Midsomer Norton's Christmas tree

 Pic by Susan. 

Delivery boy blues

This image of an advert for bread at Gold Hill Shaftesbury reminds me of my time of being a delivery boy at the Co-op in Frome. My parents got me the job and my boss was Mrs. Dallimore. She was quite strict- a no nonsense type. She had a catch phrase which I still use - when things fall out of your grasp or you fumbled you exclaim 'they'm all alive!' I got 5p for every delivery. After school. Frome is very hilly and the bike was ancient and solid with no brakes. I took my life in my hands going about on a daily basis. I had to crash the bike to stop it. All over Frome but mostly the poorer sorts who used the delivery set up at the Co-op. The Mount. Watcombe Road. Wallbridge. Heavy boxes strapped in place with bungees. At Christmas the recipients would give me a tip. I eventually gave up doing it and lived to tell the tale. Made a paper round seem idyllic. 
 

Yardbirds Honey in Your Hips 1963

 

Here. Any Yardbirds fans out there? My bro tells me there is a documentary on Sky Arts about the band at 9 tonight.

Link Wray Rumble '65

 Here. The great Link Wray looking cool in 65 with a white Gibson Firebird. Glen Echo Park  . .  Photo:  Bob Willcutt

Electric Prunes Get Me To the World on Time 1967

 Written by Annette Tucker who also do wrote I had too much to dream and I Ain't No Miracle Worker. Heard on Mickey Bradley. 

Burger King Universal Monsters toys

 1997. We didn't have the Wolf Man one. 'Best fast food toys ever' says our son. 

Pat Boone Baby Elephant Walk with lyrics

 

Here. Tom Hanks played this the other day. It's hilarious and absurd. I love it. 

Book on the Old West

 Yesterday was the Christmas lights switch on and the shops all stayed open late. We went to our favourite charity shop and were given chocolates. I bought this book. Very good. The format is a page photo with a biography of the individual on the facing page. 

Tommy McLain Before I grow too old 1968

p> The Fats Domino song covered by Swamp pop legend Tommy McLain. 

On Saturday

 We are going to this. 

Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe Can i do it for you? (Part1) 1930

 Here. A song of female self reliance. Check it out. 

Buy you a watch and chain, buy you a watch and chain
Buy you a watch and chain, I want to do something to you
Hear me saying, I want to do something to you

I don't want no watch and chain, I don't want no watch and chain
I don't want nothing in the world you got, and you can't do nothing for me
Hear me saying, you can't do nothing for me

Batman 1967

 Getting near Christmas. They switched the lights on tonight and all the shops stayed open. 

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "I Second That Emotion, If You Can Want, Going To A Go-Go

Watch here.  March 1968. Ed Sullivan Show. Tom Hanks on his show on Boss Radio 66 talked about this.

Go Johnny Go! (1959) full movie

 Great line-up Chuck, Eddie, and Jackie Wilson.

Here. Read about it here

Sex shop 430 King's Road

 So in our 50 years of  punk thread I thought we could see what Malcolm and Vivienne were doing. October 74 they renamed their Shop SEX. Previously Too Fast To Live. 

Beatles '64 Official trailer

 Here

Journey back to 1964 and experience Beatlemania like never before. From producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi, stream Beatles '64, an original documentary, only on #DisneyPlus November 29. For more updates, subscribe to Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Disney+ is the streaming home of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. From new releases to your favorite classics and exclusive Originals, there's something for everyone.

The Ikettes I'm Blue 1965

 Here. 

Waterloo ashtray

 My sister gave me this. Very pleased with it. 

Gladiator II rhino

 This is the best pic I can find of the much talked about movie Gladiator II. Apparently he rides a rhino. I have seen a few articles fact checking this. 

Sonic Reducer (live) Rocket from the Tombs 1975

 Here. The only version you need. One of my favourite punk songs though I don't really know what it's about. But it's great. Crank it up. 

I'll be a pharaoh soon
Rule from some golden tomb
Things will be different then
The sun will rise from here
Then I'll be ten feet tall
And you'll be nothing at all

Stratton-on-the-Fosse. Up the road.

 From A Somerset Camera 1914-1945 by Chris Howell

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg take a break as they drive through Oxfordshire in 1969. Photograph by Andrew Birkin

 

The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs (live)

 Brilliant collection of recordings made in 74/5. Well worth checking out if you are into punk history.. Wiki on the band.

Here to listen on Spotify.

Model "T" Slim (Elmon Mickle) , Jackson Tennessee , Magnum 739(MA-1535) , 1966

 Here. A good up tempo blues tune. Just heard on Boss Radio 66.

Going to New York Jimmy Reed 1959

 Here. One of his great singles. 

Oompus the omnibus, from Tootles the Taxi (1956) Artist: John Kenney

1966 Morris Minor Traveller from The Forge in Shropshire

 

American Graffiti (1973) trailer

 Here. Where were you in '62? Did you see this? Wiki. I remember this movie. The Soundtracks too. 

