I wholeheartedly agree. Danny is probably the last person I would think of when the topic of racism comes up. In hindsight, yes, he should have thought about that photo but the very fact he didn’t could be argued that he didn’t even see what others saw. Which begs the question, are those who see beyond colour and race, guilty if they don’t discriminate?
I do miss Danny Baker on the radio, to me he is a radio legend. But at least he still going doing his BBC Saturday morning show with Louise Pepper on a podcast on itunes. If you have not checked out, please do its just like his old Saturday shows
when you stumble on a video with danny baker talking music with a guy who used to present whistle test whose back drop is a WALL of albums you know its gonna be interesting
Somewhere in my roof space, among my old vinyl collection , is a sampler album called Gutbucket. Hapshash and the Coloured Coat feature on it but I can't remember the track's title. This was around 1966, maybe later. Another sampler album I have is The Rock Machine Turns You On, around the same time. These albums were about 15 shillings each, less than half the price of a regular album. My original Disraeli Gears album cost 32 shillings. The samplers contained the weird and wonderful such as Captain Beefheart as well as a great range of blues and rock artistes. BTW I also have a red vinyl album. It is Adventure by Television, whose Marquee Moon was a classic.
Back in the day, I was one of those traders at Greenwich market. Danny was good enough to hand over the odd fiver, tenner & twenty pound notes on occasion. Cheers Danny. Good times chatting early Sunday mornings.
Someone set Danny up to do a weekly radio show from his home, I for one would definitely listen. Unfortunately he will never be described as a national treasure after the 'royal baby incident' but he bloody well should be!
Have seen a few episodes of this series and is one of my favourites so far. Just to add a little bit of useless information - the first James Taylor LP briefly featured is the 1971 re-issue. When James started to have more success after he signed to Warner Brothers, Apple re-issued the only album he did with them but changed the colour of the type on the front from a yellow-y orange to black. And yes, let's have a part 2!
Speaking of popular musicians living in a special place, West Midlands rock royalty did tend to live in a very small rural enclave. Think of a metal Camberwick Green and you wouldn't be far off the mark.
Always enjoy listening to Danny Baker. Very entertaining. I'm still trying to track down a copy of Don Estelle's autobiography 'Sing Lofty: Thoughts of a Gemini, which Danny highly recommends.
Anyone who's followed Danny for years knows that picture was a mistake, I never heard him say anything beyond the pale like the things he was accused of. Snowflake generation strikes again.
Magnificent stuff Would love to see Danny on this channel again. Over the years I've played all 3 horse racing games mentioned I think the one with different results on vinyl was called 'They're Off'
Gavin Harvey You're right. I had "They're off!" - the horse racing game that came with a set of vinyl records where you never knew who the winner would be...
John Cooper-Clarke's 'Splat/Twat' 7" had a double groove. One was profane, the other had the profanities covered by whoppee noises. Fun for all the family.
Well I knew about Diana Dors real name. In Swindon (from where she came) there was a company called Crosby Doors. We (as children) joked that it was co-owned by Bing and Diana!
Yes, I guessed what the connection between the Hapshash album and the Diana Dors would be. Just a footnote: Hapshash’s second album The Western Flier is actually a bit of a masterpiece in my opinion but rarely gets a mention. It also features Mike Batt.
The only time I heard different music on different channels was by Frank sidebottom, its a medley including I think 'take the skinheads bowling, mirror man' amongst others
Bent Fabric (real name Bent Fabricius-Bjerre) was Danish. He died july 28. 2020 at the age of 95. He worked (pianist and composer) and played tennis until his death. Probably most famous for writing "Alley Cat".
Just came across this post in my feeds and i'm looking forward to this. I've heard you mentioned mr Baker in one of the previous vidis and i wondered if he came on eventually. I come from the Netherlands so what do i know, right? First time I saw Danny on the tube doing a BBC album quiz and that was great.
I'm not an especial fan of Danny Baker but I thought at the time the charges against him that led to him losing his job , that he might be a racist ,struck me then and now as complete cobblers....also I was at college with the girl on the "Blind Faith" album. Needless to say she'd changed quite a bit...
