Sunday, November 16, 2025

Tivvy And The Clubmates - World Of Colour




The 'B' side of this audio atrocity, it is not the worst record, for me the worst record is 'Bill Withers - Lovely Day' in the early 1990's the office I worked in had the radio on, every time 'Bill Withers - Lovely Day' was played five people jumped up the change the radio to another station, this happened every time the record was played,

Someone's Spoilt Weekend



 


For quite a time now I have been doing the weekly shop at 07.00 on a Saturday, being a person of habit I always park the car in the same area, this week I had to go to the other side of the carpark to post some mail, this meant passing the other 2 stores on the site, between them I was looking down and saw a baggie on the ground, not uncommon to see empty baggies on the ground, this one had some white powder in it (probably Meth Amphetamine/Cocaine), I was not going to investigate it further and left it alone, the loss possibly spoilt someone's weekend.

Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Stepping Stones - The Saga Continues

Yesterday while out on Biscuits walk someone we know said that he had  been told that the stepping stones have been removed on Friday, we had just passed the fenced off stepping stones a quick detour, the barriers had not been moved and there was no sign of any machinery use on the banks, the stepping stones were still in place though underwater, Biscuit took the opportunity to have another dip in the river, I think the rumour was started by the same person who was telling people earlier in the year that Biscuit was dead.

While I was editing this post I thought of Julian Rose - The Rumour, I can find no evidence of this this t track being issued as a single, it is not on 45cat, I first came across the track on one of the 'Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands' CD;s, it has also appeared on 'Grooving With The Grim Reaper'

The Rumour


 

Friday, November 7, 2025

Tivvy And The Clubmates - Tivvy's Tune

 


This audio atrocity was released in November 1965, no doubt to try and cash in on the Christmas market. Some copies of this record came in a picture sleeve, there was other spin off merchandise, in the late 1970's my son was given a Tivvy moneybox.
Hearing this record makes me cringe the only other record that has the same effect is the original Billy Costello - Popeye The Sailor Man.

Tivvy was a TV Times mascot appearing in the TV adverts for the magazine.


Tivvy And The Clubmates - Tivvy's Tune

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Margaret Roadknight - The Girls In Our Town (The Other Newcastle Song)

 


An Australian release from September 1975, I came across the track on a recent download, while listening to the record I thought this could apply to almost any town, in the UK I was in the last year that you could leave school at 15 (1967), the children in the year following all most of them wanted to do was leave school, from the school I attended well over half the pupils left at 15 with no qualifications, after the leaving age was raised to16 it was still the same well over half still left with no qualifications, most of the others left with qualifications and a very few went on to further education, the ones who left without qualifications ended up in the local factories or as shop assistants.

Margret RoadKnight – Girls In Our Town - 1975 (Original Stereo)

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Charmers - I've Got To Get A Message To You


Released in 1967, I was given a large number of singles and LP's in the early days of the original blog, in among the singles was a copy of this record, when the blog was closed this was among the records ready to download and post in the next couple of weeks.

Dave Barker I've Got To Get A Message To You

Spoof Notice





 


During the week at the fenced off stepping stones someone put up a spoof notice on both sides, if you are nimble enough you can get round the fences and use the stepping stones.