Sometimes I just like to “Take Five”.
It’s a form of therapy that works for me.
Maybe it can work for you too!
Namaste!
Jim
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@ManjiB , love this and an appreciator of this too
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To use an old fashioned statement, Groovy man!!
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@Jbob - I have never heard this live version of Time is Tight, but I have loved this track since I heard it as “backing track” to the Top 30 Singles chart run down from the 1970s. On Radio 1, Tuesdays at 1pm on my school lunch break I used to religiously listen to this presented by (the now late) Johnnie Walker. At the same time, during a music class at school, the teacher played a piece of classical music and asked if anyone knew what it was. One of the pupils responded by saying it sounded like the theme tune to the BBC’s coverage of Test Match Cricket (not sure they had One Day cricket in them days) and of course that music was “Soul Limbo” by Booker T and the MGs which is another fantastic track. Later “Green Onions” recharted (I believe).
There are many wonderful instrumentals and I must mention “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams which again came to my attention as it was used by regional ITV program This Is Your Right, broadcast by Granada Television.
Though not an instrumental as such, I also remember loving the “Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)” song by Mountain as theme to Weekend World. And we musn’t forget “Whole Lotta Love” which was a theme tune to Top of the Pops which used to be watched by many at 7pm on Thursday nights. It was only later in life I came to know these tidbits but I used to love the music before I knew it’s history as explained above.
Wow yr memory is incredible….i have never been able to remember tunes or lyrics, its not a stroke thing….nice skill to have
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@ManjiB that’s a whole lot of music history before I was born. I blame my parents because we rarely watched TV in our house growing up.
Always loved music and still do and go down so many musical worm holes at times. I was also very lucky to grow up friends with a local radio legend Tiger Tim Stevens nephew . I got dropped by my mates and his older brother and his mates took me under their wing and in that group was the DJ’s nephew who’d frequently get us tickets to see upcoming local bands to include Lloyd Cole and tgr Commotion’s, Big Country,Simple Minds and so many more. I then lived next door to a band member from The Soup Dragons/ BMX Bandits/ Kaptain Amerika depending on who was in or out the band they eventually became Teenage Fanclub.
The stories they had are amazing and have signed iconic photos of them and Kurt Cobain from Reading Festival in the early 90’s.
The best story is one of them still lived at his parents between tour date’s. When Nirvana were recording Nevermind, his dad got a call from the album producer at an ungodly hour duet time difference and firstly slammed the phone down, second call in a broad Scottish dad roar told him to eff off. There was a third call and the song Nirvana wanted to cover made it onto the album.
Sorry for the essay, should have covered Sun records history as well as early rap artists deliberately using samples of Penny contract recordings so families eventually got their dues a lifetime later.
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Fascinating to hear all this…my late partner was a drummer and something of a musicologist…he read 3 newspapers a day and was always always asking me to send off for cd s (that dates us!) that he had read reviews about. I was left with a lot of obscure stuff, I should have kept them really, are cd s making a come back? My only claim to fame is that I was chatted up by David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust at a concert when I was a teenager….Mick Ronson pulled him away saying there’s no time for that!
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