New Shoes, Old Songs

On a Sunday shop in Darlington my immediate needs were met within minutes with the purchase of new Karrimor trainers to replace my current worn out pair then, at a loose end while my wife completed her rounds, I popped into HMV for a rare mooch and came out with a couple of CDs for the car: one an old Paul Simon album (There Goes Rhymin’ Simon) that I had on vinyl but had never previously seen on CD and whose tracks are routinely but unjustly omitted from any of his compilations; the other, a best of Bill Withers album including timeless classics such as Ain’t No Sunshine, Lovely Day, Lean on Me and Just the two of Us – so pity anyone sharing the car with me for the next few days.