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Eurosong Fever 2026… THE FINAL!

Oops. Turns out I missed the 2nd semi-final of this years’ Eurovision. Well, I didn’t exactly miss it as I recorded it, I just…. erm, didn’t watch it. Been a busy little beaver this week, and by that, I mean I was sat there on Thursday and Friday, with my thumb only partially wedged up my arse. Thursday was the Premier League darts anyway. This does mean, however, that a lot of tonight is going to be a mystery. I think that makes it a little more interesting anyway. Anyway, in order to get some type of preparation done ahread of the prgramme, so I’m not wasting half the time copying and pasting, here are the 25 songs, in order they’re appearing. Allegedly.

The intro is starting off with some singer who apparently can only communicate with dogs. Was that last years’ winner? I barely looked at it last year. (Yes, he was the winner, AJ, or something) Do they have these flag parades every year? If so, I’ve not taken any motice.

Apparently you can vote now, before any of the acts have played.

And Grahan Morton really doesn’t like the hosts, he’s been hilarious so far already. Aaaaaaaaaand here we go…

1. Denmark: Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem

I think this is one of the ones I’ve not heard before. Can’t remember it anyway Takes place in a “perspex box they haven’t managed to clean properly”. Supposed to be a favourite, but it’s pretty forgettable. Actually, saying that, it’s got better as the song went on. Turns out I quite like that one. “Must be like a petrie dish in that plastic box”. Hahaha!

2. Germany: Sarah Engels – Fire

Ah yes. I remember this one. It’s the one where I didn’t blink for about 3 minutes. Would love to see this one do well. Quite a catchy song, by my word, that stage performance. I’ve gone more bong-eyed than usual.

3. Israel: Noam Bettan – Michelle

Ohhhh, this is where the fun starts. Still think it’s a pretty mediocre song to be fair. Heard much better. that means it’ll probably do really well.

4. Belgium: ESSYLA – Dancing on the Ice

Oh god, it’s the “Dancing on the ice” one. I was dgoing to take a drink every time she sings “Dancing On The Ice”, but I’d like to see tomorrow. 13 times, if I counted correctly.

5. Albania: Alis – Nân

Oh, don’t think this had subtitles last time. Something about a dead mother, apparently. Oh, actually, this wasn’t the one I was thinking of. A bit depressing that one.

And now there’s a break. Only 20 songs to go.

6. Greece: Akylas – Ferto

Oh, it’s him with the tiger hat. Or something. It’s the retro graphics one. I didn’t think it’d come even close, but typically, it was the first one through. And apparently, he’s dressed up as a cat, not a tiger. Same thing. In a way. My opinion hasn’t changed much on the 2ns play, it’s still not brilliant. This was the one I thought the last one was, because of the mother character.

7. Ukraine: LELÉKA – Ridnym

I don’t think I heard this one. A 28 second high note in the middle. I can’t get away from the fact that she looks like Diane Morgan though. Don’t know what to make of that one. Was waiting for it to get going and it never really did, but not the worst song I’ve heard.

8. Australia: Delta Goodrem – Eclipse

Ah, now this one’s supposed to be good. Imagine if this one wins and they end up having to host it in Australia. That’d be amusing. Actually, yeah, this one is good, and probably the best one of the night so far. even a bit of a piano solo. And a key change. If this doesn’t do well, I’ll eat a kangaroo. Or something.

9. Serbia: LAVINA – Kraj Mene

The metal one. I did like this one. Pointy nails, pointy outfits. Something I forgot to mention last time, is that the microphone stand is a stand. that amused for me for some reason, and still does. I’d love to see this one do well. even if it’s shouty. We’re not even half way through.

10. Malta: AIDAN – Bella

Bella Bella Bella. This one’s garbage. The most forgettable one so far.

11. Czechia: Daniel Zizka – CROSSROADS

Ha. Faulty camera moment. I don’t think that’s a video effect. It went when they switched to another camera. Not keen on the song though. Apparently, the cameraman fell, which caused the distortion. Admittedly, it’s probably what I will remember about the song.

12. Bulgaria: DARA – Bangaranga

this son’g apparently really catchy. Yup. This is proper eurovision fodder. If I thought that ‘Dancing on the ice’ one was repetitive, this this one might top it. And, at the halfway point in this song, we’re half way through the competition.

