Random CD Selection

I usually carry out some sort of filtering on the CDs I pick up to play every day but last night I didn't go out to the garage until after dark and just picked up a random handful and it has turned out to be the best selection for a long time. Here is the list in full :-

Various - The Rebirth of Cool Three
King Tubby - Dub Gone Crazy
Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass - Passages
Mike Oldfield - Incantations
Renaissance - A song for all Seasons
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees - Boat to Bolivia
Transvision Vamp - Pop Art ( Yes I was the one who bought it)

No Virginia Astley but the song "Rain" on "Boat to Bolivia" is especially for her and that brought to mind all of her songs. "From Gardens Where We Feel Secure" has been, at times, my favourite album of all time. It sounds twee on first listen but then you become aware of all the found sounds and lo-fi recording which make it genuinely unique. It is the sound-track to a Stanley Spencer picture. Thing birds singing, Squeaky hinges on a gate or maybe a swing, The sound of oars in water, Churchbells, owls and Clocks ticking. You will think that all your adult years have vanished and you are back when nothing mattered but the next five minutes.