Category Archives: memories of 70s

Michael Chapman

Posted on September 12, 2021 by moulty58

Following the passing of Charlie Watts another 80 year old man has left us. Michael Chapman was hardly a household name. In the 70s I was aware of his existence, it’s possible that I might have heard him on the … Continue reading →

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Charlie Watts..end of an era

Posted on August 29, 2021 by moulty58

The death of an 80 year old man surrounded by his family doesn’t sound that a big a deal but the loss of Charlie Watts is on every bit as significant as the death of Louis Armstrong or Howling Wolf, … Continue reading →

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The Lonesome Death of John Lennon

Posted on December 13, 2020 by moulty58

I try not to engage with the news to much, its pretty much a constant babble and I assume that anything of real importance will get though to me somehow. I had assumed that the 40thanniversary of John Lennon’s death … Continue reading →

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23: Oliver’s Army…Elvis Costello

Posted on December 6, 2020 by moulty58

Watching an episode of ‘The Crown’ recently I was reminded of the Falklands war. At the time I was unemployed and living in a house which had heating one room only. Having survived a cold damp winter and facing an … Continue reading →

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22:Cool for Cats…Squeeze

Posted on November 29, 2020 by moulty58

The polytechnic disco was a refreshingly genre free environment. There were 420 people on campus and most of us didn’t have that much in common. Dance music didn’t exist, disco did of course but the rugby club wasn’t going to … Continue reading →

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20 Whatevershebringswesing..Kevin Ayers

Posted on November 1, 2020 by moulty58

For a couple of years the second hand record shop in Norwich was pretty much the centre on my retail experience, I wish I could remember the name of the shop, its worth a blue plaque. My record buying had settled into a … Continue reading →

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19. Who Loves the Sun…Velvet Underground

Posted on October 18, 2020 by moulty58

We filter music, not only through out own memories but through our collective consciousness and then add a dash of time distortion for good measure. Take the Beatles for example, they haven’t existed since 1970 but they are constantly being … Continue reading →

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70s Instrumentals….Rock

Posted on September 27, 2020 by moulty58

There were 9 entirely instrumental number ones in the UK chart in the 1950’s. The 60’s had even more, ten to be precise. By the 70’s there was two. The 80’s saw a complete drought and after that there’s been … Continue reading →

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70’s Instrumentals..classically influenced

Posted on September 6, 2020 by moulty58

Lies our teachers taught us….  My religious education teacher told us that anyone who had taken LSD could never become a used care salesman, the logic being that they would have seen cars just melt under the influence of hallucinogenic … Continue reading →

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70s instrumentals..Light Classical

Posted on August 30, 2020 by moulty58

Remembering Junior choice when writing about Free last week provoked a few memories about the light classical/easy listening that was having its last gasp in the 70’s. Most of our parents had record players of some description, the stereogram, for example was … Continue reading →

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