Best wishes to Russ Ballard.

Halloween 2026 marks the legend's 81st birthday.

regards

Titus

Beat Club - episode 79

June 24th 1972

Another solid episode with a top quality range of music.

The program closes with a feature on The Rolling Stones. 

Ritchie rips it up:

The Captain's gonna Booglarize you.

(Using the appropriate protection I hope)

regards

Titus

Tucky Buzzard - Fast Bluesy Woman (are you here Raul?) :)

Deep Purple - Highway Star

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby

Frumpy (feat. Inga Rumpf) - Going to the Country

New Riders of the Purple Sage - Truck Driving Man

Don McLean - Vincent

Ashman Reynolds - Taking Off

Rory Gallagher - Pistol Slapper Blues

link

One Ham's Family (1943)

Another three little pigs inspired cartoon from the Tex Avery archives.

French or English audio option.

regards

Titus

link

Good Rats

My Father's Place

Roslyn, N.Y.

December 31st 1980

Reposted from April 2021

Another great show from the Good Rats recorded on New Year's Eve.

Mainly pre-FM but the radio station didn't broadcast/record the whole thing

so an audience source has been used to bring you the full gig.

There are a couple of cuts but now it's mostly intact.

This was the final performance by this line-up and it absolutely rocks.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro

02 Back to My Music

03 School Days

04 Cherry River

05 Takin' it to Detroit

06 Does it Make You Feel Good?

07 Mr. Mechanic

08 Victory in Space

09 Coo Coo Coo Blues

10 Tasty

11 Yellow Flower

12 Injun' Joe

13 Klash-Ka-Bob/drum solo

Disc 2

01 Just Found Me a Lady/Could Be Tonight

02 Local Zero

03 Fireball Express

04 300 Boys

05 Mean Mother Fucker

06 Reason to Kill

07 Don't Hate the Ones Who Bring You Rock n Roll

08 Icy Cold or Burning Hot

09 chat

10 Let Me

11 Gino

12 chat

13 Rock n' Roll Point of View

14 On My Way to School

15 Advertisement in the Voice

16 Rat City in Blue

17 Beat Up Rambler

link

Beat Club - episode 78

May 27th 1972

Nice episode for Deadheads.

I was never really into the Grateful Dead

but I did see Kingfish (with Bob Weir) back in 1977

when they were opening for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.

regards

Titus

Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready?

The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies

featured artist:

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode/Wee Wee Hours/Let It Rock

Grateful Dead - One More Saturday Night

The Doors (post-Jim Morrison) - Tightrope Ride

The Rolling Stones (Rialto Theatre, Montreux May 21st 1972)

- Shake Your Hips/Tumbling Dice

link

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell,

Cloud Atlas has multiple plots occurring over six eras

and features an ensemble cast who perform multiple roles

across these various time periods.

The, independently financed, film barely broke even at the box office.

It seems to have been largely German funded

including $20 million from the German government.

I really like it and, for me, it has the best performances

by most of the well known actors involved.

My work colleagues said it was weird at the time

which only confirmed that it was notable and unusual.

The time-skipping plot reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five

or Sandy Pearlman's Imaginos tale.

Optional subtitles in vasrious languages are included.

regards

Titus

link

I'm thinking of buying a small practise amp.

It won't be for practising as such, I want to use it for recording.

The one above looked interesting but I was slightly perturbed

by the tagline "Easy-to-turn Knob Controls".

Are there ones with Difficult-to-turn knobs?

regards

Titus

Progglådan Box D: Melodisk Rock

CD 407 - Monica Törnell/New Band

Monica Kristina Ingeborg Törnell (born: June 3rd 1954 in Söderhamn)

is a Swedish singer and songwriter who mainly plays folk and rock music.

With Lasse Holm, she represented Sweden in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest

with the song "E' de' det här du kallar kärlek?".

In 2022 she was inducted into the Swedish Musical Hall of Fame.

