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Popular culture obsessive : film historian, records, TV and books : 70s, 80s & 90s pop & dance music; Music Hall. Social history. Seaside towns & piers

UK
Joined January 2011
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Good morning! from Bill Maynard Pheasant Pluckers Son (UK EMI Records pre-release promo #vinyl 7" 45) released on January 24th 1975 youtu.be/a0K3GJqZbKI #seventies #pop #novelty #vocal #TV #superstar #70smusic
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No one broods quote like Alain Delon... 'Operatically magnificent family epic' (The Guardian), Rocco and His Brothers is screening now at BFI Southbank and in select cinemas across the UK.
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We have a new reissue due: 28.02.2025 from one of the coolest Motown groups of the 70s: "The Undisputed Truth".
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ten inch record of the day : The Glenn Miller Band – The Glenn Miller Story (UK HMV Records 10 track #vnyl 10" LP 1954) #thirties #pop #jazz #swing #film #soundtrack #30smusic
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Good morning! from Jimmy Tarbuck Again (UK Safari Records #vinyl 7" 45) released in October 1985; reached number 68 #eighties #pop #vocal #80smusic
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Good morning! from Chas 'N' Dave Christmas Jamboree Bag (UK Warwick Records #vinyl LP 1981) youtu.be/URkK1l57w-s #eighties #pop #vocal #party #KneesUp #singalong #80smusic
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Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) A one-chord celebration on the surface, as darkness bubbles underneath. Flying high after their Woodstock triumph, and heading to No. 1 spot with a bullet. This is peak Sly Stone. 1969. xitter.cf/backup_DJ_Joan/status/…
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Good morning! and A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (UK Capitol Records 12 track #vinyl LP 1957) #fifties #pop #swing #ChristmasMusic #50smusic
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A wee thought this morning for Joe Strummer who died #OTD 2002 ‘I don’t have any other message than don’t forget you are alive..’
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this is beautifully done.....
As the year comes to a close, TCM remembers the performers, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year. Through their art, they took us on journeys we will never forget. Song and artist: "Life's a Trip" - @birdtalkermusic
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Good morning! from Geoff Love And His Orchestra Geoff Love's Christmas Album [1972] (UK Music For Pleasure Records 12 track #vinyl LP reissue 1978) youtu.be/j7W1bHQ05h0 #seventies #pop #ChristmasMusic #instrumentals #orchestral #70smusic
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A spacedog came travelling on his ship from afar... 🎶
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Good morning! from The Wombles The Wombles Christmas Party (UK Pickwick Records 12 track #vinyl LP 1976) youtu.be/_JhVkWNHaU4 #seventies #pop #vocal #ChristmasMusic #70smusic #TheWombles
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Leicester Square, the binmen strike is in every punk documentary, even though it was in 1979. Like the Mohican another bullshit punk trope.
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🎶Oh I wish it could be hot dogs every daaaaaay 🎶
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First things first. Remembering our darling Kirsty MacColl today and forever.
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Good morning! from Pinky And Perky Christmas With Pinky And Perky (UK Music For Pleasure #vinyl LP 1969) #sixties #pop #novelty #ChristmasMusic #vocal #60smusic
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