I didn't know it was about a specific event, although assumed it was.
I somewhat altered the mood at a party round an acquaintance's house in the late 70s when I put that record on.
The acquaintance was James Forlong...
The third minute of this exposed me to the wreck of the Hesperus.
(Miniatures is a work of genius. Eight five minute tracks, each comprising of one minute miniature tracks by different artists.)
I also learned that this can be done. It can.
I learned of this beautiful quote from Fernando Pessoa, from this beautiful track by Fraunhofer Diffraction.
"I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. ...I have in me all the dreams in the world."
How I feel about that is summed up in my current user pic.