dean jj Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) massive at morecambe always seems to get no recognition it deserves the first 3 years at the central pier were unreal. Possibly the best attended allnighter in the country at that time. Shame had some quality nights there great mixture of oldies and modern. talked to richard searling and he said the pier was an unreal allnighter one of the best in his opinion Morecombe pier was a bit mad: Richard played new stuff then went home and it became northern...different dance steps meaning you had to change your legs at three in the morning. Have you tried fitting a set of spare legs in a adidas sports bag? Edited July 26, 2015 by dean jj Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 kind of get what your saying dean it was 80% oldies /10%60 newies /10%modern but to me it had a great mixture to my tastes at the time. with not going to wigan as i was to young, the music was all new in a way and didnt mind the mixture of music. as with time your taste changes and the top 500 northern records become mundane and wanted to here unheard or rediscovered tunes id missed but to me morecambe was were i cut my teeth as it where and love it great fond memories of the pier allnighters Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Bobby Dazzler Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Robbie Vincent may well have played it on Radio one, but he didn't join the Beeb until 1983, so that would have been after the event, so to speak.Point of order and slightly off the GP topic, Sean, but whilst Robbie Vincent's Sunday show might have started in 1983, he was with the Beeb much earlier with a Saturday evening show - I have a tape (actually recorded by my Mrs) from 1977! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Daved Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Point of order and slightly off the GP topic, Sean, but whilst Robbie Vincent's Sunday show might have started in 1983, he was with the Beeb much earlier with a Saturday evening show - I have a tape (actually recorded by my Mrs) from 1977!Yeah, and he probably played it first in 1978! Seriously, it wouldn't surprise if he did play in as a new release in 1982. He was quite good. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 correct about BGL being a record made huge originally by Sean. He told me to get a copy and it went massive.???? Slightly too young to have gone but I've always understood Brothers Guiding Light to be well known from Blackpool Mecca?Also was a big underground club hit in New York from around the time of its release and came out on UK Mercury around then on a sampler/ compilation LP. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 ???? Slightly too young to have gone but I've always understood Brothers Guiding Light to be well known from Blackpool Mecca?Also was a big underground club hit in New York from around the time of its release and came out on UK Mercury around then on a sampler/ compilation LP. BGL was played earlier but Sean had huge success with it in terms of a "reactivation" record. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 BGL , like Ujima and others were Mecca plays. We knew that at the time as did many many others. They reached a much bigger audience in the early eighties, as they deserved to. No one thought they were brand new plays nor pretended they were. In fact BGL was bootlegged earlier, I think, with the Aristocrats on the other side. Possibly a NY boot. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simon T Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 BGL , like Ujima and others were Mecca plays. We knew that at the time as did many many others. They reached a much bigger audience in the early eighties, as they deserved to. No one thought they were brand new plays nor pretended they were. In fact BGL was bootlegged earlier, I think, with the Aristocrats on the other side. Possibly a NY boot. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) correct about BGL being a record made huge originally by Sean. He told me to get a copy and it went massive.Ok. That's interesting. And yes, I think that bootleg (on LaCoupe or something) was done for the New York crowd, judging by the other stuff that came out on that label.. Edited July 30, 2015 by son of stan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Never knew about the boot! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Simon T Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 ???? Slightly too young to have gone but I've always understood Brothers Guiding Light to be well known from Blackpool Mecca?Also was a big underground club hit in New York from around the time of its release and came out on UK Mercury around then on a sampler/ compilation LP. LP comp also had Don Covay - It's better to have, wasn't it on Philips? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest son of stan Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) LP comp also had Don Covay - It's better to have, wasn't it on Philips?It's also got Aaron Neville's fantastic tribute to Steptoe and Son's horse 'Hercules' which I think goes for a few quid on 7" and Etta James 'Out on the Streets Again' which sounds a bit like Patti Jo. Good LP!Yeah - Philips- you're right! Edited July 30, 2015 by son of stan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 That LP is called "Get up and get down"Also contains Annette Snell - "You oughta be here with me", Joneses - "Hey babe" and The Dramatics - " Choosing up on you"The whole LP isn't bad really Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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