All of that album apart from the title track is on “Criss Cross”, which you’ll find on Spotify but they’re out of the correct order on that one. YouTube only for the title track, it seems.

Calvin Keys is a top tip. Fantastic stuff and previously below my radar. Sadly way beyond my price range at £90+ in either CD or vinyl format. Will have to find a rip.
The Emahoy album is another top tip. […]

The title was “The Legend of Xanadu” so only suitable as an “L” entry.

“Xanadu” by Olivia Newton-John and ELO would go, though.

I have it (hooky download, years ago) but don’t think much of that album. Think I’ve only ever played it a couple of times. He wasn’t that much of a songwriter IMO.

Entwhistle was a fantastic musician. Probably the best rock bassist ever, but not a very pleasant person. Not really interested in the book as I don’t expect it will be a very pleasant read.
I’m already […]

Penguin Café Orchestra – Signs of Life, Maddy Prior & June Tabor – Silly Sisters, Robert Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders – Singing in the Bathtub, Otis Redding – Sings Soul Ballads and Lightnin’ Hopkins – […]

Last time I read up on it (admittedly some years ago) Neil was pessimistic about the series ever being officially released on DVD or repeated, because of contract issues.
Too many people with rights to different […]

Tech peeps have a closely-guarded secret way of “turning it off and then on again”.

Commiserations.

Unresolvable licensing issues with The Innes Book Of Records, due to the daftness of the contract terms at the time. A shame because I remember (some of) it very fondly.

Road manager’s rules:
1) If it moves, Gaffer it.
2) If it stops working, whack it.
3) If you don’t understand it, mock it.

American jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney died of “complications arising from the Corona Virus” on the 31st. He was 57.
There are sure to be more.

Fine.

Production on magazines tends to be quite a long way ahead of publication. A month or two, usually. Some of them might be already long gone to the printers and distributors.
If they have a “latest news” page […]

Because?

Yes.

Linux Mint seems to be rated easiest for new users to get to grips with. Version 19.3 “Tricia” is the most recent stable version as I type. There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. You’ll need the right one for […]

Jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, the only trumpeter ever personally mentored by Miles Davis, has died of complications arising from Covid-19. He was 59.
Here he is in 1989 with Tony Williams’ Lifetime.

Some very early female rapping here (1938) courtesy of Naomi Smith.

(Willie “The Lion” Smith – Peace On You)

I’m currently knuckling down to one of my two ongoing music projects. Listening to every unplayed track in my digitised library. The other project is re-digitising all my Various Artists albums in lossless […]