tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post7138770758486968021..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: "DEFT AND SPEEDY"Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-20731226957602765052012-10-26T01:56:09.418+01:002012-10-26T01:56:09.418+01:00Thanks once again Brian.
Not that I'd like to ...Thanks once again Brian.<br />Not that I'd like to hear Hit the Heights before but it would make a great Xmas present. That gives you a couple of months! ;)JakeTuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339550269460316027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-42943063872810082922012-10-26T00:29:25.586+01:002012-10-26T00:29:25.586+01:00Hi, Jake: I've just posted Miss Elisabeth Welc...Hi, Jake: I've just posted <a href="http://briansibleysblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-songs-i-love.html" rel="nofollow">Miss Elisabeth Welch's songs from <i>Hit the Heights</i></a>.<br /><br />I will do the whole show, but I am having serious internet problems at present and need 90 minutes to upload the show which, with drop-outs, is not easy...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-91520889031444784912012-10-24T14:07:39.330+01:002012-10-24T14:07:39.330+01:00Thank you for replying Brian.
I have just checked ...Thank you for replying Brian.<br />I have just checked the Soundcloud site and it's pricing. I didn't think it would be that expensive. If I was richer I'd make a donation if you promised to upload the complete Hit the Heights! <br />Have you uploaded the Elisabeth Welch numbers? I couldn't find them earlier. I did have a listen to Humbug. Great stuff thanks. One never tires of A Christmas Carol.JakeTuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339550269460316027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-76592807144552224622012-10-03T20:29:46.686+01:002012-10-03T20:29:46.686+01:00Hi, Jake, thanks for the mixed (but honest) review...Hi, Jake, thanks for the mixed (but honest) reviews! Much appreciated! Not sure about posting the whole of 'Hit the Heights', I would need to be able to afford to buy more space on Sound Cloud first; but there will be a couple of Elisabeth Welch numbers coming up soon. <br /><br />Really pleased to know that you enjoyed my two forays into Gormenghast... :)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-47820519149519578262012-10-03T20:02:59.671+01:002012-10-03T20:02:59.671+01:00Well Pratchett has never been my cup of tea anyway...Well Pratchett has never been my cup of tea anyway and I only found this blog whilst googling 'pooh norman shelley' as I'd like to get his Argo readings. I did have them once on cassette but lost them. Thank you for Three Cheers by the way. I also enjoyed Humbug and the Moffat tracks. <br />I'd love to hear all of Hit the Heights and thought maybe you don't have full control over it (posting clips is OK under fair use I believe?).<br />Thanks also for many of the shows you've made for the beeb by the way. Tolkein has never been my bag either but I enjoyed the Gormenghast shows from the 80s as well as the recent Classic Series 6 parter.JakeTuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339550269460316027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-5328408566277695792012-09-21T11:32:04.782+01:002012-09-21T11:32:04.782+01:00Boll – I may post it all: the trouble is two-fold ...<b>Boll</b> – I may post it all: the trouble is two-fold – the time (and cost) involved in uploading such a long programme to Soundcloud. I'm also not sure that any of my readers will listen to a 90 minute show on the blog. For example, I don't think anyone listened to my Terry Pratchett interview that I recently posted...<br /><br />However, in the meantime, I <i>will</i> be posting a couple more extracts from <i>Hit the Heights</i>.<br /><br />And, yes, you are right about the framing device (written by A N Other) that I disliked at the time (but which was part of a style that linked a week of plays and shows): it wasn't that bad!! :)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-50717123096551714692012-09-18T21:38:19.419+01:002012-09-18T21:38:19.419+01:00Much hunting has not given me a date for broadcast...Much hunting has not given me a date for broadcast beyond that which you referenced - 1990. Pity.<br />It has inspired me to take a listen though and your audience deserve the chance to hear it in its entirety I think. You should post it ! I like it as a whole piece...even the introduction you so despised...Boll Weavilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-60402726327423810292012-09-16T17:20:57.894+01:002012-09-16T17:20:57.894+01:00Yes, Michael, John was a multifaceted player and w...Yes, <b>Michael</b>, John was a multifaceted player and worked many times with Glyn Dearman – hence his appearance in my <i>Hit the Heights</i>, in which he was the ever-adaptable and gracious 'glue' holding together a charming, but basically insubstantial, piece of frippery.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-33961524778160892832012-09-16T10:27:10.942+01:002012-09-16T10:27:10.942+01:00I saw him recently on DVD for the first time as th...I saw him recently on DVD for the first time as the flamboyant Lord Merlin in "Love on a Cold Climate" - wonderfully creepy. <br /><br />He was excellent on Radio in so many roles, but of all of them my favourite was a very precise Sherlock Holmes to Timothy West's Dr Watson in Glyn Dearman's production of "Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula" The latter is still being aired occasionally on Radio 4 ExtraMichael Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232181049621677899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36733535867748019142012-09-15T23:57:10.816+01:002012-09-15T23:57:10.816+01:00SharonM – Thanks for the reminder of some of John&...<b>SharonM</b> – Thanks for the reminder of some of John's other work.<br /><br /><b>Boll</b> – How kind, Mr Weavil! As my official archivist, you don't happen to have an original transmission date for the show, do you?Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-81954199960856814522012-09-15T18:55:26.653+01:002012-09-15T18:55:26.653+01:00'Hit the Heights' is a real departure for ...'Hit the Heights' is a real departure for you but a little known gem. Your regular followers would love to hear the whole show I'm sure :-)Boll Weavilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-91598531638719174042012-09-15T14:55:46.305+01:002012-09-15T14:55:46.305+01:00He also appeared in that wonderful television seri...He also appeared in that wonderful television series, Private Schulz and arranged the Fond and Familiar recital programme in which Judi Dench appeared several times.SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.com