Lofty.

I think most of his albums were a mixture of bluesy and not so bluesy material; like Deuce, for instance, which includes the not so bluesy. "I'm Not Awake Yet", along with "Should Have Learned My Lesson", and so on.
 
A good place to start would be with a couple of classic lve albums, Live In Europe and Irish Tour.  From "Live In Europe":
 

 
 
 
(And Van Morrison. How the f**k did I forget Van Morrison?)

Not for me. I've got the album but very rarely listen to it. I was far more into their earlier stuff, which apart from Remembering (mentioned elsewhere), to me always meant the Fighting, Johnny The Fox, Jailbreak and Bad Reputation albums.
 
As for live albums, other noteable omissions include: Joe Tex: Live & Lively, either of the early '70s Donny Hathaway live albums, Wattstax, Sweet Child by Pentangle (the full concert on the Time Has Come box set), the live sides from  the Chambers Brothers Love, Peace & Happiness album, The Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin... not to mention Steve Earle BBC In Concert - or maybe Shut Up & Die Like An Aviator, Warren Zevon BBC In Concert, Curtis Mayfield In Concert, and so on!

Making his debut in the match referred to above was Bob Isaac - another name I'd completely forgotten about, but with a story that's very much worth telling.
 

 
So from Sporting Heroes Net, here's a little more info:
Robert ISAAC - Chelsea FC - Biography 1983/84-1986/87
When Robert Isaac made his full debut for Chelsea in a match at Watford in March 1985, it was a triumph over adversity for the gutsy 19-year-old who just five months earlier had been the innocent victim of a horrendous stabbing incident outside Millwall's stadium prior to a League Cup clash between the London rivals.

Slashed from shoulder to waist, it was reported that only the thickness of his leather jacket saved his life, so it was with some pride that the Chelsea supporters welcomed him on board for the Vicarage Road clash, which the Blues won 3-1. A steady, reliable centre-half and occasional full-back, Robert did little wrong during his time in the Chelsea first-team, but was unfortunate to play for the club at a time when Colin Pates, Joe McLaughlin and, a little later, Steve Wicks, were all demonstrating their considerable talents at the heart of the defence.

His three league appearances the following term came at home to illustrious opponents: Arsenal (a 2-1 win) and Manchester United (a 2-1 defeat), and in a 2-0 victory at Ipswich, and in all three games he demonstrated a cool head and no little talent as he dealt admirably with some of the country's premier strikers, but it wasn't until the following campaign that he was given anything resembling a run in the team.

Returning to a rudderless side who were on a downward spiral courtesy of a pitiful management team and an outbreak of dissent from within the ranks, Robert's five consecutive league appearances in the late-autumn of 1986 resulted in three draws and two defeats, the last of which was a shambolic 4-0 home trouncing by Wimbledon.
 
Wimbledon's cause was aided in no small part that day by Doug Rougvie, who was recklessly sent-off within the first ten minutes for head-butting John Fashanu, but as happened so often during John Hollins' managerial tenure, it was the inexperienced, young player who was made to suffer, and Robert was immediately dropped.

Sadly, he failed to reappear in the first-team, and was eventually allowed to join Brighton and Hove Albion on a free-transfer in February 1987. (Kelvin Barker)

Commentator: 'German teams just don't lose on penalties'
Ashley Cole: 'They do now!'

Utter f**king bollocks. Where did you read that? The Liverpool Fans Manual Of Why Chelsea Fans Are The Worst Fans In The World?
 
This site has a fairly large number of Irish members. I've never yet heard any of them say they've come across anti-Irish bigotry from fellow supporters. When I was growing up, many of the pubs had a large Irish presence, and we got on fine with them. I've worked with Irish blokes on the buildings and elsewhere, and I'd have to struggle hard to recall any instance of anti-Irish bigotry.
 
You're also confusing hatred with taking the piss. People take the piss out of Mr Rodgers (a) because he's the manager of Liverpool, and (b) because of - and I now refer you to the topic title - because of the utter cringeworthiness of so much of what he says.
 
Oh and I wouldn't have known that he "grew up in a Catholic part of Northern Ireland" or that he was the product of a mixed marriage if you hadn't mentioned it. It would never have occurred to me to ask, for the simple reason that the man's religion doesn't interest me. I do know that the person who started this thread is Irish. I don't know his religion either, for the exact same reason that it's never occurred to me to inquire.
 
There's enough hatred, enough prejudice in this world already without you ascribing the motivation behind a thread that takes the piss out of Brendan Rodgers to an anti-Irish sentiment that quite simply does not exist.

