Lee Presson and the Nails

Lee Presson and the Nails

Lee Presson and the Nails Lee Presson and the Nails or LPN is a Goth swing big band that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in October 1994. The band differentiates itself from other bands of the late '90s swing revival by their wacky stage antics and the sinister appearance of bandleader Lee Presson. They won a ...

Alvin Stardust

Alvin Stardust

The name says it all : Alvin Stardust, but how did he ever get such a name? If ever there was a stage name that wrapped up the corny retro feel of the seventies then Alvin Stardust is your man! Stardusts' first single was named My Coo Ca Choo. It was released in November 1973, It ...

Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers

Girls loved these long haired men, boys despised them : The Bay City Rollers The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish rock band of the 1970s.They went for a smiley image with long thick hair and tartan-trimmed suits. Bay City Rollers charted from 1974 to 1985 with several number one hits. The band from Edinburgh was made up ...

Stylophone

Stylophone

Back in the seventies, When Rolf Harris appeared for several years as the Stylophone's advertising spokesman in the United Kingdom, everyone seemed to think there were a new found musician. Match of the day was being played by everyone on a Stylophone! The Stylophone was invented by Brian Jarvis in 1967. It was a stylus-operated synthesizer ...

Look-in magazine

Look-in magazine

"La-le-la-le-la Look-in". Look-in was a long running children's magazine centred around ITV's television programmes in the UK, and subtitled the "Junior TV Times".   The first Look-in magazine came of the presses in January 1971 and ran for 23 years until March 1994.It was full of interviews, crosswords and competitions, and it had pictures and pin-ups of ...

Pinky and Perky

Pinky and Perky talking and singing pigs

How can you tell the difference between Pinky and Perky? Pinky wore red clothes and Perky blue, but this distinction was little use on black and white TV, so Perky often wore a hat. Pinky and Perky puppet pigs were a big hit in the 70s and have recently made a comeback in the 21st Century ...

Tubby The Tuba

Tubby The Tuba

This Disney LP from the early 70's may bring some childhood memories to you all for Tubby The Tuba had a tough tale to tell! The story told via the 2 sides of the LP is about Tubby, a tuba in an orchestra who is fed up with playing the same two notes all the time ...

Children`s TV Themes LP

Children`s TV Themes LP

Back in the days when theme tunes were never the same, as due to copyrights the closest you got to the original soundtrack was a cover version by "CY Payne & His Orchestra" But after myriads of listening in the end you could never remember which version was the original and thus apart from the kids ...