OFFICE tidy up and clear out is top of my list for today. I started months ago then got too busy dealign with stuff to finish he job!

Margaret’s tackling the remaining stone veneer tiles int he wee nook the new stove is going into. Mikey did a power of work getting the space sorted but for reasons only known to himself abandoned the tiles halfway through…he did say he’d come and sort it by Christmas but (hopefully) the new stove is going in on Wednesday so we need it finished now.

I get a fair bit of clearing out in the office then help Margaret before heading to the studio.

I found some old Summerfield Blues cassettes in the attic earlier and I’m keen to see if they’ll play – and if they do, digitise them.

There’s two cassette EPs from 1994 (Let’s Scare the Posh People and Little Miss Behavin’) and, more interestingly, our first recording/demo Line & Track from 1988. Ten tracks recorded live direct to Foster X15 cassette recorder in a rather boomy classroom at Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy.

Considering the limited recording facilities (or lack of them) the sound quality isn’t bad…but the song arrangement (mostly covers) and playing/performance leaves a bit to be desired! It was, however, the version of Prince’s Purple Rain on the cassette that generated the media coverage that got us off to a pretty good start.

I get the cassette digitised just int ’em for us to head along to Betty’s to get her curtains put up and enjoy pizza and a blether.