The new light is still quite bright...

Playlist
The Flower Kings - Back In The World Of Adventures
Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu - Chiaroscuro
Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 49
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen
The XX - Coexist
Various Composers - Klara Top 75 2009
Soft Cell - The Twelve Inch Singles
Paul McCartney - Pure McCartney
Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Roxy Music - Roxy Music Live

Up early once again to get some "work" done, once again, before heading out...

The new light is still quite bright - and the moon was out too...

Scrambled eggs for breakfast...

...eschewing the counterfeited Weetabix...

Out into a bright cold morning - the best kind...

At lucnh time, a walk along to Fopp and back not expecting to nab anything but came away with these...

Home as the sun was going down...

...to find the final Wire Tapper behind the door - the full 51 are now in the collection...

...a fact about which, the beast is happy...

So, some new listening (as ever) as the darkness was once again illuminated by the new light and I prepared too, the content of tomorrow's podcast...

Lights in the house out...

Highlight of the Day : Bargain stumbling...

Replacing one thing with another can be good......

Playlist

The Paper Kites - On the Train Ride Home

Neal Morse - The Grand Experiment

Nyman - Michael Nyman: The Anthology

The Psychedelic Furs - All Of This And Nothing

Spock's Beard - The First Twenty Years

Chic - Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best Of Chic

Sly & the Family Stone - The Essential Sly & The Family Stone

Gentle Giant - Edge Of Twilight

Santana - The Ultimate Collection

Genesis - Platinum Collection

Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (...And 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)

T Rex - The T Rex Wax Co. Singles - A's And B's, 1972-77

Grand Funk Railroad - 30 Years Of Funk

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft - Das Beste Von DAF

Happy Apple - Happy Apple Back on Top

Bob Dylan - Dylan

Jane Siberry - Love Is Everything: Anthology

Mott The Hoople - The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective

John Cale - The Island Years

Yello - Yello By Yello Anthology

Miles Davis - The Best of Miles Davis Quintet 1965-68

Lou Reed - NYC Man: The Ultimate Lou Reed Collection

Free - The Free Story

The Rolling Stones - The London Years

Grachan Moncur III - Mosaic Select

Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100

Kiss - Double Platinum

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Laurie Anderson - Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology

Roy Wood - Music Book

Yes - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection (Complete)

Jellyfish - Best!

Rush - Chronicles

k.d. lang - Recollection

Talk Talk - Asides And Besides

Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All

Supertramp - The Very Best Of Supertramp

The Blue Nile - Hats

Roll The Dice - Born to Ruin

Rheostatics - Best of Rheostatics

Soft Cell - The Twelve Inch Singles

Pet Shop Boys - Pop Art

The Beatles - 1967-1970

Premiata Forneria Marconi - L'Album Di PFM

Françoise Hardy - Messages Personnels (Box Set)

Matthew Florianz - Koude Handen

Roedelius - Works (1968-2005)

Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget The Best Of

65DaysOfStatic - We Were Exploding Anyway

Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection

Paul McCartney - Pure McCartney

Madredeus - The Spirit of Lisbon : The Very Best of Madredeus

Ultravox! - The Island Years

Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels - Vol. 1, 1996-2006

Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple

Brian Eno - Solo Works 1974-2017

Motörhead - Aces Up My Sleeve - The Collection

Taylor Swift - Lover

Il Giardino Armonico - Viaggio Musicale

John Scofield - Piety Street

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 50

The top 200 continued to soundtrack as I made my way down to Stockbridge...

A lovely afternoon...

I do not need any more CDs but, searching around for stuff at lunchtimes stops me from eating too much...

And you cannot be Mr Sleek* if you eat too much...

Is that an excuse for replacing one obsession with another?  Maybe...

Mind you, those two used to exist side by side...

Anyway, I managed an impressive nine shops today...

Got this at around shop number four (BHF) for £2...

What a delight music was in the Italy of the 17th Century...

Then, in the last of the nine, I hit paydirt with these three for just £4 all told...

Good views this evening as I wlaked down the hill form the terminus to enjoy some new music...

Back home, two The Wire back issues had arrived from The Wire, replete with the third and second last of my sought after Wire Tapper CDs...

Which was good...

Late on...

...we noted the streetlamp in front of Crispycat Towers has been replaced...

I kind of like the effect but just as well we have good curtains...

Lights (inside anyway) out...

Highlight of the Day : Italy in the 187th Century...

*I am not yet exactly "sleek"...

Forgetting I already had something is kind of par for the course...

Playlist

Edgar Froese - Solo (1974-1983) The Virgin Years

The Bad Plus - You Are The Bad Plus

Al Green - The Hi Records Singles Collection

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft - Das Beste Von DAF

Erasure - Total Pop

Bob Dylan - Dylan

Cockney Rebel - Cavaliers

Françoise Hardy - Messages Personnels (Box Set)

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen

Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - The Platinum Collection

Glenn Gould - The Composer

Girls Aloud - Ten (Deluxe)

Leonard Cohen - The Best Of

Herman Van Veen - Herman van Veen 100

John Grant - Love Is Magic

David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed

Elvis Presley - Elvis 75

Golden Earring - Flashback (Blue Compilation)

Kiss - Double Platinum

Asia - Heat Of The Moment: The Very Best Of Asia

The Beatles - 1967-1970

The Durutti Column - Valuable Passages

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Emerson Lake & Palmer - The Very Best Of...

