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Post by petercheck on Aug 7, 2020 14:59:05 GMT
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Post by Peter Stirling on Aug 7, 2020 15:51:59 GMT
One of my favourites was "The World of Bartholomew" which I think??? he sung with the Mindbenders?
One of those arguably 'kitchen sink' (ie.overproduced) records of the 60s that I adore.
No age is it, but according to the insurance companies and gov "people are living longer"
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Post by Alan Turrell on Aug 7, 2020 19:25:32 GMT
I've just recently bought a record he made in 1973 called "Together" written by Graham Gouldman a beautiful song showing even in the 70s he could still make a good record.
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Post by richardwoods on Aug 8, 2020 5:58:19 GMT
It’s a real shame, another great character has gone.
(As an aside I really have a problem “liking” posts about people dying, I just can’t bring myself to do it, but I really appreciate the posts themselves as they help keep me in touch with things that really matter to me as I no longer feel served by or use the mainstream news media, thank you folks!).
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Post by petercheck on Aug 8, 2020 6:08:36 GMT
It's only in quite recent years I've got in to him, and now consider Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders one of the more interesting beat groups (coincidentally I was listening to their great first album just two days ago). I had a couple of near-misses with Wayne personally too: I wrote to him requesting a foreword for my first book a couple of years back, but his partner wrote back too late (after I'd published), apologising for the delay but saying Wayne would love to write something; then, he was due to appear on last autumn's 'Sixties Gold' tour in Margate, something I had front row tickets for, but cancelled due to ill health. A real character and a vastly underrated singer.
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Post by Richard Marple on Aug 8, 2020 12:33:45 GMT
Sad news.
In the 1990s I did some work experience at a company where my supervisor was the daughter of Mindbenders drummer Rick Rothwell.
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Post by petercheck on Aug 8, 2020 13:35:11 GMT
Enjoy!
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Post by stevej on Aug 9, 2020 9:16:44 GMT
One of my favourites was "The World of Bartholomew" which I think??? he sung with the Mindbenders? One of those arguably 'kitchen sink' (ie.overproduced) records of the 60s that I adore. Now that is an absolutely stunning 45! Probably too complex a production to have been a hit. I have a copy I must dig out. Pretty sure it was into his solo career, post-Mindbenders. His first solo album 'Wayne One' is also well worth a listen. On the Fontana label of course!
And here is 'Words of Bartholomew'- All credit to the fantastic work of Arthur Greenslade too.
Steve
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