New boxes and prep for release...

Playlist

Capital Models - 2018-12-02
Capital Models - 2018-09-01 Roslin Fun Day
The Notet - Silent D
Capital Models - 2018-05-13
Dover Quartet - Haydn Bartok Zemlinsky Edinburgh Queens Hall 2018-08-06
Roine Stolt's The Flower King - Manifesto Of An Alchemist
Various Composers - 16th Century Music for Viols
Various Composers - Music For The Spanish Kings
De Rore - St John Passion
Joanna MacGregor - Play
Dowland - Lacrimae, Or Seaven Teares
Monteverdi - Teatro D'amore
Allegri - Miserere/Messe/Motets
D'India - Il Primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (1607)
Schütz - Symphoniae sacrae I
Marini - Curiosi & Moderne Inventioni
Corelli - La Folia
Marais; Sainte-Colombe - The Greatest Masterworks
Purcell - Essential Purcell
Albinoni - Oboe Concertos Complete Op 7 & 9
Vivaldi - LCO 07 : Vivaldi
Telemann - Parisian Quartets
Rameau - Suites pour Ballet
Heinichen - Dresden Concerti
Händel - Chamber Music (Complete)
J S Bach - Das Orgelwerk - Complete Edition
Richter - Quatuors opus 5
Boyce - The Eight Symphonies (Menihun)
Bach, C P E - Cello Concertos, WQ 170-172
Haydn - Streichtrios
Bach, J C - Johann Christian Bach Symphonies
Dittersdorf - Symphonies in D Major, A Major and E Flat Major
Mozart - Requiem
Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets
Field - Piano Music, Vol. 1
Schubert - Piano Trios
Mendelssohn - Streichquartette
Schumann - String Quartets No. 1 & 2
Liszt - Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Totentanz
Janacek - Piano Works
Debussy - Works For Piano
Satie - Piano Works
Zemlinsky - String Quartets 1 & 2
Scriabin - Piano Works
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik II
Liszt - Oeuvres pour Piano

Herbert von Karajan - Karajan Orchestral Spectaculars 1949-1960

Up super early...

Working on the recording of the Capital Models gig from, unbelievably, 14 weeks ago today - and, finally, issuing the tracks out to the boys for them to have a listen...

Also, seven (count 'em) podcasts uploaded - the part 2's of this year's volumes 1-5, my Top 20 UK Number 1 singles - all recorded over the last couple of weeks, with minimal, if any, chat - plus this week's actual programme - 30 tracks of superbness...

On the Twitter - chum Sid Smith slated a documentary on Roxy Music on BBCFour last night which I didn't see - I suggest people just watch this and make up their own minds and maybe do some background reading instead of a slapdash talking heads pile o pish...

Also inspired by Twitter - by the Dancing Monk - from whom I recently bought my second iPod Classic - listening to my playlist of 500 years of music - 10 classical pieces from each of the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries - while doing some background reading...

Nice...

At 10, as arranged, the arrival of drummer/bassist Keith....

But no drumming or bassing took place - instead, he was very kindly sorting out some roof work...

Post work, some coffee, lovely biscuits and music chat - accompanied by the Squirrel...

Then, down to Corstorphine to trawl the charity shops to find some books for my mum to read to stave off the boredom of hospital life...

Two secured - erm, along with these tasty treats...

In the afternoon, took Anne to her mum's for today's triumph by the Jam Tarts, 1-0 over the Steel Men of Motherwell - while, in Dingwall, Queens snuck into 4th position with a well earned away 1-1 draw against Ross County, sans Mr Dobbie...

Meanwhile, your correspondent was back at the infirmary...

Mum was pleased with her raggedy second hand books...

...and took a walk along the corridor...

Alison Reilly, yes...

She was pretty good - better at walking than I've seen her on previous "visits" to this establishment...

Out into the dark...

A year ago tomorrow, a picture of this very wall adorned the cover of my LP "Disquietmusik" - tomorrow, the Berlin Wall will adorn the second volume...

The walk back to the car...

...watched by crows...

Hello Mr Crow...

Back where I'd started...

Home and some ripping and listening to the new boxes - on Anne's return, very tasty steak pie tea and the semi-final of "Strictly", followed by more ripping and listening...

Sibelius rocks...

And the new album, uploaded to Bandcamp for release tomorrow...

To bed near midnight...

Today's artwork, "Oxygen Tower"...

Highlight of the Day : Prep for release...

There being no point in moaning doesn't seem to stop the moaning...