Lana Del Rey - The Singles Collection

Dar Williams - Many Great Companions

Isaac Hayes - The Ultimate Isaac Hayes 1969-1977

John Coltrane - The Best Of John Coltrane

Be Bop Deluxe - Air Age Anthology

Various Artists - La Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-1968

The XX - xx

Various Artists - C'est Chic! French Girl Singers Of The 1960s

Madredeus - The Spirit of Lisbon : The Very Best of Madredeus

Suzanne Vega - Retrospective

The Psychedelic Furs - All Of This And Nothing

The Upsetters - Build The Ark; With Lee Perry & Friends

Muse - Greatest Hits

Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Collection

Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002

Isaac Hayes - The Man! The Ultimate Isaac Hayes 1969-1977

The Temptations - At Their Very Best

Focus - Hocus Pocus: The Best Of Focus

Ornette Coleman - Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings

A day soundtracked by compilations, pictures of which garnered some interest on the Twitter...

The skies were good on the way down the hill with excellent music in my lugs...

Up to Tollcross this lunchtime and a very tasty compilation found at the BHF for £2...

Along with two £1 titles from The xx at Shelter...

Nice...

I thought I didn't have one of the Francoise Hardy tracks on the French comp but, on checking a few days hence, I find it's actually on the box set which is part of my "Best of the Best" playlist...

Not to worry...

Some telly watched - most likely "Have I Got News For You" and an Irish serial called "Dublin Murders" which is not very good...

Again, not to worry...

Late on, we noted the streetlamp in front of Crispycat Towers has been replaced...

I kind of like the effect but just as well we have good curtains...

Lights (inside anyway) out...

Highlight of the Day : New music...

Best of the best, just now anyway...

Playlist

Various Composers - Klara Top 75 2009

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 43

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 13

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 27

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 15

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 20

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 10

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 29

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 47

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 04

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 48

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 11

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 31

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 25

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 03

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 05

Various Artists - The Wire Tapper 12

Andrew Davis: BBC Symphony Orchestra - Great British Music : Britten/Delius/Elgar/Holst

Jellyfish - Bellybutton

Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2009

Various Artists - Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2011

Argent - In Deep

Argent - The Argent Anthology : A Collection of Greatest Hits

Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits

David Sylvian - Everything And Nothing

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

Started the day with one of yesterday's box sets - an 8CD best of classical from Belgian Radio Station Klara (Klassiek Radio - or some such)...

It's better than the usual British counterparts, in that it has some rather more outlandish selections amongst the pieces - i.e. occasionally unsafe for the classical novice...

The rest of the day belonged to the Wire Tappers...

This evening, Anne produced a tasty Indian themed salmon dish, taking cues from our adventures on Saturday night...



Yum...

Meanwhile, I decided to put together a new playlist featuring my "Top 200" artists - initially relying on best ofs - which led me to recreate just such a collection by Argent - which I owned back in the day (as they say)...

This is how I waste my time...

Highlight of the Day : Anne's tasty potatoes...

Getting up to date, pt 783...

Playlist

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrew Davis: BBC Symphony Orchestra - Great British Music : Britten/Delius/Elgar/Holst

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 20 Years Of Manfred Mann's Earthband: 1971 - 1991

Various Artists - Jackie Brown OST

Various Composers - Klara Top 75 2009

Finally got all the pics for the Hamburg trip up but no words yet - still haven't done all the former East Germany trip in June yet...

Lax...

(Update - I have now)...

This morning, the toenail that was stamped on on my return to five a sides on 8 August, finally left my foot...

Almost 10 weeks of annoyance...

At lunchtime, to Dalry and some cheeky wee bargains stumbled upon...

£2...

20p...

£2...

...all of which were enjoyed tonight, post us coming second in "University Challenge" despite not being exactly on fire...

However, there was no time to sample the two latest arrivals in my quest to secure all 51 Wire Tapper CDs to date...

Lights out...

Highlight of the Day : Bargains...

Cake will often trump pizza....

Playlist

Bach, C P E - CPE Bach Edition

Herman Van Veen - Inzwischen Alles Gute

Herman Van Veen - Heute Abend

Various Composers - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol 14

Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

Tomoyuki Takano & Betts - Rural District

Various Composers - Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr Vol 14

Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen

Gregor Schwellenbach - Spielt 20 Jahre Kompakt

Leftfield - A Final Hit: Greatest Hits

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Various Artists - Anthems: Electronic 80s

Debussy - Debussy: Images, Nocturnes

Various Artists - 100 Hits Presents Karaoke

Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... And Your Ass Will Follow

Various Composers - Classic Experience III

Billy Cobham - Spectrum

A Sunday morning spent with CPE Bach and Herman Van Veen is a nice thing...

I have been trying to recall what my first CD player was and this was the only pic I could find - featuring the much missed Crispy the Kitten...

I think it was possibly this...

Anne was off to watch Hearts unexpectedly draw 1-1 with Scotland's newest club...

Meanwhile, on my way back from giving her a lift there, I had to buy some rolls for my mum so, of course, popped into the big Cancer Research outlet nearby and nabbed these for just 50 of your New Pence each...

...before heading out to visit said mum - who was ok, despite having had a turn at the dentist the other day...

She banged on about how it was probably the fact that he'd put the chair back upright too quickly - despite the fact that she'd had a huge does of anaesthetic re four fillings...

Anyway, all in all, still ok for nearly 89 and a quarter...

This was my shirt today, which soon to be niece in law Arianne reckoned looked like wallpaper...

We were out for what turned out to be, for me anyway, one of the strangest pizzas I've ever had...

But a good time was had despite that...

...and we set up a family WhatsApp group where everyone can post pics in a, probably vain, attempt to have them included in Mary's Annual Calendar for 2020...

I had some cake...

...which was extremely good...

Home for more "work" and Anne watching "Strictly" results and then no doubt we watched something or other on the Tivo...

Highlight of the day : Cake...