I vividly remember Victor Lewis Smith writing about the disappointment of playing the horse racing game Escalado as a child, and how because the horse pieces would always fall over once you turned the winder thing made it look less like a horse race and more like a knacker's yard during an earthquake. (Also, that eerie looking ventriloquist record could easily be a Butthole Surfers LP cover.)
I agree about listening to albums in their entirety. A good example is the new Nightwish album (which is definitely a prog album NOT metal). Each song links to its successor. Disc one ends linking directly into the orchestral piece that makes up disc two. You NEED to listen to it in one go, you are missing out by randomly picking tracks.
Gents, You're missing the boat on turntable set up and record care...it enhances the experience. It's not brain surgery...you need a stylus scale and set the stylus force by the cartridge manufacturers recommendation which is easily searchable. It also has to be aligned with a grid which can be found and printed for free on the internet. AUDIOKARMA site, Michael Fremmer set up video and a quick you tube search can reveal the dark arts of tonearm set up. Oh yes, you'll stop destroying the grooves on your records.
Yes and entirely designed to enhance the wearer's smugness when people say what's that? Mind you, people wear teeshirts that have things on them that they don't know about it all the time. So maybe it doesn't quite work.
Stumbled across this this afternoon. I'm worried that I enjoyed it as much as I did, I'm only 45 (46 in August) it doesn't seem right, thought I had 20 more years before I reached this stage. Shorter or breath and one day closer to death as it were (I may have borrowed that!). Bet Danny doesn't have anything by Sid Millward and his NiTWiTS. I was thinking about Capt Beefheart, Alex Harvey and Roy Harper while watching for some reason.
Cllr James Ball Ahh, the magnificent Alex Harvey (or should that be sensational?) I discovered him in 1974, at 12 years of age - prior to this, I thought that ‘music’ consisted entirely of Nellie the Elephant and The Runaway Train went down the track. From the ridiculous to the sublime virtually overnight - thanks to Alex Harvey. What a band.
I think Baker's best place is now on podcasts. His radio shows were becoming predictable and repetitive some years ago, well before he got sacked again. Yes, he is humourous and knowledgeable - but its a humour and knowledge that now only appeals to the over 50s. That means most radio listeners these days are left cold by him.
Not sure about the idea Garson 'ripped off Tippett'' ? There is a similarity, but I doubt it would hold up in court! Tippett was a genius, caught a couple of solo gigs of his in a dingy pub or two in London back in the day, if he was on form, amazing!!
I agree with BACSM, his sacking was a disgrace. They have no one that comes anywhere near Danny. Saturday mornings are not the same. Shame on you, BBC !
Totally disagree with Danny! Organising from A to Z Is an awful way of enjoying your collection. I like mine arranged in genre so you can go to the funk section, or the punk section, or the folk section....like you do in a record shop! And who doesn't/didn't love flicking through genres of records in a record shop? Dare I add also that I have my records arranged in crates like a record shop and what's at the front of one of them? Fill Your Head With Rock. Profoundly unfashionable. So glad they've talked about it!
Really enjoyable but slightly ruined by the odd editing decision to show a reaction shot everytime Danny held a record sleeve up to the camera thus depriving us the chance to actually look at it for more than a split second.
Danny is the most entertaining DJ we've ever had. PUT HIM BACK ON THE RADIO. His sacking by the BBC was a disgrace.
I wholeheartedly agree. Danny is probably the last person I would think of when the topic of racism comes up. In hindsight, yes, he should have thought about that photo but the very fact he didn’t could be argued that he didn’t even see what others saw. Which begs the question, are those who see beyond colour and race, guilty if they don’t discriminate?
Danny wouldn't fit in todays version of the BBC.
Its being "cleansed"
His knowledge is extensive on music and is always entertaining.
I love Danny Baker. He makes me want to enjoy life, and enjoy the things I love.
We need Danny.... icon 😊
watched this three times,best guest they`ve had...Danny is always so entertaining
Please have Danny back asap. 50 minutes doesn't even scratch the service. Absolute gold, thanks so much.
Dream lineup. Could listen to these 3 rabbit on all day.
