Single was either Where Do You Go to My Lovely? or Windmills Of Your Mind by Noel Harrison. Album was Fill Your Head With Rock a CBS sampler. Introduced me to Leonard Cohen and Al Stewart among many […]

I love Larkin. I live in Earlsdon Coventry. He would have walked or cycled past my home hundreds of times in the 1930s. There’s a lovely little book called Larkin About in Coventry by Chris Arnott, a near […]

Bob Dylan – Manchester Apollo

Surprisingly, I like the new album. More than I expected to.

No risk at all. All shows are very good, some are stunning.

I saw him at the Palladium last night. One surprise, one of the guitarists, Bob Britt, was missing for the whole show. No explanation given. However, […]

Go to Expecting Rain discussions forum. There’s a section called Rare Recordings where there are loads. I seem to remember you have to register to access the Rare Recordings. It’s easy to get in […]

He’s in Hull next Thursday (27th).

I am going to 5 shows starting tonight (at the cost of several limbs I might add).

I have listened to about 60 RARW Tour recordings. They are all good but some are just spectacular. The arrangements and […]

This is very sad news. Condolences to family, friends and fans.

I was fortunate enough to meet her briefly in the foyer of the RSC a few years ago. She was indeed very friendly and a lovely person to chat to […]

To be fair, the SQ is kinda irrelevant as Joni is a perfectionist and has very good ears. She has always personally overseen the mastering of all her releases on all formats so everything sounds great. No […]

I too would elevate For The Roses to the same level as Court And Spark. In fact, I prefer it to The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, which sometimes strikes me as a cold album. Anyway, all three are works of genius. I […]

Haven’t read this one yet, but I’ve enjoyed all the others. Troubled Blood was the best of all I thought.

Great review Paul.

For the record I saw Bright Eyes in Brum on Monday and Conor was smashed off his face there too.; stumbling and incoherent by the end. Odd as both times I’ve seen him before he was stunning. […]

Most of you are missing the point. I saw The Who in 1971, 1974 and 1975 with Keith Moon. They were the most exciting and DANGEROUS band on the planet. Ask Abbie Hoffman. Visually spectacular too. A strikingly […]

I cried too. I admit it.

Just luverly.

What a wonderful surprise. Thanks so much for posting this.

I have loved Ram from the day it was released. I love every moment of every song. It remains the only perfect album by an ex-Beatle. It oozes charm and melody. So there!

I loved Quincunx when it came out. I reread it last year and was less impressed. There are a few holes in that thar plot when you know what’s coming.

Two older books I have absolutely loved this year are A […]

I installed a Eufy for my father in law about a month ago. It was easy to install and works well, including motion detection.

It has a loud ringing unit and also can be installed on a mobile phone and Alexa. […]

No. Before I came to Coventry. I saw them at the Greyhound in Croydon.

I also missed them in 1971. I went to see Barclay James Harvest at The Hobbit’s Garden (sic) in Wimbledon. Stayed in the pub for the […]

I also saw them poncing about in 1972. I thought they were great!

The 2011 tour was surprisingly good.

It would be good to see Eno make a guest appearance. He doesn’t need the money. His net worth is […]