The playlist does include a Pink Floyd track, thought it is a cover.

@fitterstoke Good luck!

@fitterstoke I’ve now managed to listen to it twice. It has lyrics! I don’t know why this was a surprise to me. (Written by RW himself.) Sadly, it didn’t suck me in at all and those lyrics passed me by […]

I’m away at the moment. I’ll try to get on to it next week. @fitterstoke

Rick Wakman’s “No Earthly Connection”? “The original LP contained a small square sheet of reflective plastic that could be curved into a cylinder, which when placed on the front cover allowed the viewer to see […]

–> (Oops – ‘of’ not ‘if’ – oh well.)

I use ‘chap’ when I’m talking at my dog.

I use ‘Toodle-pip’ to sign off from my chat group at work. I got it from Tom Revenscroft who used to (maybe still does) sign off from his radio programmes with it. I think that, at times, his father did the same […]

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When I started to think about it I realised that I’ve only bought one album that was released this 2022. I vaguely wish it were otherwise.

Therefore:

1. Half Man Half Biscuit – Voltarol Years

“Getting Britain Moving” – what were they thinking?

Did you mean @Gary ?

A vegetarian writes . . .
After a few close calls I ended up being rejected at a blooding appointment due to being somewhat anaemic. After a bit of a communication failure I eventually consulted a doctor. The […]

Thanks – this might be the aardvarkess’s kind of thing.

Jazz is how I came to meet him from time to time.

My father worked at Hull University and formed a friendship with Philip* through a shared interest in jazz. There were occasional visits for record playing […]

Echoes! Yay!

Hmmm – “charming little village called Cottingham”. Cottingham left being “little” behind way before the 1970s. When my family got to know it, from 1973, what struck us was how large it was. This being somewhat […]

This might be an anual theme?