Lot of Love for Danny.Fantastic record collection.Lets have more!
Danny Baker A legend he would be my first invitation for any dinner party
The most entertaining hour of the entire lock down,thank you gentlemen!
Glad to see Danny Baker.much missed on the airways and so right about Queen.
I do miss Danny Baker on the radio, to me he is a radio legend. But at least he still going doing his BBC Saturday morning show with Louise Pepper on a podcast on itunes. If you have not checked out, please do its just like his old Saturday shows
The airwaves are worse off without Danny
Please send me the link - miss them so much.
What's It called?
A brilliant episode, could listen to Danny all night. And that Bowie Diamond Dogs promo stuff, Fantastic!
Im sure it's just because I'm of "a certain age" , but i could happily listen to these three witter on all night.. this was pure bliss
Brilliant episode. I've watched the others but was hoping Danny would appear at some point. He needs to come back for more
Love the trivia nuggets. Just sold a copy of Trees/On The Shore for £450 as well. Wish i'd kept it now
Wonderful. I could listen to these three all night.
when you stumble on a video with danny baker talking music with a guy who used to present whistle test whose back drop is a WALL of albums you know its gonna be interesting
Danny is right! For me the amazing thing about hearing old records again is that most of them sound even better now than they did then!
Compared to todays awful soulless pap,my farts sound better.
@@TheCornishCockney But open a window.
Just sent a link to this to my brother in Germany who has pretty much most of the albums Danny was showing. Loved every minute of this!
What a joy, I enjoyed ever second of this. I do hope they get Danny on again.
Fantastic. Brilliant chat fellas!
Brilliant episode , good eclectic subjects
Perhaps if Diana Dors had recorded another album in the Seventies it could have been titled..
Fill Your Head With Fluck!
Enjoyed the banter😎👍
Don't we all wish we could talk about our own record collections for fifty minutes like Danny Baker? "And this one here...."
Somewhere in my roof space, among my old vinyl collection , is a sampler album called Gutbucket. Hapshash and the Coloured Coat feature on it but I can't remember the track's title. This was around 1966, maybe later. Another sampler album I have is The Rock Machine Turns You On, around the same time. These albums were about 15 shillings each, less than half the price of a regular album. My original Disraeli Gears album cost 32 shillings. The samplers contained the weird and wonderful such as Captain Beefheart as well as a great range of blues and rock artistes.
BTW I also have a red vinyl album. It is Adventure by Television, whose Marquee Moon was a classic.
Great show.Good guy is Danny.
Wanted this to go on for ever
Back in the day, I was one of those traders at Greenwich market. Danny was good enough to hand over the odd fiver, tenner & twenty pound notes on occasion. Cheers Danny. Good times chatting early Sunday mornings.
Excellent 😀 Definitely more Danny please
Derek Dick (Fish) is a near neighbour of my Mum and Dad. Wonderful fellow.
Perfect Sunday evening viewing.
Someone set Danny up to do a weekly radio show from his home, I for one would definitely listen. Unfortunately he will never be described as a national treasure after the 'royal baby incident' but he bloody well should be!
Not being up to speed on the UK's moral barometer readings but is Danny Baker allowed again?
Deep joy!
The UK moral barometer always provides inaccurate readings as it's broken. Danny Baker on the other hand is still good as gold!
An endlessly entertaining enchantment of chat.
Have seen a few episodes of this series and is one of my favourites so far. Just to add a little bit of useless information - the first James Taylor LP briefly featured is the 1971 re-issue. When James started to have more success after he signed to Warner Brothers, Apple re-issued the only album he did with them but changed the colour of the type on the front from a yellow-y orange to black. And yes, let's have a part 2!
Magnificent stuff. Do you dare get the two Dannys on together? Not sure TH-cam has enough storage space for that video.
The Hard Day’s Night bit 24 mins is fascinating stuff.
Danny Baker , my hero
Speaking of popular musicians living in a special place, West Midlands rock royalty did tend to live in a very small rural enclave. Think of a metal Camberwick Green and you wouldn't be far off the mark.
brilliant episode!
Love that Kevin Rowland record. Ripe for re-evaluation.
