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Post by conyoviejo » Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:08 pm

The Beatles first record played on Radio Luxembourg "Love me Do" is up for Auction tomorrow,will be interesting to see just how much it brings at sale. The guy who's selling it was the DJ who payed it on radio Luxembourg.(yes I listened to it live :D )
It is expecting to bring around £20.000 and has been signed and authenticity confirmed by Paul McCartney. What a pity Hampstead Claret isn't around anymore for this as he was a massive music lover.. :(

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-0 ... -for-sale/
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Steve1956 » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:08 am

I wish we had more music threads on here,music was my first love....till the 90s came along :)

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Bosscat » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:10 am

Steve1956 wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:08 am
I wish we had more music threads on here,music was my first love....till the 90s came along :)
A later live version of the John Miles Classic

https://youtu.be/egwARrX1ik8
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Re: Music lovers

Post by RMutt » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:44 am

Steve1956 wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:08 am
I wish we had more music threads on here,music was my first love....till the 90s came along :)
Yes, I used to particularly enjoy the 'music of 2019,20 etc.' threads. Spunkybackpack and edison used to feature but the recommendations for new music,who ever they were from, were always appreciated.
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Re: Music lovers

Post by RMutt » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:46 am

P.S., probably going back to CM days to be honest.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:39 am

Anyone remember Stackridge? Been listening to then a lot recently after not hearing them for years. Variation, musical ability and excellent sense of humour when they wanted. If you listen to the fairly lengthy 'Slark' you will be whistling it for hours after. :D
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Colburn_Claret » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:13 pm

I can remember my sister listening to Luck, Lucky, Luxembourg. More static than music, the reception was terrible.
It got me thinking of those days sat in the back of my dads car, with the transistor radio, trying to get the scores from the other games. You had to move the radio every time you went around a corner just to keep reception. Halcyon days, who would ever have thought we would get DAB.
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Bosscat » Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:32 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:13 pm
I can remember my sister listening to Luck, Lucky, Luxembourg. More static than music, the reception was terrible.
It got me thinking of those days sat in the back of my dads car, with the transistor radio, trying to get the scores from the other games. You had to move the radio every time you went around a corner just to keep reception. Halcyon days, who would ever have thought we would get DAB.
DAB ... that wonderful radio that cuts out everytime you pass a tree or go through a dip between Blacko and Long Preston.... on the A682

Always just as they start talking about stuff you actually want to listen to :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:13 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:32 pm
DAB ... that wonderful radio that cuts out everytime you pass a tree or go through a dip between Blacko and Long Preston.... on the A682

Always just as they start talking about stuff you actually want to listen to :lol: :lol: :lol:
My wife always insists on having DAB on in her car and I've told her it just isn't good in cars. She says it's better quality sound, to which I reply yeah, but only when you can actually hear it. FFS it even loses Radio Lancashire and that comes through on 2 tin cans and a piece of string.

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Music lovers

Post by conyoviejo » Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:22 pm

conyoviejo wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:08 pm
The Beatles first record played on Radio Luxembourg "Love me Do" is up for Auction tomorrow,will be interesting to see just how much it brings at sale. The guy who's selling it was the DJ who payed it on radio Luxembourg.(yes I listened to it live :D )
It is expecting to bring around £20.000 and has been signed and authenticity confirmed by Paul McCartney. What a pity Hampstead Claret isn't around anymore for this as he was a massive music lover.. :(

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-0 ... -for-sale/

An update on the sale at auction..

The first Beatles record to be played on the radio has been sold for £17,000 at auction in Merseyside. Radio Luxembourg was first to air the track - or any Beatles record - on October 5 1962. The song featured Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon on vocals - but record label EMI printed Lennon-McArtney on the record.1 hour ago..

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Corky » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:04 pm

Weird what people will pay for records. The chunk of vinyl itself even if it is a Radio Station Demo Copy is not particularly rare just the fact that it was the first Beatles record played. And how can Paul McCartney possibly know that it is what they say it is.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by karatekid » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:36 pm

He's probably got 30% of the sale price. He needs the money.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:58 pm

houseboy wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:39 am
Anyone remember Stackridge? Been listening to then a lot recently after not hearing them for years. Variation, musical ability and excellent sense of humour when they wanted. If you listen to the fairly lengthy 'Slark' you will be whistling it for hours after. :D
I saw Stackridge in Clitheroe Park back in about 1972/3 or so, and if I remember correctly one of their
numbers involved them banging and crashing metal dustbin lids for a track called "Let There Be Lids".
Daft as brushes. :D :D :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78qYxVXBI4

It chucked it down all day and they were handing out free plastic sheets to sit on and stick over your head.
Can't remember any of the other bands that day, except for Sutherland Brothers and Quiver.

