Mykesbass

That 2002 gig was in a big venue and was full. In the UK he could fill the Albert Hall quite easily, and when I met him at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon the promoter said the hall always lost money booking him as they didn't have enough capacity to make a profit, but it was seen as a prestige gig for them so they took it as a loss leader. Apart from the fees he also looked after the band really well. They all stayed at the same hotel as him, so when he played the Albert Hall they all stayed in the Hilton, Park Lane. Oh, and we paid a fair amount for the filming rights (although most of it was covered by a fee from PBS who had found they had a TV audience for him in the US).

Not sure how high, but NEVER been this low...

Peter Gunn Theme.

Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela (not a hit here but number 1 in the US).

Here's the gig I was at that we filmed. Huge sports hall built as part of the reunification of Germany. Middle of nowhere in the former East Germany.

Lovely man. worked on a couple of CD/DVD releases with him. Went to the end of tour celebration after the gig in a town called Zwickau. Got very drunk with the horn section

Just seen someone Tweet this guy. Wow, what a glorious noise! Love it. Adding this to my wish list when I can next get to a record shop!

I had a set of Picato flats - rumoured to be the factory that makes Status. After a few months they started to lift ever so slightly so you could feel the edge of the winding.

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Ah, sorry.

Have a look at DPD Local via the dedicated Local website. Haven't used it for a bass, but was pricing up for some chairs and was impressed with what they offer - far better than any of the Parcel2Go/ParrcelMonkey type sites.

And another pop crossover that was huge in that South London shop - 1982 this time.

Got me going on a trip down memory lane now @Reggaebass 😀 One of our biggest sellers was big with the older generation. Not the coolest of albums, but sold a few over the years.

Pretty sure it would have been 85 when it first came out. I worked there off an on for quite a few years starting as a Saturday boy and ending up working for the label they set up.

Here I Come was huge in the record shop I worked in at the time. Wasn't a big reggae shop but this one hit the spot with our South London punters.

Yes, really leaves a huge hole in this track. TC Helicon would do the trick quite nicely.

I'd forgotten about this - my cameo, and my car's starring role in a Rwandan Afro-Pop video (nearly 1 million views). Wenema by Kitoko. Poor model, it was January in Brighton!!

Thanks - this ALWAYS gives me a bl00dy ear worm!

I find a lot of 'down' music can be uplifting. Quite a lot of Blues for starters - Need Your Love so Bad, Got A Mind to Give Up Living (and go Shopping Instead). Jeff Buckley's take on Cohen's Hallelujah, and also his version of Lilac Wine are other great non-blues examples. As a flipside, California Dreaming sounds really bouncy and joyous, but the lyrics are very melancholic.

Nice lineup!

Really enjoying this. Thanks for posting. Oh, and fabulous custom SG the guitarist is playing (but probably shouldn't say that on a bass forum)!

Can be almost anything. Mozart Grand Mass in Cm, Christine & the Queens Girlfirend, Bob Dylan Tangled up in Blue, and often stuff I've never heard before. Edit - Inspired by this thread... ...here's a really feel great version of Hugh Masekela's Grazing in the Grass. Try listening to this with a scowl!

Had the pleasure of working on the release of this compilation of Hugh Masekela's early work, which led to an invitation to the announcement at the South African embassy of Viva South Africa, a concert with Masekela, Miriam Makeba and Yvonne Chaka Chaka (which, unfortunately I couldn't go to). The three of them at the end of the presentation, unplanned, got up and sang Nkosi Sikelel i'Afrika. The significance of this being sung in the embassy was so powerful I think something got into my eye! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimela_(album)

Blimey I'm fickle. Really wanted to like Buena Onda, but I really don't like when bands do reggae versions of Jazz and don't swing. When they got in to the recognisable bit of Caravan those staccato notes were killing me! On the other hand, The Skints used a female voice doubling some of the lead vocal - a bit like Housemartins. Not a common Reggae motif at all, but this time I loved it! To clarify, I'm not saying there are things that should or should not be done in a Reggae setting, it's just what I'm hearing.

Found two of my favourite artists in the last three or so years on Later - Fantastic Negrito and Christine & the Queens. Not a fan of tea though!