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I realise that many people on here don't believe in formal or indeed have any time for it but .... didn't Quakers do quite a bit for Society ? Decent work conditions ,housing etc particularly where they were factory owners/employers ?.

Bloomin 'ell ! That is an ace kit. From memory - the 9000 was the top of the Yamaha range - possibly maple shells. I looked at a kit of those in Musical Exchange , but opted for Pearl 'cos a) it was cheaper and b) I really didn't warrant such a kit . You will be really interested to know that groove master Steve Gadd uses 'em. There are various 'Black Beauty' models (I think) but they are top quality bits of kit. Some Black Beauty are about £500+ - just the snare drum. Very interesting !!

Wasn't the original idea that Tele's were used as rhythm guitars whilst the Strat was for lead guitarists ? I remember 'Harmony' guitars had a similar product (many on here may not have heard of them due to my advanced years). In the original Spencer Davis Group, Spencer Davis had a twin pick up, single cut away whilst Steve Winwood, on lead, had 3 pick up twin cutaway. Might have been called The Meteor - not sure now.

If this England performance is not bad enough - what the hell happened to Warwicks last night !!!

N.B. As a student of Classic English Literature , I'm afraid I pinched the "definitely not a toy" line from ..... "MAD" magazine. (What, me worry !!)

Back in the 60's , Ibanez guitars were advertised in Mail Order catalogues and came with a note saying "definitely not a toy" !! They then seemed to re invent themselves and became really desirable - our guitarist had one. I know a bit more about drums though and Pearl drums were a similar example. There was a large music store in Broad Street called George Clay (who was a big Villa fan incidentally). He got in a kit of Pearl and they were in the front of the window for months and eventually shifted to the back. Later became one of the best kits around (IMO) and were used by the great Jeff Porcaro. (He could have made biscuit tins sound good though!!)

Shame on you ! You've never heard Summer Breeze, later covered by the Isley Brothers. This was a great era of soft Rock - Seals and Crofts , England Dan and John Ford Coley etc.

A bloke I played with was instrumental in programming that !!

Warwickshire !!! Flatter to deceive; how on Earth could they lose to Leicestershire !

I can exclusively reveal that his funeral will be next Wednesday at 20/1

Yep , Stirling a very good signing for Warks. However, I'm still recovering from the Commentator (might have been PSL) describing him as standing at "one and a half slip'.

The only plus side could be that the radio dedicate several hours to playing "Yes" numbers. That being the case, let's hope Oasis live forever !!

Indeed ! All the musos in 'Yes' were damn good IMO but I couldn't get into them either (liked Roundabout though). i thought their stuff was quite complicated with some difficult tempo and time changes (difficult for me anyway !!). I think I could have played most things on Lennon's album though :). A great drummer RIP

Hmm , subjective I suppose. They were better than the Premier I had in the rock band but probably not as good as the Ludwig i had before - shouldn't have swapped 'em really. However neither were as good as the Pearl DLX I had before I packed it in. I used to change kits quite regularly in order to minimise tax liability. Yardleys/Musical Exchanges must have loved me . Our keyboard player did the same.

I think he was an extremely astute business man and rumoured to be as wealthy as The Beatles. The band I played in supported Roy Castle and his drummer told me the "Rogers" drums paid him a fortune to use their kit 'cos everyone wanted Ludwig - as per Ringo. I had Rogers drums at the time.

An example from my book Roots of Rock Drumming; ace session player Bobby Graham was asked to play on a record by the God awful Dave Clarke Five . Clarke , who could hardly actually play, kept telling him to simplify it so Clarke could play it. He ended up just playing "4 to the floor with everything ,hi hat, bass drum and snare drum" Clarke said that was perfect.

If you like Vangelis' theme to "Blade Runner' , have a listen to the version by 'Morrissey Mullen'. The late Dick Morrissey and ace guitarist Jim Mullen.

Rick Price, Birmingham born bassist with numerous Birmingham bands . Perhaps most famously Roy Wood's Wizzard. Think he was married to the female half of Peters and Lee (Diane?).

Don't know if anyone is planning to fly out of Heathrow shortly. I took a mate down there yesterday who is flying to New Zealand (via Los Angeles). He passed through check in and Customs with very little trouble and said there were no significant problems. Hope this might reassure any one using LHR.

No I didn't know but Wild Angels looks like it ! They were really big on the University circuit ; I once played a small gig at Manchester University and they were in the main hall. Excellent Rock and roll band I thought. We were never good enough to break into that scene.

His Dad was Jack Parnell, an excellent big band/jazz drummer who (I think) was the Leader of The London Palladium Orchestra. Some talent in that family !

Ask for a pair of trousers and cut the pockets off. Then you've got something to wear and something to play with.

There was a Documentary on Sky the other day about WW2 - Operation Barbarosa (sp). It seemed to indicate that the Russians didn't defend the Ukraine area as vigorously as other areas where the Nazis had invaded; so perhaps antipathy to the Ukraine even back then. Having never studied that era, does anyone know if that was correct ?

Yep , bloke in Arcade Music told me that. Stagg weren't about when I was playing regularly , so can't comment.

You can get a really decent sound out of a cheap kit. What you can't get is a decent sound out of cheap cymbals - although Zildjian do a budget range which seem pretty good. Would never advocate buying second hand cymbals - some silly devil might have cleaned them with Brasso !