‘The Pub Jukebox’ with Madam Cyn - Tales of Drug Dealers, Record Shops, and R’n’R Communists.

[@ricefieldrecords]

What is it a British VC panel is able to do that the American VC finds so difficult to achieve? They don't talk over each other, they listen to each other, and they allow for silent pauses.

[@charlesfagerquist1091]

I like these guys. I agree, there is a panel called jazz bums. The group of 3 is fine, but they do a larger group that is nearly unlistenabled mainly due to one guest.

[@TheVinylRecordMission]

The three of you gentlemen have raised the bar to a possibly unreachable level when it comes to non pretentious, knowledgeable and educational entertainment! VC live stream line-ups take note 🎵! Much appreciated the stories, history lessons and needle drops. Inspirational. ✌🏽 From the U.S.

[@6inchpianist]

Hey! Thanks for the really kind comment. I wanna dig though one of those incredible collections that you show on your channel. The stuff that record diggers dreams are made of! Cheers. John

[@djvinylvertigo]

Brilliant episode!! Madame Cyn is fantastic!!!!

[@mad4vinyl802]

I thoroughly enjoy the wonderful stories and needle drops. Paul should write an "alleged" book of short stories from his record store days.

[@6inchpianist]

Ha! Paul definitely has a book in him. Allegedly.

[@geoffwright1255]

@@6inchpianist Hi John, I'm disturbed to see Paul's Madam Cyn channel appears to have vanished. Do you know if he's ok? I'm 64 and had a mini-stroke a coupla months ago, so my immediate concern is for his health - ain't none of us gettin' any younger, that's fer damn sure. Grateful if you could put my mind (what's left of it) at rest and lemme kno he's alive at least. Worried from Fulham.

[@6inchpianist]

@@geoffwright1255 Hi Geoff. He’s fine. He’ll be back down the pub with us over the next few weeks. Hope you’re keeping well.

[@geoffwright1255]

@@6inchpianist Glad to hear he's ok and I look forward to yr next Pub Jukebox. Might even share a comment about Nick Kent! My doc's put me on loadsa meds, so looks like I'll be around for a wee while longer. Please tell Paul hi from Rockin' Geoff (more like Rockin' Chair Geoff but it's what he calls me). All the best mate, have a good one.

[@mariawesley7583]

I've been saving this video until i had time to fully enjoy it and since its a holiday weekend on my side of the pond I was able to watch it today. Paul was such a great guest to have because he has great stories and loves the music! I enjoyed listening to "Brand New Cadillac", because prior to this I had only known the Clash's sub-par version, which i had never realized was sub-par until today. Cheers!

[@madamcyn]

Your best guest by a long chalk John. Brilliant entertainment.

[@Harrispilton22]

And so modest 😂 This was great, on my second viewing now!

[@madamcyn]

@@Harrispilton22 You presume I'm applauding Madam Cyn but it's John I'm tipping my hat to Harris. In all the years in the vc , all the live streams and guest appearances John is the first to ask me if I worked at Rock On. Years I've sat through studded flunkies and fame junkies recounting their time in the 27th incarnation of The Barron Knights or last farewell tour of The Wombles where they got to shake Tobermory's hand before Chris Spedding left. While the feeble minded and mentally challenged fawned over every word from these cretins' mouths like it was an utterance on a par with the sermon on the mount. Whereas I sat on my genuine rock 'n' roll stories waiting for the right opportunity to inorganically name drop some bed wetter into the dull and tawdry social intercourse.

[@skewiff11]

I saw Shakin' open for Bill Haley at the Club Lafayette Wolverhampton mid '70's. Awesome night.

[@Harrispilton22]

Superb stuff. And as expected great tunes...& even better stories 😊

[@bipbopboom]

Great episode boys! Enjoyed every second of it. And all the records chosen were excellent!! A bunch of faves in there! The Equals really are one of the best late sixties bands. Cheers!!

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Jon. Paul has got so many great stories. We’ll have to get him down the pub again for another round 👍👍

[@djtrishm]

Great needle drops from 3 great men of the VC!

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Trish 👍👍

[@BeaSides]

Wonderful stories and wonderful tunes! ❤️ Enjoyed every minute.

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks very much! Paul seems to have endless stories to tell. We’ll have to get him back on 👍

[@JDsmiffy1]

Brilliant, great to see Paul again. Lovely stories and memories from you all.

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers JD!

[@thebuxtstopshere]

Excellent show folks... Loved it.

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers! Much appreciated 👍👍

[@zoo_animal_on_wheels4800]

This is the perfect Venn Diagram of the VC where Rock n Roll, Country and Soul intersect; excellent curated choices from MC and great contextual information from all present; like all good nights out down the pub, the time flew! Great stuff, fellas, cheers, Paul

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers Paul. Yeah, it was a nice mix of tunes and MC certainly delivered with the stories. Gonna have to get him to do another one! Cheers. John

[@David-Ellis]

What a brilliant evening in the pub gentlemen. Thank you! Cheers 🍺 D

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers David! Paul certainly delivered the goods this time. I reckon we’ll have to get him on to tell a few stories again some time. Hope all is good with you. Cheers. John

[@L.E.55472]

The human communications is where it’s at, even though it is at our finger tips to look things up...the human communication ✊🏻☀️🙏🏻✨

[@psychinthevalleys5324]

Brilliant hour from you three. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I've always liked that piece Nick Kent wrote on Roy Orbison - he was a fantastic writer. Have a lovely weekend all.