Anyone else there ?

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:28 am

Funkydrummer wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:58 pm
I saw Stackridge in Clitheroe Park back in about 1972/3 or so, and if I remember correctly one of their
numbers involved them banging and crashing metal dustbin lids for a track called "Let There Be Lids".
Daft as brushes. :D :D :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78qYxVXBI4

It chucked it down all day and they were handing out free plastic sheets to sit on and stick over your head.
Can't remember any of the other bands that day, except for Sutherland Brothers and Quiver.

Anyone else there ?
Yes I was, it was the first time I ever heard them. It p!ssed down all day. They were the only ones who brought the crowd to life. They performed Let There Be Lids (complete with dustbin lids). Absolutely nuts. Ha ha...what a coincidence bud.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:35 am

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:28 am
Yes I was, it was the first time I ever heard them. It p!ssed down all day. They were the only ones who brought the crowd to life. They performed Let There Be Lids (complete with dustbin lids). Absolutely nuts. Ha ha...what a coincidence bud.
Brilliant, I'll bet we were in the same, heaving pubs too, trying to dry off before getting soaked again.

Great, heady days.

Can you remember who else was on the bill that day ?

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:48 am

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:35 am
Brilliant, I'll bet we were in the same, heaving pubs too, trying to dry off before getting soaked again.

Great, heady days.

Can you remember who else was on the bill that day ?
As you said the Sutherlands but also Greenslade (great band and I saw them again later at the Free Trade Hall - still listen to them), Byzantium, Longdancer (an accoustic trio) Fumble (never heard a thing about them after) and a couple of others who have obviously left no mark. Stackridge performed some songs that went on to be classics in their concerts, Dorah the Female Explorer, Do the Stanley and the amazingly fast and furious (and funny) Galloping Goucho.

As you say great days and yeah we did shelter form the monsoon that happened in a couple of pubs. I remember a group of us eating a huge block of cheese as it's all we had to eat that day (funny how these things come back to you). :D :D :D

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:33 am

If I had eaten a block of cheese, i think it would have come back to me too ! :D

Blimey, Fumble, Greenslade, Byzantium. Excellent stuff.
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:40 am

I give you Byzantium, featuring Chaz Jankel, later of Blockheads fame who I am going to see
at King George's Hall Blackburn on 21 March.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_3_Wlh55JQ

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Bosscat » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:41 am

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:48 am
I remember a group of us eating a huge block of cheese as it's all we had to eat that day (funny how these things come back to you). :D :D :D
A nice bit of Wensleydale Grommit... or a Crumbly Lancashire.

Couldn't resist this though ... bet you can't guess what it is :D


https://youtu.be/Hz1JWzyvv8A
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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:57 am

Bosscat wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:41 am
A nice bit of Wensleydale Grommit... or a Crumbly Lancashire.

Couldn't resist this though ... bet you can't guess what it is :D


https://youtu.be/Hz1JWzyvv8A
Absolutely wonderful Boss. Cheers mate.

By the way is there actually such a thing as Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:01 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:40 am
I give you Byzantium, featuring Chaz Jankel, later of Blockheads fame who I am going to see
at King George's Hall Blackburn on 21 March.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_3_Wlh55JQ
Cheers mate and have a great night at the King Georges.

Incidentally I don't know if you have heard much by the Korgis but they featured a couple of members of Stackridge. Something I only found out about quite recently.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by SalisburyClaret » Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:16 pm

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:57 am
Absolutely wonderful Boss. Cheers mate.

By the way is there actually such a thing as Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Regrettably Not!
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:56 pm

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:01 pm
Cheers mate and have a great night at the King Georges.

Incidentally I don't know if you have heard much by the Korgis but they featured a couple of members of Stackridge. Something I only found out about quite recently.
Cheers mate, a good night is assured as they are an excellent live band with top class musicians.
I've heard of the Korgis, but not heard anything by them so will give them a coat of looking at.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Funkydrummer » Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:58 pm

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:57 am

By the way is there actually such a thing as Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I nipped into Beaverbrook recently at The Trafford centre.

Was really disappointed !! :o
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Re: Music lovers

Post by Bosscat » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:12 pm

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:57 am
Absolutely wonderful Boss. Cheers mate.

