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MICHAEL EARITH from SANDBACH
Dear TimI think a good BOGOF would be made up from 2 from "GREASE" Sandy by John Travolta & Hopelessly Devoted to You from Olivia Newton John, please if possible sometime.Thank YouYour's FaithfullyM W EARITH

Henry From Stafford
Hi TimI see Nish Bird went to Bailey's and remembers a band called FUMBLE shall we surprise her and play their only recording it was called Carol Please Come Home and it was on DECCA records I have one if you can.t find it. Sincerely Henry Stafford

daz (newcastle)
can anyone remember the blue thunderbirds who played at the crystal newcastle and remember there names?

william wightman
hi tim i just wondered if you could play run run run by jo jo gunn or motorbiking by chirs speddingit will bring back some memories i think the show is great thanks will from longport

MICHAEL (Sandbach)
Dear Tim Thanks for playing AUTOBAHN last week for us,I wondered if you could please dig out sometime the "Theme from THE PERSUADERS by John Barry'issued on orange CBS label in I think 1971, as I got the full DVD set for Christmas & am thrilled with it.Thank YouYour,s SincerelyM W EARITH

scousePete
Hi Tim, there are a couple of AC\DC tracks that were only released on vinyl in the 70s - Crabsody in Blue and Cold Hearted Man - any chance you can play any of these? Cheers, Pete.

Steve Ball
Absolutely incredible show again tonight Tim, 04/01/10. Once more not a bad track. I have many,many stories about the best era for me. As i was a local DJ right through those times. Also went through all the best trends, same as many others. What marvellous times we lived through. Love the show, keep up the Good work. Wonder if anyone as your previous shows downloaded anywhere. Would love some copies, on any media. Anychance of Family and Weavers Answer sometime Please. Thanks Tim. p.s. above not my stage name by the way.

Steve
Does anybody remember Donna Parry & The Peter Chell Band that played at The Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle and the Top of The World ballroom, Stafford

Pete Dyson.(Manchester).
Hi 'Surfin'.Tim ,any chance of playing, 'Let's Do The Latin Hustle'>(Eddie Drennon,1975),a jazz/funk/Latin/inst,from the '70's!.cheer,s, pd.

Mark in Nuneaton
A couple of xmas suggestions.The Goodies 1974 Father xmas do not touch me or 1975 Make a daft noise for xmas. Classics

william wightman
hi tim any chance you could play run run run by jo jo gunne thanks

Mary
Hi Tim, can i please have a B.O.G.O.F. Indian reservation by Don Farndon and Soldier Blue by Buffy Sainte Marie, keep up the good work, Mary in Crewe.

Michael Earith
Hi Tim Hopefully my "Autobahn" is going to get played tomorrow,however I,ve been meaning to ask you where the following tracks can be downloaded from please? "Monkey Magic" Theme from Godiego,"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" from Cameron ,"Suddenly I'm Alive & Posessed" fromDoris Jones from please via e-mail,also if you are planning a special "Christmas" edition of the show on the 21st"shortest day" I think it would be good to hear "Father Christmas please do not touch me" by "The Goodies" again,please if you could.Thank YouYour's FaithfullyMICHAEL EARITH

andrew hine
Timhi could you play the best single of the seventies ... atune which will forever remind me of the 1972 league cup final ... NIlsson's without you regardsAndrew

Dave, Nantwich
Tim-superb show, never miss listening in. How about 3 track feature on classic 70's albums, first suggestion No Secrets, Carly Simon (but not You're So Vain-it's played to death!)Also, what about playing 2-3 tracks in charts over say 1 month period representing particular event in 70's to bring the memories flooding back Example: 1976heatwave, 1974powercuts,June 1973-my A levels !!!Cheesr Tim and keep up the great work to bring this amazing decade of music to our kitchens every Monday night!!

Jonathan
With the clocks going back this week can you remember in the early 70s when they didn't alter the clocks and it was dark until 9am every morning in the winter and school kids were issued with bright orange "diddy jackets" and "arm bands" so they could be seen as they walked to school in the dark

Linda bradwell.
I used to go down to london to visit my eldest sister. bell bottoms were in fashion up here. I came back from london once, not saying anything to any of my mates. But meeting them in tiffs newcastle. I was wearing a pair of parallel trousers, poloneck jumper with waistcoat. And i must have been one of the first in the area wearing platform shoes. The look on my mates faces. MY GOD WHATS SHE WEARING NOW. a few weeks later the fashion was up here. Ive still got the waist coat which my sister bought me for my 21st birthday in 1976.