Playlist

Tarwater - Inside the Ships

Various - The Best Air Guitar Album In The World Ever

Lou Donaldson - Midnight Creeper

Danny Driver - Dale: Piano Sonata; Bowen: Miniature Suite

Al Green - The Hi Records Singles Collection

Jackson Browne - The Very Best Of Jackson Browne

Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You

Various - 101 Stax

Various - 60s Jukebox - The Ultimate Collection

Ghost - In Stormy Nights

Françoise Hardy - Love Songs

Weather Report - The Agora, Columbus Ohio October 17 1972

Lang Lang - Best Of Lang Lang

Various Composers - Baroque Trio Sonatas

Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker Plays It Cool

Roedelius - Kollektion

Capital Models - Live at the Kilted Pig 2012-04-21

Various - The Spoken Word - British Writers

Anthony Phillips - Soiree (Private Parts & Pieces X)

Moby - Music From Porcelain

Jean-Claude Vannier - En public & Fait maison

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft - Reworx

Miles Davis & Gil Evans - Complete Columbia Recordings/Sampler

Cluster - Japan Live

Ed Sheeran - Plus

Another day...

To Dunfermline this afternoon to assist a company with my knowledge of things companies can do...

Home, then, with the EP, over to the infirmary to visit my mum...

It seems she has cellulitis and some kind of small blood infection...

After 15 minutes of moaning and complaining about stupid stuff she really just ought to be accepting, she was in good spirits and enjoyed a walkabout...

On leaving the hospital, we phoned in an order to Bombay Feast then drove over to pick it up and headed home...

"Big Bang" and the last ever "New Girl" entertained...

However, your correspondent konked out during "The Graham Norton Show"...

So it goes...

Today's artwork, "In the Corridor"...

Highlight of the Day : Mum doing not too badly...

Successful organisation...

Playlist

Soft Cell - The Twelve Inch Singles

Händel - Organ Concertos, Op. 4

Various - Best of The Sixties

Long Distance Calling - Satellite Bay

Arctic Monkeys - AM

Various - NOW That's What I Call 30 Years

Varous - 60s Jukebox - The Ultimate Collection
Various - Xmas Party Music Podcasts

Various - 101 Stax

Various - Chronicles: 70's Rock Classics

Jason Aldean - Rearview Town

Alice Cooper - Collection (Germany 1982)

Various Composers - Music For Viola Da Gamba & Lute

Halloween, Alaska - Halloween, Alaska (Radio Special Edition)

In Xmas mode today, kind of...

A party this late afternoon/evening, attend by, amongst many others, the Exec Producer and Jane & Bobby...

A good time appears to have been had by all...

Today's artwork, "Setting Up"...

Highlight of the Day : Successful organisation...

Ambulance struggle...

Playlist

The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation

Keef Hartley Band - Overdog

Various Artists - The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968

Vivaldi - Complete Cello Concertos

Cloudland Blue Quartet & Johnny Weizen - Covers Run Through

The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine

ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

Sun Ra - Singles As and Bs

Various Artists - Classic Rock - Out There: The Future Of Prog Rock

Various Artists - Pulp Fusion [15th Anniversary Crystal Edition - 2CD]

Various Artists - Trance Nation 2003

David Bowie - Best Of Bowie

Schoenberg - Schoenberg: Works For Piano

Karl Bartos - Atomium [Single]

Various Artists - Roswell OST

Kansas - Epic Kansas 1974-2016

Alan Pasqua - The Antisocial Club

Nordic Union - Nordic Union

Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead

Vanilla Fudge - Mystery

Sanguine Hum - What We Ask Is Where We Begin

Various Artists - 101 Stax

Golden Earring - Fully Naked

Klaus Schulze - Timewind

Various Artists - Tamla Motown Gold

Miles Davis & Gil Evans - Complete Columbia Recordings/Sampler

Charlie Parker - Plays it Cool

Hariprasad Chaurasia - Pure Joy Volume 2

With the podcast line up set, it was back to as yet unnheard music today...

A call mid morning - mum ill again and having to be taken back to the infirmary re high temperature indicating further infection...

Some working out of stuff between me, the carer, Audrey (sterling work) and the not so sterling ambulance service and GP resulted in a final admission around midday...

Some non essential purchases made for £4.48 at the BHF shop...

In the evening, post a tasty tea, over to the infirmary to visit my mum...

Just pretty fed up with it all, understandably...

Intravenous antibiotics being administered and will no doubt be in for a week or so...

Today's artwork, "Non Essential Purchase"...

Highlight of the Day : Ambulance finally arriving...

Tinkering not recording...