By the way is there actually such a thing as Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? :lol: :lol: :lol:
https://canadacheeseman.wordpress.com/t ... er-cheese/
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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:13 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:56 pm
Cheers mate, a good night is assured as they are an excellent live band with top class musicians.
I've heard of the Korgis, but not heard anything by them so will give them a coat of looking at.
I don't know how many of the original Blockheads are left but certainly Drury's original band was absolutely sh!t hot. Amazing bass player.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:18 pm

Watching the Cheese Shop again today it got me thinking, did they do it in several takes or have a very cleverly hidden auto-cue/script? The reason being I find it hard to believe Cleese could rhyme off all those cheeses from memory. If he did that is quite amazing.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Bosscat » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:40 pm

houseboy wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:18 pm
Watching the Cheese Shop again today it got me thinking, did they do it in several takes or have a very cleverly hidden auto-cue/script? The reason being I find it hard to believe Cleese could rhyme off all those cheeses from memory. If he did that is quite amazing.

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Not sure Ian ... but Cleese did a lot of those monologues like "The Parrot Sketch" etc so quite possibly

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Re: Music lovers

Post by Wile E Coyote » Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:53 pm

Funkydrummer wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:58 pm
I saw Stackridge in Clitheroe Park back in about 1972/3 or so, and if I remember correctly one of their
numbers involved them banging and crashing metal dustbin lids for a track called "Let There Be Lids".
Daft as brushes. :D :D :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m78qYxVXBI4

It chucked it down all day and they were handing out free plastic sheets to sit on and stick over your head.
Can't remember any of the other bands that day, except for Sutherland Brothers and Quiver.

Anyone else there ?
yes, I was, we met stackridge, nice bunch of lads too.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:47 pm

Wile E Coyote wrote:
Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:53 pm
yes, I was, we met stackridge, nice bunch of lads too.
Nice one bud. They were from Bristol I recall and spoke with strong West country accents. Amazing that even 3 of us were there - it wasn't exactly a big festival even when it didn't rain. Only band I can think of who, in the space of one 40 minute album, could have you laughing and smiling then drifting off into some dreamy beautiful stuff. Should have been bigger than they were. I always described them as the Beatles meets the Kinks with a dash of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. George Martin of the Beatles fame produced their Man in a Bowler Hat album, and you can tell.

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Re: Music lovers

Post by tim_noone » Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:03 pm

houseboy wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:47 pm
Nice one bud. They were from Bristol I recall and spoke with strong West country accents. Amazing that even 3 of us were there - it wasn't exactly a big festival even when it didn't rain. Only band I can think of who, in the space of one 40 minute album, could have you laughing and smiling then drifting off into some dreamy beautiful stuff. Should have been bigger than they were. I always described them as the Beatles meets the Kinks with a dash of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. George Martin of the Beatles fame produced their Man in a Bowler Hat album, and you can tell.
Just listened on utube to part of the album I'd never heard of them very much like the Beatles will give it more air time later :D

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:36 am

tim_noone wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:03 pm
Just listened on utube to part of the album I'd never heard of them very much like the Beatles will give it more air time later :D
Glad you like. If you want to listen to some stand out stuff listen to:
Slark - long but worth it and the main theme will stick with you for ages.
Dorah the Female Explorer - a couple of minutes of childish nonsense that will have you tapping your feet.
Syracuse the Elephant - another long piece that is sad/comedy.
If you’ve listened to The Man in the Bowler Hat album you might have listened to the Galloping Groucho but if not do - it is Stackridge are their finest.
For lyrical humour - Marzo Plod - brilliant.
All good stuff and a remnant if an age when musical ability and the ability to just write good songs was paramount.
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Re: Music lovers

Post by tim_noone » Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:40 am

houseboy wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:36 am
Glad you like. If you want to listen to some stand out stuff listen to:
Slark - long but worth it and the main theme will stick with you for ages.
Dorah the Female Explorer - a couple of minutes of childish nonsense that will have you tapping your feet.
Syracuse the Elephant - another long piece that is sad/comedy.
If you’ve listened to The Man in the Bowler Hat album you might have listened to the Galloping Groucho but if not do - it is Stackridge are their finest.
For lyrical humour - Marzo Plod - brilliant.
All good stuff and a remnant if an age when musical ability and the ability to just write good songs was paramount.
Just switched back on and seen this.... I'll take all that on Board. :D

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Re: Music lovers

Post by houseboy » Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:47 am

tim_noone wrote:
Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:40 am
Just switched back on and seen this.... I'll take all that on Board. :D
Hope you like. If not my name is Arthur Dent and I left Earth about 3 months ago. 😂😂😂
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