tonyXIII

Trojan, it's definitely NOT ####### down in my part of the Med. Actually, the weather is a bit weird. Some cloud, some sunshine. Warm in the sun, unless the wind is blowing. Quite cold at night, 7 degrees C. No snow at all. Mind you, no sledging either.

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Faith Healer A fairly ordinary band? No way! They were, what's the word? SENSATIONAL! Joe Cocker - Amazing voice. Many have tried, none have equalled. Early Genesis were brilliant. I saw them at Salford Uni on bonfire night '69 (maybe '70). They didn't even top the bill (Curved Air did) but they were ace! The whole Nursery Cryme album is excellent. My personal favourite is Fountain of Salmacis. In fact, I'm off to listen to it right now. Ta-ra. edited for typos

Early Fleetwood Mac on YouTube. I haven't heard Green Manalishi for ages. Judas Priest tried, but ...

I hope you were especially kind to the poor bloody ref in your assessment report. I think I'd have grabbed the first opportunity to send both of the captains off together.

One from ages ago. John Martyn's "Solid Air".

Is that better than the Atkins diet? Where did you buy it?

Another band I "missed" first time round - Jefferson Airplane/Starship. Try this one - "White Rabbit". The lyrics are brilliant. Also, try this from Grace Slick herself - "El Diablo".

Not curious at all! Plus it's a great track. Who says white men can't sing the blues? I've not come across Gary Moore much, but last year, I was in Goa and the bar had this big screen TV playing what I could have sworn was the Allman Brothers Band's "Statesboro' Blues". Wrong. It was Gary Moore. Excellent stuff.

Good, eh?

Here's another YouTube linky for Ullman. I know you liked the Humble Pie version of "I Don't Need No Doctor", so I think you'll love this one. After Pie, Steve Marriott formed a band called Packet of Three and this is their take on the number. It starts with a nod to the blues origins of the number (Ray Charles) and after about a minute explodes into a full-on rock version. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFy_xlzN5Sw I am really getting into Humble Pie and Steve Marriott. Can't work out how I missed them first time round.

MM, Thanks for the links to the Miles Davis and John Coltrane stuff. I don't get to listen to much jazz these days, but I really like some forms of jazz (not all - I'm not keen on trad for example, or the more outrageously avant-garde stuff). Miles Davis, though, was brilliant. So was John Coltrane. In fact, tenor sax is my favourite sound. I tried to learn how to play it years ago, but I was unable to devote enough time to it and abandoned the exercise after six months. Love the sound, though. Thanks again.

That was ace. Thanks. I love that mellow jazz, it's brilliant.

I think you are spot on. Estimating attendances! Whatever next? Borrowing the RFU's crowd calculator?

A lot of TV shows had great theme music. My personal favourite was World In Action's theme, called "Jam For World In Action". Apparently, Granada (the makers) had thousands of requests for copies of the theme but never did release it. Another good one was The Allman Brothers "Jessica" for Top Gear. Do you ever find yourself thinking "Wow! That was a great theme." and then not being able to track it down? It's happened a few times to me. At least, with films, they usually list the soundtrack titles.

In one fabulous weekend in 1972 me, my brother and a couple of mates caught Mountain at Sheffield Uni Students Union on the Friday night (I think it was their last ever gig), Man City beating Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on the Saturday afternoon and then Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon tour) at the City Hall on the Saturday evening. What a weekend that was. Mountain were brilliant, City were City but Floyd were something else. Anyway, I was looking for another of my favourites on YouTube - Peter Frampton - and I came across a 2001 recording of Peter Frampton+Humble Pie performing "No Doctor". So, I then went and checked the original Humble Pie version from 1971 and it blew me away. Check it out for yourselves. PS. Apologies if someone's already posted this, but I can't trawl through 26 pages. Hope the linky thing works, but I don't know how to do them.

I know the street well, it's called Sandgate, but it's a long time since I was there. I left Whitby in '98 and, though I visited again during winters '04/'05 and '05/'06, I didn't clock the record shop. I used to be a fan of Krautrock. I still have albums by Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Neu, Amon Duul II and The Can. Monster Movie credits Holger Czukay as bassist. I caught one or two in concert as well. The best was Amon Duul II at the old Stoneground in Manchester around '71 or '72. Happy Days!

Hi Futtocks! What were you doing in Whitby? It's hardly a music mecca. I didn't even know there was a record shop there. The last true record shop I remember there was on Golden Lion Bank and that's nearly 30 years ago! When it closed, the only place to buy records was Woolies, which had a lousy range. As for listening, it's the old stuff for me. Right now I've The Nice's version of Dylan's "My Back Pages" playing, alternating with early Santana. Can't say I recognize yours, though - jazz/folk/rock/what?

Why optimism for Fulham? Because, when Fulham launched, it was a really optimistic time for RL. Here was a team that seemed like it was going to truly establish TGG in London. They were fresh, they were exciting and the game seemed to be going places. The shirt was ace, too!

For simplicity, the old plain red Salford shirt with the big S. For optimism, the original Fulham shirt, black with red and white Vee. For style, the GB shirt, white with a red and blue Vee, but without all the recent messing about. For history, the Kangaroos green with a gold double Vee. They've never mucked about with the design and it deserves its iconic status.