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  1. Mickeyboro
    I like Camel too. But I just think Sinclair was at his peak with the Hatfields. And having interviewed him for a sleeve note it’s fascinating he felt inferior to the other three musicians. Evidence that it’s always good to be in a band where everyone is supposedly better than you!
  2. Mickeyboro
    Have you tried Hatfield and the North for RS? I know he was also in Caravan but H&TN are my fav!
  3. Mickeyboro
    Thanks for blowing my trumpet!👍
  4. Mickeyboro
    Now Now £135… A just released 17CD / 3 DVD set wrapping up the career of Britain’s foremost musical funsters. Amazon price is £270, which is eyewatering, but it will doubtless become collectible. This copy is new, unplayed and wrapped. I have updated with more details but could be the ideal Christmas present to yourself! As one of the UK's most beloved and unconventional bands, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band have delighted audiences for over 60 years with their distinctive blend of music, comedy and surrealism. This comprehensive 20-disc collection, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking, celebrates the complete works of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and their impact on a generation of revered artists and comedians, from The Beatles to Monty Python. Inside the set: 17 CD's documenting a spectacularly entertaining career featuring: Stereo versions of all of the band's original albums, carefully remastered to capture their idiosyncratic charm. Additional remastered versions 'Gorilla' and 'The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse' in their original mono mixes. A newly compiled remastered CD of all the band's singles. Two discs of demos, rehearsals & outtakes. A single disc of backing tracks. Three discs of BBC Sessions that capture the band's eccentric live energy. Two live discs: Studio Bellevue, Amsterdam. Recorded: November 1968. Transmission date: 3rd January 1969 Fillmore East, NYC, 17th October 1969 A CD featuring a live show from London's Marquee Club & additional material of band rehearsals from the Manor Studios in Oxfordshire. As well as: Three DVDs of TV performances, including the complete 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' shows, 'Colour Me Pop', 'Beat Club' & more. Highlights include rare appearances, short films & vintage footage from the height of their career. A large hardback coffee table book featuring an essay by Bonzo's authority Chris Welch and an in-depth Day By Day Chronology/Cornology by noted author Andy Neill (The Who; Ready, Steady, Go!). Also includes tributes and remembrances from fans, friends & band members, images and photos from throughout the band's career and more. Presented by Madfish, this boxset is the ultimate tribute to a band that defined a genre. Dive into the eccentric world of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band & experience their enduring legacy like never before with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Still Barking, the definitive 20-disc limited edition boxset.
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  5. Mickeyboro
    How dare you bring Bananarama into this?😈
  6. Mickeyboro
    Turning a blind eye to the irony, I do sing songs in our set to vary things/ give the main singer a break, but my voice wouldn’t stand up to two sets. I therefore intend to learn the best way to strengthen and conserve it. Maybe at some point I can join the frontman club…but it won’t happen overnight.
  7. Mickeyboro
    Saw the Specials twice - once in 1980, bottom of the bill at a three-band show when they could barely all squeeze on stage, and again a few years ago at a Dammers-less reunion. Quite a unique band, even then. But in 2020 the fights were more likely in the audience than on stage!
  8. Mickeyboro
    A song I detest, but remarked to a mate yesterday the bassline is incredibly tasty
  9. Mickeyboro
    Hence a separate post about singing lessons!👍
  10. Mickeyboro
    I have another thread going about frontmen. If playing music was my living, I could probably put up with a lot more than I am currently prepared to. Mind you, in that case I’d hope there was a manager character slightly removed from the action to bang heads together/administer cups of tea etc.
  11. Mickeyboro
    Gotta say the last couple of things I ordered from them have come through with no drama whatsoever. Would use Bass Direct again without hesitation.
  12. Mickeyboro
    Bought my Who box set - can’t think of a more appropriate owner. The man’s a legend!
  13. Mickeyboro
    After three years (and much bitching by me on this board), we showed our singer/harmonica player the door in September. He lasted three years before we found him insufferable - like Bryan Ferry, he thought he was the band, and eventually the worms turned. His replacement lasted four gigs before venting his spleen on WhatsApp and walking. His long list of perceived faults made it clear why he’s not been in a band for years. Decent singer though. I was away for the second and third gigs he did, which were apparently marred by him fiddling with the PA between every number. Fortunately on Saturday he had to sing sitting down (bad back) and it was my PA, so we did okay. Well, I thought we did! My question is - how do you attract a frontman who doesn’t want to change things? They will have their own style and ideas, sure, but I don’t want to bin three years’ work to conform with their wishes. Nor do I want to make another bad choice which could potentially sink us. We are a blues band, but not a straight-down-the-line one that plays 24 songs the same way every night. Thanks for your input as ever, BC.🙏
  14. Mickeyboro
    This is home, and I am more than happy to contribute to the rent… Have a Cool Yule, y’all (did I really type that - fine me now!😂)
  15. Mickeyboro
    Indeed. There was a bit of fallout wasn’t there? Naturally she got the credit. It happens… I knew the keyboard player on Sinead O’Connor’s first album who was sacked as soon as she broke through. He went on to be Art Editor of Radio Times, so a happy ending there.
  16. Mickeyboro
    I kinda lost her as she wended her way Shania-wards. The first album was a cracker wasn’t it!?
  17. Mickeyboro
    My wife is actually going to watch this. She is to be fair a concertina player…
  18. Mickeyboro
    Or go on Strictly Come Dancing…
  19. Mickeyboro
    Blimey. Welsh National Opera! Impressed…
  20. Mickeyboro
    Have you had them? Were they worth it? Discuss, please…
  21. Mickeyboro
    Tom bought a CD from me, paying well before I could deliver. Trusted and trustworthy Basschatter.
  22. Mickeyboro
    Last gig of 2024 at the Glamping Site in Poole, Dorset that’s supported us (the Otis Jay Blues Band) for the past few years. Singer did his back in so sat, but he and we coped - with a few Val Doonican jokes on the way… Got Cath and Kerry to do backing vocals on Mustang Sally and they did us proud. Flea jazz, Elf, Barefaced One10, Xmas jumper - you can’t go wrong !
  23. Mickeyboro
    Did this sell?
  24. Mickeyboro
    That’s very kind of you @meterman. I might even return the favour and review it for Record Collector if you like. No problem if not, I am interested regardless. When in 2007 I joined BC, I had quit my football team Fulham and followed Farnborough in non-League home and away. Hence the boro; you’re not the first person to relocate me😀. I have now returned to Fulham as my sons are season-ticket holders, but catch Boro every so often. Not as good a story as yours, sorry…
  25. Mickeyboro
    Ta. I will get this - sounds interesting!
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