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• 6663 Views • Comments Off on The Art of Arnaldo Putzu
Back in the days before computers when almost all artwork was created by hand, many film posters were painted by individual artists who were given a rough brief and then left to do the rest. One of our favourite artists from this time is the Italian Arnaldo...
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• 3866 Views • Comments Off on Unexpected Gem: Johnny Mathis – Evil Ways
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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• 3853 Views • Comments Off on Take Five – Candid Photos of Jazz Musicians
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• 4242 Views • 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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• 3021 Views • Comments Off on Know the score – Sheet Music Covers
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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• 3046 Views • Comments Off on Unexpected Gem: Gloria Hunniford – Are You Ready For Love
We do like an obscure pop nugget here at VoEA Towers and this is a cracker featuring as it does, contributions from Gloria Hunniford, Michael McIntyre’s dad and 25% of ABBA. Back in 1969, Lulu recorded a number of tracks for the Song for Europe competition...
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• 4637 Views • 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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• 3155 Views • 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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• 2748 Views • 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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• 2762 Views • Comments Off on Groovy Seventies German Magazine Adverts.
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...