The final word in the #MBMay series is ‘endurance’ - that’s what it took . It’s also the name of a 🎶 music publishing group.

31st in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Endurance Music Group

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


It’s not well known but ‘The Last Fish’ has a lot of the great Marillion 🎶 songs all of course featuring their lead singer ‘Fish’.

30th in the series of [#MBMay](https://john.philpin.com/categories/mbmay/)

Photo; Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


I was never a big fan of 🎶 The White Stripes - but I definitely am a fan of the legacy that Jack White is trying to leave.

29th in the series of [#MBMay](https://john.philpin.com/categories/mbmay/)

Photo; Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Hard to let this 🎶 series go by without a Fairport Convention entry.

28th in the series of [#MBMay](https://john.philpin.com/categories/mbmay/)

Photo; Book Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Lots of 🎶 songs have ‘write’ in the title but few have ‘written. ‘Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You’ by Stevie Nicks is one.

27th in the series of [#MBMay](https://john.philpin.com/categories/mbmay/)

Photo; Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


The Radio 6 schedule is important to artists, venues and fans to understand when and where 🎶music is played.

26th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Radio 6 Schedule

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Strong argument and connections suggests that Mountain was the USA’s ‘Cream’. Definitely not as good though.

25th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Twin Peaks Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Intricate Records just put out 🎶 their latest release (Apple Music). I like! BUT - is that a sample or a rip-off?

24th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Intricate Records Logo

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Never mind that Nevermind is called Nevermind - track 11 was called ‘On A Plain

23rd in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Nevermind Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Rhythm in Textile Design

22nd in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Art Institute of Chicago

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Designed by Leonardo Nierman (Mexican, born 1932)
Woven by Fritz Riedl (Austrian, 1923-2012)


Muse’s ‘Origin of Symmetry’ was just too easy … and seriously - 🎶 Symmetry really were a band.

21st in the series of [#MBMay](https://john.philpin.com/categories/mbmay/)

Photo; Symmetry

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


The fact that there is an album of ‘Beverage Sound Effects’ is amazing enough. That there are two of them … 🤯

20th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Cover of ‘Beverage Sound Effects 2'

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 Mindless Self Indulgence

19th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Cover of ‘Pink’ by Mindless Self Indulgence

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 Daft Punk wasn’t in my mind when I offered ‘random’ as a possible word for #MBMay - and yet here we are.

18th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Cover of ‘Random Access Memories’

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


I think ‘On Hold' Music is the only kind of 🎶 music I hate.

I guess that is another contributor to my dislike of Spotify.

17th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Spotify

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


Time Flies’

🎶 a track on ‘The Innocent'

and

📚 the title of the bio of Porcupine Tree.

16th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Book Cover. Illustration by Lasse Holle?

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 ‘Obscured By Clouds’ was released 50 years ago.

15th in the series of #MBMay

Photo; Album Cover by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis.

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 ‘The Musical Fence by Paul Matisse is very different to this musical fence in New Zealand or even this musical fence in Winton.

14th in the series of #MBMay

Photo of The Musical Fence

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 ‘Care In The Community’ by Ralph McTell stays true to his message to the world, most famously captured in ‘Streets of London’.

13th in the series of #MBMay

Photo: Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.


🎶 ‘Sea of Tranquility’ is a great introduction to Barclay James Harvest.

12th in the series of #MBMay

Photo: Album Cover

Caveat: NONE of the photos in this series are mine, but when I know who to credit, I do.