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MIKERAPHONE
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 301 Location: Bury..home of the World famous Black Pudding!!
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: David Jacobs Collection |
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Just a quick note to say what a pleasure it is to hear wonderfully crafted songs sung by real singers.
Some may find his delivery old fashioned but to me the music and his style go hand in hand.
From Matt Monro to Sinatra to Vic Damone all great singers.
One hour a week is surely not asking too much.
For me a great way to unwind on a Sunday |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Mrs Geddon would whole heartedly agree with you, but the music is not totally to my taste. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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MIKERAPHONE
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 301 Location: Bury..home of the World famous Black Pudding!!
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi BGW...my point was when you hear the lyrics and standard of singing today then you listen to Cole Porter or Gershwin compositions sung by the greats you realise what is missing today.
I enjoy music of all types but the older songs will last a lot longer than the vast majority of records in the last 20 years. |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Mike - You'll get no argument from me on that score, songs were crafted and people made a living at writing good songs.
One of the current crop is memorable only for the fact that the backing track was the theme to 'Emmanuelle'. It is, however , more listenable than the wailing in the foreground. _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well said, Mikeraphone, I just fear that the dreaded Douglas axe is hovering over David's head! I am quite sure she would rather have somebody "off the telly" shouting at us morning noon and night. _________________ MiS |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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There is good music from every era. The dross of the 50's and 60's has been largely forgotten now, helped by the fact that it is not available on modern formats (MP3, CD's, etc)
I enjoy Jacobs show when I hear it. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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MIKERAPHONE
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Made In Surrey...Hello and nice to hear a positive Sunday Show comment.
I'm 50 and enjoy all kinds of music,but some of the older songs are just great examples of how a song should sound.
Heard Matt Monro played last night with " Time After Time".
A great 30's song but combined with his voice it was wonderful. |
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MadeinSurrey
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mikeraphone, you'll hear nothing but positives from me about DJ and Parky's shows. I don't ogten hear Malcom Laycock but always enjoy it when I do.
Have you heard Jack Jones's version of Time after Time? That's a good one too. _________________ MiS |
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howard66
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | There is good music from every era. The dross of the 50's and 60's has been largely forgotten now, helped by the fact that it is not available on modern formats (MP3, CD's, etc)
I enjoy Jacobs show when I hear it. |
I think that you will find that most music is available somewhere on the net. |
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howard66
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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MIKERAPHONE wrote: | Made In Surrey...Hello and nice to hear a positive Sunday Show comment.
I'm 50 and enjoy all kinds of music,but some of the older songs are just great examples of how a song should sound.
Heard Matt Monro played last night with " Time After Time".
A great 30's song but combined with his voice it was wonderful. |
Time After Time was written in 1947 for the film IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN. |
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MIKERAPHONE
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Howard..i stand corrected.
Always thought it was 30's.
Still who ever sings it i always enjoy the song |
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howard66
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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MIKERAPHONE wrote: | Hi Howard..i stand corrected.
Always thought it was 30's.
Still who ever sings it i always enjoy the song |
First sung by Kathryn Grayson and then reprised by Frank Sinatra.
Other good songs in film:-
IT'S THE SAME OLD DREAM
I BELIEVE
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
All by JULE STYNE and SAMMY CAHN |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19391 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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MIKERAPHONE wrote: | Made In Surrey...Hello and nice to hear a positive Sunday Show comment.
I'm 50 and enjoy all kinds of music,but some of the older songs are just great examples of how a song should sound.
Heard Matt Monro played last night with " Time After Time".
A great 30's song but combined with his voice it was wonderful. |
I caught that as well MIKE. It's one of my favourite songs of that ilk.
One TV show I'd love to see again, or at least part of it, is an extremely old edition of Parkinson. The guests were Sammy Cahn and Cliff Richard who sang the song I think with Mr Cahn who of course was the composer. I'd say it was very early 80's and no doubt the tapes have been lost but I'd love to see it.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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MadeinSurrey
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Helen, how are things?
