Are these sloes?

[Easydrinker]

I'll have a pint of whatever he is drinking...

Robert.

[gaza the instructor]

"Got to keep the loonies off the grass!" Dark side of the moon 1973.

[Easydrinker]

Don't make me feel older than I am!
My mates dad had this album on four track, reel to reel.
Try explaining that to the youth of today!

Robert.

[Mash]

I wish I had kept my reel to reel.

[Easydrinker]

Bulky and fiddly!
Then came 8-track, still bulky.
Cassette and CD followed in swift sucession.
To be replaced by MP3, WAV,FLAC,ACC and a shed-load more audio systems,
I am no audiophile, much of my personal jukebox, 80,000 tracks, which is mostly currently MP3, startrd life as vinyl, transferred to cassette, then to CD, finally to Laptop MP3 library.
Some of it sounds flat these days.
As stated, not an audiophile, but these days instead of digging out obscure music from cassette,( little vinyl remains), I look on Spottify and YouTube.

There is one track, recorded from a John Peel broadcast around 40 years ago which I cannot find anywhere.
And I may have the only existing copy.
My copy is shite, and if anyone can point me to a better one, I would be grateful.
Not holding my breath.
Irish band, "De Dannan", Song "Lamentation on the price of a pig".

Robert,

[DorsetScott]

There is one track, recorded from a John Peel broadcast around 40 years ago which I cannot find anywhere.
And I may have the only existing copy.
My copy is shite, and if anyone can point me to a better one, I would be grateful.
Not holding my breath.
Irish band, "De Dannan", Song "Lamentation on the price of a pig".

Robert,

This should be it:

http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/Stuart/JS%2 ... 20JS09.mp3

[gaza the instructor]

I bought a Jensen Interceptor about 12 years ago and that had an 8 track.
The only tape I had was the theme music from Shaft, so that was on all
the time. Also the only car I have owned never to do double figures to
the Gallon. Mostly due to a heavy right foot and the addiction to V8's.

[Easydrinker]

There is one track, recorded from a John Peel broadcast around 40 years ago which I cannot find anywhere.
And I may have the only existing copy.
My copy is shite, and if anyone can point me to a better one, I would be grateful.
Not holding my breath.
Irish band, "De Dannan", Song "Lamentation on the price of a pig".

Robert,

This should be it:

http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/Stuart/JS%2 ... 20JS09.mp3

Thanks for the pointer.
They don't want to let me in.

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My own efforts since my post have found this-
https://thesession.org/tunes/1638
Reading the posts below the blobs and sticks lets me know what I am looking for.

Edit.
I know from material that I bought from a local charity shop, the radio stations were inundated with music from many sources.
I bought much promo material that had been sent to John.
Sadly, this was not amongst it.

I remember him stating on one show that if he could afford it, he would flood the world with albums byhttps://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b- ... +motorbike
But he shone as a DJ for playing stuff that no-one else could,or would.

Robert.

[DorsetScott]

Hey ED, the username and password are in the screenshot you have provided

Username - peel
Password - group

[Jennysgin]

Is it working now Robert?!

[Easydrinker]

Thanks muchly DS,
Sometimes I should not be let out alone!
I totally missed that.
Looks like an early "I am not a robot" type messge, now that I have seen the wood for the trees.
When time allows, I will explore the website, but the last track in that link is indeed the one.
Last night a stringed instrument playing friend played me the tune of Tatter Jack Walsh, and that is the same tune.
Same friend, as a birthday gift made me a 3 string fretless electric felling axe guitar, but put the strings on the wrong side, it is uncomfortable to play, right handed; the (axe) head needs knocking off, and turning 180 degrees.
So he has lent me his next creation, a classic 3 string fretless cigar box electric guitar.
When time allows I am learning to play 12 Bar blues.
All a million miles away from the saxophone that I own and have not played for years.
The plastic waste pipe flute that he made and gave his wife, an accomplished clarinetist, as an anniversary gift, I can get notes from, she can manage actual tunes.
We have seen all sorts of lock-down instruments built, the Electric Tea chest base, the chest of drawers guitar, the current project is the sweetie tin banjo!

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Robert.

[Jennysgin]

They look amazing ED! That's a creative friend you have

However, looping back to sloes....
@Jules did you ever manage to get close-up photos of your trees/bushes?

[Jules]

Sorry guys, have been flat out decorating my friend's new place. To my misfortune, she has two left feet for hands...

I've not been out to look for sloes but the sun should be out over the next couple days so will force the dogs to come on some nice country walks with me. If I see something that remotely looks like a Blackthorn I will ask for your advice. Better safe than sorry. So at this time of the year, the flowers should be gone and leaves all over the show, right?

[Easydrinker]

The few that I have growing have miss-shaped very small plummy type fruits right now.
And these are known Black Thorn.

Robert.

[phantom]

Sloes won't be much more than small green blobs ATM. Certainly a good time away from darkening so they're visible......

[Mash]

Good point that man, if they are ripening now they are plums.

[Jules]

I like plums. They make excellent jam. I have been out a bit with the dogs but so far no sloe anything. So I bought a bottle of Gordon's sloe gin. You guys know I'm not a gin drinker but my other half drinks anything due to the Scottish heritage I assume (sorry Ed ), and I actually liked it. I had it with bitter lemon which my neighbour suggested but what do you all drink it with? I'm not a fan of tonic water but would it be drinkable with lemonade?

[Jennysgin]

Oh no, the Gordon's stuff isn't a patch on proper homemade sloe gin!
I like it over ice
Or just neat in the winter, like a liqueur

[Easydrinker]

The only accompaniment to home made Sloe Gin is more of the same!


Robert.

[Mash]

.... but what do you all drink it with?

With?

With mates, with the wife, with the family - is that what you mean

[Jules]

Not quite Mash but that will do. I will try it without a mixer and see what I think and how I feel the next day. Thanks for the replies and for opening my eyes to how it's drunk

[Mash]

Small glass, drunk neat. Winter warmer. Lovely

[DorsetScott]

Adding a shot to a mulled cider gives a real nice drink too

[Jennysgin]

Adding a shot to a mulled cider gives a real nice drink too

Good shout DS! It's nice in prosecco too

[Easydrinker]

I think it is too good to dilute.

Robert.