Guest Michael Wilkins Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi, I rember listening to Mike Ravens Show on Radio 1 while still at school and was wondering does anybody know what his theme tune was? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geoff Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Was it Mike Cotton Sounds' version of Soul Serenade? Seems to ring a bell with me. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Correct Geoff Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
stokesoulboy Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Mike raven even produced it !! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 $hit!.....I am that old! https://youtu.be/YTbryz2Xt9E Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
AlanB Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm that old too! My memory might be failing me here, but I thought he had the Willie Mitchell version as his theme first then switched to the Mike Cotton version later. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chas Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Another great radio theme,Alan Haven"image"atmospheric Hammond organ inst.Used by many including our own Mr Evison.Hammond...a vital organ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I'm that old too! My memory might be failing me here, but I thought he had the Willie Mitchell version as his theme first then switched to the Mike Cotton version later. Yep......I think you be correct Alan! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I think Mike Cotton's version was a straight copy of Beau Dollar and the Coins on a Fraternity subsidiary. Lonnie Mack on guitar and probably his band Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stompingsevens Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi, Check the Soul Bros version on Rio - Killer version! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 When the show first started Mr Raven used the Beau Dollar version and got a lot of feedback from listeners about how could they get hold of a copy. I'm not sure but I strongly suspect that the BD version wasn't available in the UK at the time so I suppose seeing an opportunity to make the tune available to listeners and make a few bob he got Mike Cotton onto it. Once the Mike Cotton version was released Mr Raven used that version for his sig tune instead of the BD version. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ricticman Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Absolute ' must listen ' radio.......but only until 7-30pm ? I was too thick then to stay and listen to the blues etc played after that. It was [ I believe ] new releases mainly for the first 30 mins. Heard Jerry Butler, many Action things, etc etc, : then off to ' Browns ' [ a flecky, but god I loved it ] dance hall youth club type thingie on the Sunday night. Then buy or order the best record I'd heard on the Sunday evening prog, in my lunchtime on the Monday following day [ usually at White and Swales in Stretford ]. Pete Is this post more ' last of the summer wine ', rather than ' all our yesterdays ' ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Deadwaxdetective Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Actually saw Mike Raven DJ here in Gloucester,at The Library.I think it was around 1970/71.I would have been around 14/15yrs old.He was a scary looking cat,loads of whiskers on his 'boat' i seem to recall.Happy (early) days.Les. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ShorterSoul Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 On a similar theme, can anyone tell me the Pete Young Soul Cellar theme tune "they say this isa big fat town but I know where the soul is at, bah bah bah bah, the sound of soul city!" Probably really obvious but always eluded me :-) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I posted up about 45 minutes of a Mike Raven show up a few years back... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Smudger Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Essential listening for me on a Sunday night back in the day,bought loads of new releases after hearing them on his show.The theme tune brings back so many memories. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Michael Wilkins Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Thanks guys, I was born in 1955 and it was listening to this show that turned me on to Soul, I just thought wow there is nothing else like this music, I think the 1st, record I remenber hearing on this show was Doris Troy I'll Do Anything, Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Daved Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) On a similar theme, can anyone tell me the Pete Young Soul Cellar theme tune "they say this isa big fat town but I know where the soul is at, bah bah bah bah, the sound of soul city!" Probably really obvious but always eluded me :-) It's Lou Rawls "Dead End Street" Edited September 18, 2014 by daved Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 When the show first started Mr Raven used the Beau Dollar version and got a lot of feedback from listeners about how could they get hold of a copy. I'm not sure but I strongly suspect that the BD version wasn't available in the UK at the time so I suppose seeing an opportunity to make the tune available to listeners and make a few bob he got Mike Cotton onto it. Once the Mike Cotton version was released Mr Raven used that version for his sig tune instead of the BD version. Sounds right. I met Mike Cotton a few times playing jazz at the 100 Club. Smashing bloke who could laugh about having rejected Joe Cocker as a lead singer as he was a greaser and the band were all mods and then later rejected Reg Dwight as a keyboards player for being too short and square. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 When I started listening to Mike Raven I used to listen to the blues and turn it off when it got to the soul and then did the reverse later. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dthedrug Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 HI ALL .... WHAT A TOFF, BUT HE KNEW HIS STUFF, I was lucky enough to be able to listen to his show on pirate radio, and also to meet him in the 7ts, I have a couple of his LPs that are worth getting, in fact I recommend them, TRA SAM 5 - THE MIKE RAVEN SHOW, BLUES SAMPLER. TRANSATLANTIC. XTRA 1047 - THE MIKE RAVEN - BLUES SHOW. BOTH ARE UK ISSUED LPs. the 2nd LP is more rare than the 1st, however I have not seen both for sale for a long time. can give more info if need it?? DAVE K Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Interesting to see how people remember the sequence of this show. My recollection is that he started with soul, then onto R&B; the third section was electric/post war blues and then finally he ended with country/ pre-war blues. The lengths of the segments within the hour show tended to depend on what new releases/reissues were around that week. Needless to say he played more soul than country blues. I wonder if people remember records that they bought because they heard Mr Raven play them. I'll open the bidding with "Good Day Sunshine" by Roy Redmond. Any takers? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Leeky Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Played it this morning on my radio show, finished off the show with it. Always remember listening on my transistor radio KTF Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) Mike Raven got into horror films after he left Radio 1 ... Later on he (& his family) moved to Cornwall, where he became a sheep farmer. His health made him give this up & so he turned to art (creating sculptures). He'd changed his name, which made him difficult to track down. Mike died in 1997, and was buried in a grave he had dug for himself on Bodmin Moor (which is where he was still living at the time). Edited October 16, 2023 by Roburt Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Roburt Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Back in time ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Torch56 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Torch56 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Mike Raven was the main DJ at the Catacombs' opening night, November 23rd, 1968. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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