Andy
Just listening as usual to the show basking in the subnshine here, My first Gig was Status Quo at crewe and alsager college in the 70s before they were shot to tv stardom

Dave Cawley
re- the Golden Torch in Tunstall ,i used to go there quite alot in the 60s and early 70s. i also went to the Embassy club in Burslem; and the pass out system they had when you could go out and then back in by use of the pass out. from time to time the Torch and the Embassy had the ame artiste booked on the same night, they would appear at one early in the evening then to the other club later, with use of the pass out we could see who ever it was twice on the same night! the first i can remember was Dave berry and the Cruisers.
then the city had more than enough venues where we could enjoy good nights out, sadly they are now gone.

keith
LED ZEPPELIN at TRENTHAM GARDENS in 1971 -- Hello All, I'm looking to contact anybody who may have recorded LZ at the above gig. Hope you can help! Thanks, keith lambertfelixstowe

Mike
Although I was not born around the Clangers time, I have seen and watched clips and I'm very good at impersonating them!

Simon Ward
Great show - as an exiled Stokie I listen every week up near Chorley - love to keep in touch with my home town and the greatest musical decade (although 10 minutes of Yes was about 10 minutes too much!). If you could give a mention to my lads Callum and Daniel it would make their day and I'd love to hear any of the following:- The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet / Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was or Listen / Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World / The Members - Sound of the Suburbs / or, showing my age, Blackfoot Sue - Standing in the Road / Cozy Powell - Na Na Na
Keep up the good work. All the very best

Floyd in Staffs
From Keele Univ website .. “I had a poster on my Hawthorns B block wall of the Pink Floyd concert when I was a student at Keele in 71, or I thought I did. I seem to remember it had the Tremeloes topping the bill with the Floyd as a supporting act, but now I'm wondering if I didn't dream all this; they were heady times after all... The Floyd played Keele on 27th November 1968 though, that much seems certain. ”. Mick Byrne (1975 graduate)

Banned in the 70s
Hi Tim, Here are a few of the records which were banned in some way during the 1970s after you mentioned bammomg in this weeks show:
Love to love you baby by Donna Summer (for being too raunchy)... The Winker Song (Misprint) by Ivor Biggin (aka Doc Cox from Thats Life)... The entire back catalogue of Judge Dread... The Lone Ranger by Quantum Jump (when it was first released in 1976)... Under One Roof by the Rubettes (which you played the other week)... Honky Tonk Angel by Cliff Richard (banned by Cliff himself when he was told what it was about - he had already performed it on Top of the Pops and Supersonic)... Give Ireland back to the Irish by Wings (announced as a record by a group called Wings on chart rundowns in the 1972 - so Macca released Mary Had a Little Lamb to get back to them)... Lola by the Kinks (until they changed Coca Cola to Cherry Cola in the lyrics)... Anarchy in the UK and God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols (now OK to play)... Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed (banned only after it had been a hit when Radio One banning committee realised what it was about)... Radio Luxembourg banned Eye Level by the Simon Park Orchestra from its charts because they didn't like it!... The Flasher by Mistura (just because of its title - it was an instrumental)... Johnnie Walker took Give a Little Love by the Bay City Rollers off the turntable early because he didn't like it prompting protests from thousands of Rollers fans... You're fabulous babe by Kenny Williams (for being from an advert and seen as advertising the product on the BBC)... The Magic Roundabout by Jasper Carrott...
Cheers Jonathan

Scott
How about "Jigsaw Girl" by Clifford T. Ward.Superb single that got a lot of airplay but was not a hit.

Andy Pandemonium
Hi Tim "Nothin Rhymed" Wot a classic, thanx 4 playin, u r now forgiven 4 not playin Mr Gardiner last week lol, gr8 show mate, keep it up.

'Open -Air' , (The
Hi 'Surfin' B/Stoke. like ya Show,'NO STATIC AT ALL' on B/Stoke "WAVE" band. Any track by STEELY DAN would be Appreciated, B/eck!!!. Cheer,s.(pd)Manc.

Mary .
Hi Tim, can I get a B.O.G.O.F. Please, 2 by Badfinger.NO MATTER WHAT,AND CARRY ON UNTIL TOMORROW. keep up the good work,cheers, Mary in Crewe.

