'Dub Side Of The Mule' & other stuff.

Greetings World's !!

It's a Tuesday... yep - it's Tuesday & I've just realised, that I've not posted anything since last Thursday !! I can't really remember "why" I've not posted anything... which is kind of weird..... got to go...!!

Sorry about that - B spotted that I had a dressing problem.... so, it meant a quick re-jig & now I'm back again !! Thankfully, there were no major thingy's wrong - I just needed a bit of stuff put over the top. Oh - such fun !!

As some of you might already know - we've just had a "May Day" holiday.... a 3 day bit of fun. That has meant, that my local surgery remained shut, yesterday, sooooo.... my dressings have had to go one day longer than normal.

I had to go to the hospital, on Sunday... to have the blooming things changed there..... but, it has meant, that I have to wait until tomorrow, before getting the things looked at again. The result of all of this, is my lovely back has had to go an extra day, before I can get a new dressing put on again. All very problematic...... hence B spotted a leak & we had to do a bit of "running repairs" - quite literally !! Oh well......

Talking of  My Wife & Dearest Friend...... B has gone into town, to do a bit of a quick shop. There are a few things, that we've run out of.... plus, I think she is heading to pick up some craft type of stuff, that she needed.

I must tell you, about my new "Sock Monkey" !!

B wanted to start making them (Sock Monkeys) and, as usual - when she makes new things, I have been given the very fist one !! As I type - he is sat, right in front of me & he's really good !!

He's made up, from 2 socks - white & purple - and... well.... I think I'll call him Micky !! Why not ?! I was always a big fan of The Monkees - sooooo..... Micky sounds about right !!

Going back, just a few days... to Saturday. B drove me down to Exeter, for the record fair & a look around the shops. It was really wet & horrid - but... we had some fun !! Considering, that it was a holiday weekend - the traffic, going down,was pretty good...

Anyhoo - back to the fair...

I met up, with an old friend or two & that was good. Tho' - having said that - one of them tried to rip me off, over the cost of some Cd's !! To explain...

I picked up a couple of Grateful Dead live sets..... when I asked "how much ?" the friend said £25 each - which I was happy paying, as they were both 3 Cd sets. Unfortunately - when I said it was a good price, for a triple set - the guy took them & said he thought they were doubles !! He then jacked the price up to £50 each !!

I couldn't believe it !! It was his loss tho' - as I told him to keep them, they were too rich, for my pocket at least !! I don't mind the odd price hike... but, to double them up, just because of the extra disc !! That was too much for me !!

I did come away, with a live set, recorded at The Beacon Theatre, by the Allman Brothers... from April 1st 1994. It's only a single disc - but..... The tracks are:

  1) Statesboro' Blues
  2) Blue Sky
  3) Untitled
  4) The Same Thing
  5) Soulshine
  6) Untitled
  7) Jessica
  8) Midnight Rider
  9) Temptation Is A Gun
10) Untitled
11) I Want To Change My way Of Living
12) Please Don't Cry
13) No One Left To Run With
14) Whipping Post

To be honest - I've not played it yet - so some of the Untitled stuff might get names, as I go along.... but... I'll sort that out, as & when I put the thing, into the Cd players !!

I also, from the fair, came away with a live Rainbow set... from Germany, recorded back in 1976. It was only £8 - which, for a double set, seemed pretty good. It got better - because another friend, actually bought the thing for me !!

It's Ok - I've done him a load of favours, over the years, sooooo... it was a good deal !! It has a great version of 'Stargazer'on it.... worth £8 of my friend's money, any day of the week !!

Mind you - the same guy wants to come here & go thru' my tape collection - in the hope of putting them, onto Cd's... so that his friend can sell them !! That is not going to happen !! I don't mind putting my own tapes, onto Cd, from time to time... but, I don't go around selling them afterwards !!

My tapes are for my own use !! I do give copies of the Cd's away, from time to time - but... I'm not going to go around selling them.... neither do I expect anything in return !! My tapes... not anybody's else's !! Screw selling them, on the open market.....

I did come home, with some other stuff.... but, those are for another day... but, I must give you the track listing, for Gov't Mule's great 3 Cd set 'Dub Side Of The Mule' !! It's well good !! The - many - tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Thorazine Shuffle
  2) Larger Than Life
  3) She Said, She Said
  4) Tomorrow Never Knows
  5) Whiter Shade Of Pale
  6) Dolphineus
  7) Painted Silver Light
  8) Sco-Mule
  9) So Weak, So Strong
10) Play With Fire
11) Unring The Bell

CD 2

  1) I'm A Ram
  2) 54-46 Was My Number
  3) Hard To Handle
  4) True Love Is Hard To Find
  5) Pressure Drop
  6) Let Down
  7) I've Got My Dreams To Remember
  8) Reggae Got Soul
  9) Hard Road
10) Happy New Year
11) Turn On Your Love Light
12) Reggae Soulshine

CD 3

  1) Intro
  2) Sweet Feeling
  3) Just Like A Woman
  4) I Feel So Bad
  5) Dreams
  6) Million Miles From Yesterday
  7) Endless Parade
  8) It's A Man's Man's Man's World
  9) Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
10) It Hurst Me Too
11) Goin' Out West

This is really a great live set... with all the great tracks in there, plus about an hour of The Mule doing some great versions, with guest vocalist Toots Hibbert !! It's well worth your cash - go & get yourself a copy !!

Right - for now, I must away. I've nothing special to do - I just want to sit down & watch some more of 'Game Of Thrones'. I really am hooked onto this !! Oh well.... it helps to pass the day away....

Thank's to you all, for logging in & reading my words..... until next time...

Bye Bye