Thursday, July 31, 2014

I remember taking Fairport’s album Unhalfbricking into a music lesson and having either Autopsy or Who Knows Where The Time Goes dismissed out-of-hand by Bruce Pullen, the music master. They both remain particular favourites of mine to this day. I’ve only just discovered a beautiful version of WKWTTG by one of my favourite singers, Kate Rusby. But I’ve never understood why – or how – Bruce was unable to see any worth in the song, or songs.

I remember Kate Rusby’s fan.

I remember Tom Paxton singing Jennifer's Rabbit, which I had on a live LP, (having just checked the album was called The Compleat Tom Paxton [1971]), and which I took to be a personal favourite because that was the name of my little bitty sister.

I remember a VCR engineer who had cassettes of BBC bloopers which were unavailable anywhere else. And then along came It’ll Be All Right On The Night, and DVD extras.