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City Hall

Sheffield, England

February 2nd 1976

Remastered audience recording.

The last tour to feature the original fab-four.

They lean heavily on their, then new, 'How Dare You?' L.P.

which is fine by me, as many of those great songs were never played again.

'How Dare You?' was probably their most ambitious album.

With 'Une Nuit à Paris' also in the set it's a quite demanding show.

Unfortunately the encore (Rubber Bullets) is missing.

There is occasional localised talking around the taper.

Wherever possible (between songs) I edited those out.

The usual banter seems a little more bitter here.

I suspect they knew the break-up would happen after the tour.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Lazy Ways

02 Art for Art's Sake

03 Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby

04 The Worst Band in the World

05 The Second Sitting for the Last Supper

06 Old Wild Men

07 Iceberg

08 Don't Hang Up

Disc 2

01 Head Room

02 The Sacro-Iliac

03 I'm Mandy Fly Me

04 I Wanna Rule the World

05 The Wall Street Shuffle

06 I'm Not in Love

07 Une Nuit à Paris

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

and Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

I've always loved Lewis Carroll's Alice books.

They terrified me as a child and fascinated me as an adult.

Sometimes I just dip in and read a favourite chapter.

'Wool and Water' is the best description of trippin' ever!

My treasured copy was given to my eldest brother in 1956.

I can't remember a time when it wasn't around.

It's seen better days as you can see.

I thought I'd celebrate it's 70th birthday

by sharing some of Philip Gough's wonderful illustrations.

Many of them are weird and unsettling

but that Jabberwocky one gave me nightmares when I was a kid :)

"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised,

that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English)

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Titus

Blue Öyster Cult

Palais des Sports

Paris, France

February 13th 1989

Remastered audience recording.

The Imaginos tour hits the French capital.

Support was provided by Patrick Rondat who drops in on Roadhouse Blues.

I saw them a month later in Manchester:

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Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/RU Ready 2 Rock

02 Dominance and Submission

03 E.T.I.

04 I am the One You Warned Me Of

05 Harvester of Eyes

06 Buck's Boogie

07 Astronomy

08 Take Me Away

09 In the Presence of Another World

10 Flaming Telepaths

Disc 2

01 Veteran of the Psychic Wars

02 ME262

03 Joan Crawford

04 Burnin' for You

05 Godzilla

06 (Don't Fear) The Reaper

07 This Ain't the Summer of Love

08 Golden Age of Leather

09 The Red and the Black

10 Roadhouse Blues

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Night of the Demon (1957)

The classic film adaption of M.R. James' 'Casting the Runes'.

In her 1985 song 'Hounds of Love' Kate Bush used a sound clip from the film

featuring the line, "it's in the trees, it's coming!".

This copy includes optional subtitles

in English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

So Yes. Oui, Ναί, Si, Sim and...erm...Sí again. 

regards

Titus

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Titus

The Clash

Capitol Theatre

Passaic, New Jersey

March 8th 1980

Remastered FM.

Compiled from two sources and patched where necessary.

I took a missing piece of 'Clampdown' from the Chicago 1979 recording.

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Titus

01 Clash City Rockers

02 Brand New Cadillac

03 Safe European Home

04 Jimmy Jazz

05 London Calling

06 Guns of Brixton

07 Train in Vain

08 White Man in Hammersmith Palais

09 Koka Kola/I Fought the Law

10 Spanish Bombs

11 Police & Thieves

12 Stay Free

13 Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad

14 Wrong 'Em Boyo

15 Clampdown

16 Janie Jones/Complete Control

17 Armagideon Time */English Civil War

18 Garageland

19 Bank Robber*

20 Tommy Gun

* with Mikey Dread

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Yeah, we believe you Charlie.

I've never been a fan of the Royal family.

The concept of inherited privilege at the taxpayers expense sticks in my craw.

Like a fishbone to the Queen Mother.

Camilla Parker bowls.

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Titus

Cecil Taylor Unit

Antioch College

Yellow Springs, Ohio

April 3rd 1971

Remastered FM.

This post was inspired by a Mike L. comment.

Cecil Percival Taylor was a classically trained pianist.

A pioneer of free-jazz and occasional poet.

It's a great recording but their relentless approach to jamming

may not be to everyone's taste? :)

This band throws caution to the wind.

Frank Zappa might well have dismissed it as "noodling".

file under: Extreme Jazz Improv.

'Yellow Springs' sounds like an Australian chardonnay.

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Titus

Part 1 (61:41)

Part 2 (44:55)

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The friends of Jeffery Epstein (just a small selection)

Veteran rocker Sir Mick Jagger seeking satisfaction?

Magician David Copperfield.

I bet he wishes he could make that photo disappear.

Sir Richard Branson.

Never liked him.

Jacko (quelle surprise!)

He's bad. We knew it.

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Titus

Pink Floyd

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

April 29th 1970

Remastered soundboard.

The Floyd at their psychedelic best.

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Titus

Disc 1

01 Grantchester Meadows

02 Astronomy Domine

03 Cymbaline

04 Atom Heart Mother

05 Embryo

Disc 2

01 Green is the Colour

02 Careful with that Axe, Eugene

03 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

04 A Saucerful of Secrets

05 Interstellar Overdrive

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You gotta be kidding me!

