tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4297567391257301227..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Forty years ago today...David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-2021304647265257192007-06-08T21:13:00.000+01:002007-06-08T21:13:00.000+01:00Ah, the Record Bar. Ken and Betty! What nice peopl...Ah, the Record Bar. Ken and Betty! What nice people, even though they personally preferred Sinatra. And did they ever not smoke?David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-27039634954976323462007-06-08T13:44:00.000+01:002007-06-08T13:44:00.000+01:00Possibly my least favourite Beatles album. Am I a ...Possibly my least favourite Beatles album. Am I a mentalist?<BR/><BR/>Graham, I too remember QEGS, the Record Bar and, indeed, Woods. Still there, I think, now just instruments, though. Wakefield's first Chinese restaurant was across the road.<BR/><BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39074313134239218562007-06-05T13:24:00.000+01:002007-06-05T13:24:00.000+01:00Sgt Pepper's birthday is certainly fuelling your t...Sgt Pepper's birthday is certainly fuelling your theory about the sound of vinyl. Last week I read a reappraisal of the album in which the reviewer advised not listening to the CD version, as the sonic limitations of the original are best encountered via vinyl. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday's Times had <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1878724.ece" REL="nofollow">this interesting article</A>.<BR/><BR/>I reckon you'll be giving away an EP with the next issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-65223626416381374952007-06-02T19:07:00.000+01:002007-06-02T19:07:00.000+01:00While I'm not going to disagree with "now is the g...While I'm not going to disagree with "now is the greatest time for music" proposition, what you don't hear and what is probably impossible to ever experience again is the impact that the first hearing of a song like "A day in the life" had. I just can't imagine ever hearing another song that would leave me sitting there, possibly open mouthed, thinking "What the hell was that?".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-83683546831780587802007-06-02T18:19:00.000+01:002007-06-02T18:19:00.000+01:00re native12; In those days, you could pre-order y...re native12; <BR/><BR/> In those days, you could pre-order your copy of a new record, go in on the day of release and pick it up in a paper bag with your surname in pencil on the corner. I remember doing this with a new Beatles single, possibly I Feel Fine.<BR/><BR/> I picked it up at around 9am on a Saturday morning and then took it with me to Saturday morning children's pictures. I was, for a brief moment, possibly the only kid in town owning a copy of it, until midday came. You could also write your own name in the little white box in the top corner of that green Parlophone singles bag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39686856078501264702007-06-02T13:37:00.000+01:002007-06-02T13:37:00.000+01:00While I agree that now is a great time for new mus...While I agree that now is a great time for new music, none of it is having the impact that the Beatles had in the sixties. The sheer amount of music around now means that none of it really stands out -what of today's music will they be making radio and TV programmes about in 40 years time?<BR/>I also think that easy accessibility is not neccessarily a good thing - David's story has a sense of occasion to it that sitting in front of a computer and downloading a few bytes will never have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26619541097705525832007-06-02T10:39:00.000+01:002007-06-02T10:39:00.000+01:00I don't really understand's Native12's comment. I'...I don't really understand's Native12's comment. I'm nearly 42 years old and am still discovering amazing music and certainly don't wish to be any older. This year, I have already discovered the excellent Battles, Blonde Redhead and Besnard Lakes. The new album from The National contains the fantastic 'Fake Empire' (great to see that on the latest Word CD) and there are new albums from the likes of the White Stripes to look forward to. NOW is a great time for music which is more accessible than ever via the internet.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03911986843613833784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-9077893550552603532007-06-01T16:47:00.000+01:002007-06-01T16:47:00.000+01:00It can't have made that much of an impact the Guar...It can't have made that much of an impact the Guardian's Leader seems to think it introduced sitars to rock and get's the joke wrong about "20 year ago" I think they researched it off a pack of top trumps.<BR/><BR/>Me and my bros couldn't understand why Mum wouldn't let us cut out the moustaches etc. It was the only good record my parents had a part from the godspell soundtrack so it got play a lot along with the wombles lp, so they are linked in my mind.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67144916943783384732007-06-01T16:40:00.000+01:002007-06-01T16:40:00.000+01:00It was 20 years ago today that I was a 12 year old...It was 20 years ago today that I was a 12 year old getting caught up in the 20 years ago today hype of Sgt Pepper. I bought it on vinyl to listen on June 1st and remember well going to turn it off when the gibberish kicked in. It was taped and on the walkman for most of my summer. A great album and I'm glad it's coming back after the critics seemd to desert it for Revolver, the White Album, Abbey Road...<BR/><BR/>I found a great quote recently from a contemporaneous 1967 Paul Williams article on San Francisco (in Barney Hoskins book The Sound & The Fury):<BR/>"Compare Revolver with Sgt Pepper: do you really think the Beatles loved you when they recorded the earlier album?"<BR/><BR/>I'm off to listen to it now, have my own it was 20 years ago today moment. Of course it'll have to be on an iPod in the Tube...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-46753821968539217222007-06-01T16:09:00.000+01:002007-06-01T16:09:00.000+01:00In John Sergeant's autobiog he recounts that he an...In John Sergeant's autobiog he recounts that he and his wife felt compelled to buy a copy, in order to participate in what it represented, even though at the time they couldn't afford a record player...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-89746442967760455652007-06-01T15:46:00.000+01:002007-06-01T15:46:00.000+01:00Definitely a milestone in history and a truly insp...Definitely a milestone in history and a truly inspired piece of cover art by Peter Blake. A fixed point in what looks like a Dali year now.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-22936102095600170652007-06-01T15:22:00.000+01:002007-06-01T15:22:00.000+01:00The fabs split a few years before I was born, My e...The fabs split a few years before I was born, My earliest memories of them are of the Saturday morning Beatles cartoons, and my folks' vinyl copies of Sgt Peppers, Yellow Submarine and the 67-70 'blue' greatest hits. All now unplayable - sorry Dad. To me, they were like Spiderman or Luke Skywalker or any other of my heroes: they didn't seem real, and it didn't make any sense when people tried to tell me they were from Liverpool, same as me. They were too colourful, shiny and magical to be real.<BR/><BR/>I still kind of feel this way about them, so I don't really regret missing the 60s.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048741813269677089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10021305794504380612007-06-01T13:08:00.000+01:002007-06-01T13:08:00.000+01:00I may have mentioned this before, but I also used ...I may have mentioned this before, but I also used to frequent the Record Bar in Wakefield. I also used to go to a music shop called Woods that had a couple of enclosed listening booths (with a glass door that used to steam up when there were more than 2 people squeezed in there - all innocent, mind you). I remember sitting there listening to Let It Be when it came out. The assistant even used to let us read the sleeves as we listened, and, of course, LIB came in a box (if I remember correctly) and had a book. Needless to say, the buyer of this particular copy would probably not have an item worth a fortune now, after several pairs of sweaty kid's paws had left their marks all over it. It couldn't happen nowadays ;o)<BR/>I first heard many albums in there - including Blind Faith (oh how we sniggered at the sleeve). Moody Blues (can't remember which ones) - oh, loads of 'em. Happy days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-88073851845017541832007-06-01T11:32:00.000+01:002007-06-01T11:32:00.000+01:00It would be interesting to see if any recent relea...It would be interesting to see if any recent releases have produced a similar response in anyone.<BR/>I was only five at the time so missed out slightly on all the excitement - as native12 says, it would have been good to have been a bit older.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-37290603012514488732007-06-01T10:11:00.000+01:002007-06-01T10:11:00.000+01:00One should probably never wish that they were olde...One should probably never wish that they were older, but I do often romanticise at what it would have been like to actually buy a brand new Beatles album...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com