On The Record Off The Cuff Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/on-the-record-off-the-cuff This is a podcast for retro album reviews across a myriad of genres informed by the core team who started it and a variety of guest contributors as we go. We are who we are an know what we know and we promise genuine passion over erudite profundity! So point your ear at the people talking on the next table - that's us! © 2025 Paddy c1413937-4176-53e3-9aa6-000cc046a6cd no Intro!!! en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:34:43 +0100 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:22:25 +0000 https://otrotc.transistor.fm/ https://img.transistor.fm/a0aScpqHaa7St-d8Lm4sOJGtxZsaouguXQE9GF1K9rk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2MTY5LzE2Mzc4/NjAyODgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg On The Record Off The Cuff https://otrotc.transistor.fm/ episodic Paddy This is a podcast for retro album reviews across a myriad of genres informed by the core team who started it and a variety of guest contributors as we go. We are who we are an know what we know and we promise genuine passion over erudite profundity! So point your ear at the people talking on the next table - that's us! This is a podcast for retro album reviews across a myriad of genres informed by the core team who started it and a variety of guest contributors as we go. Music, Album, Reviews Paddy No Yes 19 - First & Last & Always - Sisters Of Mercy 20 20 19 - First & Last & Always - Sisters Of Mercy full ce0530f8-e43b-4b9e-8173-532dd4e7c3d3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/139dc773 Paddy, Ian (sadly only for moments...), Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums to have a talk about their debut - the flawed but often amazing First & Last & Always. A tricky edit thisone as Ians feed stopped recording almost straight away, but we left him in to say hello at the start though unfortunately lost his insights this time around. So get your room lit in white foods from the back and fire up the smoke machines for a listen!

]]> Paddy, Ian (sadly only for moments...), Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums to have a talk about their debut - the flawed but often amazing First & Last & Always. A tricky edit thisone as Ians feed stopped recording almost straight away, but we left him in to say hello at the start though unfortunately lost his insights this time around. So get your room lit in white foods from the back and fire up the smoke machines for a listen!

]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:01:08 +0100 Paddy Paddy 6771 Paddy, Ian (sadly only for moments...), Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums to have a talk about their debut - the flawed but often amazing First & Last & Always. A tricky edit thisone as Ians feed stopped recording almost straight away, but we left him in to say hello at the start though unfortunately lost his insights this time around. So get your room lit in white foods from the back and fire up the smoke machines for a listen!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews Yes 18 - Purple Rain - Prince 19 19 18 - Purple Rain - Prince full e96846d7-bb55-4949-8c2f-251d6a61c518 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f978b79 2024 see's the 40th anniversary of the release of the Purple Rain album by Prince, and this was recorded earlier in the year and finally mixed down for release. Paddy, with special PPUK Podcast members Chopin and Andy along with the creater of the 500 Prince songs website, Tora, go ultra geeky on this one. Not as amenable to the casual listener as some!

]]> 2024 see's the 40th anniversary of the release of the Purple Rain album by Prince, and this was recorded earlier in the year and finally mixed down for release. Paddy, with special PPUK Podcast members Chopin and Andy along with the creater of the 500 Prince songs website, Tora, go ultra geeky on this one. Not as amenable to the casual listener as some!

]]> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:24:07 +0000 Paddy Paddy 9997 2024 see's the 40th anniversary of the release of the Purple Rain album by Prince, and this was recorded earlier in the year and finally mixed down for release. Paddy, with special PPUK Podcast members Chopin and Andy along with the creater of the 500 Prince songs website, Tora, go ultra geeky on this one. Not as amenable to the casual listener as some!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews Yes 17 - Flaunt It - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 18 18 17 - Flaunt It - Sigue Sigue Sputnik full 31607940-bc22-4937-906f-c0e7bfeddf69 https://share.transistor.fm/s/38ebdd00 Paddy, Ian and special guest and super-sputnik, Greg take a look at the fascinating album. Art Piece? Con? Cleverist thing ever in the shape of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's - Flaunt It. This is the first podcast where i would say if you have no idea what this is at all - go and listen to it all the way through RIGHT NOW its assured that you will have a strong opinion one way or another! Fascinating!!!!

]]> Paddy, Ian and special guest and super-sputnik, Greg take a look at the fascinating album. Art Piece? Con? Cleverist thing ever in the shape of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's - Flaunt It. This is the first podcast where i would say if you have no idea what this is at all - go and listen to it all the way through RIGHT NOW its assured that you will have a strong opinion one way or another! Fascinating!!!!

