This short film about audiophiles from 1959 came up on Facebook and it immediately made me think of this place and certain contributors in particular. The BBC archive page has a couple of other old films which might be worth a watch too, especially the one about vinyl restoration.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hi-fi-fo-fum/zjt6kmn

Suggest you keep the hankies handy for Chris Stapleton’s Maagie Run; a song in which he says more about love and loss in three and a bit minutes than many songwriters manage in their lifetimes.

Thanks to Retropath2 for inspiring this thread with his posting of Henry Gross’s Shannon in Mr B’s post about the loss of his dog.

Let’s hear it for the animals who bring so many of us here so much joy! If these guys don’t deserve their own thread then what does?

The recent posts on the demise of CDs, discussions on vinyl and spotify show that many of us still have our own collections of music (be it physical or digital).

I know we have down this before, but I think it was a long time ago…. how big is your music collection and any other interesting details of its composition ?

I’ll show you mine in the comments.

Well this is just extraordinary in so many ways. I feel like I want to get on a coach to a 1970’s wedding reception where all the family gets drunk and sings into the wee hours after Uncle Derek beats the shit out of the best man for spilling his pint. Happy days. Do you remember?

Classic smooth music.

I love it.

No need to post a track but let me known about similar acts who were as good but ‘undiscovere’ in the 1970s

It’s the Word In Your Ear / Nothing Is Real mashup podcast. Or something.

He waited 4 months for that?

What a state the man is. What precisely did he ask the barber to do and did the barber do it blindfold while suspended upside down from the ceiling on lengths of elastic?

Apparently from what I’ve read he deferred a trip to a beer garden to get a haircut as a mark of respect to the late Prince Philip. We can all imagine what the departed might say if he could see the respectful result.

Christ I am so sick of this smirking toffee nosed Ken Dodd act.

Some lovely stuff here if you’re that way inclined…

https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/search/?au=30&so=2&g=1

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If you do too watch this.

Waking during the night, and desperate not to obsess over banalities and tinnitus, I thought about which band or sole trader was still capable of making a great record. Not one of those Rick Rubin deathwatch numbers but going out on a high note.

Your in charge so you can ,say, can an ill-advised rap number and bring in any guest artiste/producer to liven things up .

For example: the Stones showed they were still capable of playing with there recent blues covers but you know there next will be an uninspired ‘I’m still up for it’ sad sack.

I’m thinking a country/blues feel with guest Norah Jones and Tom Waits producing.

No longer a blog, but a forum it seems.

One of my favourite places on the internet despite occasional grumpy exchanges.

I appreciate all the work that has gone into creating it, adding new features and keeping it going.

However other forums/message boards that I visit have very nice user friendly features like notifications when someone quotes or replies to something you have posted, also likes can be applied to any post and you get notifications about that too. Also easier to post photos and navigate on a phone etc

Just wondering what people might think about having something similar here. The main area of the site could remain the same, but the message board/forum would become sexier and easier to use.

Fully understand if that is not wanted here, but interested what others think.

So I’ve got to admit the last year has been a bit shit. Not as shit as for many, of course. I’m still here, (relatively) healthy, not lost anyone close (though not seen a family member for 15 months), still working, just about, and for now. But a year plus of living alone during the pandemic has been less than ideal, battling addictions, loneliness, insomnia and more has been less than fun (and best not mention potential effects of Brexit on a remainer expat, or are they all related…)?.

But the point of the post is not to be negative. I’ve found a lot of comfort in instrumental music. Here are four examples of instrumentals I discovered over the last 12 months that have helped a lot. Very different genres, but all provide their bit of comfort. Fancy adding to the list? I could do with more of this kind of thing and I don’t know a better place to ask. I suspect a decent Spotify playlist could emerge.