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Ian Robinson Site Admin
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | Blimey! Am I the only one hearing any good stuff on R2? Well it's a tie on tonight's Drivetime. I can't separate 'Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot, followed by 'Goodnight Saigon' by Billy Joel. |
Excellent tracks, and rather nicely played by Simon - no messing, just one track leading into the other |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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My track of the day on 2 is the superb Any Day Now by Chuck Jackson heard on Bill Kenwright's programme via Listen Again. |
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ruddlescat
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Even though it's only half way through the morning I think I can safely say that my track of the day today is the superb 'Friends' by Arrival played on SOTS this morning
It's very seldom heard on radio these days even though it was a huge hit in early 1970 - although released in 1969 as Brian rightly pointed out - so it was wonderful to hear it today as part of a very good 'Three In A Row' _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Colin
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:53 am Post subject: |
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ruddlescat wrote: | Even though it's only half way through the morning I think I can safely say that my track of the day today is the superb 'Friends' by Arrival played on SOTS this morning |
I haven't heard SOTS yet (we're away for the weekend in Norfolk) so I'll catch it on iPlayer when I get home, but I agree. Friends is a great song from that strange "in-between" era that was 69-71. |
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oldraver
Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1190 Location: London
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:59 am Post subject: |
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I love Friends. Even though it was written by Terry Reid, or Superlungs, as he was known..terrific singer, who was first choice for Led Zep, but he declined, - I think he recommended Plant..anyway, I prefer Arrival's version.
So if I'd heard SOTS this morning, that would have been my track, too.
Mind you, a couple of weeks back, he played Western Union, which I don't think I'd heard for 40 years or so, but it had been an earworm from time to time. I didn't even know who'd recorded it. But thanks to Brian, and the internet, I soon found a free MP3 download. As I did for Friends, a few years ago, as all my vinyl was long gone, due to space problems.
Great site here, for lovers of the hit singles of that era and more besides. Even if you just download the MP3s and keep them on the computer. Friends is there, I think, and so is the follow up, I Will Survive. Happy hunting!
http://loadsamusicsarchives.blogspot.co.uk/
Oh, Rudders...the Consortium song, All The Love In The World is there, too. _________________ life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info raver - sounds like my kind of site and I'll definitely take a look _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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oldraver
Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1190 Location: London
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:10 am Post subject: |
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There's some great stuff on there, Rudders. You will love it! _________________ life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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ruddlescat wrote: | Even though it's only half way through the morning I think I can safely say that my track of the day today is the superb 'Friends' by Arrival played on SOTS this morning
It's very seldom heard on radio these days even though it was a huge hit in early 1970 - although released in 1969 as Brian rightly pointed out - so it was wonderful to hear it today as part of a very good 'Three In A Row' |
Seems this song struck a chord with a few of us on here,ruddles ...glorious sound ....when I heard it this morning it came into my mind to choose it as my Track of the Day,too! |
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Schizoidman
Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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And I think Friends is a great song too! I have the vinyl single here somewhere. I love her voice.
Nice to hear Led Zep's Ramble On as well. 1969-71 really was the best era for singles and albums. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Schizoidman wrote: | And I think Friends is a great song too! I have the vinyl single here somewhere. I love her voice.
Nice to hear Led Zep's Ramble On as well. 1969-71 really was the best era for singles and albums. |
Which makes it all the more sad that certain Top Of The Pops episodes are now unlikely to be shown due to the presenter & 'Operation Yewtree'. The reason I say this is that there were some rare tracks featured on the show at this time which, in them selves, deserve to be heard. One such example being this one by Mick Abrahams from a 1971 TOTP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg48ZIr1LIg
Yes, I know who the compere on the show is and I do not, in any way, seek to stand up for anything he is alleged to have done, it is just there as an illustration of what is being missed. There may well be other such interesting tracks / acts on the show that still survive. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Schizoidman
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Most TOTP episodes up till 1970 were wiped out anyway, more's the pity.
I have nothing against seeing Savile on any programme. BBC censorship at its worst. |
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oldraver
Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Posts: 1190 Location: London
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Could you imagine the outcry if they did show a Jimmy Saveloy fronted TOTP? It'd be seismic. _________________ life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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My Track of the Day today is Hurt by Timi Yuro ..Bill Kenwright played it on his programme.
Like Bill I was surprised when I learnt ( a while ago) that Hurt was never a hit in this country. I think he must have got a bit confused,like me, from listening to it on Radio Luxembourg where it would have been played as part of the American chart show that used to be on on a Friday night.
What a voice she had! |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19391 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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Mine's got to be Bobby Vee's A Forever Kind Of Love another that Bill Kenwright played (I listened this afternoon). Must find his CD and put it in the car for our next long journey!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:50 am Post subject: |
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So far today, it has to be 'Der Kommisar' by After The Fire, heard On Ken Bruce's show. Very rarely heard these days. Likewise 'Wow' by Kate Bush, which was played by Jeremy Vine. Yes, Jezza, it was from the late 70s, 1979 to be exact! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | Mine's got to be Bobby Vee's A Forever Kind Of Love another that Bill Kenwright played (I listened this afternoon). Must find his CD and put it in the car for our next long journey!
