Crispycat Recordings: A room with a view...

Saturday, November 08, 2008

A room with a view...

Playlist
David Reilly –Anthology
Yes – The Ultimate Yes
Yes – Open Your Eyes
Yes – Magnification
Yes – Fragile
Yes – 1991-1999 Peri Urban Edits
Cloudland Blue – Please Stay With Us

Stayed up virtually all night, going to bed at 1:30 and getting back up again at 3 am due to this new cold scenario...

Initially sat in the backroom – continuing with the Anthology listen through, then some classic Yes tunes...

Drove along to the chiropodist for my 9 am appointment leaving Anne slumbering...

I was back home by 9:15 - £1 per toe/£1 per minute – better than the usual £15...

Went back to bed and slept till midday...

A lovely brunch prepared by Anne, then we drove to The Great Grog and purchased a mixed case of red wine....

Back home spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening (as QoS were thrashed 4-1 at home to Morton and Hearts scraped a 1-0 win away at St Mirren) writing and recording this new song, “Please Stay With Us”...

The vocals are a bit rough due to being choked with the cold...

It's available via the link to download my music for free...

Until I re-record the vocals, then I'll replace it...

CLOUDLAND BLUE QUARTET - PLEASE STAY WITH US

The lyric is a revised version of one I wrote in 2006 which was never set to music...

Later, “Merlin” was accompanied by a tasty Indian takeaway...

“Have I Got News For You” was followed closely by snoring on the settee and I eventually gave in to the fatigue and headed to bed leaving Anne to enjoy “Match of the Day”...

Track of the day is from 1985 but not from the Anthology – there were no recordings of any new solo material made that year so, instead, here’s a song I wrote and recorded with The Dancers of San Martino, “Finishing Touch”, which relates to selling your soul to the devil but signing the contract with vanishing ink...

ANTHOLOGY 1985
THE DANCERS OF SAN MARTINO - FINISHING TOUCH

In some ways, this represents my closest brush to “mainstream success” in that the group, which featured old chums Peri Urban and Count Brodski, was shortlisted by Virgin A&R who eventually passed us over for The Big Dish and Danny Wilson...

Oh well...

Highlight of the Day : Writing and recording again....

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