Get Along Gang (1984)

 Young Bea liked this. Montgomery Moose was her favourite. 

As you know I like to revisit 40 years ago. This series came out then. Wiki

Of course there were toys

Muddy Waters Tiger in Your Tank 1964 (colourised)

 Here Saturday night selection. I wasn't a fan in 64. More into Freddie and the Dreamers and the Beatles

Meantime (1983) full movie

 Here. I don't remember this from the time but we didn't watch much tv then.

From the wiki

Meantime is a 1983 British comedy-drama television film directed by Mike Leigh and produced by Central Television for Channel 4. It stars Tim Roth, Phil Daniels and Gary Oldman. It was shown in 1983 at the London Film Festival and on Channel 4 and at the 1984 Berlin International Film Festival. According to the critic Michael Coveney, "the sapping, debilitating and demeaning state of unemployment, the futile sense of waste, has not been more poignantly, or poetically, expressed in any other film of the period."^[2]

Naval Battle (1962) Pathé

Started off as Dreadnoughts in WW1.

Here. All took place in a park in Scarborough. Battle of the River Plate. What it's like nowadays here

Today's charity shop purchase. Local history and transport history.

 

Lightnin' Hopkins Ride In Your New Automobile 1969

 Here

New Kogar

 Get super PRIMITIVE with Kogar’s Jungle Juice Show #85! All the best in 50-60’s instrumentals, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, vocal groups, blues and tassel twirlers! This episode features artists such as; Walter Hamilton, Bobby Arlin, Lewis Weber, The Scholars (Kenny Rogers!), Hank Ballard, Bill Haley, The Collins Kids, Rosco Gordon and Roy Loney! Full set list over at the Boss Radio 66 blogspot!

https://www.mixcloud.com/Kogar/kogars-jungle-juice-show-85/

or

https://www.bossradio66.com/2024/11/kogars-jungle-juice-show-85.html

Alligator Records anniversary collection

 Spotify here

ALLIGATOR RECORDS 50 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC. Compiled by Bruce Iglauer and the Alligator Records Staff.  Hound Dog Taylor, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Luther Allison, Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Tinsley Ellis and more.

Buy it here

Sadie Hound Dog Taylor 1973

 Hound Dog Taylor. This is one of my favourites. 

Natural Boogie Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers 1974

 Spotify link to the album. Youtube. Wiki on the album here. All music give it 5 Stars.

Electric Blues 01. Take Five 02. Hawaiian Boogie 03. See Me In The Evening 04. You Can't Sit Down 05. Sitting At Home Alone 06. One More Time 07. Roll Your Money Maker 08. Buster's Boogie 09. Sadie 10. Talk To Me Baby 11. Goodnight Boogie

The rooftops of Frome

 I always have liked the rooftops in Frome. Pic from Fabulous Frome.

The Terraplanes Evil Going On 1981

This was a battle of the bands we did and if you.paid I think 25 quid they presented you with a video. But we only had the one copy and we didn't have the resources to copy it so we didn't send it to Peel etcetra which maybe we should have done. Possibly deep down we were a little embarrassed by it. Or shy.

Will Cwac Cwac

 The English version of this debuted 40 years ago. Wiki. Our eldest was a fan. 

Radstock station Martin Forster

 Martin is a local artist with some very popular paintings of Radstock. Somer Printing have a range of his paintings, cards, calendars etc. Ideal gifts. Here

Dusty Brown Well, you know 1958

 Here. Not heard this before. On Boss Radio 66 of course.

Britains Naval Cannon 1969

 I had this. My parents used to buy good things for presents. I was. 9. Did you have it?

New Playlist

 

James Brown & the Famous Flames 1964

 Here. This is very exciting for 1964.

James Brown Roota of a Revolution

 I have this album. Well the 84 double.  Great for early stuff. Wiki

Here on Spotify

JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES - CHONNIE ON CHON [Federal 12290] 1957

 Here. The song I awoke to. Thanks Boss. I guess this is rock'n' roll. A whole album on Spotify here

Beaujolais Nouveau

 Third Thursday in November. I remember this as a thing in the 80s. I like it. Been a while since I had it though. Wiki

Jaguar and Thunderbird 1960 Chuck Berry

 Here

Chuck Berry	vocal, guitar
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy	guitar
Lafayette Leake	piano
Willie Dixon	double bass
Odie Payne	drums
unknown	chorus

The Vogues Five O'Clock World 1965

 

Here. Heard on Boss Radio. I guess its Folk Rock? Wiki

Beatle boots

 

London's Standing Stones

 Daughter Celia is visiting Hilly Fields a park in Lewisham. Created in 2000. Details here

The 5th Dimension Up, Up and Away 1967

 Here. Just played on Boss Radio 66. This song was everywhere in my youth. Wiki on the group. 'Canonical sunshine pop' the song wiki. Wrecking Crew on backing.

Manatee Awareness Month

 In November we think about the Manatee and what we can do to preserve them. 

Read about the month here