Crispycat Recordings: An experimental 50% cut sans advice...

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

An experimental 50% cut sans advice...

Playlist

Various - The 1970s

Various - The 1980s

Various - The 1960s

Prokofiev - Symphony No 5

Copland - Symphony No 3
Soler - Harpsichord Sonatas Vol 1
Various Composers - Die Trompete in Wien

More action today at the feeding station - no birds pictured but I did manage to capture Mr Squirrel...

He's not on fire, that's the reflection of the fire on the window pane...

A soaked to the skin postie delivered these little beauties...

Ordered on Saturday for less than a fiver for the two (including postage), the two missing symphonies from the ten which Gramophone Magazine recommended I listen to...

Prokofiev 5 (and 1) and...

...Copland 3 - this second actually a 2CD set, which also includes Mr C's Clarinet concerto and a further six works...

Also arriving were two 2CD sets ordered on Monday - superb service from Selections on Amazon's market place for just 99p each...

Spain's Antonio Soler's harpsichord Sonatas - his is a fascinating story...

...and 17th and 18th Centiry trumpet music from Vienna composed by Fux, Querfurth, Albrechtsberger, Reutter, Schmelzer & Tuma...

Lovely...

Despite their arrival, spent much of the morning compiling (similar to yesterday's 70's project) decade (or more) long sets of hit singles from May 1959- December 1969 and January 1980 to December 1989...

A call from chum Moira and good chat was followed this afternoon by a very welcome visit from old chum Jim Park, who brought gifts...

...and more excellent chat - we compared notes re his brush with the reaper last year re his poisoned leg and my own re the gangrenous gallbladder...

Oh how we laughed...

The Exec Producer gave him a lift home on her way to Zumba, her sore back having taken an upturn...

I managed not to take very many painkillers today - hopefully that won't have been a mistake...

In the evening, listening to the new arrivals pre Anne's return, post which pizza was enjoyed along with "Masterchef", "Cuffs" and "Holby"...

Lights out - with half the normal intake of painkillers...

We'll see...

Highlight of the Day : Another visitor...

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Crispycat Latest Release

Between 1980 and 1995, Sombre Reptiles released 35 LPs. At present, all of these albums are deleted. "Songs of the Sombre Reptiles 1980-1995" is an 81 Track Virtual 6CD/10LP Box Set covering this pre-Cloudland Blue Quartet period. The versions of the songs included in the Box Set are taken from eight sources, recorded between 1993 and 1996: The three long deleted volumes of "Songs of the Sombre Reptiles", originally released on cassette in 1993 and 1994 via Edinburgh Record Shop, Reptile Records - all but 3 of the 57 tracks from these three records are included; Further album tracks from the final four Sombre Reptiles records, "Galleryshard (1993), "Kernelcrux" (1994), "Bitter Sweet Covers" (1995) and "Starcrossfix" (1995); Previously unreleased re-recordings from 1996, just before Sombre Reptiles became Cloudland Blue Quartet.

Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection

In a one-man crusade to encourage the world to broaden its musical horizons, David has been broadcasting a weekly Eclectic Selection of music from across his vast record collection since 2014. On the programme each week, you'll hear 25 Tracks, kicking off with David's LP of the Week, followed by his six other LPs of the day, three or so CBQ, or CBQ related, tracks, a single of the week (if there is one), a couple more singles (if there are any) and a further eclectic mix of other things new into the collection... It's eclectic!