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Basil Kirchin 'Primitive London' OST (Trunk) Wow - what a find by Trunk. Side 1 with the 'Primitive London' mondo movie soundtrack from 1965 is great - top notch Kirchin exotica - but the side 2 'The Freelance' soundtrack (a 1971 movie in the style of 'Get Carter' apparently but never, ever released) is possibly even better - and jazzier. Almost certainly Kenny Wheeler is on this - his flugel is prominent - and what sounds like possibly John Horler heavily featured on valve trombone. A mystery..

Bill Basie Mr Atomic The Kid From Red Bank

Monty Sunshine Alan Plater

The Childcatcher Robert Helpmann Steve Hoffmann

A couple of great finds today: Rollins/Brown/Roach '3 Giants' (UK Transatlantic, mono). UK second issue of the 'Valse Hot' session, great sonics. JJ Johnson/Kai Winding (1 side)/Bennie Green & Strings (2nd side) 'Hip Bones' (Esquire, mono). Never seen this one before - cover art by drummer John Marshall, RVG in runout ! Amazing what you can find when you clean up the house. Tina Brooks 'True Blue' 47W63rd DG, Hank Mobley stick insect 47W63rd etc.

Annie Whitehead Tim Whitehead Tim Nice But Dim

Slack Alice Everard Apricot Lil

Let me guess. 1963?

Dr No Dr Evil Mini Me

Below -10C out there last night. Damn cold. Almost got frostbite clearing the ice off the car roof yesterday.

George Stephenson Sir Nigel Gresley I K Brunel

I remember pogo-ing to them, back in the day.

Stanley Baxter Sting Yehudi Menuhin

Happy Birthday too !

I don't think the natives knew what was going to hit them - although there had been a Festival there in 1969 (with John Mayer Indo Jazz Fusions on the bill, along with main headliner Bob Dylan). Lots of French anarchists wanted to get in for free, too. The ferry to IOW goes from Portsmough, of course - so not a long trip.

Dana Val Doonican Bono

Most people seem to have remembered the Tiny Tim show and switched off when Miles came on ! There was a documentary on TV the other night showing some IOW 1970 footage (a bit of Miles) with one of the local old ladies serving tea and cucumber sandwiches to a gaggle of hippies. As a freebie too.

'Wardell Gray Memorial Album, Vol 2' (UK Stateside, mono)

NYJO Nye Bevan Bill Nighy

Oh damn - I'd like those 3 Newport tracks but I've got all of the Isle of Wight material courtesy of the 'big box' (it was given its own CD in that set) and the 'Miles Electric' DVD. The music is great on that session, so you must have been at another gig TTK !

Sorry to hear this. Truly one of the great photographers of jazz.

The South West got hit very badly yesterday morning. It's stayed frozen through today but they are re-opening the roads and it should be a bit better tomorrow. No more snow forecast here for a few days so we need a thaw ! Tonight's temperatures don't look good though.. Designed by British Rail? I stick with my 20 year old ancient gas boiler. Much more reliable than this modern EU-approved rubbish !

Tim Horton Pug Horton Captain Pugwash (and no 'Seaman Staines' please.. )

One of the good things about a covering of snow is that you can see what has been rooting around the garden during the night, looking at the tracks. Some two-hoof tracks left all over the place this morning by what can only be a small deer. Literally hundreds of tracks, some right by the house - interspersed with splashes of urine !