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HRH Duchess of Cambridge (mornings) The Duchess Duchess of Pork

Did you raid a Swiss bank account to get it?

He (Abate) was in good form at Swanage over the weekend.

Happy Birthday ! :party:

Very, very hazy out there this morning and the house still boiling hot from the day before. Today will be a pressure cooker..

This one caused me a few palpatations.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRANT-GREEN-I-WANT-TO-HOLD-YOUR-HAND-1964-MONO-BLUE-NOTE-4202-EAR-RVG-NM-/261240046179?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=bg9FyPL%252B16NFGpWEdGuQRCG5iZo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Played that one thin when I was 17. One of my first records - 10" LP. Saw Humph in concert a couple of years before he passed on (the previous time I saw him was around 1976 when he had Bruce Turner, Kathy Stobart and Mike Pyne in the band). Had a nice chat with him at the interval about his radio show and the merits of Horace Silver (!) and he kindly signed one of his books for me. I was even able to put in a personal request to have some Horace played on his BBC radio show. A very nice person and hugely influential over the years on my jazz listening.. On the same theme, I'll dig this 10" on Parlophone out (Vic Lewis's old audition copy)

Good - need to have something to raise a bit of excitement at work !

Give it time and he'll have a fleet of enforcement UAVs circuiting the stage !

Bob Crosby Israel Crosby Gilad Atzmon

Shergar Ronnie Biggs Lord Lucan

Conditions at Swanage yesterday were some of the best I have ever seen down there. It was as good as the Mediterranean - if not better.

4 more please. Two more weeks of this coming up.....

To say that he exceeded expectations would be the understatement of the year ! This being an Ashes test, you expect neither team to give a quarter - so I don't know what the fuss is about.

He still sounds wonderful to my ears. One of those sounds you can detect very easily. Yes, still one of the most distinctive and lyrical tenor stylists in European jazz. A good couple of shows at Swanage last night with Kate Williams' trio. I'll try to post a few pictures when I'm finished with the Swanage trips after the weekend. Miles Davis 'My Funny Valentine' (Columbia 2-eye stereo)

Stan Tracey 'Under Milk Wood Suite' (UK Columbia, mono) By way of appetizer - going to see Bobby Wellins play tonight.

Lou Donaldson 'Gravy Train' (BN NY USA, mono)

Bumble and Farokh Engineer were pretty good ! I agree, Clive Lloyd was a phenomenal all-rounder - and a great captain too. Many of the players on my list retired around the 1971/73 period. It was the end of Yorkshire's last truly great side, 1960s vintage. Add Doug Padgett and Tony Nicholson to that list. Meanwhile, back at the Test..

Robert Peel John Peel 'Dave' Cameron

Jackie McLean 'Bluesnik' (BN 47W63rd mono, DG side 2)

Frank Zappa Frank Skinner Frank Oz

Was that the Tony Palmer 'All You Need Is Love' series? That would have been around 1975/76.

Beep-Beep The Road Runner Junior Walker Junior

Make sure to take a peek at the Painted Hall at the ex-naval gaff down the hill !