Conference marvin::uk_music

I'll start with a few in my collection - 

Accordian greats - Holidays in Mallorca.
Bad Manners - the can can
Status Quo - all their records

    Bucks Fizz Greatest Hits. 
    
    By rights, this should be a blank piece of vinyl.
    
    Dave
    

Try as I can, I can't immediately think of any horrific bloopers in my
collection.  I must be such a hep cat that these kind of accidents
don't happen to me.

Guy

    A friend of mine has got the action man single - 3 and half minutes of
    machine gun sounds and small explosions; all the fun and excitement of
    your very own battlefield on a 7".
    
    Ant.

- Here's one: I possess a 7" called the Poppadom (sp?) Song, it even featured
on Blue Peter once, and had a very a very catchy chorus of "oh oh, oh oh,
hot as can be, oh oh, oh oh, and lots of mango chutney please".

I won't bother to go into the long and involved story of how I came by
this gem, but it's a good excuse, honest.

Guy

    Haven't got the record (honest), but my friend was in the choir on
    the Clive Dunn record "Grandad".

I've got a couple of David Bedford albums. I know there is no excuse, but
it is something I've come to terms with and can now admit to in a (semi-)
public forum.

Balders

    Re. a few back.
    
    Bad Manners and all the other English ska bands of the same era are all
    of a quality rarely seen these days. The CanCan by Bad Manners is a bit
    of a novelty but this doesn't detract from the credibility of the
    group.  The Can Can is a good record in my opinion, it is still full
    of energy and if used at the right point can still get a party
    pumping. As a DJ (House/progressive/trance and anything else I feel
    like) I wouldn't hesitate to spin the CanCan if the time was right. 
    I do also have a few records from my early days which I would prefer
    not to admit to e.g. The Muppet show album. But my Mum brought these
    for me and my sisters when we were very small so they hardly count
    really.        

Embarrasing things in my collection:

T'Pau - horrible, no other word for it.
Happy Mondays - resurrection of flares and bad haircuts; I decided to
	listen to this recently for the first time in years, and it
	was dreadful.  It sounds like it was recorded in the lav.
Ace of Base - I quickly fobbed this off to my sister, who likes that
	sort of thing for some reason.
Kim Wilde - embarrasing, but I admit to liking her music.
Toyah - just about everything, but I admit to liking her too.
Mot�rhead's `Naughty Old Santa's Christmas Classics' - er...
The Human League (and loads of other early 80's stuff)
Lawnmower Deth

that's enough, I could be here all day...

Chris.

    Wasn't David Bedford a sort of Mike Oldfield clone from the late 70s?
    Or was he a long distance runner with a beard from the early 70s?...
    
    
    vaguely,
    Rod

    He worked with Mike Oldfield, but was a bit different...
    
    I'm not sure what his full title was, but he did teach at one of the
    London Colleges (Queen Elizabeth?), and recorded some works which were
    interesting, atonal type stuff.
    
    On the subject of embarrasing - I actually own (forgive me) Phil
    Collins first solo album.  I'm really sorry, I was young and
    impressionable.
    
    Mikef

        Well I don't have any embarassing records, but a lot people
        in the Netherlands do. Apparently Father Abraham and the Smurfs
        is number 1 there at the moment with "No Limits".
        
        Ian.

    David Bedford's stuff was quite melodic !  Some was used on the BBC at
    Xmas time for their jingles between programs.  I do confess to owning a
    couple of his albums, and as for T'Pau, I've been collecting all their
    stuff recently, just one more album to go !! :-)
    
    
    tmp

    Melodic!!!  Has this man heard Stars End????
    
    Mikef

>    David Bedford's stuff was quite melodic !  Some was used on the BBC at
 
Melodic! Put your analyst on danger money mate, coz he/she's gonna need it.
Have you never heard the awesome musical extravaganza that is 'Stars End' or
the masterpiece of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'? I think not. And we
mustn't forget 'Rigel 9' or 'White Horses, Whales and Places in Devon'. Both
modern musical wonders. Superb, that's what David Bedfords music is. Truly
superb. I can't wait to get home and play 'Phaecian Games'. Its brilliant.
Honest. No, don't put the straight-jacket on me. I'll come quietly.

