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Playlist

Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill

Isaac Hayes - Live at the Sahara Tahoe

UK - Progresja, Warsaw 24 Feb 2015

Von Bingen - O Orzchis Ecclesia

Panufnik - Messages : Chamber Works for Strings

Various - Das Bleiben Hits

Nordic Giants - A Seance of Dark Delusions

Various - Rock Revival

Various - Forever Changing: Golden Age Of Elektra

Gilardino - Trascendentia : Complete Studies for Guitar

Various - Backbeats - I Get My Groove

T Rex - Electric Warrior

Bartholomäus Traubeck - Years

The Czars - Best of The Czars

Chick Corea - Remembering Bud Powell

Sarah McLachlan - The Freedom Sessions

Various - Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration

UK - Danger Money

Decided to mostly listen to full albums today, starting with Hawkwind...

...followed by Isaac Hayes...

...who, post a look around the garden...

 ...soundtracked a walk to the grocery store for provisions...

Back home for breakfast and the discovery of a recording of UK, in concert a week or so before the EP and I saw them in London back in March...

Some relaxing in the living room with Hildegard von Bingen before heading into the loft with the phone on shuffleplay, to do some more sorting out...

Found this and brought it down...

The diary of my first trip abroad, to Konigssee in the summer of 1974...

On reading some of it, Anne opined the younger me was a bit up his own arse...

Not much has changed in 41 years...

However, my efforts did gain me some record tokens, with which, I recall, I purchased the first two LPs by Cockney Rebel...

To my mum's, where her new phones seem to be working ok.  We were joined briefly by Sister Sheila and Senior (unpictured)...

On to Anne's mum's for a very well attended fortnightly family tea...

Around the table there was much picture taking...

Kitty was sent off with the brief to "document something interesting"...

..and then, to take portraits of all attendees...

Maureen...

Arianne...

Craig...

Jane...

Bobby...

Anne...

Olly...

Self portrait...

Keith...

Mary...

Portrait of the artist as a young girl...

Excellent eye shot from Kitty...

And, of course, children cannot resist glasses...

...or playing tricks on their old uncle...

Home again and "George Gently" once more entertained...

Thereafter we were sucked in by the opening scenes of the Will Ferrell vehicle, "Blades of Glory", not hitting the sack till 1am as a consequence...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Kitty's camera work... 

Inclemency cancellations...

Playlist

Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces

Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler

Various - Untinted

Hank Mobley - The Turnaround

Various - Blue Note Plays Billie Holiday

Various - Blue Funk

Various - Blue Bop

Various - On The Corner

Various - Righteousness

Various - The Blue Box: Blue Note's Best

Bobbi Humphrey - Fancy Dancer

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off

Ornette Coleman Trio - At The 'Golden Circle' Stockholm, Volume One

Johnny Griffin - A Blowin' Session

Various - Jump Blue: Rockin' The Jooks

Paolo Fresu / Uri Caine - Think

Robert Glasper - In My Element

Duke Pearson - Now Hear This

Various - Blue Note Trip - Sunrise/Sunset

Various - Straight No Chaser

Wayne Shorter - Juju

Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1

Various - Blue Ivory A Modern Piano Dynasty

The Three Sounds - Here We Come

Various - 50 Best Of Blue Note

Jackie McLean - It's Time

Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag

Medeski Martin & Wood - The Dropper

Various - Blue Break Beats

Andrew Hill - Black Fire

Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban

Various - The Lennon & McCartney Jazz Collection

The Three Sounds - Live At The It Club, Vol. 2

Larry Young - Unity

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Best Of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Donald Byrd - Black Byrd

Herbie Hancock - The Best Of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note Years

Sarah McLachlan - Touch

Muse - Resistance

Various - Forever Changing: Golden Age Of Elektra

Panufnik - Chamber Works for Strings

Surprisingly, finished off the Blue Note project today - I have 315 titles which would take as many hours to listen to all the way through - 13 days, 24/7...

I won't be doing that but I have been listening to quite a lot of jazz over the past few days...

And the excellent 2CD compilation "Straight No Chaser" was on the Cloudland Blue Mobile Stereo Music Purveyance Apparatus this morning as we drove to the far side of town, to the opticians to order two new pairs of specs and a pair of prescription sunglasses for Mr CBQ...

Bargain...

I forgot to mention that, on Thursday, I had my eyes tested...

I have been advised to "speck up" 80% of the time, with varifocles now being deemed necessary to meet my ongoing being able to see stuff properly requirements...

With that sorted, to the Meadows Festival for a meet with Dr Prog...

Weather not good - dull and windy...

...as we passed the Argyle Bar, where Sombre Reptiles once had a residency (of sorts)...

...which led to the formation of pre Pet Shop Boys synth pop duo Love Parade...

To the Meadows Festival to find it had been mostly cancelled due to high winds...

Prior to the stalls shutting down and packing up...

I picked these up from the Lothian Cat Rescue bric-a-brac stall...

Just one of your English pounds sterling each...

