If it’s a standard USB stick then, unfortunately, it’s most likely unrecoverable. These devices have a tendency to go bad over time, and the data is most likely lost. The ‘drive inaccessible’ message means that […]

I’ve spoken to her today. I’d got the facts wrong – it’s not where she met my dad, but she did attend a few dances up there in the early 1960s, including one on the day JFK was assassinated. By the time you […]

I believe my parents may have met in the Miner’s Arms. My mother’s from Pateley Bridge and has mentioned that pub in the past.

I’ve checked the various recordings I own of the Ninth. Playing times are about 60 to 67 minutes long, and several of the recordings have the CD padded out with extra filler tracks – in one case the filler is a […]

Of the four food shops I tend to visit, only two play music. One has a radio which was blaring out one of the dire Christmas chestnuts last Thursday. The other has some sort of playlist which at the moment seems […]

The chip or circuit that controls the front panel is most likely knackered in some way, hence the erratic behaviour.

There could be terrible repercussions from this – without a record deal he could after all start writing another novel, and no-one needs that.

When EMI initially introduced the 45 in 1953 it was only for select releases. It wasn’t until early 1956 that the majority of singles were made available on both formats, and even then there were a few titles that […]

Indoor aerials are generally awful with digital TV unless you live really close to the transmitter.

There’s a 1974 album by jazz composer/saxophonist Oliver Nelson which features Chas & Dave on the majority its tracks. They even composed a couple of the numbers.

HELP, MY TYPEWRITER IS BROKEN – E. E. CUMMINGS!

Johnny Arthey was responsible for the orchestration of Eloise. He was even credited on the label of the original 7″ single.

I recall visiting one city centre CD shop circa 2005. There was a sign on the wall stating that new releases from major acts would only be available from Tuesdays instead of their usual Monday release date. I […]

Oddly there were some Revell model aircraft kits in Home Bargains when I popped in this morning. 99p each, but they’re those tiddy 1/144 scale things.

Large boxed sets are prevalent in ‘classical’ music. All three major labels have huge back-catalogues now that Warner Music own the output of EMI’s classical labels, which results in many boxed sets containing […]

A hack I’ve seen is to use a 6-pin connector in the 8-pin socket, and then link the two remaining sockets together with a bodged cable. Of course this may not work on all graphics cards.

I suspect it’s remaindered back-issue titles from the De Agostini jazz series of a couple of years ago, which are being dumped due to the expiration of the rights De Agostini had to distribute them.

It’s very […]

One should really go under the name Sham Sham 69.

Ralf & Florian surely must have heard this, Hindermith’s Flute Sonata from 1936.

I recall reading about this ‘hack’ in the sleeve notes of one of my Dad’s stereo demonstration records. It didn’t really work when we tried it out back in the day – possibly due to grounding issues.