Playlost

Capital Models - 2018-12-02

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Anotherhappyday

Jenkins, J - All In A Garden Green

John Barry - Beat For Beatniks & Beat Girls

John Foxx - The Omnidelic Exotour (The Golden Section Tour)

!!! - !!!

Greenslade - Spyglass Guest

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 03

Bill Orcutt - Bill Orcutt

Poppy - Poppy.Computer

Various Artists - Stax-O'-Soul: A Sampler Of Stax Trax

cults - Offering

Various Composers - Prokofiev; Scriabin; Shostakovich: Complete Piano Sonatas

Jason Aldean - Rearview Town

Various Artists - Pulp Fusion Vol. 8 - Revival Boogie Down

k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang - Sing it Loud

Alpha Male Tea Party - Health

Various Artists - Chillout Moods

Monteverdi - Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 3

Rammstein - Mutter

Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You

Various Artists - The Best Air Guitar Album In The World Ever

Ghost - In Stormy Nights

Mozart - The String Quintets

Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero

Anthony Phillips - Soiree (Private Parts & Pieces X)

Various Composers - Baroque Trio Sonatas

Ed Sheeran - Plus

Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2018 Vols 1-52

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Disquietmusik II

And So I Watch You From Afar - The Endless Shimmering

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 35

Lang Lang - Best Of Lang Lang

Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread

Various Artists - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal: Island Records 1967-1972

Today, compiling and listening to the selections for this week's podcast...

Good skies in the morning...

Xmas tree decorating...

In the evening, changing the tracks for the podcast and listening again...

Late on "Holby" entertained...

Today's artwork, "Morning Clouds"...

Highlight of the Day : Tinkering...

Xmas is starting...

Playlist

Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2018 Vols 1-52

Temperance - Of Jupiter And Moons

Rare Earth - Rare Earth

Passengers - Miss Sarajevo [EP]

Marlena Shaw - Move On Up

Mozart - Le Belle Immagini - Mozart; Gluck; Myslivecek: Arias

The Who - Thirty Years of Maximum R&B

David Bowie - The Complete Singles Collection 1964-2017

Eva Cassidy - Songbird

Shatner's Bassoon - The Self Titled Album Shansa Barsnaan

Various - The Wire Tapper 41

Frank Zappa - Wazoo

John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax

Barry White - No Limit On Love

Vivaldi - Mandolin & Chamber Concertos

Various - No.1 Funk Hits

Status Quo - Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

Skrillex - Recess

Moondog - Moondog 2

Variousl - The Wire Tapper 19

Freddie & The Dreamers - Best of The Sixties

Various - Stax-O'-Soul: A Sampler Of Stax Trax

Mark Farner's N'rG Band - Mark Farner's N'rG Band Live

Various - Chilled Out : Euphoria

El-P - Fandam Plus

Ed Sheeran - Plus

Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero

Telemann - Baroque Trio Sonatas

Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings Opus 48

Fairport Convention - The Best Of British Folk

Cream - Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005

Rawsthorne - Cello Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Symphonic Studies

Can - Monster Movie (2004 Remaster)

Rory Gallagher - Calling Hard

Ligeti - György Ligeti Works

Erasure - World Beyond

cults - Offering

Various - Années 80 Vol 2

The Beatles - Chronology

Santana - Havana Moon

Neil Young - Roxy: Tonight's The Night Live

Stanley Turrentine - Jazz Plays Motown

Various Composers - Snapshots - Fiftieth Birthday Tributes For Oliver Knussen

Lang Lang - Best Of Lang Lang

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Anotherhappyday

Jenkins, J - All In A Garden Green

John Foxx - The Omnidelic Exotour (The Golden Section Tour)

Greenslade - Spyglass Guest

Various - The Wire Tapper 03

Various Artists - Party Music - Xmas 2017

Various Artists - Quarterly Social

Various Artists - Xmas Podcast

Capital Models - 2018-12-02

John Barry - Beat For Beatniks & Beat Girls

!!! - !!!

Bill Orcutt - Bill Orcutt

Poppy - Poppy.Computer

Various Composers - Prokofiev; Scriabin; Shostakovich: Complete Piano Sonatas

Jason Aldean - Rearview Town

Various - Pulp Fusion Vol. 8 - Revival Boogie Down

k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang - Sing it Loud

Alpha Male Tea Party - Health

Various - Chillout Moods

Monteverdi - Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 3

Rammstein - Mutter

Ghost - In Stormy Nights

Mozart - The String Quintets

The listening to "recent music not yet listened to" continued today...

Christmas presents arrived...

Christmas trees arrived...

Chum Gina loves Xmas!

