Truelove’s Gutter is the fantastic 6th album from Singer-Songwriter Richard Hawley. The album title refers to an old street in his native Sheffield. Allegedly it was named after 18th-century innkeeper Thomas Truelove, who used to charge local people to dump their rubbish in the gutter in the street which then flowed down to the River … Continue reading “Truelove’s Gutter”
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What I've been listening to
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Ticket to the Moon
Time
Electric Light Orchestra
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The Way Life's Meant to Be
Time
Electric Light Orchestra
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Ticket to the Moon
Time
Electric Light Orchestra
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Lonely Boy
What's Wrong with This Picture?
Andrew Gold
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Garden Party - 1997 Remaster
Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion
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Garden Party - 1997 Remaster
Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion
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He Knows You Know - 1997 Remaster
Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion
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Script for a Jester's Tear - 1997 Remaster
Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion
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Pantomime Horse (Island Demo) [Remastered]
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Metal Mickey (Island Demo) [Remastered]
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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The Drowners (Rocking Horse Demo) [Remastered]
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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The Next Life
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Animal Lover
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Metal Mickey
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Breakdown
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Sleeping Pills
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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The Drowners
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Pantomime Horse
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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Moving
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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She's Not Dead
Suede (Remastered) [Deluxe Edition]
Suede
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I should have been in Los Angeles in October last year. My tickets for Roger Waters at the Staples Center were booked and we were planning a California road trip from San Francisco down the PCH through LA and South to San Diego. Covid changed all that. The concert was postponed, our travel plans on … Continue reading “Planning a California Road Trip”
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These winter nights can get quite boring. A mixture of lockdown and those long dark nights make you yearn for some form of escape. Luckily, I have found some distraction in the pages of ‘Booze & Vinyl‘ a book that combines two passions – cocktails and music. Originally published in 2018, Booze & Vinyl curates … Continue reading “Booze & Vinyl – The Perfect Companions”
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Song for Guy was a hit for Elton John in 1978. This largely instrumental song was one of the few successful songs written without Bernie Taupin. In 1976, after a record breaking streak of albums, Elton and Bernie had gone their separate ways. At the time, Bernie has checked into a clinic to clean up … Continue reading “Song for Guy”
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Honky Chateau was Elton John’s 5th studio album recorded at Château d’Hérouville in France. One hour North of Paris, in the village of Herouville, the Chateau was residential studio that offered the artists a chance to record with a small band, and the chance for some time out of the limelight. Less than three years … Continue reading “Where is Elton’s Honky Chateau?”
