Monday, December 23, 2024

The Feel It Advent-ure 2024: Door 23

Where has the month gone? It's flown by. 


This is the last of the 45s I picked up on our tour of the Deep South earlier in the year. I was chuffed to find it as I had put it on my wants list about five years ago after hearing it on a mix, turns out it was one of those, often, elusive and underplayed B sides. In the UK there have never been many copies for sale it seems and to buy one you would not get much, if any, change from £20. I had always been hanging out for a cheaper copy because I felt one would be bound to turn up eventually. And finally one did, in Euclid! It still turned out to be one of the more expensive purchases of the trip, but at only $4.99 I was more than happy.

This one is for Mrs Darce. She indulged me on these digging interludes on our holiday, and I am very grateful. For the Euclid visit I had researched some local cafes/bars that might be suitable but as our walk took us closer to the shop we realised there wasn't going to be one she felt comfortable going into on her own, most of them seemed to be closed in the afternoon anyway. So she came into Euclid too. As we alighted upstairs (where most of the 45s are) we saw, in amongst the shelves of records, just the one chair, unoccupied. It was as if it had been put there especially for her. She was always prepared with a book in her bag so, as I dug, she was sitting in "her" chair patiently reading. 

Jackie Moore - Somebody Loves You  1977

I have featured Jackie Moore a couple of times here, but a long time ago now. She passed in 2019 (she was 73), but unfortunately I didn't pay my respects at the time. 

RIP Jackie Moore.   

  


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