Bo And Peep - The Rise Of The Brighton Surf

 

This 1964 release never made it to the original blog, it was in the pile to be added however with the demise of the blog it never made it. This record is sought after as on the "A" side Peep are the Rolling Stones.

Bo and Peep - Rise of the Brighton Surf (youtube.com)

Monday's Boot Sale

 I have decided to give the Bank Holiday Monday Boot Sale a miss, it was heavy rain here yesterday and Hook Road Arena has clay soil ang gets waterlogged after heavy rain. I have recovered from the latest bout of cystitis, though I still have to complete the course of antibiotics, the annoying thing with the ones I have been prescribed is that you can not have anything containing milk for two hours before or after you take the medication. The car passed it's MOT with no problems, they were unable to recreate the starting fault I had on Holiday, the problem has not re-occurred since.                 

Topo D. Bil - Jam

I had little information about this 1969 record, their is some discussion on 45Cat:-                         45cat - Topo D. Bil - Witchi Tai To / Jam - Charisma - UK - CB 116 

I recall hearing this played on Sounds of the Sixties by Brian Matthews who mentioned that this record was played about once a year.

I do not recall where I acquired my  copy of this record from.

 Topo D. Bill - Jam (youtube.com)

A Painful Experience

 During the week I had an appointment for a Flexible Cystoscopy at Epsom Hospital, I have had this procedure before' so I was aware of what would happen, this time it was very painful, I did not recall any pain the first time I had the procedure, after it was over I was given a letter explaining what could happen and what to do in the event of it happening, well two days later I developed a urinary infection, back to Epsom Hospital there I was prescribed Anti Biotics and high strength Codeine tablets, after two days my high temperature subsided, I managed to take Biscuit for her walk, but was in no fit state to drive so I was unable to do the weekly shop, however today I feel much better and will do the shopping, and hopefully by the end of the week I should be back to normal. 

Balloon Busters - Alcock And Brown

 

This is another record I remember from Charlie Chester's Saturday Early Morning radio show.

This record has appeared in the Piccadilly Sunshine series. This record never made the original blog, it was in the future pile, I would sort out 30-40 records then I would go to the boot sale and buy a number of new records, when I got them home I would clean them and then sort them out, a number of the records I had never heard so out of curiosity I would play the record, as I was playing the record I would make a MP3 file, as a result the originally selected records got pushed back, and the new acquisitions posted instead. 

The Balloon Busters - 'Alcock and Brown' (1969) (youtube.com)

Sgt Will Scuffham - And They All Came Marching Home

 

I remember hearing this record being played by Charlie Chester on is early morning Saturday show, I did not know (or remember the title or artist), I could recall some of the chorus, though I was not sure if it was correct, well I brought a batch of records for the blog this was amongst them, for the blog on a Sunday I would sort out the records I was going to post for the whole week, first I would clean them with record cleaner, then scan them, then play them and record the sound file in Magix then get rid of the clicks, pops and scratches etc, the last thing before saving was adding the scan to the mp3 file, I would prepare 9 records from mainstream full price labels, 1 EP and one budget label such as Embassy, Cannon etc. I would post 3 singles, a budget label and an EP on Sunday also the Budget label would appear on my Forgotten Vinyl blog, the other 6 records would be posted one a day Monday to Saturday, on one Sunday I had miscounted and was one record short, this was in the days of six cans of strong larger for £5 I would often have a few cans of beer while getting the posts for the blog ready, this record was near the front of the box so I decided this would be the one to make up the number, as I started to play it I realised it was the elusive record from my past, I did have the chorus wrong.

They All Came Marching Home - Sgt Will Scuffham (youtube.com)

Ray Stevens - High School Yearbook

 

I first came across this track on a CD on a set of novelty CD's intended for Radio Stations, on the Ray Stevens - High School Yearbook there was a lot of hiss, the programs I used were unable to remove the hiss, couple of years later I saw another CD of Novelty Songs that included High School Yearbook, it also had a number of other tracks I wanted on the CD, alas on the CD the High School Yearbook track had even more hiss than the first CD, eventually I tracked down a 1959 issue vinyl copy, at last a copy with no hiss.

"High School Yearbook (A Deck Of Cards)" - Ray Stevens (1959 NRC) - YouTube