When you think about the Parky BBC shows from the 70's and early 80's, they really are priceless! So many REAL stars, as opposed to the d-listers that call themselves famous these days! Now Sammy Cahn, there was a genius! _________________ MiS |
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Helen May
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm fine thanks and you?
Oh to have had a VCR back then! Now I think about that show it could have been late 70's.
There were some fantastic ones. Is my memory playing tricks or was Bing Crosby on? Surely the Beeb could give us a treat and dust the cobwebs off the ones that are left.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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MadeinSurrey
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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H, you my be right about Crosby, I'm pretty sure Parky interviewed him not long before he left us. He really did get some fabulous people back then: Bob Hope, Ali, Jimmy Stewart, all the big names! _________________ MiS |
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Helen May
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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That was the one I'm thinking of MIS, I seem to recall it was done about a week before he died.
I remember Ali. I actually sort of met him ( he spoke to my friend!) and did meet his wife of that time. He used my pen to sign his autograph for that friend, I didn't get one. He sadly had that glazed look obviously caused by the fighting but was still had an awesome presence.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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MadeinSurrey wrote: | Well said, Mikeraphone, I just fear that the dreaded Douglas axe is hovering over David's head! I am quite sure she would rather have somebody "off the telly" shouting at us morning noon and night. |
David Jacobs is "off the telly". _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Phil Urapitus wrote: | And thank goodness he's not on there anymore! Seeing in him an episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was bad enough. |
He was on TV quite recently actually on the History of Light Entertainment & I think he was another documentary over Christmas. They guy was a radio & tv pioneer. He deserves respect. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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MadeinSurrey wrote: | H, you my be right about Crosby, I'm pretty sure Parky interviewed him not long before he left us. He really did get some fabulous people back then: Bob Hope, Ali, Jimmy Stewart, all the big names! |
I remember him interviewing Bing, and the others, and memorably also David Niven and Peter O'Toole.
It would be great to see them again, in their entirety, rather than the short clips which crop up now and again in programmes about something else. I do hope that it's the difficulty in obtaining agreement for repeats from the various parties that prevents us seeing them again, rather than the Beeb having destroyed the tapes, or not having kept any in the first place!! _________________ Ron |
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MIKERAPHONE
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Ron...i think you will find that a lot of 60's and some 70's shows have been wiped and the tape used on something else.
Juke Box Jury was a victim of this which is a shame.
Obviously no one then thought there would be any interest 40 years later.
How wrong could they be!!!!!!!! |
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MadeinSurrey
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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I'd be really surprised if Parky's big interviews have been wiped. They'll be at BBC TV Centre, probably being used as doorstops!
Come on BBC, let's see them again: after all, what is BBC4 for?? _________________ MiS |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hello, MIS. Exactly, and what better way would there be to encourage people to go digital than that?
Mike, to return to your original thread(!) I don't often get to listen to him, but you're right about the quality of the performances on the records he plays, and his presentation of them - you can tell he's getting on in years but he's still unmistakeably David Jacobs, our original DJ (and, in the current absence of Brian Matthew, just about the last link we have with the old Light Programme). Ironically, I suppose, back in those days, with the restricted time allowed for records, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to play as many of them as he does now. _________________ Ron |
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MIKERAPHONE
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Ron..it's hard to believe that on the old Light programme the Presenter didn't actually play the records.
They paid other people to put the vinyl on the decks and cue them up.
Talk about over the top.
The pirates soon led the way but back then the BBC was so stuck in its way that it is a wonder it survived till 1967.
Same with Alan Freeman and POTP aswell!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mike , a bit late in responding, but absolutely spot on about DJ....so knowledgeable and professional. Long may he continue on Sundays, just right after a couple of jars of the amber nectar, Would have preferred keeping Russell Davies in the "Ancestoral " home though.
Ed de Ball. |
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