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A few late entries... Sleep like a child - The Style Council We are the sleepyheads - Belle & Sebastian California dreamin' - Mamas & Papas Dream a little dream of me - Mama Cass Dream on Dreamer - Brand New Heavies TV shows - Little house on the prairie, Gen game, TOTP, Corrie, blankety blank

Two tracks immediately spring to mind: Pretenders version of Ray Davies' I Go To Sleep. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band version of Goodnight Irene TV Shows: Onedin Line and the original Poldark meant school the next day.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day.. Shows we watched were ‘Queenie’s Castle’ with the fabulous Diana Dors, Budgie, Champion The Wonder Horse..sbx

Sleepwalk-Santo & Johnny Dream a little dream of me- Mama Cass I'm only sleeping-Beatles I had too much to dream (Last night)-Electric Prunes

Thinking fellers union local 282 - cup of dreams Coley Park - Sleeping Apart Max Richter - SLEEP Billy woods - Goodnight. I was very young...8 or 9. But I used to stay up with my parents and watched Hill Street Blues. Big inspiration for the early 2000's golden age of HBO TV shows

It would’ve been radio titan, the much-missed Peter Young’s birthday today. He would’ve been 75. A radio hero, a mentor & great pal. I love this pic of PY with The Cashman outside Capital Radio in 1982, sent to me years ago by a Tuesday Clubber. Wishing PY a very happy (heavenly) birthday. 🎙️❤️ gcx

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Think I was 1st out on stage @ #Knebworth96 - on MC duties.  Nervous? Understatement of the century.  I was building Pink Floyd’s The Wall in my kecks. Then Clive our Beat cameraman gave me a grin & 👍 & I knew I’d be ok. 125,000 people…& only one shouted “get off, ya cockney knobhead!” Thanx Noel 🥴

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Still buzzin’ from yesterday’s Lost 80s Summer Dance @ The Freedom Bar Soho. Naresh & Kavita’s smiles in this pic say it all. Big thanks to all who came, plus Robert Elms & Paul Simper. Happy birthday Stu 😃 SOLD OUT for Oct 10th. Xmas Cavort news incoming Sept 2nd. That’s going to be a HOT one!

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Hi GC! Shooting Star-Mama & Papas Sunspots-Julian Cope Spacer-Sheila B Devotion Hallo Spaceboy-Bowie & Pet Shop Boys Galaxy of Love-Crown Heights Affair For my 3-act festival, it must be Stevie Wonder, after those flawless 70s lps Prime Ian Dury&Blockheads Prince-any era frankly. Colin,Chiswick

B52s ‘Planet Claire’ UB40 ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ Bowie (obviously) ‘Life on Mars’ The Clash in 1977 Sex Pistols in 1976 Can in 1971

The Comet is Coming - Space Carnival Coley Park - Milky Moon. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan Moor Mother - Black Hole psychedelic source records - Gloom, Sorrow, Spaceships 3 acts...today i would pick Can in 73. Alice Coltrane 71. A Tribe Called Quest 93-94

A fan since 1990, from Obscurity Knocks and Only Tongue Can Tell on my old GLR Sunday afternoon show to this year's brilliant Bad Husband. I was saddened to hear of John Douglas's passing. Thank you, John, for being such an enduring part of the soundtrack to my life & the lives of so many others.

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Talk to me-Sunny & The Sunglows Talk to you-Small Faces Talkin' about the good times-Pretty Things Walk hand in hand-Gerry & The Pacemakers Walk right back-Everly Brothers

I Walk the Line Johnny Cash..first song for me to give me goosebumps was Sittin on The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding, back in the late 70’s, would have loved to have seen him play live! Sbx

Afternoon from Stockton On Tees GC. Walk Out To Winter-Aztec Camera Everybody's Talkin'- Harry Nilsson Anything by Scott Walker. Goosebumps- When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout- still stuns me every time, even 40 odd years later.. Only been listening a few months but you're now a Saturday staple