Nightwish - 'Elan' 10 inch vinyl !!

Well "Hi" World's !!

It's a bright, but chilly Saturday, here in England's South-West corner. It's heading towards 1pm - and, to be perfectly honest, I've only been out of bed - maybe - for about 30 minutes. I've not been lazy, B & I woke up late & we then watched a TV programme about Britain's native woodlands. It might sound kind of boring - but, we do like that type of thing.... having been studied, by the 2 of us, at college. Oh well.....

At 1pm... well, it's F1 qualifying on the BBC.... I know Hamilton is on Pole - but, I'm interested to see how the rest of the grid lines up.... especially England's Jenson Button !! I was in hospital, at the time of the last GP - so, I was lucky enough to see the end of it, on the TV's that are around the beds.

I refuse - on principle - to pay the inflated prices they charge, to watch the TV's at different times of the day.... but, they do allow 4 stations, to be shown, for free, during the mornings. Ok - I'm not a massive "day-time" TV viewer - but, as the GP was on, I lay there & watched it !!

Right - it's a Saturday & B (My Wife & Dearest Friend) is here with me. She is going to do a bit of ironing, while the TV is on..... so, we're both here, in the living room. On the window ledge - I can see Smudge, looking in at us....

Scrub all of that - B has decided to head back to bed. She hasn't felt well, since getting up - sooooo, she has decided to head back to bed & sleep it off. I don't blame her !! For me, it's a good idea & I do the same myself..... I'll check on her shortly.

If you logged in yesterday... well, I didn't post anything. I'm sorry about that !! As it was - B & I headed into Taunton, to have a look around some of the shops. We didn't really go, with the intention of buying anything - but.... B bought a couple of magazines & I landed up, with a copy of the re-issue of 'Relayer' by Yes. The tracks are:

1) The Gates Of Delirium
2) Sound Chaser
3) To Be Over
4) Soon - Single Edit
5) Sound Chaser - Single Edit
6) The Gates Of Delirium - Studio Run-Through

It is one of the Yes albums, that I didn't have on Cd...... this one was marked down to £2.99 so, it was begging to be bought !! I'll give it a bit of a play thru' - maybe after the qualifying ?! Time will tell on that front.....

I had the first 3 tracks, on the old Lp... so, the last 3 tracks are all bonuses to me !! Great stuff !! If I look carefully, at the various compilations, that I have by yes, it will probably turn out, that I have some of the tracks already.... but, for £2.99 - what the heck !!

Also, staying with music - the 10 inch Nightwish (green vinyl) album/single has reached me !! That was a great surprise - considering I ordered it, from a German language site !! I was sure I missed some of the instructions, as my German is pretty much non-existent..... but, it's come - so I must of done something right !!

The few tracks are:

Side A.

1) Elan
2) Sagan - Non album bonus track

Side B

1) Elan - Alternate version
2) Elan - Radio edit

Ok - I have the album & this cost about 20 euro's - but, I just fell for the whole 10 inch green vinyl thing !! AKA - I just had to have it.... nevermind.... I'll play it later.

I'm a busy puppy today.... as I'm trying to copy some 'Andromeda' episodes, from the hard drive, over to DVD. I missed 5 episodes, while I was stuck in the hospital, before Easter.... so, I'm trying to sort them out.

Luckily, altho' I didn't record them, as they were broadcast, onto DVD - I still had them recorded to the hard drive of the DVD player/recorder. So - it's just a case of doing the transfer... it won't take too long..... I hope !!

Jenson Button has just been knocked out of the qualifying - sooooo - it's music time.... and I'm playing the Nightwish 10 inch, as I type.

It's the fact, that it's a vinyl & green, that has it's attractions to me. Plus, of course, there are a couple of extra tracks, that I don't have, on the thing !! Oh well......

Thankfully, I have a really good turntable, to still play old records. I know a lot of people gave up & chucked their tables away - not me, I just bought a better one !! I still play Lp's - so why not ?!

Right - my plans for today...

Well, with B in bed, I will keep the noise levels down a bit & maybe do the dishes, that I noticed in the kitchen.... I'm sure that will help !! There are only a few, so it won't take long. It's not much of a plan - but, it's something to work on !!

Sooooo - as always, I thank you all for logging in & reading my words. If ever you want to let me know, what you're listening to, I would be interested in reading your comments !! For now tho' I will be on my ways... until next time...

Bye Bye