Hi Christy,
Our old friends from The Record Fair were in Sally Longs
this Saturday. Treasure was thin on ground. The dealers were
saying the good stuff is getting harder to source. It seems,
folks are holding on/hoarding their precious vinyl.
Any amount of ELO, Rod Stewart and Chris De Burgh
for some reason. Anyways on I searched and glad I was,
for I found mysel a copy of Whatever Tickles Your Fancy.
He was asking for twelve. I gave him fifteen.
Shite at this haggling am I. Five songs on side one and
five more on side two. All magically pressed on vinyl as
black as ink. Gave it a clean and it’s had several spins since.
For fifty years old it holds up really well. Side one is faultless.
and has two of your best The January Man and
Go Move Shift (unfortunately still as relevant today)
Side two sounds where the seed for Moving Hearts might
have been sown and how bad ? My favourite track
Van Diemens Land brings proceedings to a close.
“Young men all be aware,
Lest you be drawn into a snare”
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
PS Praise be the powers that be for adding
a second night to The Hanger this September
Christy hi
I see that the Travelling folk are causing consternation on the Old Vic.
Surely there is enough space for us all in this world. The lads n lassies will be gone in time and anyway ‘we all belong here, this is our native shore’ might just apply.
Now i like a thoroughbred as much as the next person, the Old Vic on the Curragh Kildare is a fabulous place but the silk and leather may just have to be swapped for tinkered tin and old pine meantime.
Rory.
Hello Christy,
Your brother’s new album A Second Wind arrived here yesterday and I’m finding it very beautiful. Makes me think of space and solitude and the seashore. It will be getting a second outing in an hour or two.
Dear Christy, i have something to confess to you. At your 80th birthday I sponsored an olive tree for you, which will be planted in Palestine next planting season (December until Marche). I had a certificate of sponsoring for you and a birthday card, but I did not know how it could get to you. Then I got a brilliant idea(!!) and I, stupid woman, I sent everything to RTE in Dublin, with the request to deliver it to you. Of course I got no answer.
I am letting you know this so that you are aware. You can get more information on https://www.planteenolijfboom.nl/english-info
On your next birthday you can see in the database by who and where your olive tree is planted.
Sorry….
I have a poster advertising your Planxty “After the break” album which has a photo of a village scene with a jarvey waiting for a passenger. The text says “If you’ve been waiting for it, you can relax now.” Was that poster an official one and does it belong in a dedicated Planxty museum? I have NEVER seen it anywhere else, I took it off a pub wall in Montreal in 1979, it is now framed on my hall wall – proudly! Thanks for the multiple years of enjoying your music. Stay well Christy.
Hi Christy,
Our old friends from The Record Fair were in Sally Longs
this Saturday. Treasure was thin on ground. The dealers were
saying the good stuff is getting harder to source. It seems,
folks are holding on/hoarding their precious vinyl.
Any amount of ELO, Rod Stewart and Chris De Burgh
for some reason. Anyways on I searched and glad I was,
for I found mysel a copy of Whatever Tickles Your Fancy.
He was asking for twelve. I gave him fifteen.
Shite at this haggling am I. Five songs on side one and
five more on side two. All magically pressed on vinyl as
black as ink. Gave it a clean and it’s had several spins since.
For fifty years old it holds up really well. Side one is faultless.
and has two of your best The January Man and
Go Move Shift (unfortunately still as relevant today)
Side two sounds where the seed for Moving Hearts might
have been sown and how bad ? My favourite track
Van Diemens Land brings proceedings to a close.
“Young men all be aware,
Lest you be drawn into a snare”
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
PS Praise be the powers that be for adding
a second night to The Hanger this September
Christy hi
I see that the Travelling folk are causing consternation on the Old Vic.
Surely there is enough space for us all in this world. The lads n lassies will be gone in time and anyway ‘we all belong here, this is our native shore’ might just apply.
Now i like a thoroughbred as much as the next person, the Old Vic on the Curragh Kildare is a fabulous place but the silk and leather may just have to be swapped for tinkered tin and old pine meantime.
Rory.
Hello Christy,
Your brother’s new album A Second Wind arrived here yesterday and I’m finding it very beautiful. Makes me think of space and solitude and the seashore. It will be getting a second outing in an hour or two.
Rebecca
Dear Christy, i have something to confess to you. At your 80th birthday I sponsored an olive tree for you, which will be planted in Palestine next planting season (December until Marche). I had a certificate of sponsoring for you and a birthday card, but I did not know how it could get to you. Then I got a brilliant idea(!!) and I, stupid woman, I sent everything to RTE in Dublin, with the request to deliver it to you. Of course I got no answer.
I am letting you know this so that you are aware. You can get more information on
https://www.planteenolijfboom.nl/english-info
On your next birthday you can see in the database by who and where your olive tree is planted.
Sorry….
I have a poster advertising your Planxty “After the break” album which has a photo of a village scene with a jarvey waiting for a passenger. The text says “If you’ve been waiting for it, you can relax now.” Was that poster an official one and does it belong in a dedicated Planxty museum? I have NEVER seen it anywhere else, I took it off a pub wall in Montreal in 1979, it is now framed on my hall wall – proudly! Thanks for the multiple years of enjoying your music. Stay well Christy.