Radio Luxembourg book supplied by Chris Saunders, Q Magazine supplied by Mick O’Dowd, photos supplied by Sarah Harvey.
Another great afternoon. Among the newbies this time were Dennis Wootton, Barry French, Justine Wood and Brian Adams. Great to see the original members of the second Hat Trick line up from 1979 and 1st Emotion were all present. Colin Bell had with him the new cd’s from The Honeycombs and The Three Degrees and will be reviewing these shortly. Cliff & Dennis Wootton had some great photos of the very early Supersound Amps, which their father Alan Wootton made from premises in Kings Road and Mount Pleasant Road. They also had some photos of Eddie Ferret Hot Jazz, anyone remember them? Barry French had poster from Sixties Sounds gig on the pier in 1992 with the 6T’S, Soul Express, Ace Of Clubs and Project X and also Rock N Roll charity dance at Falaise Hall with The Humperdinks. Barry also had some great photos and cuttings of First Emotion, Amethyst, Dum Dum Boys, Mice On Ice, The Edge and Grundy. Talk was about Factory playing back in town soon to coincide with the cd release (more info soon). Lots of pier talk as usual, a number of negative comments on line but most people agree with everything now coming together lets be positive about it. Mick O’Dowd had the CD box set of Chris Rea Blue Guitars and The Eurythmics Peace. I had a very early Radio Luxembourg book of Record Stars (thanks to Chris Saunders) which reminded Keith Day of when Adam Faith was at Hastings Museum. Andre mentioned Carnival Radio is coming back in August and amongst his busy schedule of keeping Hastings memories alive, it looks like he will be on television in Europe. Sarah was talking about Hastings Rock Radio and the forthcoming music fest at Marina Fountain and everyones looking forward to Beatles Day on 3rd April 2016. This is just a small bit of what I remember, please feel free to post here any other interesting chat that I missed.
Geoff Peckham… Sorry to miss it, guys. In France just now. See you at Beatles Day if not before.
Jeanette Steve Jones… Wish l’d been there;-)
Andre Martin… Captured for ever ! great stuff Sarah
Peter Millington… Brilliant pics Sarah
Chris Meachen… Would have loved to come, but busy making stock for a train show..
Pete Prescott… Very frustrated. Hate missing them !
Yvonne Cleland… Awwww lovely pic on the newsletter of Chris x And you, Pete! x
Jim Breeds… Sorry to have missed it! Is it on SMART +1? 😉
Lucy Pappas… Den and Cliff – did we have a band name when we played at St Helen’s Youth Club in the early 70s?
Neil Steadman… Is this a regular event? It sounds fascinating!
Alan Esdaile… Hi Neil, we have a get together about every 6 weeks and you are most welcome to join us at the next one. Once the dates confirmed I will let you know.
Tony Davis… Hi everyone, sorry to miss the meeting but have not been too well lately, Looking forward to more news about Factory gigs and the CD. See you next time or at Beatles day, whichever happens first.
Cliff Wootton… Another really great afternoon. Was absolutely chuffed to see my brother Den and our longtime buddies Baz and Roger. Topped off the day with fish & chips followed by an evening enjoying Rog’s bass playing at the Dolphin. Fab times. So glad to be reconnecting with my musical roots after I moved away from Hastings in 1978.
Hi everyone, sorry to miss the meeting but have not been too well lately, Looking forward to more news about Factory gigs and the CD. See you next time or at Beatles day, whichever happens first.