records and books

records and books · 04. April 2018

Most UK number one 45s from April 14th are lost in the mist of once popular music. Who could forget . . .? or . . .?Anyone recall . . .? I remember 1952 well though - “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole. Before ploughing the years to see what turns up, here’s a quick forward-winder that one group was number one on April 14th for two years running in 1981/82. The same phenomenon happened in 1989/90 and 1994/1995 Who were they? I hear myself ask. Unfortunately, the law of chronology means that...

records and books · 27. February 2018

Not much happened so far on March 10th in music and books, or I don’t dig deep enough. You might be interested to know that Dudley Buck was born on 10th March 1839? A composer who wrote many books, “he is best known today for his organ composition, Concert Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner, Op. 23, which was later arranged into an orchestral version. . .” I’ve probably lost all the readers now. . . . Let’s go back further me and I to 1818, when Emily Brontë was born in Thornton...

records and books · 09. February 2018

This Saturday will be the seventh Leeds Record & Book Fair. It’s fully booked with 25 stallholders – 50 tables of vinyl and 10 tables of books and ephemera. Also some CDs and 78s. As well as 0000s of collectable records & books to suit all tastes there will be some live music from students at Leeds College of Music. The stallholders include: Tapestry of Delights – mixed bag of genres, new & 2nd hand https://www.tapestryofdelightsrecords.co.uk Bill Aitken – new and second...

records and books · 04. January 2018

Leeds Record & Book Fair on Saturday, 13th January 2018. Some history and some stallholders.