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Back In London

Today I am in London. This now seems to be a monthly affair. I have a few visits to do, a cookie shop visit, a bar visit at UCL again, and a sushi outlet. Of course, I have brought CD's with me to exchange at Rays Jazz Shop and at MVE in Notting Hill. These are the main purpose of the visit whilst the others are paid bonuses.

Today's Acquisitions

Turned out to be a lovely sunny day in London. I did a cookie shop in Kensington High Street and bought three cookies and got a fourth free. I also did the UCL IOE Bar visit and had a lovely pint of Cowcacther IPA (4.8 % ABV).





After the cookie visit, I caught a bus to Trafalgar Square to get the 14 to Bloomsbury area and snapped a couple of pictures. As you can see it was blue skies and quite warm.

I did a couple of sushi bars, one in Bloomsbury and the other by the theatres.
As for the CD exchanges, I made twenty-five quid and picked up these -






Cannonball  Adderley - Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
John Coltrane - Blue World (Impulse)
Can - Saw Dekight (Spoon)
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - s.t (EG Edition)


Some nice listening to do and a much quieter Wednesday.

Two Penguins

Music from today's finds.


Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Salty Bean Fumble

Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers 1 to 4

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) was an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass

The group recorded and performed for 24 years until Jeffes died of an inoperable brain tumour in 1997. Several members of the original group reunited for three concerts in 2007. Since then, five original members have continued to play concerts of PCO's music, first as The Anteaters, then as The Orchestra That Fell to Earth. In 2009, Jeffes' son Arthur founded a distinct successor band simply called Penguin Cafe. Although it includes no original PCO members, it features many PCO pieces in its live repertoire, and records and performs new music written by Arthur.