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Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:28:10 +1200

Yes, Tony Peake – thanks Ian

I too was a Tony disciple. Me and my mates would ride to the bookstore after school and hang out in the loft. He was a sweet man with impeccable taste.

Russell Brown

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:25:14 +1200

Some great covers there also – Scientist’s ‘world cup’ LP (an OG greensleeves press) was one I really deliberated on when in Tokyo last, but at ~$100 I couldn’t do it

Shopping in NYC last year I was stuck by the high prices on old Jamaican 7"s. They were consistently…

Hugh Wilson

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:09:24 +1200

Yes, Tony Peake – thanks Ian

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:00:26 +1200

the bloke who ran imports bitd at Uni Books in Christchurch (?)
Tony Peake

Hugh Wilson

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:52:26 +1200

I like Peter’s comments about reggae – its pretty much the music I listen to most, and having cut down on purchases this year, its what I buy 90% of the time when I sneak something in to address the notorious record collectors ‘buy’ itch. Don’t get me wrong, I…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 09:00:08 +1200

Good luck for the Punk concert coming up...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/91110062/kings-arms-to-fight-auckland-council-after-noise-complaints-shut-down-show
Maybe Kings Arms management should gift the complainer a night on Waiheke or some such...

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:56:35 +1200

Yeah, him and Zane Dalili – put the three of us in one room and anything could happen…...or was it nothing's gonna happen?

Ken Double

Sat, 01 Apr 2017 09:47:46 +1300

Dinzie Lala? I remember him!

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:07:49 +1300

The Boodle comic itself is a work of art…
I even have two pages in there
– as ‘Dinzie Lala’ (its ananagraminnit)
Chris Knox has at least two pages, too…
Though my efforts are more ‘doodle doodle doodle’

Immortality is mine!!
(albeit cryptically…)

Rob Stowell

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:48:54 +1300

also making some waves – aldous harding's 'imagining my man' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE-A0cNSLmc

Peter Darlington

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:32:50 +1300

...one of the few sources for non-major-label reggae releases in New Zealand for a while was Hoghton Hughes' Music World label...

You still see them occasionally in charity shops and garage sales as well.

Russell Brown

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:06:53 +1300

And from David Kilgour on Facebook:

nice write up Russel, thankyou, one but- i think we all knew exactly what we were doing recording wise (as well as giving it to the man and recording and releasing ourselves via self help & friends)........just check odditties 2 track recordings, esp the good…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:36:06 +1300

The original EP goes for quite a lot of money on Discogs

I was looking at Boodle againn last night after hearing Jesse Mulligan make the announcement on Afternoons – and struggling with the pronunciation of said EP!

‘Point That Thing’...is the undoubted opus of the EP.

Jesse gave PTT…

Ken Double

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:34:03 +1300

My God surely not! I've been snickering at that line for 36 years. We need clarification from top experts now.

Russell Brown

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:28:25 +1300

correct, there was always going to be some, somewhere.

Nice one. Thanks for the confirmation Doug.

Russell Brown

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:27:35 +1300

Doctor says “No boy, you gotta learn
First I shoot up and then it’s your turn”

That quack was never on the level.

Heh. The actual lyric is "First don't shoot up"

But your recollection does put an interesting spin on it ...

Russell Brown

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:26:01 +1300

I love the video even more now the city’s disappeared and, unlike most Christchurch nostalgia, there’s a happy snort of recognition of my life.

Let's watch it again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tf1wzg4rdE

Fun fact: it was directed by future TVNZ bigwig (and former kids TV host) Andrew Shaw.

Russell Brown

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:21:01 +1300

From Peter Darlington's text:

I got more interested in the genre as I got older though and, while the selection in New Zealand was limited, over time, reissue labels have made extensive amounts of classic roots reggae and dub music available to local buyers.

This reminds me that one of…

Hebe

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:20:17 +1300

Out of all the New Zealand songs and videos from back then, Anything Could Happen is my favourite. It captures perfectly Christchurch in the late 70s before it got bleak.
The scenes are like time travel and the sounds are like nights out, and afternoons doing random things when I…

Doug Hood

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:50:28 +1300

the twinkle of backwards guitar in the bridge being, you’d think, the influence of the Beatles-loving Knox

correct, there was always going to be some, somewhere.

Ken Double

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:46:41 +1300

Doctor says "No boy, you gotta learn
First I shoot up and then it's your turn"

That quack was never on the level.

Public Address

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:46:41 +1300

Discussion from blog post.