How To Embarrass Yourself and Alienate People
I had a night out tucking a few scoops away at Filthy McNasty's last year and got chatting tunes to a chap with a 'Rooster Cut' roughly along the same lines as mine. Actually it was the day I posted this - as we were talking about Tom Jones and how this mystery mod had met Tom while DJing for Paul Weller, and reminded the Jones of a funky forgotten B-Side from his early doors days. Next up was when he bumped into Roger Daltry backstage somewhere and shifty whispers about a possible Who reunion soon.
"Blimey you're well connected - what do you do then?" I asked
"I'm Eddie Piller I started Acid Jazz records"
*Cue theatrical gulps, the cringing of shoulders and desperate attempts to back-peddle through time*
That'll be the same Eddie Piller then that signed bands like these and....
James Taylor Quartet - Mrs Robinson
Mother Earth - Wham Bam, Thank You Mam
The New Jersey Kings - Spinning Wheel
12 comments:
The same Eddie Pillar that was djing in my local last weekend, the same geezer who back in the 80s put out albums by The Prisoners and Makin' Time and was generally the geezer on the mod scene.
I was just talking about him with somebody the other day funnily enough.
The very same Ed P - what a top bloke..
Shame he never thought Boys Wonder were worth a punt in their heyday tho... never understood that. They musta been right up his South Preservation Ally... Yet he scooped em up as soon as they became Corduroy!
(not Eddie) Piley!
Great as the Moonage Mods BW were P, it was probably for the best long term they were signed as Corduroy -
PS - what are you doing up at 20 past 1 *taps watch*
PPS Simon above may be doing some Corduroy/Boys Wonder based bits soon...
I think I would have recognised Eddie Pillar straight away - because I was sadly sucked into that stupid BBC4 series Pop on Trial with Stuart Maconie. He was representing the 60s unsuprisingly. Wonder if he still talks with Gilles Peterson?
And he has an excellent radio show on Q Radio on Friday nights (repeated Sunday)....
Worth a listen for the psych and soul.
Great blog by the way!
I saw Style on Trial Cocktails(but missed the seventies), and totally forgot about P-O-T. Bugger.
Thanks for the tip off Anon 12:59, check back next week as blog highlights may include..
Eddie's tip-off Tom tune
A new Lazy Sunday Spring Mix..
Something trip-poppy with original artwork by a great local artist
Cool tunes. I've had a rough week with work and life in general, so those tunes really made me feel good today. I love that graphic. Very awesome. Hope you have a fantastic weekend. Cheers!
yeah i know... got a bit carried away.... was like death warmed up when the alarm went off for work... ugh! The net is a curse sometimes!!
blimey those take me back to many a happy dancing the night away before my knees went night in hoxton square to be sure. back 1997 way i had a fun night trying to explain to a very pissed off jtq that they were only getting £200 for the show they'd just done at our old great portland street basement and not the £400 eddie had told them they were getting. it didn't go down well....
Glad they got you on the good foot Keith - did you know they're all covers (the Mother Earth track is Small Faces number originally)...
Early night tonight for you then P
Do you know I've never seen JTQ Ally? Did you ever cross paths will Paul Tunkin he ran Blow Up at The Laurel Tree.. he's really old mate of mine and Pileys.. Big Boss Man and The Bongolian signed to his Blow Up label may be right up your Carnaby Street
most things are up my carnaby street these days cos it's where i live
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