Apple Pie and Custard - Five Sisters

Though it says 1974 the record was issued in January 1975, there is some debate as to whether Apple Pie and Custard are a group or session singers? There is a second record buy this group issued in 1976.

 stereo Apple Pie And Custard - "The Sisters”

Fred Dibnar - Age of Steam

 

This recording is not available on YouTube, a 1984 record was never intended to be issued, the information I have is, The record was produced to demonstrate the recording equipment and after the sales drive had finished the records were destroyed, however a few copies had been put in a filing cabined and were missed, when I saw this record advertised on eBay I thought that's a Robin record and put a bid in, from memory the record did not sell for much, I was expecting to get outbid, to date I have never seen another copy of this record.  

Liverpool Scene - Son Son

 At the time of release in 1968 I could not afford to buy this record at the time, by the time I had the money to buy it it had been deleted, I had hoped that a copy would turn up at one of the second hand record shops in the Arcade in Kingston (alas long gone), but I never found a copy, in 1969 there was a series of Pop Proms at the Royal Albert Hall starting June 29th, the first concert featured Liverpool Scene, Blodwyn Pig & Led Zeppelin, I had just started as an apprentice a few weeks before and had little money but I brought a ticket for the afternoon performance, they did not do Son Son, while there I was offered a ticket for the evening session, if I had brought it I would have had to walk home about 13 miles, and I didn't fancy that, after the concert I caught the Green Line Bus home, how many people remember Green Line Buses, the record remained in my memory for years. I was an early user of eBay I started my account to buy a fishing reel, but soon started buying records, I found one dealer who had acquired the vinal 45's from a number of American Radio Stations, I was getting the pick of the records as the type of records I was collecting, I was the only one buying them, this record had not surfaced at any of the Boot Sales so I put it on my wants list on eBay, a few months later a copy was listed, I put on my watch list and waited to put my bid in, on checking with couple of days to go on the auction it was well over what I was prepared to pay, the record went for just shy of £100, I didn't think I would ever own a copy at that price, a second copy came along in due course this sold in the £60 bracket, each successive copy made less, then one day a copy was listed with a start price of £3 with a No PayPal declaration, I thought that's the one to go for, I won the action for the start price.

There was a link from 45Cat to my recording of this record but was lost when the original blog was closed.  

Son, Son (youtube.com)

Miss Chuckle Cherry - My Pussycat

                                                                                                                                                 

I'm not sure where I first came across this 1972 record, it may have been on a CD of reply songs, I think the copy used on the you Tube video is my copy as I am sure that my copy had writing on the "A" side, for my scan to be used I must have posted this on the original blog.

MISS CHUCKLE CHERRY - My Pussycat - Chuck Berry Dingaling Answer record (youtube.com)

Matt McGinn - The Ibrox Disaster

Released 1971 in the wake of the Ibrox Disaster in which 66 people died, this was the second disaster, the first was in 1902 when a stand collapsed killing 25 and injuring 500 more.    

Happy New Year

 Matt McGinn - the Ibrox disaster