It was always Alec’s intention to make a recording at some stage but somehow he never got round to it until in 2005 his wife Pearl bought him  time in a recording studio as a Christmas present. The result is this album ‘A LONG TIME COMING’

Alec got together some musician friends and went to Steve Smith’s recording studio ‘ROOM WITH A VIEW’ to record this live album.

Track listing:

1. I've Got You Under My Skin  
2. Mustang Sally  
3. Sea Cruise  
4. Blue Moon  
5. Love Letters  
6. Moondance  
7. I Heard It Through the Grapevine  
8. Desperado

The line up is:

Ian Riley                 Keyboards and backing vocals.
                              
                                   Ian, a native of Nuneaton was originally a
                     professional musician in Scotland, but then  moved
                     south to Bournemouth to combine playing with
                     teaching. He played for many years with the resident
                     band at the Pavilion Bournemouth. Ian was a founder
                     member of ‘MIRAGE’ and has known and played with
                     Alec for more than 25 years.

Derek Power         Saxophone.
                              
                               Derek arrived in Bournemouth from London and
                               became an original member of the ‘PALMER JAMES
                               GROUP’ and stayed until that band folded. He then
                               went on to play with several bands in the Bournemouth area.  
                             Although sadly no longer with us, he was a great friend and is heard
                             playing some really good sax on this album.

Peter Dorey           Bass Guitar and backing vocals.
                              
                               Peter joined ‘MIRAGE’in 1988. When that outfit
                               decided to call it a day, Peter  went his own way
                               playing solo piano as well as bass in bands of his
                              own.  He still helps out on bass in various bands with Alec.

Richard Coplan    Drums.
                             
                              Richard, a former professional drummer with the   
                             ‘London Tijuana Band’ and various Bournemouth
                              based bands now plays occasionally with the
                            ‘Shaftesbury Swing Band’. He is also in a
  band called ‘Jamjar’ with his wife Judy who plays
  piano, cello and saxophone.

Dave Peacock      Guitar
                            
                              Dave has been playing guitar for over 40 years. He
                              started when he was fifteen playing rock, folk and
                              blues on acoustic guitar. In the early seventies he took
                              up a Guildhall Part Time studies course in classical
                              guitar. He then had a break then until 1990 when he
                              took up playing blues, rock and pop. This was followed
                              by a move into jazz in the mid nineties. He also has
                              taught guitar for ILEA and private students.

The original idea was to record the CD just for family and friends, but when it was discovered that to make a professional job of it would involve pressing a minimum of 500 copies, it was decided that it would be a good idea to try and sell the CD and make some money for charity.
Both Alec’s mother and father had been volunteer helpers at the local Multiple Sclerosis society for several years of their life, and so it was decided to continue the family tradition, this time by raising funds from  sales of this CD.

So far sales, other than the UK, have been as far away as the USA, Canada, Philippines, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Finland and the Bahamas.