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Steve. I don’t know the Roy Orbison piece by Nick Kent. I’m going through a bit of a Roy phase at the moment so will look it up. Hope all is good with you. Cheers. John

[@vinylrichie007]

I wish I had been buying records in the 90’s. At least I didn’t get rid of the records I had.

[@carltweed942]

Hi John, Hedley and Paul. This was an excellent episode. Paul is a great raconteur. He could write a fascinating book on the denizens of London's underground music scene in the 70s and 80s. The lawyers might need to edit out quite a bit though! ... My version of Vince Taylor's 'Brand New Cadillac' on Chiswick is a treasured possession. That Parlophone original is a bit special.

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Carl. I don’t think there would be much of Paul’s book left after the lawyers have carried out their redactions! Great stories though. I’ve been listening to Brand New Cadillac all week 👍. Cheers!

[@carltweed942]

@@6inchpianist If anyone ever says the Brits couldn't do rock 'n' roll prior to the Beatles, I point them in the direction of Vince Taylor ('Brand New Cadillac'), Cliff Richard ('Move It'), Johnny Kidd ('Shakin' All Over'), and Billy Fury ('The Sound Of Fury').

[@charlesjefferis8812]

this was the all time greatest pub session! the story telling was brilliant

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Charles! Paul seems to have endless stories to tell. We’ll have to get him down the pub for another round 👍

[@VinylViking66]

Tremendous episode! Great new artist leads!

[@mazzysmusic]

So great. I want to pub it with all thee of you in August ❤️‍🔥

[@vinylrichie007]

I have a LSD-Autobahn story. I didn’t know Clint Eastwood by the Upsetters has been reissued. It is not a surprise that Paul has that wonderful single.

[@xiigodz]

Love these Pub Jukebox chats John.... fascinating stuff.... keep them coming mate and please invite Madame Cyn again!

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Ronnie. Don’t worry, Madam Cyn will definitely be back at some point 👍

[@gatefold33]

Great session guys, with some brilliant stories...

[@6inchpianist]

Hey Dale. Fancy joining me and Hed for a pub chat?

[@6inchpianist]

Hey Dale. Fancy joining me and Hed for a pub chat? I reckon it’d be a laugh 👍

[@johnburgess6614]

fantastic! Great conversation, great tunes!

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers John!

[@derekgordon6511]

Thoroughly enjoyed that gents! Paul's stories, outstanding 👏

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Derek. Paul certainly has the stories! We’ll have to get him back on in the future to tell a few more. Cheers!

[@joeytwotone]

What's the mustache guys channel? Super interesting dude.

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Joe. Paul doesn’t currently have a channel. He’ll be doing another video with us soon though. Cheers

[@nicksvinylbutty5488]

There's an Electric Avenue on an industrial estate in Birmingham.....I've been there in the lorry. Glad you got Paul on the show,a genuine decent chap with ska and skinhead reggae records to die for 👍👍👍

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Nick. Yeah, Electric Avenue isn’t far from Villa Park, is it? Paul’s a lovely bloke. Fantastic record collection too 👌

[@nicksvinylbutty5488]

@@6inchpianist Yep half way between spaghetti Junction and some dire football stadium 😉😉😉 😁😁😁

[@markmclaren7577]

Bloody brilliant stuff guys I haven't laughed so much watching a VC video

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Mark. Paul certainly brought the entertainment 👍

[@maximumrnb66]

Superb stuff and great conversation..fantastic 👍👍👍

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Kelvin!

[@mazzysmusic]

I would believe that a guy with a big hat called Tex, sat down Hedley and taught him about music 🤠

[@luytondriman6236]

John great show, although I'm a CD collector, I enjoy the back story on all the old stuff. I also enjoy your own KZbin show, where here again, I've picked up so much info and leads on the soul / R & B / Funk scene for me to check out.

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Luyton. I appreciate your kind comment. Cheers. John

[@baggyhi-fi8628]

I was completely gripped. Thank you for such an entertaining meet up. That LSD 45 is surely one of the greatest (anti) drug songs of all time.

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers John. I’m hoping that you will join me and Hed for a pint and a few tunes one of the days. I reckon it’d be good fun👍

[@Harrispilton22]

@@6inchpianist this would be a great episode! Hope it happens.

[@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893]

Wendell Austin's LSD is very much a reworking of the song Cocaine Blues, which was recorded in 1947 by Ray Hogsed as a rather jaunty Western Swing tune. But it's probably best known from the version Johnny Cash performed at the Folsom Prison gig. Interestingly, Columbia didn't censor the song, unlike the recording of the song he made in 1960 on which they insisted on some rewrites and to change the song title to Transfusion Blues. So while you might understand the original, "I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down", "I took a transfusion and I shot my woman down" is rather nonsensical.

