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Post by sc on Aug 26, 2017 8:48:14 GMT
Brilliant SC... loved the way Alan didn't want to stop dancing. It's only because he knew he was the better dancer!  |
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Post by sc on Sept 1, 2017 6:19:05 GMT
It's Friday ........... that's GrandMa's Gramophone Day Week 5 |
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Post by Purpledawn on Sept 1, 2017 23:18:44 GMT
Alan's Week 4 dancing is marvellous, but what happened to your hair? Thank goodness the style is much improved by Week 5. However, the shirt isn't really up to your usual standard  I'm only joking, love the nostalgia and tales of your family, looking forward to Week 6 already  |
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Post by sc on Sept 2, 2017 6:26:40 GMT
Alan's Week 4 dancing is marvellous, but what happened to your hair? Thank goodness the style is much improved by Week 5. However, the shirt isn't really up to your usual standard I'm only joking, love the nostalgia and tales of your family, looking forward to Week 6 already Don't talk about my hair, I just can't do a thing with it It's all sweaty outside Ronnie Scotts, how am I supposed to perform under such conditions! More worrying about the shirt is what happens when I run out? Do I repeat? Do I buy? (that would cost me a fortune!) Do I stop? Oh the worry! The stress! I'm creatively exhausted! And yet caught in a trap! or maybe I just need a bacon sandwich Got the editing to do on Week 6 (you wouldn't think I edit them would you ) but it's a much improved shirt |
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Post by jax2000 on Sept 2, 2017 6:50:56 GMT
I remember Arthur Askey's bee song. Great stuff SC...keep 'em coming. |
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Post by beef on Sept 2, 2017 8:14:53 GMT
Another brilliant episode SC - watching these with a cup of tea has become my favourite way to start Saturday morning - so "i-thank-you" for taking the time to put these together.
Listening to this week's (which had more complex arrangements) reminded me of a programme called American Epic - The Sessions on BBC4 - earlier this year. It featured a "super band" of Americana musicians recording using equipment from the 30s. Everything had to be done in one take, timed to the second (so it would fit on one side of the recording disc) and the "mixing" was achieved by positioning instruments further or nearer the single microphone. The mechanism of gears and pulleys to regulate the speed was just mind-bogglingly complicated and all powered by gravity via a 90 kilo weight! I only caught half of the last episode, and they seem to be gone from iPlayer - but worth watching if they repeat it to see just how tricky these old records were to make.
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Post by sc on Sept 2, 2017 9:08:11 GMT
Another brilliant episode SC - watching these with a cup of tea has become my favourite way to start Saturday morning - so "i-thank-you" for taking the time to put these together. Listening to this week's (which had more complex arrangements) reminded me of a programme called American Epic - The Sessions on BBC4 - earlier this year. It featured a "super band" of Americana musicians recording using equipment from the 30s. Everything had to be done in one take, timed to the second (so it would fit on one side of the recording disc) and the "mixing" was achieved by positioning instruments further or nearer the single microphone. The mechanism of gears and pulleys to regulate the speed was just mind-bogglingly complicated and all powered by gravity via a 90 kilo weight! I only caught half of the last episode, and they seem to be gone from iPlayer - but worth watching if they repeat it to see just how tricky these old records were to make. awwww shucks ........... |
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Post by Purpledawn on Sept 2, 2017 19:09:10 GMT
I remember Arthur Askey's bee song. Me too, but he always gave me the creeps as a child, along with Peter Glaze from Crackerjack.  Must have been because they wore similar glasses  |
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Post by jax2000 on Sept 2, 2017 19:34:40 GMT
I remember Arthur Askey's bee song. Me too, but he always gave me the creeps as a child, along with Peter Glaze from Crackerjack. Must have been because they wore similar glasses Did you have a nasty someone in your life with similar glasses? 😕 I loved Crackerjack. Remember the quiz part where the kids had to hold cabbages if they got a question wrong? Those were simpler times! 😂 |
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Post by mikey on Sept 2, 2017 21:58:02 GMT
I remember Arthur Askey's bee song. Me too, but he always gave me the creeps as a child, along with Peter Glaze from Crackerjack. Must have been because they wore similar glasses CRACKERJACK! |
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Post by mikey on Sept 2, 2017 21:58:41 GMT
Me too, but he always gave me the creeps as a child, along with Peter Glaze from Crackerjack. Must have been because they wore similar glasses Did you have a nasty someone in your life with similar glasses? 😕 I loved Crackerjack. Remember the quiz part where the kids had to hold cabbages if they got a question wrong? Those were simpler times! 😂 CRACKERJACK! |
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Post by calndel on Sept 3, 2017 19:16:37 GMT
CRACKERJACK!
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Post by Purpledawn on Sept 3, 2017 22:01:31 GMT
Me too, but he always gave me the creeps as a child, along with Peter Glaze from Crackerjack. Must have been because they wore similar glasses Did you have a nasty someone in your life with similar glasses? 😕 I loved Crackerjack. Remember the quiz part where the kids had to hold cabbages if they got a question wrong? Those were simpler times! 😂 Oh yes, several nasty someones but none that wore glasses.  Peter Glaze acted stupidly and sang silly songs, so didn't have much time for him. To cap it all, I think he handed out the prizes, which were stingy CRACKERJACK pencils. I met Lesley Crowther though but can't remember where, probably Butlins...I'll ask mum. His son in law was Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott which is probably why I liked him.  |
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Post by mikey on Sept 4, 2017 5:38:44 GMT
CRACKERJACK!
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Post by Purpledawn on Sept 5, 2017 19:58:32 GMT
CRACKERJACK TRIVIA...whilst we wait for week 6. I must point out that I was never a fan of the programme. I must have been one of those kids who wasn't easily pleased.
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I'm only joking, love the nostalgia and tales of your family, looking forward to Week 6 already 
Must have been because they wore similar glasses 
Peter Glaze acted stupidly and sang silly songs, so didn't have much time for him. To cap it all, I think he handed out the prizes, which were stingy CRACKERJACK pencils. 
