The Legendary 10 Seconds

26^th June 2022

In last week's blog I wrote about the very engaging talk that I enjoyed at the Palace theatre in Paignton. I have now composed the music for the lyrics that I wrote about it and I have started to record this song. I probably now need to ask Lord Zarquon if he can finish and master this new tune as I would like to include it in the Sagas of the South West music project.

12^th June 2022

I was inspired to write a new song after watching the Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations on TV. The aeroplane formation that displayed 70 in the sky over Buckingham Palace was particularly impressive. Last Sunday Ashley Dyer visited me and I recorded him playing his trumpet on this new song. I also recorded his trumpet playing for my 'Rumours of War' song, and my version of the traditional folk song called 'The Keeper Did A Hunting Go'. Finally I recorded him playing some trumpet on a new version of one of my old songs called 'You Sang'.

Platinum Jubilee

It's the Queen's jubilee

Celebrate so joyfully

Seventy years on the throne

Such a long reign that we have known

Seventy years in the sky

See the red arrows fly

It's her platinum jubilee

Celebrate so joyfully

Seventy years on the throne

Such a long reign that we have known

Seventy years in the sky

See the old Lancaster fly

The mayor of London is so proud

To hear the bells ring out so loud

Union jacks are on display

With such joy throughout the day

It's the Queen's jubilee

Celebrate so joyfully

Seventy years on the throne

Such a long reign that we have known

Seventy years in the sky

See the Spitfire fighters fly

29^th May 2022

I was very pleased with how my songs sounded at the Babbacombe theatre on Friday. The images in the slideshows for the songs also looked very good on the big screen. I felt that my songs fitted in well with David Scott's excellent lecture about Torquay during WW1 and WW2. It was very nice to see my old friend Robert Frazer there as he has moved back to Torquay after retiring from working in London. My friends Phil Helmore and Jerry Brimicombe were also there. It was quite interesting to see Jerry's old house in Paignton in one of the videos of the Rich and the Pure about Torquay during the Victorian era. Afterwards I had a mango sorbet on Babbacombe Downs with Jerry who had a banana ice cream.

Here is a link to a webpage with information about the Rich and the Pure:-

https://exeter.anglican.org/the-rich-and-the-pure-new-film-based-on-the-true-story-of-st-mary-magdalenes-church-in-torquay/

15^th May 2022

I have now uploaded the Time Stream song onto Soundcloud and Bandcamp

https://soundcloud.com/the-legendary-ten-seconds/the-time-stream-j-brown-the-lts

https://thelegendarytenseconds.bandcamp.com/track/the-time-stream

A Richard the Third Records release, May 2022

Jay Brown vocals, rhythm guitar, bass and keyboards

Ian Churchward guitar solo and keyboards

Lord Zarquon keyboards, drums and mixing

Composed by Jay Brown and Ian Churchward

Recorded in Torquay and Marldon in Devon

1^st May 2022

Graham Moores visited on Tuesday. He has been digitising my collection of cassettes of various Torbay bands that I recorded, mainly during the early 1980s. He has also digitised several of my Chapter 29 rehearsal recordings. I gave him another batch of cassettes on Tuesday and I also found my copies of the Popular Obscurities SWIM magazine. He has borrowed these magazines as he is in the process of making a Pop Obs CD and the articles in the magazines will help him to complete the details of the booklet notes for the CD. In one copy of SWIM there is a list of singers and musicians of the various Torbay bands that were part of Popular Obscurities.