Mick & Ralph: The Time a Folk Legend Came to Town

[@lesleybunce9848]

Thank you very interesting

[@futureperfectfilms247]

Hello - thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed it. ☺

[@bigalwhittle7065]

Yes I enjoyed this little film. I came across that album when I was on holiday in Woodhall Spa in a newsagent, just the cassette version. I bought it out of interest and wondered why I'd never seen it before. I played it to Jack Hudson and we both were well versed in the works of Ralph and you couldn't really work out what the thinking behind it was. It was the sort of album Roger Whittaker or Val Doonican might have made at the time and marketed through TV adverts. I don't know if this was the the thinking.

[@bickerandrue5858]

Thank you. That explains so much about the street and how it all came about.

[@pinknblues1]

Thanks for this Mick it was really interesting. I remember the album, I actually liked it, but it was possibly out of Ralphs'comfort zone. What struck me was the idea of creating the hovis advert imagery. As an aside here a dear friend of mine Tony Capstick had a 'hit' around about this time with a parody on the advert. Tony knew Ralph, as the folk club scene gave us so many unforgettable talented people. I used to drive Tony to gigs in the hope that I'd get some at a later date. There was a folk club in Sheffield called the Highcliffe where Tony and myself would do the residency on a saturday night. That pub was a whos who of legends and where I first met icons like Ralph and Bert. They were great times better days, maybe cold and skint but who cared. Talk of six degrees separartion . I hope you dont mind me leaving you a link here, but I feel they are somewhat related. A book needs to be written about those days - though I fear you may have to eliminate chunks of it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3PVmKyZipqJbpo