Hidden meanings come forward through the mist...

Playlist

Mott the Hoople - The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik III

Roxy Music - Siren

Britten - The Canticles

Bill Evans - Jazz Masters 5

Mono - Nowhere Now Here

Frances Eustace - Bassoon Collection on Historic Instruments

Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes

Half Moon Run - Sun Leads Me On

Half Moon Run - A Blemish in the Great Light

Michael Janisch - Worlds Collide

Dowland - The Elizabethan Collection (Lacrimae, Or Seaven Teares)

Shalamar - Gold

Ultravox - The Very Best Of Midge Ure & Ultravox

Journey - Revelation

Various Artists - World Circuit Presents...

Taylor Swift - Red

Calliope Chœur De Femmes - Litanies À La Vierge Noire

Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality

Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague

Haydn - Creation Mass / Mass Rorate Coeli Desuper

Up, with the intention of working on the extra, download only alternative version of the new LP...

...but, almost inevitably, got waylayed by something I saw on the Twitter...

There will shortly be a new vinyl only compilation by Mott the Hoople available...

And so it was created and added to the collection, digitally...

Out...

The view from the office this morning I...

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IV, my favourite...

Post Mott, I was soundtracked by the new LP...

Getting to know the tracks...

As with all improvisations, eventually, patterns are discerned and hidden meanings come forward through the mist...

At lunchtime, a walk down to Stockbridge...

The view from the office this afternoon I...

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Four shops visited, four purchases made...

This book of arty quotes...

Some Benny Britten for one hundred and fifty new pence...

...an acquired taste, for which one must be in the mood - I would be, later this evening - the piece "Canticle II : Abraham & Isaac" is a veritable 17 minute Progfest (kind of)...

Some Bill for 50 of your new pence...

And, in my last destination before heading back, a further couple of classical items for £1.98...

Delightful Bassoon pieces - I do like a bassoon - oo-er missus...

...and some Arvo of which, no doubt, the content I already have alternative takes somewhere...

On the way home, the commute was exactly the duration of this fine LP from Roxy Music, which was much enjoyed...

The view from the office this evening I...

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A tasty tea of salmon, healthy chips and roasted asparagus from the EP, who then enjoyed some painting while I ripped and listened and discovered - works by new to me Canadians, Half Moon Run were partaken of...

The content for this week's podcast was updated, using shorter tracks from this week's acquisitions...

And, being Tuesday, of course, "Holby City" ended the day - with the new Chief Exec being very annoying and unliked by your viewing correspondent and his Exec Producer...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Discovering a new band...