You BEAutiful People! Top Recs From Other Members by Jimmy Dread

i doubt I would have discovered any of these wonderful records without BEA. Bless up.

I get some lovely comments every now and then from people who have ended up discovering, listening to and loving a record I've featured, mentioned or name-dropped their way. Well, it's time to repay the kudos. Below is a list of albums discovered thanks to members on this site (naturally in order of preference), along with those amazing souls who put me in touch with it in the first place.

It's been a little dry for updates of late as I've been off on my own musical voyage away from the good ship BEA (plus plug.dj - previously the best source of finding out about some of these - seems to have bitten the dust), but since this chart was conceived and first compiled I've managed to pick up about 80-85 of these to expand the record collection. So thanks all for making my wallet a little lighter over the years, and here's to the next discovery (whenever that may be).... Jimmy, January 2021

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Via Meccalecca. An absolute revelation, one that very soon after first listen to this (thanks to Mr. Leather dropping a track from it in Plug many moons ago) turned into an obsession. Absolutely, totally adore this - one of my favourite ever compys, and contains perhaps one of my top 10 all-time tracks in "When The Going Is Smooth And Good". Jonny, you're a ledge. Best thing I've ever found thanks to all my years with BEA, and that's saying something... [First added to this chart: 10/24/2014]
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2013
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256
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Ammnesia 
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Via Skinny. Discovered via the BETH tournament which I abandoned when every fucker lost interest. Luckily it lasted long enough for me to listen to this, a stellar choice by Nez. [First added to this chart: 05/01/2017]
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1989
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Via SingingPeasant96. Whilst checking out rival twee charts on BEA I stumbled upon SP96's list and instantly gravitated to this album, which it turns out was made by a band from the Isle of Wight (which is ironically where I've been today - on the hovercraft, no less - for work). Beautifully shambolic twee pop that sounds like it was recorded on a knackered tape player. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2014]
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2012
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London Weekend 
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Via Suedeswede. Despite being a bastion of all things twee, this lot completely passed me by until Tom decided to mention them in his ULL. Well done for highlighting what a numpty I am for not paying attention before, especially as they were on Sarah. Maybe I should hang up my anorak... [First added to this chart: 02/28/2015]
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1992
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87
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Via dividesbyzero. Everyone loves Francis, at least everyone in dubtrack. After hearing and falling in love with this record I passed on the love by sharing the rec with my good friend (and Welsh pop maestro) Eilir, who decided to buy it and send me a video of a pair of tits as a thankyou. [First added to this chart: 07/24/2016]
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2011
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93
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Via Geevydallas. A huge shout-out to plug's very own funky worm, who if this chart were based on tracks alone would be top of the tree with 'Junior Spesh'. As it is, he'll have to settle for mid-table obscurity with this rather tasty Rough Trade compy of early 80s female minimal post-punk bands. Now give me tissue in case of mess. [First added to this chart: 06/29/2015]
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1981
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Blow ’Way 
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Via dividesbyzero [First added to this chart: 04/28/2019]
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2017
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Toeachizown 
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Via Skinny. Quite possibly my favourite discovery courtesy of the man Weaver, whose palpable excitement prior to the release of Invite The Light made me run off and investigate Mr. Funk's previous genius LP. [First added to this chart: 01/19/2016]
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2009
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Via Pa. As a self-confessed Francophile there's a few records in this list that have come as a direct result of Norm spinning a track or two in Plug/dubtrack. Well, on this occasion it was an Italian with a soul of pure gold to play the wonderful 'Saperlipopette' that piqued my interest enough to make me rush off and download this compy at the earliest opportunity. [First added to this chart: 07/24/2016]
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2013
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Via dividesbyzero. Classic Chicago/Detroit house-flavoured dance anthems made in the last decade. This is by far and away the best house album (sod the fact it's a compy) I've heard since I was a student (clue - an age ago), and even better than Etienne De Crecy's Super Discount. Yes, it's that good - and dropped one night during a plug.DJ dance session that Mec tried to hijack by playing some laid-back shit made by a man with a beard that Kiki was scared of. And as for DAT BASS... [First added to this chart: 10/24/2014]
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2009
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Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 22 22%
1980s 29 29%
1990s 9 9%
2000s 12 12%
2010s 19 19%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Luomo 1 1%
Virgo 1 1%
Lancelot Layne 1 1%
snd 1 1%
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes 1 1%
Pat Kelly 1 1%
Dislocation Dance 1 1%
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United States 30 30%
United Kingdom 23 23%
Jamaica 6 6%
Brazil 6 6%
Germany 5 5%
France 4 4%
Finland 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 89 89%
Yes 11 11%

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Great concept. Love the comments
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From 07/29/2019 08:01
Not sure if you were the first to come up with this idea but it doesn't matter; this chart is everything I love about the online music community summed up in 100 albums.
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I love this chart and everything it stands for.
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Yeah, that was probably me, as it seems I'm the only one to have mentioned it in more than a cursory way on the forums. Glad you liked it :)
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I was listening to this album just today jimmy, and I was waiting to play it on plug, but it just bursts out so much that I have to rec it to you, Marco's Valle Previsão do tempo
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/marcos_valle/previsao_do_tempo/
Beauti ful tropical jazz with coconuts!
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This is so awesome
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From 06/03/2017 13:04
A very nice surprise seeing your chart! You've given me lots of new artists to hear. Thank you for that. It's a great idea, as well, making a chart celebrating the friends on BEA that exposed you to the new music. Saved your chart as a Fave.
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Nice idea!
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new overriding goal in life: find some way to end up here
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This looks a great place to discover some random unknown albums.
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Best Albums of 1955
1. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
2. Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan
3. Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets
4. Julie Is Her Name by Julie London
5. Ramblin' Man by Hank Williams
6. Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach
7. Shake, Rattle And Roll by Bill Haley And His Comets
8. Concert By The Sea by Erroll Garner
9. Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington
10. Lullabies Of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald
11. Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong
12. Blue Moods by Miles Davis
13. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Wilhelm Furtwängler / Bayreuth Festpiele Orchester Und Chor
14. Diz And Getz by Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie
15. Les And Mary by Les Paul & Mary Ford
16. Helen Merrill by Helen Merrill
17. Lennie Tristano by Lennie Tristano
18. Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi by Sarah Vaughan
19. Lotte Lenya Singt Kurt Weill by Lotte Lenya
20. Hamp & Getz by Stan Getz / Lionel Hampton
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