Stupid attention gathering headline but it's actually quite an interesting programme I think (or looks like it will be given a news article I was reading about it yesterday).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0032qmb

Here's the article (unpaywalled) https://archive.is/CB3sZ

Hopefully, one day, somebody will answer as to why so many (particularly American) Deadheads are right wing.  I suspect it's that RW/Utilitarian crossover point, but what do I know...

I literally don't know what to do with the "I have no time for the Beatles" bit.  It's utterly meaningless to me.  I bet a large percentage of the people whose music you have time for had an awful lot of time for the Beatles themselves?  

Just hope he hasn’t come back before he is properly better… and that if it was a virus that it hasn’t been spread to any of the other boys… or audience.

Virus illnesses can be very nasty 😥

Tonight's R4   Archive Hour is entitled:

The Grateful Dead are More Important than the Beatles.

Some  folk will know I have no time for Beatles, so I can afford a little smile.

Tonight's Archive Hour on radio 4 is entitled:

The Grateful Dead are More Important than the Beatles.

Well,  there we are then .  🙂

He was back tonight, apparently.

Awful though to be missing bits of the tour.

That's interesting- limited CD release before.  Yes, final tour.

Just a virus, isn't it?  There's a lot of it about...

Does anyone know what is the matter with Ric at the moment?

He has missed two autumn tour shows after his doctor had told him to stay at home.

I believe the live recordings are those that were included with the Rhino double CD reissue of Shoot Out The Lights a few years ago. Taken from the infamous final US tour.

It looks as if Talking Elephant are re-releasing Red and Gold, with a couple of (presumably period) bonus live tracks. [Edit - I see that David has also mentioned this in the Fairport chatter thread]