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I recently disposed of my vinyl collection (downsizing can be stressful!), and am now working my way through Bill's back catalogue. I snapped up STRE as soon as it became available as a download, and now realise just how radical it was in 1981. Its lo-fi ambience is quite captivating - not exactly amateurish, but the sound of an artist determined to create something despite the technological restrictions. Great stuff.

I am compiling a list of the gigs which made up the Invisibility Exhibition Tours in 1981 & 1983. If anyone can confirm these dates or add new ones please let me know. Also if anyone has any souvenirs of the gigs such as programmes, flyers, articles etc. Invisibility Exhibition Tour 1981 27/11/1981 Jesmond Cinema Newcastle 29/11/1981 The Venue London ? Warehouse Leeds Invisibility Exhibition Tour 1983 22/02/1983 University Loughborough 23/02/1983 Polytechnic Manchester 24/02/1983 ? Bournemouth 25/02/1983 Polytechnic Huddersfield 26/02/1983 ? Leicester 01/03/1983 Night Moves Glasgow 02/03/1983 Queens Hall Edinburgh 03/03/1983 Polytechnic Leeds 04/03/1983 Polytechnic Liverpool 16/03/1983 Dominion London I will update this as new information comes to light. PERHAPS BILL COULD HELP TO COMPLETE THE LIST?

Let's have some morbid fun and build a playlist of tracks with apt titles for the current situation. Here's a few to start you off: Exposure - Peter Gabriel Martial Law - George Clinton Sick, Sad Little World - Incubus Infected - The The Curfew - The Stranglers

I was able to find a new, never opened, Noise Candy (the 2015 Cherry Red Records release) and it arrived this afternoon. This will be new material for me and looking forward to enjoying the music.

My super deluxe version of Drastic Plastic has landed. I have managed to get the audio tracks from the DVDs; (discs 5 and 6), in a suitable format for adding to the CDs to form a 6 disc set for playing. All is okay except that I do not recognise a few of the tracks playing on the section, Be Bop Deluxe in The South of France - Bill Nelson's Home Movies Filmed Whilst Recording Drastic Plastic. I would ideally like to add titles to this section. Can anyone help? I have so far in order of play: Her Presence in Flowers / Kid With Cowboy Tie / Tropicus / ? / To the Sea in Ships / On the Beach / V-Ghost / Over Ocean / Holiday Express / ? / ? / ?. Can anyone agree this and fill the gaps denoted by question marks? To be honest, Because I didn't recognise some of the tunes, I have used Shazam and I am just replicating what it has told me; (shameful)!

Yep, it’s ready to ore-order. In case you’ve missed the announcement email, this is the first time Bill has had the pre-order facility, it will be used to determine the quantity of CDs to be produced. So please make sure you get your order in within the next couple of weeks to secure your copy!!! Audio samples are available to listen to on the album’s page in the discography section of Dreamsville.

Here is another album waiting for release in 2020. 'Memory Loft' features instrumentals with such titles as 'The Lanternist', 'Twilight Planetarium', 'Red Ray Beamer', 'Tinkerbell In Paradise' and 'Evening Slippers.' 14 tracks in all, it's one to look forward to next year.

Happy Birthday, Radium Girl, 4 June 🙏 I’m always two days ago.

Happy Birthday Jon, I still owe you a pint 😉 Best wishes Eugene and Noeleen. ps see you in November.

While waiting for the new set to arrive I’ve been listening to that other huge set of songs all the way through. It’s even better than I remember. “Don’t Cry Space Guy” currently playing. So wonderfully Low-Fi. I forgot how good these songs sound. Like a dream…maybe it is.😉

Released on this date, in 2018. .