Pete Berry
Hi Tim, the 70s was a great decade for rock - how about dedicating an hour to 70s rock one night? In the meantime, can you play any AC\DC track from the 70s? By the way - brilliant show :)

Jonathan
Who would have won the Mercury Prize for Best Album if the prize had been going in the 70s ?Would the classics by people like David Bowie, Roxy Music, Led Zep and Pink Floyd have won or would it have been the weird bits that would have triumphed ?

Jonathan
I see Vinyl Lionel was mentioned by Vic Reeves on Shooting Stars this week

|"Chaffin Carol",Surfer,Chester.
A big "WAVE"to ya show Tim,ya tracks take me back to the 70,s when I was a "MODEL". Could you play "KRAFTWERK"(Autobahn)on ya show sometime?,regards,Carol Chaff,Chester.

natasha from london
can u play Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life tim

Henry Stafford
Hi Tim. I am looking for record, I can tell you everything about it, other than the artist or title. Here goes it came out in 1976 i think July Same week as Hey You by Bachman Turner Overdrive. The lyrics on a strong soul beat sung by a Woman go. (corus)Here he comes and here i go go again so hold me baby/If i can't make you love to feel this way i need never never believe you that i know wooo/Cause here he comes and here i go go again so hold me baby. I hope you can find this i think you'll like it to. It was played on the Paul Burnet show in his Here we go two in a row new ones slot. If this helps, Catch you on Monday's show. Thanks your's Faithfully Henry Stafford

Jonathan
Who were the act (shown on Clive Anderson's look on TV Talent Shows this week) with a clip from New Faces in the 70s which included both an Elvis impersonator and a bloke throwing a custard pie at a lady with long blonde hair - Clive said they won that week as the juggler had a bad week

Michael Earith
Dear TimNo doubt several Michael Jackson records of the 70s are bound to figure in the requests for the show in the next few weeks of which I would like "Off The Wall & I Can't Help it( a track from the album of the same (former)name), please plus also if possible & time permitting,"And the band played on" by Flash & the Pan issued in the summer of 1978 as well please.Many Thanks Your's FaithfullyM W EARITH

Mal Rigley
Hi Tim,Any chance of Sutherland Bros track, The Pie.....find it on the greatest hits album.

Julie Condliffe
Hi and thanks for the reply, will send pics to you.Julie.

Julie Condliffe
Hi and thanks for playing Alvin Stardust on the last show, (Great show by the way) I have tried to post a photo of Myself and Alvin but where do I send it??

TIM REPLIES: Hi Julie. Thanks for your comments. You can email the pic to surfin.stoke@bbc.co.uk and we'll do the rest. Look forward to adding to the Surfin' photo gallery. Best wishes, Tim.

Mark, Tunbridge Wells
Hi Tim,Thank you for replying personally to my previous message, I certainly didn't expect that! Thank you also for getting hold of the Dead End Kids track - especially bearing in mind the lengths you had to go to.

TIM REPLIES: Mark -- you're more than welcome. I saw it as a personal challenge. Thankfully it paid off. All the best, Tim.

David
When will you start updating the playlists regularly?First and last.. the same feature just appeared on Barry Hydes 70s Album show on BBC 3 counties??This with clive eakin on BBC coventry-warwick are worth a listen..

TIM REPLIES: Thanks David. Will keep an eye on the missing playlists for you. Funny that the same feature appeared elsewhere -- great minds eh? Co-incidentally, a feature I started on Surfin' the 70's called 'Tunes from the Airing Cupboard' ended up being used on late night Radio 2. Best wishes, Tim

Julie Condliffe
Listening to your show on Monday last you said you were going to play Alvin Stardust on the next show, I have been a fan of Alvins for a long time now and seen and met him loads of times, he's a great performer still at his age and also a real genuine guy, so it would be nice to get a mention. Thanks A lot. Julie Condliffe.x ( I'll post a picture on the web also.)

Adam
Snaps played the Kings Hall in the 70's with Bruno Brookswww.myspace.com/snapsthegroup

Mark, Tunbridge Wells
Hi Tim, I've recently discovered your excellent show on the BBC iPlayer. Although living in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, I'm outside of your catchment area, I want to congratulate you on a great show, particularly the fact that you don't just play the same old familiar tracks that other 70s shows do. If I might venture a request, I'd love to hear Breakaway by The Dead End Kids again after 32 years. Keep up the good work.

trevor heath
An update to the said joke shop in hanley , yes it was at the top of hope street and we bought little glass stink bombs that smelt like rotten eggs, crystal bangers that you throw on floor. Very sour sweets. All for just for fun. Also I remember the music shop plus the leather shop. Ok Trev