]]> Mon, 19 Jun 2023 18:07:26 +0100 Paddy Paddy 5531 Paddy, Ian and special guest and super-sputnik, Greg take a look at the fascinating album. Art Piece? Con? Cleverist thing ever in the shape of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's - Flaunt It. This is the first podcast where i would say if you have no idea what this is at all - go and listen to it all the way through RIGHT NOW its assured that you will have a strong opinion one way or another! Fascinating!!!!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews No 16 - Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails 17 17 16 - Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails full fe92963d-38b0-4f04-8958-d8b558b5f78f https://share.transistor.fm/s/92145ac2 Paddy, Ian and special guest Ed look at the first of Mr Treznor's albums. The origional long play HALO, Pretty Hate Machine demonstrated the start of a journey for a unique individual and by extension band that would weave itself to various places, some quite dark over the years. This album however whilst being filled with the strong emotions of a young studio musician shows some serious song writing chops!

]]> Paddy, Ian and special guest Ed look at the first of Mr Treznor's albums. The origional long play HALO, Pretty Hate Machine demonstrated the start of a journey for a unique individual and by extension band that would weave itself to various places, some quite dark over the years. This album however whilst being filled with the strong emotions of a young studio musician shows some serious song writing chops!

]]> Mon, 01 May 2023 20:39:43 +0100 Paddy Paddy 5220 Paddy, Ian and special guest Ed look at the first of Mr Treznor's albums. The origional long play HALO, Pretty Hate Machine demonstrated the start of a journey for a unique individual and by extension band that would weave itself to various places, some quite dark over the years. This album however whilst being filled with the strong emotions of a young studio musician shows some serious song writing chops!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews Yes 15 - How To Make Friends And Influence People - Terrorvision 16 16 15 - How To Make Friends And Influence People - Terrorvision full 2f9447e5-f26a-4af8-bd68-55f5aa833fe1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/29699e20 Paddy and Ian go all dynamic duo on this 90s classic and it really is party time (or so we deduce???) Good time 90s bouncy rockers from the UK and indeed our neck of the woods. If you are not aware of this one and want perking up - go get it!!!!!

]]> Paddy and Ian go all dynamic duo on this 90s classic and it really is party time (or so we deduce???) Good time 90s bouncy rockers from the UK and indeed our neck of the woods. If you are not aware of this one and want perking up - go get it!!!!!

]]> Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:15:36 +0100 Paddy Paddy 4923 Paddy and Ian go all dynamic duo on this 90s classic and it really is party time (or so we deduce???) Good time 90s bouncy rockers from the UK and indeed our neck of the woods. If you are not aware of this one and want perking up - go get it!!!!!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews Yes 14 - Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy 15 15 14 - Floodland - Sisters Of Mercy full b64c8c09-c6a7-4995-bdc2-7f60557d2c15 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3176de5 Paddy, Ian, Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums with their second slab of not g*** - the magnificent Floodland. Great times were had with some particularly insightful video director mentions, plenty use of the word allegedly by Tim and a few football analogies. Turn down the light's and have a listen!

]]> Paddy, Ian, Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums with their second slab of not g*** - the magnificent Floodland. Great times were had with some particularly insightful video director mentions, plenty use of the word allegedly by Tim and a few football analogies. Turn down the light's and have a listen!

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:16:37 +0000 Paddy Paddy 7333 Paddy, Ian, Martin, Sid and Tim reunite for our reverse chronological look at the Sister's albums with their second slab of not g*** - the magnificent Floodland. Great times were had with some particularly insightful video director mentions, plenty use of the word allegedly by Tim and a few football analogies. Turn down the light's and have a listen!

