Bruce Springsteen, Deep Purple & Eric Clapton......

Hi Worlds - How are you all doing tonight ?!

It's another (very) wet day here in England.... thunder & everything !!  It's very weird really - the Government says we are in a "drought area" & yet today the water has been running off of the fields & down the storm drains !!  I guess it depends how you (they) define a drought !!  Oh well......

I'm down here alone again tonight.... J is upstairs, if I need help - but, the ladies of the house have both gone to the gym.  I could get a complex here if I wasn't already poorly !!  Never mind - as long as they are happy, that's the main thing !!

It does mean however, I get to play whatever I want on the Cd front.... and loud at that !!  The music of the moment is the Allman's 'Atlanta International Festival' 2 Cd set..... which leads on to another thought.  The music on these Cd's represents the first tracks I ever heard by the band !!

I had a 3 Lp set - way back in 1971 - which had 'Statesboro' Blues' & a very edited version of 'Whipping Post' on Lp1........ the 2nd & 3rd Lps were from the 1970 Isle Of Wight festival.  Anyhoo - many years (40) I'm still playing the same stuff over.... just a little bit better quality, on the sound... nothing else !!  Oh well - I mention this, only in passing really..... because.....

ME asked me the other night, what our first Cd was - the first one we ever bought...... well, it was one of 3.  Bruce Springsteen, Deep Purple & Eric Clapton.  We had 3 Cd's and no player to listen to them on !!  So, as a little wedding present, I bought B a Cd player & we've not stopped since !!  That was when Cd players cost an arm & a leg... not only that - they did nothing else, but play Cd's - nothing elaborate, just a basic player !!  They & we have certainly moved on since then !!  I'm not sure how many Cd players we've had since then - but, it's one heck of a lot & that's for sure !!

B was out at a neighbours for a couple of hours earlier and the Zeppelin was blasting away !!  It was the same concert I had trouble with the other night - I just wanted to make sure I had a good copy !!  I also found another concert - so, from April 19th 1977, I have the following tracks from Cincinnati, America.  It's only the first part of the concert:

1) The Song Remains The Same
2) Sick Again
3) Nobody's Fault But Mine
4) Since I've Been Loving You
5) No Quarter
6) Ten Years Gone

The whole concert is available, but, I don't think I have it tho' .... only the start of it, which - if I'm right, came out as a Lp long before it made it to Cd.  As always - don't buy bootlegs...
buy the official stuff !!  Onwards..

I mentioned I was reading an Amelia Earhart book - well, I finished that one & now I'm part ways into another.  It's the same story, really - plane takes off, plane disappears & everybody has a story as to why !!  I'm only on the first couple of chapters, so.... it'll take a while to get thru' it - but, I'm guessing it'll all be guess work, as to what really happened !!

I might have started a trend at the library....... the first Earhart book I have is on reserve now... that means, after years being stuck on the shelves in the reserve store, someone (other than my good self) wants to read it.  It is coming up to the 75th anniversary of her disappearance, so maybe there is a little bit of interest in the subject ?!  Oh well..... "The means reading" - as the in-house joke goes !! Never mind......

I see my American & Russian readers have logged in (again) today.... "Greetings" to you all !!  I hope you are all well & I thank you for your time....... there is something you must check out !!

Go on "YouTube" and type in something like "prom night footloose" or words to that effect.  You should find a bunch of students outside, waiting for their prom to start.  One by one, they go into a 'Footloose' dance routine !!  It's really worth a look - I think so any ways !!  It's all good fun, at least !!

Earlier today, we went into town.  We had to pay some bills & J had a visit to the dentist.... well, he did have.  When he actually got there, the thing was cancelled !!  I knew he wasn't looking forward to going - but, to find that it was cancelled, when he got there... well, that was a bit of a bummer !!  He has a new time in May - so - hopefully that will come together for him.

Our bills got paid & we did a little bit of shopping.... so, we were Ok.... it all cost money tho' - I'm just glad we took J into town... if he had caught the bus, it would of taken him an hour to get there, all for nothing !!

Right - my plans for tonight, when I stop typing that is... well, I'm heading for my bed.  It is a little early, but I'm bushed !!  The trip out this morning was a little too much for me..... it's all good tho' !!  Until next time - I thank you for reading !!

Bye Bye