Rob Chapman: and which rock legend sent him this postcard?

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Robin Williamson of Incredible String Band fame once regaled an audience with how he would feed 50p pieces made of ice into the electricity meter in the place he lived in his younger days. The meter would register, electricity was supplied and the ice coin then melted, leaving no trace of the subterfuge.

[@Suburbangeek]

A fantastic way to spend an hour - one of my favourite interviews, guys. Went straight over to Amazon and bookmarked Ad Lib to read in the Oz summer holidays.

[@neillawrie9239]

A lovely gem of a conversation with Rob. Cheers guys!

[@davidsanderson5918]

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about BBC Four documentaries. Great subjects but lumping together things they shouldn't, reinventing history, reinventing what came after or before what, reinventing how it was, what it was like and what we bloody did. I don't watch them any more because I got rid of my TV licence anyway. I loved the collective howl of agreement here. At last someone has said it....and BBC people saying it, at that!!

[@stevehotspur]

Another top chat David and Mark, many thanks

[@claymor8241]

At 14:50, Tighten Up vol 2 and Motown Chartbusters vol 3 in the early 70s - absolutely spot on, those 2 albums nail that period. That was true in my world too and I lived up in the northeast. That alone has convinced me to read Mr C’s book

[@Fog99horn]

Another great WIYE. Thank you ''M' Chapman - I hope your book finds its way to paper and ink. Loved the Syd stuff too. Cheers!

[@neilb224]

That was great fun. Cheers. 👍

[@HughTerry69]

First record I ever 'bought' was a Woolworths cover of The Hollies' Just One Look. I must have been 5 or 6. Great stuff! Love to read that book.

[@HughTerry69]

What a sad story! @David Robinson But you're a brave man for admitting it.

[@GOGOLH]

I remember that Beefheart "ad lib filth" letter at the end of '69. I probably wouldn't remember were it not for that "filth" word, so there's a little conundrum. And I had a couple of Embassy records.

[@robchapman6279]

For the whole back story on that letter see the book. Also the girl in the same class who used to go up to the Marquee Club on a Thursday night "and was never in art class on Friday".

[@claymor8241]

And at 16:56 that is so true, punk wasn’t as ubiquitous as the ‘archaeology’ suggests. Just look at the audience pictures from gigs (even punk gigs) and festivals of the time. It’s all rugby shirts and denim well into 1978 and beyond.

[@BrandDNA]

"Stamped addressed envelope" - Haven't heard expression for a while.

[@miketomlin6040]

Wyatt stories, wonderful!!

[@tomleader7054]

That really is work if international importance. I shall buy that book forthwith.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

I love you guys.

[@bruised89]

Webb’s only number one hit was MacArthur Park but the Donna Summer version!

[@VagueRANT100]

Wonderful post!! Here in OZ we had our own version of EMBASSY....GOLDEN FLEECE ...where one could purchase cover versions of the latest hits,very cheap when filling up with Golden Fleece petrol...some of them were actually pretty good!

[@robchapman6279]

That's great. I didn't know that. Also mentioned in my book is the Top Six series of EPs which was the brainchild of Aussie Bill Wellings who later pioneered the Music for Pleasure Hot Hits series. Another Aussie Alan Crawford started the second UK offshore pirate station Radio Atlanta, primarily so he could get airplay for his own versions of Embassy, the Rocket Sabre and Canon labels.

[@VagueRANT100]

@@robchapman6279 You are Legend!! I need to buy your book...please give details via my [e-mail] Skinhead Moonstomp or is that Skinhead Moonchild?