tag:paulcromford.com,2005:/blogs/cromford-s-assortment-001-26th-march-2020?p=3Cromford's Assortment - 001 - 26th March 20202021-01-28T09:40:23+00:00First programme!
Greetings ~~ setting out the store ~~ on this day ~~ live busk, a marital difficulty ~~ a 'boo!' at bedtime, 1 : 1 ~~ encouraging words.Cromford's AssortmentPaul CromfordfalsePaul CromfordPaulCromford@ninefeetnorth.co.uktag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/65519922021-02-18T00:00:00+00:002021-02-18T09:49:11+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC09<p>Cromford update ~~ Another Road to Utopia (songs 1 to 4) ~~ Sketch: Arthur Pendragon with the Belvederes (part one) ~~ Another Road to Utopia (songs 5 to 8) ~~ Sketch: Arthur Pendragon with the Belvederes (conclusion) ~~ Another Road to Utopia (songs 9 to 12).</p>57:48Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/65325692021-01-28T09:40:23+00:002021-01-28T09:40:23+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC08<p>Forever Blowing Bubbles : 'Driveshaft Dilemma' (I) ~~ Cromford update ~~ Some spiffing Scottish tunes, 1 to 3 ~~ Forever Blowing Bubbles : 'Driveshaft Dilemma' (II) ~~ Some spiffing Scottish tunes, 4 to 7 ~~ Forever Blowing Bubbles : 'Driveshaft Dilemma' (III) ~~ Some spiffing Scottish tunes, 8 to 11.</p>59:13Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/65152622021-01-07T08:38:16+00:002021-01-07T08:38:16+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC07<p>Mr Pettifer checks in ~~ Cromford update ~~ Hoots 1 : Messrs Ross, Clark, Scott, Guthrie & Fraser ~~ Sketch: 'Down at the Steeplejack', part I ~~ Hoots 2 : Messrs Clark, Buchanan, Clark again, Guthrie & Fraser ~~ Sketch: 'Down at the Steeplejack', part II ~~ Hoots 3 : Messrs Scott, Clark, Burchill & Kerr.</p>59:20Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/65014422020-12-17T08:29:50+00:002020-12-17T09:02:33+00:00Cromford's Festive Collection CC06<p>A Card for Arthur ~~ Glenn Morgan plays ~~ A Card for Mr Pettifer ~~ Jethro Tull sing & play ~~ December beanfeasts ~~ Coope Boyes & Simpson sing ~~ Cards for the cast of 'Forever Blowing Bubbles' ~~ Alex de Grassi plays ~~ Christmas, the mongrel ~~ Chris Squire's Swiss Choir sing & play ~~ Cards for Marriott & Pat ~~ The Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chant Choir (gasp!) sing & play ~~ Noels and Christmases ~~ Jem Moore & Ariane Lydon play ~~ Cards for the Eastworth household ~~ My all-time favourite Festive Season record.</p>46:07Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64860282020-11-26T08:34:44+00:002020-12-17T08:31:13+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC05<p>"Ladies & gentlemen, hee-ee-re's Phoebe!" ~~ Thanks Be To The Yardbirds, Part 1 (featuring Cream, Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck) ~~ Up In Mrs Eastworth's Bathroom ~~ Thanks Be To The Yardbirds, Part 2 (featuring Led Zeppelin, Renaissance & the many faces of James McCarty).</p>1:01:01Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64705382020-11-05T08:29:28+00:002021-02-18T10:55:00+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection 0004<p>Cromford update ~~ Dig The Dig: 'And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine' (Kenton/Lawrence/Greene) ~~ Marriott Frinton in: 'With Friends Like Pat' ~~ Retouch The Sun: two versions of 'Blue On Blue' (Bacharach/David) ~~ A Man's Life, with musical commentary (music by Rikard Nordraak, John Lennon, Malcolm Arnold, Michael Carr, David Fanshawe & Peter Gabriel).