13. Croatia: LELEK – Andromeda

Ah yes, I remember this one from the semi-final. Starts off slowly, gets better. I’ve warmed to it, and I like it. Hopefully it does well.

14. United Kingdom: LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER – Eins, Zwei, Drei

Anyone else spot the irony of our entry being titled in German. It’s the first time I’ve heard this one. Purposely avoided like I do every year. Oh my god, we have absolutely zero chance. A shame, as he came across as being a really nice, if a little eccentric. No chance.

15. France: Monroe – Regarde !

Oh. Opera skills. I probably won’t like this one. And I’m right, I don’t. Decent vocal range, I’ll give her that, butnot even my glass of water, never mind cup of tea. It’s gonna absolutely fly. Hurrah. time for a toilet break.

16. Moldova: Satoshi – Viva, Moldova!

Yep, I liked this one. 100% Eurovision fodder, with the Halo beat, I think at the start. Wonder how Eurovision stands when it comes to clearing samples? Apparently they’re OK with it. Definitely still one of my favourites, and I’m not sure why. If there’s a song I’d play over and over again, it’d be that one.

17. Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin

Apparently, this one is the favourite. Ah yes. This is the one where she got special dispensation to have an instrument playing, and then the entire set burns down or something. Did like this one. Still do. Sort of reminds me of the old Channel 4 Racing theme. I do think this will do well. 20 years since Lordi won Eurovision. I’ve seen them live since then too.

18. Poland: ALICJA – Pray

she swore during the semi-final. I’m going to have to see if I can spot it because I didn’t last time. Didn’t think much of the song last time. Oh yeah, was that a ‘shit’? Not *really* swearing is it? A BBC swear word perhaps. A real-world word. Not a fantastic song. It reminds me of the MC Hammer song of the same name.

19. Lithuania: Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más

Oh god, it’s Silver Paint guy. He paints himself silver because he comes second in competitions. Didn’t really like this one.

20. Sweden: FELICIA – My System

I really, really liked this one last time, and I’m guessing I will do this time. I always like Sweden’s entries. this one is no exception. Proper Europop at its best. I’ll probably add this one to a Spotify playlist or something. Overall, this is my favourite so far, and I really hope it does well. Probably won’t though because I’ve just given it the kiss of death.

21. Cyprus: Antigoni – JALLA

Oooh, this is catchy. Another one where I might need to find some lightbulbs to screw in while listening to it. 0 points for lyrics, but solid 8/10 for the music. Decent, that one.

22. Italy: Sal Da Vinci – Per Sempre Sì

Upbeat, but romantic, apparently. Ah yes, I remember this one. I didn’t say much about it last time because they’re already through, but… I like this one. It’s another one where the backing track really carries it. Sort of reminds me of when an 80s celebrity would release a single. The instrumental covers the fact that the vocals aren’t the best. But this one, the vocals are actually quite good. I’d like to see it do well

Thankfully, there’s a break at this point, so I made the excuse to go down and get some ‘crisps’. Walkers Oven Baked ready salted, if you’re interested.

23. Norway: JONAS LOVV – YA YA YA

Haven’;t heard this one. Might be catchy. Hmmm, not quite, but I think I can see what would happen if you ordered Freddie Mercury off Temu. Not as good as I was excpecting, but not the worst I’ve heard. Wouldn’t skip it, wouldn;’t play it intentionally.

24. Romania: Alexandra C?pit?nescu – Choke Me

Ohhh. I like this one. Another metal one. Apparently ‘choke’ is in the metaphoric sense, or something, but my word, this one is great. Definitely in my top 3 of the night.

25. Austria: COSMÓ – Tanzschein

The home crowd are going to go nuts for this one, no doubt. There’s one thing I can guarantee, Vienna won’t be hosting it next year. It’s not a great song. the guy looks a little bit like Darragh off The Chase.

And that’s you’re lot. Eurovision oficially over for another year. Only the voting to go now, and all of the crap in the middle that I’ll probably just have in the background while I play Raccoin.

My top three. Sweden, Germany, Romania

this “Waiting for Votes 2 show is much better than anything I’ve seen all night. Not very often I’ll say that, but it was really good this year. Normally it’s just filler, but it seems like there was a bit of effort put in this year.

First vote gone, 0 points.

