A Cold & Bright Day.. plus music !!

Greetings Worlds !!

It's a very cold & bright Friday afternoon, here in England !!  The rain of the last few days has blown thru' - but, lots of places have had floods, so..... As I type, the builders are here, well... painters & builders !!  At least it's dry for them - tho' bitterly cold... especially up their ladders & scaffolding !!

At the moment, all of the family are here...... B is a few feet away from me, doing some crafty stuff, J is up on his computer & ME is asleep, after doing a night shift at work.

We all the rain & floods - well, we were really worried her, driving the 40+ miles to work last night !!  In the end, she went a different way... having left about an hour earlier than she would have
normally !!  I was really, really pleased when she sent a text, to say she had got there safely !!

She has tomorrow off, but is working thru' the night... followed by a whole week off (I think) - which she is really looking forward to !!  I can't think she has got much sleep today.... the guys have been banging & scraping most of the morning, up until now !!  I've even kept the music low - to try & help.... not that I think it did !!

I've been playing the Cd's my South American friend left for me.... all from concerts, recorded this year.   two are by Springsteen, from Chicago (September 7th & 8th) and the third is from Neil Young, recorded in Lake Tahoe, on August 9th.

They're both audience recordings.... but, well worth listening to !!  The NY stuff features a load of the stuff on his latest album - 'Psychedelic Pill' - and is well good.... I like his stuff anyways, but hearing him do 20+ minute live versions... well, it's the butter on the toast !!

The Springsteen sets... well, 2 nights, 2 different concerts... well good to listen to, really great concerts !! I wish I had listened to them before - but, I never good around to it properly !!  Never mind - better late than never !!

I forgot to mention.... A big "Hello" to my reader in Poland... and the rest of you of course, who have logged in today !!  I thank you for your time.... !!

Right... as it's a Friday.... I might not be able to post over the weekend.  So, as I have 2 Zeppelin shows, I thought I would list them today.  The first is from Manchester & was the recorded on November 24th 1971.

The tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Immigrant Song
  2) Heartbreaker
  3) Black Dog
  4) Since I've Been Loving You
  5) Celebration Day
  6) Stairway To Heaven
  7) Going To California
  8) That's The Way
  9) Tangerine
10) Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

CD 2

1) Dazed & Confused
2) What Is & What Should Never Be
3) Rock & Roll
4) Whole Lotta Love
5) Thank You

The 2nd show was recorded on November 25th 1971, in Leicester.....the tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Introduction
  2) Immigrant Song
  3) Heartbreaker
  4) Black Dog
  5) Since I've Been Loving You
  6) Celebration Day
  7) Going To California
  8) That's The Way
  9) Tangerine
10) Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

CD 2

1) Dazed & Confused
2) Stairway To Heaven

CD 3

1) What Is & What Should Never Be
2) Whole Lotta Love
3) Rock & Roll
4) Communication Breakdown

I was really happy, when this tape finally came out on Cd...... it was one of those tapes, that some people said didn't exist.... mainly as they didn't have a copy !!  I had it on an old spool tape, for years before it actually leaked out onto the "bootleg market" !!  Up until then, it didn't exist.... in books, on trading sheets... anywhere, so I just sat back & kept quiet about it !!

I didn't give my copy to anyone... so, somebody else must of had it.... which is - kind of - how these tapes seem to circulate !!  Oh well.... that's the weekend concerts taken care of.... more another time.  But, as always - don't buy bootlegs, buy the official stuff instead.... no matter who the band are !!

The music of the moment... well, it's a bit of classical stuff, from the soundtrack Lp, to the TV show 'Cosmos'.  It's another one of my 'Project '87' tapes.... I'm enjoying listening to them again !!

I was playing them thru, a little earlier... and it struct me how many of the people, on the tapes, are now dead !! I was listening to some Canned Heat & Mountain.... it was kind of weird.. to know, I've been listening to this music, for sooooo many years & how many of the musicians have now departed !!  It's sad - but still interesting, to me, to know that I'm still listening to their music !!

Ok - my plans, for today..... nothing too mad !!  With the builders & painters here, I won't be going very far at all !!  This weekend is our Church Conference, in Bristol..... but, I'm not sure if we'll make it or not.  Having had a not so good week, I really want to relax a bit
more !!

We will be going up to B's Mum's grave... as she past away a few years ago, this weekend... so, we will go & put some flowers on the grave.  It's the least we can do really.

But, that's for the weekend... for now, I will be on my ways... I thank you all for logging in & reading my words... until next time...

Bye Bye