Twisted Nerve (1968)

Another classic film from the archives.

Starring Hywel Bennett (surely his career defining role?)

Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw, Phyllis Calvert and Frank Finlay

all combine with Hywel to make for a wonderful cast.

Never has whistling been so haunting.

It was controversial in it's day.

Following complaints a voice-over was added:

In view of the controversy already aroused,

the producers of this film wish to re-emphasise

what is already stated in the film,

that there is no established scientific connection

between mongolism and psychotic or criminal behaviour.

Ironically even the term 'mongolism' became unacceptable.

Before that I believe 'Mongolian idiot' was used.

So 'mongolism' was actually an upgrade!

The condition is now normally referred to as Down/Down's Syndrome.

regards

Titus

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John Cale & Guests

Philharmonie de Paris

Paris, France 

April 3rd 2016

To compliment the DVD version I posted previously

here is the full Paris concert compiled from two sources and remastered.

It has two extra songs.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 I'm Waiting for the Man

02 European Son (with The Libertines)

03 Lady Godiva's Operation (with Saul Williams)

04 All Tomorrow's Parties (with Mark Lanegan)

05 Venus in Furs

06 I'll Be Your Mirror (with Étienne Daho)

07 The Gift

Disc 2

01 There She Goes Again (with Animal Collective)

02 Sunday Morning

03 White Light/White Heat (with The Libertines)

04 Femme Fatale (with Lou Doillon)

05 Black Angel's Death Song (with Mark Lanegan)

06 Run Run Run (with The Libertines)

07 Heroin (with Saul Williams)

08 Sister Ray (with all)

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As we follow the German tradition here at Luxor Towers

the presents shall be opened tonight.

I've asked for ANY Blue Öyster Cult T shirt. I wonder what I'll get?

They are all expecting to be fed so I have to make a buffet later.

Best wishes to those dear readers

for whom this time of year has some kind of significance.

regards

Titus

Blue Öyster Cult

Arcada Theatre

St. Charles, Illinois.

April 24th 2015

Remastered audience recording.

Shit...did this ages ago and when I open the text file

it just says "Remastered audience recording".

What sort of bollocks is that?

I hope it's good.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/Od'd on Life Itself

02 Burnin' for You

03 Career of Evil

04 Harvester of Eyes

05 Shooting Shark

06 Buck's Boogie

07 Me262

Disc 2

01 (Then Came) The Last Days of May

02 Godzilla

03 Buck's Noodle/(Don't Fear) The Reaper

04 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

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We always had lots of seasonal decorations when I was growing up.

Paper streamers/things that unfolded into exotic shapes.

Cards on special strings with special little plastic pegs

to keep them in place. a tree of course and balloons!

When I was around 4 or 5 years old I was terrified by 'Rover'.

Rover was the guard/sentry featured in 'The Prisoner' TV series.

Just a big white balloon really...but the fucker could smother you!

At Christmas one of my older brothers would take great delight

in blowing up all the white balloons to their maximum size

which made me cry and earned him a clip 'round the ear from Dad.

Happy days :)

regards

Titus

Kraan

Tränenpalast

Berlin, Germany

October 10th 2001

Remastered audience recording.

Some pre-Krimbo Kraan for y'all.

Typically chatty German crowd at times but it's not bad.

The band are on fire as usual.

Fearsome bass solo from Helmut.

Very interesting venue with a painful history.

The term Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) is derived from the tearful partings

that took place in front of the building between western visitors

and East German residents who were not permitted to travel to West Berlin.

Bitte Ihre Unterlagen!

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/Andy Nogger

02 Berliner Ring/Yaqui Yagua

03 Vollgas Ahoi

04 Let's Take a Ride/Holiday am Marterhorn

05 band intros/Dinner for Two

06 Hallo Ja Ja, I Don't Know

Disc 2 

01 Borgward

02 Silky Way

03 bass solo

04 Nam Nam

05 Jerk of Life

06 Let it Out

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Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan

Episode 34

This episode is a two hour special on the theme of Xmas and New Year.

Quite by chance it is appearing here right on cue.

A welcome seasonal alternative to Slade, Wizzard and George Michael.

regards

Titus

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John Mayer

Bud Light Bar Dive Tour

The Echo

Los Angeles, California

July 26th 2017

Remastered webcast audio.

Mayer has been romantically involved

with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly,

Jennifer Aniston, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift.

regards

Titus

01 Helpless

02 Belief

03 Moving On and Getting Over

04 Who Says?

05 Love on the Weekend

06 Who Did You Think I Was?

07 In the Blood

08 Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

09 Dear Marie

10 Waiting on the World to Change

11 On & On (Erykah Badu cover with Alessia Cara)

12 Stay (Zedd & Alessia Cara cover with Alessia Cara)

13 Gravity (with Alessia Cara)

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B.B. King

Capital Radio Jazz Festival

Alexandra Palace

London, England

July 21st 1979

Remastered FM.

