Mark Lamarr

To the half dozen people who ask me every day where I'm broadcasting. It's here. This is it. Hope you enjoy it.

A friend alerted me to the usual giddy brouhaha here a few days ago. Alas, it was a wind up ( I haven’t used Twitter for about 6 months) , but so as to not poop any party I’ve since looked at the site in question and confess I thoroughly enjoyed its sultry contents. As you were.

@Andr6wMale youtu.be/PvegPmEj_pk?si…

Utmost admiration for country song titles. If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right). Cleopatra Queen of Denial Looking Out My Window Through The Pain Every Time You Throw Dirt On Her (You Lose A Little Ground) You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith Too Refried Dreams One Bud Wiser

@Orgone1 @VinylDigs @Andr6wMale There is a rather good Gospel version youtu.be/l5_SJc5hLJM?si…

@VinylDigs @Andr6wMale I never knew The Heptones I Shall Be Released was by Dylan, I assumed it was a gospel cover

Songs you always thought were written by someone else. For a long time (pre internet) I was convinced Bobby Womack wrote California Dreamin', possibly because his cover is so good. As Jeff says, You can hear it, right? youtu.be/4ytX3IaFHGk?si…

@BBC6Music @JamesSkellyBand @BBCSounds youtu.be/10Kn-C0lCCE?si…

Help #NP6Music and guest curator, The Coral's @JamesSkellyBand, make an imaginary soundtrack of music to wear a Stetson to. Sunday from 6pm, listen via @bbcsounds.

@ElGonzalo99 @pollybirkbeck Amazing front man, wasn't allowed near the records though

@lamarr_mark @pollybirkbeck In Moscow 1978 promoting Rasputin(what else?) in Seditionaries bondage trousers and parachute shirt. He had some taste....altho I imagine his management must have said 'This is the latest thing....'

My amazing dad, who died exactly 4 years ago, hated Boney M 🥳 #TOTP

@pollybirkbeck My good friend.

@lamarr_mark Your mate MC Hammer? 😉

@VictorianDad2 @ChildOfAlba @Lairdysnr Sadly I wasn't there, but he did name me his favourite comic once. Of course he mentioned many others over the years , but it was a great compliment nonetheless.

@ChildOfAlba @Lairdysnr When Bob Monkhouse knew he was dying, he assembled about 50 of the then young and upcoming comedians and gave them his last stand up performance. I remember @lamarr_mark being there. It was a brilliant and generous show. As yet, I can't find it on Youtube.

As Bob Monkhouse is trending: was never fan of his unctuous comedy style but my biggest memory of him was a small act of kindness which changed my opinion of him. An elderly woman on one of his quizzes made it to the final. She needed the cash prize

For those of you who use such things, Seamus has kindly compiled all my posts over the last few years on spotify. 17 entire playlists open.spotify.com/playlist/4xqta…, there’s knocking on a 1000 hours of my old radio shows here. Many thanks to both godseternaljukebox.com

A little chunk of calm youtu.be/pp6PzgHoQy0

@Brendon_366 @WholeHogg Far too far gone I'm afraid.

@WholeHogg Yes, that's the chap

@Bazihnio I don't think it's pick it up. It's more like higgida, used on lots of Ska tunes.

@lamarr_mark That’s fantastic, what’s Spanish for “Pick it up, pick it up”

After Gene Pitney in Italian, have Madness in Spanish. Must've been tough for Suggs to not sing on their first record youtu.be/8So4F_Up3TE

@WholeHogg I'm sure it's a picture cover too, this isn't my copy

@Leefact25 Darn, you're right

@WholeHogg I have this Mexican James Brown release

Happy birthday Robert Plant. And a welcome repost of his first ever Small Faces soundalike 45 youtu.be/4AGFj9b2tIw

@waterpistol49 @SoundsClips @OfficialRandL Yeah, something's wrong somewhere there.

@lamarr_mark @SoundsClips @OfficialRandL And I’ve just realised it says they formed in 1979.

Reading Rock '78 advert in Sounds 19th, August 1978. @OfficialRandL

@waterpistol49 @SoundsClips @OfficialRandL I think it's unlikely their first ever gig was at Reading

@lamarr_mark @SoundsClips @OfficialRandL Seems a bit odd but it seems to be the Lewisham band