Rock Evolution – The History of Rock & Roll - 1986 - (page 212)

I loved the Hammond organ on this song as a kid, even though I listened to and enjoyed this later than this year when it was a an easy listening R&B pop hit. The overall vibe on this song has always just worked, especially during the background humming during the organ solo and strong vocals and relevant lyrics of the time:

Our day will come
If we just wait a while
No tears for us
Think love and wear a smile

"Our Day Will Come" - Ruby And The Romantics

Other version attempts at this song in subsequent years fall well short of this original.
 
threespires said:
To your point, by '63 The Twisted Wheel had opened and as well as soul they were playing some of the early Blue Beat releases like this one

Madness - Prince Buster
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Must have been the 1st location Twisted Wheel, which I think was around Lincoln Sq, before the move to Whitworth St?..didn't realise it was that early!
 
Resurrection Joe... said:
Must have been the 1st location Twisted Wheel, which I think was around Lincoln Sq, before the move to Whitworth St?..didn't realise it was that early!
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That's right, it did a couple of years on Brazennose St. before moving to Whitworth St towards the backend of '65. John Mayall played the last night there before the move to it's 'proper' location. I was reading a series of articles about the historic music venues we've lost around the country that should/could have been saved and unsurprisingly The Twisted Wheel was one of them. In theory we have legislation that allows councils to designate places as culturally important so that they don't get demolished blandly redeveloped etc but they hardly ever act on it from what I can tell. People tried with the Whitworth St site but to no avail.

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@GoatersLeftShin - I assume that you'll be updating the playlist with all the nominated sings this weekend?

Also, make sure you remove Cliff Richard because as previously noted, the song was from 1962 and was actually mentioned in that write-up !
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
I loved the Hammond organ on this song as a kid, even though I listened to and enjoyed this later than this year when it was a an easy listening R&B pop hit. The overall vibe on this song has always just worked, especially during the background humming during the organ solo and strong vocals and relevant lyrics of the time:

Our day will come
If we just wait a while
No tears for us
Think love and wear a smile

"Our Day Will Come" - Ruby And The Romantics

Other version attempts at this song in subsequent years fall well short of this original.
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tune!
 
threespires said:
That's right, it did a couple of years on Brazennose St. before moving to Whitworth St towards the backend of '65. John Mayall played the last night there before the move to it's 'proper' location. I was reading a series of articles about the historic music venues we've lost around the country that should/could have been saved and unsurprisingly The Twisted Wheel was one of them. In theory we have legislation that allows councils to designate places as culturally important so that they don't get demolished blandly redeveloped etc but they hardly ever act on it from what I can tell. People tried with the Whitworth St site but to no avail.

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There was i think very little of the Wheel (basement) left , certainly after Placemate 7 moved in, which to my recollection was a Jazzfunk nu-soul hell hole, populated by a few tribes of City hoolies/perries...After that it became 'Rockies' a gay village leather an' whips club. Possibly a better night out than Placemene 7.....add. I think it became Legends between 7 and Rockies, possibly 'Follies as well...
 
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RobMCFC said:
@GoatersLeftShin - I assume that you'll be updating the playlist with all the nominated sings this weekend?

Also, make sure you remove Cliff Richard because as previously noted, the song was from 1962 and was actually mentioned in that write-up !
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Will do but snowed under with work at the minute!

I put The Young Ones in to reference Summer Holiday which came out in 63 as a musical but happy to take it out :)
 
GoatersLeftShin said:
Will do but snowed under with work at the minute!

I put The Young Ones in to reference Summer Holiday which came out in 63 as a musical but happy to take it out :)
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I’d get rid of Pilchard altogether. Just pure prejudice by me, I’m afraid.
At Shepperton studios once, he sat alone on the next table to me in the canteen to eat his lunch, an apple. Rock on!
 
Resurrection Joe... said:
There was i think very little of the Wheel (basement) left , certainly after Placemate 7 moved in, which to my recollection was a Jazzfunk nu-soul hell hole, populated by a few tribes of City hoolies/perries...After that it became 'Rockies' a gay village leather an' whips club. Possibly a better night out than Placemene 7.....add. I think it became Legends between 7 and Rockies, possibly 'Follies as well...
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My sister used to go to Placemates 7, I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone say a good word about it! Think amongst other crimes it launched Gary Davies career. I think I read somewhere that some of the fittings from The Twisted Wheel were salvaged and ended up elsewhere but I might have imagined that.
 
With the passing of David Lynch I was tempted to go with Blue Velvet which was '63 but I've freaked myself out thinking about Denis Hopper's utterly disturbing turn as Frank Booth. So something wholesome, from a man for whom '63 was a good year, with one of his more subtle yodelling outings...

Frank Ifield - Confessin'
 
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