Friday, 1 January 2021

01/01/21: Macy Gray – "I Try"

Totteridge. Issued in 1999, "I Try" was Macy Gray's second single. It reached number six in the UK.

01/01/21: The Beatles – With The Beatles

Totteridge. With The Beatles was their second album. Originally released in 1963, it was first released on CD in 1987.

Monday, 14 December 2020

14/12/20: Barbra Streisand – Love Songs

Totteridge. A 1981 anthology, released as Memories in the USA. According to Wiki, it "reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart for nine weeks".

Saturday, 7 November 2020

Thursday, 23 April 2020

23/04/20: Verbatim shard

Totteridge. Looks like a Verbatim disc that's been heavily scribbled over. This lonely little shard seemed to be all too successful at exercising social-distancing measures.

Thursday, 6 February 2020

Tuesday, 24 December 2019

24/12/19: Now That's What I Call Music 94

Just down the road from High Barnet tube near the petrol station. Sadly, the CD wasn't present. Full tracklisting here.

Thursday, 3 October 2019

03/10/19: Box of 26 damp CDs


Box of damp CDs left on the pavement in Totteridge. Instead of picking through them, I took the lot. Some were too damp to salvage, but some could be dried out for playing in the car.

The full contents of the box:

1. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
2. Stevie Wonder – Number Ones
3. Barry White – The Collection
4. Al Green – Greatest Hits
5. Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
6. Michael Jackson – Greatest Hits: History
7. Michael Jackson – Video Greatest Hits (DVD)
8. Chandimal – Deflection (“Extreme unplugged Sri Lankan songs selection”)
9. Sandra Grant – Sandra (“She’ll Blow Your Mind with Jazz in Blues“)
10. Sandra Grant – Miss Saxophone Lady (“She’ll Blow Your Mind with Dangerous Grooves”)
11. Various – The Best Jazz Ever (3CD)
12. Various – Latin Summer Jazz (2CD)
13. Various – Jazz Around Midnight: Piano
14. Various – Pure Jazz Moods (inside the box for a JVC CD-R)
15. Santana – Moonflower (CD2 only)
16. Richie Benaud‘s Greatest XI (DVD)
17. The Black Eyed Peas – The End
18. The Dance Band Days (Reader’s Digest)
19. Antonio Carlos Jobim – Jazz Masters 13
20. Various – Sexual Healing: An Album of Passion
21. Medleys to Remember: Remembering the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s
22. Suresh David – Shining Light
23. Alvin and the Chipmunks (original motion picture soundtrack)
24. TDK CD-R with “XP Home” software on it
25. DVD Navigation Map Europe Central
26. Elvis Presley – The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs

Listened to the Sandra Grant CD in the car. I enjoyed her “dangerous grooves”, but they did not blow my mind.

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Thursday, 5 September 2019

Tuesday, 18 June 2019