Scott Walker RIP

I have Marc Almond to thank for turning me on to Scott Walker. Back in the mid 80s when I was buying up anything Almond had recorded I picked up the first Marc and the Mambas album which included a Brel number (If You Go Away) which Walker himself memorably covered and Walker's own Big Louise (from Scott 3). Walker's trio of Scott albums (1,2 and...quelle surprise...3) are quite frankly amongst the finest recordings ever committed to vinyl and whilst he may be something of a cult figure these days (due in no small part to his unwillingness to play the fame game or record anything remotely commercial for the past 40 years or so) expect to see a thoroughly well deserved outpouring of praise / grief from many of today's more interesting artists. RIP Mr Walker.