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Two concert week ! Thea Gilmore at the Huntington Hall Worcester, first heard her music on a Naim label taster cd given away on an hifi magazine years ago. Paul Jones and Dave Kelly again at the Huntington Hall, I saw Dave Kelly at the North Staffy Poly Students Union in the 1980s one of a few...

When I left my days in PCB assembly (25 years ago) pre lead free but even then we used no clean flux in both the solder paste and wire, never cleaned the boards after machine or hand soldering. The occasions I get the soldering iron out these days and only if it's QFP or fine SOIC I'll clean...

Two gigs in a week, last Sunday was Lindisfarne in Huntingdon Hall Worcester. Rod Clements is the only remaining original member but it was still an enjoyable night. I now realise it's 40 years since I first saw them at a student's union event in Stafford, does the college gig circuit still...

Sadly it looks it is true, reported on the Guardian website https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/06/tony-mcphee-singer-and-guitarist-rock-band-the-groundhogs-dies-aged-79 I saw Tony McPhee with the Groundhogs several times over the years, always a good gig. I played their Black Diamond...

I am going to the Bristol show but have never been before, in fact I have never been to any HiFi Show, what should I expect?

Ian McNabb, Huntingdon Hall Worcester. I have a few of his CDs which I really rate, but I have never seen him live as a solo artist, although I did see him in the Icicle Works at a student union gig early 1980s. Thursdays gig was excellent, the venue a re-purposed Methodist chapel worked really...

Sari Schorr at Huntingdon Hall Worcester, she was the support for the cancelled Robin Trower gigs I had tickets for, so I thought I would give it a go. I was impressed and I had forgotten how good the venue is too.

In my opinion yes there good festivals, some I have enjoyed when I was there and some maybe just looking back at. Started my festival career just after my 18th birthday at Reading 1980, went to Reading for four years moved on the Glastonbury mid 1980s, started going to Cambridge Folk Festival...

A fellow electronics instructor I worked with always said the first rule in learning to solder is to only hold the blue end. Any one who got burnt was reminded about the first rule (only works with Weller irons though)

Having bought a few Slade singles in my pre-teen age years, really forgot about them, until I saw them at Reading Festival 1980, a year the lineup was dominated by new wave of British heavy metal bands, Slade came on to a somewhat disinterested audience, but so quickly had the whole field on...

Sorry for muscling in on your thread doctorf, but my issue seemed similar. Looking at my suppression cap it was oozing some slime, so replacing the cap and the the RCM burst into life! The vacuum motor was a little sparky to start with, but seemed to calm down after a couple of seconds. I forgot...

Sad news. I too saw Budgie a few times in the early 1980s including them supporting Ozzy Osbourne on the Blizzard of Ozz tour at Liverpool Royal Court they went down well, one of my favourite gigs of that era.

Coincidentally, I was about to ask a question about my Moth RCM, it doesn't blow fuses but trips the RCD in the fuse box. Haven't used it for ages, stored it in the dryish/not too damp cellar, but I fear damp has got into it

The Cure - inbetween days, I shared a flat as a student with someone who played the only that track off the album incessantly years later I saw the 12 inch single in a secondhand stall, and I couldn't help myself.

I have seen Lindisfarne a fair few times over the years, with various line ups, always good, they played the Students Union at Staffordshire Poly when I was a student there early 1980s. Is the college gig circuit still a thing? cheap beer and live music what's not to like! . Giving a listen to...