60's Psych Pop from Liverpool, U.K. (1967)
Ralphadeus. Music movies comics feature in this look at life from Somerset.
Saturday, April 11, 2026
2025 AUSTIN CHAMP Returns With a Stunning Version - Will Shock You!!!
We don't own a car but this is interesting to me as they are using the Champ
The "Champ" Wins Through (1952)
I like the Austin Champ. Sometimes if you are watching an old movie and the Army appears sometimes it's a Champ.
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Bambi (1942) - Little April Shower
Bambi - Wikipedia I have memories of crying at the cinema to this film. Must have been 1966.
Corgi 1969 catalogue
I didn't have any of these but remember them all. Correction I had the James Bond one despite the fact that I had never seen a Bond movie but it was a must-have toy one Christmas.
Adge Cutler and the Wurzels - Hark At 'Ee Jacko 1967
"Recorded Live at The Royal Oak, Nailsea, Zummerset" LP album.
Friday, April 10, 2026
That Summer starring Ray Winstone (full movie) 1979
We watched and enjoyed this last night. A coming of age film about youths in their jobs and relationships. Filmed mostly in Torquay. There is a swimming theme running through it. That Summer! - Wikipedia
Songs by new wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Ian Dury, The Undertones and the Ramones can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released on Arista Records.[3] The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk/new wave bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.
Jungle Rock Top Of The Pops Hank Mizell
This was a hit 50 years ago. Mike Reynolds just played it. It got to number 3. It was on the Youth wing jukebox. I bought it. Hank Mizell - Wikipedia Song was originally recorded in 1958 but was reissued by Charly.
Bushes and Briars - Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Dir. John Schlesinger
Thought we could have this again.
New Kogar
Kogar tells u7s why this year is the year of the Cramps.
Kogar’s Jungle Juice Show 140 Streams your way on Boss Radio 66! Don’t miss this crazy and wild episode that features more from Meteor Records and a celebration of Vengeance Records coming BACK FROM THE GRAVE! This show features artists like; Ron Thompson, The Starlights, The Big Four, The Midnighters, The Flamingos, Tony Allen, Big Syl Barnes, Harvey, Esquerita, Danny Dell, Ron Haydock, Smokey Hogg, Woodrow Adams, Chicago Sunny Boy, The Iguanas and The Cramps! Full set list on the Boss Radio 66 and Jungle Juice Blogspots!
World Destruction - Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon (Remastered) 1984
RIP Afrika Bambaataa - Wikipedia. We bought this reco9rd on aa 12 inch. On his wiki it says he was influenced by the movie Zulu so that's pretty cool.
Bob Dylan - Pretty Peggy-O (Official Audio)
Today's ear worm off the first lp. The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie - Wikipedia
Thursday, April 09, 2026
The Last Poets
Before there was M.C. anybody ... there was The Last Poets, a spoken word group forged during the explosive 1960s black power movement. The Last Poets - Wikipedia
Performance - Theatrical Trailer 1970
One of my fave movies. Great soundtrack too - where I first heard the Last Poets.
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969)
We are enjoying and savouring the Anita Pallenberg documentary (see below). I have read Keith Richards autobiography so I know the gist but seeing all the old home movies is fun.
The Inmates circa 1985 French TV
The Inmates : I Think i'm Getting Over You + Sister Sara ( both written by Peter Staines)
Esquerita: The Hidden Influence Behind Little Richard
Before Little Richard changed music forever, there was Esquerita—a fearless, flamboyant, genre-bending pioneer whose influence has been largely erased from mainstream history.
Dunkerton Hill
From the Somerset Coalfield wiki.
Wagonloads of coal being hauled up Dunkerton Hill in the 1850s. Fanny Mayne, writing in The True Briton, complained of this unpleasant traffic,[22] "It is a very long hill, nearly two miles long, and up it are dragged nearly all the carts, waggons, and "noddies", loaded with coal, which supply Bath and its environs with that very necessary comfort, or comfortable necessary. A sad sight is Dunkerton Hill!"
The Mamas & The Papas "Twelve Thirty" on The Ed Sullivan Show 1968
This has subbies so you can sing along.
Today in 1908
On 9 April 1908 an explosion approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) underground killed ten men and boys. As there were no mines rescue teams at that time, the manager and volunteers searched for survivors for 10 days. In 1911, partly as a result of the Norton Hill explosion, Winston Churchill was instrumental in the passing of the Coal Mines Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50).[98]
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Dion 1962 Widescreen Color - The Wanderer, The Majestic & Runaround Sue (Stereo Mixed)
From the film Don't Knock the Twist. Don't Knock the Twist - Wikipedia
Brian Jones - Theme from the movie "Mord und Totschlag" ("A Degree Of Murder")
Recorded in September'1966 in London, IBC Studios (and other dates and places in late 1966 and early 1967).