Michael Earith
Dear TimI would like you to dig out if possible sometime please,"Car 67" by "Driver 67" issued on the Logo labelin late 78/early 79.even though some people I know thought it was one of the daftest records ever to be released,though I don't think so. Has anyone also ever thought of doing a similar programme for the 1980s, it could be called something like "Exploring the Eighties" or something like that.Many ThanksYour's FaithfullyM W EARITH

Mary
Hi Tim, could I ask for a B.O.G.O.F. please,When Im dead and gone, and Malt and Barley Blues by McGuiness Flint, have not heard either of them for a long time, thanks, Mary in Crewe.

Stephen c from Lightwood
Hi Tim please can you play crocodile rock by Elton John on your monday s show for my friends Mr Anthony and Mrs Deb Kane devoted Elton John s fan s please can mention it on your show thanks.

Stephen c from lightwood
Many thanks tim for playing my request i did what i did for maria by tony christie you were right about the song how he sang it.Please can you play ernie the fastiest milkman in the west by benny hill for the bank holiday if not any elton john songs.Many thanks Tim and the staff.

chris,stockport
Evening tim.please may i request the imperials,who s gonna love me when youre gone.thanks tim.youve got the best show around.

Vinyl lynyl
Hi tim (again), some of the old clothes shops from the 70s: lord john, smc, trilby, regalia, stone-dry, chawners, chelsea girl and gladrags.

dave
Hi tim.does anybody remember the joke shop at the top of hope street hanley,opened 1972.

Michael,Altrincham
Another 70 s long gone name from the High St is The Golden Egg cafe s famous for their pancakes.

70s Hanley
Lewis s,brilliant place in the 70 s before it became part of the Potteries Centre,it had the Etruscan Restaurant on the top floor,fab foodhall and its own bank which opened on Saturdays.

Mary,in Crewe.
Hi Tim, hope you had a great birthday.,drinking plenty of hot tea! Could you please try to play me 2 songs off the Chris De Burgh album, End of A Perfect Day, that being one of the songs, and Rainy Night in Paris., to get me in the mood for next Tuesday at the Bridgewater Hall, for the first of 2 concerts in 6days, not that I need much of a shove to get me in the mood., as I think I have told you this is the 42nd and 43rd time of watching him in concert. Hope you can oblige, cheers, Mary.

Geoff in Fenton
Hi Tim,I heard a tune just recently that Ive not heard for ages and ages,its an instrumental by Jonnie Pearson calles 'Sleepy Shores',is there any chance of hearing it again as I think its superb,it would be a great birthday treat as its my birthday tomorrow.Thanks Tim,keep on bringing back the 70's,keep up the good work.I'll be 41 on April 21st.cheers.

Stephen Campion from lightwood chase
Hi Stewart it s nice to have you back please can you play ernie the fastiest milkman by benny hill on tim s easter special a lot of people always ask me when i take him off on the karaoke if not any tony christie songs not amarillo many thanks and happy easter to radio stoke and to the people who know me.

Jonathan
Hope all the 3 hour Easter Special makes it to the i player - in the past only 2 hours out of 3 hours have made it when there has been a 3 hour showStill as Meatloaf once said "Two out of three ain't bad"

Mary.
Hiya again,feels like I am always asking you for something,thankyou for being so obliging, crawl, crawl, it seems to work though. Can I ask if you can play Judy Tzuke, Stay with me til Dawn., or Woodstock by Matthew Southern Comfort. Ta for Gary Moore last week. Mary.

Mary
Hiya Tim,thankyou for the 2songs last week,very nice. Could you please try to play Gary Moores, Parisienne Walkways for me. cheers,Mary.

MICHAEL EARITH
Dear TimFirstly Thanks for playing the Gilbert Becaud record last week,now I wonder if you could do the same with"Daylight Katy" by Gordon Lightfoot which was released in late Summer 1978on Warner Bros,because it reminds me of going out withAlsager Cranberry Junior School on a 2 night away trip to Beeston Castle thatyear & hearing it on the radio of my teacher,Mr Clarke's Ford Capri on the way home as a passenger,because I did not wish to travel on the coach with the rowdy boys in them days.Many ThanksYour's FaithfullyM W EARITH

Stephen C from Lightwood
Hi Tim many thanks for playing as a request airport by the motors.You were saying on the radio about fan clubs i had joined the Gerry Anderson fan club.He s the one who did thunderbirds joe 90 and space 1999.In the fan club i had a sticker a newsletter and a dinky toys catalog .I met the man in person at n e c memorbilia fair in Birmingham.Did you know that singer tony christie has brought a single out please can you play buy 1 get 1 free of any tony christie songs or just 1 of his songs many thanks tim.

