2020. The year the world changed. A pandemic swept the globe, we were all confined to our hutches for extended periods of time, and the NHS was stretched to breaking point
Thankfully, amongst all of this turmoil and anguish, the team at the Darlington Operatic Society did something a little better than stand on their doorstep and clap every Thursday. In fact, they went into the recording studio and blasted out this little number…
Admittedly, I picked this CD up several months ago, and not knowing what ‘DarlingtonOS’ was until I started typing that previous paragraph, I thought it was a team of doctors who had recorded something to take their minds off their jobs. Alas not.
Now, I’m not going to break down every track like I’ve done in the past, or even listen to the CD in its entirety as opera isn’t exactly something I enjoy, or even have the slightest bit of knowledge about – in fact it all sounds like people trying too hard to sing.
50% of the money raised from the sale of the CD will have gone to the Darlo NHS trust. No idea how many they sold, but I should hope it filled their much needed biscuit barrel several times over. However, seeing as I got this from a Hartlepool charity shp for 5p, I don’t think my sale will have contributed it that much.
The CD itself is a professionally printed CDR in a slimline case. The list of names on the inside cover are far too long for me to envisage typing, but if you recognise yourself on this list, then hello!
Although the music on the CD is not to my taste at all, it’s more listenable to most of the crap on the radio, and the CD itself is an obscure throwback from the weirdest 18 months in living memory.