back in early 71, the radio 1 roadshow ... or whatever it was on at lunchtimes, often played a backing track over the naration... this was one of the tracks used...

 

exuma 'damn fool' .... i like it!!!! anybody heard of 'exuma'?

 

 

WELL BUGGER ME!!!

 

the other track used as backing was john dummer 'nine by nine', never charted or owt, tried my luck on youtube and here it is!

 

found out about exuma :)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exuma_(musician)

Don't remember any of them from '71 but do remember Radio 1 roadshows in the summer months

I'm too young to remember the 1971 roadshows, let alone any music that was played as the backing! I do have on tape the music that was used to promote the roadshow season in 1979 though, Rolf Harris singing "Roadshow Goes Everywhere"... it's terrible!

 

I used to listen in to the roadshows from the mid 70s to the early 90s, whenever I could. I liked the Bits And Pieces competition the best (in fact it was all I normally tuned in for), snippets of 10 songs that you had to name. I regularly used to get all 10...

 

I went to one roadshow, in summer 1975, Dave Lee Travis in either Whitley Bay or South Shields here in the north east, I've forgotten which one it was. I remember it was a hot day - the summer of 1975 was a good one, followed by an even better one a year later - and I remember there being masses of people, probably thousands, who had turned up.

I remember going to one the week that ABBA lost their number one, Winner Takes It All (or was it gained it?) to David Bowie's 'Ashes to Ashes'.... Porthcawl or Barry Island it was.... boiling hot summer day - but I can't remember the DJ now...... fun it was, loads of people. And strange that the 2 aforementioned singles remin 2 of my favouite singles of all-time..... must've been...oo... 1980.

I used to listen in to the roadshows from the mid 70s to the early 90s, whenever I could. I liked the Bits And Pieces competition the best (in fact it was all I normally tuned in for), snippets of 10 songs that you had to name. I regularly used to get all 10...

 

Yes i have fond memories of listening to the R1 Roadshows, especially bits and pieces.

I used to get 10/10 most of the time too.

 

Used to listen mid 80s through to the 90s.

 

More info and clips about the R1 Roadshow here.

http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio1/roadshow.htm