Stop! and you will become aware

Normal service is resumed after my mid-week edition. This is visit 4 to Chez Den. A little bit of a mixed bag this week but this is what is toasting Den's buns this arctic Saturday.

This one gives makes Den think of The Walker Brothers and that ain’t a bad thing, baby…This may have been recorded by Little Anthony & The Imperials but I ain’t sure…it’s the only lacquer cracker I’ve got on a fantastic pea-green NEMS label and the only record i've heard by Cupid's Inspiration. It’s top drawer pop that floats Den’s boat right up the River Don...they don't make 'em like this anymore

Cupid's Inspiration- Yesterday has gone

Den can be remember being knee-high to a grasshopper and tuning in to watch Granada TV’s flop soap “Albion Market” and Den Snr telling him that one of the stall holders was Helen Shapiro, ex- pop star. Zip forward 10 years and Den’s eyes are opened to this one, though he’s told by one of his dealers that he’d have to sell his Grandma to get his biscuit snatchers on a copy. The elusive search for this perfect slab of teen blue eyed soul continues…but that’s what gets Den out of his pit in the am….

This one is on the flip of The Miracles cover “Shop around” but also features on the CD British Soul Vol 2…but I couldn’t resist showing you the cover of the album “Helen hit’s out” it's where it's at, kittens…

Helen Shapiro- He knows how to love me

“So sticky, and gooey, and salty”…Buttered Popcorn as sung by Florence Ballard, the real lead singer of The Supremes before that wafer-thin voiced, twiglet Diane Ross started doing the shimmy shake with Berry Gordy (yup, the Diana moniker was to sound ‘classy’!)…Florence sings that her other half is more interested in eating buttered popcorn than her…jeez, what a hammer head! Anyway, kick back and think what could have been…

The Supremes- Buttered Popcorn

“I feel like something incredible is going to happen here….” Yup, Scorsese’s best, most enjoyable film gets Den’s juices flowing…I hadn’t watched this for a while but digging Patricia led me back to her older Sis Rosanna and her great turn in this flick that’s near perfect. You’d certainly chase half way across Soho in the rain to get your hands on a bagel and cream cheese paperweight wouldn’t you? It’s got a great soundtrack but I’ve yet to find a copy…maybe you can…watch the trailer and some deleted scenes…Griffin Dunne’s the berries!

After Hours Trailer

After Hours Out-takes

Now Den has laid his peepers on this one, it was back in July at Volupte and he’s got the Diva Dollars to prove it! (yes that is one of the ubiqutous Den Iniquity chip shovels in shot) The fan dance with the fairy lights almost made me choke on finger sandwich…fantastic stuff! And I'll give Diva Hollywood the highest complement a Den can give to a dame...She's got a great face!

Diva Hollywood- Starlight

Diva seems to have a lack of vids out there so you'll have to take Den's words for the images scorched on his retinas that she really is the monkey's waistcoat!