Been dead a while now nearly 17 years, when I was in my early teens I thought the music he played in the late 60s was shite, then he moved on from the prog scene and started airing punk bands on his show in 76, the man was always open to anything what folk sent him on a tape. One group he plugged was these.

 

 

The festive 50.

No more needs to be said.

Was going to say, i wasnt an every night listener but the year and especially the all time 50s were brilliant

Unless birthday party got in

And SEVENTEEN years

13 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

The festive 50.

No more needs to be said.

okay, I'll keep shtum then

lets see if he can go half an hour without playing a single at the wrong speed challenge (impossible)

There has been torrents of some of his shows knocking about on TPB

19 hours ago, Casino said:

And SEVENTEEN years

He certainly liked `em young.

Some Festive 50 playlists on Spotify if you're that platform inclined.

He was the big supporter of new music in the 70s, I used to listen to him all of the time. We went to a Status Quo concert at Cardiff Castle (1975?) where he was the compere and we bumped into him in a late night curry house after, he invited us to join him as he was dining alone and we had a good criach. He also used to DJ at BIT every term in those days.

Loved his show. Bloke was a one off.

I do like Marc Riley though, listen to his show as much as I can. In time, he’ll be the next Peel.

So many bands owe him a debt

Anyone remember which was his favourite ever record........1st time he played it on his show, he played it twice consecutively ? 

Just now, bolton va va said:

Anyone remember which was his favourite ever record........1st time he played it on his show, he played it twice consecutively ? 

Be something by The Fall I imagine

Joy Divisions rings a bell though

Teenage Kicks? 

18 minutes ago, Spider said:

Be something by The Fall I imagine

Nope, there's a recording on you tube of the JP show where he played this twice but for some reason it won't copy but........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBCRENaS48k

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

Teenage Kicks? 

Yep 

Remember him relentlessly playing Teenage Kicks and plugging The Undertones and SLF in particular. He also really went for this which is one of my favourite songs of all time.....

 

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

Remember him relentlessly playing Teenage Kicks and plugging The Undertones and SLF in particular. He also really went for this which is one of my favourite songs of all time.....

 

Laura Logic was the sax player when I watched X-Ray Spex at Belle Vue in 77.