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This little gem has just popped up on Vimeo. A Cool 30 minute film about Acid Jazz from over 20 years ago. The film features interviews with Gilles Peterson, Eddie Piller, Snowboy, James Taylor, Paul Bradshaw and Brand New Heavies. Continue ReadingRead More
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Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll brainwash The Monkees
A mad clip of Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll on a 1969 Monkees television special called 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee.
The TV special was broadcast in the UK on BBC2.This show is also memorable because it was the last time the band performed as a quartet. Click here to read more about 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee. Continue Reading
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Modernist covers in classical music…
Normally associated with jazz record covers, Modernist design is all over classical releases, and easy listening too… Here Symphonie Fantastique Blog have picked a bunch of classical examples, some really cool designs are found. Continue Reading
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Caffe Reggio New York City
It’s Coffee break time with VOEA. This short video documents the history of Caffe Reggio, the oldest Cafe in New York City. Since it opened in Greenwich Village in 1927 it’s had everyone from the beat generation writer Jack Keroauc to Mr Huggy Bear himself Antonio Fargas through the doors.
Make a Brew and enjoy the video about a little place known as -The home of the “Original Cappuccino.” Continue Reading
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Unexpected Gems – Demis Roussos Midnight is the time I need you
The latest in the Unexpected Gems series looks back to happier days in Greece as Demis hoists his not inconsiderable weight on to the passing disco bandwagon. Go for it big fella. Continue ReadingRead More -
Vinyl Hookups – Records That Were Meant For Each Other
Vinyl Album Covers that were meant for each other. Here we have a creative mash-up of LP covers from Epiclectics Flickr page Continue ReadingRead More -
Here Comes Mongo
Latin Jazz percussionist Mongo Santamaria made his mark on the music scene with his composition of the jazz classic “Afro Blue” and club friendly tunes like “Cloud Nine” and “We got Latin Soul”.He was also an inspiration for a Japanese actor and a scene in the Mel Brooks film Blazing saddles. Continue ReadingRead More -
James Brown Japanese Noodle Adverts
Here at Voices of East Anglia we can never get enough of Mr Brown promoting obscure products and it don’t get much more obscure than this.Oh to have been a fly on the wall at the Japanese advertising agency brainstorming session when they came up with this idea. Continue Reading
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It’s Only Teenage Wasteland -Bedroom Wall Posters
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 bedroom walls marked out our true tastes and also helped cover up some pretty minging wallpaper. Here we look back to a time when all that seemed to matter was who was Number One and when the new Jam single was being released. Continue Reading
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Eighties Cambridge
Nice set of photos of the streets of Cambridge in 1982. Click here to visit the photo set on Flickr and see the various shops and pubs as they were in 2007. Continue Reading
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