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Archive for the ‘1960s’ Category

  • It’s Only Teenage Wasteland -Bedroom Wall Posters

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    Remember when true loyalty meant rolling up a ball of blu-tack and applying it to four corners of your favourite poster? When you could show your mates how cool and hip you were with your impressive collection of Athena posters? There was a time when our...

  • The Rise and Fall of Brutalist Architecture

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    Looking back to the 1950s and 60s many of the new public buildings that were commissioned in the UK were designed in the Brutalist style. The authorities had to rebuild a war-ravaged Britain quickly and to a restricted budget. They wanted a solution that...

  • 7UP Retro Billboard Posters

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    This post does exactly what it says on the can – see what we did there? Here we have a bright and psychedelic selection of Sixties and Seventies Billboard adverts for the fizzy drink ...

  • Compared to What? Eugene McDaniels Tribute

    • 8744 Views • 1960s, Documentary, MusicComments Off on Compared to What? Eugene McDaniels Tribute

    The President, he’s got his war, Folks don’t know just what it’s for, Nobody gives us rhyme or reason,Have one doubt, they call it treason Compared to what – Eugene Booker McDaniels...

  • Unexpected Gems – Gene Pitney She’s a Heartbreaker

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    The latest unexpected gem is a dose of Blue eyed soul from Gene Pitney. She’s a heartbreaker was released in 1968 and features on the Album with the same name. The track received regular spins at Northern Soul clubs The Torch and The Twisted Wheel. ...

  • The John Coltrane House

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    In this video the Pop pilgrims visit the house of Jazz legend John Coltrane. Although the house in Philadelphia was declared a National Historic Landmark  back in 1999, the house looks almost derelict. It’s not the only property of John...

  • 40 Vintage European Posters

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    Mixed bag of cool and colourful vintage advertising posters from around Europe. This selection of 40 posters includes adverts for the Lotto, Televisions,Vespa,Singer Sewing Machine,Bally Shoes, Cars and more. – Jetez un coup d’oeil...

  • Interrupted Greatness – Charles Stepney

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    Cited by many as an absolute musical genius and the driving force behind some of the finest music to come out of Chicago in the 1960s and 70s, Charles Stepney is acknowledged by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Terry Callier and Ramsey Lewis as a massive...

  • The Church in The Graduate

    • 14707 Views • 1960s, Architecture, Documentary, FilmComments Off on The Church in The Graduate

    We’re going to do a bit of Pop-culture tourism and take you on a trip to the church featured in the iconic ending of The 1967 film – The Graduate. in one of the most famous scenes in film history, a young Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) pounds the...

  • The Magic Touch and the Strange Death of Bobby Fuller

    • 10791 Views • 1960s, MusicComments Off on The Magic Touch and the Strange Death of Bobby Fuller

    Those of you with even a passing acquaintance of the Northern Soul scene will be aware of Melba Moore’s stomping version of ‘The Magic Touch’ which was massive in the 1980’s having been discovered by Ady Croasdell and later released on Kent Records....