Oliver Weindling
Oliver Weindling (born 1955) is a British jazz promoter and founder of the Babel jazz record label.
Background
He came from a family that encouraged his interest in music, being taken to the opera and concerts regularly. Originally an economist by training with degrees from Balliol College, Oxford and London School of Economics and ten years working in various banks and other organisations. He nevertheless became more and more involved with music, as a performer, such as clarinetist with The Oxcentrics, and latterly as an organiser.
Weindling started the Babel Label in 1994, which has since had over 70 releases ranging from Penny Rimbaud to Billy Jenkins to Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland. He is also a director of the Vortex Jazz Club and was instrumental in achieving the successful move of the club from Stoke Newington to the Dalston Culture House.
He has two brothers: Michael Weindling is Professor of Perinatal Medicine and Consultant Neonatologist, University of Liverpool and Paul Weindling is Professor of History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University.
Podcasts:
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by Hall & Oates
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by Partridge Family
Alone Too Long
by: Hall & OatesJust a little boy lost looking for a lamb in the all night city
Living in his lonely limousine
And though he never has to worry
He's the only one and only one, he's ever gonna need
Absolutely he's in definite need
Of a woman, child and some better kind of love
When the hot town's hurt him
And he knows how happy he could be
But he don't know if he can make it
Between the money and another lonely night
Now the time has come, got to stay or run
Now the time has come
Ooh maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
Oh maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
Another pretty face, another body ache
Still awake three-thirty
Dial another number
No one home
So then he wastes his time with TV
And he wonders if he lost the only one
And wonders if he's free
Too afraid to see how alone he could be
Ooh maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
Maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
We've been alone too long
I know you don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely, lonely
You don't want to be lonely
Ooh maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
Maybe we've been alone too long
You don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely, lonely
You don't want to be lonely
Baby baby want to work it out together, yeah yeah
You don't want to be lonely
Don't want to be lonely, lonely