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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: David Jacobs Collection

Just a quick note to say what a pleasure it is to hear wonderfully crafted songs sung by real singers.
Some may find his delivery old fashioned but to me the music and his style go hand in hand.
From Matt Monro to Sinatra to Vic Damone all great singers.
One hour a week is surely not asking too much.
For me a great way to unwind on a Sunday

Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:50 am Post subject:

Mrs Geddon would whole heartedly agree with you, but the music is not totally to my taste.
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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject:

Hi BGW...my point was when you hear the lyrics and standard of singing today then you listen to Cole Porter or Gershwin compositions sung by the greats you realise what is missing today.
I enjoy music of all types but the older songs will last a lot longer than the vast majority of records in the last 20 years.

Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

Mike - You'll get no argument from me on that score, songs were crafted and people made a living at writing good songs.

One of the current crop is memorable only for the fact that the backing track was the theme to 'Emmanuelle'. It is, however , more listenable than the wailing in the foreground.
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And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil

MadeinSurrey · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject:

Well said, Mikeraphone, I just fear that the dreaded Douglas axe is hovering over David's head! I am quite sure she would rather have somebody "off the telly" shouting at us morning noon and night. Evil or Very Mad

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gfloyd · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

There is good music from every era. The dross of the 50's and 60's has been largely forgotten now, helped by the fact that it is not available on modern formats (MP3, CD's, etc)

I enjoy Jacobs show when I hear it.
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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject:

Made In Surrey...Hello and nice to hear a positive Sunday Show comment.
I'm 50 and enjoy all kinds of music,but some of the older songs are just great examples of how a song should sound.
Heard Matt Monro played last night with " Time After Time".
A great 30's song but combined with his voice it was wonderful.

MadeinSurrey · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject:

Hi Mikeraphone, you'll hear nothing but positives from me about DJ and Parky's shows. I don't ogten hear Malcom Laycock but always enjoy it when I do.

Have you heard Jack Jones's version of Time after Time? That's a good one too.
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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject:

Hi Howard..i stand corrected.
Always thought it was 30's.
Still who ever sings it i always enjoy the song

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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

MadeinSurrey · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

Hi Helen, how are things?

When you think about the Parky BBC shows from the 70's and early 80's, they really are priceless! So many REAL stars, as opposed to the d-listers that call themselves famous these days! Now Sammy Cahn, there was a genius!
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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

I'm fine thanks and you?

Oh to have had a VCR back then! Now I think about that show it could have been late 70's.

There were some fantastic ones. Is my memory playing tricks or was Bing Crosby on? Surely the Beeb could give us a treat and dust the cobwebs off the ones that are left.

H
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

H, you my be right about Crosby, I'm pretty sure Parky interviewed him not long before he left us. He really did get some fabulous people back then: Bob Hope, Ali, Jimmy Stewart, all the big names!
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Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

That was the one I'm thinking of MIS, I seem to recall it was done about a week before he died.

I remember Ali. I actually sort of met him ( he spoke to my friend!) and did meet his wife of that time. He used my pen to sign his autograph for that friend, I didn't get one. Sad

He sadly had that glazed look obviously caused by the fighting but was still had an awesome presence.

H
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gfloyd · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject:

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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject:

Hi Ron...i think you will find that a lot of 60's and some 70's shows have been wiped and the tape used on something else.
Juke Box Jury was a victim of this which is a shame.
Obviously no one then thought there would be any interest 40 years later.
How wrong could they be!!!!!!!!

MadeinSurrey · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject:

I'd be really surprised if Parky's big interviews have been wiped. They'll be at BBC TV Centre, probably being used as doorstops!

Come on BBC, let's see them again: after all, what is BBC4 for??
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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Hello, MIS. Exactly, and what better way would there be to encourage people to go digital than that?

Mike, to return to your original thread(!) I don't often get to listen to him, but you're right about the quality of the performances on the records he plays, and his presentation of them - you can tell he's getting on in years but he's still unmistakeably David Jacobs, our original DJ (and, in the current absence of Brian Matthew, just about the last link we have with the old Light Programme). Ironically, I suppose, back in those days, with the restricted time allowed for records, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to play as many of them as he does now.
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MIKERAPHONE · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject:

Ron..it's hard to believe that on the old Light programme the Presenter didn't actually play the records.
They paid other people to put the vinyl on the decks and cue them up.
Talk about over the top.
The pirates soon led the way but back then the BBC was so stuck in its way that it is a wonder it survived till 1967.
Same with Alan Freeman and POTP aswell!!!!!!!!!

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Hi Mike , a bit late in responding, but absolutely spot on about DJ....so knowledgeable and professional. Long may he continue on Sundays, just right after a couple of jars of the amber nectar, Would have preferred keeping Russell Davies in the "Ancestoral " home though.
Ed de Ball.