Chas

Had it all figured out didn't he? Fast forward a few years and most of those luminaries he mentions go on record saying the quality and volume of 60's unknown 45's was on the wane. Whilst I agree with him on the stale playlist subject i take exception with his superiority complex. You tend to live and die by what you say on this scene and sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for as you just might get it! Stood in a venue with the pondie boys and a scattering of other flat earthers with no chance of getting an atmosphere going, not my cup of tea. After all it's a 10 Yr period and no matter how prolific it was, it could only be a finite figure. It may have been seen as 'their scene' by some but it wasn't, most people progressed from the 'jet age' to further their education and were just as passionate as they were, more in fact. 'Judge baby.. i rest my case.'

This by Dusty Wilson, re hashed as 'gonna be a tragedy' to great acclaim.

Solaris juxtaposed between Lolleata Holloway and M'tume, the best £5 you could ever spend at one time, stands against any of the big hitters does that, inspired selection.

Still as strong, still gives me goosebumps after nearly 40 years, that's value for money!

Always found this to be quite uplifting, great 'rallying call' intro, probably came across it first at the halcyon monthly all dayers at the Manchester Ritz in the 70's.

Move away all sharp and pointy things before playing.

Styrene tastes like chicken, vinyl tastes like tripe and makes your wee smell like sugar puffs... So i heard!

At a soul charity event for alzheimers some time back, a chap with a megaphone at the pre event rally... 'what do we want?..' we don't know!.. 'when do we want it?..' want what? '.

Didn't Tommy Ridgeley see the light of day at Wigan? Maybe in the latter stages.

Check the website below, a mine of information.

He was playing this little ditty around the same time, under the guise of Des O Connor. It emerged some time later covered by Carl Fortnum as Tony Middleton, superb track for the dance floors.

Not forgetting Eddie Rey.

Tough call between his original 'till you come back to me' and this killer, straight from the intro you can almost hear the waves lapping onto the beach of your desert Isle.

Quality 45 from those guys,as good as anything coming from the U.S. at the time,a real beauty.

Buster Jones,"they used to call me a baby boy,cause I played with my choo choo toy" a great mid tempo track ruined at the opening line.

Eileen's gonna check visiting times later,I'll post them up for everyone on here..if anything's gonna help you make a speedy recovery,that thought will! Just imagine..no don't. Charlie.

The guy with the bag starts sorting everyone out,fast forward 10 minutes and the place is rammed!

Killer from the man.

A superb track and a contradiction in terms,never was 'elusive',goes to show they don't all have to be,imagine if it was though!.

Would recommend this bit of light reading,all the multinational's given a good going over.

Eugene Record was also dangled when he went to collect monies owing,not a good idea with hindsight.

A minefield of a topic is this Gilly, Jimi Hendrix,same backing as the fabulous George Scott 'I'm a fool for you'.Hi to you and your lovely lady from Eileen and myself.

Indeed they are..November pilgrimage!

Some real desert island discs here,you can actually hear the waves lapping onto the beach if you listen carefully!..could've been the cistern in our room come to think of it!

Wouldn't have thought it high profile enough for the bootleggers,Fabulous 45 for now though isn't it?