R.I.P. Floppy Disk FLOPPY DISK, the palm-sized magnetic data storage device, is whirring its last goodbye. Fondly known as "diskette", the floppy disk became a...
Hi Folks, Do you think I'm brave, nuts or just plain stupid I've just taken the lease for my office, suite 13 on April 1st......doomed to failure or what :-) ...
Keith, Loved your quote "Alas, the floppy is now a stiff" Sorry Alan H, Apple banished the floppy a couple of years ago, so Dell is only following, not...
Didn't I read somewhere today that the iMac is now an excomputer. Never did like the garish thing anyway. Bring back the Atari STe is what I say - launched a...
... Well, time will tell Rob, but full marks for having the guts to take a gamble, personally I think you are nuts, but then you must be to support Forest:-) ...
... I actually rode into Birmingham too late. It seems they roll up the streets quite early, not to mention I lost a lot of time getting lost. I did find a...
LYELL1@...
Apr 1, 2003 11:22 pm
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Having just come back from a week's holiday in Tenerife, in which on one of the local english radio stations, they played Poor Boys Blues, I couldn't believe...
Hi folks I'm just de-lurking to ask if anyone knows why the legendary Manchester-based indie producer, the late Martin Hannett (aka Martin Zero) gets a credit...
Terry Luck
terry@...
Apr 2, 2003 10:19 pm
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... 1st......doomed ... 13 is my lucky number! try thinking of it like that....I see the Americanization of the UK is almost complete, there were no "suites" ...
... Hey Lyell, did you go on a horse? It seems they roll up the streets ... Forget my post re Americanization, looks like everything still closes at 5.. Kev W...
Well, we are starting to drift a bit, aren't we, so I shall make the effort and find something to say about the TOTF - Eden unobtainable. Actually I think it...
Two pretty similar versions available on the remastered first album. The second wisely dispenses with the strummy guitar intro. An interesting rather than a...
Well, What can I say....not one of their more memorable efforts is it?. You can see why it was overlooked and only saw the light of day for the benefit of the...
Rob Good luck. Having always worked from home, I think it's the hardest thing ... I'm so easily distracted!! Re Eden - it's ok, Liked the track before better! ...
Paula @ amazing faces
paula@...
Apr 4, 2003 6:07 am
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Last night I saw a band called Bandersnatch at a folk club in Droylsden, Manchester. I had a brief chat with the band's lead singer, and in the course of our...
... could ... line- Excellent question Martin, and not as easy as it sounds, up until a few weeks ago you could have had the Bee gees, does that count? Mind...
Hi I was having a look through a local record shops 2nd hand vinyl section and came across quite a few Moody Blues albums, I ended up with A Question of...
Thats all of the core 7 apart from In Search of the Lost Chord Seventh Sojourn is interesting because Pinder switched from Mellotron to Chamberlin and the...
Hi Rob. The 7 "core" Moody Blues albums are the ones with Mike Pinder on the Mellotron. You have 6 out of the 7. The only one you are missing is "In Search...
Rob: The "core" Moody Blues albums are also known as the "first seven gems." You have six of the seven; In Search of the Lost Chord is the one you are missing....
D Loucks
amarok@...
Apr 4, 2003 8:12 pm
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Oops. Typo. That should be "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour." Doug...
D Loucks
amarok@...
Apr 4, 2003 8:18 pm
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There are several Mellotrons on "Seventh Sojourn" too--including a Mellotron 300 (like Woolly's)--the latter gives a more convincing sound than the Mark 1 or...
Thanks for that chaps, I'll look out for the 'lost chord' there's a record fair locally at the end of the month, perhaps I'll be lucky. I'll probably end up...
Yes Doug One of my friends has the originals and the first two have gatefold sleeves where the disc goes in at the fold (like an envelope) There is a hole in...
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