Tag: seventies

Won't Get Fooled Again book

Don't know if this is a reissue, I don't think it is – but I do know Won't Get Fooled Again by Richie Unterberger is out on 1st February 2011 via Jawbone. It's essentially the story of Pete Townshend's Lifehouse project, the ambitious follow-up to Tommy that eventually saw the […]

The Who Live at Leeds boxset

Not everyone's favourite album by them, but if you are a fan of The Who, I'm guessing you will want the Live At Leeds 40th Anniversary Super-Deluxe Collectors Edition. Yes, as you might have worked out, this is a deluxe reissue for one of the most famous live albums of […]

Shell Sport vintage-style holdalls

Great spot by Neil if you're after something with a bit of period charm – these Shell Sport vintage-style holdalls. Produced by the company up until the late 1970s, the bags are available in various colours (one pictured above, another over the page), made of PVC, with an inside zip […]

Sharpies feature at The Look

The Look blog is always worth keeping an eye on, but today there's a feature that's well worth your time – Sharpies: Top fellas and brushes. Sharpies were the Melbourne hard mods/skinheads movement that emerged from the mod scene and took hold during the 1960s and into the 70s with […]

SoulBoy allnighter in Stoke

We've mentioned the movie so many times in the past, it seems pointless running through all the details again. So let's just say Soulboy is a movie about the original northern soul scene and it's on general release in the UK from September 1st. But if you want to see […]

The Chords tour dates in August

Ok, here's the thing. I keep getting emails from various promoters saying they have The Chords on. So rather than keep posting those up individually (and because I know it's not something that necessarily appeals to everyone), here are all the tour dates, so you can pick one the one […]

eBay watch: Philips 133 record player

Looking for a new record player? You could do worse than check out unused 1970s Philips 133 portable record player, which is up for grabs on eBay. Dating back to the 1970s, it is indeed described as 'mint condition' and 'real museum quality', so we can presume this is a […]