more radio nostalgia

[Dee Sa]

no more after this promise ! who remembers Valentine Dyall and the Man in Black ? he used to dare you to listen to the programme in the dark ? my mum was too scared to do that ! we also used to listen together to the Sat Night play and my dad used to check his football pools [ never won !] whilst we listened.

[Postdog]

Cltheroe Kid defo. When he cam on I was usually on the home made rice pudding after Sunday dinner

[McMouse]

This is 2LO London calling.........

[andy-hughes]

Bobbisox - a bit of musical trivia to go with your mention of 'Flowers In The Rain' -

the band were sued for libel by the then Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The band's manager Tony Secunda had the bright idea for a PR stunt - he included a postcard with every prommo copy of the single, showing a cartoon of the PM in the bath. Mr W. took offence, sued the band, and won, and the judge signed all present and future royalty payments from the record to Mr Wilson, who in turn signed them over to Birmingham Children's Hospital, which benefits to this day every time the record is played on the radio.

[Bobbisox]

what about Whitehall 1212..LOL

[andy-hughes]

Oops - trvia correction - the royalties are split between Stoke Mandevile Hospital and the Spastics Society.

[Bobbisox]

good cause then Andy, so does that mean Roy Wood and co relinquised all rights?

[andy-hughes]

No, they didn't relinquish them - the rights to royalities were taken from them by the judge for the case, who ruled that the postcard was nasty and malicious, and obviously the band had to be punished appropriately (!)


Given the millions of singles sold, and the royalties for fifty years of radio-pay, that was some punishment!

[Bobbisox]

is it the same as the copyright law Andy???
very technical indeed, but at least some one is benefiting from it