I managed to sort out the problems with my laptop, there was some corruption in the operating program, it mostly affected sound playback and downloading, I reloaded it from the back up, then spent several hours reinstalling a number of programs I use, such as Magix, the battery charging was not working, as I rarely use the Laptop in battery mode, I wasn't bothered about the lack of charging, then out of the blue a day later it started charging again, but is still temperamental.
An occasional blog about Boot Sales and other odds and ends. Sorry there will be no new music. I can be contacted on lordofthebootsale@btinternet.com
Sunday, June 29, 2025
PC Up & Running
I managed to sort out the problems with my laptop, there was some corruption in the operating program, it mostly affected sound playback and downloading, I reloaded it from the back up, then spent several hours reinstalling a number of programs I use, such as Magix, the battery charging was not working, as I rarely use the Laptop in battery mode, I wasn't bothered about the lack of charging, then out of the blue a day later it started charging again, but is still temperamental.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Glencoves - Hootenanny
I had selected this record before I acquired a UK copy of the record. This was the only single they released in the UK, it was the first of four released in the USA.
Computer Problems
I am having problems with my Laptop PC, it is a Dell Latitude, for some reason it does not want to charge the internal battery, it has been a bit temperamental about charging the battery often waiting until there was about 7% charge left in the battery, there has been a bit of noise when listening to things on the plug in headphones, I have had Dell computers before and they seem prone to playback errors when there are problems with the power supply, I will take it into the local computer shop on Monday. When I got the Laptop I didn't really want a Dell but it was the only i5 they had in stock and my last Laptop was dead and beyond repair.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Glencoves - It's Sister Ginny's Turn To Throw The Bomb
I first came across this 1963 track on one of the late Mark Bird CD's 'Whacky Classics You May Have Missed', I managed to track down a US copy thinking I'll never find a UK issue, l met my record dealer recently and brought just over a hundred 45's when he came to this one he started to say It's Sister, at that point I completed the title and asked me who the artist was and was surprised when I answered The Glencoves, I told him that I had been after this record for some time, it is unlikely that this type of record would get a release now.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Egbert Douwe - Kom Uit Mijn Bedstee, M'n Liefste (Come To My Bedside, My Darling
Released 1968, this record sold over 100,000 copies in Holland and was awarded a God Disc, it had a second release on 1978 as the 'B' side of Bloody Mary.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Gaspar Netscher Ensemble - Get out Of Bed My Darling
Released 12 July 1968, the second of two records by The Gaspar Netscher Ensemble, I do not recall ever hearing either of their records ever being played on the radio, the first time I heard this mildly amusing novelty song was when I played it as part of its conversion the a digital format for the original blog, This record has not been uploaded to YouTube.
Monday, May 26, 2025
Bank Holiday Boot Sale
Some of the more unusual things at todays Boot Sale

A quart beer bottle and a couple of old Milk Bottles, in the mis 1970's the local Off Licence still sold beer in quart screw top bottles, the milk bottles are from before the standard milk bottle was introduced on the old style bottles each dairy had a different size top.

One stall had some amusing signs.
An exercise bicycle, most people did not try and sell them and took them to the dump instead, when I was working the women organising a raffle decided to get an exercise bike as the first prize, I brought tickets in the raffle but no ay did I want an exercise bike, well they did not put the names on the ticket stub, yours truly won it, I never claimed the prize they has suspicions' over who had won it but I had destroyed the ticket, the exercise bike was in the ladies locker room for ages.
Miniatures, my mother used to collect miniature sprit bottles when I was young, she had a number of shelves full of them, then one day she decided to get rid of them, so they were all thrown out, under the Boot Sale rules you are not supposed to sell Alcohol or food there were several stalls selling food.
I brought 3 records today, an Embassy Single, one of the more obscure Tornados Single, and a copy of Lonnie Donegan's - World Cup Willie in a Picture Sleeve.
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