[@baggyhi-fi8628]

@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 Very interesting. I have the song on a comp of weird Americana called Wavy Gravy.

[@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893]

@@baggyhi-fi8628 Are we to assume that's about THE Wavy Gravy, the counter-culture hippy bloke who did the announcements at Woodstock. It was Wavy who warned people about the "Brown Acid".

[@L.E.55472]

This was d@mn enlightening 🙏🏻🎶✨

[@christopherkibler511]

You have had some wonderful guests in the past, but Paul (Madam Cyn) ranks with the best. Good music, too. Thanks, Chris

[@6inchpianist]

Cheers Chris! Yeah, Paul could entertain us for hours with his stories. 👍

[@L.E.55472]

Hello To Madam Cyn, Hedley and John 👋🏻✊🏻🎶.....so I had 2 Bad Elmer porters earlier, or aaaaaaa was it later?🤭🍻🤔....LSD?? Oooo yepper!

[@joecarrera1799]

An all time great. Definitely one for the VC time capsule. How is it that I never heard of Madame Cyn before? The KZbin algorithm must be filtering out colorful anecdotes. For the next edition of the Vinyl Jukebox I'd like to recommend John's friend, Nadine, as it's time that a woman was on one of these. Women are allowed to go to pubs in England, right? At any rate, this was great. Great stories and great records. But if the police ask later I wasn't here and didn't hear anything. Allegedly. Cheers.

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Joe. Don’t worry, I’m already trying to get Nadine to do it 👍👍

[@brucevinyl3504]

Great stories from Paul tonight, John. Very louche!

[@6inchpianist]

Thanks Bruce. Paul’s certainly got all the stories! We’ll have to get him back on 👍

[@brucevinyl3504]

@@6inchpianist Hi John. Weirdly, your comment (along with Graham's) has been taken down from my latest post. I'm on to KZbin about it.

[@djvinylvertigo]

Otis actually had 4 children!❤

[@mazzysmusic]

You rarely see John lost when people are talking music. Skip and Flip silenced him 🤠

[@6inchpianist]

Ha! Not a clue.

[@miketomlin6040]

Otis's approach to Satisfaction was part unintentional? mockery of the puerile lyrics, synonymous with the Rolling Stones, yet his frenzied approach, which was quite watchable, put some unintentional? meaning even depth into them. Ironic?

[@written12]

Poor Skip Battan ended up stricken by Alzheimer’s Disease. He passed away 10 years ago, I think.

[@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893]

Yes, unfortunately you're right. I'm a fan of his solo albums, his first being a quirky gem. I believe the follow up, which was partially recorded, was a victim to the international oil shortage in 1973 and wasn't released until after his death in 2003. The two albums he recorded in Italy are worth a listen as well.

[@Thevinylscavenger]

I'd like to see everyone in the VC have some form of facial hair, it should be compulsory. John with an Amish beard. So i have that Gary Paxton but not listened to it yet. Paul, you add flavour where most VC channels probably me included just show records which can be rather dull. I did think you were rather restrained at times so am waiting for the blatant edited outtakes. I've got the Otis satisfaction on a reissue comp on which all the tracks are killer, cost me a fiver somewhere.

[@nicksvinylbutty5488]

John with an amish beard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@6inchpianist]

Hi Martin. I’m still trying to grow that beard. Failing miserably!

[@Bartholomew_Musgrave]

Cyn is like the forgotten member of The Cramps who got kicked out of the band before they became famous because Lux and Ivy thought he was just a bit too sleazy for that band. There’s another version of the Kent-Vicious incident that Vicious did it because Kent was beating up his girlfriend of the time. Who knows the truth of the lives of these unsavoury characters. Paul makes out Nick Kent to be a charming chap, but I think the truth is he was a pretty nasty bloke. Allan Jones wrote for Melody Maker, not NME, and was editor for what was probably MM’s golden period from the mid 80s to early 90s.

[@madamcyn]

Interesting comment. You obviously know me better than me. I was asked to join the Cramps in 1986 as the bass player when Fur went AWOL. As I've never played the bass I declined the offer. Sid never had a girlfriend , he was Rotten's lover. Nick Kent couldn't beat an egg but I'd be interested to know who is slandering him. Alan Jones not to be confused with Allan Jones. Alan was running Out On The Floor in the 80s , he gave up journalism in the 60s. Anything else you've heard , just ask me. Don't be a kunt.

[@Bartholomew_Musgrave]

@@madamcynIt was Nick Kent’s own girlfriend that he was allegedly beating up. I think it was another music hack I heard it from. They can be as catty about each other as they are about the music they review, so it may be rubbish, as I said before. I’ll forgive your other rudeness, since I know what a stressful experience it must be to live the multicultural life.

[@andyharvestedwards]

Hedley ? The fact that you have a Posho name and love scrap Country music and Chas And fg Dave says it all. Don't come on forums and slap the Socialist movement off please. Thanks