First tier, second tier…it’s all very subjective, isn’t it?

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Aye…buy once, buy well…

Pharmacist, Tigger. I did my pre-reg in the Southern General in Glasgow in 1982/83, when they still had a big sterile/non-sterile manufacturing unit supplying all the hospitals in the southern Glasgow patch […]

Same here – I find I prefer an unstructured suit-type jacket to a Harrington-type – proper pockets for glasses, notebook, pen, phone, inside pocket for travel tickets (back in the day) and reasonably smart…

Same here – tweed or cord – cord jacket was bought in early ‘90s and still going strong.
I stopped wearing suits to work when I was still doing my pre-reg (about 40 years ago) – one of the experienced old lags p […]

Another vote for Bill Bruford’s autobiography – he may be a bit grumpy but he can write well…

Hi KFD – I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to all of the above just yet…but I absolutely love the tune by Froy Aagre: if that is representative of her style, I’ll be seeking out a lot more!

Hi KFD – see above…Garbarek, Terje Rypdal…I brought some jazz, man…

At the risk of annoying those who don’t like chains of videos…I’ll add another, if I may…we can’t have a Norwegian music thread without including Susanna …

…or Terje…

Jan Garbarek – and Bill Connors…I had forgotten that they had played together…

Do you like this version, Chesh? There’s a nice live version out there as well…

PS: what was your tune – I got the video unavailable message…

Another slice of celtic melancholy from Johnny-boy…maybe his best song from the 80s?

A melancholy lost classic…in a parallel universe, these songs are being considered alongside Nick Drake and John Martyn…

I can’t resist putting this on… you could be falling and try to resist, but never know love at all…

…and finally, something to melt the hardest of hearts…

…and an unusually melancholic performance from Wire…

One of my favourite songs, from possibly my favourite LP…still hits the spot, after nearly 45 years…

I know that JJ is a multi-instrumentalist, including bass, piano and sax/woodwind: however, I suspect that Fatima’s comment is gently satirising the guitar obsession on display just above…

If I had my time again…I was trying to rationalise the number of guitars I had…now, I think WHY?

I like the sound of your Jim Mullen-style solution…I have a Baja Tele, but it’s set up for maximum twang ( […]