Now this is a beautiful song. I know very little about the singer, the only time I've ever heard the song was on and old, old Stax compilationon vinyl  called "The Guys With Soul", this is one of those songs that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up
 

A not quite so snowbound Stamford Bridge, vs Charlton 1956

 
Chelsea v Wolves 1933

 
The fans were out in force for Chelsea's first postwar home game vs Bolton 1946

 
A couple of shots from Chelsea's vs Arsenal 1947, FA Cup Third Round

 

 
 
Jimmy Greaves warming up in 1957
 

 
Chelsea v Everton 1959: A pitch invader is dealt with by the players

February 18th 1939, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Beating Maradona to it by almost half a century, Ted Drake punches the ball past Chelses keeper Vic Woodley to score the only goal of the game.
 

Peter Bonetti, Chelsea's greatest goalkeeper, came through the ranks to make a total of 729 appearances for the club (second only to Chopper) spread over 20 years interrupted by a single season in the States before being brought back by Eddie Mac to help gain promotion, pictured here on September 17th 1979 before his testimonial match against Man U:
 

February 18th 1939, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Beating Maradona to it by almost half a century, Ted Drake punches the ball past Chelses keeper Vic Woodley to score the only goal of the game.
 

February 18th 1939, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Beating Maradona to it by almost half a century, Ted Drake punches the ball past Chelses keeper Vic Woodley to score the only goal of the game.
 

February 18th 1939, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Beating Maradona to it by almost half a century, Ted Drake punches the ball past Chelses keeper Vic Woodley to score the only goal of the game.
 

Peter Bonetti, Chelsea's greatest goalkeeper, came through the ranks to make a total of 729 appearances for the club (second only to Chopper) spread over 20 years interrupted by a single season in the States before being brought back by Eddie Mac to help gain promotion, pictured here on September 17th 1979 before his testimonial match against Man U:
 

February 18th 1939, Arsenal vs Chelsea, Beating Maradona to it by almost half a century, Ted Drake punches the ball past Chelses keeper Vic Woodley to score the only goal of the game.
 

Peter Bonetti, Chelsea's greatest goalkeeper, came through the ranks to make a total of 729 appearances for the club (second only to Chopper) spread over 20 years interrupted by a single season in the States before being brought back by Eddie Mac to help gain promotion, pictured here on September 17th 1979 before his testimonial match against Man U:
 

March 23rd 1986: Chelsea players Doug Rougvie and Pat Nevin celebrate after Chelsea's 5-4 victory over Manchester City in the 1986 Football League Full Members' Cup Final at Wembley Stadium - the last match I went to for quite some time, for reasons as stated above.
 

But was it so meaningless? We'd already qualified as group winners, so I can't argue that the game had no relevance as far as the Champions League goes.
 
But in the context of the season as a whole, more immediately the run up to the Christmas/Holiday period. Winning is a habit, and so is losing. Having just lost our unbeaten record at the weekend, it was surely important to get back on to a winning track as soon as possible. It certainly wouldn't have been a disaster had we not won tonight's match, but  neither would it have helped with morale.
 
And so the meaning to tonight's match was the restoration of the winning mentality, the feelgood factor, going some way towards repairing any dents in the team's self-belief that may have occurred as a result of losing at St James.
 
To return to the subject, I fully agree with Bobbywoodhogan in that those few minutes on the pitch will have been massively significant to the player himself. He's now made his full Chelsea debut, he's had a taste of the big time, and if he's any kind of player - which we have every reason to believe he is, then having had a taste, he'll be wanting more and more.
 
Given that the huge expectations at a club like ours make it difficult for youngsters to breakthrough, and equally difficult or the manager to find the right time to play the youngsters, then we really do have to be patient. For those bewailing the lack of youth team prospects making it into the first time, bear in mind that the Chelsea Academy isn't the finished article: it's a relatively new venture that's only just beginning to bear fruit.
 
We may or may not see Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing for the first team again this season, with ties against Watford and Derby in the offing, I certainly wouldn't write off the possibility of the player making further first team appearances. Who knows, we may even see him on the pitch on Saturday.
 
I hope he makes it, as I'm sure we all do. The longer it is since the Academy was first established, the higher is the quality of the players it produces, and with this increase in quality so does so do the odds of a player (or players) from the Academy making a real breakthrough, not to be loaned to Vitesse, or settling for a career either in the lower leagues or at a not quite so ambitious Premier League club, but as a Chelsea player. It'll come, of that I'm confident.