7 votes down, 1 point. I’ve just noticed Malta have Eddie Hitler on their team.

10 votes… 1 point. Going well so far. Just out of interest, is any of this coming out of the licence fee, seeing as we’re part of the ‘big four’?

Officially half way through, 17 of 35 results… 1 point still.

Well, all of the countries gone… 1 point.

Time for the home viewing. We have absolutely no chance. 0 points last year from the home voting. Can’t see any different this year.

I was right! Last again! I’ll conclude this here. Never EVER doing this shit again… until next year.

Yeah, we came last, as usual, but I don’t mind. Tonight wasa return to a bit of normality after the absolute shit show of last year. 2025 overall was just fucking shit, but the fact that this year returned to some normality meant everything I know I do these every year. I know nobody reads them. Nobody comments. Nobody is reading this now, but things are.. I dunno… stable? Can I put it like that?

Eurosong Fever 2026!

Ah yes, here it is again. Eurovision 2026! The annual political bunfight set around a song contect. I look forward to it every year. Well, except for last year. things weren’t going to well for me this time last year, so I decided to take a break. Over the course of the next three days, I intend to double my post total on here for the entire year, with the semi-finals and final on Saturday. I’ll probably watch them all, type my feelings towards them then burn myself completely and vow to never do this again until next year.

Now, unfortunately, I’ve been a bit busy tonight, so I’m a bit behind and watching it on catchup, so if you’re reading this in realtime, then I’ll be typing about things that happenmed 30/35 minutes ago. I’m sure that’s all tradition too. Anyhoo.

So it’s starting off with Vicky Leandross. Apparently she won it.

Moldova: Satoshi / Viva, Moldova!

Oooh, flutey, and that drum beat… the Amen riff, or something? Moldova is on duty… Not a bad start, actually. I quite like this one. A good start.

Sweden: FELICIA / My System

Apparently, this is going to be one of the favourites. She’s never appeared without her mask… Oooooh, dancy. This has never been known. two songs in and I actually like both of them.

Croatia: LELEK / Andromeda

Well, this one;s starting slowly. And it didn’t get better. I knew we couldn’t go three for three. Mind you, it did get a bit better towards the end. It’ll get through.

Greece: Akylas / Ferto

Why… why is he dressed up like a tiger?. You need to see this one to believe it. Retro graphics. I’m getting sick of seeing those new. they’re overused. Worst song, but I ended up quite liking the staging. No chance of coming close.

Portugal: Bandidos do Cante / Rosa

It’s taken… is that 5 or 6 sonds before they’ve got to the sloppy ones. Absolutely nothing to this one, and considering it’s in Portuguese, I have no idea what’s being sung. Not even much of a backing track to like… I think it’ll do well.

Georgia: Bzikebi / On Replay

Lots of lalalalalalalala, in this one. One of the female singers sounded a bit of tune on this one. Not one of my favourites so far, but perfect Eurovision fodder.

Oh, here’s a bonus one. Italy. they’re already through so they weren’t on the website’s list.

Finland: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen / Liekinheitin

Apparently this is one of the favourites to win. Didn’t know that live instruments are to be played on stage, apparently, ‘Linda’ had special dispensation to play the violin. Oooh, I can see why this is is one of the favourites. Oh, great, now the set’s on fire. Yeah, that’s definitely going through.

Montenegro: Tamara Živkovic / Nova Zora

This one’s the closest to metal so far. Normally there’s a few in there, but…. er, so rry, I got slightly distracted by some lovely bottoms there. Cough. I expected to see some vampire fangs or something there. It’ll go through

Estonia: Vanilla Ninja / Too Epic To Be True

Apparently they’re called that because they make ice cream. No, seriously. YES! this is what I watch Eurovision for. Guitars. this belongs in the 90s, and it’s my favourite by far. Sounds like it’s fallen out of 1991.

Israel: Noam Bettan / Michelle

Ah, here we go. this is where all of the politics are going. Wouldn’t be surprised if we see a protest here. Well, you can hear someone shouting in the background. the song isn’t that great if I’m completely honest.

And now Germany. there are already through so I’ll leave my opinion to the final.

Belgium: ESSYLA / Dancing on the Ice

My god. I’m not quite sure what this one is supposed to be. No sir, don’t like it. Seems to be the same line repeated over and over. I might count next time it’s on how matimes she sings “keep dancing on the ice”.