Oliver
Hi Tim,Is there any chance you could play a tune for my babe Nadira?She wants to go away for a holiday with me, and I don't know if I can survive a holiday with her. She says, it's me that's the problem on a holiday but I know she's wrong! I'm calm and I do everything she wants. I treat her like an angel/devil?Please say hello to my little cute dwarf...Donna Summer - McArthur Park(1978)Thanks,Oliver

Mary,
Hi Tim, could you please play Automatic Lover by Dee D. Jackson, or Amoureuse, by Kiki Dee.,or if you like you can play both of them,getting cheeky now, cheers,Mary in Crewe.

Michael Earith
Dear Tim I hope you get this message,I would very much appreciatehearing "A Little Love & Understanding"by a French Artist"Gilbert Becaud"released in 1975 on Decca please as this reminds me of a nice sunny Sunday trip out to Manifold Valley with my Nana & Family whilst listening to the radio in their car during a picnic.Thank You Your's FaithfullyMICHAEL EARITH

Jonathan
I see after borrowing the "airing cupboard" idea Radio Two are launching a "Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker" on Sunday afternoons from 3pm to 5pm with original "Pop the Question" quiz that I used to listen to in the school playground after the Top 30 rundown in the 70s when Johnnie Walker was on Radio One

Oliver & Nadira
Hi Tim,Fantastic show! We're listening for the first time here in North Wales, enjoying every tune...How about some ELO? "Mr Blue Sky". We just had our first anniversary, and as a sweet reminder to our first date (brillant weather - blue sky)it would be great listening to this song!Thanks a million,Oliver & Nadira

Stephen Campion from lightwood
Hi Tim thanks for mentioning me on last monday programme.I know haven;t played my request airport by the motors its comic relief this week please can you play as a request ernie fastiest milkman or funky gibbon by the goodies or funky moped by jasper carrot many thanks for doing it .I wanted to tell you something about you wanted to know i was n;t a baby in the 70 s.I was born on 29th october 1965 i was in the units then onto my teenage years .A lad you mention his name mark shenton he was a year above me at Bishop Bright s High school Longton now saint thomas more high school.Many thanks tim .

wayne
good evning mate ..... I listen every week love the show ......... on about the top of the pops dancers my mom was on once went to see cher lol .....I know this a strange request but do you have kiss - stryder or stealers wheels - stuck in the middle

stephen campion
Hi Tim thanks for playing my requests last week .You were on about going in a time machine to meet your favourite idol in the 70s my idol will be sir jimmy saville going to house in scarborough having a chat ,guided tour of top of the pop studios and dance in front of the singers and groups and go on jim,ll fix it .Tim on last week show about being famous i wasnt but i know 2 friends one a man his name is john glover was an extra in a the film the card 2nd friend was a lad mark shenton went on ed stewpot s crackerjack and tiswas doing impersonations .I Remember mark on crackerjack there was a group called the motors a song called airport can you play it for a request thanks.

stephen campion from lightwood
Hi Tim its me again please can you play mamma mia or any Abba songs if not any john lennon or any beatles songs as a request for my sister anne-marie its her 40 th birthday many thanks

Jonathan
I got an avacado bath suite in the 70s - and its still doing the business 30 years later

Ruth and Chris from Kent
Great show as always, always takes us back, any chance of playing some James Brown, when ever we hear him we have just got to dance, bit embarrassing for some 50 somethings but who cares!!!!

Mary in Crewe
Cheers for the B.O.G.O.F last week, really enjoyed listing to them,and now wonder if you can fing GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI ,GO. her winning entry for Italy in 1974s Eurovision Song contest. Hope you can find it somewhere.

stephen campion from lightwood
Hi tim please can you play whole lotta love or smoke on the water as a request for russell fryer he sings heavy metal on karaoke in the near future on the buy 1 get 1 free hellraiser and blockbuster many thanks

mary in Crewe
Hi Tim, great show again tonight, can I request a B.O.G.O.F. for next week please, 2 by R.Dean.Taylor, Theres a ghost in my house, and Gotta see Jane. Dont mention party 7s to me though,someone dropped one on my thumb one Xmas Eve in the 70s and I had to have my nail drilled to get the pressure off it. OUCH......

