Smokie & Suzie Quatro? My goodness, the seventies have a lot to answer for
Currently reading a book all about British folk music though 'folk' is a very loose genre marker and it covers Vaughn Williams who was very influential in shaping British music. He was good mates with Gustav Holst, the 'Planets' fella. Book title is Electric Eden - Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by Rob Young.
When David Bowie found that Lady Stardust had given him some sort of fame he decided he needed a bigger touring van so he bought a new bigger one. My mate Roy bought his old van, an orange Bedford which was the same shape and size as a Ford Transit. It had messages written just inside the rear doors such as 'We Love you David'.
The van ended up in a breakers yard in Lewisham if I recall correctly.
Took a trip to Oxford Street HMV yesterday and bought Pink Floyd's 'Pulse'. Original vinyl copies of this had been selling for £500 so I was pleased to see it reissued on vinyl. It's very good quality and the bass is quite stupendous.
I was at one of these concerts in Londons' Earls Court in 1994 so this music means a lot to me (not the one where a section of seating collapsed though).
I was going to say I now have the whole set of Pink Floyd official live and studio releases on vinyl but that's not strictly true as I don't own 'The Final Cut' which was their last LP. Why not? Because in my opinion it's a miserable dirge, that's why not. It was largely a Roger Waters solo LP and at that time Waters was busy splitting the band. I just cannot listen to it without wanting to cut my wrists.
Playing my new acquisition at home yesterday:
And here's an excerpt from the Pulse film: