Morning Rapture morning… I remain untaken, thus far… Have a top day, stay down here!

The reward for having visited the record shop over the road from this bar and for having bought some jazz, is a nice German pilsner - and the prospect of some upcoming jazz listening…

Morning Tuesday morning…

On this day in 1973, #Wizzard were at Number One in the UK singles chart with Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad). youtu.be/wNggVPi8ot8?si…

The reward for sitting in a bar for an hour while it pours outside and your team just lost 2-0 and you didn’t visit the record shop opposite the bar…

The reward for getting soaked by having trudged for an hour in the pouring rain…

Afternoon Saturday afternoon… Successful gig last night and, despite the rain, good times in Pickering this morning. Now in Scarborough for the first time since, quite possibly, 1972… It’s teeming down but who cares? Onwards…

#NP Final listen back before performing this tonight. Hoping I can do it justice in a live situation… If you’re in Yorkshire, pop along! (Yes I know Yorkshire’s quite big LOL)… cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/keepsake

#CDFriday When things are so cheap, sometimes you just can’t resist. £1.50 for the lot. 15 discs in total. Madness!

Morning Friday mornng… Looking forward to playing my new LP “Keepsake” at the Wavelength electronic music night here in Whitby… cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/keepsake

Out Now! Cloudland Blue Quartet "Keepsake" - released on the 1st anniversary of my old mum's passing, this is dedicated to her and includes excerpts from interviews carried out just before her death. Performed 19 Sept at Wavelength in Whitby cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/keepsake

possibly your best live suite yet

#OutAndAbout Live debut for “Keepsake” here in Whitby tomorrow night… cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/keepsake

Out Now! Cloudland Blue Quartet "Keepsake" - released on the 1st anniversary of my old mum's passing, this is dedicated to her and includes excerpts from interviews carried out just before her death. Performed 19 Sept at Wavelength in Whitby cloudlandbluequartet.bandcamp.com/album/keepsake

Morning Wednesday morning… #NP John Jenkins ”Complete Four Part Consort” via my Sony BlueTooths, linked for wide stereo, behind the curtains. It’s not audiophile but it’s the only hifi the Exec Producer will condone in the living room these says! Sounds great! influenced by @dancingmonk.bsky.social

Out Now! Brilliant music you've not heard....yet! Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 735 (2025 Vol 36) www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu... 7 New Releases of the Week 2 New CBQ Related Items 7 Older LPs of the Week 4 New Singles/EPs of the Week 6 Further New to the Library Items

#NP “The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974” via my two wee Sony BlueTooth speakers, linked wirelessly for wide stereo. They are behind the curtains on the window ledge. OK it’s not audiophile but it’s the closest thing to a hifi the Exec Producer will condone in the living room these says! Sounds great!

@richards7370.bsky.social #5debutalbums0004 Now up to 23 contenders...

On Friday, in Whitby, Yorkshire, at the Flowergate Hall, Doors 7:30 Entry pay what you can - I'll be performing the new CBQ LP "Keepsake" (out Thursday on Bandcamp - free to stream/name your price to download - bundle comes with a bonus Ambient Mix of the LP)... Here's information on "Keepsake"...

#5debutalbums0004 Here are sixteen, subjectively, good debuts from the five years covered in this upcoming poll...

My #NP lists, from Thursday - Sunday (11 - 14 September), in case you were wondering, which, I imagine, you weren't but, you know, everyone loves a list...

Out Now! Brilliant music you've not heard....yet! Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 735 (2025 Vol 36) www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu... 7 New Releases of the Week 2 New CBQ Related Items 7 Older LPs of the Week 4 New Singles/EPs of the Week 6 Further New to the Library Items

Looks great, always a good place to discover new music.

Out tomorrow! Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection 2025 Vol 37, with another 25 top tracks Brilliant music you've not heard....yet! Catch up here www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu... ...including your last chance to hear Vol 27, which will be replaced by Vol 37...

Morning Sunday morning... A day of "score" tweaking, performance rehearsing, podcast compiling, recording and assembling, diary writing, new music listening, old music listening, telly watching... Not necessarily in that order... I might even go outside... Enjoy the day...

"Weeping Wall", cos that's what just popped up on Shuffleplay from this lot...

#NP Forty five and a half hours on Shuffleplay...

re @richards7370.bsky.social's #5albums50s60sfinal, there can be no "best" but, these are my subjective favourites:- 1 Velvet Underground/Velvet Underground & Nico 2 John Coltrane/Ascension 3 Miles Davis/In a Silent Way 4 Isaac Hayes/Hot Buttered Soul 5 King Crimson/In the Court of the Crimson King

Afternoon, Saturday afternoon... Ideal for giving a listen to some new music you may not have hear yet...

#CDFriday 1/2 Four walls, four CDs…

Programme for Cloudland Blue Quartet Soundscape performance at Wavelength in Flowergate Hall, Whitby on 19 September. Doors at 7:30. Pay what you like. The set, a new LP "Keepsake", is out on Bandcamp 18 September, as ever, free to stream/name your price (incl. zero) to download with bonuses...

Out Now! Brilliant music you've not heard....yet! Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 735 (2025 Vol 36) www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu... 7 New Releases of the Week 2 New CBQ Related Items 7 Older LPs of the Week 4 New Singles/EPs of the Week 6 Further New to the Library Items

My #NP lists, from Sunday - Wednesday (7 - 10 September), in case you were wondering, which, I imagine, you weren't but, you know, everyone loves a list...

Morning Thursday morning... A reminder to remove your music from streaming services... Only use Bandcamp... For more weight behind this post, see this video... I just spent 40 minutes watching it. It's a horrorshow. I'm so glad I'm not involved... Have a good day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=plle...

Programme for Cloudland Blue Quartet Soundscape performance at Wavelength in Flowergate Hall, Whitby on 19 September. Doors at 7:30. Pay what you like. The set, a new LP "Keepsake", is out on Bandcamp 18 September, as ever, free to stream/name your price (incl. zero) to download with bonuses...

Initially an “uh oh” scenario but the one I already had is the original 1969 edition (bought 8 August 2015), while today’s acquisition was revised in 1975 and 1984 and reprinted in 1992. It’s all good!

A couple of books also acquired today…

1st CD purchase of September, a 5CD box of The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, celebrating Mozart back in 1989… 1/2

#OutAndAbout Took a break from “work” today (we all know making music is not work!) for a trip with the Exec Producer along the coast to a favourite town, North Berwick…

Morning Tuesday morning... Up since 5:57 working on the set for Whitby on 19 September... Creating an "ambient mix" of the set... 10 days to go... LP of the 40 minute work will be out on Bandcamp on 18 September... Now, have a top day everybody!

Yes some very nice stuff on there & a good variety as always. Of the ones that stood out for me: Opening song 2nd CBQ Romulus & Remus Hummingbird Highway Stellar Evolution – very Tangerine Dream

Out Now! Brilliant music you've not heard....yet! Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection No 735 (2025 Vol 36) www.mixcloud.com/CloudlandBlu... 7 New Releases of the Week 2 New CBQ Related Items 7 Older LPs of the Week 4 New Singles/EPs of the Week 6 Further New to the Library Items

I can relate to this...

On this day 45 years ago, I purchased Cockney Rebel's 2nd LP, "The Psychomodo" - with a token received for having maintained a diary on my then just returned from school trip to Konigssee in Bavaria... It remains a fave to this day...

My #NP lists, from Wednesday - Saturday (3 - 6 September), in case you were wondering, which, I imagine, you weren't but, you know, everyone loves a list...

Just finished recording this week's Cloudland Blue Eclectic Selection podcast and it's another cracker, which hardly any of you will ever hear but, that matters not one jot. Those who do listen know how "good" they are LOL! I feel for the rest of you big time, missing out by just never tuning in...

Working all day yesterday on my set for Wavelength on September 19 so wasn't really on here. As a consequence I've now spent over an hour going through my timeline liking the shit out of stuff you've posted. Of course I never check before liking if you've liked my stuff, cos, you know, irrelevant!

This is cool stuff. 🙃🎼🎹

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