Dirty PJ

Dirty PJ Ex promoter/DJ. Vinyl collector. If you want me to play records, you can still ask. I’ll either say yes, or no thanks.

See https://www.facebook.com/dirtywaterclub for why I’m mostly retired. I played 7" vinyl at gigs, clubs, pubs, bars and festivals - 1950s & ’60s rock'n'roll, rockabilly, garage-rock, twist, surf, rhythm'n'blues, soul and more - from 1994-2022.

Another vinyl purchase on my Monday off work. As is often the case, it’s another one where I prefer the b-side: Hold On ...
16/01/2025

Another vinyl purchase on my Monday off work. As is often the case, it’s another one where I prefer the b-side: Hold On by Bobby Goldsboro with No Fun at the Fair as the a-side, released in January 1967.
https://youtu.be/XXrX1tD5D7w?si=caiLuX-wCw0NMSqw

Based around Port Arthur, Texas, Chase & Gene had a hard time playing in many parts of the American south due to their g...
13/01/2025

Based around Port Arthur, Texas, Chase & Gene had a hard time playing in many parts of the American south due to their group’s multiracial line up.

This 1960 release is basically the same as a 1957 song with the same title on Sun Records by Dickey Lee (even though there are different songwriters listed).

YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/14rBHQrCj1Q?si=wDc2kENs4lmQfDn8

A cheapie from a local record shop. One of the songwriters here is Corkie Wilkie, who had his own release on HBR and was...
10/01/2025

A cheapie from a local record shop.

One of the songwriters here is Corkie Wilkie, who had his own release on HBR and was previously a member of the Dartells and the Bad Seeds.

Connors is likely to be Carol, lead singer of the Teddy Bears (To Know Him is to Love Him) whose group the Chains has a release on HBR in 1966.

Robert Christian, was a Los Angeles DJ and prolific songwriter known as the “Poet of the Strip”.

Who was Boxer, co-writer of the a-side, Do the Bomp?

A-side:
https://youtu.be/x4SpamD--B0?si=w1x7HUtbK77_

B-side:
https://youtu.be/k8tJ7fah9cA?si=Irdl2m3s218pYo1e

If an eBay seller can’t copy the artist and song title correctly into their listing I have no sympathy if it means I get...
07/01/2025

If an eBay seller can’t copy the artist and song title correctly into their listing I have no sympathy if it means I get to buy it for just £2.

My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis b/w Held for Questioning by Billy Boyle (1962) usually sells for quite a bit more.

The a-side is a bit gimmicky perhaps. But it’s a fun one. I’m enjoying the b-side, which was later recorded by Gene Vincent as an a-side.

A-side:
https://youtu.be/jQJz86HaV7Y?si=-NH2qPrd-fLrsIr8

B-side:
https://youtu.be/J7tPzHtGtkI?si=ZsxXVPglHq8OENF8

After my pint on Saturday afternoon I popped into two more charity shops and one of them gave me this for 50 pence: It’s...
06/01/2025

After my pint on Saturday afternoon I popped into two more charity shops and one of them gave me this for 50 pence: It’s Just a Little But Too Late by Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders (1965).
https://youtu.be/TVAypqrvDlk?si=B-3rNQ5AtLrer0hQ

Yesterday’s find: a one sided promo for Besame Mucho by the Coasters (1960). I looked to see if I could get the other on...
05/01/2025

Yesterday’s find: a one sided promo for Besame Mucho by the Coasters (1960). I looked to see if I could get the other one-sided disc to go with it but I’m not spending £65 (on Discogs).

The Coasters with King Curtis.

My third new (to me) seven inch of 2025: Short Walk by Sonny Knight (1957). Both sides were co-written by Art Laboe (usi...
04/01/2025

My third new (to me) seven inch of 2025: Short Walk by Sonny Knight (1957). Both sides were co-written by Art Laboe (using a pseudonym).
Sound clip below.

Which side do you prefer? Today’s seven inch purchase is Que Sera Sera b/w Daddy Ooh Long Legs by the High Keys (1963). ...
03/01/2025

Which side do you prefer? Today’s seven inch purchase is Que Sera Sera b/w Daddy Ooh Long Legs by the High Keys (1963). Sound clips below in comments.

My first seven inch purchase of 2025: Is it Ever Gonna Happen by Tommy Sands with The Sharks (1959). This is an Australi...
02/01/2025

My first seven inch purchase of 2025: Is it Ever Gonna Happen by Tommy Sands with The Sharks (1959). This is an Australian copy that’s made its way to London. Now to find an Australian Capitol sleeve for it.
https://youtu.be/d76aJ4gSpjY?si=r5yGRhwTwIt3s4Tq

Middle aisle at Lidl.
31/12/2024

Middle aisle at Lidl.

During the first stay-at-home period of Covid in the spring of 2020, I started collecting records that I could remember ...
30/12/2024

During the first stay-at-home period of Covid in the spring of 2020, I started collecting records that I could remember from my mother’s teenaged collection that I didn’t have already (when I saw them cheap enough). This is another one of them: Book of Love by the Monotones (1958).
https://youtu.be/bn3yQtenLbM?si=-RYCHFsDyP_bIwqq

Another from Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys. I’m not sure of the title. The translate app says “Kanshinchō”.https://you...
28/12/2024

Another from Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys. I’m not sure of the title. The translate app says “Kanshinchō”.
https://youtu.be/Q1s3ppfTw1I

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I bought a copy of Open Up Your Door by Richard & the Young Lions in New York about 20 years ago and randomly met the band’s drummer the same day, at the Lakeside Lounge. I didn’t imagine I’d ever find a UK pressing. But everything comes to he who waits, they say.

Another one from Friday’s record shopping and as is often the case it’s the b-side I’m going for: Booga Dee by Mike Felix (1966). I assume this is the same Mike Felix who was in the Migil Five.

I went to a record shop on my non working day on Friday and this is one of the records I got: Er Um Er by George Bean (1964). Not very well known but I’m enjoying the vibe of it. Whatcha think?

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