Davy was a pretty good mover though:

That’s a shame. 77 is no age these days. Always like Peter’s ‘dumb’ character.
Not sure what the current view is on the pre-fab 4, but I loved The Monkees. There’s not many greater runs of singles like this: Last […]

The Telegraph version of the article is here:

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As for what Birchill has to say. Well, it’s just the usual polemic […]

I thought the line ‘Baby Jane’s in Acapulco’ was a reference to Warhol’s Baby Jane Holzer (there’s a reference to her again in the penultimate line), not Whatever Happened To ….

Yes he does! And even when he doesn’t he always talks over the start of the records until just before the singing starts.

Even if he is better than DLT, Edmonds, etc., they aren’t fronting a key BBC Radio 2 station about 60s music.

I agree entirely. I have two issues with SOTS.
1. The music. I loved it when Matthews played some nugget that I’d never heard before eg Magic Potion by The Open Mind. No fear of that with TB. He and Swerne chose […]

Me too but I gave up a bit earlier. I liked him up to Blood and Chocolate/Spike and bought all his albums. I even forgave him Goodbye Cruel World. However, what finished me off was his voice. It’s fine when backed […]

I hate to be a pedant but Atem was the last of this batch (1973), following Zeit (1972), not the other way round.

It’s from the Preservation Act era 1973, so no idea what it’s doing on Village Green