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The Barber of Seville Sal "The Barber" Maglie Sweeney Todd Todd Slaughter Killer Joe The Butcher

Arthur Dent Zaphod Beeblebrox Victor Brox Victor Bockris C.P.E. Bach Peter Schickele Ukelele Ike Guitar Sam Banjo Paterson

Wow! Got my fingers crossed for you, Tom!

Arthur Dent Zaphod Beeblebrox Victor Brox

Count Basie Shorty Rogers Jack Train

Ofred Betfred Paddy Power

Yes, I remember them from a Plautus play I once saw in ancient Rome. Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Little Big Man Mr Big Giant Hugues Panassie

Seymour Butz (author of Under the Bleachers*) Claude Balz (author of Revenge of the Tiger*) Hu Flung Pu (author of Stains on the Wall*) *ancient schoolboy jokes Eileen Dover (author of The Cliff Path) Nora Titov (author of Baby's Revenge) I P Knightley (author of The Rusty Bed)

Not again! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasties

Laszlo Biro Ronnie Ball Griselda Pollock

Harvey Pekar Peter Bonerz Steely Dan Gerda Kai J J

Lovely! At one time the CD held my record for overpayment - £21 at HMV! "Those were the days" isn't always the watchword where record buying is concerned. £21 for a CD !! No wonder the whole kaboosh fell apart. Come to think of it, I can remember the time when most CDs here were £16-17 or thereabouts and that was for non-imports too. I bought it in 1993 when, IIRC, £13 was a typical jazz CD price.

Tommy Cooper Minnie Cooper

Madame X Lady L The Divine Miss M Miss Match Miss Marple Miss Moneypenny

We need some contemporary photos to compare and contrast: vast deserted aisles filled with electronics nobody wants; the music relegated to cramped, dark corners; the basement ceiling caved in and leaking water; and surly shop assistants prowling around, fearing for their jobs. Thanks for the updating, albeit depressing!

Lovely! At one time the CD held my record for overpayment - £21 at HMV! "Those were the days" isn't always the watchword where record buying is concerned.

But where did the Treaty of Westphalia position in the charts? Sputnik really hits the mark! I went into HMV Oxford Street at the age of 17 during my first parent-free visit to London at half term in October 1957. The papers had giant headlines about the first sputnik launch. Actually, jazz was down those stairs, not up!

Terry Brunk Jerry Tom Tweetie Pie Bird Diz

Koo The Walrus The Oysters Pearl Bailey S J Perelman Groucho Marx

Plenty of nostalgia there! I first went into HMV on Oxford Street in 1957 IIRC. Used to love the listening booths, which I haven't spotted in the photos incidentally. Certainly remember that curving staircase, which was still there when I last visited a few years ago. I remember the name of Imhof's, but never went there. Did it have much for the jazz listener?

Boris Johnson? Yes, it's Boris front row on the right. (See post #464)

Sounds like a variant on Ronnie Scott's "Last night they nuked Stockton-on-Tees, causing £4.50 worth of damage"

Flip Phillips Flibbertigibbet Airhead

Lily Pons Johnny Hodges Eddie Rabbitt John Bunny Buck Clayton John Doe