A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

i was at this gig. I'd bought Squirrel and Gman and wanted to know that the band was like live so on the bus down Oxford Road I got! It pissed down!
I went to the one 2 years earlier with James and Simply Redtwat too.
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One of the members of the early line-up of A Certain Ratio still gets to the City games. Seen him in the JA in town a couple of times.

 

[LongsightM13]

One more person on the jury changing her mind would have meant a 10-2 majority verdict so he could have had a favourite shop in Southall Street.
Madely was a star inTescos security training films for a while.

Guilty as fuck, everyone knew. But an expensive mouthpiece of a lawyer paid off and bought the right people. A hell of a lot of money changed hands that weekend

 

[mikeyboy]

Was it the 112?

263 it was

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Guilty as fuck, everyone knew. But an expensive mouthpiece of a lawyer paid off and bought the right people. A hell of a lot of money changed hands that weekend

Allegedly??

 

[Marklr]

Wow, that line-up! And Yargo so low down

Yeah...And I missed them all apart form James and Simply Wished I'd Missed Them! James were great though...mad songs about Black holes, High voices in Tin Cans and Yahoos!!
The only name that I don't recognise on the line up is Kantomanto.

 

[LongsightM13]

That's right. I only got there in time for James...so i missed some decent bands. I got to see Yargo a fair few times around town over the years though.
Here's a link to a live bootleg of the James set. the quality is a bit shit unfortunately but still of interest..

Manchester Platt Fields Festival – 2nd August 1985

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Yargo were brilliant, a great forgotten band. We have produced some great frontmen who can’t really sing. But I would wager Basil Clarke was the single best singer to come from Manchester. Ever

 

[Marklr]

I knew a lad from Salford in 1966 who was virulent anti-Savile without saying why. I can hazard a good guess.
I also worked with a girl who had been a teen model. She hated Owen Oyston and his side kick for the same sort of reason.

So obvious NOW!! Like fkcing cockroaches aren't they? That Oysten guy was a right slimy cnut. They were all in on it together...protecting each other.
Never again.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was it the 112?

The 112 went to Moston / Midddleton

From Sale / Alty it is the 263

 

[LongsightM13]

Allegedly??

No allegedly about it. Guilty as fuck, as was his alcoholic wife from Old Hall Lane. He was actually buying the booze for her before she went into the Priory

 

[Marklr]

Yargo were brilliant, a great forgotten band. We have produced some great frontmen who can’t really sing. But I would wager Basil Clarke was the single best singer to come from Manchester. Ever

Is Basil still knocking about, do you know? I used to see him at loads of free gigs around town back in the 80s. I saw them a few times and every time his voice gave me goosebumps...good tight band too. I've got some Yargo vinyl too...Get High on 12" white label and the album.