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Post by colebridgebull on Sept 9, 2015 22:31:28 GMT
Buzz Music.
When I was a naive young man, I always assumed that the rather unusual but slightly exotic smell was incense.
It wasn't until I started going to the DugOut in Bristol that I realised it wasn't incense.
That shop in Widemarsh Street (or is my memory playing tricks on me) opened me up to a lifetime of great music
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Post by colebridgebull on Sept 9, 2015 22:37:16 GMT
No. That's a new one on me
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Post by oldmeadowender on Sept 9, 2015 22:42:10 GMT
There is no doubt that going into a record shop, even listening to a new release in a sound booth, then deciding to buy it, was infinitely more satisfying than all the lazier ways of listening to music now. Record shops like that are gone forever. But it was our good fortune to have known and frequented them.
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Post by colebridgebull on Sept 9, 2015 22:48:18 GMT
First record I ever bought was in Chadds in Hereford. Used to spend hours in record shops-buzz Music, Ross Records, Emyr and Elwyns in Colwyn Bay, Revolver in Bristol.
Never had the same affection for the big shops. Nowadays Rise in Cheltenham is OK, as is Badlands, but sadly they're dying out.
Remember the excitement of finding new singles or LPs on the day of release. The static as you took them out of the sleeve. Reading every word on the cover, the inner sleeve (if they had one) and even seeing whether Porky had left a message on the run off groove.
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Post by colebridgebull on Sept 9, 2015 22:49:53 GMT
There was another record shop by the Maylords Orchard car park. Concentrated more on classical stuff I think, but occasionally had more interesting records in. "sounds Good"?
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Post by oldmeadowender on Sept 9, 2015 22:53:12 GMT
Exactly! Me and my brother started buying records when we were very young, in the 1960s. So we bought stuff like Lady Madonna by the Beatles, Hey Jude, The Ballad of John and Yoko, "Where do you go to my lovely" by Peter Sarsdet and...I'm ashamed to say it but come on, I as probably about seven..."On White Horses" by Jackie. I know. Don't bother.
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Post by singe on Sept 10, 2015 1:47:04 GMT
Exactly! Me and my brother started buying records when we were very young, in the 1960s. So we bought stuff like Lady Madonna by the Beatles, Hey Jude, The Ballad of John and Yoko, "Where do you go to my lovely" by Peter Sarsdet and...I'm ashamed to say it but come on, I as probably about seven..."On White Horses" by Jackie. I know. Don't bother. Fist LP I bought was by Showaddywaddy so I wont be able to take the p*ss. |
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Post by sortitoutwebbbull on Sept 10, 2015 6:48:44 GMT
Athletico Spizz 80 were supported by Tenpole Tudor at MWG Undertones gig at MWG ended in mass brawl between Glos punks v Hereford skins Joy Division gig was about 6 weeks before Ians hanging. Saxon, Dexys and Madness all I think played in Hereford at the Rotters Club in the Market Tavern. Buzz music happy days. A superb little shop - owned by Mark Thompson & Alan Kitchen. It's where the Pretenders were born! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 7:12:19 GMT
Malvern Jethro Tull 1966? "He" was better on one leg than Rooney. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 7:25:36 GMT
Look, you can take the p8ss out of people who think it was better in the 1970s and if I hadn't been there I'd do exactly the same. But the fact remains that we had 8,000-17,000 crowds at Edgar Street, we had the super-skilful Brian Evans who was a Welsh international, Dudley Tyler who went to West Ham, Steve Emery, Dixie McNeill who was the top scorer in the whole country. We had T-Rex Telegram Sam, we had The Isley Brothers "Highways of my Life." Then we had Punk. And football-wise we are now living in a tame age. That's just a fact. Sorry you missed it. And in a way I'm sometimes sorry for myself that I didn't miss it. Because if I hadn't been there I'd never have put up with so much sh&t on and off the field ever since. (And don't even get me started on how great the Brazil 1970 team were, and how great the disco music era was for sheer fun getting together with girls.) Obviously things are great now in many different ways. But not for football. Not at Hereford. You forgot Park Hall, Wormelow. Featuring the county's least menacing "bouncer". Arriving late and inevitably pissed, we would find ourselves at the back of a long queue. As four people left, so four were allowed in, and so on..
When we were behind about fifty, it was imperative to catch the eye of red-suited Willy Leake, hovering ineffectually outside the door. A turn of his head to the back of the building was the signal. Taking a wide half-circle through the bushes, we would arrive outside the gents where the window would be wedged open. A quick lever up on to the sill, a clamber through and the welcoming cushion of the bouncer's cupped hands did the trick.
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Post by sortitoutwebbbull on Sept 10, 2015 7:55:58 GMT
The Teachers training College in Venns Lane was another good venue for gigs........& of course very cheap booze
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2015 7:57:37 GMT
The Teachers training College in Venns Lane was another good venue for gigs........& of course very cheap booze ..if not the training of teachers... |
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Post by bigglesbull on Sept 10, 2015 8:10:36 GMT
Saw the Beatles at Weston super Mare Odeon, cost 6bob if I recollect.
