End of an era...

Playlist

Yellow Matter Custard - One Night in New York City

Cloudland Blue Quartet - So Called Crowd Pleasers

First day of our "retirement" - up super early...

There were bonus tracks for "Wagner" to be worked on and uploaded before its release today...

And so, out now on Bandcamp. Cloudland Blue Quartet "Wagner", 6th in the "classical" series...

70 minutes of brand new soundscapes, free to stream/name your price to download...

Downloaders get 8 bonus tracks (a further 110 minutess)...

Meanwhile, Daily Section 76 of 432...

Section 428, digipaks from Sciarrino to Thom Yorke...

Today’s choices comprised 30 Beatles songs, live in NYC, from Neal Morse & Mike Portnoy, Squarepusher’s 2003 LP,  “Ultravisitor”; and Archie Shepp’s 1972 release, “Attica Blues”...

Another tasty trio…

Flowers re Anne's retirement...

...and cards of congratulations...

Out to the office...

At lunchtime, this picked up...

Very nice indeed...

The Billion Dollar Baby's head will be left behind...

For now...

At 4, along to a nice wee place in the new town, the Little White Pig...

An excellent time was had with my work chums...

I this pic, I can see Raymondo, the Exec Producer, Alex B, Big Al, Prog Rock Willie, Gaz, Jamie, Mr CBQ and Yuill...

Janine, Christine, Sarah and the EP...

Kris with a K, the EP, Raymondo...

CK and Bernardo...

Jacko, Yuill and Janine, flamboyant as ever...

Jacko, Josh, Alex B, Big Al...

Jamie, Matt...

Your correspondent, Spike and Yuill...

Sandy and Raymondo...

Yuill, Janine, CK, SJL, the EP, Bernardo, Kris with a K...

Big Al, Alex B, Raymondo...

Alex , Raymondo, Jamie...

You can probably say who's in these...

Ah, yes, a nice surprise that ex-colleague, JY Johnny Yuille turned up!

Prog Rock Willie holding court...

Alex B holding court...

Me in the background, Annie in the foreground...

Speeches were made - by chum Yuill about my time (25 years) with many of these colleagues - and by me, about each of them, old and new...

Josh and Sarah with Spike in the mirror...

Dearly departed and much missed chums Gavin and Keith were also toasted...

There was much further imbibing...

...and the guitar came out for a final farewell...

...before even more drinks, until, with your correspondent very, very much the worse for wear, he was Executively Produced on the long walk to Shandwick Place, a bus home and into the sack...

It's all over - although, as an ongoing consultant, it's not quite over...

A lovely day all round...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Retiring...

Setlist (Not All Were Played)

Big Yellow Taxi

Folsom Prison Blues*

Bad Moon Rising

Ring of Fire*

Proud Mary*

Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town

Rhinestone Cowboy

Cracklin' Rosie*

Sweet Caroline*

Brown Eyed Girl

Suspicious Minds*

Stuck in the Middle With You*

Mrs Robinson

Blue Suede Shoes

*ones I actually have some recollection of playing - it's a bit hazy...