No such thing as peer pressure when you're old...

Playlist

The John Dummer Band - Blue

A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard & The Ballroom

Pulsar - Pollen

Isaac Hayes - Live At The Sahara Tahoe

The Beatles - The Beatles Primer

Sombre Reptiles - Rubinmusik 1977-2017

Iain Ballamy - Anorak More Jazz

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

The Idle Race - Idle Race

Mathilde Santing - Mathilde Santing

Various - Krautrock : Music for Your Brain

The Who - Who Are You

John Foxx & Louis Gordon - Shifting City

Talking Heads - Little Creatures

Laura Pausini - Inedito (Spanish)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box)

Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (Immersion Box)

Rory Gallagher - Blueprint

Barry White - No Limit On Love

Brian Eno - Generative Music

Barry White - All-Time Greatest Hits

Zahara - La Pareja Toxica

Jack-Knife - Jack-Knife

John Foxx & Louis Gordon - The Pleasures Of Electricity

David Holland Quartet - Conference Of The Birds

Status Quo - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

Kitaro - Ten Years (1976-1986)

Status Quo - Status Quo Live

Travor Rabin - Face To Face

Alison Balsom - Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach

The Who - Thirty Years of Maximum R&B

Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay

Miles Davis - Melbourne '88

John Cale - Paris 1919

Katy Perry - Prism

Various - I Love Music, Je T'aime

Tonight, the recording of this week's podcast...

And the integration of the first of JB's old discs...

The first three I had as burns (and the first as an LP in the '70s)...

This, new to me and good...

Ooh, punk rock from 22 years ago and, even then, 19 years too late, probably...

Still good though...

A reminder of chum Jamie...

And, not quite Isaac Hayes but still good...

Meanwhile, this morning, as I headed to the dentist for some painful filling work (don't ask), consolation £1 purchases in Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland...

This because it contains "The Captain of Her Heart" by Swiss duo Double - a record I had back in the day (as they say)...

...and this because Katy Perry is actually rather good...

A Chinese takeaway and, on telly, "Death in Paradise" was entertaining as usual...

And now with a changeover to Father Dougal...

Should be good...

Highlight of the Day : Podcasting...

One man's poison...

Playlist

Magazine - Secondhand Daylight

Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock

Ultravox! - Systems Of Romance

The Rolling Stones - Through the Past Darkly

David Bowie - Stage

Françoise Hardy - Messages Personnels

Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Sparks - Big Beat

Public Image Limited - Album

The Beatles - Rubber Soul

The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once..

Santana - Welcome

Laurie Anderson - United States Live

Alice Cooper - Constrictor

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft - Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen

Harold Land - Harold In The Land Of Jazz

King Crimson - Islands [40th Anniversary]

Chris Rea - Shamrock Diaries

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (RM)

The Beatles - 1962-1966

Alice Cooper - Toronto Rock'n'Roll Revival 1969 Vol IV

Aphrodite's Child - 666

Chicago - Chicago X

Roxy Music - Country Life

Robert Fripp - Exposure

Pink Floyd - More

Herman Brood and his Wild Romance - Go Nutz

The Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold

Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin

Yes - Going For The One

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

The Doors - Absolutely Live

Kraftwerk - Electric Cafe

Status Quo - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

The Who - The Who Sell Out (Remaster)

10cc - The Original Soundtrack

Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble

Hawkwind - Space Ritual

Lionel Rogg - J S Bach - Exploring the World of Music

Sparks - Angst In My Pants

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Neil Young - Comes A Time

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

Juicy Lucy - Lie Back And Enjoy It

Soft Cell - Non Stop Ectatic Dancing

Cream - Cream on Top

Rush - Moving Pictures

Fehlfarben - Glut Und Asche

Udo Lindenberg - Rock in Deutschland Vol 2

Bad Company - Bad Company

Pink Floyd - Animals

Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)

Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs

Steve Howe - Beginnings

Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak

Lothar and the Hand People - Presenting...Lothar and the Hand People

Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound

Public Image Limited - Metal Box

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

John Lennon - Walls And Bridges

Magazine - Real Life

The Rezillos - Can't Stand the Rezillos

Udo Lindenberg - Livehaftig

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Scars - Author! Author!

