A Warm Day In England....

Well Hello There World's !!

How is your bit of Internet Space treating you today ? It's a very warm & bright summer day, here in our part of England..... as I type, B & J are outside in the garden, making the best of the dry weather.  I don't blame them - by the start of next week, I suspect we'll be back into another wet season !!

Thinking about it - hard for me... thinking and what have you ... the Olympics have been very lucky, with the weather. Usually it's pouring down - but, this past week - it's not been so bad !!

Right - as mentioned, B & J are here... ME is at work, again, today... but she's getting the weekend off, so I'm sure she is looking forward to that. If all goes well - she is taking B up to Bristol, to see the balloon thingy. Once a year, they get a mad bunch of balloons together & do night glows (to music) & mass take off's - if the weather allows it !! Sometimes it's just too windy.... but, the forecast is pretty good for the weekend, so....

They've asked J if he wants to go... but, he's still thinking about it. I'll let you know hoe they get on !!

So - that's the family - the music of the moment is an old tape... which, as I type, is playing Jefferson Airplane. I'm not sure exactly why... as I wasn't expecting it... oh well, the joys of old tapes !!

I finished playing the Iron Maiden Cd... which I picked up yesterday. It's not one of their best 'live' albums - well, I don't think so... but, being an old fart, I prefer their earlier albums anyways !! It's worth having in the collection - so, I won't moan.

I forgot to mention - while we were in town yesterday, we went into the library. They often have old books & - some times - old Cd's for sale. Much to my surprise, B picked me up a copy of the BBC's 1967 'War Of The Worlds' radio play. I didn't know they did one - but, to find it on Cd... plus it only cost 50p - that's got to be well good !!  I played a bit of it yesterday - but, it's going to take a while to go thru' it all - it seems to be at least 3 hours long !!

I have to say a big "Happy Birthday" to Sister T !! 21 years old
again !!  Happy Birthday !!

Right - I don't have any Zeppelin concerts, from today.... tho' I'm going to cheat a bit. The band played a one hour set, for the BBC in June of 1969... and on August 10th, it was re-broadcast... on John Peel's Top Gear show. The tracks were/are:

1) Communication Breakdown
2) I Can't Quit You
3) Dazed & Confused
4) White Summer - Black Mountain Side
5) You Shook Me
6) How Many More Times

Along with the BBC 1971 in concert, this recording has been bootlegged sooooo many times. Sometimes together - to give the appearance of a much longer/different recording. It's out on Lp - Cd... and officially on the Zeppelin 'Sessions' album... that came out quite a few years ago now. So, you don't need to buy the bootleg, you can buy the official release instead !! More another time.....

Ok - my plans for today..... I think I'm going to have a little tidy up & listen to more cassettes, plus - I think - there might be some BMX racing on, so... I'll probably see how the British pair do in that. So, until next time...

Bye Bye