</p>35:01Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64561142020-10-15T08:25:21+01:002021-02-18T10:54:45+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC03<p>Cromford news (including two Big Bangs) ~~ Boozeless Oktoberfest 1 to 9, including 'Wilhelm' (Wilhelm), 'Christopher Columbus' (Fats Waller), 'Church Not Made With Hands' (The Waterboys), 'Four Days Gone' (Buffalo Springfield), 'Surrender' (Colin Vearncombe), 'I'm Free' (The Rolling Stones), 'My Baby Likes Western Guys' (Brenda Lee), 'You Talk Too Much' (Joe Jones) and 'If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody' (James Ray) ~~ Sketch: Mr Pettifer is rumbled ~~ Boozeless Oktoberfest 10 to 17, including 'Boum!' (Charles Trenet), 'Broken China' (Danny Wilson), 'From Russia With Love' (Matt Monro), 'Look Wot You Dun' (Slade), 'Mind Games' (John Lennon), 'Blackbird' (Beatle Paul McCartney), 'Have You Got The Gumption?' (Louis Jordan) and 'Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache' (The Bandwagon).</p>42:29Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64416282020-09-24T08:09:45+01:002021-02-18T10:54:30+00:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC02<p>Cromford news ~~ Dig The Dig: 'Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens' (Kramer/Whitney) ~~ Forever Blowing Bubbles, episode: 'Calamitous Clip' ~~ Retouch The Sun: two versions of 'Wishing And Hoping' (Bacharach/David) ~~ Ten September Songs: only listening will reveal what they are...</p>50:34Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64236212020-09-03T08:49:06+01:002021-04-14T15:45:25+01:00Cromford's Casual Collection CC01<p>Horoscope ~~ Cromford news ~~ In praise of Andy (1): 'Hands Of The Priestess' and 'House Of The King' ~~ Sketch: at home with Mrs Eastworth ~~ In praise of Andy (2): 'Mother Goose' and 'I Talk To The Wind' ~~ Dig The Dig: 'Let's Get Drunk And Truck' (Whittaker) ~~ In praise of Andy (3): 'Supertwister' ~~ Words of thanks.</p>
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<p>#PaulCromford #Casual #Collection #Cromford #music #comedy #magazine</p>39:03Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64084292020-08-13T09:01:28+01:002021-04-14T15:42:51+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0021<p>Endings ~~ On This Day (13th August) ~~ Endings and Beginnings ~~ Unsung Music (a selection of continuity links including 'Ninnity Nonnity Oddity') ~~ Dionne Warwick foams up on 'This Empty Place' (Bacharach/David) ~~ Dig The Dig: 'That's All Right' (Crudup) ~~ Glorious Mono: 'The Longest Rainy Day' (Cromford) ~~ Retouch The Sun: 'This Empty Place' ~~ Endings of Beginnings.</p>
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<p>#Paul #Cromford #PaulCromford #entertainment #music #magazine #podcast #irreverence #AnnieOakley #payphones #DionneWarwick #Bacharach #stainlesssteel #DannyBonaduce #Berlinwall #ArthurCrudup #FlorenceNightingale #FidelCastro #DigTheDig</p>31:23Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/64034162020-08-06T08:51:08+01:002021-04-14T15:39:30+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0020<p>On This Day (6th August) ~~ I'm In A Ditty, Get Me Out Of Here (IIAD,GMOOH) 1 : 'Trouble Standing' (Cromford) ~~ Dionne Warwick's debut disc: 'Don't Make Me Over' (Bacharach/David) ~~ Sketch: Bad News for the Dastardly Knaves ~~ Retouch The Sun: 'Don't Make Me Over' ~~ Dig The Dig: 'Down The Road A Piece' (Raye) ~~ IIAD,GMOOH 2 : 'Trouble Standing' became 'Now By Numbers' (Cromford) in Glorious Mono.</p>
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<p>#Paul #Cromford #PaulCromford #entertainment #music #comedy #magazine #podcast #sketch #irreverence #Tennyson #AlexanderFleming #DionneWarwick #Bacharach #U2 #Beatles #RobertMitchum #Numbers</p>39:17Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63971302020-07-30T08:42:38+01:002021-04-14T15:36:38+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0019<p>On This Day (30th July) ~~ "We're going wrong," say Cream, Alan Watts & Cromford [part 1] ~~ Dig The Dig: 'It's Only A Paper Moon' (Arlen/Harburg/Rose) ~~ The Shirelles plod through 'It's Love That Really Counts' (Bacharach/David) ~~ Glorious Mono: 'The Wonders' (Cromford) ~~ "We're going wrong," say Cream, Alan Watts & Cromford [part 2] ~~ Retouch The Sun: 'It's Love That Really Counts'.</p>
