Absent Friends & Missing Persons

[cloughie]

Not dead yet ...I reach ¾ century next month, thereby qualifying for the latest Covid booster by three days. So still some time to do justice to the less-travelled corners of my oversized CD collection before the Reaper shows up.

Yes, I think that way too but I am also thinking now that maybe some I’m unlikely to wish to listen to should like plants at certain times of the year be clipped or weeded out!

[vinteuil]

Yes, I think that way too but I am also thinking now that maybe some I’m unlikely to wish to listen to should like plants at certain times of the year be clipped or weeded out!

... ah, but it's that 'unlikely' that is the nightmare for me. Of course I've got far more CDs than I could ever realistically listen to in this lifetime - even if I were to reach the age of 101, like that terrific American woman I was reading about who is so irritated that the airlines on which she frequently flies think she's a one-year old bicoz their computer can't cope... But I recall my father who in a fit of puritanism in his middle age winnowed his library, only to regret years later that he couldn't find Whymper's Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the years 1860-1869 or W J Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles... Who knows when you might regret throwing away that Russ Conway album?

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[cloughie]

... ah, but it's that 'unlikely' that is the nightmare for me. Of course I've got far more CDs than I could ever realistically listen to in this lifetime - even if I were to reach the age of 101, like that terrific American woman I was reading about who is so irritated that the airlines on which she frequently flies think she's a one-year old bicoz their computer can't cope... But I recall my father who in a fit of puritanism in his middle age winnowed his library, only to regret years later that he couldn't find Whymper's Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the years 1860-1869 or W J Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles... Who knows when you might regret throwing away that Russ Conway album?

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Maybe I’ll take that risk.

[LMcD]

Maybe I’ll take that risk.

Russ Conway recordings seem to be widely available on eBay and elsewhere. Wob (formerly World of Books) are cheapest as usual at £3.59 - only 5 copies left!

[vinteuil]

Russ Conway recordings seem to be widely available on eBay and elsewhere. Wob (formerly World of Books) are cheapest as usual at £3.59 - only 5 copies left!

... I'm worried that you had the time, energy, or interest to research this! - and howzabout Semprini? Richard Clayderman??

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[LMcD]

... I'm worried that you had the time, energy, or interest to research this! - and howzabout Semprini? Richard Clayderman??

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It took me about 30 seconds.

[smittims]

I was delighted to find an early-stereo copy (with the minty-green label) of 'My Concerto for You' in a charity shop, and in excellent condition.

[gradus]

Something rare here, a signed copy of a Peters and Lee album from the early seventies.

[Petrushka]

Confession time: I once met Russ Conway at a function in London in 1995 or thereabouts. In addition, I still have a 45rpm disc of Pixilated Penguin.

[gurnemanz]

I still have a copy of the one-hit single "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", a jazz piano instrumental which I bought in the sixties, aged about 14. Quite good - just played on YouTube.

[Keraulophone]

I have now made some enquiries and I can confirm that he was in his late 70s and sadly died last year, shortly after posting for the last time.

RIP Ardcarp - I had wondered why he hadn't commented on recent controversy in cathedral music circles. He was a very experienced singer and organist, and had a deep appreciation of the wide gamut of anglican church music. We enjoyed exchanging PMs about the cathedral and collegiate music scene, particularly in Cambridge (Clare and Trinity), and organs heard on R3 Choral Evensong. He is especially missed on The Choir forum, though he liked to delve into all kinds of topics, political and otherwise. I always wondered how his name was derived: a combination of Iron Age Celtic plough and freshwater fish, maybe one that proved too 'ard to catch.

My condolences go to his family and friends.

[Serial_Apologist]

I noticed yesterday's re-awakening of the Wildflowers thread, and wondered what had happened to greenilex, the originator.

[french frank]

I noticed yesterday's re-awakening of the Wildflowers thread, and wondered what had happened to greenilex, the originator.

Nothing definitive to contribute on this. Hasn't been active for three years, but there doesn't have to be a reason other than that people have decided to 'retire'. In this case I haven't tracked down any obvious force majeure.

[Nick Armstrong]

One cannot know for sure whose age may put them 'in the zone'....

This week, I saw an old (Uni) friend for the first time since he had some pretty major surgery at the start of the year, following a cancer diagnosis. Thankfully now given the ‘all-clear’, his phrase for ‘the zone’ you mention - and which in our early 60s we appear to have entered - is:

Snipers’ Alley

[Vox Humana]

Very sorry to learn about Ardcarp. His passing is a distinct loss to this forum. I only checked in here because I was wondering where he had got to. His posts gave the impression that he lived in east Devon and I always wondered who he was (as I do with so many here!). My sympathies to his nearest and dearest.