Monika has an excellent voice and lashings of presence.

The band are pretty darn good too from the more folky/rock stuff

to some beautifully executed Steely Dan style jazzy grooves.

I really enjoyed this one.

regards

Titus

link

box-set artwork

Titus Luxor

Frog E.P. (2025)

Reposted from January 2026

01 Derek's Jag/It's a Sin

02 To Carry Me Home (for Jack)

03 Be Bop Shakin' (Moon Over Samara)

regards

Titus

link

Frank Zappa/Mothers

Memorial Auditorium

Buffalo, NY

November 15th 1974

Reposted from December 2020

There's about 200 CDs that I have not catalogued.

They all (eventually) get numbered and entered into a book.

This was one I found in the uncatalogued section.

Really good especially Tom Fowler's bass playing

which benefits from a prominent place in the mix.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Tush Tush Tush (a token of my extreme)

02 Stinkfoot

03 RDNZL

04 Village of the Sun

05 Echidna's 'arf (of You)

06 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

07 Penguin in Bondage

08 T'mershi Duween

09 Dog Breath variations

10 Uncle Meat

11 Building a Girl

Disc 2

01 Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

02 Nanook Rubs It

03 St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast

04 Father O'blivion

05 Tush Tush outro/encore break

06 Camarillo Brillo

07 More Trouble Every Day

link

The Neville Brothers

Glastonbury Festival

Worthy Farm

Pilton, England

June 22nd 1990

BBC Radio 2 broadcast.

Sounds great despite (or maybe because of?) being mp3.

regards

Titus

01 Hey Pocky Way

02 I Walk on Gilded Splinters

03 Mojo Hanna

04 Voodoo

05 Yellow Moon

06 Bird on the Wire

07 Brother Jake

08 Fire on the Bayou

09 River of Life

10 Shake Your Tambourine

link

1984 (1984)

John Hurt stars as Winston Smith

in this classic adaptation of the George Orwell novel.

Now it is 1984

Knock-knock at your front door

It's the suede denim secret police

They have come for your uncool niece

I got the Frau a set of Orwell books for her birthday

and she's actually reading them which is unusual for a German.

There are optional embedded English subs

and I have included optional subtitles in some other languages.

regards

Titus

link

Larry Carlton Blues All Stars

Tokyo Jazz Festival
Tokyo International Forum
September 8th 2013

Reposted from July 2021

From Andy Williams to Steely Dan, Larry has played on so many hit records.
This is a superb recording.
If you are into guitar/jazz/blues get it now!
Not just great guitar playing, sax, drums, bass, keyboards and vocals are all top notch.
regards
Titus

01 The Rose Prayer
02 Friday Night Shuffle
03 RCM
04 My Mama Told Me So
05 If You Don't Come Back
06 Funny But I Still Love You
07 Farm Jazz
08 Dream On
09 Lose it in Louisiana
10 Edge of the World
11 Don't Cross Me Wrong
12 interview

link

Bill Hicks - Sane Man (1989)

Classic biting stand-up from the late, great Bill Hicks.

regards

Titus

link

GOAT

Nox Orae Festival

Jardin Roussy

La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

August 28th 2025

Remastered soundboard.

regards

Titus

01 One More Death

02 Goatbrain

03 Goatfuzz

04 Under No Nation

05 Golden Dawn

06 Ouroboros/Fill My Mouth

07 Goatman

08 Let It Burn

09 Gathering of Ancient Tribes

10 Let It Bleed

11 Run to Your Mama

link

I've been away on my travels.

Saw Steve Hackett play at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester.

A beautiful and historic venue.

I managed to secure a seat on the fourth row.

I took the picture above before the show.

My phone doesn't take great photos at gigs but here's a few more:

As the band were basking in applause before the half-time break

I made my trademark 'getting to the bar first' move and took two pics as I fled:

It really was a great gig and the bootlegs do not fully capture the performance.