Balders

    
    Dare I?
    
    
    
    Er...remember that crap Jungle Rock single from about 16/17 years ago.
    I've got it.
    
    Chris.

    The worst one I've got is____
    
    
    
    
    		The Band are called NEW SHOOS (SHOES), 
    
    		cant remember the song though as the 12" is up in the loft
    
    					...A.B

    re the Smurfs single...is it available on import..?
    
    Mikef

You're sad Mikef. You know that, don't you?

To further confess to serious sadness, I once bought Mike Oldfield's 
Moonlight Shadow 9" single purely for the b-side. Just for completeness
you understand, no one would really want to listen to "Rite of Man", would
they...

Balders

Oran 'Juice' Jones - The Rain  on 12". Just love that name !!
Aretha Franklin - Pink Cadillac on PINK vinyl.  What marketing!!

    
    The leighton Buzzards   "Saturday night beneath the plastic palm trees"
    on green vinyl


    The Angelic Upstarts    "Teenage Warning"  Red Vinyl      

    
    re .21 
    
    smurfs on Import ?....If you're that keen ,I'll bring you back 
    a copy as I'm off to Holland in less than 2 weeks :-} 
    
    Apparently  there is  an amusing  accompanying  video with men 
    in  smurf suits ...(oh darn ! , I hope I haven't spoilt it for 
    anyone ....okay , they DO exist ) 
    
    Sandie.../
              

Random reply about Smurfs.

The Smurfs are a good theme for generic drinking game (like where you
watch something on video and every time the characters do or say something
particular, you have to take a drink, e.g. Capt Picard says "Make it so"
or violence breaks out in The Sweeney)

Every time one of them says "Papa Smurf", you have to take a drink.

One word of warning, under no circumstances should you try this with the
episode where Papa Smurf gets lost in the forest.


Guy

p.s. "Papa Smurf?  Papa Smurf?  Where are you Papa Smurf?"
     "Papa Smuuuurrrrrrf? Papa Smuuuuuuurrrrffff"
     "Where are you Papa Smurf?"

    
    Father Abraham rules...!!!
    
    
    

    I hate Papa Smurf.

    On the subject of our little chums from Holland, I am the proud owner
    of a Smurf Album and let me tell you, that it is advisable to play the
    drinking game before listening to this grand piece of vinyl. If there
    is ever a world shortage of vinyl and they start recalling all the
    L.P.'s they'll have a hell of a fight on their hands.
    
    Mr Sadman!!!!!!! 

    
    RE .20
    
    NU SHOOZ - "I CAN'T WAIT" FROM THE ALBUM "POOLSIDE"
    
    YES IT WAS CRAP
    
    
    
    

Re -.1

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY LOUD TOO

/g

    Sorry
    

    Adam and the Ants, Kings of the Wild Frontier LP.
    
    	Thinking back, I didn't even like it when I bought it, but had just
    started playing drums and at that time they had (and still do when live
    according to recent R1 interview) 2 drummers.
    
    	Sad man, there must be a pennance for this but I can't think of one
    short of listening to it all the way through !
    
    	Euan

Adam & the Ants were (are?) grate!  Although I draw the line at dressing
up as Ad as some guy at school tried to do...

Chris.

    Well, I'm off to see Adam et al live next month.
    

    
    Ridicule is nothing to be scared of.
    
    

    Subtle innuendoes follow

    
    OK. OK.
    
    I actually bought "Mirror, Mirror" by Dollar many eons ago, but , this
    was only because there was a fabulous photo of Theresa whatserface on
    the cover.
    
    Mind you she looked like a right Harpie without the make-up on.
    
    

    
                                  -< Harpie? >-
    
    ...a horrible wailing thing (not a bad likeness I s'pose !) from some
    mythology or other. I think this is the one which would lure sailors etc
    onto the rocks and drown them...
    
    G (recognised source of useless info.)
    
    

    I thought the Sirens did the luring, and the harpies had wings and
    generally looked mean?  
    
    "Sing Harpy' - good track by The Fall.  
    
    mikef

    
    I stand corrected Mike ! They're the nast beasties in JATA right ?
    
    Graham (not only a mine of useless information - most of it's wrong!)