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  1. Mickeyboro
    I’ll second that. Read his biography and weep… You just think’Thank f@ck I was never in a band with him…’ 😧
  2. Mickeyboro
    I love these debates - thanks all for the contributions. Keep em coming. Bear in mind though, some of you, I am talking about the decision to stop, whether you make it yourself or (and maybe it’s sometimes necessary) someone lets you know you can’t cut it anymore. I am 69 next month, and recently reflected the only discrimination I have ever personally encountered is ageism. (Lucky me, eh?) So I would never judge anyone by their birth certificate, but would hope someone would have a word in my ear should I have become embarrassing in terms of declining ability.
  3. Mickeyboro
    Not talking about the famous, so much, but among ourselves. Abilities decline with age, for sure. But when do you have to tell a band mate, ever so gently, that they don’t have what it takes any more? Indeed, have you the right to do so? And what will be the effect on them going forward? Maybe, as bassists, the answer is that we should shrink into the background and hope no-one notices us! But certainly, there are more upfront roles that beg the question: When are you too old to rock’n’roll?
  4. Mickeyboro
    Will PM ya!
  5. Mickeyboro
    The sensational comeback album featuring new guitarist Simon McBride. Cover design not so sensational😁 Special edition with documentary DVD. Fascinating stuff, all delivered to camera by the band while on tour - details including a roadie ‘illuminating’ Roger Glover’s fretmarkers seconds before curtain up! Played once, perfect condition. Retail price of this special edition on their German label is £30, yours for £18 posted UK.
  6. Mickeyboro
    A gentleman by all accounts. Sad to see our heroes check out…
  7. Mickeyboro
    The long awaited follow-up to Vinyl Countdown from Graham Sharpe, billed as ‘A super fun romp through the looking glass of vinyl obsession’. New and unread, yours for £10 posted UK.
  8. Mickeyboro
    Just reminded my pal Tony. - in case he taps you on the shoulder afterwards. Break a leg!
  9. Mickeyboro
    I have even owned one! We got there in the end. 👍
  10. Mickeyboro
    Oops! Thanks for putting me right Mart. 🙏
  11. Mickeyboro
    It is indeed. Assembled in the east but not much different to full fat. EDIT In my opinion of course…
  12. Mickeyboro
    Just sold a book to Marc. Sweet as a nut - recommended Basschatter!
  13. Mickeyboro
    Another perfect transaction with Ben - many thanks!
  14. Mickeyboro
    Yet another perfect transaction - thanks Ash!
  15. Mickeyboro
    They were basically three chords and an attitude. In that respect, they now have to prove themselves superior to those pub bands. On the other hand, they have got their hands on the money so it doesn’t matter…
  16. Mickeyboro
    That would suit me! How many of the 2018 crew are still breathing/plucking, I wonder?
  17. Mickeyboro
    130-page mag including details of the Fender guitar and amp range of the time. In very good condition for its age. £7 inc UK postage. Now £6 now £5 posted
  18. Mickeyboro
    The definitive text on a legend. 264-page hardback with a revelation in every bite! $22.95 original price. Yours for £11 posted UK.
  19. Mickeyboro
    Writing the Record Collector feature I bought the book for reminded me what a phenomenon they were. Only got to see them ten years ago - had seen Jan solo but not quite the same. He and Thijs were like the Gallagher’s, always feuding…unlike the tranquility of some of their output.
  20. Mickeyboro
    How’s this for a thread resurrection?
  21. Mickeyboro
    Strangler-as-was pens a stunningly readable life story - one of the best I have read (and I have read a lot!). Paperback, in good nick. RRP £12.99, yours for £9 posted. Now £8 now £6
  22. Mickeyboro
    In And Out Of Focus - the Music of Jan Akkerman and Focus by David Randall. Great condition hardback. Bought this as I was writing a feature on the band for Record Collector. Published in 2002 and consequently had to find, but still a very good read on the classic period of the band. Not to mention the mercurial Jan, who like many great guitarists is a right royal pain in the @rse! £10 posted UK, which is a fair saving on what I paid on eBay…
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  23. Mickeyboro
    Great basses!
  24. Mickeyboro
    You’ll find it’s on here already courtesy of @ash
  25. Mickeyboro
    A sterling Basschatter who can be dealt with in confidence!
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