Medium quality.

B.B. with a ten piece band live at the Ally Pally.

regards

Titus

01 How Blue Can You Get?

02 Caledonia

03 instrumental

04 When it All Comes Down

05 I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone

06 All Over Again

07 The Thrill is Gone

08 instrumental

09 Same Old Story (Same Old Song)

10 Never Make a Move Too Soon/outro

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth today.

It was approximately 170 million miles (274km) away

...so almost twice the distance to the sun.

When it was discovered in Jupiter's orbit, the interstellar comet

was moving at about 137,000 mph (221,000 kph).

Since then, 3I/ATLAS has continued to move along its predicted (hyperbolic) path.

Under the influence of the Sun's gravity, its speed, as expected, increased,

reaching 153,000 mph (246,000 kph) at perihelion – its closest approach to the Sun.

Now, as it moves away from the Sun, the comet's speed, as expected,

is decreasing as it continues to be affected by the Sun's gravitational pull.

When the comet leaves the Solar System, it will be moving at the same speed as it entered.

There's a few facts.

Not to be confused with any bullshit from Avi Loeb or other self-interested actors.

The actual science is fascinating enough.

regards

Titus

Peter Green - Man of the World DVD (2009)

BBC 4 overview of the legend with remastered audio.

Very interesting for fans of Peter/early Fleetwood Mac.

With contributions from Peter/Mac members and other connected parties.

Noel Gallagher also shares his thoughts...why is it always him?

regards

Titus

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John Cale & guests

Philharmonie de Paris

Paris, France 

April 3rd 2016

DVD with remastered audio.

Everyone's favourite Welshman ably accompanied by a range of guests

including those lovely lads from The Libertines.

Great show for fans of Nico/The Velvets.

regards

Titus

John Cale: vocals/viola/keyboards

Dustin Boyer: guitar/samples

Joey Maramba: bass

Deantoni Parks: drums

Guests:

Carl Barât and Pete Doherty (The Libertines): guitar/vocals

Avey Tqare, Geologist & Panda Bear (Animal Collective) : vocals/keyboards

Nick Franglen (Lemon Jelly) : keyboards/samples

Étienne Daho/Mark Lanegan/Saul Williams/Lou Doillon : vocals

String quartet: Camille Borsarello/Elsa Eger/Marine Gandon/Julien Gaben

interview

I'm Waiting for the Man

White Light/White Heat (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)

All Tomorrow's Parties (w/ Mark Lanegan)

Venus in Furs

I'll Be Your Mirror (w/ Étienne Daho)

There She Goes Again (w/ Animal Collective)

Sunday Morning

European Son (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)

Femme Fatale (w/ Lou Doillon)

Black Angel's Death Song (w/ Mark Lanegan)

Run Run Run (w/ Carl Barât and Pete Doherty)

Heroin (w/ Saul Williams)

Sister Ray (w/ all guests)

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Mike Oldfield

Stadthalle

Vienna, Austria

April 28th 1980

Remastered audience recording.

It's not in the correct running order.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Platinum (parts 1-4)

02 Punkadiddle

03 I Got Rhythm

04 Polka/Radetzky March

05 Ommadawn (part 1)

06 Incantations (parts 1-4 excerpts)

Disc 2

01 Tubular Bells (part 1)

02 Tubular Bells (part 2 excerpts)

03 Guilty

04 Blue Peter/Portsmouth

05 Punkadiddle (reprise)

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Gentle Giant

The Agora

Cleveland, OH

January 27th 1975

Reposted from January 2024.

Now with Cleveland correctly spelled on the front cover!

Another remastered FM broadcast.

Not perfect by any means.

Having said that...I have lots of Gentle Giant stuff and most are awful

...this counts amongst the better ones.

I did quite a bit of reworking including noise reduction

which may not be to everyone's taste

but the excessive hiss was off-putting to me and it had to go.

regards

Titus

01 Cogs in Cogs

02 Proclamation

03 Funny Ways

04 The Runaway

05 Experience

06 Excerpts from Octopus

07 So Sincere

08 Mr. Class & Quality/Valedictory

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Wishbone Ash

DVD with remastered audio

This is a French TV show first broadcast on January 10th 1973.

The footage is from  a gig at the Rainbow Theatre in London

which took place on November 18th 1972.

It's only 23 minutes long and we don't get the full songs

but I thought some of you might like a copy.

I've seen a few of these old 'filmed from behind the band' French TV productions

and I'm not sure why they did that.

La cendre de l'os à souhait? :)

regards

Titus

Blowin' Free

interview 1

The Pilgrim

interview 2

Phoenix

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Herr Schmitt was unhappy in Austria.

He sought a new life in America.

It took many days to travel to the coast of France.

Then a boat to England.

Schmitt had heard the southern ports were expensive, so he headed for Liverpool.

He found it was actually cheaper to cross to Ireland

and take a ship to America from there.

