The Monkees & Deep Purple... Ho-hum !!

Greetings World's !!

A happy 2016 to you all, from all around the World - I wish you all the best, all the good, that you can possibly have, come your ways !! It's about 1pm here in England - so, by now, nearly everybody should have celebrated the incoming year.... hope it all went well, for all of you !!

B & I looked out of our bedroom window, watching the fireworks, as they went off..... from here in the village, right across to South Wales & over to Glastonbury.... a goodly distance !! Luckily, the sky was clear, so we had a fantastic view !! A Great way to welcome in the New Year !!

Lets not forget - those less fortunate than ourselves..... hopefully their year, will see them have better fortune, than the past one....

As for My Wife & Dearest Friend...... B is up in her craft room, trying once again, to get on top of her bits & bobs. I'm not going to call it a mess, as I don't want a clip up around my ear !! Hopefully, she is getting on top of everything by now !!

As for me - well, I was going to put some boxes up, into the loft this morning, but.... there is always a "but".... I can barely move, mainly as I've pulled my back,doing yesterdays tidying !! Ok - I know it's a lame excuse - but, given what has gone on, with my back, this past couple of years, I thought it best, not to do too much !! Heck - it's all I've got, sooooo..... give me a break !!

I start today, on getting the Cd's in some kind of order - well, that's the plan, at least !! I don't know, where to start really !! Possibly with the discs, right here in front of me - those are the easy ones, mainly as I worked on them before - so, they should be in some sort of A-Z order. Anyhoo.... I'll see how things go !!

As for the rest of the family... well, I'm guessing the M & M's are doing Ok..... their second new year, in their own home !! It's hard to believe, how things have moved along for them.... especially with the sprog coming along in February !! Bless them both......

Onto the music of the moment....

I've started the new year off, with the first Lp, that I could call my own...... 'Headquarters' by The Monkees !! Actually, that's just finished & I've moved along to Deep Purple's 'Scandinavian Nights' 2 Cd set..... only here - can I go from The Monkees, straight onto Deep Purple !!

The tracks on 'Headquarters' are:

Side A

1) You Told Me
2) I'll Spend My Life With You
3) Forget That Girl
4) Band 6
5) You Just May Be the One
6) Shades Of Grey
7) I can't Get Her Off My Mind

Side B

1) For Pete's Sake
2) Mr Webster
3) Sunny Girlfriend
4) Zilch
5) No Time
6) Early Morning Blues & Greens
7) Alternate Title *

* Also known as 'Randy Scouse  Git' after an old TV show, that was on the box, back in the old days... a long time ago !! Nevermind - it was my first album & it'll always have a place in my heart !!

As for the Deep Purple album... a lot less tracks - just longer !! They are:

CD 1

1) Wring That Neck
2) Speed Kind
3) Into The Fire
4) Paint It Black

CD 2

1) Mandrake Root
2) Child In Time
3) Black Night

Lot's of long live tracks, to listen to, which suits my ears - I do like long live things !! This album ticks all of the boxes & that's for sure !! I really do like live albums - hence the collection of Allman Brothers Cd's !!

Just had a 'phone call, from a great friend, who lives in Bristol - wishing us both a happy new year. Bless him - a very good guy, who's wife (small w) has really hung him out to dry !! No body deserves the way he's been treated !!

Ok - I best be going - things to do & stuff like that...... nothing too exciting, just stuff, that's I've put off, sooooo - as it's a new year, I best get on with it !!

I hope your "New Year" goes well & I wish you all the happiness there is to give !! Thank you for logging in & reading my words, from Sweden, thru' Europe & over to Asia & America..... thank you for your time..... until next time...

Bye Bye