Carol Garcia-Middlewich
I used to feel great in my 'tonic shirt and platform shoes' shudder at the thought of it now! Love listening to your show

Mandy
Nice to see your show is taking off, does the guy know all the cb and police codes we used to use, could you ask

natasha from market drayton
hi tim i love your show and i love you will you marry me

Trevor heath
Breaker 1 Breaker 1 Do you copy Supertim, as you know i am 10:8 when your great show is on air, as always i share a 10:13 on route to my next destination, i like all the listerners 10:19 with your show. so Keep up the good 10:2 ok, ps my 10:26 is on monday nights so 10:10 im down im gone.

julie(france)
hi tim just come across you on line usualy listen to mary fox souls my thing but the 70s was my time also, great show could you play maggie may rod stewart one of the first records i brought keep it up xxx

MICHAEL EARITH
I think it would be nice to hear Dusty Springfield,sversion of "How Can I Be Sure" as it is eligible for"Surfin the 70s" since it came out in 1970 & also welcome would be "The Persuaders" theme tune from John Barry as I recall hearing it on a Holidayprogramme to the South of France in 1985 on television.Many Thanks Your,s FaithfullyM W EARITH

Geoff in Fenton
Hey Tim,last one before the big fella arrives,Merry Christmas to you and thanks for bringing us a little piece of 70's heaven every week over the last 12 months,dont forget local lad Lemmies birthday is on Christmas Eve,so any early Motorhead would be a bonus,although not festive,so maybe another time eh,thanks Tim could I put in a showstopper for Yes and Roundabout,cheers all the best.Geoff.

Rocket Ron
I nearly fell off my chair when I heard you play Rescue Company no 1 ands Life’s too short. Last week. I’ve been searching for years for the record and have not even managed to find a mention of it on the web. Any ideas where I can get a copy from? What about ‘String Driven Thing’ and It’s a Game must be from around the same period.

Lee from Crewe
Hiya Tim, can I have a Christmas hit from the year I was born please, Gregg Lake, I believe in father christmas, thanks, Lee.

carl wilde
hi tim it's carl from penkhull here thanks once again for playing my previous requests. could i please request a b.o.g.o.f from a rarely heard artiste! graham parker and the rumour the two tracks i would like to hear if possible. stick to me and the new york shuffle. brilliant show tim keep up the great work all the best cheers

Geoff in Fenton
Hi Tim,hows it going,love the show,I was thumbing through the old collection the other day,and had totally forgot that Heart first appeared in the 70's,do you remember the track 'Barracuda'I think lifted from the 'Little Queen'album,not sure if the single charted in the uk,but never the less a cracking track,any chance of hearing them two gorgeous Wilson sisters again.Thanks Tim,keep on bringing back the 70's.

Mary from Crewe
Hi Tim,can you please do B.O.G.O.F for me please? I would really like to hear 2 songs from the Chris De Burgh album, Spanish Train, they being, Just another poor boy, and Spanish Train,pleeeese, I have seen him in concert 41 times and got my next 2 booked for April and May next year. Do your best for me please,I will keep listening even if you dont, thanks. Mary

Jonathan from Otley
The Lieutenant Pigeon boys once went on an edition of the Bay City Rollers TV show "Shang a Lang" in 1975 to promote their train recordings album (the show was shown on satalite TV a few years ago)On another subject can anyone remember a record from 1979 called "Pyscho Chicken" which was a cover of the Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" but with chicken clucks

Jonathan from Otley
Funny you should say that the Ides of March track sounded like it should have been in a Rocky film because Jim Peterik from the band wrote "Eye of the Tiger" as when Ides of March split Jim formed Survivor in 1973 where he was the keyboard player

Chris and Ruth from Kent
Found your programme on iplayer, both in our 50's newly married and it takes us back to our youth, nice one, can you play anything for us new listeners

Alan From Stoke
I too remember seeing Steve Gibbons supporting Bill Nelson's Be Box Deluxe at Stoke - a great gig.Any chance of playing either Steve's title album track 'No spitting on the Bus' or does anyone else remember a 99p 10inch EP from the George Hatcher Band - 'Have Band will travel'(1977 I think) - a great R&B 'album' at the time - or so I remember - hope it still stands the test of time!

dave and thelma from market drayton
hi tim one record that always reminds us of our courting days in the 70s played regulary on saturday nights in the bali hi at tiffanys gimme some by jimmy bo horne we are now celebrating our 30th wedding aniversary on the 18th of november and would love to hear it again great memories fab show tim keep it coming

