BrianB

I'm 100 pages in, and it's terrible. I can't believe the writer lives in the Calder Valley. He has no idea about the scene, his description of Scarborough is just cliche driven and he goes far too deep into Bucky Broncos many ailments. The titles of Bucky's recordings are laughable. The only saving grace is that someone bought the book for me. I have no doubt that Benjamin Myers is a talented author, but this book is a poor attempt of describing our scene to a younger generation.

Loving the Stevie Wonder tracks on here. CD only, Motown Sings Motown Treasures, Stevie's version of I Hear Symphony is (to me) quite simply the best record ever made...

Sorry guys, but no reply from Debbie Travis. I'm 95% sure it was her but her business is a big concern and the e mail mustn't have been passed onto her, or of course, its just been ignored.

I have e mailed her and asked if it is indeed her that designed the badge. I bet she will wonder what the hell l am on about!

For some reason I can't search for Debbie Troops on Facebook other than one from Manchester who is too young. There is a Debbie Travis who is a successful designer who was born in Blackburn in 1960. That might be her. She is very successful. I'll try to dig a little more....

Is a cd in the offing?

The night owl badge was designed by Debbie (not sure if it was Travis or maybe Troops) from Read or Simonstone near Burnley. I last saw her on a design tv show around 10 years ago. I think she also designed one of the casino anniversary badges.

Nags Head off Deansgate. Regular soul nights and Sean the landlord is a soulie with some fantastic photos in the upstairs room.

Had the Marvelettes Forever compilation 2 for years and hardly played it. Put it on a few weeks ago for the commute and have been totally blown away by the sheer quality of it.

Did she reply Chalky?

I hear a symphony by Stevie is quite simply the best record ever made. Err...so I would choose that one....

It's So Hard Being a Loser. Classic Wheel spin.

I saw this and to be honest I was ambivalent. Maybe could improve with some coaching, but its all about opinions and I'm not the best talent spotter!

I bet 7 rooms of gloom sounds brilliant at a venue.

Slightly off topic, but the Isley Brothers this old heart of mine was allocated to the 4 tops. They couldn't make the session so the Isleys stood in. I would give a lot to have heard the Tops sing that using the same backing track.