Asia - Asia

John Cale - Music For A New Society

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless

Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness and Charm

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture Soundtrack

Françoise Hardy - In Vogue

Uriah Heep - Live '73

Jon Hassell - Dream Theory In Malaya

Be Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

Clouds - Watercolour Days

Harmonia - De Luxe

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII

Jack-Knife - Jack-Knife

Bruford-Moraz - Music For Piano & Drums

Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy In English

Gang Of Four - Entertainment!

Trace - Trace

Dr Feelgood - Stupidity

Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call

Earthworks - Earthworks

Brian Eno - Desert Island Selection

Elvis Presley - The Rockin' Days

The Durutti Column - LC

Mathilde Santing - Mathilde Santing

Humble Pie - Smokin'

Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece (Remaster)

The Beatles - The Beatles Primer

Sombre Reptiles - Rubinmusik 1977-2017

Jean-Michel Jarre - Chronologie

The Idle Race - Idle Race

Trees - On The Shore

Various - A Decade Of Pop - The 70s

Various - The 1960s

Parliament - Live: P-Funk Earth Tour

Led Bib - Sensible Shoes

AC/DC - Greatest Hits

Barry White - No Limit On Love

Various - Fill Your Head With Rock

Santana - Santana

Van Halen - The Best Of Both Worlds

John Foxx - In Mysterious Ways

Asia - Omega

Various - The Digital Blueprint Of Abstract Dance

Everybody loves a list...

I could have just put "Various - LPs I Owned 1972-1987" but...

Today a few CDs gifted from chum JB, another victim of the evil lure of the stream... 

These from brother-in-law Keith still to be integrated (and, indeed, listened to)...

Some sleeveless items listened to this evening too...

Barry White and Van Halen particularly good...

With Anne at Zumba, the remaining risotto from last night nourished whilst viewing "Marvel : Agents of Shield"...

No "Endeavour" tonight though due to other stuff being viewed...

That is all...

Highlight of the Day : New music...

I quite like listening to music...

Playlist

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

Brian Eno - Another Green World

Die Krupps - Volle Kraft Voraus!

Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run

Roger Waters - The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking

Cream - Disraeli Gears

Kiss - Alive

Dr Feelgood - Stupidity

Nazareth - Nazareth's Greatest Hits

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

The Clash - Sandinista!

Isaac Hayes - Shaft

Cluster - Sowiesoso

Deep Purple - Burn

The Clash - London Calling

David Essex - Gold & Ivory

Françoise Hardy - The Best of Françoise Hardy

Michael Rother - Sterntaler

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Lou Reed - Rock'n'Roll Animal

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Organisation

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

Abba - The Singles : The First Ten Years

Brian Eno - Before And After Science

Françoise Hardy - Françoise

Françoise Hardy - Messages Personnels

Hawkwind - In Search Of Space

The Tubes - Remote Control

Alice Cooper - Flush The Fashion

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

David Bowie - David Live

Eagles - One Of These Nights

Yello - Stella

Pulsar - Pollen

Fee Waybill - Read My Lips

Kraftwerk - Computerwelt

Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Geisterfahrer - Fest Der Vielen Sinne

Sly & the Family Stone - Stand!

The Monkees - The Monkees

Gentle Giant - Playing The Fool

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece

New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu

The Church - Conception

Isaac Hayes - Live At The Sahara Tahoe

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits

Sparks - Angst In My Pants

Strawbs - Ghosts

The Tubes - What Do You Want From Live

Rush - Moving Pictures

Golden Earring - Switch

Fehlfarben - Monarchie Und Alltag

Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis

Aphrodite's Child - 666

David Bowie - Stage

Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes To Hell

Rough Diamond - Rough Diamond

John Foxx - Metamatic

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)

An excellent day, music-wise as I continued to enjoy my old record collection...

Amazing that I can now carry the whole lot around inside a small machine...

Home quite late, to Anne's excellent risotto - preceded by the leftovers of last night's tasty soup...

I'd forgotten I ordered this last week in the wake of John Wetton's death...

I did not get a chance to listen though...

Some refining of the pics on the entry below re my old collection...

Then, another two hour "Endeavour" adventure, followed by the ever evolving stories of "Holby"...

To bed post midnight, still with my old collection in the lugs on shuffleplay...