In the evening, second again at "University Challenge" - once again over 100 points scored by the University of Crispycat...

And superb fishcakes from the EP - yet another string to her magnificent culinary bow...

Today's artwork, "Dinosaurs in a Box"...

Highlight of the Day : Xmas starting...

A return to playing...

Playlist

Monteverdi - Madrigals Book 3

Various - Clubber's Guide To...Trance

Ann Wilson - Immortal

Angulo - Cancion de Cuna

Suk - Works For String Quartet

The xx - I See You

Alice Cooper - Mar y Sol 1972

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival

Fitkin - Kaplan

Various - Jared Sacks 25 Years Of Recordings

Bad Company - Bad Company Live 1977 1979

Journey - Infinity

Jacques Brel - Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Re-ac-tor

Emerson Lake & Palmer - On The BBC Fanfare 1970-1997 Remastered

Alpha Male Tea Party - Health

k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang - Sing it Loud

David Bowie - Changesbowie

Schumann - Schumann: Symphonies

Miles Davis - Miles Davis & Gil Evans: Alternate And Rehearsal Takes

Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire

Various - The Wire Tapper 17

Rammstein - Mutter

Steep Canyon Rangers - Nobody Knows You

Various - The Best Air Guitar Album In The World Ever

Ghost - In Stormy Nights

Mozart - The String Quintets

Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero

A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant

Various - A Decade Of Pop - The 70s

Various - Top 200 Artists (August 2010)

Genesis - The Best...Genesis

Can - Tago Mago

Various - Mr. Holland's Opus

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol 12: The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

John Barry - Beat For Beatniks & Beat Girls

Brahms - Clarinet Trios

Vivaldi - Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione, Op VIII

Various - Respect : The Soundtrack to the Soul Generation

Jason Aldean - Rearview Town

Steve Howe & Billy Currie - Transportation

Various - Honey Honey

Madredeus - Capricho Sentimental

Anthony Phillips - Soiree (Private Parts & Pieces X)

As usual, up early - finalising the unlistened to music project - I'd put too much on the phone and had to take some off...

Anyway, out into the mist for breakfast provisions...

Home for breakfast with Anne and a visit from Fang the Black Cat...

At 11, took Anne to her mum's for today's travesty of justice as Scotland's newest club beat the Jam Tarts with an offside goal and multiple unpunished offences...

On the way back, popped into the Cancer Research shop and obtained these for just five of your English pounds

Nice haul...

Some ripping of these then, at 1, bassist (drummer) Keith arrived for the trip out to Roslin...

A gig in February is in the offing and we were working on new material which, most probably, will not be ready by then...

First time with the quintet set up in the dining room...

Here, without me and Stu...

...as we prepped in the living room...

Some pics by Stu...

 

The afternoon was one of ups, downs and ups - we rounded things off with a few of the songs we know pretty well, which buoyed the situation...

Chloe was in attendance...

...as was Moira...

Over to Anne's mum's for tea...

Kitty despaired at the chat of reality TV shows...

...but was fine at home time...

..and Olly adopted a stance whilst getting his jacket on...

Home and more ripping while Anne watched "Strictly"...

Then, this week's "Dr Who" - pretty good, although fans seemed dismayed at what could have been an iconic scene which, it seems, was ruined by the writer's decision to include a frog...

Best so far of a bad bunch though...

One to go then New Year...

Today's artwork, "Three of Five"...

Highlight of the Day : Playing with the boys...

The boys are back in town...

Playlist

Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2017 Vols 1-52

The Stranglers - No More Heroes

Various Artists - Pulp Fusion Vol. 8 - Revival Boogie Down

Björk - Utopia

Paper Tether - Empty Names

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Box Set

Donna Summer - Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits

Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Rod Stewart - The Best Of Rod Stewart

Glenn Gould - Plays Bach

Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes

Various Artists - The World's Greatest Trance

Black Stone Cherry - Family Tree

Bach - Das Orgelwerk - Complete Edition

Frank Zappa - Does Humor Belong In Music?

!!! - !!!

