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My name is Steve Whitty. I have various interests in my life. The biggest passion in my life is music. I am also a vegan and a supporter of Walsall FC. Travel is another major interest of mine too.

The blog is going to be mainly about music. It will however feature posts about my other passions. Hopefully you will find the content enjoyable. The more I create the better I become.

  • Album of the Week: Sweet – Level Headed
    Today’s album I will be looking at is Level Headed by Sweet. Released in 1978, this was the sixth studio by the band. It would be the last to feature Brian Connolly on vocals. The album and in particular the lead single “Love Is Like Oxygen” would lead to a temporary resurgence in the band’s…
  • Song of the Day 05/10/2022: The Beatles – Love Me Do
    Today marks the 60th anniversary of the release of “Love Me Do” the first single from The Beatles. It’s initial reception was modest reaching No.17 in the UK singles chart. Yet twelve months later Beatlemania would take over the country. There are three recorded versions of Love Me Do. The first features Pete Best on…
  • Album Of The Day 04/10/2022: Jethro Tull – This Was (1968)
    The story of Jethro Tull’s first album “This Was” is of two people who had different visions for the band. At this point the band was a quartet, Ian Anderson (vocals), Mick Abrahams (guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass guitar) and Clive Bunker (drums). Originally starting out a a blues band then morphing into a blue-eyed soul…
  • Album Of The Day 03/10/2022: The Knack – Get The Knack
    Sometimes a band makes a record that defines a moment of time and therefore find it impossible to get anywhere near that level of success again. This is certainly true in the case of The Knack. The summer of 1979 saw their single “My Sharona” all over US radio. It was the number one in…
  • Album of the Day 27/06/2021: The Beatles – The Beatles (The White Album) 1968
    Today’s album is The Beatles by The Beatles which was released on 22 November 1968. The record is more commonly known as “The White Album”. The White Album was the band’s 9th studio album and only double album. The majority of the songs were written between March and April 1968 while in Rishikesh, India studying…
  • Album of the Day 04/05/2021
    Today’s album is Orange Juice 2nd album Rip It Up. Released in 1982 this was the band’s second album. The title track would go on to be Orange Juice biggest hit single reaching No.8. The album would go on to reach No.39 in the UK album chart.
  • Song of the Day 29/04/2021
    I want to use this blog to show the music that I listen to during the day. 10cc – Dreadlock Holiday (1978) This was a No.1 single for the band. It featured Graham Gouldman on lead vocals. 10cc had three No.1 singles in the UK which featured different lead vocalists.