On arrival they wrote his name down as Smith.

To this day his descendants swear they are Irish.

regards

Titus

Pat Metheny Group

Cullen Performance Hall

University of Houston

Texas

March 27th 1981

Remastered soundboard.

Brilliant from start to finish.

I can't recommend it enough.

A beautiful document of Pat's collaboration with Lyle Mays.

Lyle is terrific and this is much more

than the 'guitar God' performance some may expect from a Metheny concert.

Guitar fans need not worry though as there's ample room

on this 150 minute show for Pat to stretch out .

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Phase Dance

02 Better Days Ahead

03 The Windup

04 James

05 Offramp

06 It's for You

07 The Bat part II

08 Ozark

09 Turnaround

Disc 2

01 Goin' Ahead/As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

02 Jaco

03 untitled/Au Lait

04 San Lorenzo)

05 (Cross the) Heartland

06 American Garage

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AC/DC 

4 O'Clock Club

Fort Lauderdale, FL

September 7th 1977

Remastered FM.

A bit rough n ready but worth a listen.

It was heavily compressed when I  got it so don't blame me!

regards

Titus

01 Live Wire

02 Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be

03 Whole Lotta Rosie

04 The Jack

05 Problem Child

06 Baby, Please Don't Go

07 Rocker

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John Lee Hooker

8th Annual Juneteenth Blues Festival

Houston, TX 

June 23rd 1984

Remastered and patched FM.

regards

Titus

01 intro

02 Too Many Women

03 I Ain't Gonna Worry About You No More

04 Boom Boom Boom Boom

05 Good Morning

06 You're So Fine

07 Worried Life Blues

08 Boogie

09 interview/outro

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Shiver me timbers!

regards

Titus

Jaco Pastorius & the Word of Mouth Big Band

Kool Jazz Festival

Avery Fisher Hall, NYC

June 27th 1982

Remastered FM.

Taken from a BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Very tasty.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/Invitation

02 The Chicken

03 Sophisticated Lady

04 Three Views of a Secret

05 Liberty City

Disc 2

01 percussion/Okonkole Y Trompa/Reza/Giant Steps/Reza

02 Mr. Fone Bone

03 Fannie Mae/outro

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The Muscle Market (1981)

Reposted from January 2021

Anyone remember Play For Today?

It was a long running series of films made for the BBC  in the 70s and 80s.

I collect them and have rarely seen a bad one.

The standard is very high and many great writers/directors etc.

launched their careers via this route.

Some films led on to full TV series follow-ons.

This is one I like a lot and it is sort of a prelude

to the celebrated Boys From The Blackstuff.

Suppose I ought to say...there is some violence in it.

regards

Titus

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Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan

Episode 33

This week Bob presents a top ten countdown

featuring tunes with a numbers theme.

In the tenth second of forever

I thought of the sea and a white yacht drifting

In the ninth second of forever

I thought of a leaf, a stone

The plastic fragment of a child's toy

In the eighth second of forever

I remembered a warm room where voices played

In the seventh second of forever

I thought of the life I would not lead

In the sixth second of forever

I saw your mouth whispering something I could not hear

In the fifth second of forever

I thought of the vermilion deserts of Mars

The jeweled forests of Venus

In the fourth second of forever

I could remember nothing that I did not love

In the third second of forever

I thought of rain against a window, I thought of the wind

In the second second of forever

I thought of the pair of broken shades lying on the tarmac

In the first and final second of forever

I thought of the long past that had led to now

And never

And never

And never

And never

regards

Titus

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Progglådan Box C: Folkprogg & Sjungande låtskrivare

(folk progg & singing songwriters)

CD 305

Lasse Tennander with Kaipa/Dan Berglund Band

Lasse Tennander is a Swedish musician, composer, lyricist and actor.

A former high school teacher, Tennander was active

in the Swedish progg (leftist) movement during the 1970s.

Here he is backed by an early incarnation of Lars Lundin's Kaipa

featuring a young Roine Stolt on lead guitar.

Interesting stuff especially when the band get to stretch out a bit

but, as usual, the Swedish lyrics/politics are lost on me.

Dan Berglund is a noted upright bass player.

In this early recording. however, Dan is playing guitar (I think)

and, presumably. singing.

It's inoffensive but rather uninspired.

regards

Titus

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box-set art

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

various artists

DVD

Here's a selection of DKRC footage with remastered audio.

All really good IMO.

Funny to see the vintage Letterman segment.

It's an old VHS transfer and it has a timecode throughout

but the overall quality is quite decent.

regards

Titus

Alice Cooper - How You Gonna See Me Now?

The Emotions - Whole Lot of Shakin'

Lenny Williams - You Got Me Running

The Emotions - Walking the Line

             - Best of My Love

David Letterman  stand-up routine

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

The Emotions - Flowers

Blondie - Denis

Lenny Williams - Cause I Love You

Rainbow - Gates of Babylon

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