Jonathan from Otley
I don't think the Don Farden track you half played on the show was the one the version which made the charts in 1970. The version you played sounded like a re recording more in a Dire Straits style - the 1970 hit single version was much better

Jonathan from Otley
With Poppy Day this week it put me in mind of an act called 14 - 18 which had a small hit with a wartime medley "Goodbye ee" and the strange thing is that it was Pete Waterman on the track - the only hit single he has ever sung on. I have only heard it once but I think it shows why he got Kylie and Co to sing his songs in the future

Tom in Missouri, USA
Super groovy show you have. I listen across the pond on-line. Could you slip Sammy Johns' "Chevy Van" into your playlist sometime? Thanks! Tom

ROY
Hi Tim, the seventies for me were just brilliant times. And back then like now, I enjoyed listening to radio in the evenings. Of course then it was always the fab 208 (Radio Luxembourg). One band that featured quite regular was Jigsaw, and a particular song they used to play a lot in 1972 was 'Keeping My Head Above Water'. A great record that I've never heard played since. So I offer you a challenge Tim, ;o) to find it in the airing cupboard (or any where else) and give it a spin. I reckon you might struggle with this one, so it may help you to know it was from the album 'Aurora Borealis'. Do yer best Tim!This is a brilliant show, - Unique even

Big Geoff,in Fenton
Hi Tim,loving the show,was just wondering if there was any chance of hearing 'set me free',by The Sweet,not your usual run of the mill track by the band,but I thought it was absolutely brill,thanks Tim,keep up the good work.Geoff.

Steve Atherton :-)
Hi Tim, if you could play ' Born To Be Alive' from Patrick Hernandez during your show it would put a great BIG smile on my face :-) Great song in its own right and a track from the mid 70's that featured on the soundtrack for the film 'Sunburn' starring Farrah Fawcett Majors !!! Top show ... Keep those memories coming !!!

Jonathan from Otley
The kazoo track on the "weird bit" put me in mind of the 1976 single "Blaze Away" by Me Myeslf and Me Again which was BBC audio engineer Viv Fisher who made the sound of a brass band with his own mouth (see Viv Fisher wikapedia) - this record was played to death by John Dunn on the old style Radio 2

carl wilde
tim thank you again for playing the wizzard track last night,it reminded me of my first taste of work. while still at school i used to help a friend of my late fathers on his bread van and every shop we went to see my baby jive was blarin away, also, hearing it just makes you smile. great show tim keep up the good work. all the best to you and yours

news of Lance Harvey
Hello Radio Stoke,I am contacting you as I thought you may be interested in the information below. It is the sad news of the death due to cancer of Lance Harvey, in hospital at Stafford in summer 2008. Lance's real name was Harvey Frost and he was a very well known singer throughout our area and indeed nationally during the 60's and 70's. He also appeared in Radio Stoke's Back To The Sixties show at the Victoria Theatre in 2007 along with many of his old acquaintances including Bri Martin of Bri Martin and The Marauders fame. He worked for many years at the BBC’s Pebble Mill studios but never gave up his love of singing as he continued to perform after work on several nights per week at various venues. During the heyday of the Potteries music scene he and his group The Kingpins, were at the very top of the list of local guys pushing for universal recognition, making a couple of records and appearing in the popular talent shows on the TV of the day. Later he became the resident artiste and/or compere at different Staffordshire venues, such as The Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle, The Adulte at Burslem, Top of The World ballroom, Stafford and Jollies, Longton. He continued his singing career even after being diagnosed with the illness last October until he became too ill to perform earlier this year. Despite undergoing a major operation and hospital treatment for the cancer and although he fought very bravely without complaining once during that time, he lost the battle at 9:30am on Saturday last. Lance was my brother, he was very well liked and highly respected by all who knew him and he will be greatly missed by everyone. He leaves his wife of 43 years Jenny whom he met whilst singing at the Blue Ball, Derby, a son Jeremy and two young Grand-daughters, Gretel and Morwenna. Regards;Derek Frost

MICHAEL EARITH
I would like to hear if you have the record please,SUDDENLY I'M ALIVE byDORIS JONES issued I think sometime in 1978 on the UNITED ARTISTS label but not a hit in the UK,failing that a touch of Starsky & Hutch with David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us" please as I heard this recently in Stockholm.Many ThanksM W EARITH

