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Next up in our occasional series of Unexpected Gems is Grammy winning American singer-songwriter Johnny Mathis with this 1970 Columbia release and Northern Soul-esque dancer ‘Evil Ways’...
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1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Hanging Out •
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1960s, 1970s, Music •
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Comments Off on Baby Huey – Listen to Me
Modern music is littered with tales of bands who never quite realised the success they were due and arguably most of the records played on the Rare Soul scene are the sound of broken dreams; recording artists who started off with high hopes but were denied...
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1960s, 1970s, Book Covers, Music, Uncategorized •
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We’re not sure if sheet music of current popular music hits sell particularly well these days so we’ll take a look back to simpler times when folk would presumably sit around the family piano and enjoy pop classics as a family sing-a-long. Conjures up...
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1970s, Furniture, Uncategorized •
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Comments Off on Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book 1975
Back to 1975 and we cast our beady eyes over the ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ decorating book which was, as they say, very much of its time. It all looks pretty dated now but this was the era of Glam Rock and all the excess that came with it and you can...
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1960s, 1970s, Film, Uncategorized •
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Comments Off on Marvin Gaye – The Acting Years
Much has been written about Marvin Gaye’s songwriting and singing as well as his undeniable influence on modern music in numerous ways. What is less well-known is his desire to break into acting and the two movies he starred in before his acting ambitions...
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1960s, 1970s, Everyday People, Photographers, Uncategorized •
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Comments Off on Life through a lens – Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi
As one of Britain’s first black photographers Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi was blazing a trail for others to follow but this really is only part of the story. As a disabled 26 year old in Nigeria, Tex’s childhood polio saw him regarded as an outcast. As a...
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1970s, Retro Advertising, Uncategorized •
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We’ve unearthed a veritable stash of pretty groovy German magazine ads from the early 1970s. Whether the styling is much different to UK magazine ads of the same period is open to discussion but they certainly have a different feel although that may just be...
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1970s, Music, Television •
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Comments Off on Saturday Night Live 1975 – Gil Scott-Heron and Richard Pryor
Here we have a really lovely video clip of Gil Scott-Heron with Brian Jackson and his band on Saturday Night Live from December 1975 promoting his album ‘From South Africa to South Carolina’. Following an introduction by Richard Pryor we see Gil, Brian...
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1970s, Film •
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Comments Off on Black Rodeo – Nobody Ever Told You There Were Black Cowboys
It may seem hard to believe now, but back in 1971 there was a Black Rodeo in New York’s Harlem district and the whole event was not only captured on film but released as a documentary the following year. The film was directed by Jeff Kanew, music was...