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Post by hendre on Sept 10, 2015 8:25:34 GMT
Buzz Music. When I was a naive young man, I always assumed that the rather unusual but slightly exotic smell was incense. It wasn't until I started going to the DugOut in Bristol that I realised it wasn't incense. That shop in Widemarsh Street (or is my memory playing tricks on me) opened me up to a lifetime of great music Buzz Music was in Widemarsh Street and I used to spend hours going through the second hand album section. They got quite a bit of my money in those days. I remember the thrill of buying my first bootleg vinyl album. Great shop, great days. And I also used to get 45rpms from Chadds. Well to be precise, I tended to send my mum in on a Friday to get the latest releases. Not sure what the staff must have thought of 'her' musical taste. |
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Post by Peroni on Sept 10, 2015 8:43:29 GMT
First record I ever bought was in Chadds in Hereford. Used to spend hours in record shops-buzz Music, Ross Records, Emyr and Elwyns in Colwyn Bay, Revolver in Bristol. Never had the same affection for the big shops. Nowadays Rise in Cheltenham is OK, as is Badlands, but sadly they're dying out. Remember the excitement of finding new singles or LPs on the day of release. The static as you took them out of the sleeve. Reading every word on the cover, the inner sleeve (if they had one) and even seeing whether Porky had left a message on the run off groove. Rhiw Road - memories  |
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Post by eggchaserbull on Sept 10, 2015 8:54:42 GMT
Great nostalgia on this thread, from Jimmy Greaves to Malvern Winter Gardens, via Buzz Music and the Friday slugfests with the Aber boys at Wormelow (also used to meet up at a neutral venue, Ewyas Harold village hall, but I can't remember the name of the pub in Aber that the away rucks were played at)
Used to spend some time in Buzz talking to a friend, who really knew his music and was a good guitarist. After I had left Hereford, I was watching Top of the Pops one evening and there he was playing with one of the bands. RIP Jim Scott
Malvern was a great venue, easy to get to from Hereford, but might take anything up to 12-18 hours to get back if your hitchhiking thumb was tired. Bands I saw there included
Keef Hartley Band, Derek & The Dominoes, Stackridge, Atomic Rooster
Mott, just after their first single, I believe. Strange gig, this relatively new band had loads of guest appearances by top musicians. Jim Capaldi is the only name that I can remember
Hawkwind (had a huge great synthesiser that took up half the stage)
Skid Row (sorry oldmeadowender, didn't see Thin Lizzy there, but Phil Lynott had been in this band, and it had a teenage Gary Moore playing in it)
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Post by Incognito on Sept 10, 2015 9:06:10 GMT
Dances at Ewyas Harold rarely reached the normal finishing time as they'd usually been stopped by 11.30/11.45 due to a fight.
A mention for "Taste" featuring Rory Gallagher at MWG?
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Post by BullRush on Sept 10, 2015 11:00:38 GMT
Thank god this thread turned from football to growing up in the 70's otherwise I fear we'd be sending oldmeadowender a 'Get Well Soon' card the way he was getting all worked up.
PS: Glos is right, trying to even compare modern day footballers to their ancient counterparts is ludicrous.
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Post by colebridgebull on Sept 10, 2015 12:46:59 GMT
First record I ever bought was in Chadds in Hereford. Used to spend hours in record shops-buzz Music, Ross Records, Emyr and Elwyns in Colwyn Bay, Revolver in Bristol. Never had the same affection for the big shops. Nowadays Rise in Cheltenham is OK, as is Badlands, but sadly they're dying out. Remember the excitement of finding new singles or LPs on the day of release. The static as you took them out of the sleeve. Reading every word on the cover, the inner sleeve (if they had one) and even seeing whether Porky had left a message on the run off groove. Rhiw Road - memories Another habituee of the last resort, Peroni? I went back there a couple of years ago for a school reunion. As the train turned into the Bay, the sun was shining and it looked fantastic. Sadly it quickly became crystal clear that the old girl was in dire need of some tlc. Amazed the pier is still standing (I would guess it was shut off in the 80s). It was the sort of place where 80s football shirts go to die. The Madoc was just as I remembered it though. I was there from 1974-79, so regularly bought albums, and, more importantly at the time, 7 inch single at Emyr and Elwyns. Other than that. I think Smiths was the only shop with a record section. E and E were really good with punk stuff. They also pushed the novelty stuff such as picture discs. I remember there was one regular who would come in every day purely to buy anything on picture disc, or coloured vinyl. Spoke very little English-my guess is Maltese or Greek. Loved his vinyl though. |
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Post by Peroni on Sept 10, 2015 13:56:38 GMT
Rhiw Road - memories Another habituee of the last resort, Peroni? I went back there a couple of years ago for a school reunion. As the train turned into the Bay, the sun was shining and it looked fantastic. Sadly it quickly became crystal clear that the old girl was in dire need of some tlc. Amazed the pier is still standing (I would guess it was shut off in the 80s). It was the sort of place where 80s football shirts go to die. The Madoc was just as I remembered it though. I was there from 1974-79, so regularly bought albums, and, more importantly at the time, 7 inch single at Emyr and Elwyns. Other than that. I think Smiths was the only shop with a record section. E and E were really good with punk stuff. They also pushed the novelty stuff such as picture discs. I remember there was one regular who would come in every day purely to buy anything on picture disc, or coloured vinyl. Spoke very little English-my guess is Maltese or Greek. Loved his vinyl though. Regular visits as a kid to family. Wasn't there a Woolies with records quite close to Rhiw Rd ? Sadly the pier, last I heard, been marked for demolition as no agreement on who actually owns it, which probably resulted in lottery refusing to assist funding refurb. The expressway ruins the streets down to the beach/dingle etc |
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