Unthought of, though, somehow

A legend, photographed with another legend. Perhaps it's an example of where I went wrong, business-wise, with my record shop, but one d...

March 25th - the date was naggingly familiar, but for a while I couldn't put my finger on exactly why. And then I remembered. It was on ...

One of the fringe benefits of staying with a relative whilst on holiday, is that one doesn't have to cart unnecessary luggage halfway ar...

The 40th anniversary of the beginning of my record shop career slipped quietly by in December. I wrote in some detail about that period of ...

In the summer of 1980, following the release of their third LP 'Way & Bar', John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett headed out on ...

My family moved out of London in 1975 and wouldn't you know it, no sooner was I was safely away up the A12, than lots of exciting stu...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  Though it might initially appear an extravagance, a trip to see my cou...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  Dad drops by to see if there's any Frank Sinatra records in th...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.   Promotional bits and bobs. The ridiculous amounts of stuff that record ...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  A handy aspect of running a record shop based in such a small town was...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  Real gone goatee. One last turn behind the mic, 1997. Large Virgin ...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  I had helping hands in the shop every now and then, but for the maj...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  Belting out 'Powderfinger' and 'Mr Soul' during a Nei...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far. A while ago, I wrote a bit about about a band I and a couple of mates pu...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  In September 1993, Virgin Records chose Madame Tussauds in London as t...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  The album launch. Venues would vary from record company to record company ...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  The dream was to own a record shop with an attached small label and pu...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far. A few words about the title of my business. I was the third (and final)...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  My shop was located in a town that's a little off the beaten track...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  My predecessor had certainly made a good job of running down his busin...