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Fri 08 Aug 2007What goes aroundGigs in which bands play a classic album from start to finish have been packing venues in the UK. Now they're coming to Ireland, writes Jim CarrollSomewhere in your record collection are a couple of albums you turn to time and time again. They're your time capsule albums, the ones that withstand the years, your fickle attention span and the flood of new music you listen to week in and week out. You don't just put on such touchstone albums in the background and walk away to do some mundane chore; you play them and concentrate on what you're hearing.