This collection looks fascinating, and I was really delighted to see Bill there. Anxious to hear these tracks, I made a Spotify playlist 😎 (-7 of the 57 tracks). Intrigue: Steven Wilson presents,https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1q5CC6YSe5h8eaNRHJCyu6?si=6d5a2a1190b44cfd Toby

Ray Dennis Steckler (aka Cash Flagg), purveyor of dreadful Z-movies and beloved of cult film enthusiasts!

I can't give you a page ref, because I have the audio book, but in Chapter 47 (there are quite a lot of chapters!) ,"A professional poet on tour with Bebop Deluxe" JCC says "[Bebop's] music was very much predicated on the extreme technical proficiency of Bill Nelson, their virtuoso guitar player [...] Unlike a lot of people in his corner of the rock biz, Bill Nelson was quite amenable to the more imaginative elements of punk rock. He liked The Clash and the Sex Pistols. The Bopsters however, didn't always agree with him on this, and saw people like me as an unwelcome intrusion". So that seems pretty positive to me.

Ah yes of course! I really should have remembered that :-) Wow, beautiful. Thanks Jeff!

What a lovely album, never heard this one before! Purchased! Thank you Bill!

> No - they are in the BBC archive and are not available to the general public. Erm, that would be the general public that pay the licence fee to fund the BBC? Agggggggh.

Walter Becker, RIP, was a big fan of Sadowskys, and they now sell his signature model, which looks beautiful .

Yep all working. Thanks for a lovely piece Bill, and happy birthday!

WOW I love that! Beautiful stuff Bill and gorgeous guitar (as ever). Thanks!

Check Takeshi Terauchi's tone here! Beautiful (and a bit bonkers)! https://youtu.be/IC5DLBMUKso

Sending you best wishes Bill. Toby

Yikes, I bought it on Amazon at regular price about 3 months ago. It's on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/3SjOadN3o7Osmb8urZ82d0) but I suspect Bill gets $0.00000000000000025 if he's lucky from that :-(

Bill, I send sympathies and love to you and your family.

What a wonderful thread! Thanks Bill. My guitar collection is a modest 7 including a seemingly un-tunable Fender acoustic 12 string! Speaking of strings, I remember Andy Partridge saying many years ago that to save time he bought his guitar strings "pre-tuned"! :-) best, Toby

Go for it Alec!

That's exactly it Parsongs! I've been flitting around and am sure I am missing gems! I am keeping a diary of this crazy project yes, and a spreadsheet :-). My excuse for this is that I am a Computer Scientist by profession! Toby

Thanks for the explanation Bill. Aaagh what a pain, but nevermind. Your show was SUPERB, full of magic and I do hope a vid can be made for those who weren't there. Cheers!

Your pix are excellent, returningman! Can you share your tech and settings, please? And yes big thanks from me too, to Ian an all the organisers. And the excellent pianist in the bar! cheers Toby

I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Leeds City Centre - Armouries for the 2017 show. Cheapish, nice location but a long walk from the Clothworkers, water taxi from Leeds Dock into town. Horrible breakfast though!

Thanks Ian!