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Night Train To You Marcin Wasilewski Trio Faithful dedicated to my son Matthew - - - - - - he's recent...

A post largely for my dear old friend and ex-colleague Phil, lifelong football fan [Chelsea] and musical encyclopaedia without equal.  I f...

Another single bought when it came out and meaningful for this listener as it was cited by Lennon in the 'lover's spat' phase of...

I had a phase of really liking Harry and bought his smooth albums and a little Schmilsson always did the trick but then this came out and I ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR YESTERDAY FELLOW AQUARIAN DAVE WAKELING of  THE BEAT Born on this day: February 19, 1956  - Singer, s...

Well we haven't had a new John Prime ROIO for a while and today is a peach from over at the wonderful Midnight Cafe John Prine - As...

BOOK CHOICE of THE DAY The first impression of W. Reginald Bray (1879-1939) was one of an ordinary middle-class Englishman quietly li...

I have the single of this somewhere and thanks to my old school friend drummer Malcolm Curtis who was a huge Beach Boys fan, I did buy this ...

Now no I didn't buy this one when it came out thank you BUT I did get turned on to Gene Chandler by seeing ' Sha Na Na ' live a...

Just because we have felt the shock from an earth tremor 140 miles away this afternoon of some 4.3 magnitude that shook the house the window...