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<p>#PaulCromford #entertainment #magazine #opinion #music #Assortment</p>38:50Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63905972020-07-23T08:23:05+01:002021-04-14T15:34:30+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0018<p>On This Day (23rd July) ~~ Dig The Dig: 'The Java Jive' (Oakland/Drake) ~~ Marriott & Pat on holiday (1) ~~ 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' (Bacharach/David): A) Good Old Dusty; B) Funny Old Tommy ~~ A demo: 'Lady Friend' (Crosby) ~~ Marriott & Pat on holiday (2) ~~ Retouch The Sun: 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' ~~ Glorious Mono: 'Abandoned Man' (Cromford).</p>
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<p>#PaulCromford #Assortment #comedy #sketches #Frinton #Moore #xylophone #wipeout #JavaJive #Inkspots #Bacharach #DustySpringfield #David Crosby #Byrds #Alcock&Brown #RaymondChandler #HaleBopp #Comet #OnThisDay #Stargate #HalDavid #GimliGlider</p>34:33Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63860172020-07-16T08:35:08+01:002021-04-14T15:31:44+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0017<p>Taking stock ~~ On This Day (16th July) ~~ Revisited:- Marriott folding / 'A Fistful Of Waffles' / Tape Hiss Theatre [Macbeth] / 'A Deep Space Thingy' [1] / 'Forever Blowing Bubbles [Aquatic Anguish]' / 'Delivery Harry' [1] / 'The Big Slurp' / 'A Deep Space Thingy' [2] / 'Delivery Harry' [2] / J'Accuse in the Queues / 'Forever Blowing Bubbles [Boatyard Bungle]' / Patacake & the 12.5" Reflectors play 'What Are You Pouting For?'</p>
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<p>#PaulCromford #music #folk #inuktitut #Canada #BarleyAndTheRye #Iqaluit #Nunavut #NottamunTown #BurtBacharach #MakeItEasyOnYourself #HalDavid #Othello #Assortment</p>35:45Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63733402020-07-02T08:32:50+01:002021-04-14T15:22:44+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0015<p>New submarine drama, 'Forever Blowing Bubbles' (FBB) ~~ On This Day (2nd July) ~~ How quaint was 'Any Day Now'? ~~ I'm In A Ditty, Get Me Out Of Here: 'Sleeping Dog' (1) ~~ FBB episode: 'Aquatic Anguish' ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'Sleeping Dog' (2) ~~ Retouch The Sun: my arrangement of 'Any Day Now' ~~ FBB episode: 'Boatyard Bungle'~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'Sleeping Dog' (3) ~~ Glorious Mono: 'Sleeping Dog'.</p>
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<p>#paulcromford #burtbacharach #marvinrainwater #rimskykorsakov #sleepingdog #skipjack #submarine #music #comedy #anydaynow #sibelius #beatles</p>35:07Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63657562020-06-25T08:29:47+01:002021-04-14T15:20:28+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0014<p>On This Day (25th June) ~~ I'm In A Ditty, Get Me Out Of Here: 'On The Turn Of A Word' (1) ~~ Silly Quickie: Tape Hiss Theatre ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'On The Turn Of A Word' (2) ~~ Serious moment: remembering domestic violence ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'On The Turn Of A Word' (3) ~~ Quaintness and Very Loud Organ (three versions of 'Baby It's You') ~~ Retouch The Sun: my arrangement of 'Baby It's You' ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'On The Turn Of A Word' (4) ~~ Silly Quickie: J'Accuse in the Queues ~~ Glorious Mono: 'On The Turn Of A Word'.</p>
