{"id":2037,"date":"2013-05-16T19:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2013-05-16T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T23:32:00","slug":"the-week-that-was-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2037","title":{"rendered":"the week that was .."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>ok, i realise the blog has been quiet of late.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>the reasons are simple &#8211; i have been busy : parenting + work + hangover + emo chaos<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>life takes its toll.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>however, in this modern world of downloads vs old school f*ckers like me, i like to be able to prove that the silver disc still has its place.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>so, here is an example of how far a wallet busting \u00c2\u00a310 went this week :<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <strong>emerson, lake &amp; palmer<\/strong> &#8211; s\/t (remastered edition)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <strong>emereson, lake and palmer<\/strong> &#8211; tarkus (remastered edition)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <strong>nina simone<\/strong> &#8211; silk &amp; soul (remastered legacy edition)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <strong>hollie cook<\/strong> &#8211; hollie cook (2011 cd produced by prince fatty)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <strong>the key<\/strong> &#8211; fit me in ( rev-ola reissue of late 1970s lost classic)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>the result is a power house of brilliance and unexpected sonics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>from prog excess, to soul\/jazz perfection, via laid back old school reggae and 70s yacht rock.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>ok, i know all this is available via your various streaming sites, but the fact is, i love the randomness of the search.<\/div>\n<div>i love the discovery.<\/div>\n<div>i love the tactile nature of the hunt.<\/div>\n<div>i love the unexpected treats<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(i have been wanting to hear the <strong>hollie cook<\/strong> album since its release, but have never seen it in the racks,. and as for elp, well, i just knew at some point i would fall under their spell at some point)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>as i have said before : f*ck a download.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>onwards<\/div>\n<div>mark e<\/div>\n<div>ireallylovemusic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok, i realise the blog has been quiet of late. the reasons are simple &#8211; i have been busy : parenting + work + hangover + emo chaos life takes its toll. however, in this modern world of downloads vs old school f*ckers like me, i like to be able to prove that the silver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2038,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}