!!! - Louden Up Now

Save Us from the Archon - Melancholia

The Upsetters - Africa's Blood

Rojas - Cancion de Cuna

Various Composers - Moon, Sun & All Things - Baroque Music From Latin America, Vol. 2

Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is

Stratovarius - Enigma: Intermission II

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - SAHB Stories

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 03

Various Artists - 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems

Taylor Swift - Red (Deluxe Edition)

Various Artists - Virtually Alternative #077

Various Artists - Sunday Times Music Collection Vol 2

Various Artists - Billboard Top 100 1982

Schumann - The Complete Piano Works

Rheostatics - Melville

Elvis Presley - Memories: The '68 Comeback Special

Alex Machacek - 24 Tales

Bill Orcutt - Bill Orcutt

Capital Models - Live 29 November 2014

Capital Models - Live at the Kilted Pig 2012-04-21

Various Artists - Further Beyond Nashville

Various Artists - Move On Up, Vol. 2

Shivaree - Rough Dreams

Various Artists - The Annual 2003 (Ministry of Sound)

Poppy - Poppy.Computer

Bela B - Bingo

Jenkins, J - All In A Garden Green

Various Artists - Now Hear This! April 2006 (Word)

The Beatles - Chronology

Die Ärzte - Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!

Hawkwind - Alien 4

Rigatti - Venetian Vespers

Muddy Waters - The Anthology 1947-1972

Ligeti - The Ligeti Project

Jakko - Mustard Gas And Roses

Various Artists - 100 Hits: 80s Essentials

Atlantis Quartet - X

Muddy Waters - The Anthology 1947-1972

Russ Ballard - The Very Best Of Russ Ballard

Various Artists - Honey Honey

Collegium Terpsichore - Dances from Terpsichore

Journey - Eclipse

The xx - I See You

The Black Dog - Textures

Moebius - Musik für Metropolis

Mendelssohn - Romances sans paroles

Frank Zappa - Civilization Phaze III

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Greatest Hits

Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes

Kevin Drumm - The March Flog

Motörhead - Bad Magic

Mozart - Mozart

Beethoven - Beethoven; Dvořák: Piano Trios

Audiomachine - Life

Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6

Various Artists - Best of The Sixties

Catalani - La Wally

Bach, J S - Choräle

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Anotherhappyday

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Anthology : Rubinmusik 1977-2016

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Ersatzreal

John Coltrane - The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions

Rare Earth - Band Together

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Starlightnight

Tom Paxton - Ramblin' Boy

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Doveloveshawk

Bruno Pronsato - US Drag

Cloudland Blue QuartetvDeeperdown

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Ampersand

Makoto Moroi - Electronic Panorama

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, L'Estro Armonico, Etc

Various Artists - Milano Jukebox 2003

Eloy - Eloy

Frank Zappa - FZ:OZ

Prokofiev; Scriabin; Shostakovich - Complete Piano Sonatas

Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire; Serenade; Die eiserne Brigade

Various Artists - Chillout Moods

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Callingstill

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Soundingfall

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentyseventeen

Monteverdi - Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 3

It's Saturday, so up early...

Three hours later, this...

Breakfast at home with the EP post posting up the podcast and carrying on with the latest project - to fill my phone (256GB) with music I've acquired but not yet listened to...

Can't get it all in but I reckon probably everything since December 2015...

Later, Anne was off out Xmas shopping...

I found a spreadsheet I'd been looking for for a while - it list every song I've played live since my return to the fray on 30 January 2003, after something like a 5 year hiatus re performing...

It had not been updated since my last full gig as Cloudland Blue Quartet, on 3 March 2012, 5 months before the release of my last song-based LP, "Starlightnight"...

It has now...

Some numbers...

From January 2003 to now, I've performed 132 times, including 53 full gigs and played 909 songs, comprising 199 different titles, including 106 CBQ songs, 27 of my own pre-CBQ songs and 66 covers...

But...

I didn't perform as CBQ at all in 2013, 2015 or 2017 (in fact, in 2017, I didn't perform full stop)...

I've only performed 15 times since that last full CBQ gig in 2012 and 7 of those were covers sets, either solo, as a trio, a quartet and, now a quintet...

Other than two songs in 2014, I didn't perform as CBQ for four years (almost to the day) after that 2012 gig...

Since 2012, just 8 CBQ outings, 2 of which were at private parties...

No full gigs, just 21 songs in six and a half years, comprising 16 different titles, including 11 CBQ songs, 2 of my own pre-CBQ songs and 3 covers...

So lazy...

Anyway, over to my mum's for lunch, where nephew Andy and Great-Nephew Kerr were also in attendance...

Here, Andy shows my mum the progress on his extension down in Leeds...

  

...while Kerr does his best to get out of shot...

Later Andy showed Kerr how to do dishes...

On the way home, communication with a tired from too much walking and hardly any Xmas present finding EP led to me picking her up on Lothian Road...

Home for a relaxing evening of curry, "Strictly" and finishing off the filling up the phone with unheard music project...

Today's artwork, "Looking at the New Build"...

Highlight of the Day : The boys at Loanhead...