{"id":12422,"date":"2025-08-25T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=12422"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:09:59","slug":"12422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/12422\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:509,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ed9e95-2.myshopify.com\\\/pages\\\/we-are-moving&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/decoaudioshop.co.uk\\\/pages\\\/we-are-moving&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:510,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260201053210\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 20:08:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 04:52:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 14:23:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 10:47:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-26 06:16:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 05:45:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 12:57:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 09:07:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 09:26:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 23:13:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 10:19:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 10:31:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-05 21:08:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-05 21:08:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6 I was thrilled to discover that Deco Audio have <a href=\"https:\/\/ed9e95-2.myshopify.com\/pages\/we-are-moving\" title=\"Deco Audio: We have moved!\">moved<\/a> from Aylesbury to Tring. Getting there from Berkhamsted is now half the journey it used to be. A friend and I popped in on Saturday for a chat about CD players and to scour their second hand music. I landed a big haul of second hand CDs as well as a lovely 1972 copy of George Harrison\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)\" title=\"Wikipedia: The Concert for Bangladesh (album)\">The Concert For Bangladesh<\/a><\/em> on vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1772\" height=\"1772\" src=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-12421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o.jpeg 1772w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/76F52B06-5A6F-4820-8F60-3273EBFE27B3_1_102_o-700x700.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/12422\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to \"><div class='e-content p-summary'>\ud83c\udfb6 I was thrilled to discover that Deco Audio have moved from Aylesbury to Tring. Getting there from Berkhamsted is now half the journey it used to be. A friend and I popped in on Saturday for a chat about CD players and to scour their second hand music. 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