Eric Burdon & The Tedeschi Trucks Band..

Hi everybody....

How is your bit of the Universe treating you today ? Here - in the wilds of England, well.... the South-West part of it.... it's been dry & chilly, for a few days now. B has just taken me down, to the local surgery, to have my dressings changed & it's really cold outside !!

Mind you - I've been in bed, for most of the morning - so, anywhere is cold, compared to that !! Nevermind...

I'm home alone, again, at the moment.... ME has gone shopping & has taken B along for the ride. If all goes to plan - ME & boyfriend M - will be moving into their own house, at some point over the coming weeks, so they have gone looking for things to buy. I'm not sure exactly what - but......

With J over in Wales... that just leaves me here, with the cats. I know there is at least one, upstairs on the bed - and the oldest one.... well, he's dead to the World, just a few feet away, to my left !! How do cats sleep sooooo long, everyday ?! It amazes me, it really does !!

As for the music of the moment....

Well, it's an old cassette of Eric Burdon & The Animals...... one of the old "Pre-recorded" ones, hat were so easy to buy, all those Moons ago. It's a kind of 'Best Of......' album, it doesn't actually have a name on it !! Anyhoo.... the tracks are:

  1) Good Times
  2) Sky Pilot
  3) San Franciscan Nights
  4) Pain It Black
  5) I'm An Animal
  6) C. C. Rider
  7) Ring Of Fire
  8) River Deep, Mountain High
  9) Monterey
10) Help Me Girl
11) When I Was Young
12) To Love Somebody

There are so many cover versions, on the tape - as you can see from the tracks, listed above...... but - it's pure 1960's !! I bought the 4 Cd 'Monterey Pop' album, not too long ago & one of my deepest regrets, about the album - it didn't have his version of The Stones 'Paint It Black' on it !! The track was featured, in the film - but it didn't make it to the Cd version soundtrack !! It's a shame - it is one of his better cover versions..... Oh well.....

I see, from the cassette cover - the publishing credits are for 1967 & 1968..... as I said above, pure 1960's !!  Great stuff - I might see if I can get it on Cd, someplace - if not, I'll try & transfer it over to disc myself !!

People have always said - tapes don't last.... well, they do if you look after them well enough !! The quality on this one might not be 100% - but, it sure is listenable !!

I played some of the new Within Temptation album - the Lp version, a few hours ago..... yesterday, I guess..... and it's really clear !! It helps that I have a great record deck - plus an almost new stylus - but, it's really interesting to play vinyl, from time to time !!

WT's new one 'Hydra' is pretty good, in it's own right..... but, it's pretty different to say 'The Silent Force' or 'The Heart Of Everything'....... but, it's a great album.

As always - the TV news, is playing quietly, over in the corner. A guy, famous here, in politics Tony Benn has died. He has been around, on TV, ever since I can remember !! I think he was 88.....

I also see, that the missing plane, has still not been found !! That's really weird !! It's not like it's a 2 seat, tiny type of thing.... it's a blooming big plane, some evidence will have to turn up, at some point !!

I also see, that there are talks, going on in London..... about the Ukraine, between America & Russia. What's to talk about - it's an illegal invasion of another Country !! There used to be an "Iron Curtain" between the East & the West.... lets put the bugger back up & see if Mr Puck-tin likes that.

Of course they won't do anything like that & Russia will stay where they are.... so, why bother talking ?! As the phrase used to go "Bomb The Bastards" !! Oh well....... I don't mean it folks !!

I see that my Russian readers have not logged on, over the last week or so....... no surprises there !! Did I upset you - or am I "personae non gratae" now ?! It wouldn't be the first time !!

I sent some t-shirts, featuring Iron Maiden, over to a Russian friend of mine - many Moons ago - and they were returned to me !! It's funny how I go around upsetting people !! I guess it's in my blood, or something......

..... Mind you, given how much fresh blood, I was given, during my 3 months in hospital, last year - I'm not sure how much of it's my blood anymore !!

 I mentioned going down to the local surgery earlier. For some dumb reason, my back is getting worse, instead of better & nobody seems to have a clue why !! That's not good....

I see the plastic surgeon, next week - so, I hope he might have some answers !! Time will tell, I guess. Hopefully he won't be such a jerk, as the guy I saw a few weeks or more back......

Back to music - why not ?.... this version of The Bee Gees 'To Love Somebody' is probably one of the best there is, well..... I think so !! I've always liked it..... I must try & find this tape, on Cd - it's got a hook in me now !!

Right, my plans for today..... none at all !! I do have a lot of things, that I should be doing - but, my get up & go has pretty much got up & left me !! So - I will kick back & play some more music & maybe have a look, for a 'phone number, that I've been looking for, over the last 2 weeks !!

It was right here - on my table.... but, it's got mixed up with some of my junk & now I can't see it anywhere !! I really must find it - it's one of those numbers that you have to have - but, now I've lost it.... oh well !! I must go away & find it....

The tape has just finished - so, the music of the moment is now The Tedeschi Trucks Band's 'Everybody's Talkin' which is a fantastic live set.... my thanks to my friends in Atlanta for giving it to me !! I must go... given what's happening in London - it's an apt album to play !!

As always - I thank you for your time & logging in to read my words..... until next time....

Bye Bye