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Elvis' Drugs For Sale
2007-07-30 10:31:00 The King may have left the building but his prescription pills are still here: A bottle that contained Elvis Presley's prescription antihistamines was sold this week at an auction for more than $2,600. That's a mighty expensive prescription plan! While the bottle still contained some of The King's original pills, L.A. County police told auction house Julien's that it would be a federal crime to sell the bottle with pills included. Other unusual Hollywood ephemera sold during the auction included a gold-plated gun owned by the Elvis, which sold for more than $28,000; Alfred Hitchcock's passport, which went for more than $19,000; and a prop umbrella once used by Marilyn Monroe for $42,000. The umbrella will become part of the collection of the Museum of Style Icons in County Kildare, Ireland. More About: For Sale , Drugs , Sale
Moggie still on the beat
2007-07-29 09:51:00 A Morris Minor 1000 bought in the Sixties is being used by Lancashire Police to slow down traffic in the village of Singleton Not only is this vintage Morris the oldest British police car in active service, it is still keeping drivers in check ? more than 40 years after it first joined the force!Old Bill ? a Morris Minor 1000 bought in the Sixties ? is being used by Lancashire Police to slow down traffic in the village of Singleton. The car is owned by former officer Will Hull, who parks it by the side of the road to promote the ?30mph or less? message. By capturing the attention of passing motorists, the Morris makes them slow down. Mr Hull, who served in the police for 15 years, said: ?I have more than 40 years? experience with classic cars, and when I came back as a police community volunteer, it seemed an ideal opportunity to promote the road safety message.?It?s amazing the effect that seeing the Minor has on drivers ? even those who aren?t speeding slow down to have a look. It... More About: Beat
Moggie still on the beat
2007-07-29 09:51:00 A Morris Minor 1000 bought in the Sixties is being used by Lancashire Police to slow down traffic in the village of Singleton Not only is this vintage Morris the oldest British police car in active service, it is still keeping drivers in check ? more than 40 years after it first joined the force!Old Bill ? a Morris Minor 1000 bought in the Sixties ? is being used by Lancashire Police to slow down traffic in the village of Singleton. The car is owned by former officer Will Hull, who parks it by the side of the road to promote the ?30mph or less? message. By capturing the attention of passing motorists, the Morris makes them slow down. Mr Hull, who served in the police for 15 years, said: ?I have more than 40 years? experience with classic cars, and when I came back as a police community volunteer, it seemed an ideal opportunity to promote the road safety message.?It?s amazing the effect that seeing the Minor has on drivers ? even those who aren?t speeding slow down to have a look. It... More About: Beat
Beatles never told of protests at satellite show
2007-07-28 09:40:00 Here is an interesting "Well I never knew that!" article from the Sunday Telegraphby Chris Hastings, Arts and Media EditorBeamed to 300 million people in 30 countries, it is now regarded as one of the defining moments of popular music and the swinging Sixties.Yet The Beatles ' performance of All You Need Is Love for the world's first-ever, live satellite transmission in 1967 drew condemnation from viewers who said the performance had dragged Britain's good name through the mud.The criticism of the Our World broadcast, for which The Beatles specially wrote a song and put together a backing group that included members of The Rolling Stones, Keith Moon and Marianne Faithful, centred on claims that the band was less impressive than figures who represented other countries, including the singer Maria Callas and the artist Pablo Picasso.Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that a BBC official, asked to assess viewer reaction, wrote in a memo: "There was little s... More About: Satellite , Show , Protests , Told
Beatles never told of protests at satellite show
2007-07-28 09:40:00 Here is an interesting "Well I never knew that!" article from the Sunday Telegraphby Chris Hastings, Arts and Media EditorBeamed to 300 million people in 30 countries, it is now regarded as one of the defining moments of popular music and the swinging Sixties.Yet The Beatles ' performance of All You Need Is Love for the world's first-ever, live satellite transmission in 1967 drew condemnation from viewers who said the performance had dragged Britain's good name through the mud.The criticism of the Our World broadcast, for which The Beatles specially wrote a song and put together a backing group that included members of The Rolling Stones, Keith Moon and Marianne Faithful, centred on claims that the band was less impressive than figures who represented other countries, including the singer Maria Callas and the artist Pablo Picasso.Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that a BBC official, asked to assess viewer reaction, wrote in a memo: "There was little s... More About: Satellite , Show , Protests , Told
