sidewinder

'Chitinous Ensemble' (Deram, stereo). Paul Buckmaster, Ian Carr, Brian Smith etc.

Lou Blackburn Dennis Preston Andrew Moog Oldham

Joe Brazil The Boys From Brazil The Boys From The Black Stuff

Sad news. Really like her work on the RRK 'Other Folks Music' album. Not too many of the B3 masters left now, sad to say. RIP.

chewy Aric Eric the Half A Bee

Have been listening to 'Bebop In Britain' (Charly, 4CD) - Compilation of 40s/50s Esquire material with Ronnie Scott, Kenny Graham Afro-Cubists ( ), John Dankworth etc and an excellent booklet.

Cheers - Merry Xmas too. Fortunately the roads were pretty good that night. Flat calm sea and 8C registered by the pier ! Caught something flu-like after this concert though. Westbrook recommendations - that recent 'Waxeyworks' CD by the Village Band is well worth checking out. I would also recommend much earlier stuff such as 'Celebration', 'Marching Songs Vol 1/2', 'Citadel/Room 315' and 'Love Songs'.

Jamil Nasser George Joyner Jonah

Not me ! Can't stand this crap. Was listening to Bob Downes. Now imagine a version of this with Anne Widdecombe and the Fidel Castro lookalike..

Sandie Shaw Lulu Cilla

Mountbatten Windsor Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Joe Maini Bill Clinton (In) Hale Berry

The Mirage 'Now You See It..' album of 1970s Brit jazz-rock on Dutton Vocalion for £1.95. Living up to its title - the only other copy was over £90 and Dutton now seems to have discontinued this title.

Ian Botham Alan Lamb Shaku Rama

Maria Aitken Jonathan Aitken Damocles

I expect you'll receive it sometime in the New Year. Very little seems to be getting through.

Amy Johnson Anthony & the Johnsons The Brothers Johnson

You wouldn't happen to be THE 'Fred' would you?

He got up to lots of trouble on that TV 'Jungle' show - messing up the toilets etc with all the women complaining about it. Some things don't change !

I'm now at 130 big boxes. I've slowed down. Selects up at 25. Singles - around a dozen.

Woody Shaw 'In My Own Sweet Way' (In + Out, stereo) Leroy Vinnegar Trio 'Jazz's Great Walker' (Vee-Jay, stereo)

Congrats !

Hairy Bikers Two Fat Ladies Three Bips and a Bop

Israel Crosby John Carisi Golda Meir

Somerset, Devon and bits of Dorset got hit quite bad today. Was stuck on one road for an hour whilst the police cleared a couple of stuck lorries (why those idiots drove up there beats me). And then a white van man guy who didn't like being honked at as a warning tries to pick a fight (jerk). Meanwhile, my diesel tank was hitting reserve. Not the sort of start to the day I wanted. As mentioned above, it was just as bad on the way back. Fully expect to have to work from home for the first day or so next week. It has its advantages - I can listen to Mosaics whilst I am typing away.