>

Music at home until I was 11 was radio.

1YA mostly – BBC World Service news, light classical, that sort of stuff – with a bit of Sunday Morning Requests as a treat.

Courtesy of the NZBC.

Then we got the radiogram.

And 4 free LPs.

Julie Andrews. Peter Sellars. The Edinburgh Tattoo. John Raitt. (Yep, Bonnie’s dad)

Assume correctly that I wasn’t involved in the selection.

I don’t think I was allowed even to touch it until I was 14 or so.

Then I monopolised it.

The Beatles were liked.

The Byrds were tolerated.

Larry’s Rebels were OK (but only because I went to school with Terry Rouse – keyboards)

The La De Das weren’t liked at all.

Right!

“On top of the world” went on on repeat…

Which still shows, despite careful restoration and digitalisation.