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#120665

andrew

Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Dover's best singer of time, where you find him JK ? all time. If I was a youth back then I would of bought his LP's it be a guilty pleasure. Hide the records in Bod Dylan sleeves. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120789

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
She Was A Young Girl just shows how the simplest of songs have a good impact, did you do the backing vocals on the track ? www.discogs.com/Simon-Fisher-Turner-She-...Hand/release/2263959 Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120791

JK2006

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Oh yes - I loved that track; Simon was an actor when I discovered him, and a very good one too (Tom Brown's Schooldays on TV). He went on to write most of the music for director Derek Jarman's strange movies and has become quite a cult composer. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120793

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

Thanks for the info JK, would we be able to get his album on iTunes at some point in the future ?

www.discogs.com/Simon-Turner-Simon-Turner/release/2263863

Get more of the UK Records back catalogue out there JK.

I heard somewhere that there is nothing but legal issues with Polydor and Philips back catalogue, which is a shame there is some real classics on both labels.

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#120802

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Simon Turner record really worth giving it a go. sonichits.com/artist/Simon_Turner Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120804

JK2006

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Check out the new version in Me Me Me Andrew! www.MeMeMeMovie.com Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120819

NCS

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

Good songs, "Prettiest Star" actually better than Bowie's own. The album available on Amazon includes all the tracks.

His look and sound pre-dates Leif Garrett by some 6 years. Surprising UK couldn't get Turner away, maybe the business thought him another 'Simon Scott'.

He's done alright since though.

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#120825

JK2006

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

I'll tell you exactly why we didn't break Simon or Ricky (Wilde) before David (Cassidy) and Donny (Osmond)… it was because we got them female fans (through magazines) before the boys liked and bought the music so the males considered them "teen idols" and not to be liked in a masculine way. In those days too many (but not enough) fans of one gender killed off their appeal to the opposite gender.

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#120836

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
How high did he get in the charts ? Prettiest Star never really suited Bowie in my mind, I have always skipped that track. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120843

JK2006

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
We never charted with him Andrew, despite trying for years. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120846

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
JK2006 wrote: We never charted with him Andrew, despite trying for years. That is one huge kick to the teeth JK, I'm really surprised by that surprised. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120855

honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

NCS wrote:
Good songs, "Prettiest Star" actually better than Bowie's own. The album available on Amazon includes all the tracks.

His look and sound pre-dates Leif Garrett by some 6 years. Surprising UK couldn't get Turner away, maybe the business thought him another 'Simon Scott'.

He's done alright since though.

I know wikipedia etc says otherwise, but I could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?

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#120896

giles2008

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
I remember him from the pictures in the music magazines of the time. Theres a picture on this link featured in issue five of "Its Here And Now" in 1973. musicmags70s80s.blogspot.co.uk/ Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120897

giles2008

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Interview here from 2014 Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120900

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
Great find Giles, the movie The Epic of Everest maybe worth a late night viewing in the winter. www.amazon.co.uk/The-Epic-Everest-DVD-Blu-ray/dp/B00EU9TSHI Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#120983

NCS

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago
"... could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?" I based the timing on my having been out in California in 1979 pitching songs to Garrett (via the Scotti Brothers). Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#121008

honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

NCS wrote:
"... could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?"

I based the timing on my having been out in California in 1979 pitching songs to Garrett (via the Scotti Brothers).

I think it must be that Leif Garret was featured in the teeny magazines for his acting, same as Danny Bonaduce.
I was thrilled to see Andy and David Williams in the magazine someone posted up the thread. I was beginning to think I had imagined them.

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#121018

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
NCS wrote:
"... could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?"

I based the timing on my having been out in California in 1979 pitching songs to Garrett (via the Scotti Brothers).

I think it must be that Leif Garret was featured in the teeny magazines for his acting, same as Danny Bonaduce.
I was thrilled to see Andy and David Williams in the magazine someone posted up the thread. I was beginning to think I had imagined them.

Who did you have on your bedroom walls Honey ?

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#121042

honey!oh sugar sugar.

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
NCS wrote:
"... could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?"

I based the timing on my having been out in California in 1979 pitching songs to Garrett (via the Scotti Brothers).

I think it must be that Leif Garret was featured in the teeny magazines for his acting, same as Danny Bonaduce.
I was thrilled to see Andy and David Williams in the magazine someone posted up the thread. I was beginning to think I had imagined them.

Who did you have on your bedroom walls Honey ?

I had Alice Cooper, Slade, T rex, Donny, the rest of the Osmonds, Michael Jackson, the rest of the Jacksons, The New Seekers, Cher, Suzi Quatro, Labi siffri, Cat Stevens, Chicory tip, Blackfoot Sue, Roxy music (although Bryan Ferry looked a proper wally in the picture) and Bowie.

When I was Tiny I had Ken Barlow, the Beatles, The Stones, Sooty and Rolf Harris.

Who did you have?

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#121059

andrew

Re:Simon Turner 10 Years, 8 Months ago

honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
andrew wrote:
honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:
NCS wrote:
"... could have sworn that Leif Garret was around the same time as Simon Turner?"

I based the timing on my having been out in California in 1979 pitching songs to Garrett (via the Scotti Brothers).

I think it must be that Leif Garret was featured in the teeny magazines for his acting, same as Danny Bonaduce.
I was thrilled to see Andy and David Williams in the magazine someone posted up the thread. I was beginning to think I had imagined them.

Who did you have?

What a collage you had Honey, my dad saw Chicory Tip few months ago at a private function he said they were better than ever. Bryan Ferry always looks like a wally.

When I got pissed one day I bought a signed photo of JK on eBay and put it on my window sill the very next day.

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