Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Friday Music: Down the Hall on a Friday Night https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Hugh Wilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375079#post375079 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375079#post375079 I actually have two on CD: Put on Your Best Dress and the High Note compilation

Ah, good stuff, The High Note CD is going for a cool 50 on the Ebay these days!

Perhaps a lot of Ms Pottinger's productions were singles, and thus the comps as good entry…

]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:25:06 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375075#post375075 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375075#post375075 Things are a bit murky, but greater availability would be great. Japan’s dub store reissued Roland Alphonso’s ‘Rocksteady ABC’ album earlier this year which was produced by Sonia Pottinger

Oh! Thanks for the tip. Downloading that from Bandcamp as I type.

Do you have say a top three of Pottinger…

]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:54:12 +1200 Hugh Wilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375072#post375072 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375072#post375072 What I want to know is when Sonia Pottinger’s estate gets sorted out and the beautiful, beautiful rocksteady she produced is given a proper setting. As far as I know, all of it’s currently unavailable, even on the streaming services. I love Duke Reid’s productions, but I love Mrs Pottinger’s… ]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:22:31 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375069#post375069 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375069#post375069 http://www.smithjournal.com.au/blogs/arts/3072-locating-classic-album-covers-in-google-street-view? ]]> Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:32:19 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375066#post375066 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375066#post375066 Cracked the seal on a reissue of the Paragons ‘On the beach’ (Treasure Isle) album at the weekend, lovely stuff, amongst the cream of rocksteady

What I want to know is when Sonia Pottinger's estate gets sorted out and the beautiful, beautiful rocksteady she produced is given a proper setting.…

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:52:33 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375065#post375065 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375065#post375065 As Grant Smithies implies on that Peter M post, it’s verging on twaddle. (You can probably remove Verging from that sentence).

Yeah. Guess I should follow it up.

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:49:17 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375064#post375064 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375064#post375064 This is all a bit weird. The claim was originally made in a post on the Salmonella Dub Facebook page, which was later removed. I can’t recall all the details, but it didn’t really add up.

As Grant Smithies implies on that Peter M post, it's verging on twaddle. (You…

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:17:16 +1200 Hugh Wilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375060#post375060 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375060#post375060 I wouldn’t mind a Hi-tone or Hot record society t-shirt, such cool logos!

Cracked the seal on a reissue of the Paragons ‘On the beach’ (Treasure Isle) album at the weekend, lovely stuff, amongst the cream of rocksteady

]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:38:26 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375035#post375035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375035#post375035 but Peter McLennan mentioned it on August 2
Sadly – The link you followed may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience you're not in.
– story of my life really...
:- )

Good to hear that Nino and Caroline are working on new material…

]]> Sun, 13 Aug 2017 09:50:44 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375032#post375032 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375032#post375032 NIce idea and tribute to consider BRF, but I thought Dan Birch died in 2011, which leaves only two thirds of a trio… and what with Nino moving to Australia (he might be back, not sure) and being between drummers, it would’ve been hard to manage a reformation.

This is…

]]> Sun, 13 Aug 2017 08:59:01 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375028#post375028 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=375028#post375028 The legendary dubstep band (Salmonella Dub) was approached to be given a Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards in November and were told they could select a band or performer who had influenced them to perform at the awards ceremony.
But organisers deemed their selection, Wellington post-punk band…

]]> Sun, 13 Aug 2017 08:01:20 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374993#post374993 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374993#post374993 they’re using wine to keep the creative juices flowing
Crowded Souse?

]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:28:08 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374992#post374992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374992#post374992 ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘Smash Hits’ records. – Pickwick records
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops_%28record_series%29

and

http://www.bcb-board.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=124216

apparently all the Top of The Pops releases are on Spotify.

The Top Of The Pops albums were issued on Hallmark, a Pickwick label, and ran from 1968 to 1982, with a brief revival in 1985.…

]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:27:17 +1200 Ross Bell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374991#post374991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374991#post374991 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:24:53 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374987#post374987 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374987#post374987 this one?

Quite possibly! My one had a different cover, though.

Another one in the series was David Bowie/Elton John.

]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:23:09 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374986#post374986 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374986#post374986 kiwiana disco kings DICE posted this remix of Chris Knox’s ‘Not Given Lightly'
Surprised they didn't change their name to 'En Vogel' just for this kiwi classic.
;- )

]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:20:26 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374985#post374985 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374985#post374985 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 13:16:16 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374982#post374982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374982#post374982 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:46:40 +1200 Alan Perrott https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374977#post374977 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374977#post374977 this one?

https://www.discogs.com/Sweet-The-Slade-Great-Hits-Made-Famous-By/release/4090425

]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:41:23 +1200 Alan Perrott https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374976#post374976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374976#post374976 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:35:14 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374975#post374975 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-friday-music-down-the-hall-on-a/?p=374975#post374975 Discussion from blog post.

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