Tuesday 14 December 2010

Oldies but goodies..

Got nostalgic seeing as I'm fast approaching 50. My mother loved music and when I was young we had a collection of old 78s, 7" singles and LPs. I loved listening to them so I decided to see if I could find some downloads on Amazon. I managed to find a few of my Mother's oldies plus some that I loved when I was younger.
My Boy Lollipop by Millie was one of my favourites

Wednesday 8 December 2010

John Lennon

What can I say -it's been 30 years since John Lennon was murdered. I often wonder what songs he would have written had he still been alive.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Rumer

I was going to comment on the album by Rumer - 'Seasons of my soul' - but my ipod is playing up again so it'll have to wait
Seasons Of My Soul

Saturday 9 October 2010

John Lennon 9th Oct 1940 - 8th Dec 1980

Today would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday and I suppose you have to wonder what he would be like if he were alive today.


John Lennon - Imagine
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Saturday 18 September 2010

My second-hand usb turntable has arrived so now I just need the time to start copying some vinyl to CD, better buy some record cleaner as well, the records are pretty dusty.

Sunday 12 September 2010

My iPod isn't working at the moment - some how I managed to break the little 'lock' button when I was sitting on the bus one morning. I'll have to get it fixed, just a matter of getting round to it (and finding out how much it's going to cost)
I was slowly adding some of my favourite music but will have to hang on for now.

I still have some vinyl albums and singles (and cassettes), some I just can't bare to let go of, others I need to transfer to CD as they're never likely to be issued on CD. I've bought a USB turnatble from eBay - fingers crossed it turns up safely and more fingers crossed that it actually does the job!

Anyway, a little bit of 80s indie music - Modern Eon - still have the vinyl album but as yet no turntable.



Saturday 4 September 2010

Red Box on Top of the Pops 1985


Friday 3 September 2010


I want to mention a classic album of the 80s which was recently re-issued.

The Circle and The Square by Red Box.

The band's debut single 'Chenko' was released in 1983 and was followed by other singles such as 'Lean on Me', 'For America', 'Heart of the Sun'. The album itself was released in 1986 which is when I bought my original copy. The CD was 'retired' after a while and copies were selling on eBay for two and three figures! The original release is an excellent album including a version of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Saskatchewan".
The re-release has some extra tracks and while not perfect it is well worth the price for any Red Box fan.

Wednesday 9 June 2010

In Memory Of Owen Brannigan - Blaydon Races

Not the usual stuff but this is basically the national anthem of the North East of England - and I'm very proud of it!

Monday 31 May 2010

EUROVISION 2009 WINNER -NORWAY ALEXANDER RYBAK FAIRYTALE -HQ STEREO

Eurovision 2010 has come and gone - I suppose we in the UK see it all as a bit of a joke - probably why we came last!
However last year's winner Fairytale by Alexander Rybak is one of my 'Guilty Pleasures' - you know - tunes you shouldn't like because it's not cool, but you can't resist them anyway.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

I have to admit this blog is taking a while to get off the ground - lack of time is the major problem.
The 80s seem to be the in thing at the moment so I'm going to dig out some of my favourite tunes - watch this space!

Monday 19 April 2010


It's only taken me a year to get around to posting on this blog so the first piece of music I will mention is one of my all time favourites
Just Like Gold by Aztec Camera, released on Postcard records in 1981 - I heard it on John Peel before it was even released and badgered the staff in HMV until they got me a copy.
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