Jonathan from Otley
That Stoney and Meatloaf track was great - reminded me a bit of Edwin Starr. Also enjoyed the "Before he was famous" John Miles track from a couple of weeks back

Jonathan from Otley
Enjoyed the Little River Band track - not heard it for about 30 years. At the time in 1976 there was a talk of a wave of Aussie Bands as Sherbert were in the charts with "Howzat" and ACDC had emerged with "Its a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll"

Chris and Janet
Hello Tim...discovered your programme couple of months ago. Have listened to it religiously ever since. At 51 years old I am definitely a child of the seventies. I remember the year I got a Raleigh Chopper for my birthday. It was truly impressive. In fact it impressed the girl down the road so much she started to call for me. We used to ride out with her sitting on the back. I had worshiped her from afar for quite a while, it had been love at first sight for me. She was a little bit older and very popular so I didn’t think I stood a chance. Things went well for a couple of months and then she moved away. We wrote a couple of times but then lost touch. Then 2 years ago she walked into my local pub, the minute I saw her it was love all over again. We have been together ever since and are getting married next summer. We both listen to your show, it takes us both back to a great time. So Tim could you play - first time ever I saw your face - for my seventies bird, she is my best friend and I have loved her from the first time I laid eyes on her...keep the tunes coming.

MICHAEL EARITH
I would love to hear "It's In His Kiss" by Linda Lewis from 1975 as I remember hearing it in the back garden of our house in Alsager one hot summer Sunday afternoon when I was 7 & were assured of proper summers then.

Graeme, Pretoria - South Africa
Hi Tim...I stumbled on the show after searching the BBC for 70's sounds and have been an avid listener for the past couple of months. There is now a small group of us expats here that tune in at our desks via the 'listen again' button on Tuesday mornings.Just want to say keep playing the great sounds!

tasha
can u play Firefall "Just Remember I Love You" plz tim tasha from south london

Alice
Hi Tim,I've sent you a message before and you played some folk for me. I just wanted to say how good it was to hear Don McCleans Castles in the air. I was suddenly transported to The London Road Tavern folk club where I first heard that song in the 70s. Keep up the good work!!

Dave H
Ahhhh...'Forever and Ever' by Demis Roussos. How evocative to hear that one once again. It's always associated with the long hot summer of '76, but I'm sure it was actually around and a hit across Europe 3 years previously in '73. I have clear memories of hearing it on distant foreign LW/MW stations ages before it hit here. As ever, keep up the good work Tim. How about 'It's Raining' (Darts) 'Just for You (Alan Price) If poss? Thanks.

MICHAEL EARITH
DEAR TIMI think it's time we heard "FOREVER & EVER by DEMIS ROUSSOS again as I recall first hearing this when stopped to by Petrol at a Texaco filling Station one Sunday sunny afternoon somewhere again during that baking summer of 76.Many ThanksYour,s FaithfullyM W EARITH

tasha
can u play Leo Sayer "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"tasha from south london plz loveing the show tim

Dave H
Tim, last mondays show was BLINDER. Forgot how good The Dooleys actually were, not to mention the Findon/ Myers/Productions. Have you still got your copy of 'The Bitch' soundtrack handy? Then why not give 'The Lone Ranger' by Quantum Jump a spin sometime? Otherwise, keep up the good work. Other suggestions..B. A. Robertson - Bang Bang (Again)Chic - I want your LoveGot My mind made up - Instant FunkDriver's Seat - Sniff & The TearsWow - Kate Bush

MICHAEL EARITH
They just keep on comin,I would like "Say You Don,tMind" from ex Zombie,Colin Blunstone as I remember hearing this in the car on the way to Chester Zoo onesunsoaked day in the 70s.probably that scorcher in 76. Thank You M W EARITH

MICHAEL EARITH
Remember when I asked you to play "They Shoot Horsesdon't they?" by Racing Carsa while back? Now I would like the B side " Four Wheel Drive"played if you have the vinylLime Green Chrysalis labelled 45 format, please. Thank You

Michaerl Earith
I think "Turn The Music Up" by "The Player's Association belongs on a "Surfin The 70s" show,which was the only hit for the group in early 1979,as too does Shirley Bassey's version of (Where do I begin)Love Story.

Paul C
Can anyone help me out, Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on a copy of the 70's number one Snoopy V's the red Baron by The Hotshots, a friend of mine has sadly passed away last week was a member of the band, I'm looking to get the song for his family & maybe a picture of the band back then, can anyone help?