Press record on your TV boxes everybody. Auntie is showing John Martyn : Rock Goes To College concert from Reading in 1978 on BBC2 at 10:45pm this Saturday October 12th. Del Amitri : Legends Of The Mall is being shown immediately after, so might be an idea to record that as well. Message ends..
Hugh Cornwell drove a Renault 15GTL at the end of the seventies, during the height of The Stranglers success ( this is why he was so angry)
At the tail end of the seventies, I joined a Renault dealership in Aldershot as Parts Manager. One day we had a vehicle come in for work, which i noticed was causing much interest & merriment to all the fitters who were working in the shop that day. Turns out, this new Renault 15GTL belonged to Hugh Cornwell, lead singer of local group from Guildford, The Stranglers. It was customary to receive an A4 sheet or letter from the customer, listing any problems with their car but this one we received today was hilarious. I do remember it was quite a long list and absolutely covered in expletives, e.g. the fucking heater doesn’t work and other such problems that our Hugh had encountered. I myself have had a Renault 15GTL for a while, so I felt Hugh’s pain. It was a really good looking vehicle but it had a large body and the 1300 engine supplied was not nearly man enough for the job ( 0-60 took forever )and I don’t recall ever hearing of The Stranglers frontman ever visiting our garage again. I’d love to know, what he got next though?
HMV Big Sale now even BIGGER!
Just noticed on the HMV site that the big sale has had the discount increased to 50% . Now they’re talking, I wouldn’t hang around though, it does state limited time only.
George Harrison All Things Must Pass Bargain Alert
If there is anybody on the site, who still has ATMP on their wants list , then Rough Trade may have just helped you out. They currently have the 5LP box set at £54.99 and the 6CD box set at an extremely reasonable £44.99. This morning they had the 3LP Green Splatter for £44.99 but i cannot find that now, so i presume they’ve all gone. Happy Hunting
Bargain Alert
David Crosby CD Here If You Listen is a mere £2.99 at the moment on the tax dodgers site. Must be worth a punt at that price.
Bargain Alert
Couple of items that have been on my wants list for a while, have turned up quite competitively priced on the tax dodgers site. Rolling Stones vinyl ‘ Let It Bleed ‘ for £9.99 Van Morrison CD ‘ You’re Driving Me Crazy ‘ a mere £3.99 Anybody else noticed any early sales hot deals, then please spill the beans..
Johnnie Walker’s Long Players featuring Steely Dan & Toto
just in case anybody missed last night’s Johnnie Walker’s Long Player, it featured The Dan & Toto. with added comments from David Hepworth, it focused on Pretzel Logic and I found it to be an interesting sixty mins. it’s on the i-player for the next month, i believe