Lithuania: Lion Ceccah / Sólo Quiero Más
Oh. Silver paint. Now that’s a gimmick. Apparently he’s had the silver make-up on all day. the song itself appears to be very forgettable. Certainly one I’ll not remember in 10 minutes time. It’ll probably go through.

San Marino: SENHIT / Superstar

Featuring Boy George. No, really. the song itself is very generic, I don’t even think Mr. O’Dowd can save this one. I was right, but even more Eurovisiony than the rest of them.

Poland: ALICJA / Pray

Wow. I’m glad this is nearly over. Only one mopre song, and they’ve seemingly been getting worse as the last few songs have been chronic. Apparently she swore in that song too. Never noticed.

Serbia: LAVINA / Kraj Mene

Oooh, a metal song. This one might be good. Ah yes. there’s the pointy leather outfits. And yep, it’s certainly metal. Phew. This one’s saved the last few songs. It’s even got a bit shouty.

And that’s your lot. the only thing left is the voting. I think I can fast forward most of this, might even be able to catch up.

Apparently, there’s a musical act in the middle. “Zurcaroh – Welcome To The Funfar”. Lots of acrobats. Aaaand I’m bored of it.

I’ve also caught up now so I’m watching this live…

Greece. The tiger bloke is through.
Finland. Yeah, they were guarartneed to go through anyway.
Belgium.
Sweden. Liked that one. Glad it went through.
Moldova. Ha. That was a weird one. Had a feeling it’d go through.
Israel. Oh. Saturday night’s going to be fun, then.
Serbia. Yaaay. A bit of metal.
Croatia. Oh, that was the folky one. Wasn’t sure if that’d go through.
Lithuania. Silver paint guy. Can’t remember anything about the song.
Poland. Didn’t like that one.

Right, well, that’s that, then. I get to do this all again on Thursday!

Simply The Best… SOUTH CLEVELAND GARAGES!

There are some things about living in Britain that are written into unofficial law. Firstly, if someone drops a glass in a pub, you have to all go “waaaaay”. Secondly, if the weather is anything slightly different than overcast drizzle, you either have to post on Facebook about it, or make generic small-talk to everyone around you.

Thirdly, if you’re from the north east, specifically Teesside, and of a certain age group… Let’s say 35+ at the time of typing, there is one specific unwritten rule that stands to this day.

Whenever “The Best” by Tina Turner comes on the radio, you have to add lyrics. And it goes something like this.

“You’re simply the best…. SOUTH CLEVELAND GARAGES!”

There are clips of nightclubs erupting into song whenever this came on. When the Premier League Darts came to Newcastle, and Mensur Sulevik walked on, a large portion of the crowd also erupted into song.

Anyway, apparently, this particular jingle has been hard to find. And because I’ve typed all of this, you’e already worked out that I’ve found a copy within my own tapes. Therefore, I shall not detay you any longer. Here’s a copy of the advert from around 1999/2000.

It’s funny how just one jingle is probably more fondly remembered than what is on the rest of the tape. For instance, the next song on the tape is “Radio” by The Corrs. I wonder how many people wake up at 4AM in the morning with that going through their head on infinite loop? Nobody. Yet, I’m sure, at some point today, that “The Best” will get played somewhere in Middlesbrough, and 90% of the listenership will add “South Cleveland Garages”.

Also, did you know that “The Best” was originally sung by Bonnie Tyler? And yes, it was me who uploaded the video to Youtube in case anyone thinks I plagarised it for the sake of hits.

Strictly Lockdown. Oh my.

2020. The year the world changed. A pandemic swept the globe, we were all confined to our hutches for extended periods of time, and the NHS was stretched to breaking point

Thankfully, amongst all of this turmoil and anguish, the team at the Darlington Operatic Society did something a little better than stand on their doorstep and clap every Thursday. In fact, they went into the recording studio and blasted out this little number…

Admittedly, I picked this CD up several months ago, and not knowing what ‘DarlingtonOS’ was until I started typing that previous paragraph, I thought it was a team of doctors who had recorded something to take their minds off their jobs. Alas not.

Now, I’m not going to break down every track like I’ve done in the past, or even listen to the CD in its entirety as opera isn’t exactly something I enjoy, or even have the slightest bit of knowledge about – in fact it all sounds like people trying too hard to sing.

