The Paris Angels unreleased LP

PinkFinal said:
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Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff Paris Angels Black Grape RIP

Paul ‘Wags’ Wagstaff - has died.Wags played guitar with funky Mancunians Paris Angel and Black Grape, before joining up with Bez to work...
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Fuck me, that's a shock and shame. I remember him more for his Black Grape stuff than him being a member of Paris Angels. He was amazing on that first Black Grape album
 
johnnytapia said:
All true but I felt they were a bit of a parody act, trying to cash in on the coattails of the Roses, Mondays, Inspirals etc. Fair fucks to them though, why not? Got on cover of NME, played to some decent sized audiences. But IMHO, distinctly 3rd tier stuff compared to some of their masterful peers.
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‘Shall we take a trip’ was a great tune.
 
Met them after a gig in Colne in 1991. Wags was a really sound lad and a City fan along with the drummer, whose names escapes me. Think we’d lost to Wednesday 1-0 at home that day. Didn’t know the Toity had passed last year. I remember having a good chat with him about ACR at the same gig and him tipping me off about ED209. Late 80’s acid house dance track from 1988, for those who don’t know it.

Perfume and Scope are 2 of the finest singles to come out of Manchester.
 
01282 said:
Met them after a gig in Colne in 1991. Wags was a really sound lad and a City fan along with the drummer, whose names escapes me. Think we’d lost to Wednesday 1-0 at home that day. Didn’t know the Toity had passed last year. I remember having a good chat with him about ACR at the same gig and him tipping me off about ED209. Late 80’s acid house dance track from 1988, for those who don’t know it.

Perfume and Scope are 2 of the finest singles to come out of Manchester.
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The drummer was Simon Worrall.
 
canyerdogputoutafire said:
The drummer was Simon Worrall.
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A few of the lads I go city with used know him . Denton lad who used to go on the coaches to the games with them .
I think Paul Wagstaff was a Denton lad as well. They used to rehearse in a pub called the Birch in Guide Bridge which has sadly gone. Also the video for perfume was filmed in Guide Bridge theatre .
RIP Wags
 
Stoned Rose said:
Cracking guitarist.

His work on the Sundew lp is right up there.

His work on the intro to Perfume (45 seconds onwards) is one of the purest musical moments of the Madchester genre.

RIP.


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I've listened to Perfume thousands of times, but tonight was the first time I've singled out and followed his guitar on the track

As you said, one of the purest moments from the Madchester era
 
Pezzer2 said:
A few of the lads I go city with used know him . Denton lad who used to go on the coaches to the games with them .
I think Paul Wagstaff was a Denton lad as well. They used to rehearse in a pub called the Birch in Guide Bridge which has sadly gone. Also the video for perfume was filmed in Guide Bridge theatre .
RIP Wags
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Paul was from Hyde pal.
 
Pezzer2 said:
A few of the lads I go city with used know him . Denton lad who used to go on the coaches to the games with them .
I think Paul Wagstaff was a Denton lad as well. They used to rehearse in a pub called the Birch in Guide Bridge which has sadly gone. Also the video for perfume was filmed in Guide Bridge theatre .
RIP Wags
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The Birch was great had a disco in the basement every Friday
So many pubs in the area are no longer. Didn't know about the Perfume video. I've never been in GB Theatre despite living in the area for fifty years.
 
PinkFinal said:
The Birch was great had a disco in the basement every Friday
So many pubs in the area are no longer. Didn't know about the Perfume video. I've never been in GB Theatre despite living in the area for fifty years.
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Likewise !
Sad the amount of boozers closed down . We used to have some great pub crawls in Denton . White House, Dog, Springs Broomhouse , Bullcote etc…
 
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