bob stanley
@rocking_bob
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The Bee Gees: Children of the World. Penderyn Prize winner 2023. Let's Do It. Yeah Yeah Yeah. Excavate. Ace Records. Saint Etienne. Non league, soft rock.
Yorkshire
Joined May 2011
I’ve started a Patreon account, Bob Stanley’s Record Room. It’s all about pop music. The door’s open, the kettle’s on, come on in:
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let's talk about pop music
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Does anyone know if there’s an FA Cup tie live on TV this weekend? @EmiratesFACup @Magic_of_theCup.
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RT @JumboRecords: THIS FRIDAY - Bob Stanley goes POP POP POP with his introduction to radio-friendly Denmark Street forgotten abouts and sl….
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RT @RoughTrade: THIS JULY . @rocking_bob Q&A and Signing . Bob Stanley and Peter Watts (author of Denmark St, London's Street of Sounds) ce….
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Ive put together Chip Shop Pop, perfect early 70s radio-friendly pop: Cook/Greenaway, T Macaulay, John Carter, Lynsey de Paul…all the Denmark Street cats. Sound like top 10 hits but none of them were - heard maybe once at the time, then lost…until now!
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by Various Artists (Saint Etienne) on Ace Records
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RT @spillersrecords: A closer look at some of the beauties out tomorrow inc a long awaited release of the iconic Pompeii set from @pinkfloy….
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RT @residentmusic: COLOUR VINYL REPRESS:. SAINT ETIENNE.The Night.Ltd Yellow & Green LP.Preorder: An AOTW bereft o….
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We'll show you what we can do with a load of balls and a snooker cue. Pre-order the Measured Mile 7" of BBC snooker and darts themes (plus ITV snooker theme,John Cameron's Sprocket Shuffle) here:
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What was testcard music? Why was it there? Who played it? Why couldn't you buy it? I don't know! Well, I DO know a little bit about it, and so I wrote a column on it for today's Record Room post.
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RT @AceRecordsLtd: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The original Gather In The Mushrooms remains a classic: this is another one. Time to manifest the mycelium o….
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"He looked like a Detroit mechanic from the Italian side of town; an acoustic guitar seemed particularly fragile in his arms. Under his quiff, his eyebrows would rise up and part like Tower Bridge when he sang." A long read on Jack Scott
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RT @ColinsCuts: #INTERVIEW: #PaulJWeston champions #SaintEtienne for the #ThreeOriginalsByEach feature. #ColinSpencer Programme #150.🔊https….
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RT @anneliese_midge: Every day is Record Store Day for me. My favourite record shop is @ProbeRecords. The first record I bought from ther….
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My Record Room column tomorrow is on the Pale Fountains, Mick Head’s first band and creators of some of the sunniest and also most evocative music of the early 80s.
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How Groovin' With Mr Bloe is the missing link between Joan Jett and Last Of The Summer Wine. In the Record Room, today!
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RT @bobpetesarah: If you’re trying to buy The Night on LP or CD, the re-press was ordered on the 4th Jan and PIAS say it should be arriving….
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RT @AceRecordsLtd: .@rocking_bob will be celebrating the release of the compilation "American Baroque - Chamber Pop And Beyond" at @RoughTr….
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RT @GuiseleyAFC: 🙌 | Spread the word and let's pack out Nethermoor this afternoon! . Tickets just £10 for adults available at the turnstile….
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This week's Record Room salutes James Hamilton, DJ hero, inventor of BPM. His Record Mirror columns featured some of my fav capsule reviews - eg Cult Of Snap: "corny but catchy Afro chanted jiggly throbbing chugger has twiddly Middle East sax effects"
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RT @leethommo: I urge you to read @rocking_bob ‘s incredible book Let’s Do It to discover how Bing Crosby funded the development of magneti….
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A Monkees UK fan club membership folder from 1967. What’s inside? Find out at 7.30 tonight
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