SEPIAN THOUGHTS – THE OTHER SIDE OF COPYRIGHT Richard Tay’s office is an aural museum of the impressive kind. Many hundreds of old 78 rpm shellac discs plus vinyl long-players from the ‘50s litter his shelves and gangways. Predictably, as … Continue reading
LINER NOTES – RECOLLECTIONS OF A DYING ART During the late ‘60s I received a fee of seven pounds for supplying my first sleeve note – one that adorned Dizzy Gillespie’s Jambo Caribe . I rang the record company office … Continue reading
Because I’d been an Amanda Ambrose fan since the ‘60s, during 2007 I nudged Poker Records into releasing an Ambrose album. Label manager Dave Timperley was enthusiastic and Amanda’s daughter Stephanie welcomed the idea. The proposed release became a memorial … Continue reading
The story of Gus Wildi’s bebopping jazz baby Thursday, December 17, 1953. American TV companies were gearing up for the first programmes in colour, Playboy was cock-a-hoop about featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover and in the centrefold of its … Continue reading
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS Johnny Depp was once asked if, in his early days, he really wanted to be a Harlem Globetrotter. “It’s absolutely true,” he mused “I went through various stages in my childhood as we all do. I would spin … Continue reading
