RICHARD SEARLING

[25miles]

RADIO 2 WITH JOHNNY WALKER TODAY 3pm

[Bobby Dazzler]

I thought Richard came over really well - obviously super-knowledgable, but also enthusiastic and articulate.  His choice of music was well judged too and not the usual Frank Wilson etc.  Johnny Walker also seemed genuinely interested in the music and what Richard had to say.

[Roburt]

I agree, Richard came over really well on Johnny's show.

No one should be shocked that Johnny seemed so interested in the subject though as he was one of the top pirate radio DJ's who played all the new soul sounds back in the mid 60's. He also used to hang out in Soul City Record Shop to get to hear the latest import soul sounds

[Keamus]

Think his choice of tracks was dictated by the theme of the show so all 70s tunes. Interesting that his version on how nighters started at Wigan doesn’t have any mention of Russ!

[Bobby Dazzler]

Good point - the show is called Sounds of the 70s after all!  Nevertheless, Richard also managed to avoid any poor 70s records in his choices.

[Frankie Crocker]

A nice selection of tracks including The Prophets, Jackie Wilson, Betty Swann and N F Porter. Richard shared his expertise of the Northern scene between tracks, coming across well as he always does. However, on the subject of the Casino, Dickie OBE skirted around the R topic, failing to mention him, and ignoring the invitation he took up to form the best Northern Soul partnership I can recall. Richard, I call upon you to give credit where it is due and move on...

[Thinksmart]

BEM not OBE

[Frankie Crocker]

46 minutes ago, Thinksmart said:

BEM not OBE

Apologies...it should be Sir Richard anyway, and maybe it will be one day if he keeps playing his Ron Holden records.