50% of the money raised from the sale of the CD will have gone to the Darlo NHS trust. No idea how many they sold, but I should hope it filled their much needed biscuit barrel several times over. However, seeing as I got this from a Hartlepool charity shp for 5p, I don’t think my sale will have contributed it that much.

The CD itself is a professionally printed CDR in a slimline case. The list of names on the inside cover are far too long for me to envisage typing, but if you recognise yourself on this list, then hello!

Although the music on the CD is not to my taste at all, it’s more listenable to most of the crap on the radio, and the CD itself is an obscure throwback from the weirdest 18 months in living memory.

Beckett… The CD that started it all

As you know, I’ve pretty much exclusively been talking about homebrew CDs I’ve purchased from charity shops. In a very early post on this subject, I mentioned a band called Beckett, and unfortunately the CD never worked. I did write a short post on it last year, but never published it. Tonight, I found the Cd again, so I thought I’d try listening to it again, with no success. I thought, as I haven’t updated this for a few weeks, I thought I’d dig this post out and publish it.

Charity shops. They’re the gift that keeps on giving. Sometimes, however, the gifts simply don’t work, and you spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been. This CD is one of those examples.

As you can see, the disc is by a band called Beckett, and sadly, there’s not a lot more I can tell you. as I can’t actually hear any of the music that’s on the CD.

The things that I CAN confirm. You start off with a standard jewel case, with inkjet printed inserts. The disc is printed on a CD-R with a stickered label, and other than the pictures I’ve shown, or will show, that is pretty much all I can tell you.

The disc isn’t recognised in normal CD players, and when I try to rip it from several different drives, it just sounds like interference. The disc looks in very good condition. There are a few marks and scratches, but nothing that would prevent the disc from reading. Any scratches that are present, are probably just from my ghetto technique of attempting to clean the disc with 99% IPA and whichever item of clothing I happened to be wearing at the time. If I look at the disc surface under the equally ghetto method of “my phone’s camera in macro mode”, I can see small, dark patches on where the data is written. That’s not a good sign, and I suspect that te glue in the disc label has reacted with the foil coating of the disc and ruined it. A shame.

Who’s in the band? Well, according to the inlay, we have…

Ben Fisher – Vocals and Guitar
Greg Sleebush – Bass Guitar and Bacing vocals
Dave Bridge – Lead Guitar and keyboards
Ed Cross – Drums

There is a website listed on the dsc, which has, of course, long since expired, but according to the Wayback Machine, there was a small amount of activity from around 2004-2006, so I can only assume this is when the disc is from. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that any of the media was archived, so no pics by the looks of it. It appears that they did quite a few gigs around the London area.

I have had a look to see if there’s any mention of them on Spotify. Sadly, there are lots of artists and bands with the same name, and none of them appear to be the same band. There is a Myspace page that featured some later songs, but none of it survived the massive purge that took place, essentially wiping out an entire generation of unsigned bands’ work, a lot of it never to return.

Unless I can find a CD player somewhere that can play this sadly decaying CD, Beckett will forever remain a mystery. They could have been great, they could have been terrible. I wll probably never know.

Update: Since I wrote this post, I’ve changed CD drives several times, new and old, and sadly, none of them can read this disc. So, if you know what became of Beckett, or any of the members in the band, please get in touch. I’d especially like to hear the tracks I’m missing out on.

Jenson – Cheap to Anyone… a lost CD?

We interrupt this period of silence to bring you… a post. I know you’re all waiting with baited breath for Derby Part 4, but before that, I have a little bit of a favour to ask… Does anyone know, if a CD is coming up “blank” (as in, it’s recognised by the OS as being so 685Mb free), but there is definitely data written to it, is it possible to get to that buirned data?

That’s the question, here’s the brief story. Over the last couple of days, I’ve had a particularly successful run of getting CDs, including some very good ones. I had to go to the doctors today, and just down the road is a charity shop. A lovely one seemingly ran by two old ladies. anyway, through the mounds of Mario Lanza and Perry Como, I picked this one out. It’s from one of my favourite genres these days… “Homebrew”. And this one fits the bill perfectly.

