Fairport were outstanding in Harrogate, the other night. We had a slightly different setlist to other nights on the tour, with Banbury Fair being dropped in favour of Moondust & Solitude which was aired as a tribute to the Artemis space flight. Didn't mind too much. I like both songs.

Other highlights included Ye Mariners All, Spring Song, Claudy Banks, Flowers Of The Forest and, of course, Sloth, which continues to go from strength to strength. If fairness though, the setlist was strong thoughout & the band was in top form.

I'm  looking forward to it

Come on peeps, you know you want to... (not as good, but not as bad as people will tell you it is)

Air Supply, tomorrow night in nearby Cedar Park, Texas!

Thinking about this one. “Lost in Love” is undeniably genius, but I’m not really familiar with the rest of their catalog. I believe they are on their 50th anniversary tour, so not many more tours on the horizon.

Worth hearing for Ships w/ Sails alone - one of my top 10 Doors tracks. It's magnificent.

Jules

So you don't like Jim, but you like an album that's even more Jim than the regular Doors albums, and your favourite Doors album is an album where Ray Manzarek tries to sing like Jim? OK.  

Jules

I was always tempted to buy Other Voices on viny, because it was a regular in the cutout bins in the mid to late 70's at bargain prices
It's probably £30+ if it's had a reissue , or much more for a crackly original vinyl , but having never heard The Doors without Jim , I will give it a go on the internet for free .....do you not remember staring at an LP sleeve in a record store trying to work out if it's worth the investment , even at £1.50, maybe based on something you'd heard on John Peel once
Now it's try before you buy - just a click of a mouse away after an advert or 3

First time seeing Martin Stephenson and the Daintees. Had only known him from the early albums and Best Of, so it was a bit of a surprise that he was so idiosyncratic- lots of non sequiturs and stream of consciousness. Could have played so many more songs than he did! Still, very much a one off and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Great guitarist too - Gary Dunn?

The man's incorrigible! He's working on an Archie Fisher boxset, too I believe.

Thanks Andy!