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On Saturday evening, Eddie Piller – Acid Jazz co-founder (alongside Gilles Peterson, see Head Space Daily, Saturday November 9th,) stood in for Craig Charles on his 6Music Funk and Soul show. The first three tracks he played were mind blowers – and all feature on today’s Head Space Daily Tune in what can only be described as a soul sensation. Starting with Stevie Wonder’s Golden Lady, he then played Come Get To This by Marvin Gaye and went into Ordinary Joe by Terry Callier. Musical heaven. Three of my all time favourite tracks; a wonderful selection and one that is likely to never be repeated on any other radio station - ever. Terry who passed away just over a year ago is my most watched and one of my best-loved artists of all time. He had an incredible voice and was actually brought to peoples’ attention when Eddie Piller signed him to Acid Jazz in the early 90’s. Hats off to you Mr.Piller...

In other news, the people who live on the road that runs along the top of our street have started to assemble their annual Christmas lights display. We are talking lights all over the front of the house, a Father Christmas face that proudly sits at the point of the roof, which can apparently be seen from the local train station – a fact, which I shall endeavor to verify over the coming weeks. This kind of full frontal Christmas lights house display is something that I generally find a little on the tacky side. Watching this family going about getting it all together though, as we came home from a boys football match at the local park, you just had to appreciate the time and effort that they invest. These lights have become a genuine tradition around our neighbourhood. Without this garish neon, yuletide extravagance, there would be something missing. The display always features a festive scene in the space at the front of their house. This year involves the entire area covered in a white material to act as snow, reindeer figures made out of sticks stand proudly by and a family of penguins, stood at the edge of their pool, stare skywards, their faces fixed with joyful penguin stares. Santa’s house (??!!) rests against the far side of the front yard, and a large tree shaped branch has been covered with that fake snow effect that you buy in aerosol cans. The official turning on of this year’s display will be next weekend. A Head Space Daily Image will follow…