The sources to trust are the Robert Koch Institute for Germany, and the BBC for Britain.

Dai, latest figures suggest 233 deaths for 4,000-ish cases in Britain. Germany has 75 deaths for 20,000-ish cases. Britain is 2 weeks behind Italy, Germany 3. Certainly the healthcare system continues to be […]

Here in Germany, lockdown has been a bit piecemeal because of the federal structure. People are remaining calm though, the supermarkets are well-stocked, the Chancellor is serious-minded, the government has even […]

Picked up, ages ago, a compilation LP of his hits, good stuff indeed. Still no place for it in the collection, though, because of its truly horrific cover: him looking silvery-haired and smug, with 2 handwidths of […]

Leo Varadkar, having not won the recent election, now has the role of caretaker Taoiseach. The Irish Mirror (slightly left) calls him “Tory Boy”. The state can certainly do with him now, his calm assurance, not […]

Bastard! Can’t shake me up with McL, I’m a longstanding fan.

Seriously though..

Too stupid to download anything. Can someone supply a clickable link, perhaps?

Abba were a Polydor act.

Let me add
John Zorn – The Big Gundown
Cowboy Junkies – The Caution Horses
Rufus – Rufusized
Can – Tago Mago
Focus – Focus 3
Brand X – Masques
Groundhogs – Thank Christ for the Bomb

Literally difficult was […]

Yes, Mike, it was a ragbag even then (best sleeve ever, mind). The family though (Ahmed?) is very likely to discover some sweepings needing release.

Just multiply “live stuff and a few unused studio recordings […]

“sizeable”

BTW, seem to remember that Abacab is in reference to the chords used in the song, or some bit of it..

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The typo “did initial did” should be “initially did”.

A pattern emerges..

You can lose the maybe.

Probably Wheaty’s call but we’ve all taken a period we know of, unavoidable really with artists who’ve been around for 50 years. I did 70 to 74 as I regarded them both as seriously good back then.

Still, Owner Of […]

Has it? Wouldn’t stop any record label I know of..

Haven’t read that but he never struck me as a whingey type. Quite unfair to dis that band though, it was his big break and he stayed for 5 albums. Just shut up and play, eh?

Lemme guess, he took the royalties..
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Good man, lovely bunch of records there. Going on the worthwhile 6 CD Hot Rats package, expect an expanded Weasels presently. Also Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass, probably Third by Soft Machine, Lizard […]

Nothing wrong with White, he just wasn’t Bruford, the spell was broken. Actually, 1974 was a watershed year for me personally as I’d been going off “rock”. Sure, there were new interesting bands appearing (Little […]

I bought those runs of 5 albums from both bands at the time: Genesis with Trespass/Nursery/ Foxtrot/England/Lamb and Yes with Time/Album/Fragile/Edge/not Topographic!/Relayer, all released between 1970 and 1974, […]

Thanks for filling me in, Tiggs, or people like me with no real conception of some of the manifestations of modern-day telly/ social media / tabloid angles on what apparently passes for entertainment. Had been […]