You’ll have to forgive the really ad-hoc nature of the photos. I’m doing this as a spur of the moment thing. One of the ladies had a quick look at what I’d bought, paying close interest to this one, in fact she thought that it was a copy and she shouldn’t have put it out. I explained that it wasn’t a copy, but a personally recorded CD – a home-made recording of their own work. I got it, and hurried home to play it. I opened the box and foind… oh, no. the dreaded paper label.

Ugh, I thought it was a goner from the start. It was copyright 2000. I didn’t think I’d have much hope of it being played Thankfully though, the data on the disc looked perfectly intact. In fact, it was very “prominent” for a CD of this era…

Looks perfect. However, when I put it into the drive, I get this.

Windows sees it as a blank disk. So yeah, as per my original question, is it possible to recover the data? I can’t tell, looking from the disk reflection. So, is anyone aware of any software that can recover this disk?

EDIT: Linux also sees it as a blank disk. Tried programs such as cdparanoia and dvdisaster to see if they can make any sense of it, but no. The on;ly thing I haven’t tries is what happens in a regular, bog standard CD player

Pat Harris – Just For You

A couple of years ago, I had a couple of days away, travelling this wonderful country of ours. One particularly memorable stop was the beautiful fishing village of Grimsby, and there should be no surprise in the fact I frequented a couple of charity shops. Actually, no, read that as “every damn charity shop I could find until my feet bled, and the smell of fish drove me insane”.

During one of the last shops, I picked up a CD. A disc, full of mystique and wonder, and I thought deeply about how my life could continue in the same vein if I didn’t own this sultry lump of plastic and paper…. Ladies, gentlemen and miscellaneous, I bring you… Pat Harris – Just For You

Yes, I know what you’re all thinking. I need to invest in a new scanner that didn’t come from the 1980s.. Nope, that’s actually how the CD inlay looks. A photocopied piece of card, and on the back on this card is…

It should come as no surprise that these are the only ‘artwork’ on the case. The inlay card for the case is just a copy of that one above, but printed on A4 paper. Effort was made to get the spine label showing correctly, unfortunately, this was only achieved on one side of the case, the other one is a mile off.

The CD itself is, thankfully, an undecorated CD-R. I say ‘thankfully’ because, as you know, I’ve found that a lot of the CDs that have those CDR label stickers have all started to degrade over time.

I have, of course, googled the name, and have found a singer who released a couple of records in the 60s with the same name. I’m not sure if this could be the same person or not.

As you can probably tell, I’m holding off actually trying to listen to it. I mean, it’s two years since I purchased it. I’m donning the headphones, I’m pressing play, and…

…Oh, wow.

A song called “Losing You”. Now, I really don’t want to piss on Pat’s parade here. I don’t know this song, but there’s a warble in Pat’s voice that may, or not be close to the original record (I’m guessing these are all covers), but the amount of warble is almost offensive. A very cheap sounding backing track is playing. So far, this is everything I was expecting, and at the same time, everything I was dreading.

Track 2 is a cover of Buddy Holly’s “Bye Bye Love”, which, despite the Bontempi-quality backing track, I quite enjoyed. I liked that song anyway.

A few tracks in, I’ve noticed something. The entire album is recorded in MONO. I thought my headphones were on the wonk, but no. Audacity confirms every track is the same on both channels. A view of the waveform would also suggest that the backing track has a winder dynamic range than Pat’s vocals, suggesting either a really low quality microphone, or her vocals were recorded to something like a cassette tape before being inserted into the final project.

There seems to be an offensive amount of reverb used on every track, at least the ones I’ve dared listen to. It seems to ruin the vocals, and fair play to Pat, she’s knocked out a perfectly acceptable version of “Penny Arcade”, a standard that features on almost every one of these types of CD.

Track 7 is a cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. A song I don’t particularly like at the best of times, and… I just can’t say anything good about this version either. The warbling is back. You know, I’ve never, ever done this, but I’ve purposely put on John Lennon’s version just to erase Pat’s version out of my mind.

So… yeah. I got to track 7. Sorry, not a fan, but I hope that some of Pat Harris’s fans do comment on this and share stories and history. I was genuinely amazed and humbled when Jean Bennet’s friends and family commented on my post about her, and I hope that Google’s search gods allow people to find info about this CD, and I get a similar amount of comments about Pat. Without the reverb, though.