See...nothing to worry about...right?

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Titus

I can see right through her lies if that's what 'Transparency Warrior' means.

Where does Trump find these demonic harpies?

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Titus

Heart

California Jam II

Ontario Motor Speedway, CA

March 18th 1978

Remastered broadcast (maybe TV?)

I'm trying to cut down on America-bashing so here's a band as American as apple pie!

(Apple pie originated in England,

with the first known recipes appearing around the 14th century...Ed.)

Scheiße!

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Titus

01 Sylvan Song

02 Dream of the Archer

03 Love Alive

04 Heartless

05 White Lightning & Wine

06 Kick it Out

07 Silver Wheels

08 Dreamboat Annie

09 Mistral Wind

10 Little Queen

11 Devil Delight

12 Magic Man

13 Barracuda

14 Crazy on You

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The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Roman Polanski's take on the Transylvanian legend.

It's had various titles:

Dance of the Vampires (UK)/Tanz der Vampire (Germany)

The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck

(later, thankfully, shortened to The Fearless Vampire Killers)

The film co-starred the enchanting Sharon Tate.

Tate and Polanski were married in Chelsea, London, on January 20th 1968.

On August 9th 1969 Sharon Tate (aged 26) and four others were murdered

by members of the Manson Family in the home she shared with Polanski who was away.

She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant.

In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.

As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty

to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor.

In 1978, after learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal

and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris.

A number of other women have later accused Polanski

of raping them when they were teenagers.

An Interpol red notice was issued for his arrest, and he rarely leaves France.

In 1979, Polanski gave a controversial interview with novelist Martin Amis

in which, discussing the case, he said 

"If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see?

But fucking, you see, and the young girls.

Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls.

Everyone wants to fuck young girls!"

So Polanski is a flawed genius to put it mildly.

His comments in the 79 interview have unnerving parallels

to Epstein and his high-rollin' friends.

I love many Polanski films but it's always disheartening

when the personal lives of people you admire turn out to be abhorrent.

I choose to separate the art from the artist.

Some of Hitler's paintings are not bad :)

regards

Titus

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Flights of fancy...

"International tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) grew by 4% in 2025,

as most destinations worldwide posted solid results.

According to the first World Tourism Barometer of the year,

an estimated 1.52 billion international tourists

were recorded globally in 2025, almost 60 million more than in 2024.

The US experienced a drop in foreign visitors (around 6%) and international spending,

making it an outlier among nations seeing global tourism booms.

Perceived 'America First' policies, tariffs, and increased border scrutiny 

negatively affected traveller confidence, particularly from Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Tourism from Denmark to the USA experienced a significant decline in 2025,

with figures dropping by approximately 19% to 25% compared to 2024.

Canadian travel to the US in 2025 dropped significantly,

with an estimated 22.9 million trips, a 28% decrease from 31.9 million in 2024.

International visitor spending in the United States

is projected to drop to approximately $169 billion in 2025,

a significant $12 billion decrease from $181 billion in 2024."

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Titus

Progglådan Box C: Folkprogg & Sjungande låtskrivare

(folk progg & singing songwriters)

CD 306

Norrlåtar/Ramlösa Kvällar

Norrlåtar were a Swedish folky ensemble.

Their fiddle-led sound is reminiscent of traditional Irish music

and I'm sure they would go down well in any Irish pub

if they quickened the pace more often. :)

Ramlösa Kvällar were a short-lived Samlas spin off

which included Lars Hollmer and Coste Apetrea.

They mostly play arrangements of traditional pieces.

Super talented and great sax from Ulf Wallander.

regards

Titus

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box-set artwork

The IQ second division.

Let's face it, if you're below 100 it ain't good.

To be fair, countries with civil unrest, political turmoil

and an oppressive government are at a distinct disadvantage

so maybe we should give the USA a break :)

Poor showing by the lazy/idiotic UK.

At least we beat Germany!

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Titus

Todd Rundgren and Utopia

One Block West

Kansas City, MO

October 17th 1978

Remastered FM.

Culled from two sources.

Rod Tungsten and the boys doin' thar thang in Kansa City!

First minute is a bit ropey but I tried to mitigate that as much as possible.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Real Man

02 It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference

03 Love of the Common Man

04 Trapped

05 Abandon City

06 The Verb "to Love"

07 The Seven Rays

08 Can We Still Be Friends

09 The Death of Rock and Roll

Disc 2

01 You Cried Wolf

02 Gangrene

03 A Dream Goes on Forever

04 Black Maria

05 Eastern Intrigue/Initiation

06 Couldn't I Just Tell You

07 Hello It's Me (cuts in)

08 Just One Victory

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Mr. Vampire (1985)

Reposted from October 2021

This Chinese film is an old favourite of mine and a classic example of the jiangshi genre.

A fantasy mix of horror, comedy and martial arts.

It's success led to a franchise/sequels but none of them lived up to the prototype.

English subtitles are included for those of you who are not as fluent as I am in Cantonese.

(我嘅上帝 ...Ed.)

regards

Titus

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