inclined to agree with those who say this is a classic.
Neil Young - Zuma. Feel this must be one from his best period. Been meaning to get this for ages.
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon. Used to imagine they were boring but heard a bit on a Mojo CD and was seduced. Seems endlessly playable.

Sainsbury's for chart newies:

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree. I love this. It is perfect balance of modern and retro. Dreamy is the word.
Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid. It's good but, dare I say it, I find it a bit samey and dull, although Grounds For Divorce is impressive.
Guillemots - Red. Initially enthusiatic about this but now having my doubts. Slightly irritatingly overdone but some good tunes.
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha. Worth getting I would say. Maybe four really good songs - the more subtle ones. Ghost Of A Friend probably best one, as heard on 'Now Hear This' CD.

...mainly second hand/bargains as usual. From Amazon I got The Walker Brothers' 'If You Could Hear Me Now' (mainly for the 'Nite Flights' stuff which is amazing, but annoyingly I recently got hold of that '5 Easy Pieces' box in a second hand store which had all of those songs on it), Traffic's 'Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory' and Weather Report's 'Tale Spinnin'.

Visit to a second hand store today and did a trade for a 2-disc Chris Farlowe best of, a triple disc Kaleidoscope album, Van Morrison's 'Days Like This' and The Rolling Stones' 'Out Of Our Heads'. Found Captain Beefheart's 'Ice Cream For Crow' for £1.49 yesterday too!

Earlier in the week I got Genesis' new DVD 'When In Rome' which I'd been waiting for months for (was initially due in February!). Being a Genesis die-hard I want to get hold of the first few Brand X albums and Tony Banks' 'Strictly Inc.' on Amazon at some point too.

Found that new Eagles album for a fiver recently but sold it off again- David Hepworth was right, it's dreadful. The ballads on it were just excruciatingly bad.

Next Monday I have new albums by Uriah Heep and Opeth, then (thankfully!) it all goes quiet for some time on the new release front.

Interestingly that Guillemots new album was £4 in Zavvi last week, but they've changed their mind and it's back up to £8 again!

Sparks - Exotic creatures of the Deep
Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy to replace vinyl copy
Smiths early CDs - ditto (all cheap in Fopp)

With the latter a bit weird listening to the whole albums again after quite a long break. JAMC in the car first thing in the morning was more of a challenge than expected, but maybe because I'm used to hearing the singles in bursts rather than a sustained assault ! Smiths, I felt a bit disappointed. Somehow other than tracks like Reel around the fountain and There is a light they just didn't have the same impact as when I was 20 !

Otherwise I have recently been amusing myself listening to the Rich Kids album - so much of its time it's weird but still strangely enjoyable.

The Very Best Of Cat Stevens
The Good Son - Nick Cave
Murder Ballads - Nick Cave
Watch the Ride - Andrew Weatherall mix

Amazon is great for completing the Nick Cave collection as most of the CDs are under a fiver. Same goes for the Eels.

I also picked up a Rush compilation called Retrospective 1974-1980 in the supermarket whilst doing some food shopping.

My most recent purchases were some second-hand albums from the rather nifty, and heartily recommended, www.musicmagpie.co.uk :

Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (to complete my Jaxx collection)
Faith No More - The Real Thing (to replace a battered old copy)
The Fall - The Infotainment Scan
Karma To Burn - Karma To Burn
Strapping Young Lad - City
plus a collection of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci singles, and samplers from the Relapse and Alternative Tentacles lables. I largely wanted to rock, I have to admit.

Otherwise, I've had the new Fleet Foxes album from the excellent Rough Trade Album Club subscription service. It's like buying yourself a present each month, with the added pleasure of not knowing what new delights will arrive through your box. Marvellous.

I have bought Half Man Half Biscuit's CSI:Ambleside, U2's Zooraopa and REM's Adventures in Hi FI

HMHB triumph again!