Happy new year, everyone. I spent the beginning of the new year with a good friend and his family. People I love and don‘t nearly get to see as often I‘d like to. We did the same thing two years ago and I wrote similar words and they are still true. But such is life. Having said that, the five days we spent together were an absolute bliss. Not only did my family and I get to see them, another person we‘re friends with was travelling Europe, so we all got to hang out for almost a week despite living in three different countries spread over to continents.
Daytime was for food, sightseeing and family activities, night-time was for sports and music talks. We always pick up stuff for each other we think the others might like, but this time we got exchange records personally instead of receiving parcels, which was pretty cool. We all have different tastes in music in some regards, but we also have some bands we all can agree on. One of these is The Beatles. I was graciously given a copy of Now And Then, which just came out in 2023 and is the final single by The Beatles. Originally it was recorded as a demo by John Lennon in 1977, but the other three members of The Beatles all worked on the song after John Lennon‘s death, albeit to varying degrees. It‘s a good enough song, but not as good as their biggest hits. On the b-side you get Love Me Do, an absolute classic from the early days of the band. It says it‘s a 2023 remix, but I also found info on Discogs that this is 1962 singles version. Since I don‘t own one of these, I can‘t really attest to that.
The artwork is whatever, but at least the vinyl colour is pretty cool. A really cool shade of baby blue with some white marble.
I really hope we can make this New Year‘s hang out a biannual thing, so I can make a similar post in two years.
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| 2023 Press on Baby Blue w/ White Marble on Apple/Parlopahone /??? |