]]> Music, Album, Reviews Yes 13 - Thunder & Consolation - New Model Army 14 14 13 - Thunder & Consolation - New Model Army full 69e9a357-cb48-4e84-9fcc-008078ec773d https://share.transistor.fm/s/79162c58 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 07:56:36 +0000 Paddy Paddy 5864 Paddy, Ian and Martin have a look at the fourth album from New Model Army who to them are geographically local musical heroes! Ian hosts as we dip into this rather fascinating album by a band with a hardcore cult following who keep on keeping on! Paddy, Ian and Martin have a look at the fourth album from New Model Army who to them are geographically local musical heroes! Ian hosts as we dip into this rather fascinating album by a band with a hardcore cult following who keep on keeping on! Music, Album, Reviews No 12 - HUP! - The Wonder Stuff 13 13 12 - HUP! - The Wonder Stuff full dc80b94f-d37f-4d37-b58e-d20d3b25b491 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4be2c9d Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:13:49 +0000 Paddy Paddy 4631 Paddy, Ian and Martin mark the one year anniversary of the On The Record Off The Cuff Podcast by talking about The Wonder Stuff's second album HUP! Following up where we left off with our premier episode looking at their first album we explore where The Stuffies went next and what that evolution sounded like! Paddy, Ian and Martin mark the one year anniversary of the On The Record Off The Cuff Podcast by talking about The Wonder Stuff's second album HUP! Following up where we left off with our premier episode looking at their first album we explore where The S Music, Album, Reviews Yes 11 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette 12 12 11 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrisette full ee081a6e-4cf5-4ed6-8357-f84be82d43ab https://share.transistor.fm/s/e105a912 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 07:49:31 +0100 Paddy Paddy 5877 Paddy, Ian and Beka talk about the mid nineties mammoth album that was Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill. One that seemed to come from nowhere, with some heavy impact singles, carved in stone lyrical moments and brilliant tunes. This album landed and became the environment for pop radio for some time..... Paddy, Ian and Beka talk about the mid nineties mammoth album that was Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill. One that seemed to come from nowhere, with some heavy impact singles, carved in stone lyrical moments and brilliant tunes. This album landed and Music, Album, Reviews Yes 10 - Pornograffitti - Extreme 11 11 10 - Pornograffitti - Extreme full 7d67e862-9251-422f-9713-dd2fcd2dc35e https://share.transistor.fm/s/34327a2e Paddy and Ian talk about Extreme's breakthrough album in this bitesize two man episode. A "funky" delight with a huge single that was psssibly anathema to the greater piece!

]]> Paddy and Ian talk about Extreme's breakthrough album in this bitesize two man episode. A "funky" delight with a huge single that was psssibly anathema to the greater piece!

]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2022 06:38:59 +0100 Paddy Paddy 5300 Paddy and Ian talk about Extreme's breakthrough album in this bitesize two man episode. A "funky" delight with a huge single that was psssibly anathema to the greater piece! Paddy and Ian talk about Extreme's breakthrough album in this bitesize two man episode. A "funky" delight with a huge single that was psssibly anathema to the greater piece! Music, Album, Reviews No 09 - The Real Thing - Faith No More 10 10 09 - The Real Thing - Faith No More full 4e2dd0e3-b301-4b7d-9085-58d4b051a9b4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ac89deb Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guest PPUK's Chopin discus this unique album from 1989 that somewhat pre-empted the wave of alternative music swamping the popular space in the 90s. We talk about the amazing voice of Mike Patton, his joining of the band and the place of this album in the musical sequence of events as we see it, as well as the track by track!

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]]> Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guest PPUK's Chopin discus this unique album from 1989 that somewhat pre-empted the wave of alternative music swamping the popular space in the 90s. We talk about the amazing voice of Mike Patton, his joining of the band and the place of this album in the musical sequence of events as we see it, as well as the track by track!

