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david1956
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:50 pm Post subject: Pick of the Pops 28th June |
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According to the Pick of the Pops Facebook group there will be a special show on this date.
The show will be three hours long and will feature 1966,1975 and 1984. |
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Colin
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Good news. I look forward to the 1966 segment!!!
Thanks for posting. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3428 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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Presumably Dermot is off doing X-Factor auditions this Summer. Wouldn't it be good if Saturday afternoons were three hours of POTP then two hours of Richard Allinson? |
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Lord Evan Elpuss

Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3358 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'd rather the three hours went to Richard Allinson. His original three hour Saturday afternoon show from about 10 years ago (it doesn't seem that long ago) was a must listen for me. I think two hours is enough for Pick Of The Pops. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ian Robinson wrote: | Presumably Dermot is off doing X-Factor auditions this Summer. Wouldn't it be good if Saturday afternoons were three hours of POTP then two hours of Richard Allinson? |
Seconded - and I love the music from all three of those years so I'm very happy  _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Schizoidman

Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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1966 will of course be the best of the three: River Deep Mountain High, Paperback Writer, Paint It Black, Out Of Time, Sunny Afternoon etc.
As for 1975, oh dear...there's just I'm Not In Love and the not very PC 'whoa I'm going to Barbados', an excellent song, but I can't see Tony playing it. The rest of June 1975 is just plain awful.
1984's not too bad: FGTH, Wham, Bronski Beat. |
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Schizoidman

Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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June 1975 also included the excellent Roll Over Lay Down by the Quo, but don't expect anything else.
Time to put my Hit Singles book away. |
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Colin
Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Posts: 916
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Schizoidman wrote: | June 1975 also included the excellent Roll Over Lay Down by the Quo, but don't expect anything else.
Time to put my Hit Singles book away. |
Yep - my thoughts entirely. 1975 was a great year for touring, gigging rock bands and I saw many of them several times (including King Crimson!). But as for the "pop" charts in that year it was dire. The gulf between the two was very wide.
I'll stick to listening to the 1966 segment! |
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Helen May

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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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As everyone else has said '66 will be the one I'll be listening to.
Richard Allinson back on a Saturday would be so good. I can remember listening to him while making dinner on a hot Saturday early evening with the door into the garden open and a glass of wine. Perfect summer listening.
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: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I couldn't agree more Helen. I used to love listening to him while pottering around doing DIY jobs etc., much like I used to enjoy Johnnie Walker's Saturday afternoon show on Radio One. But that was a long time ago! |
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Helen May

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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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I've been trying to think who used to follow him as that was also good. Ah remembered now - Paul Gambaccini!
Wonder if we'll hear him again? I read in Paul Donovan's Sunday Times radio column a month or so ago that the hearing (or whatever it was) had been set for July. We are missing and/or losing so many good broadcasters.
H
PS sorry to go off topic a bit. _________________ 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: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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It's not really off topic Helen - what you say is perfectly true - and for what - some alleged offences many years ago when the culture - rightly or wrongly - was a great deal different to today  _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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becky sharp

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Helen May wrote: | I've been trying to think who used to follow him as that was also good. Ah remembered now - Paul Gambaccini!
Wonder if we'll hear him again? I read in Paul Donovan's Sunday Times radio column a month or so ago that the hearing (or whatever it was) had been set for July. We are missing and/or losing so many good broadcasters.
H
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Is there a more up to date thread for POTP? If there is I'm blowed if I can find it!
Anyway ..I liked a lot of records Cliff made in his early career - good to hear On My Word by him on POTP today - not heard this one for ages.  |
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Helen May

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I had to think and there is but it's not really in the section that you'd look for it in!
http://r2ok.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=170825#170825
I missed Cliff's song as I didn't realise the time and saw the title still on the DAB screen. It's not one that I can remember at all, will have to listen back!
I enjoyed Lulu's Leave a Little Love and Peter and Gordon's To Know Him Is To Love Him from the 65 chart.
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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becky sharp

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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | I had to think and there is but it's not really in the section that you'd look for it in!
http://r2ok.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=170825#170825
I missed Cliff's song as I didn't realise the time and saw the title still on the DAB screen. It's not one that I can remember at all, will have to listen back!
I enjoyed Lulu's Leave a Little Love and Peter and Gordon's To Know Him Is To Love Him from the 65 chart.
H |
Thanks Helen - I did see that but thought summer shows...perhaps not (even though it's summer)...and didn't bother looking..  |
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