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<p>#PaulCromford #music #BurtBacharach #OnTheTurnOfAWord #BabyItsYou #Shirelles #Beatles #Carpenters #Buxton #Stravinsky #Firebird #Macbeth #Shakespeare #shopping</p>35:08Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63574582020-06-18T10:26:28+01:002021-04-14T15:18:54+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0013<p>On This Day (18th June) ~~ Two CSN demos: 'Helplessly Hoping' & 'Marrakesh Express' ~~ I'm In A Ditty, Get Me Out Of Here: 'Calvary Song' (1) ~~ Bob Newhart (not the Driving Instructor sketch) ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'Calvary Song' (2) ~~ Quaintness and Bluster (two versions of 'I Wake Up Crying') ~~ Retouch The Sun: my arrangement of 'I Wake Up Crying' ~~ IIAD,GMOOH: 'Calvary Song' (3).</p>
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<p>PC</p>36:29Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63247372020-05-21T08:45:13+01:002021-04-14T11:52:54+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0009<p>An apology ~~ On This Day (21st May -- including Gratuitous Dig at China) ~~ The Schoolmaster (Rowan Atkinson) ~~ Patacake and the 12.5" Reflectors perform 'What Are You Pouting For?' ~~ Try Before You Buy: 'Lost In Music' by Giles Smith ~~ On The Trot: 'King For A Day' (XTC) ~~ A wee voice in the wilderness.</p>
<p>PC</p>36:32Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/63160012020-05-14T09:42:43+01:002021-04-14T11:51:01+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0008<p>Fey Old Bird ~~ On This Day (14th May) ~~ Daft Old Bird ~~ You can write a song (including 'Blacknotes' by Graham Nash) ~~ I wrote a song (1 : chords) ~~ Soppy Old Bird ~~ Who was Mr Smith? (1) ~~ I wrote a song (2 : instruments demo) ~~ Who was Mr Smith? (2) ~~ On The Trot: 'Coz I Luv You' by Slade ~~ I wrote a song (3 : lyrics) ~~ I wrote a song (4 : the whole caboodle) ~~ Random Old Bird.</p>
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<p>PC</p>30:44Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/62996922020-04-30T10:13:40+01:002021-04-14T11:48:18+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0006<p>On this day (30th April) ~~ Posh demo: 'You Don't Have To Cry' (Crosby Stills & Nash) ~~ Goon Show excerpt ('The Affair Of The Lone Banana') ~~ On The Trot: 'This Generation' by Roachford ~~ Twelve-Minute Tale: 'The Holiday Man' by Richard Matheson.</p>
<p>PC</p>29:26Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/62915122020-04-23T10:09:33+01:002021-04-14T11:46:56+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0005<p>Warning (unseemly noises) ~~ On this day (23rd April) ~~ Bits of Busk (1 : 'Home At Number Nine', 'Amethyst - Moonstone') ~~ Serious talking:- really, let's get through this ~~ Bits of Busk (2 : 'Spending Sixpence', 'Walk Away Renee') ~~ On The Trot: 'Leonardo's Bicycle' by The Uncle Devil Show ~~ Bits of Busk (3 : 'An Ill Moon', 'Spending Sixpence') ~~ Happy Birthday To Me (on Saturday 25th).</p>
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<p>PC</p>31:35Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/62770312020-04-09T10:44:14+01:002021-04-14T11:43:22+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0003<p>On this day (9th April) ~~ a bit of a busk: 'Moon River' ~~ make your own hazmat suit (Marriott Frinton folds) ~~ On The Trot: 'Road To Kingdom Come' by Lindisfarne ~~ A 'Boo!' at Bedtime: 'A Vindictive Woman' (3 of 3).</p>
<p>PC</p>29:38Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/62692482020-04-02T11:49:54+01:002021-04-14T11:43:55+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0002<p>On this day (2nd April) ~~ posh demo: 'Guinevere' by CSN ~~ movie mash-up: 'The Big Sleep' (Philip Marlowe sucks) ~~ 'On The Trot': the 'Route 66' theme ~~ A 'Boo!' at Bedtime: 'A Vindictive Woman' (2 of 3).</p>
<p>PC</p>31:52Paul Cromfordtag:paulcromford.com,2005:Post/62624802020-03-26T14:22:41+00:002021-04-14T11:40:19+01:00Cromford's Assortment 0001<h2><span class="font_small">First programme!</span></h2>
<p>Greetings ~~ setting out the store ~~ on this day ~~ live busk, a marital difficulty ~~ A 'Boo!' at Bedtime: 'A Vindictive Woman' (1 of 3) ~~ encouraging words.</p>
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