Car Troubles

 On Wednesday after doing the shopping I went to start the car, turned the ignition and click, I thought Oh F**k, it's the same problem I had with the car while on holiday in July, I got my son to drive to the car park in his car, to see if we could jump start the car, I have a set of jump leads in the car from going out to jump start my sons car in the past, but no luck, I called the motoring organisation I belong to, they took my details and advised me there is a 2 hour wait for the mechanic, after about 20 minuet's the mechanic calls me he is on his way and where in the car park am I, he tries to jump start it but no luck, in the end he bump started it, I was told don't turn the engine off, I drove round to the dealers and managed to book it in, it was a failed starter motor, it was also found that I had a small leak from the thermostat housing I had that delt with at the same time, both parts had to be ordered in, so I though a wait of a couple of days, to my surprise I got a text the next day, 'your car is ready for collection'.   

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

Bees - Toy Bell

For some reason I always thought this 1954 was the original version of My Ding A Ling until I discovered the 1952 Dave Bartholomew version. 

When the Chuck Berry Version of this song was in the UK charts under the title 'My Ding A Ling', the clean up TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse commented on the record saying 'its disgusting, It's all about masturbating' sales went up.

 

bees my ding - YouTube