But was it so meaningless? We'd already qualified as group winners, so I can't argue that the game had no relevance as far as the Champions League goes.
 
But in the context of the season as a whole, more immediately the run up to the Christmas/Holiday period. Winning is a habit, and so is losing. Having just lost our unbeaten record at the weekend, it was surely important to get back on to a winning track as soon as possible. It certainly wouldn't have been a disaster had we not won tonight's match, but  neither would it have helped with morale.
 
And so the meaning to tonight's match was the restoration of the winning mentality, the feelgood factor, going some way towards repairing any dents in the team's self-belief that may have occurred as a result of losing at St James.
 
To return to the subject, I fully agree with Bobbywoodhogan in that those few minutes on the pitch will have been massively significant to the player himself. He's now made his full Chelsea debut, he's had a taste of the big time, and if he's any kind of player - which we have every reason to believe he is, then having had a taste, he'll be wanting more and more.
 
Given that the huge expectations at a club like ours make it difficult for youngsters to breakthrough, and equally difficult or the manager to find the right time to play the youngsters, then we really do have to be patient. For those bewailing the lack of youth team prospects making it into the first time, bear in mind that the Chelsea Academy isn't the finished article: it's a relatively new venture that's only just beginning to bear fruit.
 
We may or may not see Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing for the first team again this season, with ties against Watford and Derby in the offing, I certainly wouldn't write off the possibility of the player making further first team appearances. Who knows, we may even see him on the pitch on Saturday.
 
I hope he makes it, as I'm sure we all do. The longer it is since the Academy was first established, the higher is the quality of the players it produces, and with this increase in quality so does so do the odds of a player (or players) from the Academy making a real breakthrough, not to be loaned to Vitesse, or settling for a career either in the lower leagues or at a not quite so ambitious Premier League club, but as a Chelsea player. It'll come, of that I'm confident.

But was it so meaningless? We'd already qualified as group winners, so I can't argue that the game had no relevance as far as the Champions League goes.
 
But in the context of the season as a whole, more immediately the run up to the Christmas/Holiday period. Winning is a habit, and so is losing. Having just lost our unbeaten record at the weekend, it was surely important to get back on to a winning track as soon as possible. It certainly wouldn't have been a disaster had we not won tonight's match, but  neither would it have helped with morale.
 
And so the meaning to tonight's match was the restoration of the winning mentality, the feelgood factor, going some way towards repairing any dents in the team's self-belief that may have occurred as a result of losing at St James.
 
To return to the subject, I fully agree with Bobbywoodhogan in that those few minutes on the pitch will have been massively significant to the player himself. He's now made his full Chelsea debut, he's had a taste of the big time, and if he's any kind of player - which we have every reason to believe he is, then having had a taste, he'll be wanting more and more.
 
Given that the huge expectations at a club like ours make it difficult for youngsters to breakthrough, and equally difficult or the manager to find the right time to play the youngsters, then we really do have to be patient. For those bewailing the lack of youth team prospects making it into the first time, bear in mind that the Chelsea Academy isn't the finished article: it's a relatively new venture that's only just beginning to bear fruit.
 
We may or may not see Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing for the first team again this season, with ties against Watford and Derby in the offing, I certainly wouldn't write off the possibility of the player making further first team appearances. Who knows, we may even see him on the pitch on Saturday.
 
I hope he makes it, as I'm sure we all do. The longer it is since the Academy was first established, the higher is the quality of the players it produces, and with this increase in quality so does so do the odds of a player (or players) from the Academy making a real breakthrough, not to be loaned to Vitesse, or settling for a career either in the lower leagues or at a not quite so ambitious Premier League club, but as a Chelsea player. It'll come, of that I'm confident.

But was it so meaningless? We'd already qualified as group winners, so I can't argue that the game had no relevance as far as the Champions League goes.
 
But in the context of the season as a whole, more immediately the run up to the Christmas/Holiday period. Winning is a habit, and so is losing. Having just lost our unbeaten record at the weekend, it was surely important to get back on to a winning track as soon as possible. It certainly wouldn't have been a disaster had we not won tonight's match, but  neither would it have helped with morale.
 
And so the meaning to tonight's match was the restoration of the winning mentality, the feelgood factor, going some way towards repairing any dents in the team's self-belief that may have occurred as a result of losing at St James.
 
To return to the subject, I fully agree with Bobbywoodhogan in that those few minutes on the pitch will have been massively significant to the player himself. He's now made his full Chelsea debut, he's had a taste of the big time, and if he's any kind of player - which we have every reason to believe he is, then having had a taste, he'll be wanting more and more.
 
