Nipped in the charity shop to see if The Outsider was still there. It was. Fiver the lot. I bought the last one cos of the blurb. Happy days.

Bit of 90s youtu.be/XDZThXKr368?...

np 25p worth of magic mor. anything with the ballad of the sad young men on, i buy.

OUT NOW: Sheila Jordan "Portrait of Sheila" AAA 180g Tone Poet Vinyl Edition store.bluenote.com/products/she... The wonderful Detroit-born singer presented her inimitable vocal stylings on her 1962 debut accompanied by Barry Galbraith on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass & Denzil Best on drums.

The tv highlight of my week was finally seeing this episode of old Corrie. Trad jazz, ban the bomb, Beryl Bainbridge...

Arrived today. Still in shrink. Looks unplayed. Happy days.

Saw a bloke dressed pure cowboy today. Hat to boots. The full works. Looked incredible. Like living art.

One of my favourite back album cover covers. I mean the front is special. Anyhoo. NP

Currently view. FFS

Been listening to Subway Sect (the new Vic single is fab btw), so it fits i listen to Mr Bennett. This is a tuppenny ha'penny reissue of 57 album The Beat of My Heart. But what a line up. Art Blakey, Al Cohn, Nat Adderley, Herbie Mann, Milt Hilton, someone called Spencer Sinatra on flute...

Twice As Much is getting a decent reissue next month. Happy Days. Perfect time of the year. Perfect. That's All.

NP Lucy Reed's second album. Gil Evans had a had in this one. Barry Galbraith is here, Art Farmer, and Romeo Penque plays flute. Lucy only made three albums. One in 56, 57, and 1992! Less is more.

Under 2 minutes long. Everything here is perfect. youtu.be/GMOQodVNlts?...

Not a great album, and let's be honest, the art department had a bad day (not for the first time or last), but there are great moments. Frank makes the title track his own. Co-written by Kelly Gordon, first recorded by Marion Montgomery.

Sun just came out. Trunk soundtrack afternoon I think. Sometimes, I think Dudley Moore may have been a better musician than comedian. Or just absolutely incredibly good at both.

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Musical twins Paul and Barry Ryan were born on this day in 1948. Paul wrote this song and Barry sang it. It’s a bold and brilliant slice of gothic pop. The accompanying film is rather excellent too. youtu.be/-D24yIYiVBc?...

Been listening to Defunked by Kelly Gordon. He produced Delta Sweete by Bobbie Gentry. It's good.

Not been in my usual place of work for a while. These were in my drawer. Forgotten about. Jetstar, used to phone em all the time, can I order 25 copies of Ragga Ragga Ragga Volume... please? A lovely memory.

Ghostface and his Clarks shoes. Friday...

Pet in French. She writes, Serge writes (for Pet, I believe). Fabulous cover. What's not to love. Jeudi.

Jeri albums rarely turn up, it’s more a cd thing. I've managed a couple. So when they do. Another incredible vocalist, capable of being both serious and a little playful. Classically trained pianist too.

This is great, but of course it is, as Adelle wrote it:

Shocking this stuff remains unreleased. I mean, it's a great song, June Christy did it, Lucy Reed did it. I like his voice on this too. A skip and a jump to Tilt maybe. youtu.be/YeRuP7gD0fU?...

Had a conversation about comedy records today, fella told me this was his favourite. Go Gerty. youtu.be/14rNqhuVj5A?...

Another of today's finds. Nothing rare or whathaveyou. But all manner of lovely. It's folk and you should file it under PEN.

First of three charity shop finds today. It's pure Latin. It's Pure Rock!

I'm a bit in love with these two albums at the moment. The production, and erm, construction. Incredible. Tuesday.

Took a picture of some pigeons. Think it would make a decent Burt Goldblatt album cover for Bethlehem records.

Saw a copy of Colin Wilson The Outsider in the charity shop the other day. A book I owned for decades but never read. Got rid a while back, now I'm tempted. Anyway. Monday. 'Open the door. The Outsiders are outside'.

Just found Longmans released records. I really want this, what a cover. They also released Stan Barstow and Sid Chaplin records (who by the way, is a very underrated author, Day of the Sardine in particular).

Elizabeth Jane Howard, a dog who may have just spotted a cat or the postman and a couple of William Trevor books on top of a pile of her own.

This popped up the other week on YouTube. It's Saturday night, and tomorrow morning is Sunday. So. Keeping it realism. (Oh, and there is a part 2 to Loneliness). youtu.be/VpKl2FSAjjA?...

Claudine Longet. Famous for a couple of things. Mmm. Fabulous pop bossa business. NP

Tom Courtenay sticking a record on. Right, to work.

A 50p game changer from some years back. Jim Hall, Zoot Sims, Mel Lewis...cool as

This is essentially Wogan easy listening in hip clothes, sort of, yeah - discotheque, we need discotheque music. And of course it's great fun.

June Christy sings Billy Barnes‘s wonderful song “Something Cool”, on Playboy’s Penthouse, 1959. “True, one misses the orchestration, but damn, it’s moving.” - Will Friedwald Hefner hands Christy a drink. “Something cool?” she asks. “You earned it,” he replies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GkU...

I would definitely consider buying a book full of photos of authors sitting at home or whathaveyou. Here's Stella Gibbons in her slippers. Obvs, cats, wine, fags a bonus (sadly lacking here).

It's been too long. Put it on and immediately wow. Side one, track one, sounds like it's made from a dozen samples and put together like a great hip hop record. NP

There's some great stuff on itvx at the mo, a great World in Action called The Flip Side about the pop industry from back in the early mid 60s.

The cover of this compilation is quite wonderfully cheap looking. For me, it screams mobile disco poster. It smells of sweat and old spice, pints of bitter and fags. Compiled by Kev Roberts, I think. It's on his Soul Supply label anyway.

All the nonsense. The Intruders, early Philly. Gamble, and Huff launched their Philadelphia label off the back of their success. Awesome.

Really enjoyed Rockin' Bob's Dionne article today. I only own a few studio albums and various compilations. This one from 64 is fabulous. I really should buy those albums I'm missing. Cos really...

I'm listening to this, based on that Baker's Dozen. I mean, Legrand was so incredibly talented. Don't think I've ever bought a duff album. Only the other weekend I bought another copy of the Streisand album he did.

Netflix in November youtu.be/0xWuVI9ctvU?...

Weather appropriate (ish). Small group sessions inspired by big bands, an idea from a Stanley Turrentine Basie album. Old fashioned stuff, maybe. But, good start.

Dory Langdon The Leprechauns Are Upon Me. Croydon Municipal reissue 2013. Vocal jazz, more Beverly Kenney than say Helen Merrill. Sometimes, she plays it straight. Other times, off the wall. Fabulous album.

One of the best quids I've spent this year. NP

NP Jump for Joy indeed!