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Thought you might, he’s a sound lad, lives not far from me. I donated what 78s I had from when my folks passed, he was delighted to get them. The good in this for him was they were secular jazz and popular music mostly from the 50s, people could get up and dance to. We talked music for an hour befor...

Si you need to see this guy in action it's just amazing:

https://thegramophonesocial.ie/

Party like it's 1929,

Just to remind all and sundry that today, 30th April 2024, is "International Jazz Day"

I kicked off the morning with my after breakfast coffee;

One of the great could have, should have, made it bigger bands. Live from the Paradiso, Amsterdam 1979. The audience don't sound too up for it, but the band give it a John Perry who plays that great opening riff on "Another Girl another Planet" often tours Ireland with Martin Stephenson (...

Sorry to read about your mate. The first time I heard Black Sabbath was in primary school. Our teacher had told us he was bringing in a record player on Friday and we could bring what we wanted to play. One of the lads brought his older brothers copy of "Black Sabbath" (1st LP) needless to...

https://www.dominomusic.com/res/GxZ/720_720/king_creosote_jon_hopkins_diamond_mine_packshot.jpeg This may have been up before but deserves bump. Diamond Mine from King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, a sublime recording released in 2011, I have the Jubilee Edition from 2012. It has a few extra tracks, ...

Can’t find the one I’m looking for (BTWOS) so this’ll have to do. Nice one Dermot, that must have been close enough to the end for Sabbath. Probably has Tommy Clufetos on drums, he'd been with Ozzy's band. Mind you after reading the book I realised, I really didn't know who was in the band at any g...

Having just finished reading Geezer Butler's - "Into The Void" this is going down a real treat.

Currently being played, Bleedin' Loud, nothing pedestrian about it.

Almost made me lose my coffee through my nose.
:)

Ivor wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:49 pm

cybot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:48 pm Never ever tire of this.

It's an incredible LP and criminally unknown to many.

I knew Stan back in the day, really sound guy.