I
was so happy when I bought this album - on white vinyl - that I played songs
from it when I was DJing that evening. Local boy done good and
ex-Inspiral Carpet Clint Boon was doing a homecoming show at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, and I was asked to DJ. Hardly anybody turned up but I
do remember that I played a few songs off this album. I was even approached by
one of members of the support bands playing that night (somebody fairly minor,
but a known act all the same), when I was playing Ysbeidiau
Heulog, and
asked who this was.Apparently this is the best-selling Welsh-language album of all time. I couldn’t care less that it’s sung in a different language. In fact, I think it gives it charm. I hardly listen to lyrics anyway, so it doesn’t mean a thing to me. The music and the melody is where I’m at.
Hit: Ysbeidiau Heulog
Hidden Gem: Ymaelodi Â'r Ymylon
