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I think that digital downloads of all the Nelsonica discs could be a project for the Mayor and others. Could supplement the Band Camp Fridays release schedule.

Thanks for the clarity, as re: royalties and timing. My disappointment merely stems from over-excitement: I've wanted a remastered edition of this essential comp for 25 years or so, and I thought this was finally it. But I have the "Quit Dreaming" box set on pre-order, so more of my money is happily heading Bill's way. 🙂 I think if you look at the entry in the Store, rather than the Bandcamp link, you'll see that, at the top, it reads "retrospective 2LP collection - February 1985" and below that, under the artwork, is a very detailed tracklisting from the original LP. So that does give the appearance that this release is that one. Nowhere on the Store page does it clarify that the download is NOT that version, but rather the UK single disc edition. As I mentioned in my follow up, that becomes clear once you go to Bandcamp, though I do think it was reasonable to ask for clarity. Anyway, I"m grateful for your follow up.

.....and here's the great poster which hung on my wall for the early '70s

Managed to get out for a long walk for the first time in ages. Great weather for it too. Here's some photos (particularly pleased with the damselfly).

A photograph of my band, 'GLOBAL VILLAGE', posing in front of the van we owned in the 1960s when we were, without a doubt, the coolest band in Wakefield. At this point in time, I was still working as a Local Government Officer in a job I hated and in which I was encountering a lot of insults about the way I looked. It was a different era, a very conservative, unenlightened time, (at least in Wakefield,) but I 'flew my freak flag high' and the band became an escape from the drudgery of my day job. Incidentally, I painted the name of the band on the side of the van myself. We had a sign in the van's back window which read: 'Don't laugh Madam, your daughter might be inside.' At the time the photo' was taken, we had become a four piece band, though this wasn't to last long. We remained, essentially, a three piece 'power rock' trio. Left to right in this photo': Bill Nelson, Pete Bradley, Alan Quinn and Bryan Holden.

Yes, always enjoyed his stuff, and a great live act. What a broad church we are!

Who can forget him in Zardoz! I mean once you see this you can’t un-see it

Oh sorry for some reason I was thinking Kiss. But that’s correct and UH covered that great song Hold Your Head Up nicely - which in many ways is more relevant than ever.

Well firstly, Pie's video is not a 'progressive-left' take on the situation back then. It is a view from the left, and is a satirical view, but certainly not progressive left...Whether you tag as progressive-left, has little relevance in the context of your comment. The comment you make here is a rather sneaky attempt to make me look like a hypocrite, or even a fool. However, this quote you are using, which I did make (obviously), is being used by you in a biased and loaded way, it 'fits' with what you are trying to achieve, but in truth, only paints half the picture of where I stand...read on. Here is my closing remark from a post I made on Jan. 12th (this year) on your "NHS is finished, say doctors" thread: Quote "Of course the government has lots to answer for, but it's not just a problem coming from the right." So yes, I stand by the comment I made re the Pie video and still think it was on the mark. You can clearly see that the recent comment I made on your other thread, is of a similar nature, saying that the current government has lots to answer for, proving I am still consistent with that viewpoint. I will call out accordingly, either left or right, as my comment then, re the right and my recent comment, re the right, shows...Would you agree with that?...It's there in black and white. There's nothing to make sense of, as I quoted, it's not just a problem coming from the right, and that comment/stance seems a balanced approach and perspective to me. You tried to use an old quote from me, in a manner designed to show me up. But as you can see, in my recent quote made on your thread, I am still critical of the Tory government, some 3 or 4 years on, something which you would be aware of (i.e. the actual comment), but have conveniently forgotten....This approach you have just employed, kind of proves one of the aspects I was pointing out in my above post = go figure it for yourself. You seem totally obsessed, to the point of fanaticism, with a completely biased viewpoint of everything being the fault of the 'hard-right'..period. As Orphan mentioned, you can't keep on with that kind of approach, without others making a point of counterbalance. My comments on the progressive-left, I stand by.....But as you can see, I am able to criticise the left, and the right, both 3 years ago, and today. Do you work in pairs?, who 'directed' you to the Pie thread...FFS.

CAN'T RECALL WHAT MAKE THIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR WAS THAT I OWNED IN THE LATE '60s. IT MADE IT'S WAY ONTO THE 'NORTHERN DREAM' ALBUM. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ARIA. BUT THERE I AM, ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, PLAYING ON A LITTLE HILL THAT WAS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE OF A COAL MINE NEAR LUPSET ESTATE IN WAKEFIELD, NOW LONG GONE.. . THIS IS A PHOTOHRAPH OF MY GIRLFRIEND OF THE 1960'S, LYNNE HOLLIDAY, TAKEN IN THE FRONT GARDEN OF MY PARENT'S HOME AT 37 WOODHOUSE ROAD ON EASTMOOR ESTATE, WHERE WE LIVED AT THAT TIME, (HAVING MOVED FROM CONISTONE CRESCENT.) LYNNE IS HOLDING MY GIBSON 345 GUITAR IN ITS ORIGINAL SUNBURST FINISH AND WITH ITS PICKUP COVERS STILL IN PLACE. ALSO SPORTING ITS ORIGINAL MACHINE HEADS AND BEARING THE 'W. N.' GILT INITIALS ON THE SCRATCH PLATE THAT I'D APPLIED. (THERE ARE STILL MARKS ON THE SCRATCHPLATE TO THIS DAY THAT SHOW WHERE THE INITIALS ORIGINALLT WERE, THANKS TO THE GLUE THAT ATE INTO THE PLASTIC.). LATER, TOWARDS THE END OF THE 1970s, I HAD THE GUITAR REFINISHED IN A CHERRY RED SUNBURST AND REMOVED THE PICKUP COVERS TO EXPOSE THE COILS, A FASHIONABLE THING TO DO AT THAT TIME. BUT I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OLD COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH OF IT IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE. HERE I AM AROUND 1972, PHOTGRAPHED IN THE LIVING ROOM OF 27, ANDERSON STREET, PLUMPTON, WAKEFIELD, THE FIRST HOUSE I EVER OWNED WHEN I WAS MARRIED TO MY FIRST WIFE SHIRLEY. I'M PLAYING A BEAUTIFUL WHITE GIBSON SG CUSTOM, WHICH WASN'T MINE BUT WHICH I'D BORROWED, THOUGH I CAN'T RECALL FROM WHERE. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT AT THE VERY START OF PUTTING BE BOP DELUXE TOGETHER. THAT GUITAR WOULD NOW BE WORTH A FORTUNE! HERE I AM, PHOTOGRAPHED AT 'TWILIGHT PROPERTY' IN CLIIFE, NEAR SELBY, THE COTTAGE I BOUGHT WHEN I FIRST MARRIED MY SECOND WIFE JAN. THIS WAS MY ENTIRE GUITAR COLLECTION AT THAT TIME, A FRACTION OF WHAT IT IS NOW, THOUGH MANY OF THE GUITARS IN THIS PHOTO' HAVE LONG GONE.