So subjective in fact that Inside Out was recorded by John in response to Islands careful and considered commercial promotion of his music, but the perfect blend of artist/label was surely Bless The Weather.

The irony is not lost on me. The puppy less so.

Thank you you Count, Jim.

When I need a lecture about countryside observations I will come to you first.

Yours, from the right side of the fence. In the middle of the countryside, etc, etc, xx

My Scottie puppy has earlier today chased and attached itself to a stray lamb. Lamb escaped through a hole it should not have fitted through – but did.

One very contented Scottie.

Thanks for the heads up. This is a great, good time live rock album up there with the best of them.

In the 80’s that was just fantasy. Who’s that playing the guitar? It’s Stevie. OK, who’s on bass? That’s Stevie. Who’s on drums? That’s Stevie. Profligacy? No, he was a wise, tight fisted bastard. Nice songs though.

Now, now Moose. That’s very unfair on our Stevie. It may have been the ‘80’s but even disco/clubbing Stevie was still head and shoulders above the rest as his well known song ‘Nugatreee’ illustrates.

We trust you are deeply ashamed and that your early music purchases will haunt you for your remaining days.

Can I just say that Agnetha is wearing my old coat in that video. I always wondered what happened to it.

Either that or she shops in the same charity shop as me.

Only some of them Colin, only some.

I tried to use it as an opportunity to educate them in the correct appreciation of popular music. It was only partially successful!

Their music was dreadful tosh but the feel good factor was infectious. I even deported the tartan silk scarf around the wrist mode.

As a Scot at school in sarf London I got sick and tired of the ‘go on, say s […]

Wonderful. These guys have clearly been listening to Steely Dan.

I think that anyone new to Sonos needs to know that the operating system has recently been updated to ‘Sonos’ 2 (from ‘1’, surprisingly) and many new products are ‘2nd generation’.

I found some of my ‘1st gen […]

Yes I have one connected to relatively inexpensive smart TV and can recommend it.

There is no comparison with the output via the TV built-in speakers which are rubbish. The Beam adds depth and projection. If […]

I hope you’ve not bid on a Bros. CD?

Correct. They are indeed ‘nutters’.

‘It’s great to be here, wherever we are, and if we’ve been here before it’s great to be back’. Fairly common parlance methinks, but when heard from a drunken John Martyn it was hilarious.

Oh, I thought it was down to patriotism, consumers engaging with a homegrown brand. Nowt more English than a bottle o scrumpy.

Tudor is indeed the sister company to Rolex and yes, they employ ETA movements – one of the reasons they are the less expensive marque.

What is surprising when Rolex cannot keep up with demand Rolex will also […]

In fact, I travelled to London the day before the official release of the first Rainbow album. Before going to whatever megastore to burn my pennies, I visited my usual record store haunts in Soho and to my […]