The Past Life of Colin "the Orchestra" - now it can be told (and even heard
2007-07-27 11:00:00 Folk who come to our Vintage Sixties Live club night are often confused by some of the sounds which emanate from the stage - (and that is not just when I am on).They often hear woodwind, strings and brass accompaniment produced by a line-up consisting only of guitar, bass and drums and they say "How do you do that?"Well the answer is Colin "the orchestra" Woodland and his amazing guitar synth. Using this and the skill gained during a career spanning 240 years, he is able to mimic the sound of just about every instrument in the orchestra fom a banjo to a honky tonk piano.But where did Colin learn his craft?He started out in a group called the Del 5 who had considerable success in the Sixties with tours with Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Walker Brothers and Lulu.What did they sound like back then?Believe it or not we can now hear for ourselves.VSL spies have managed to locate an incredibly rare audio tape, from a series produced by Tyne Tees Television in 1964, called Rehearsal Room, featur... More About: Life , Past , Told
The Past Life of Colin "the Orchestra" - now it can be told (and even heard
2007-07-27 11:00:00 Folk who come to our Vintage Sixties Live club night are often confused by some of the sounds which emanate from the stage - (and that is not just when I am on).They often hear woodwind, strings and brass accompaniment produced by a line-up consisting only of guitar, bass and drums and they say "How do you do that?"Well the answer is Colin "the orchestra" Woodland and his amazing guitar synth. Using this and the skill gained during a career spanning 240 years, he is able to mimic the sound of just about every instrument in the orchestra fom a banjo to a honky tonk piano.But where did Colin learn his craft?He started out in a group called the Del 5 who had considerable success in the Sixties with tours with Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Walker Brothers and Lulu.What did they sound like then?Believe it or not we can now hear for ourselves.VSL spies have managed to locate an incredibly rare audio tape, from a series produced by Tyne Tees Television in 1964, called Rehearsal Room, featuring n... More About: Life , Past , Told , The O
The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire
2007-07-27 09:06:00 Ray Liffen of the MSN Burns Guitar group has kindly allowed me to reproduce this message from that site. It will be of great interest to fans of Burns guitars and classic Sixties instrumentals. One of THE great '60's instrumentals was 'Night Of The Vampire ' by The Moon trekkers (recorded by the legendary record producer Joe Meek in his studio at 304 Holloway Road, North London). The lead guitar part was played by Gary Leport on a Burns Vibra Artist. A couple of weeks ago The Moontrekkers re-formed for one night to play 'their last gig' and Gary used a Vibra Artist to recreate 'Vampire's spooky guitar sound.You can see a video clip of this historic occasion on the Joe Meek Society website.Incidentally, the rhythm guitarist, Sam, plays a Burns Sonic and the keyboard sounds are from an authentic Clavioline (the Clavioline was a simple 'one-note-at-a-time' organ famously used for Meek's greatest hit, 'Telstar' by The Tornados, the first instrumental to be No.1 in both the UK... More About: The V
The Moontrekkers - Night of the Vampire
2007-07-27 09:06:00 Ray Liffen of the MSN Burns Guitar group has kindly allowed me to reproduce this message from that site. It will be of great interest to fans of Burns guitars and classic Sixties instrumentals. One of THE great '60's instrumentals was 'Night Of The Vampire ' by The Moontrekkers (recorded by the legendary record producer Joe Meek in his studio at 304 Holloway Road, North London). The lead guitar part was played by Gary Leport on a Burns Vibra Artist. A couple of weeks ago The Moontrekkers re-formed for one night to play 'their last gig' and Gary used a Vibra Artist to recreate 'Vampire's spooky guitar sound.You can see a video clip of this historic occasion on the Joe Meek Society website.Incidentally, the rhythm guitarist, Sam, plays a Burns Sonic and the keyboard sounds are from an authentic Clavioline (the Clavioline was a simple 'one-note-at-a-time' organ famously used for Meek's greatest hit, 'Telstar' by The Tornados, the first instrumental to be No.1 in both the UK...