Always enjoy listening to Danny Baker. Very entertaining. I'm still trying to track down a copy of Don Estelle's autobiography 'Sing Lofty: Thoughts of a Gemini, which Danny highly recommends.
This should be on. Tv? Could listen to Danny for days, not hours
Anyone who's followed Danny for years knows that picture was a mistake, I never heard him say anything beyond the pale like the things he was accused of. Snowflake generation strikes again.
He's not that sort of guy. Everyone knows that
Magnificent stuff
Would love to see Danny on this channel again.
Over the years I've played all 3 horse racing games mentioned
I think the one with different results on vinyl was called 'They're Off'
Gavin Harvey You're right. I had "They're off!" - the horse racing game that came with a set of vinyl records where you never knew who the winner would be...
'They're Off'was the horse racing record. Made by Ronco the makers of Mr Microphone!
@David Robinson Ha ha yes the buttoneer!!
John Cooper-Clarke's 'Splat/Twat' 7" had a double groove. One was profane, the other had the profanities covered by whoppee noises. Fun for all the family.
Lovely! But an fyi: My parents had 78 rpms from the '40s pressed in colored vinyl.
Well I knew about Diana Dors real name. In Swindon (from where she came) there was a company called Crosby Doors. We (as children) joked that it was co-owned by Bing and Diana!
Would love to hear Danny interview Andy Partridge or Bob Geldof. Danny is brilliant in this, even got me checking out Hapshash and the Coloured Coat!
Yes, I guessed what the connection between the Hapshash album and the Diana Dors would be. Just a footnote: Hapshash’s second album The Western Flier is actually a bit of a masterpiece in my opinion but rarely gets a mention. It also features Mike Batt.
The only time I heard different music on different channels was by Frank sidebottom, its a medley including I think 'take the skinheads bowling, mirror man' amongst others
Bent Fabric (real name Bent Fabricius-Bjerre) was Danish. He died july 28. 2020 at the age of 95. He worked (pianist and composer) and played tennis until his death. Probably most famous for writing "Alley Cat".
Escalado was the wind-up racing game, not Totopoly :)
Do you think that you could persuade Danny to make a partial return?
Just came across this post in my feeds and i'm looking forward to this. I've heard you mentioned mr Baker in one of the previous vidis and i wondered if he came on eventually. I come from the Netherlands so what do i know, right? First time I saw Danny on the tube doing a BBC album quiz and that was great.
Is that an Emilio 'Friend' Zarin puppet on Danny's fireplace ?
I'm not an especial fan of Danny Baker but I thought at the time the charges against him that led to him losing his job , that he might be a racist ,struck me then and now as complete cobblers....also I was at college with the girl on the "Blind Faith" album. Needless to say she'd changed quite a bit...
I vividly remember Victor Lewis Smith writing about the disappointment of playing the horse racing game Escalado as a child, and how because the horse pieces would always fall over once you turned the winder thing made it look less like a horse race and more like a knacker's yard during an earthquake.
(Also, that eerie looking ventriloquist record could easily be a Butthole Surfers LP cover.)
I agree about listening to albums in their entirety. A good example is the new Nightwish album (which is definitely a prog album NOT metal). Each song links to its successor. Disc one ends linking directly into the orchestral piece that makes up disc two. You NEED to listen to it in one go, you are missing out by randomly picking tracks.
Gents, You're missing the boat on turntable set up and record care...it enhances the experience. It's not brain surgery...you need a stylus scale and set the stylus force by the cartridge manufacturers recommendation which is easily searchable. It also has to be aligned with a grid which can be found and printed for free on the internet. AUDIOKARMA site, Michael Fremmer set up video and a quick you tube search can reveal the dark arts of tonearm set up. Oh yes, you'll stop destroying the grooves on your records.
Brilliant!
I’m loving Mr Baker’s enigmatic T-shirt.
Me too. It’s the catalogue number to Led Zeppelin 4.
Yes and entirely designed to enhance the wearer's smugness when people say what's that?
Mind you, people wear teeshirts that have things on them that they don't know about it all the time. So maybe it doesn't quite work.
