Viva la Fonotone

Two things to be cheerful. First off got the Fonotone box set from Joe Bussard's Fonotone label of old blues,bluegrass and folk from the last remaining 78rpm label for the discerning connoisseur of old-timey music and featuring the young John Fahey under a pseudonym.Five Cd's and superb detailed booklet with 17 classic photos and souvenir record labels,plus a bottle opener in a facsimile cigar case. Looks beautiful as well as sounding great.

The other reason is to do with the fact i have found a duplication service to do copies of the Vitamin B12 gig as i promised Steviecat a copy as well as Alasdair.I am getting ten done initially at £2 per copy and picking them up on Saturday.

I popped into Snoopers and bought La Dusseldorf "Viva" (Captain Trip 1997) - a bit expensive at £10 but new it's £16 in Resident.This is a slightly later recording than most of the Krautrock that i would normally get,and they can be a bit hit or miss,although Viva is more cohesive than some later ones.

I have been eyeing this book up for awhile and finally got it - "Can Rock & Roll Save The World - An Illustrated History of Music And Comics" (SAF Publishing) which combines two of my interests into one neat book.

As an addendum to the Tropicàlia exhibition at the Barbican i wholeheartedly recommend the Soul Jazz compilation of the same name as pictured below.