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I have it on LP (Epic S EPC 86025). Think I picked it up cheap somewhere. Haven't played it much - it's a bit too smooth for my tastes, I prefer Beck when he is more bluesy rock 'n roll.
You may like it however, but don't be too disappointed if you are outbid.
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I trust your judgement Barry. Plenty of other records and CDs out there that need buyingI don't tend to be disappointed much when I don't win an auction, but often I am after I win
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I've just played side 1, and have to say I haven't changed my opinion. Will play Side 2 tomorrow, after I have cut the grass.
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That could be a good advertising slogan: "More interesting than mowing the lawn"
18 April 1985: Wham! become the first western pop act to release an album in China. And they have been exacting their revenge ever since.
18 April 1906: San Francisco earthquake and fire kills 4,000 and destroys 75% of the city.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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19 April 1587
Sir Francis Drake sailed to Cadiz and sank the Spanish fleet, an act known as 'singeing the King of Spain's beard'.
19 April 1775
In Lexington, the opening shot was fired - by a British General - in the American War of Independence. This was the shot 'heard around the world'.
19 April 1882
Biologist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution revolutionised scientific thinking, died at the age of 73.
19 April 1987
The Simpsons premiered as a short cartoon on the Tracy Ullman Show.
Birthdays:
Alan Price, musician, 82
Tim Curry, actor, 78
Ruby Wax, comedienne, 71
Sue Barker, sports broadcaster, 68
Kelly Holmes, athlete, 54.
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22 April 1838
British packet steamer Sirius became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic to New York from England.
22 April 1943
The printing of British £1,000 notes was discontinued.
22 April 1969
Yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson sailed into Falmouth to complete his 312-day non-stop round-the-world voyage.
Birthdays:
Jack Nicholson, actor, 87
John Waters, film director, 78
Peter Frampton, rock singer, 74
Machine Gun Kelly, rapper, 34.
Barry
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Happy birthday Jack!Originally Posted by Barry
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Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
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"Nic nic nic"!
Barry
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I'm Steve.
"Indians!"
Today 1968: Shillings and two shilling (florin iirc) coins are the first to go with decimalisation bringing us 5p and 10p coins.
Also 23 April is the national day of England, and the Feast of St. George. Not that anyone in this country is bothered about that, we're far too busy to be spending the day drinking beer.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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23 April 1616
William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on what has traditionally been regarded as the 52nd anniversary of his birth in 1564.
23 April 1898
Spain declared war on the US, which responded in kind two days later.
23 April 2020
US president Donald Trump noted that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on Covid-19 and wondered aloud during a White House press conference whether they could be injected into people. (How stupid can you get?
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