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I have to fess up to also having seen Gary Glitter live, twice! And I do believe he was the first live act I ever saw.

I also took a very young MightyZ to see Alvin Stardust!

Confession over...

Thanks leggo - I was keeping quiet about Alvin Stardust!

MightyZ

www.myspace.com/mightyzallstars

Excellent stuff chaps!! I do love a bit of honesty. Really am fed up with reading "rock stars" who when asked what was the 1st album you bought reply "Sgt. Pepper's..". No, it wasn't you little liar. It was "The wheels of the bus go round and round."
By the way, mine was a Benny Hill album!! Sadly my collection has gone downhill from that point!!

You may be amused to learn I saw Slade supported by.......Thin Lizzy!! What a gig that was. Dave Hill had a broken leg so was playing in a wheelchair!! Just checked and that was 1972!

Alvin! I am distrubed to realise I know that he started his musical career as Shane Fenton!! That's worrying.

Back on topic;

**Top 5 Yes Albums**
Close To The Edge
The Yes Album
Fragile
Tales From Topographic Oceans
Relayer

MightyZ wrote:Thanks leggo - I was keeping quiet about Alvin Stardust!

MightyZ

Yes, I realised you were trying to hide that particular dark secret so I thought I'd out you!

My first record purchase was the very respectable Alice Copper and School's Out on 7inch. Not bad really. However, my first LP was Garry Glitter's rather good 'Rock and Roll' LP. At least I thought it was good at the time. I'd be interested to hear it again!

Hey Leggo Rocker

"Schools Out"? Good call. Very respectable.

Mine first single was Mary Hopkins and "Those Were The Days"???!!! Definitely did irrepairable damage to me. Mind you I think it was the 2nd record that was released on the Apple label so may be worth a few bob. And, of course, it was No.1 in 1968!! Although I expect my folks got 50p for it at the local car boot sale!

You may be amused to learn that my mate played me "Glitter" a couple of weeks ago. Mind you, he does live in Pompey so doesn't know any better!!

Don't do it. That stuff is definitely something that should have be left as a memory. It was absolutely pony. Not how I remember it at all.

Back on topic;

**Top 5 No 1's Back end of 1968**

14 Sep The Beatles Hey Jude
28 Sep Mary Hopkin Those Were The Days
9 Nov Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends
16 Nov Hugo Montenegro The Good The Bad And The Ugly
14 Dec Scaffold Lily The Pink

6anbatte wrote:Hey Leggo Rocker

"Schools Out"? Good call. Very respectable.

Mine first single was Mary Hopkins and "Those Were The Days"???!!! Mind you, he does live in Pompey so doesn't know any better!!

I managed to escape Pompey and move North (ecenomic refugee!)

Mary Hopkins, she sang on David Bowie's Low LP I believe. She was married to Toni Visconti maybe?

My top 5?

I just can't do it. I've sat down and tried, but it's too tough.

Here's 5 off the top of my head...

Spotlight Kid - Captain Beefheart
Carryin' On - Johnny Cash and June Carter
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin
Moonflower - Santana

...but I am already thinking of LPs that I should have put on that list!

First LP's - you mentioned Slade - my first LP purchase was Slayed by Slade.

I've heard that again recently and I'm pretty chuffed with that as 'my first purchase' - my second one was 'Shear Heart Attack by Queen, although that could have been third - somewhere amongst my first few purchases, Alvin Stardust rears his ugly head once again!

MightyZ

www.myspace.com/mightyzallstars

leggo rocker wrote:

I managed to escape Pompey and move North (ecenomic refugee!)

Mary Hopkins, she sang on David Bowie's Low LP I believe. She was married to Toni Visconti maybe?

Spotlight Kid - Captain Beefheart

Hey Leggo Rocker

Very fond memories of Pompey and Southsea as my wife was at college there. Still have friends there.

Pretty sure you are right on the Mary Hopkins front. Good memory.

You may not believe this, but I did see the good Captain at what must have been one of his very last gigs. (Btter check on that! Brighton Dome I think.) Guess what? I didn't get it!!! Too young and stupid! The horror, the horror.

MightyZ wrote:First LP's - you mentioned Slade - my first LP purchase was Slayed by Slade.

Hey Mighty Z

Definitely something to be chuffed about. Good stuff.

"Slade Alive" was one of maybe my 2nd album after Benny Hill. My Pompey mate played me that the other day as well. It's excellent.

That reminds me I recently bought a Greenslade album I used to love and it's totally unlistenable! "Journey To The Centre Of The Earth" is another!! (td)

6anbatte wrote:leggo rocker wrote :


Very fond memories of Pompey and Southsea as my wife was at college there. Still have friends there.

Pretty sure you are right on the Mary Hopkins front. Good memory.

I still live in Pompey (well Cosham - it is close enough) - if you are able to get to the Fawcett inn on 13th September, leggorocker and I are doing dj Sets together with The MightyZ All Stars doing a live dub set - check it out for a great night in a friendly atmosphere!

Leggo is spot on with Mary Hopkins - she did marry Tony Visconti Bowie's producer and is credited on the Low album with backing vocals for Sound and Vision under the name Mary Visconti (I haven't seen this album cover for at least 20 years, but leggo will vouch for the fact that I have a ridiculously good memory for stuff like that!).

MightyZ

www.myspace.com/mightyzallstars