Posted in Uncategorized on 30/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
Back to the theatre! My first live theatre in 18 months. Open-air, The Rain or Shine Theatre Company in Oliver Goldsmith’s SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (FOLLOW LINK). This company is touring and reaching the places other theatre companies never reach for one night stands. I saw them in Wimborne. So also, my first live play review in 18 months:
Posted in Uncategorized on 24/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
The latest on Around and Around in the Reviled! Albums Critics Love To Hate gets to Leonard Cohen and ‘Death of A Ladies’ Man’ from 1977 (FOLLOW LINK). It was produced by Phil Spector with his full Wall of Sound, and Spector commandeered the tapes and mixed the album without Leonard Cohen’s permission or input. At the time, Leonard was incensed. Most (but not all) critics damned it. As time has passed it has emerged as a highly-rated and fascinating piece of work. Even more to the point, it has one helluva back story to it!
Posted in Uncategorized on 17/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
Article at AROUND AND AROUND under the Art of the LP section, in this case EPs. BOAC AND AIRLINE DISCS (linked) BOAC gave passengers on long haul flights special EPs in the late 1960s. You might not want to listen to the music, but they’re interesting for the then contemporary 60s designs.
Posted in Uncategorized on 15/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
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The Cherries hosted The Royals at the Vitality Stadium, and did better than on their last visit to the Madejski. Next week they host the Latics in the FA Cup, who triumphed over the Yellows at Field Mill in the last round.
Why have football reports increased the use of nicknames for teams and names for stadiums? A rant on the practice follows …FOOTBALL NICKNAMES (Follow the link).
Posted in Uncategorized on 14/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
My Around and Around site is equally interested in the aesthetics of record collecting. I’ve just added an article (under ART OF THE LP) on the Shell Birdsong EPs of the 1960s (LINKED). You wouldn’t listen to them, but the artwork is the attraction.
Posted in Uncategorized on 13/07/2021| Leave a Comment »
The latest on AROUND AND AROUND’s “Reviled! The albums critics love to hate …” gets to Elvis Presley. What started out as an article on one album grew so it’s on “Speedway” (and Elvis Film Music). (LINKED) I had to choose one of a dozen 60s film albums, and went for the last of the all music ones from 1968. Lots of pictures, lots on Elvis and film soundtracks in general. SPEEDWAY is the one treated in detail.
Posted in Uncategorized on 07/07/2021| 1 Comment »
The latest review under ‘Reviled! The Albums Critics Loved to Hate;’ gets to The Beach Boys. CARL AND THE PASSIONS – SO TOUGH! (Follow link to review) was sandwiched between two of The Beach Boys greatest albums, Surf’s Up and Holland. It did poorly, and the record label liked it less than even the reviewers. It was a transition point, with new members Blondie Chaplin and Rick Fataar. They were squeezing the toothpaste tube dry to try and get songs out of Brian Wilson, and Carl Wilson was producing, but not writing. Still, it has its virtues.
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