Given that the huge expectations at a club like ours make it difficult for youngsters to breakthrough, and equally difficult or the manager to find the right time to play the youngsters, then we really do have to be patient. For those bewailing the lack of youth team prospects making it into the first time, bear in mind that the Chelsea Academy isn't the finished article: it's a relatively new venture that's only just beginning to bear fruit.
 
We may or may not see Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing for the first team again this season, with ties against Watford and Derby in the offing, I certainly wouldn't write off the possibility of the player making further first team appearances. Who knows, we may even see him on the pitch on Saturday.
 
I hope he makes it, as I'm sure we all do. The longer it is since the Academy was first established, the higher is the quality of the players it produces, and with this increase in quality so does so do the odds of a player (or players) from the Academy making a real breakthrough, not to be loaned to Vitesse, or settling for a career either in the lower leagues or at a not quite so ambitious Premier League club, but as a Chelsea player. It'll come, of that I'm confident.

But was it so meaningless? We'd already qualified as group winners, so I can't argue that the game had no relevance as far as the Champions League goes.
 
But in the context of the season as a whole, more immediately the run up to the Christmas/Holiday period. Winning is a habit, and so is losing. Having just lost our unbeaten record at the weekend, it was surely important to get back on to a winning track as soon as possible. It certainly wouldn't have been a disaster had we not won tonight's match, but  neither would it have helped with morale.
 
And so the meaning to tonight's match was the restoration of the winning mentality, the feelgood factor, going some way towards repairing any dents in the team's self-belief that may have occurred as a result of losing at St James.
 
To return to the subject, I fully agree with Bobbywoodhogan in that those few minutes on the pitch will have been massively significant to the player himself. He's now made his full Chelsea debut, he's had a taste of the big time, and if he's any kind of player - which we have every reason to believe he is, then having had a taste, he'll be wanting more and more.
 
Given that the huge expectations at a club like ours make it difficult for youngsters to breakthrough, and equally difficult or the manager to find the right time to play the youngsters, then we really do have to be patient. For those bewailing the lack of youth team prospects making it into the first time, bear in mind that the Chelsea Academy isn't the finished article: it's a relatively new venture that's only just beginning to bear fruit.
 
We may or may not see Ruben Loftus-Cheek playing for the first team again this season, with ties against Watford and Derby in the offing, I certainly wouldn't write off the possibility of the player making further first team appearances. Who knows, we may even see him on the pitch on Saturday.
 
I hope he makes it, as I'm sure we all do. The longer it is since the Academy was first established, the higher is the quality of the players it produces, and with this increase in quality so does so do the odds of a player (or players) from the Academy making a real breakthrough, not to be loaned to Vitesse, or settling for a career either in the lower leagues or at a not quite so ambitious Premier League club, but as a Chelsea player. It'll come, of that I'm confident.

March 23rd 1986: Chelsea players Doug Rougvie and Pat Nevin celebrate after Chelsea's 5-4 victory over Manchester City in the 1986 Football League Full Members' Cup Final at Wembley Stadium - the last match I went to for quite some time, for reasons as stated above.
 

March 23rd 1986: Chelsea players Doug Rougvie and Pat Nevin celebrate after Chelsea's 5-4 victory over Manchester City in the 1986 Football League Full Members' Cup Final at Wembley Stadium - the last match I went to for quite some time, for reasons as stated above.
 

April 22nd, 1978: Chelsea striker Bill Garner fires in a shot during Chelsea's match v Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge.
 
 

 
A goal from Tommy Langley gave Chelsea the lead in the 13th minute, only for Wolves to snatch a late equaliser three minutes from time.

Starting XI: Peter Bonetti, Kenny Swain, Gary Locke, Stevie Wicks, Mickey Droy, Graham Wilkins, Ian Britton, Ray Wilkins, Bill Garner, Steve Finnieston, Tommy Langley
 
Manager: Danny Blanchflower

April 22nd, 1978: Chelsea striker Bill Garner fires in a shot during Chelsea's match v Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge.
 
 

 
A goal from Tommy Langley gave Chelsea the lead in the 13th minute, only for Wolves to snatch a late equaliser three minutes from time.

Starting XI: Peter Bonetti, Kenny Swain, Gary Locke, Stevie Wicks, Mickey Droy, Graham Wilkins, Ian Britton, Ray Wilkins, Bill Garner, Steve Finnieston, Tommy Langley
 
Manager: Danny Blanchflower