tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post113485420690886126..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Farewell to StromnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-10061116809434333072021-11-14T10:03:56.395+00:002021-11-14T10:03:56.395+00:00For all those who like to hear 'Farewell to St...For all those who like to hear 'Farewell to Stromness, you might also enjoy John Stewart's song 'The Last Hurrah', it's uncannily similar.jimmiebeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913104650092859001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80308345967448678872010-10-28T15:00:41.016+01:002010-10-28T15:00:41.016+01:00October 2010 update – there has been considerable ...October 2010 update – there has been considerable interest in this previously unpublished photo of Clark Gable. Further research by me has failed to confirm that it was taken in the Orkney Islands, although there is no doubt that the photo, and another that I have of Clark Gable with my father, are genuine.<br /><br />My late father spent some time with the RAF Regiment in Scotland and I have always assumed that the photo was taken there. But research uncovers very few links between the USAAF and the RAF bases in the Orkney Islands. <br /><br />I have found propaganda footage on YouTube which looks as though it was taken at the same time as the stills I have - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppcki5iJ3zU<br /><br />This footage was shot in England at an unspecified location. I know that my father also spent time at RAF Bovingdon and this was also used by the USAAF. So without further information Bovingdon or another English base would seem the more likely location for the photo.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-26505396972230562332009-01-09T04:56:00.000+00:002009-01-09T04:56:00.000+00:00This is my first time to your blog. It won't be my...This is my first time to your blog. It won't be my last. I thoroughly enjoyed EVERYTHING I found here. Bravo!Randall Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475487913158321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1154792254140874132006-08-05T16:37:00.000+01:002006-08-05T16:37:00.000+01:00I was delighted the other day to finally find a co...I was delighted the other day to finally find a commercial recording of the guitar version of Max's beautiful <I>Farewell to Stromness</I>.<BR/><BR/>It is on an early CD by <A HREF="http://westsussexguitar.com/WSGC/ashford.htm" REL="nofollow">Mark Ashford</A> released by Turnbull (950604). The other works on the 25 minute CD are by <A HREF="http://www.rolanddyens.com/" REL="nofollow">Roland Dyens</A>(an exciting young composer I'm hearing a lot of recently), Henze, Albéniz and Sergio Assad. <BR/><BR/>Well worth seeking out.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1135152570404391992005-12-21T08:09:00.000+00:002005-12-21T08:09:00.000+00:00Re-reading Max Seabrook's excellent biography (whi...Re-reading Max Seabrook's excellent biography (which only goes up to the early 90's) reminded me of another Max story, this time about <I>Orkney Wedding and Sunrise</I>.<BR/><BR/>When he composed the work in the mid-80s Max was living in a remote croft on Orkney without a phone. But he had fitted an intercom link to a neighbouring croft whose owner used to do some shopping for him.<BR/><BR/>Max was in the habit of compiling shopping lists, and relaying them to his helpful neighbour David Hutchinson.<BR/><BR/>The short score of <I>An Orkney Wedding</I> bears amusing testimony to this arrangement: on the back of one page of manuscript score are the words <B>'David: bogg roll, salt, loaf'.</B>Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com