Oh yes Martin, that is good. Might have to invest in this. I have fond memories of seeing The Musical Box playing Selling England in its entirety at the Albert Hall about 15 years ago. Hackett came on for the […]

Clog rockers Golden Earring followed up their smash hit Radar Love with a song about a washing machine. Someone had the brilliant idea that they should film the promotional video on a household waste dump, which […]

Thanks Junes, I’m going through a bit of a Dylan binge-fest at the moment. I’m still getting my recent NY trip out of my system.
Just finished reading David Hadju’s excellent ‘Positively 4th Street’ about […]

Wally Stott’s work with Scott Walker is glorious

There’s a poignant moment in the 30th Century Man documentary where Stott is hearing this for the first time in many years, probably since the 1960s. He/she see […]

They put on a great show last night. Campbell does provide the grit for sure. He took the vocal as well guitar duties on Oh Well and handled the edgier stuff like World Turning comfortably.
Neil got a lovely […]

We lived on Shaftesbury Avenue from 62-66 before moving to Pinner, so yes I remember Lascelles and the Birds Nest. I was still a nipper, so attended Grange primary school before we moved and I then went to Cannon Lane.

No, well I seem to recall from our previous chat about it, that your experience was similar to mine, which may not result in much fond reminiscence. But hey ho, character-forming and all that.

As for […]

Flipping through that thread, I’m not surprised he left, with the amount of bickering going on.

In answer to your other question @arthur-cowslip about why these posts suddenly appear on your homepage, I believe […]

can’t wait to read it

it must be hell when Tarantino is filming.

Having just seen ‘Once Upon A Time…’ the attention to period detail in the street scenes is tremendous, but must take yonks to create.

We could form a Pinner clique on here. I grew up there. @kaisfatdad and I went to the same school, Cannon Lane. My mum still lives in Eastcote.

The George was demolished about five years ago.

Per the […]

a live vinyl triumph recorded at least partially in Croydon?

Delaney & Bonnie and Friends with Eric Clapton

Oh good, I’m seeing them on Thursday in Auckland, Neil’s homecoming gig.
I’ve never seen FM, but did see Stevie Nicks last year and she had no problems standing up.

Denny Dias was rather an unsung hero in the original Dan. As a player who thought about the song, he was up there with the best of these, and he had a lovely fluid style, exemplarised here.

@pizon-bros just to close this one, it was Man – Maximum Darkness

My favourite comtemporary female jazz singer is still Jane Monheit. She has a natural ability as an interpreter of the standards, especially when it comes to the Brazilians. I was lucky to see her about 10 years […]

Camel’s bass player Doug Ferguson is credited as playing a duffel coat on the album The Snow Goose

BC has covered the ground well. I would only add a recommendation to spend some time around Lake Taupo. Very pretty at that time of year and great fishing on the Tongariro if that’s your thing.
Do leave time f […]

yeah, had that back in the… blimey, the 80s.
Good album. Steve Ferrone on drums