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Archive for March, 2022

Same Time Next Year

Posted in Uncategorized on 27/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

Review of SAME TIME NEXT YEAR by Bernard Slade, in the London Classic Theatre touring production. The tour approaches its end … just Eastbourne and Newcastle-Under-Lyme to go, but the play is intrinsically interesting enough to be worth reading about. I also think it flies the flag high for the quality of touring theatre in the provinces (in spite of the company’s London name). Kieran Buckeridge and Sarah Kempton play the couple who after a passionate secret one-night stand, decide to meet in the same hotel on the same day every year.

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The King’s Man – review

Posted in Uncategorized on 23/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

The latest streamed film review is THE KING’S MAN, (linked) the prequel to the comedy spy films. Though it’s somewhat daft, you do get Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arbuthnot, Tom Hollander and several famous actors in cameos. The review is laden with plot spoilers, hopefully amusing, and maybe we’ve watched it so you won’t have to. Though it is free. It’s about World War One, but not one for serious historians.

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Topic Records

Posted in Uncategorized on 22/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

A major addition to AROUND AND AROUND. Topic Records are Britain’s oldest independent label, now in its 83rd year. It’s also higher profile with folk revival records than it’s ever been. It’s a long and fascinating tale through political songs, archival folk of the British Isles, then the major British folk singers. Plus Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Now the premier folk label of all. A great label with also some iconic artwork.

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Misbehaviour- review

Posted in Uncategorized on 19/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

I usually only review recently released films or 60s classics. However, MISBEHAVIOUR (LINKED TO REVIEW) is so entertaining, that it gets a review. It’s 2020 / 2021. It’s based around the events surrounding the Miss World Contest in 1970 which was disrupted by the Women’s Liberation Movement. It has a great cast … Keira Knightley, Jessie Buckley, Keely Hawes, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear. They’re all playing real people too. Bob Hope will never be the same again.

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Demo and promo records

Posted in Uncategorized on 17/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

A major section has been added to AROUND and AROUND on demos and promo discs. There is a MAIN PAGE HERE and six sub-pages too. Take a look into the arcane world.

There’s much more … SEE SUB PAGES: (each is a link)

DJs and Radio promos

Test pressings and acetates

Demo sleeves

Demo samplers

Demo values

Demos for hifi shops

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After Love – review

Posted in Uncategorized on 16/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

Review added of AFTER LOVE (linked) which we streamed after Joanna Scanlan got best actress for the lead role at the BAFTA awards. She gives a good performance, but we found it underwhelming. Take away the interest of the ethnic dimension of a British woman who has become a Moslem then finds her husband had an alternative life in France, and there’s not much else to get excited about.

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West Side Story (2021) review

Posted in Uncategorized on 06/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

Review of WEST SIDE STORY in its new version directed by Stephen Speilberg. Follow the link. It started streaming on Disney Plus on 2 March 2022. Settle down for two and a half hours, which is long, but the music and filming will hold you. I’ve made comparisons with the original film, in the weird realisation that SIXTY years have passed since it was made.

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Blue Horizon Records

Posted in Uncategorized on 02/03/2022| Leave a Comment »

The latest on Around and Around: Blue Horizon Records added to Producer Record Labels section. It was founded by Mike Vernon, specialized in blues and released Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack among its 60 singles and 100 albums. It ran from 1968 to 1972. The article includes the collectable mail-order Blue Horizon which preceded it as well as Vernon’s Purdah label.

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