Oh God - when I think of the records I've lost over the years by lending them... An original BYG Magic Brother, various Nonsuch Explorers, a rare copy of the first Damned album (with the Eddie and the Hotrods pic), several Bartok String Quartets, Julie Tippets & Maggie Nicholls duo, innumerable Topic & School of Scottish Studies records. These days I just don't... Albums I've borrowed? Well I still have several of Bill's Coltrane & Sun Ra albums stashed away for when he finally gets bored of Hare Krishna, though after 25 years this is looking unlikely. And if my brother ever wondered where his copy of One Size Fits All is... On a happier note a few months back I was able to return to Mr Greenoaken's keeping his rare Peter Bellamy vinyl to wit: Exceedingly Good Songs / Won't You Go My Way / Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate AND his video of Larner, Cox, Bellamy et al. Hey, I'm not saying it was easy (wonder if he's still got my Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii video??)
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