Salutations!

Greetings everyone!  A hearty welcome to my world!


I was born in Hong Kong in the mid-60s; and music back then existed only on vinyl. I remember when I was a kid, my parents took me out for a walk one day and we passed by a couple of local record stores.  What I saw amazed me - lots of photographs that came in two sizes (7" and 12") that mostly comprised of groups of people.  In these photos packed circular-shaped of plastic discs that emulated sound when they're placed in a rectangular-shaped box with a needle put on top.  It was just magical - the entire process was magical and the sound coming out was mermerizing.  I was hooked for life! 


I had a faint idea of what was popular back then even though I was around 5 to 7 - Teddy Robin & The Playboys, Joe Junior, The Mystics, The Fabulous Echoes were top local artists that ruled the day.  Internationally, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Bee Gees became the main staple of radio-play.  There were just too much to mention.  Pirated tapes were all the rage back in the 70s so I had accessed to lots of interesting music.  When I entered secondary school, I came across this very influential music paper that is published weekly and was aptly called "Music Week".  I was entranced by the type of music that was introduced to the readers, and I owed my musical tastes to all the writers.  I can vividly recall saving my pocket money to go to their office in Wanchai to purchase the latest imported rock albums. 


I apologize as the introduction might not tell you much about what I enjoy listening.  I'm hoping that this blog will serve as a time capsule filled with musical gems from the past ready to be re-evaluated and appreciated all over again.   I hope to post as many album reviews as I possibly can in the months to come.  To whoever's visiting this site - may you possess the same amount of enthusiam as mine as well as a wide palette of musical tastes to appreciate the music that is still existing out there!  ,


Kudos to Mr. Sam Jor and the entire crew of Music Week (ie Danny Lee, Gerry, So So, Lynn Kasey, Rigor Mortis, Simon Chung and many more) for kick-starting my journey into music. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed!