| I suppose my first realisation that music
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| | screens of today. To say we were spoilt
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| was something more relevant than learning
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| | for choice is not to overwork a phrase.I
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| the words to carols for the school
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| | haven't even mentioned the many folk
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| Christmas concert was appreciating my
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| | clubs sprinkled about which I visited
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| Dad's collection of 78s'. He was a man
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| | with my friend Lucy as a guest singing
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| with unusual tastes in music. My
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| | duo, where we shared stages with the
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| contemporys' parents listened to American
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| | likes of Bert Jantz, Duster Bennett, Cat
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| crooners, like Bing Crosby, Dean Martin
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| | Stevens . . We would travel to isolated
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| and the like, or the big band sounds of
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| | venues in the heart of the Berkshire
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| the day.But my Dad had individual tastes
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| | countryside and find ourselves in a barn
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| which included Eastern European folk
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| | somewhere, with people sitting on hay
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| music, Scottish bagpipe ballads and Welsh
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| | bales and listening to the stirring
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| miners choirs; plus my first introduction
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| | voices and lyrics of Sandy Denny, Davy
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| to classical such as exciting pieces like
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| | Graham and John Remborne, or even the
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| Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance".My
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| | Wurzels (bring your own cider!).If you
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| Mother, a dedicated Crosby fan, disliked
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| | wanted to dance, but strictly not
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| these strange sounds to the extent that
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| | ballroom, you could stomp the night away
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| she banished any playing of the
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| | at a selection of 'trad jazz' clubs.
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| 'caterwauling' to our barn, a large
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| | Bands of various styles were always on
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| wooden structure at the back of the
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| | tap; Dick Morrisey, the aforementioned
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| house. This suited my Dad, and me, just
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| | Ken Collier, Acker Bilk; It really was a
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| fine.He would mend bikes and tinker with
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| | golden age for live music of every kind.
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| machinery in one corner, while I would
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| | And it didn't cost an arm and a leg to
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| curl up on a battered leather sofa
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| | indulge yourself. If we paid more than a
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| looking at pictures in old movie
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| | couple of quid to get in we felt hard
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| magazines, giggling at jokes in back
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| | done by. Even special occasions, like
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| copies of Lilliput and reading girlie
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| | seeing the Who or Cream at the
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| type books (Little Women, Black Beauty
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| | Hammersmith Odeon were cheap at the
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| etc.) while the haunting strains of
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| | price.Wherever we hung out with our mates
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| Bulgarian womens' voices, Highland airs
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| | there was music. This was the age of the
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| or the overwhelming sound of Welshmen
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| | coffee bar, always with a juke box in the
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| giving it their all emanated from the old
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| | corner belting out such classics as 'Dock
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| wind up gramaphone; memories are made of
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| | on the Bay', or Buddy Holly's latest or
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| this.Musically I've come full circle.
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| | Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Biaz;
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| With the increasing popularity of 'world
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| | where to stop! Before the fashion for
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| music' I am, once again, enjoying
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| | 'personalised music' (catered for firstly
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| Bulgarian women's harmonies and Welsh
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| | by the Walkman and now in it's newest
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| folk songs along with the exciting
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| | incarnation, the ipod) the latest tunes
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| newcomers from African and Latin American
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| | brought like minds together. A normal
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| roots.Every generation, mostly, think
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| | Saturday outing was to the local record
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| that they have experienced the 'best'
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| | shop where friends would crowd into a
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| period of topical music, but I do feel
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| | booth together to hear the latest in the
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| that the sixties were a special case.
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| | 'charts'.Maybe it was all just 'fashion'
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| Consider this; any weekend my friends and
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| | but, as the years race by, that sixties
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| I had a difficult decision to make. Did
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| | music has stood the test of time. Many of
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| we go 'up town' to Ken Colliers to see
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| | our heroes are still household names. Our
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| American blues stars like Big Bill
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| | children still appreciate such giants as
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| Broonzy or jazz giants like Dizzy
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| | Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and Otis
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| Gillespie; or perhaps to the Marquee or
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| | Redding. The likes of Paul Weller, Rod
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| 100 Club to listen to the up and coming
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| | Stewart, the Rolling Stones still tour
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| Britishers like Paul Weller in the Jam,
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| | all over the world. Am I showing my age
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| Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds and
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| | when I find it hard to appreciate modern
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| Georgie Fame with the All Stars.Or did we
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| | day offerings? Of course I am but no more
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| stay closer to home and go to the Riki
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| | than any other person who has let music
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| Tik in Windsor and risk asphyxiation in
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| | into their life.From the moment the first
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| the tiny room listening to an exciting
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| | cave man (or woman) discovered how to
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| new group called the Rolling Stones. And
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| | make musical 'sounds' from reeds or
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| that was only the start; what about
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| | rocks, water or wood, we have enjoyed the
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| Osterley where you could hear John Lee
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| | privilege of a great gift. How to explain
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| Hooker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and
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| | the catch at the back of the throat when
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| any number of other Southern American
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| | we hear a familiar song or melody? How to
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| blues stars; or Windsor Drill hall where,
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| | describe the pure feeling of exhilaration
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| on a Friday night you could enjoy the
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| | and joy as many human voices come
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| best of Cyril Davies and the All Stars,
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| | together to sing some particularly
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| which usually featured one of my
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| | uplifting work. I dare anyone to say they
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| favourites, Long John Baldry.And, if you
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| | have never felt that. And if some
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| were willing to risk parental wrath, it
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| | hardened souls insist that is the case;
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| had to be Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, a
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| | well I feel very sorry for them.Fabio
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| den of iniquity where you could hear the
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| | whiles away the hours in his Tuscan villa
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| best of new rhythm and blues; smell
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| | writing and enjoys plying his trade
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| strange substances burning in the air and
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| | especially on the Internet. He enjoys his
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| where I first encountered psychadelia in
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| | music and often visits Quality Original
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| the shape of Pink Floyd whose innovative
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| | Recordings where you can find a fine
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| light shows of coloured lava lamp blobs
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| | selection of rare imports. You can reach
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| popping and forming ever different shapes
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| | him here: Internet Traffic and Brand
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| were the precursor of the giant video
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| | Building.
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