The Tempest

The opening strings get me every time , absolute perfection

Between £10 - £15 ,

Yep ! As an album only collector nowadays that sounds about right , unless as previously stated you get one shipped in from the states , the above one went for £95 last month but it was autographed , an oldie that still after all these years even gets the purists on the floor

Great record , and a bargain at any price

Thanks for the contributions , Curtis get's the vote then

So are we any closer to deciding who first played this out at the Mecca ? Last hour slot mentioned previously , who would DJ at that ?

Would of loved to of seen the dance floor reaction to that at the time !!

Nice one Mark , why so precise , you got this on a live tape from his spot ? Also interesting that Searling was playing this during the infamous Mecca / Wigan wars !!!

Thanks for the replies thus far !! So are we all agreed it was a Curtis spin then ? Anybody got any old record lists with it priced at a steal ?

So John Anderson discovered it and it was a Mecca spin in the last hour ? Who played it out first then , did the same DJ always do the last hour , ie Levine / Curtis ?

My mate say's he remembers this getting spins at Blackpool Mecca ? I always thought it was a much later discovery ? I first heard it mid eighties played out by Soul Sam , can anybody expand ?

Been trying to get this more played out for years !! , If you don't own one ,just buy it !!!

Never seen a copy of the Artic Lp , anybody got one ?

Nice one , bargain price

Brian Rae's ender ,

Sandie Shaw is best known as being the bare-footed, bowl-cut headed Eurovision winner in 1967. The rest of the music world may have been happily psyching out to Syd Barrett, Hendrix and Woodstock but Sandie found success with her inoffensive brand of pop music. Some of you may be aware that this work enjoyed a critical reappraisal in the mid 80s, thanks to the patronage of Morrissey. Indeed, the Smiths 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' was a direct steal (in title if not music) from Sandie's 'Heaven Knows I'm Missing Him Now'. She went on to return the favour by recording her version of 3 Smiths tracks (a later post for sure) as well as covering other stuff of the day like Lloyd Cole's 'Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?' What many people don't know is that toward the end of 1969 she had a go at producing her own album. The resulting album, 'Reviewing The Situation' was unlike anything she had done so far. The album contained covers of the more alternative acts of the day. In fact, she was the first person to cover a Led Zeppelin song. 'Your Time Is Gonna' Come' (originally on the first Led Zeppelin album) is a belter. It's fairly faithfull to the original. Starting out on a 12 string guitar, it comes on all heavy organ through the verses and features some brilliant double tracked vocals in the chorus. Better than Led Zeppelin's? It's not far off. It also features a flute-happy, organ heavy version of Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay', Sandie's whispered vocals to the fore. Not a patch on Dylan's, but it's always good to hear his songs done by other folk. The last track on the album is her version of the Rolling Stones 'Sympathy For The Devil'. Some frantic brushed drumming, piano riffing and bass playing, coupled with the slightly helium approach on the vocals make this sound a wee bit too fast. You'll need to insert your own "woo-hoo's" though. Points off for missing them out Sandie. Following her success at Eurovison and beyond, Sandie was fed up at being treated like a conveyor belt pop star and saw this album as her chance of making it as a credible artist. But sadly for Sandie, Pye Records hated the album and did nothing to promote it. You can still get it, but enjoy these tracks while you can...

Great oldie

Great record

It really does get on my t++s ! and has done for over 25 yrs , over rated is an understatement !!!!!