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That was very near my choice too,Helen, but I had heard it only a couple of days earlier and hadn't heard the Timi Yuro one for ages! |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Today, it has to be 'Bad To The Bone' by George Thoroughgood, played on this evening's Drivetime. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19391 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Mine has to be Paul Jones' Bad Bad Boy. I always loved the track and it reminds me of when I met him at Radio 2 when I went to the JV show.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | Mine has to be Paul Jones' Bad Bad Boy. I always loved the track and it reminds me of when I met him at Radio 2 when I went to the JV show.
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Mum used to like Paul Jones too. I remember a great evening when I saw him play live at Aldershot's West End Centre a few years ago. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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ruddlescat
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I agree that it was a great track - I much preferred his output in those days compared to his excessively blues influenced more recent stuff _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Colin
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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But he started in R&B bands in the 60s!
I love the R&B stuff, mainly because I like blues. He played a great gig at The Stables - Cleo Laine's and the late John Dankworth's theatre at Wavendon near Milton Keynes a couple of years. Both he and his band sounded just like the great British 60s blues bands did! My son came with me and loved it. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19391 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | Helen May wrote: | Mine has to be Paul Jones' Bad Bad Boy. I always loved the track and it reminds me of when I met him at Radio 2 when I went to the JV show.
H |
Mum used to like Paul Jones too. I remember a great evening when I saw him play live at Aldershot's West End Centre a few years ago. |
Heard your mention on tonight's Drivetime!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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oldraver
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Cheating slightly, it's Diamonds And Rust, on Simon Mayo's show, earlier in the week.
I know it's been mentioned, not too long ago, but it's such a brilliant song, that I had to mention it again. You can still hear Joan Baez's heartbreak over His Bobness, even after all those years. She absolutely worshipped him. Her voice is superb, in any case, but with that extra emotion, detectable when she sings it....wow. _________________ life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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Schizoidman
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I think it was I who mentioned Diamonds And Rust which I was unaware of until I heard it on Tracks Of My Years a few years ago. A wonderful song for the reasons that Raver mentions. |
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oldraver
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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It was you, Schizzo, just a few weeks ago, as I remember.
I should also add, that I too love Bad Bad Boy. So much, that after I read Helen's post the other day, I had to buy it on a compilation triple CD.
Only £2.64 second hand.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000HXDHMI/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item _________________ life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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Colin
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I heard "Galadriel" by Barclay James Harvest on Radio Caroline today. Now that really did take me back to the pre-punk 70s!!!! |
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Helen May
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:00 am Post subject: |
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My track for today? Well it's 2 really as they followed each other on the very last edition of Mark Radcliffe's Music Club.
First was My Back Pages from the Byrds swiftly followed by Heatwave from Martha and the Vandellas (as they were called at the time of that release in 1963). If I had to choose just one it would be the Byrds on this occasion as it's so rarely played.
I'll miss the Music Club, not that I listened every week, for the ecclectic mix of tracks and Mark's superb info and story telling related to each track.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Schizoidman
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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What a good choice Helen! My Back Pages (written by Dylan) is a favourite of mine, and a change from Mr Tambourine Man. SOT60s played it a few months ago.
And Heatwave is a classic too. Strange to think that it's from 1963.
Thank goodness for Mark Radcliffe, he's knowledgeable and informative. |
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Colin
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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I was listening to JV (against my better judgement!) in the car on the way back from central London today and was quite impressed that he played Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". The pleasure was short-lived, however; he soon started talking over the bit where the sax comes in by reading a silly text from a silly listener on a silly topic (Sahara dust on cars). Ah well... |
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Helen May
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Schizoidman wrote: | What a good choice Helen! My Back Pages (written by Dylan) is a favourite of mine, and a change from Mr Tambourine Man. SOT60s played it a few months ago.
And Heatwave is a classic too. Strange to think that it's from 1963.
Thank goodness for Mark Radcliffe, he's knowledgeable and informative. |
I've always loved Heatwave and can remember hearing it in 63, in fact I think that's what got me hooked on Motown (the Detroit stuff really). Heaven knows which radio station it was on though, I don't think it was Luxemburg but find it hard to think the light programme would have played such a brilliant track. I guess it must have been them.
I suppose hearing good things so rarely made them stick in your mind. So different to today as everything seems to get blurred by the rubbish that is played. (Sorry for the rant!)
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Colin
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | I don't think it was Luxemburg but find it hard to think the light programme would have played such a brilliant track. I guess it must have been them. |
It's bound to be Helen. 1963 pre-dates the offshore pirates by a year!! |
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Helen May
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think it was Colin, because I think it was during the day, probably during the school holidays and Lux only broadcast in English at night if I remember correctly.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
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Colin
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | I don't think it was Colin, because I think it was during the day, probably during the school holidays and Lux only broadcast in English at night if I remember correctly. |
That's true. Its English language service went out at night, I think. Reception in south Devon was always bad so I didn't listen much. It still transmitted by day in French I think, but signals were bad due to the fact that sunlight inhibits transmission over distances.
