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Music
Truelove’s Gutter
Music
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”
Booze & Vinyl – The Perfect Companions
Cocktails
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”
My Bohemian Rhapsody
Song
I still remember the day Freddie Mercury died. 24th November 2011. I had been a fan since my parents had bought Queen’s Greatest back in the Eighties. At the time of his death, I didn’t know much about Freddie – I knew he was flamboyant but not much more. So, for me his death was … Continue reading “My Bohemian Rhapsody”
Marillion Posctards
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During the ‘Fish Era’ of Marillion, their music was accompanied by wonderful artwork from Mark Wilkinson. I always preferred album art to band photos and so I had a good collection of Marillion posters and postcards that remain with me today. Here are the postcard scans of Marillion artwork from that early era…