The unbuilt stage in the distance indicated that, sadly, there would be no music today...

...so we would be unable to compare 2015's fayre with the sterling offerings served up in 1984...

I still have both the guitar and the Yamaha CS5 synthesiser which are being used here by Mr CBQ and Count Brodski to delight the capacity crowd of thousands (unpictured) - the tape deck re the self created electronic pop music backing tracks is long gone though...

As is my hair...

As are my discernible waist and chin lines...

We met Phil in a nearby cafe...

This is not him...

...and chat, soup, quiche, coffee, juice and tea were all enjoyed...

Take a look at these hands, take a look at these hands - as Talking Heads might say...

Then a walk back to the Festival, now well and truly "cancelled" - so we continued to the music library...

These horses arses were all I saw of a drumming and fluting parade...

...and these were borrowed...

We left Phil heading to buy some blank DVDs (don't ask) and made our way back to the car, through the still very windy Meadows...

...and the Argyle Bar...

..scene of the...no, wait, I've done that bit...

Onward...

...through the wind and, generally, nice leafiness...

...and home for some listening, admiring the blooming garden on the way in...

A Tivo'd "George Gently" very much enjoyed in the evening...

Along with a very small, split between us, Indian - moderation is the key...

Right you two...

Highlight of the Day : A wee kind of day out despite inclemency cancellations...

Not quite a replicated repeat...

Playlist

Various - Blue Juice

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2

Various - The Blue Box: Blue Note's Best

Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - At The Cafe Bohemia Vol. 1

Various - Blue Note Trip - Gettin' Up/Goin' Down

Horace Silver - Song For My Father

Various - Sharp Shades And Finger Snaps

Bobbi Humphrey - Fancy Dancer

Various - Finger Poppin'

Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban

Various - Blunited States Coast To Coast

Andrew Hill - Andrew!

The Three Sounds - Bottoms Up

Various - A Blue Conception

Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object

Miles Davis - Volume One

Joe Henderson - Page One

Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares

Curtis Fuller - Curtis Fuller Volume 3

Various - The Lost Grooves 67-70

Eric Dolphy - The Illinois Concert [Live]

Hank Mobley - Peckin' Time

Various - Blue Note Trip - Sunrise/Sunset

Andrew Hill - Compulsion

Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner

Various - Jump Blue: Rockin' The Jooks

Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack

Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler

Various - On The Corner

Jackie McLean - Destination Out

Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk

Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up!

Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland, Vol. 2

Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond

The Three Sounds - Here We Come

Various - Blue Note Trip - Saturday Night/Sunday Morning

Curtis Fuller - Two Bones

Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers

Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib

Grant Green - Live At The Club Mozambique

Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds - Blue Hour

Various - Evenin' Blue

Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe

Jimmy McGriff - Pullin' Out All The Stops! The Best Of Jimmy McGriff

Medeski Martin & Wood - End Of The World Party (Just In Case)

Blue Note all day today apart from one LP - can you spot it?

The garden is stirring into life...

Skies were blue and it was reasonably warm...

Home under the sun...

...for a very tasty salad...

A request from me rather than an Indian takeaway...

Yum...

Some telly on the Tivo and some live stuff...

Also spent some time going through all my Blue Note CDs to see which were not yet ripped to a drive...

Around 50...

A project commenced to sort that...

Highlight of the day : Salad again...

The abandonment of shopping...

Playlist

Mountain - The Best Of Mountain

Edgar Broughton Band - Oora

Weather Report - Mr Gone

Nirvana - Nevermind

Nits - Kilo

Abba - Gold: Greatest Hits

Isaac Hayes - The Best Of The Polydor Years

Castiglioni - Piano Works

King Tubby - King Tubby's Special 1973-1976

Starer - Excursions For A Pianist

Udo Lindenberg - Atlantic Affairs

Various - Ministry of Sound : The Chillout Session

Kronos Quartet - White Man Sleeps

Various Composers - Eastman American Music Series, Vol. 3

Andrew Hill - Andrew!

Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack

Matthew Shipp - Art of the Improviser

Paolo Fresu / Uri Caine - Think

Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces

Andrew Hill - Mosaic Select

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 3 - Bud!

Louis Smith - Here Comes Louis Smith

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin

Lee Morgan - The Sixth Sense

Lee Morgan - City Lights

Lee Morgan - Indeed!

Soundtracked today by the latest 70 or so acquisitions on shuffleplay...

Looking old...

...and looking at this...

Anne was out walking over the Braid Hills with chum Teresa and her dog, Mac...

Some contemporary American classical music popped up on the headphones and this led me to commence an ultimately abandoned shopping spree on Amazon for more of the same...

So I got down to some cooking...

This was enjoyed as I watched the recently broadcast on BBC4 documentary on Blue Note, which led me upstairs to produce a new playlist of all the Blue Note albums I currently have on iTunes and to listen to tracks from a few of them...

This led me to commence another ultimately abandoned shopping spree on Amazon for more of the same...