About 10 years ago I transferred about 20 10" studio reel-to-reel tapes of Stuart Henry's later shows on 208 for his wife Ollie. I copied them all to MiniDisc at her request - but wished I made copies on computer simultaneously. They made superb listening as they played through the system! You could hear his voice sounding like he was drunk in the latter ones - the reason he was sacked, of course, when in fact it was early symptoms of MS.
Anyway, this is off-topic! |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: |
I've always loved Heatwave and can remember hearing it in 63, in fact I think that's what got me hooked on Motown (the Detroit stuff really). Heaven knows which radio station it was on though, I don't think it was Luxemburg but find it hard to think the light programme would have played such a brilliant track. I guess it must have been them.
I suppose hearing good things so rarely made them stick in your mind. So different to today as everything seems to get blurred by the rubbish that is played. (Sorry for the rant!)
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The Light Programme perhaps,Helen?
It says on line..
By August 1959 Saturday Club had a regular audience of five million listeners, including many children, as the programme immediately followed Children's Favourites. It soon began featuring performances from touring American artists including Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Duane Eddy and Bobby Darin, after a Musicians' Union ban on performances by non-British musicians ended. Other American performers followed, including the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. In 1960, an LP, Saturday Club, was issued, on the Parlophone label, featuring 13 performers including Tommy Bruce, Ricky Valance, Bert Weedon and The King Brothers. |
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Helen May
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Colin wrote: | Helen May wrote: | I don't think it was Colin, because I think it was during the day, probably during the school holidays and Lux only broadcast in English at night if I remember correctly. |
That's true. Its English language service went out at night, I think. Reception in south Devon was always bad so I didn't listen much. It still transmitted by day in French I think, but signals were bad due to the fact that sunlight inhibits transmission over distances.
About 10 years ago I transferred about 20 10" studio reel-to-reel tapes of Stuart Henry's later shows on 208 for his wife Ollie. I copied them all to MiniDisc at her request - but wished I made copies on computer simultaneously. They made superb listening as they played through the system! You could hear his voice sounding like he was drunk in the latter ones - the reason he was sacked, of course, when in fact it was early symptoms of MS.
Anyway, this is off-topic! |
Oh I bet they were fantastic listening Colin! I remember Stuart Henry from Radio 1, '69 ish I'm guessing, wasn't his theme tune 'Soul Finger' by the Bar Kays (sp?). He played some really good stuff!
Slightly off topic but didn't he come from the pirate station Radio Scotland or was it North Sea? My memory is a bit hazy but I know reception was better the further north of Newcastle that you went.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
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Helen May
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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becky sharp wrote: | Helen May wrote: |
I've always loved Heatwave and can remember hearing it in 63, in fact I think that's what got me hooked on Motown (the Detroit stuff really). Heaven knows which radio station it was on though, I don't think it was Luxemburg but find it hard to think the light programme would have played such a brilliant track. I guess it must have been them.
I suppose hearing good things so rarely made them stick in your mind. So different to today as everything seems to get blurred by the rubbish that is played. (Sorry for the rant!)
H |
The Light Programme perhaps,Helen?
It says on line..
By August 1959 Saturday Club had a regular audience of five million listeners, including many children, as the programme immediately followed Children's Favourites. It soon began featuring performances from touring American artists including Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Duane Eddy and Bobby Darin, after a Musicians' Union ban on performances by non-British musicians ended. Other American performers followed, including the Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. In 1960, an LP, Saturday Club, was issued, on the Parlophone label, featuring 13 performers including Tommy Bruce, Ricky Valance, Bert Weedon and The King Brothers. |
It must have been Becky as there wasn't much else. Just the other day I read something about the old Light Programme and the lunchtime programmes of the early 60s. One was the Pop Inn that I think went out on a Tuesday. I remember listening during school holidays, Keith Fordyce was the presenter so I bet that's where I heard Heatwave!
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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ruddlescat
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Yes Helen - his theme tune was 'Soul Finger' which is very rarely heard anywhere these days _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Colin
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | Slightly off topic but didn't he come from the pirate station Radio Scotland or was it North Sea? My memory is a bit hazy but I know reception was better the further north of Newcastle that you went |
Yes, you're right Helen. He started on Radio Scotland, which broadcast from a former lightship the L.V. Comet. Unlike the other main ship-based stations, the Comet moved around the Scottish coast, so reception quality would vary according to its current position! |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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For me. 'Roundabout' by Yes, heard on Johnnie Walker's Sound Of The 70s, along with those that followed! Just had a look at today's playlist and will have to 'listen again' to what went before I departed Popham airfield for home, I think there's plenty more possibilities, it seems a particularly interesting set of tracks played today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040lfsd _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Colin
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | For me. 'Roundabout' by Yes, heard on Johnnie Walker's Sound Of The 70s, along with those that followed! |
Yep. My choice too. |
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