Stumbled across this this afternoon. I'm worried that I enjoyed it as much as I did, I'm only 45 (46 in August) it doesn't seem right, thought I had 20 more years before I reached this stage. Shorter or breath and one day closer to death as it were (I may have borrowed that!). Bet Danny doesn't have anything by Sid Millward and his NiTWiTS. I was thinking about Capt Beefheart, Alex Harvey and Roy Harper while watching for some reason.
Cllr James Ball Ahh, the magnificent Alex Harvey (or should that be sensational?) I discovered him in 1974, at 12 years of age - prior to this, I thought that ‘music’ consisted entirely of Nellie the Elephant and The Runaway Train went down the track. From the ridiculous to the sublime virtually overnight - thanks to Alex Harvey. What a band.
The best yet, and by christ they've all been excellent!!
My Saturday mornings are still not
As good as they were when Danny's 5live show was on ,same on you BBC management
Bob Harris did a brilliant interview with John Lennon in 75
How did I never know that Cat Food was the template for Aladdin Sane?
I think Baker's best place is now on podcasts. His radio shows were becoming predictable and repetitive some years ago, well before he got sacked again. Yes, he is humourous and knowledgeable - but its a humour and knowledge that now only appeals to the over 50s. That means most radio listeners these days are left cold by him.
That's true. Very niche.
Well he's in his 50s so it's not something he can help really
I wondered what the number on his t-shirt meant, I suspected that it was Led Zeppelin 4 and it was thankfully
Anyone else get a food hamper like Danny?!!!!
Brilliant.
A few too many uncomfortable silences as David and Mark attempted to coax the conversation along, but overall a good interview.
Eh?!
Its zoom ffs.
@@TheCornishCockney It was a joke FFS, in relation to the fact that Danny is not shy.
cadential intervals between songs add shade and tone to the LP. Ganny should be back on the airwaves
I wouldn't DREAM of not listening to an LP from start to finish.
isn't this where we came in
Loved it
15:26 The ventriloquist goes to heaven, the dummy doesn't
I miss The two Danny's . Kelly Baker a fount of knowledge and a good laugh .
He's on TalkSport.
Going to Danny La Rue's nightclub was not the most significant event that happened in Paul McCartney's life that week.
Danny Baker is always on the P155!
Last of the summer wine
OMG, my first Mandela-effect. I could have sworn it was *Haphash*
Not sure about the idea Garson 'ripped off Tippett'' ? There is a similarity, but I doubt it would hold up in court! Tippett was a genius, caught a couple of solo gigs of his in a dingy pub or two in London back in the day, if he was on form, amazing!!
Perfect.
I agree with BACSM, his sacking was a disgrace. They have no one that comes anywhere near Danny. Saturday mornings are not the same. Shame on you, BBC !
Fantastic. That pop jazz swing album sounds like a schizophrenic nightmare.
This episode should have been called 'can't get a word in edgeways'.
COYL Danny
Totally disagree with Danny! Organising from A to Z Is an awful way of enjoying your collection. I like mine arranged in genre so you can go to the funk section, or the punk section, or the folk section....like you do in a record shop! And who doesn't/didn't love flicking through genres of records in a record shop?
Dare I add also that I have my records arranged in crates like a record shop and what's at the front of one of them? Fill Your Head With Rock. Profoundly unfashionable. So glad they've talked about it!
Slightly disappointing that the Diana Dors LP didn't gatefold open to a picture of her with "multiple partners"
Alan Partridge knicked her Fluck/ Lunt joke.
Big fan of Danny Baker : " I felt like Popeye's pappy " lol
He's got a house full of records but he doesn't like Queen??
I don't get queen! Or the queen.
Two more (musical) Dicks: Michael Clarke (Byrds) and Paul Revere (Raiders). And now back to a most enjoyable installment (USA spelling).
Really enjoyable but slightly ruined by the odd editing decision to show a reaction shot everytime Danny held a record sleeve up to the camera thus depriving us the chance to actually look at it for more than a split second.
Thanks for the feedback, Andy - that'll be me! It's hard to strike a perfect balance but I think we're slowly getting there! Alex