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Car park machines- a rant

07/07/2024 by Peter Viney

I’ve added a “rant” (FOLLOW THIS LINK TO READ) though rant is too strong. It’s rather a description of the everyday irritating little things involved with getting car park tickets and stopping them blowing in the wind …

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Mutiny On The Bowling Alley- a rant

30/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Actually a memory of mild teen villainy rather than a rant. LINK HERE TO READ.

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Pye Zodiac / Astrology

27/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Pye Zodiac & Astrology (follow link) I found a fascinating 1933 astrology disc so added it to the ‘Pye Zodiac’ label page at AROUND AND AROUND with some background. Great cover.

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Emarcy

22/06/2024 by Peter Viney

AROUND & AROUND: Added Emarcy (linked) which was Mercury’s jazz label until 1962. Say M R C (Mercury Record Corporation) aloud.

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Mercury

22/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Around & Around latest: Mercury is the page for the post-1963 record label which was then a major part of Philips / Phonogram. It’s such a major and ever-growing label that I chose to focus on what I knew best of the artists, with some of the quirkier releases like The Fool and David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World, as well as the expected Mercury soul, Chuck Berry, Rod Stewart, 10 c.c., David Essex, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Village People, ABC, Van Morrison, Steve Miller Band, Big Country, Texas, Everly Bros.

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Neither of Either

14/06/2024 by Peter Viney

First posted on Facbook. A political rant 14 June 2024 linked. I added it to RANTS. I just realised that this post comes directly after a Romeo & Juliet review, so let’s quote Mercutio:

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Romeo & Juliet- Ballet Cymru review

12/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Review of ROMEO & JULIET by Ballet Cymru, (linked) with the music of Prokofiev. A modern take on one of the great ballets with marvellous video projection. It’s touring now. Don’t miss it if it’s near you.

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Mercury (to 1963)

10/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Mercury (to 1963) (FOLLOW THE LINK to AROUND & AROUND) Mercury was a major American record label which became a core Philips / Phonogram label in 1961. At that point its EMI distribution deal still had two years to run. This article covers Mercury 1945 to 1963, when it was UK distributed by Decca, then Oriole, then Pye then EMI.

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Vertigo

03/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Vertigo  (follow link) added to the Philips section at Around and Around. It was introduced as Philips / Fontana’s prog label, though it did better with metal over the years. It one of the most collected labels of all, and the article has notes and comments on key bands, as well as charts and for the early “Vertigo swirl label” it has values. The fewer it sold, the more it’s worth.

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Coram Boy- review

02/06/2024 by Peter Viney

Chichester Festival Theatre has revived Helen Edmundson’s 2005 play CORAM BOY (follow link to my review). It’s set in 18th century England, and has a wide range of themes from Handel’s Messiah, to murdering babies, to romance to slavery. There is a lot of plot, and it can get confused. On the plus side, there is a lot of music and excellent young actors.

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