Frantic
G45 Legend
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Radio Birdman on the Real Thing...WOW!!!
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gregk25
Tennalaga Class
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Saw them on last year's Euro tour without expecting much and they where superb, w/ Younger's voice in fine form.
Rythmn Boy
Ikon Class
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I never saw Birdman live, but one of the first bands I ever saw at a proper gig was the Hitmen, then the Other Side, the Visitors, the one-off Comrades of War, New Race and the New Christs. All excellent.
I did see this edition of Real Thing when it first went to air and you only have to look at/listen to compere Ron E. Sparks and the list of other guests on the show that night to realise that Birdman were not the normal fare on Australian TV music shows at the time
I did see this edition of Real Thing when it first went to air and you only have to look at/listen to compere Ron E. Sparks and the list of other guests on the show that night to realise that Birdman were not the normal fare on Australian TV music shows at the time
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The guy at the beginning in the red shirt is my friend Jules Normington. Jules has been on this forum a few times telling stories of how he got most of the records Dave Gibson sold after making the Boulders LPs, and various other fab finds of 45s in the 80's including 2 boxes of Dirty Wurds in an underground storage cellar of some kind in Texas. He also ran Phantom records and was in charge of releasing most (or all) of their 45s including the Sunny Boys first 45 release. In 1977 he was running Revolver records in the Angel Arcade, Sydney (just a couple of minutes walk from my own punk rock record store White Light)
In the early 1990's Jules sold me the remains of his 60s garage 45 collection, about 700 discs. They were the first 60s garage 45s I ever bought, and got me started in collecting, even though most of the rare stuff had already been sold off to overseas collectors before I came along.
In the early 1990's Jules sold me the remains of his 60s garage 45 collection, about 700 discs. They were the first 60s garage 45s I ever bought, and got me started in collecting, even though most of the rare stuff had already been sold off to overseas collectors before I came along.
I remember talking to Jules in his office above Phantom records sometime in the late 80's about some 45s I was after.
Everyone I mentioned he had, The Sound Barrier, Black Diamonds, Elois, Red Beard and the Pirates, lots of Fenton and many others, he sold them all to me for a very reasonable price. I stupidly passed on The Starfires.....
Catching the train home I thought "Fuck I've just spent nearly all of my life savings on these!"
Everyone I mentioned he had, The Sound Barrier, Black Diamonds, Elois, Red Beard and the Pirates, lots of Fenton and many others, he sold them all to me for a very reasonable price. I stupidly passed on The Starfires.....
Catching the train home I thought "Fuck I've just spent nearly all of my life savings on these!"
Jules Normington
Fleetwood Class
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I'm trying to work out who you guys are...bunter...and mansson66...? I guess I'd know you, but the pseudonyms are beyond me. Trying to think who I sold my Elois to. :-) Too long ago.
I probably wanted to hang onto the Starfires...a Dave Gibson score that remained one of my fave 45s ever. I might even still have it...have a box of 45s down in one of my storage spaces that I hope still contains the garage 'n' psych 45s I thought I'd never sell. Funny...I was just thinking about Dave yesterday, and how much I enjoyed going over to his place in L.A. every 3 or 4 weeks to see what he'd uncovered. His house was a hell-hole - to call it untidy is kind - but we used to sit at his record player for 4-5 hours on end - him just playing stuff, and me racking up a pile to buy...he'd play something like Ken and the 4th Dimension and I'd go "Yeah, I'll take that", and he'd go " I've got 11 more copies"...they were nearly always mint...so I'd take them all...$3 each...he thought it was common. Same with The Beautiful Daze 45...$3 for the RPR version...and $4 for the Spread City (which he had less of, but still multiples)...I know these aren't the rarest of the rare, but at the time they seemed like a helluva find...being that no-one else even had one copy of some of these things. This was 1979. All the 45s on the Boulders LP's were $6 to $8. I remember, on my very last visit, paying US$32 and $37 respectively, for his copies of The Nazz (on Very) and The Spiders (on Santa Cruz) - pre-Alice Cooper 45s, virtually unplayed - which he'd used to make that EP from...and it being the most I'd ever paid for a 45...by a mile...everything I ever bought from him was between $3 and $8. He had a white label promo of the Tower 45 by Choc Watch Band (unplayed), still in the original mailer from Tower to some radio station, with a bio and band photo and handwritten letter from the band's manager...and he wanted $10 for it...on an early visit...and that was just so far outta my range back then at the beginning...so I turned it down. Nuts.
I probably wanted to hang onto the Starfires...a Dave Gibson score that remained one of my fave 45s ever. I might even still have it...have a box of 45s down in one of my storage spaces that I hope still contains the garage 'n' psych 45s I thought I'd never sell. Funny...I was just thinking about Dave yesterday, and how much I enjoyed going over to his place in L.A. every 3 or 4 weeks to see what he'd uncovered. His house was a hell-hole - to call it untidy is kind - but we used to sit at his record player for 4-5 hours on end - him just playing stuff, and me racking up a pile to buy...he'd play something like Ken and the 4th Dimension and I'd go "Yeah, I'll take that", and he'd go " I've got 11 more copies"...they were nearly always mint...so I'd take them all...$3 each...he thought it was common. Same with The Beautiful Daze 45...$3 for the RPR version...and $4 for the Spread City (which he had less of, but still multiples)...I know these aren't the rarest of the rare, but at the time they seemed like a helluva find...being that no-one else even had one copy of some of these things. This was 1979. All the 45s on the Boulders LP's were $6 to $8. I remember, on my very last visit, paying US$32 and $37 respectively, for his copies of The Nazz (on Very) and The Spiders (on Santa Cruz) - pre-Alice Cooper 45s, virtually unplayed - which he'd used to make that EP from...and it being the most I'd ever paid for a 45...by a mile...everything I ever bought from him was between $3 and $8. He had a white label promo of the Tower 45 by Choc Watch Band (unplayed), still in the original mailer from Tower to some radio station, with a bio and band photo and handwritten letter from the band's manager...and he wanted $10 for it...on an early visit...and that was just so far outta my range back then at the beginning...so I turned it down. Nuts.
gregk25
Tennalaga Class
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Let us know if you ever decide to get rid of that garage & psych 45s box, Jules. I guess everybody on here misses the incredible Marek/Blieck-sales from a while ago.
Jules Normington
Fleetwood Class
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Peter Blieck had a great 45 collection...what happened?...did he get Marek to sell his stuff or somethin'?
He had health problems and got Marek to sell off all, or most of his 45s. Initially it was done via this forum and then eventually on ebay, from memory. It was 2014 and the original thread about it is here.
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Another fine G45central Dave Gibson story, from 2008 :
http://www.g45central.com/oldforum/viewtopic.php?t=446&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
http://www.g45central.com/oldforum/viewtopic.php?t=446&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
chas_kit
G45 Legend
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- Hudson Valley, NY
As with all great literature, this story is worth rereading every so often.