Our American (and Canadian) friends in particular might remember "Trouser Press" magazine, which was published from 1974 to 1984. It was a terrific monthly publication helmed by its editor / publisher Ira Robbins. In May of last year (2021), Ira released a digital-only book entitled "Music in a Word (Volume 1)." The book's description is as follows: "Subjects include Trouser Press, John Lydon, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen, Ice Cube, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Cure, Blondie, Be-Bop Deluxe, Liz Phair, Michael Jackson, T. Rex, the B-52's, Elvis Presley, Jethro Tull, J. Geils, Public Enemy, David Bowie, R.E.M., Linda Ronstadt, Pavement, Kirsty MacColl, Holly Beth Vincent, Billy Joel, Tears for Fears, Julian Cope and Ian McCulloch, as well as movie reviews and much more." The section on Be Bop Deluxe is 30+ pages! The digital book can be ordered through Amazon... and although a hard-copy edition will be released this year (2022), please note that it will not include the chapter on Be Bop Deluxe. There is also a "Music in a Word (Volume 2)" that has just been released, and it is available once again through Amazon and comes in both digital and hard-copy formats. It is described as follows: "The second volume of veteran rock critic Ira Robbins' anthology-and-memoir Music in a Word trilogy compiles his extensive writing about nine artists: The Who, Cheap Trick, the Ramones, Nirvana, the Clash, the Kinks, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards and the Replacements."

Hot on the heels of Sunburst Finish, Cherry Red are now taking pre-orders for Futurama! Available as either a 2-disc expanded CD or a 4-disc box set. Those of you who bought the Sunburst Finish box set will be aware of the fantastic packaging that Cherry Red provided...we have no reason to doubt that the Futurama release will not be to the same high standard. Visit the Dreamsville Store to pre-order now!

Only just found out about the passing of Spencer Davis who died two days ago. I'm very sad to hear this as I was a big fan of The Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s and used to do cover versions of the group's 'Keep On Running'' and 'When I Come Home' singles when I played in local Wakefield bands at that time. In fact, the first time I ever sang with a band was when we covered those songs. The rest of the band I was in were not so keen on the emerging British R n' B scene, being somewhat more conservative, but they agreed to do the numbers provided I sang them. I think they thought that I wouldn't take up the offer and that would be the end of it, but I decided to have a go. And so, at a working men's club gig somewhere in West Yorkshire in the mid 1960s,, I sang in front of an audience for the very first time, (well, the second time if you count that I'd sung 'The Christmas Alphabet' as an infant in my school's Christmas play!) The Spencer Davis Group were excellent and very influential, and those records still sound great. Rest in peace, Spencer... The Spencer Davis Group. Left to right: Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Pete York and Muff Winwood.

Today marks the anniversary of Harold Budd's passing. It was on this day in 2020 when my dear friend succumbed to Covid in a Los Angeles hospital. Hard to take in that this was a whole year ago, losing him still feels so raw and cruel. Harold was a very special being and a wonderful, generous friend. I miss him so much...

So many albums awaiting release in my archives, some dating back four years or so now. This particular album, 'Phantom Fuzzbox,' is one of the more 'avant-garde' of the bunch with abstract, slightly atonal guitar improvisations. Not sure when to let this loose, but it will be sometime next year...

Here's a rough flyer for another album waiting in the wings for a 2020 release...

The UK continuing to fund Eurovision is like a masochist paying their dominatrix. They keep giving us a good kicking and we keep coming back for more.

Here's a shot in the dark. When I saw BBD in Toronto during their "Drastic Plastic" tour, Bill played an instrumental that he called "Working Man". It was a mind blower and I've been wondering if it ever got recorded and even more importantly, will it ever see the light of day.

In case you missed the announcement, the video of Bill’s live solo performance from the Old Haunts CD launch party, has now been made available to view ‘On Demand’. If you’ve already subscribed, you should be able to log in and watch straight away. Sign up to watch as many times as you like until the end of the year! Full details are here:- https://www.billnelson.com/old-haunts-streaming

One of my favourite composers, The Maestro ... 10 November, 1928 - 6 July, 2020, Rome, 🇮🇹

Anyone else having trouble watching the Old Haunts Broadcast? Half hour since the start time and nothing on the channel https://page.inplayer.com/billnelson/