(Welsh Song Collection)
I found a lot of old Welsh 7inch 45s in the Sense charity shop the other day, couldn’t resist for 50p each..more to come..
Geraint “Busker” Jones from Pentrecwrt – a regular on the streets of West Wales. As seen on TV!
I do like a record with a dog on the cover
https://thefoundofmusic.co.uk/2023/09/19/digital-analog-dogs/
Imagine getting this as a child, thinking you’d hear those classics as you know and love…
They’re not how I remember them!
A couple of Noddy Flexidiscs and others playing out for the summer!
A few records connected to the sign of Leo.
A stream of lucky sounds tomorrow from 11pm on https://awelshstream.co.uk/
Loops of 5 Judy Collins vinyl records.
Both Judy Collins and William Walker, the composer of the tune ‘New Britain’, have birthdays in Taurus.
I worked with Amazing Grace quite a bit some 20 years ago but was surprised I couldn’t find a recording using all my copies of the Judy Collins 7inch version.
Annoyingly the small phono mixer turned out to be a bit noisy, its kind of ok for a bit, but kind of not.
I think its the Sony turntable that was causing it, swapped that for a line level Numark and it seemed much better (no3).
After a while of vinyl only loops, No3 has the tune sequenced with synth sounds and effects too. The recognisable bits of the song mean it can’t be seen in Russia and Belarus.
Found a few more of these recently. I thought I’d try the Marx Toys battery powered record player I got a few years ago which I believed was broken, but it turns out I just hadn’t put the platter on correctly!
I made a video with my clockwork toy gramophone by Marx Toys some years ago (2008).
A few nice old kids records I recently put on youtube, flickr or both.
The Bugs Bunny Little golden record and Beatle Beat Goldentone are both 78s and 6inch diameter which means the center labels are too small for most record players to play to the end as the auto stop/return mechanisms kick in at the end point of the more standard size 7 or 12inch labels. Fortunately the PT01 Portable Numark has a switch to turn off the auto stop and plays at 78rpm too!
Why this Pinky and Perky Have a Party video has been blocked by WMG in Japan for the Hokey Cokey track I dont know!
Theres another post with a bunch of other Gala Goldentone 78s here
The final installment of improvisations for the 4 cardinal calendar points.
Produced live the stream includes the remnants of a fiery circle for Sagittarius for a while before we transition into the liminal space of the solstice, that point of transition leading into a new phase of the year. Another layer explores the emerging Cardinal earth element, filmed by Jay while moving through the landscape earlier on the day.
Live cameras are processed through an analogue circuitbent video enhancer, and layer up with live tarot, synths, vinyl and bass guitar as well as readings of texts on themes of the solstice, earth and Capricorn.
With 2 Capricorns in the room they got to select vinyl for the evening, subsequently looped and processed by Jay through a variety of pedals they merge with the Make Noise synth sounds shifting and evolving over time. Thanks to guests Rhowan, Erin & Manny as well as regular players Jay and Keryl for their thoughtful and playful contributions.
POOL is a beginning, the starting point for a stream.
Afon artists are invited to browse a database of vinyl records and select a track or album to create a sonic POOL from which samples will flow and LOOP to become a stream.
Forming in the fixed water sign of Scorpio, POOL suggests the start of a journey into hidden otherworlds. Moving into and immersion in the POOL takes us into the unknown, a place where real and unreal worlds interact, where both become fluid memory and noise is the only true reality..
The POOL starts to form with these selected records :
Joni Mitchel – Clouds;
Johnny Cash – Big River;
Top of the Pops Artistes – Float on;
Neil Diamond – Walk on Water;
Johnny Cash & Marty Robbins – Cool Water
The found of music 