Bonzo's Birthday Party

Greetings Worlds...

I hope you are all feeling good this morning.... it's a little after 10.30am, here in England & I'm feeling pretty fine !!  It's a Thursday - the Sun is out & I think it's going to be another hot day in our part of England !!

I've had 2 bit's of good news & 1 not so good...... the bad news first.  My trusted 5 disc Cd player is no longer in the house !!  To refresh the plot..... It's been playing up for quite a while & yesterday, I just got fed up with it & telephoned the repair company.  It was under an insurance, so I called them up first, to get repair approval, followed by a call to the 'Repair Guys' - I kid you not, that's their trade name - and one of them came out this morning to see if he could fix it.  He couldn't, so my machine is now in the back of his van, on it's travels back to their workshop.  Bummer..........

Never mind - I have a couple of other  Cd players here, so... I'm using one of them at the moment to listen to music..... which at the moment is Pink Floyd's 'Echoes' 2 Cd set.  having played sooooo much Led Zeppelin over the last few days - I wanted something different to listen to !!

Anyhoo - my deck should be back with me, in about 2 weeks or so - hopefully fit & ready for more action !!  It will be missed - but, at £2 a month, for the insurance cover - it's been a worthwhile cost.  It would of been a lot more than that, just to have it looked at, let alone
fixed !!  Plus - if it can't be fixed, it's has to be replaced (under the insurance agreement) so, that's a "win-win" situation for me !!  Hopefully it won't come to that - but, we will see how things go...... onwards !!

That's the bad news - the good news is Lady V has answered my e-mail & all of the package we set, did reach her "Ok" + my friend in South America is sending me a copy of the latest Zeppelin boot... another 1975 soundboard recording... it's all good !!

Ok - as I type, J is upstairs.... keeping an eye on me..... ME is at her Uni placement & B has gone to a Carers meeting, in town..... she will be home later.  She wasn't a happy puppy, when she went out - I must point out, it was nothing I had done !!

I mentioned before, how our neighbours are separating... well, as part of that, they are selling their house.  This morning, the lady came over & asked B to let a man in, to look at the place and he would be here at 9am.  he didn't get here until after 10 !!  In the meantime, B has gone out & J has just let the guy in & out to do his whatever he came to do !!  B wasn't happy at having to wait for the guy to get here... oh well, it's done now !!

I mentioned ME was still on placement... she has officially passed her degree, but... there are a couple more weeks, or so, to go - then the placement will be done & the whole Uni thing will be completed !!

She is a mentor 3 new (1st year) students, and is looking forward to that.... they all live a ways away, but she is up for the task & that's the main thing !!

Her boyfriend M liked his birthday present, that B gave him last night...... it was a brand new £50 note, to use as he wishes.  We did consider getting him something else, but we thought he could use the cash anyway he wanted !!  He is a great lad - he really is.......

It really is warming up here - I've just opened the back door, to let some air blow in - tho' there is very little of that today.  The air is just humid & horrid with it !!  Oh well.......  Floyd's 'Echoes' is playing as I type - a great track !!

Ok - I promised a concert, from 1973.  So, on May 31st that year, the band did a show in Los Angeles.  The resulting tape of the show, became one of the most famous Led Zeppelin bootlegs of all time.  The tracks are:

CD 1

1) Rock & Roll
2) Celebration Day
3) Black Dog
4) Over The Hills & Far Away
5) Misty Mountain Hop
6) Since I've Been Loving You
7) No Quarter

CD 2

1) The Song Remains The Same
2) The Rain Song
3) Dazed & Confused
4) Stairway To Heaven

CD 3

1) Moby Dick
2) Heartbreaker
3) Whole Lotta Love
4) Communication Breakdown
5) The Ocean

That's just one of the Cd's that have come out of the show, which became World famous as 'Bonzo's Birthday Party'....  I first had a copy on 2 Lp's.... which I gave to my late Brother-In-Law, the first day I ever met him.... then, it came out on a single Cd, followed by the above 3 Cd.  All of those were audience recordings... the same one that was used on the Lp's.  But a few years back, everything but the last 2 tracks came out on a soundboard 2 Cd set.  There are probably other versions, but those are the ones I know about.

The original Lp's had a really strange 'advert' on side 3 - for "Prunes of California" - so, if you have a Cd with that on, you can more or less assume it's a knock off of the Lp's.

It's a great set - but, as always - don't buy bootlegs.... as I've said before, the 1973 set is available out officially, so go & buy that instead !!  More another day !!

Right, my plans for today.... none at all !!  I'm just going to kick back & watch some TV... sounds great doesn't it !!  I'll probably have to have a little bit of sleep as well - I didn't have the best of nights... so...

Anyhoo, for now - I will away.. until next time !!

Bye Bye