Chat group of like minded people who are interest in 70’s music and other eras, bands who played Hastings Pier.
Thanks to John Austin for suggesting this.
Alan Esdaile… Hope for me yet then.
John Austin… Keep rocking Alan, lol
Colin Norton… Hope for all of us on this page.
Stuart Moir… Love this, brilliant !!!
Allyson Breeds… The Zimmers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zimmers
Wendy Weaver… Creaky rockers;)
Jacqueline Marsh… Rock on. Brilliant
photo source: The RSO treatment http://www.brothersgibb.org/reports-the-rso-treatment.html
http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/04/robert-stigwood-dead-bee-gees-manager/
Alan Esdaile… The man behind the music. Without him we might not have seen Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Tommy and others materialise. R.I.P Robert Stigwood
Matt Thomas… Wasn’t he behind a lot of ABBA’s success as well?
Alan Esdaile… Not sure about Abba Matt but I think he was behind the Evita film.
Matt Thomas… Looking into it i think he may have just been behind Abba-The Movie!!
photos by John Kenward. Supplied by Phil Little Hastings Music Files. http://littledrum.co.uk
supplied by Peter Fairless and Andre Palfrey-Martin Collection
all other cuttings Andre Palfrey-Martin Collection
Peter Fairless… We loved Big Al…
photo.. IMG_1350 by dbking https://www.flickr.com/people/65193799@N00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35210812
Andre Martin…This is not a good way to start 2016 – RIP Natalie
Jim Breeds… 🙁
Alan Esdaile… Oh no.
Janine Anne Scott… So sad xxx
Andy Qunta… RIP.
Julie Findlay-jones… So sad
Mick O’Dowd… Good singer.
supplied by Jon McCallion
photos show Jon McCallion, Steve Demetri, Steve Kinch, Iain Cobby, Paul Dove. Also on the seats you can see Ray Medhurst & Sally.
Phil Gill….Executive Hotel I’m sure I was there – would have been about 14 or 15. I was well impressed.
Steve Kinch….That would make me 15 or16 then! We probably sounded awful… but, you know what?.. I t didn’t matter – we were young, doing our best, and we were having fun! Good times
Jon McCallion….Good times with the Steves and Ian. So good .
Pete Fisher….Iain was on bass in my first real band, Black Ash (whose name lots of people made fun of!), with Bernard Jeffery on drums, in 1970….I rigged up my parents radiogram as an amp, and blew the speaker…
Paul Dove….REMEMBER IT ,, great days.
photo Alan Esdaile 6th September 2015
All Day and All of the Night – The Kinks
Not Fade Away – The Rolling Stones
Foxey Lady – Jimi Hendrix
Get It On – T.Rex
The Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Alison – Elvis Costello
Fire – The Prodigy
One Way – Levellers
Night Boat to Cairo – Madness
Kiss Them For Me – Siouxsie and the Banshees
Brown Paper Bag – Roni Size
Sugar Daddy – Secret Knowledge
The Rains of May – The Raveonettes
Red Right Hand – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Day Tripper – Jimi Hendrix
Allyson Breeds… It was fun 🙂 We made some suggestions about how it could be ‘improved’ including having different decades, to encourage repeat business.
Nigel Ford… Wot no BUDGIE!!…… they played there more times than all these surely?… and HAWKWIND, MOTORHEAD etc plus all the local bands that played multiple support/ headline gigs.
Andre Martin… I have to agree the listing was not really reflective of the acts that played the pier over the years, many decades were omitted.
Alan Esdaile… I’m surprised he who can not be mentioned was missing and surely The Who should be included. Were you asked to contribute to this list Andre?
Andre Martin… The UofBton kept everything very much to themselves and from what I recall very little input. I think that it is not very reflective of the period and the acts that appeared.
Tony May… This looks like a pretty poor effort from people who have no real grasp of the subject matter to me. Fusion Orchestra, Medicine Head, Golden Earring and PINK FLOYD (Syd’s last ever gig!) all represent much more accurately the ‘aura’ the existing memories of the Pier ballroom have in the modern day.
Andre Martin… True, there are many arround from 60s onwards that have memories of the Ballroom and the music, because “they were there”
Tony Court-holmes… alan the young lady in that photo is my partner with her dad in 1960 Jill with her late father Ben
Alan Esdaile… That’s interesting Tony. I wonder where the photo came from and take it Jill has seen it before? Maybe it was one you submitted to the Pier archives?
Jim Breeds… It was an “experimental playlist” very much designed to test the concept and the technology rather than be a list that would appeal to all. They did ask those of us who went to the Silent Disco for our opinion. Which we gave them, as per Allyson’s earlier comment. The BBC must have been given the photo by somebody 🙂
Andre Martin… Could have been taken from the Official Pier Archive, at some point copyright etc would have required clearance.
Tony Court-holmes… Jill did give it to the archives still a laugh to see it again
Patrick Lewis… Great songwriter and great performer combine
Colin Norton… Magnificent in every way!
Moya Wilson… Absolutely mindblowing !!
Alex Chapman… LOL! Happy New Year!
Andy Qunta… Thanks, Alan! Same to you & SMART!
Colin Norton… Happy New Year Everyone!
Jeanette Jones… Right back at you Ez xxx
Phil Little… Happy New Year Alan.
Caz Simpson… And a Happy New Year to you Alan xxx
Dan Large… Happy New Year to you too 🙂
Natasha Kaschevsky… you too x
Kevin Burchett… HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY
Chris Sambrook… All the best for 2016.
Mick O’Dowd… To all my friends, family, fellow SMARTIES, and anybody else who knows me. May I wish you all a cracking New Year and hope that it is better than the last for those of you that have had your problems. In the words of a political parties election song a few years back. “Things Can Only Get Better”. I wish you all health, peace & happiness and that you send donations to me in brown envelopes care of SMART! Cheers!
Promo Photo & Cold Grey Eyes inner sleeve. supplied by Martyn Baker
The song. Music by Martyn Baker, Ashley Pepper and Steve Winterbottom. With lyrics by John Prawer. There is a secret contained within these lyrics. Recorded at Wessex Studio Islington, London N.1. by Dietmar Schillinger ,Produced by Tim Friese-Greene (Talk Talk), Vocals – Joanne Winterbottom , Songwriting, Guitar & B/V’s – Stephen Winterbottom, Lead Guitar & B/V’s – Marvin Naylor, Keyboards – Mingo (Robert Talbot) , Songwriting & Bass Guitar – Martyn Baker, Drums & Percussion – David Rowley.
Martin Richter… a great band
Mark Gilham… Great photo
Martyn Baker… I resigned from a comfortable BBC career in 1986, to spend my life on the road with this bunch – all because Polydor records gave us a cheque for a quarter of a million pounds – even though we hadn’t sold a single record. It was a particularly stupid name for our pop group, especially as we were all pretty much atheist, but a lot of fun and drinking of fine wines ensued…. and we never had to pay back a penny! Je ne regrette rien. —