Lalle Larson has settled in wonderfully as the new keyboard player.

A few more pics:

Great to see the double neck but the real action was sometimes in Jonas' feet.

Those bass pedals registered on the Richter scale!!!

regards

Titus

Destiny (1978)

Part of the 'Play for Today' canon.

Originally shown in three parts,

It focuses on the Politics of a post-colonial Britain

coming to terms with immigration and a changing world.

It's dated and yet simultaneously prescient...if you get my drift. 

Pretty hard hitting at times with it's non-PC language and controversial subject matter.

The cast is amazing.

As well as the "stars" anyone who grew up with British TV in the 60s/70s

will recognise many of the supporting actors

who were all familiar faces on numerous productions.

There are a couple of glitchy moments on this old VHS transfer

but nothing too serious.

regards

Titus

link

Herbie Hancock/Carlos Santana Special Band

Denen Coliseum

Tokyo, Japan 

July 26th 1981

Remastered TV/radio audio.

Some tracks are a bit hissy in quieter moments.

It may be compiled from two sources.

The final encore 'Chameleon' was absent from the recording.

Not bad overall though and it's a great gig.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 The Sorcerer

02 A Quick Sketch

03 Love Theme from Spartacus

04 Swapan Tari

05 Watermelon Man/Evil Ways

Disc 2

01 'Round Midnight

02 Parade

03 Song for My Brother

04 Europa

05 Saturday Nite

link

SBB

Summer Fog Festival

Spodek

Katowice, Poland

July 7th 2023

Remastered audience recording.

First known as Silesian Blues Band, later as Szukaj, Burz, Buduj

(Polish for 'Search, Destroy, Build')

SBB is a Polish progressive rock band

formed in 1971 in Siemianowice, Upper Silesia.

It's not symphonic prog, they have a more indie/jazz/experimental approach

with a bit of blues thrown in for good measure.

Might appeal to fans of KRAAN. Amon Düül II or even Pink Floyd.

Well worth a listen.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Freedom with Us

02 Odlot

03 Rainbow Man

04 3rd Reanimation

05 Going Away/(Żywiec) Mountain Melody

Disc 2

01 Walkin' Around the Stormy Bay

02 Born to Die

03 drum solo/drum battle/improv

04 Figo-Fago

link

Another episode of Bob Mills' irreverent show.

Gary Newman was the musical guest

and the clip of 'Cars' remains intact on this VHS version.

The other songs were edited out.

I have a question for you Dear Reader:

Are you Football or Muggy Bonehead?

regards

Titus

link

John G. Perry

Sunset Wading (1974)

The debut solo effort from John G. Perry

who's illustrious career you should all be well familiar with.

Hebetudinous readers need to catch up.

OK (sigh) here's what he really looks like:

The album has a warm Canterbury feel.

You can tell from the line-up how well connected he was by 1974.

regards

Titus

John G. Perry - bass, piano (2,12), vocals, sound FX

Beryl Streeter - vocals (1)

Corrado Rustici - guitar

Rupert Hine - piano, electric piano, celesta, Moog (2), backing vocals, sound FX, producer

Roger Glover - ARP 2600 synthesizer (13)

Geoffrey Richardson - flute (1,3,11)

Elio D'Anna - alto & soprano saxes, flute (4)

Simon Jeffes - koto, string quartet arranger & conductor

Gavyn Wright - 1st violin

Steve Rowlinson - 2nd violin

Levine Andrade - viola

Helen Liebmann - cello

Morris Pert - marimba, vibes, percussion

Michael Giles - drums

01 I Wait My Friend

02 How Goes the Night ?

03 Devoke Water

04 Birds and Small Furry Beasts

05 As Clouds Gather

06 Storm

07 Ah Well, You Can Only Get Wet!

08 Dawn

09 Morning Song

10 On the Moor

11 Roundelay

12 Etude

13 A Rhythmic Stroll

14 Sunset Wading

link