All music produced and composed by Brian Jones. Musicians: BJ (gtr, sitar, org, dulcimer, recorder, clarinet, harpsichord, harm, cello, bass, banjo and maybe even more) Jimmy Page (gtr) Nicky Hopkins (p) Kenney Jones (dr) Peter Gosling (keyb, mellotron, voc on one track) Mike Leander (conductor of orchestra) & maybe some of the other members of The Rolling Stones.
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Event at the Radstock Museum
100 years on from the 1926 General Strike the Museum has an exhibition on the strike and also you are invited to a:
BOOK LAUNCHResistance and Resilience. The 1926 General Strike and the miners’ lockout in the Somerset Coalfield. By Dave Chapple
FREE EVENT AT RADSTOCK MUSEUM FRIDAY MAY 1ST
DOORS OPEN 6:40PM FOR 7PM TALK FOLLOWED BY SIGNING AND SALES BOOK COST £15
Dave Chapple is a Clevedonian who got to know the Somerset Coalfield towns and villages while playing football in the Somerset Senior League in the 1970s against teams like Peasedown, Tunley, Clutton and Bishop Sutton. A postman for 38 years, Dave has lived in Bridgwater since 1987. He is a life-long trades unionist; an oral historian and author of ten books of west country working class history, biography and autobiography. His latest book, to be launched at the Museum on 1st May, is his tribute to the Somerset Miners Association, and is based on three years research in the SMA Archive at Bristol University
ANITA PALLENBERG DOCUMENTARY 2023 catching fire
This was shown last night on Sky Arts but I didn't know. I can watch this here hopefully. I am a fan.
S.W.A.T. Theme (Intro) 1975-6
Susan and I used to watch this mainly for the intro. This was about 79 after it was on late nights. Managed to get the theme on a 45. Did you used to watch it? Aired 2 seasons, originally Feb 1975 to April 1976. Theme by Barry De Vorzon, arrangement by Dominik Hauser.
RAY CHARLES - I Don't Need No Doctor [MONO UK 45] UK 1966 Soul Dancer
This is one helluva good record. Ray Charles - Wikipedia
Schubert Ensemble: Schubert "Trout" Quintet, 4th Movement.
Another of Schubert's big hits. Composed in 1819 but not published until 1829.
Midsomer Murders s01e01 The Killings At Badger's Drift Pilot 1997
These days if you say you are from Midsomer Norton people make jokes about Midsomer Murders. This is a long running whodunnit series that is popular with people who watch daytime tv. Here is the pilot.
Wiki says: 'The series focuses on various murder cases that take place within small country villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer, and the efforts of the senior police detective and his partner within the fictional Midsomer Constabulary to solve the crime by determining who the culprit is and the motive for their actions. It differs from other detective dramas in featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack with a title theme that includes a theremin.
Many of the villages and small towns of the county have the word "Midsomer" in their name; this is inspired in part by the real county of Somerset, and specifically, its actual town of Midsomer Norton, and became a naming convention within the show. Midsomer Wellow and Causton are derived from the names of real Somerset villages Wellow and Corston.'
Visit to Midsomer Norton Town Park
Lovely day so we thought we would check on the tadpoles. Doing well. The park has only been there for a few years and it is a real asset to the town.
Dr Feelgood - Baby Jane (Live Sight & Sound In Concert 1977).
My favourite post Wilko song. Lee Brilleaux - Wikipedia
The Last King Official Trailer
In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, HÃ¥kon HÃ¥konsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
Monday, April 06, 2026
The Shadows of Knight - Dark Side 1966
This is a humble B-side but I love it. I tried to get our band to cover this but no luck. Like to think this song inspired George Lucas. The Shadows of Knight - Wikipedia
Sunday, April 05, 2026
Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair dom do laimh - Planxty 1973
When I was at Milk Street junior school we used to have singing together ass a lesson. Songs we did that I remember are British Grenadiers, Go Mango Walk and Raggle Taggle Gypsy.
Frankie Ford "Sea Cruise" Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. March 21, 1959.
One of our young'uns has embarked on a sea cruise so need to post this. We have a 45 of this (reissue).
Highlander 40th
You may think I have been amiss not mentioning the return of Highlander to the big screen but I think it's a terrible movie. I don't like Queen either so it's best if I don't say anything.
Adge Cutler and The Wurzels - Sheriff Of Midsomer Norton 1967
I have been hoping someone would upload this and here it is. Mentions Radstock and Frome
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo 1966
"Pretty Flamingo" is a song written by Mark Barkan, which became a hit in 1966 when Manfred Mann's recording of it was released as a single. This single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 5 May 1966,[3][2] and was a minor hit in the United States where it spent eight weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 29 during the week of 6 August 1966.[4] It was also successful in Ireland; it was number one there for four weeks, keeping the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" at number two.
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