i know it's not totally a soul orientated subject, but for a future project does anyone remember any of those old catch phrases used by the likes of alan freeman, tony blackburn etc.

...not 'arf, Pop Pickers....

Max----the one and only Johnny Walker on Radio Caroline---with his intro--"HE,S IN.....HE,S ON--brilliant

Tony Coleby

"This Is Roger Twiggy Day, your thinner record spinner..."

He was on Radio Caroline South, Max, you may not have got him in your neck of the woods. He's still going strong on BBC Radio Kent...

...or how about:

"Don't you know, mommyo, this is your man - ROSKO!!!!" (Emperor Rosko)

"Orft we jolly well go..." (Jimmy Young)

"Sennnnnnn-sational" (Tony Blackburn)

"This is your old mate Brian Matthew" (who's now your very old mate Brian Matthew...)

I'll think of some more later....

"This Is Roger Twiggy Day, your thinner record spinner..."

He was on Radio Caroline South, Max, you may not have got him in your neck of the woods. He's still going strong on BBC Radio Kent...

...or how about:

"Don't you know, mommyo, this is your man - ROSKO!!!!" (Emperor Rosko)

"Orft we jolly well go..." (Jimmy Young)

"Sennnnnnn-sational" (Tony Blackburn)

"This is your old mate Brian Matthew" (who's now your very old mate Brian Matthew...)

I'll think of some more later....

thanks for the replies so far! it's got the old brain cells tickin! you know there must be hundreds of those little phrases! thanks tony! i'd never heard of twiggy day! brilliant stuff.

max..

Not so much for the catchphrases, Max, but I can recommend that you or anyone else interested in the days of Pirate Radio take a look at www.offshoreradio.co.uk - one of my favourite websites that I can easily get lost in for an hour or two at a time. The site lists just about every DJ who ever appeared on an important pirate station, and has lots of soundclips (some better than others) taken from actual 60s broadcasts of many of those DJs.

The amount of info that they have on there is phenomenal and I seem to learn something new every time I look at it. For instance, trivia fans, did you know that when Johnnie Walker joined Radio England under his real name (Peter Dingley) he was rebranded as 'Johnnie Walker' because the station already had a set of jingles made up for a US DJ of that name!

Check it out...

TONE

Edited May 4, 200817 yr by TONY ROUNCE

Not so much for the catchphrases, Max, but I can recommend that you or anyone else interested in the days of Pirate Radio take a look at www.offshoreradio.co.uk - one of my favourite websites that I can easily get lost in for an hour or two at a time. The site lists just about every DJ who ever appeared on an important pirate station, and has lots of soundclips (some better than others) taken from actual 60s broadcasts of many of those DJs.

The amount of info that they have on there is phenomenal and I seem to learn something new every time I look at it. For instance, trivia fans, did you know that when Johnnie Walker joined Radio England under his real name (Peter Dingley) he was rebranded as 'Johnnie Walker' because the station already had a set of jingles made up for a US DJ of that name!

Check it out...

TONE

thanks so much tony, i'm sure that i'll find that very interesting!!

max..

i know it's not totally a soul orientated subject, but for a future project does anyone remember any of those old catch phrases used by the likes of alan freeman, tony blackburn etc.

Bugger that for a game of soldiers , Max .........

Let's have catchphrases for the NS's DJs of today ........

" Here is a original from the Big L , and my top sound of the moment " - Soul Sam .........

Malc Burton

Edited May 5, 200817 yr by Malc Burton

Bugger that for a game of soldiers , Max .........

Let's have catchphrases for the NS's DJs of today ........

" Here is a original from the Big L , and my top sound of the moment " - Soul Sam .........

Malc Burton

malc, i know what you mean! my minds just a blank, trying to go that far back!!

got a few useful bits! so thanks all!

max..

rosko.

i am the viper, and iv come to vipe your vindows.

ricky.

Whats the recipe today Jim? (Raymondo)

Bugger that for a game of soldiers , Max .........

Let's have catchphrases for the NS's DJs of today ........

" Here is a original from the Big L , and my top sound of the moment " - Soul Sam .........

Malc Burton

Some typical quotes from the following old timers:

"The EXCITERS for the first time this eve-niiiiiiiiiiiing, and...Reaching For The Best" (Ian Levine @ Whispering Wheels, 1975)

"Here's one that's grown big again up there in Blackpool... Major HARrriSSSS, and "CA-WLL... Me Tomorrow"

(Colin Curtis @ Queen Mary Ballroom, 1974)

"mumble, mumble, er....any minute...mumble...here it comes (awful racket as he places stylus onto revolving deck), er, right etc..." (Pep. Anytime, anywhere)

Edited May 5, 200817 yr by mel brat

The batsmans Holding, the bowlers Willie Jonners BBC 3

"GET BACK IN HERE, YOUV'E SET THE WASTE PAPER BIN ON FIRE" DJ who followed us in the studio, when i was a guest on Dave Ev's Radio Signal show c1982

eh! i don't think this f--kin micraphone works....David Hulmes.....Prestatyn 2006

Edited May 11, 200817 yr by harpo1

The batsmans Holding, the bowlers Willie Jonners BBC 3

"GET BACK IN HERE, YOUV'E SET THE WASTE PAPER BIN ON FIRE" DJ who followed us in the studio, when i was a guest on Dave Ev's Radio Signal show c1982

eh! i don't think this f--kin micraphone works....David Hulmes.....Prestatyn 2006

" Another Typical Martyn Ellis Cock - up "

Not a radio DJ quote , but he should have been ......

God bless you Skewsey .........

Malc Burton

Edited May 11, 200817 yr by Malc Burton

Hi Guys, slightly off thread this but does anyone have any old tapes of an old soul dj DAVE SIMMONS that had a soul show on Radio One on a Saturday night between FIVE and SIX THIRTY. I would like copies of this show if anyone has any. Thanks again.

best regards fraser

fdsoul6345789

...an old soul dj DAVE SIMMONS that had a soul show on Radio One on a Saturday night between FIVE and SIX THIRTY.

In the black music desert that was Radio One back then (is it the same today?), this was essential listening - I always enjoyed his hook-up with a U.S. station and it was on DS's show that I first heard Professor Longhair's BIG CHIEF (I'm pretty certain it was electric piano or organ-based, rather than piano, but I've never found a copy of this version)