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]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2022 20:49:55 +0100 Paddy Paddy 6397 Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guest PPUK's Chopin discus this unique album from 1989 that somewhat pre-empted the wave of alternative music swamping the popular space in the 90s. We talk about the amazing voice of Mike Patton, his joining of the band and the place of this album in the musical sequence of events as we see it, as well as the track by track! Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guest PPUK's Chopin discus this unique album from 1989 that somewhat pre-empted the wave of alternative music swamping the popular space in the 90s. We talk about the amazing voice of Mike Patton, his joining of the band and Music, Album, Reviews Yes 08 - *EXTRA* - Nevermind - Nirvana 9 9 08 - *EXTRA* - Nevermind - Nirvana full f255c00b-c93c-4cde-a0c6-61ed6383443d https://share.transistor.fm/s/73316110 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:53:37 +0100 Paddy Paddy 4775 A companion piece to episode 7 from two of our contributers Bekka and Sean, who wanted to have their say about this album! Slightly different format so as not to rinse and repeat - hope you enjoy! A companion piece to episode 7 from two of our contributers Bekka and Sean, who wanted to have their say about this album! Slightly different format so as not to rinse and repeat - hope you enjoy! Music, Album, Reviews Yes 07 - Nevermind - Nirvana 8 8 07 - Nevermind - Nirvana full 80921317-4bd9-463f-b3d8-496d1880b825 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f64a875 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:44:32 +0100 Paddy Paddy 6181 Paddy, Ian and Martin talk about this "techtonic shifter" of an album. Was this literally the album that was responsible for the alternative rock boom into populist culture? Or was it more complicated than that? We discuss this and much more on this grungy installment! Paddy, Ian and Martin talk about this "techtonic shifter" of an album. Was this literally the album that was responsible for the alternative rock boom into populist culture? Or was it more complicated than that? We discuss this and much more on this grung Music, Album, Reviews Yes 06 - Like A Prayer - Madonna 7 7 06 - Like A Prayer - Madonna full 357d8016-46fb-4ee5-92df-90d34415e4d5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4d9b662 Tue, 10 May 2022 07:41:17 +0100 Paddy Paddy 6699 Paddy, Chopin and Sean look at an 80's pop juggernaut in the shape of Like A Prayer by Madonna. There is some frank and adult discussion about some of the issues that had, and still have synergies with this album and its creator. A true pop cornerstone that had a lot to say, said it and sounded fantastic ta' boot! Paddy, Chopin and Sean look at an 80's pop juggernaut in the shape of Like A Prayer by Madonna. There is some frank and adult discussion about some of the issues that had, and still have synergies with this album and its creator. A true pop cornerstone th Music, Album, Reviews Yes 05 - Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses 6 6 05 - Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses full 5b9fb766-c45e-4b52-9edf-3688e7a69feb https://share.transistor.fm/s/de6c78b5 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:26:15 +0100 Paddy Paddy 6874 Paddy, Ian and Martin talk about Guns N Roses debut album which after a luke warm initial reception became the juggernaut we are now all familiar with! As for the great "Where was that guiro mystery" we can only apologise!!!! Paddy, Ian and Martin talk about Guns N Roses debut album which after a luke warm initial reception became the juggernaut we are now all familiar with! As for the great "Where was that guiro mystery" we can only apologise!!!! Music, Album, Reviews No 04 - Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson 5 5 04 - Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson full 98c815ef-eb50-4b4e-a919-eb36514a78fe https://share.transistor.fm/s/8acd2ac9 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:33:53 +0000 Paddy Paddy 8925 Paddy and Martin with special guests Chopin and Lee from the PPUK Prince podcast talk about Janet Jacksons 4th landmark album Rhythm Nation. This was a special one bringing together friends from different places to appreciate and discuss this amazing ladies monster album! Paddy and Martin with special guests Chopin and Lee from the PPUK Prince podcast talk about Janet Jacksons 4th landmark album Rhythm Nation. This was a special one bringing together friends from different places to appreciate and discuss this amazing ladi Music, Album, Reviews No 03 - Vision Thing - Sisters Of Mercy 4 4 03 - Vision Thing - Sisters Of Mercy full a21cf54e-aa9f-4b1a-bcaa-ac0e1939131a https://share.transistor.fm/s/a3fc0f3e Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:47:54 +0000 Paddy Paddy 6044 Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guests Tim and Sid have a look at the last full album released by The Sisters Of Mercy. So put something black on, and have a listen! We all have significant attachment to this band and album! Paddy, Ian, Martin and special guests Tim and Sid have a look at the last full album released by The Sisters Of Mercy. So put something black on, and have a listen! We all have significant attachment to this band and album! Music, Album, Reviews No 02 - 30 Something - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine 3 3 02 - 30 Something - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine full 1e6ed3bc-7983-4909-8e87-a370c51421b8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ffe5469 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:58:54 +0000 Paddy Paddy 4235 Paddy, Ian and Martin in this episode review Carter USM's second album 30 Something. Paddy, Ian and Martin in this episode review Carter USM's second album 30 Something. Album, Music, Reviews No 01 - The Eight Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff 2 2 01 - The Eight Legged Groove Machine - The Wonder Stuff full d9dab953-c207-4aed-8f1a-22013cfc6f8a https://share.transistor.fm/s/010e55e5 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:44:28 +0000 Paddy Paddy 5074 Paddy, Ian and Martin hit the road for the first review. What a place to start with the much beloved debut album by the much underrated Wonder Stuff! Paddy, Ian and Martin hit the road for the first review. What a place to start with the much beloved debut album by the much underrated Wonder Stuff! Album, Music, Reviews No Intro!!! 1 1 Intro!!! trailer 5548bc4d-1c4e-4a9e-b890-db022305feb9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8f2d63ba Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:53:13 +0000 Paddy Paddy 86 A very short introduction..... A very short introduction..... Album. Music, Reviews No