Hank Marvin TV and Radio Interviews
2007-07-27 06:34:00 Hank Marvin fans can access (and download) most of Hank Marvin's recent UK TV and Radio in-depth interviews to promote his recent CD release Guitar Man.Click here for the linkThere are several references to the early days and even the contentious issue of who really owns the Stratocaster which was used for the original recording of Apache.Fascinating watching and listening for all HBM fans More About: Interviews , Adio , Hank
UK gov rejects Cliff Richard's copyright extension
2007-07-26 08:58:00 The UK government has rejected the idea of extending music copyright beyond 50 years, prompting protests from ageing rockers whose work will soon be in the public domain."The review... concluded that an extension would not benefit the majority of performers, most of whom have contractual relationships requiring their royalties be paid back to the record label," said ministers.US royalties last for 95 years.The government position attracted vocal opposition from some artists. The BBC quotes 63-year-old groovester Roger Daltrey - whose first works will go out of copyright in seven years - as saying that musicians "enriched people's lives", and that they were "not asking for a handout, just a fair reward for their creative endeavours".Other advocates of longer copyright include veteran popster Cliff Richard - for whom the cutoff point is even closer. Tory leader David Cameron is also a member of the extensionist camp.Unsurprisingly, music-industry bodies also felt that free oldie-pop ... More About: Extension , Copyright , Char
Jerry Lordan
2007-07-26 08:10:00 Jerry Lordan, probably one of the most underrated British musicians of all time, has been gone now just over ten years - died 24th July 1995.Lordan was signed as a singer to Parlophone and had four charting singles in 1960, the most successful being "Who could be Bluer?".But it was as a writer that he found real fame when he wrote the instrumental, Apache (named after a Burt Lancaster film). This was originally recorded by Bert Weedon but Lordan didn't like the version. Weedon's label, Top Rank, didn't release it immediately. On tour with the Shadows Lordan demonstrated the song to bass player Jet Harris, reportedly picking out the tune on a ukelele. When the rest of the band heard it they agreed to record it. It was released in July 1960 and hit number one in August, staying at the top for five weeks. The tune was recorded by Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann who took it to number two in the American charts. The Shadows' version was voted Top Record of 1960 in the NME Readers' P... More About: Jerry
Singalonga VSL
2007-07-25 10:30:00 This is your chance to play along with the VSL Sixties Superstars1. Click on this Singalonga VSL link2. Choose your song from the list and click on the title3. Play the Video 4. Scroll down and sing along. Chords in brackets for those with a gitar More About: Along
Forthcoming Attraction
2007-07-25 09:55:00 Don't forget we have some very special guests appearing at the October Club Night. They are Have Mersey - one of the top Sixties tribute bands in Holland.Full details here: More About: Attraction , Fort , Trac , Ming , Forth
Sad News to Report
2007-07-25 08:52:00 Eric Whitehouse has heard that Alan Harrison died of cancer over the weekend. We do not know of the funeral arrangements but they should appear in the Evening Gazette on Tuesday or Wednesday. Alan (also known as Rett Allen) was the hugely popular vocalist with the Zephyrs, later known as the Zephrons, who entertained throughout the North East for many, many years. We hope there will be a massive turnout for his final gig -RIP Mate More About: News , Report
July Club Night
2007-07-24 09:40:00 The July Club night was packed again, with a lot of new faces present.Big Jim kindly offered to stand in as compere as I was still having severe back problems.The entertainment kicked off at about 8:15pm and went right through to about 11:20pm -without a break.It featured about 30 entertainers performing 40 songs/ instrumentalsWe had the usual mixture of styles, ages and personalities which we have come to expect.One of the most gratifying things about this project is the way it increasingly attracts many "youngsters", who were not even born in the Sixties, yet are quite happy to watch or perform Sixties material.I have posted the usual photos with captions at http://imageevent.com/alanprudhoe/vsljuly 2007and some more new videos herehttp://www.vintagesixtieslive.co.uk/V ideos.html More About: Night
Introduction
More articles from this author:2007-07-24 09:26:00 Vintage Sixties Live is a non-commercial project, set up to bring together musicians who worked the NE Club Circuit during the fabulous sixties, and we celebrated our first birthday in style at Tudhoe Victory Club on Thursday 14th June.Alan Leightell (the co-organiser) and myself have been amazed at the incredible success the venture has enjoyed over the last twelve months.The Vintage Sixties Live websitehas had over 30000 ?hits?has been visited by people from over 500 locations in the world during the last few weeks alonenow contains details of over 100 local groups from the Sixtiesphotos taken during the club nights are regularly viewed by over 1000 people each monthvideo clips posted on www.youtube.com have received over 12000 viewingshas been featured on at least four radio stations.has received messages of support from several of the Sixties superstarsThe Monthly Club Nights havefeatured over 70 different performers and 300 different Sixties tracksfeatured performers from as fa... More About: Introduction , Intro 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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