Everything is still in the basket though...

Anne returned, having had a good time and we watched "Big Bang Theory", "Question Time" and "This Week" before retiring at a very tardy 12:40 am...

Highlight of the Day : Blue Note...

Salad days...

Playlist

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Various - Original Soul Classics

Various - 100 Hits Summer Reggae

Abba - Gold: Greatest Hits

Various - Backbeats - Soul Time

Udo Lindenberg - Hermine

King Tubby - King Tubby's Special 1973-1976

Elvin Jones - Dear John C.

Lidl - Divertimenti for Baryton Trio

T Rex - Electric Warrior (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Various - Punky Reggae Selecta

The Tubes - Love Bomb

Mertens - Struggle for Pleasure

Schulhoff - Musik Für Streichquartett (Schulhoff Quartett)

Django Django - Django Django

Various Composers - Eastman American Music Series, Vol. 3

Stokes - String Quartets 1-3

Nits - Kilo

The Who - Who's Next

Various - Haynes Ultimate Guide To Classic Rock

Various - Almost Famous OST

Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain

Transatlantic - KaLIVEoscope

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless

Ten Holt - Canto Ostinato XXL

Spooky Tooth - Best Of Spooky Tooth

Sparks - Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat

Slade - Old New Borrowed And Blue

Shelby Starner - From In The Shadows

Schumann - The Complete Piano Works

Schnittke -  Complete Piano Music

Roy Harper - Man And Myth

Roedelius - Works (1968-2005)

Mountain - The Best Of Mountain

Daytime computing, with views captured by the Exec Producer and treated by Mr CBQ...

Home under the sun...

...for an evening of, as ever these days, music and surfing and tivo-ing - all of which followed one of the EP's excellent zingy and tasty salads...

A right riveting day indeed...

Highlight of the Day : Salad...

Thirty two reasonably random choices...

Playlist

Amon Düül - Phallus Dei

Various - 100 Hits Summer Reggae

Edgar Broughton Band - In Side Out

The Weather Station - Loyalty

King Tubby - King Tubby's Special 1973-1976

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Spirits Up Above - The Atlantic Years 1965-1976

Various - Original Soul Classics

Eric Dolphy - Last Date

Various Composers - Eastman American Music Series, Vol. 3

Chick Corea - Remembering Bud Powell

Schulhoff - Musik Für Streichquartett (Schulhoff Quartett)

Nits - Henk

Gilardino - Trascendentia : Complete Studies for Guitar

Herman Van Veen - Kersvers

Ward - Chamber Music

Lidl - Divertimenti for Baryton Trio

Castiglioni - Piano Works

Eddie Harris - E.H. In The U.K.

Starer - Solo Piano Music, 1946-1996

Castiglioni - Piano Works

Einaudi - Waves The Piano Collection

Maxwell Davies - Sinfonia Concertante/Sinfonia

Herman Brood and his Wild Romance - My Way: The Hits

Don Li - Live Vol. 2 Tonus Music Labor Research Result

Edgar Broughton Band - Oora

Various Composers - The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World ...Ever!

Various Composers - 100 Best Opera

Vera Kappeler & Peter Conradin Zumthor - Babylon Suite

Chicago - Chicago III

Fee Waybill - Read My Lips

Various - Pure...Psychedelic Rock

Various - Haynes Ultimate Guide to Classic Rock

An overcast, windy day...

New comedy "The Goldbergs" has been being enjoyed recently but has gone unmentioned until now...

And, of course, some music was grooved to...

Including the first listen to an Edward Spark piece for which I have been asked to fashion some lyrics...

Devoid of ideas at present...

In other news, spicy pasta concoction for tea - yum...

And, of course, Tuesday night is Holby night...

Highlight of the Day : New to me music popping up on the cans...

Cock pill consequences...

Playlist

Edgar Broughton Band - Edgar Broughton Band

Edgar Broughton Band - Oora

Various - Original Soul Classics

Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing

The Weather Station - Loyalty

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Spirits Up Above : The Atlantic Years 1965-1976

Various - 100 Hits Summer Reggae

Edgar Broughton Band - Wasa Wasa

Various - Haynes Ultimate Guide To Classic Rock

Nils Frahm - The Bells

King Tubby - King Tubby's Special 1973-1976

First of June but it was more like the first of November...

Soundtracked by the new stuff ...

With Anne out at Zumba in the early evening, "Agents of Shield" was caught up with again...

Then, a very interesting programme on "Belief" in the Middle Ages - "Inside the Medieval Mind" - must try and get round to spending a couple of hours watching the first two episodes, "Knowledge" and "Sex", at some point...

Then, highlights of the day - the return of "Vicious" and "Man Down", the latter had me in stitches, to coin a phrase...

Meanwhile, the King Tubby dub compilation showed "100 Hits Summer Reggae" just how it should be done...

This while I listened - for no particular reason other than, up until right now, I had not taken a picture all day...

That's it I think...

Highlight of the Day : The disco scene in "Man Down"...