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Christmas Music

2011-12-18T16:32:00.003Z

Been listening to some Christmas 'pop' songs today - this George Michael song is beautiful and bittersweet at the same time.

ELO - back to the 70s!

2011-03-06T13:47:00.004Z

Went to see the film 'Paul' the other week - being a bit of a Sci-fi nerd I really enjoyed it. One of the music tracks used was 'All over the world' by the Electric Light Orchestra. It rekindled my interest in ELO so I searched out my CDs and loaded up my ipod.

In the late 70's I bought a copy of 'Out of the blue' - blue vinyl, double album import (those were the days when import albums had cuts in the album sleeve) I used to play it regularly and sing along . One of my mega favourites was 'Mr Blue Sky'

Oldies but goodies..

2010-12-14T21:45:00.004Z

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

John Lennon

2010-12-08T21:46:00.002Z

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.

Rumer

2010-12-01T22:39:00.003Z

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

John Lennon 9th Oct 1940 - 8th Dec 1980

2010-10-09T23:29:00.002+01:00

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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2010-09-18T22:48:00.002+01:00

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.

2010-09-12T16:36:00.009+01:00

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.

2010-09-04T17:23:00.003+01:00

Red Box on Top of the Pops 1985

2010-09-03T12:47:00.004+01:00

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.

In Memory Of Owen Brannigan - Blaydon Races

2010-06-09T22:36:00.002+01:00

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

EUROVISION 2009 WINNER -NORWAY ALEXANDER RYBAK FAIRYTALE -HQ STEREO

2010-05-31T14:12:00.001+01:00

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.

2010-05-18T21:42:00.004+01:00

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!

2010-04-19T17:19:00.003+01:00

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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New Blog

2009-04-18T09:41:00.001+01:00

I decided to start this new blog after having a look through my record/CD collection and discovering lost 'treasures'.

Basically this is my chance to ramble on about obscure bands and ancient crooners and reminisce about my younger days.