Crispycat Recordings: Hospital at home but at least it's at home...

Thursday, February 08, 2024

Hospital at home but at least it's at home...

Playlist

Wizzard - Wizzard Brew

Wizzard - Introducing Eddy and the Falcons

Roy Wood - You Can Dance The Rock 'n' Roll

Roy Wood - Music Book

Wizzard - Long Beach Auditorium, California

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next

Roy Wood - Look Thru' the Eyes of Roy Wood & Wizzard - Hits & Rarities, Brilliance & Charm... (1974-1987)

Roy Wood & Wizzard - Main Street

50 years ago tonight, I attended my first rock concert, Wizzard at the Edinburgh Odeon...

So, up early...

...and, much to my surprise, I found a rare film, on YouTube, of Wizzard, performing live, around 8 months later, on the Don Kirshner Show...

Great stuff...

Just enough time to update the setlist playlist Iput together with the band actually playing many of thr tracks live - sadly there are no recording's of their cover of SAHB's "Gang Bang", part of their set in Edinburgh...

Then, soundtracked by that, out to my mum's house as, today, she was due home from Bonnyrigg Hospital, 100 days since being taken to the Royal Infirmary...

Of course, things didn't go according to plan and she did not arrive, as planned, in the morning...

So there was a lot of hanging around...

Went for some milk, noting scenes from my childhood on the way...

Me and my chums used to play football against this wall...

Back home, working out dates on the calendar for me and sister Sheila to visit, taking account of our times away and working out too, when the opportunity ight arise for mum to go to The Guild or The Rural...

...using last year's calendar of dates for one of them...

Lunch at mum's from her freezer...

Reasonable...

And then, home for tea and a biscuit...

Enjoyed being able to use her landline again, here calling Anne at our house...

Carers arrived later and it has to be said it was all a bit chaotic...

Good to have her home though - even though she's technically still "in hospital" but "Hospital at Home", with daily visits from the nurses...

In the evening, some telly, some listening and bed...

Highlight of the Day: Mum home...

Today's New Music:-

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Crispycat Latest Release

David Reilly AKA Cloudland Blue Quartet, created his first soundscape, "The Drone Effect" back in December 1977. 46 years later, he finally gave two live soundscape performances, in Edinburgh on 4 November 2023 and in Newcastle on 18 January 2024, playing the 40 minute piece available here on Bandcamp as "Live Suite 2023/24". On 30 August 2024 he premiered a new 40 minute suite for 2024/25 at Fopp in Edinburgh and this piece was performed again at the Switched On Electronic Music Festival in Whitby, Yorkshire on 9 November 2024. This album, "Live Suite 2024/25" was created specifically to be performed at these last two events and, like "Live Suite 2023/24", may well be performed again in the future. Free to Stream/Name Your Price to Download, the download bundle contains the studio mix of the live performance version of "Live Suite 2024/25"

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!