Highlight of the Day :  Excellent music...

Compiling and soup...

Playlist

Various - My Record Collection 1972-1987

Miles Davis - Melbourne '88

A cold day...

But beautiful nonetheless...

As is often the case for a Monday, little to report...

In the evening, Anne's Sweet Potato soup was super-tasty...

It was enjoyed upon her return from Zumba, while we managed a combined score of 145 on"University Challenge", beating the team from Birmingham (Edinburgh won)...

Of course, our points total included a few of the old "I was going to say that so I'll take the points" variety...

Then, a thirteen month old "Endeavour" from the Tivo was much enjoyed...

The rest of the evening had been taken up with compiling a definitive playlist on my iTunes of all the LPs I once owned which I now have again (see below)...

Made for very enjoyable listening indeed...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Compiling and soup...

LP Collection 1972-1987...

Not a definitive list but reasonably close - I've already spotted a few omissions...

It's only those 821 of 1,082 I've replaced on CD or download...

There are a further 261 LPs on my old lists I've not yet been able to re-secure - of those, many will never be returned to the fold...

This then, is an approximation of my album (and cassette) collection before I went over fully to CD...

Mr project, the pointless project man...

Playlist

Paul Simon - Surprise

Miles Davis - Live in Toko 1975

Miles Davis  - Sun Palace, Fukuoka, Japan, October 11th, 1981

Miles Davis - Melbourne '88

David Essex - The Collection

Various - History of the Single

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Doveloveshawk

Yes - Fragile

Roedelius - Selbstportrait III - Reise Durch Arcadien

Michael Rother - Sterntaler

Sparks - Number One In Heaven

Wizzard - Introducing Eddy and the Falcons

Mick Ronson - Slaughter On 10th Avenue

Mathilde Santing - Mathilde Santing

Gentle Giant - In a Glass House

Brian Eno - Before And After Science

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

Fripp & Eno - Evening Star

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

King Crimson - Lizard

Golden Earring - Moontan

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Hawkwind - Space Ritual

David Bowie - Pin Ups

Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run

Genesis - Wind and Wuthering

Robert Fripp - Exposure

King Crimson - Starless and Bible Blac

Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Roting Vegetable

Brian Eno - Another Green World

Lou Reed - Take No Prisoners

Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!

Adrian Belew - Lone Rhino

The Tubes - What Do You Want Frm Live

Perre Henry - Messe Pour le TempsPresent

The Cure - Seventeen Secons

Magazine - Real Life

Various - Fill Your Head With Rock

Japan - Tin Drum

Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido

Up super early...

The view from the office this morning...

...at...

New purchases on the cans - continuing to listen in order of acquisition - so, first thing, some top notch Miles Davis...

I knew the '75 would be good but, on the basis of '81 and what I've heard so far of '88, I will need to re-evaluate the '81-'91 period...

Up dating the red book of CDs I own...

Over a quarter of the shelf taken up with yesterday's haul...

Then, a new project - noting I hadn't chosen "singles of the month" for December or January, I did that, and then decided to create a podcast for each year re my "history of the single" playlist...

So that took up a goodly amount of the day - 1959 - 1968 created...

Decided too to illustrate each year with a contemporaneous artwork...

Also, in the early afternoon, set about reprinting all the lyric sheets I've given away to drummer, now bassist, Keith re our musicking...

And sang through around half the songs...

A visit from chum Lynn - who brought some toffee muffins, her at Costa working son had brought home (he often plies Lynn and Ross with soon to be out of date cakes and goodies)...

Out to my mum's...

Decided Anne would not enjoy Miles '88 in the car, so we were soundtracked by tunes from the lesser know era of Mr David Essex's career...

Looking good in a new jersey, mum too enjoyed a cake...

Home around 5:30 and more practising, singing the remainder of the chosen songs...

While Anne created some tasty pasta...

Later on, another project - Twitter chums advising which were their "go to" LPs - I managed to pick out 25...

Filtering parameter was that I had to own them now on both LP and CD...

Of course, I couldn't leave it at that...

By 11 o'clock, and dropping the LP parameter, I had a list of over 250, now forming a new playlist on the 160GB iPod...

This is how etc...

Lights out with "go to" music on the cans...

Highlight of the Day : Mucking about...