Hello, I hope all is groovy. I am still on holiday in Greece, it is 7am and raining.
Last week I said there would be no #50pFriday album today but I have changed my mind, possibly because it is 7am and raining and I've read my holiday book. So, today we have the complete and only recordings of The Great Beast, Mr 666, the self proclaimed Laird Of Hermiston, one of the world's worst mountaineers of all time and according to mid 20th Century gossip, the most evil man alive. Yes, it's Mr Aleister Crowley. These are original wax cylinder recordings from the early 1900s, so quality is what you'd expect from such antiquated medium. But listen and you can enjoy him throwing down some spells, performing some ceremonial magic and even singing at the end. I remember first buying these recordings many years ago when I had passed through an odd Crowley phase (I was working close to the occult Atlantis bookshop in Museum Street at the time) and couldn't believe I could actually here this very odd man's voice.
Anyway, these historic recordings can be found here.
In other news, I am flying home tomorrow. And this is a weird retro Pan Am flying thing I have just read about.
Thanks for listening.
Jonny