Here's the 165th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Follows on from my Last Post and Features the Late Terry Callier, Its been Mixed by Michael Ruetten, it Contains some Great Tracks, including amongst others: Love Theme from Spartacus, Ordinary Joe, What Colour Is Love and Alley Wind Song.
The time was now around September of 1987, I had found a Takeaway Shop to Rent, it also had a Small Restaurant and Sold Burgers, Fish, Pizza's, Homemade Pies, Chips etc etc. As I said Previously we Checked the Place out During Opening Times and it seemed a Fairly Busy Place, we also had the Shop Books to Look at, for all the Incomings and Outgoings etc, we had these for about a Week.
I had an Accountant look at the Books and he said he thought Everything Looked Ok, but I Remember at the time, Susan's Father, who was a Businessman, with about 4/5 Betting Shops (so he knew what he was Talking about) said "he thought the Shop was a White Elephant" and a Waste of Time, Energy and Money! But Unfortunately for Myself, I did not Listen to my Father-in-Law, because I had the Chance of a Lifetime to Start a New Business (for Myself and Family) and I only Listened to my Mother, who kept Saying to me "Your Father wanted you to have your Own Business"
So I Stupidly took the Help my Mother was Providing (with Cash) and Signed the Dotted Line to take over the Takeaway Shop! The Couple who Ran the Takeaway before me, were a Married Couple from Great Yarmouth, they Lived Near the St.Georges Park in the Centre of Town, I'm Trying to Remember their Names, His Name was Billy, but I cant Remember Her Name or their Surname, but I will Remember Sooner or Later! The Reasons for Naming them will become Clear in a Few Post's Time, I have Never Seen them Since that Time, we had the Takeaway, but I would Love to Meet them, Just to tell them what I think of them Now (and Back then) and about all the Crap they caused us to Suffer!
I think it was about October of 1987 that I Finally got the Keys to the Takeaway Shop, but as it Turned Out, this was only the Start of Loads of Trouble and Heartache for Me Susan and Our Kids, while Running this Takeaway Shop!
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Now for some Music, this Week saw the Death of another Great Singer "Terry Callier" over his Career he Released 16 Albums, and one of my Favorites was "Fire on Ice" which was Released in 1978.
This was his 5th Album, and it was on the Elektra Record Label, it contained some Great Tracks including: Be a Believer, Holdin' On (To Your Love), Butterfly, Disco in the Sky and the Great African Violet, but the Track I'm going to Feature is "Martin St. Martin" This Track was a Tribute to "Martin Luther King" and Written by Terry Callier and Larry Wade and Produced by Richard Evans. Terry Callier Made some Great Music during his Life, I have put a Few Examples Below! Also this Coming Wednesday's Mix will be a Tribute Mix to Terry Callier, Mixed by Michael Ruetten.
After a Couple Of Weeks of Waiting, I heard about my New Job, I was to start the following Week, working as a Cook in Charge of a Contractor's Section on a Gas Platform in the North Sea!
Susan and the Kid's did not want me to take this Job, as I would be Working Away from Home, on a 2 Week On and 2 Weeks Off Basis, but I had to get a Job and this was the First Job, I Applied for and I got it fairly Quickly.
As I said in Previous Post, at this time in my Life, I had Never been on a Airplane before, let alone a Helicopter, so it was all New to me!
I remember getting everything together a couple of Days previous and I was all ready to go!
I believe it was a Thursday Morning of my First Trip, at this time I never had a Car, but all the Worker's were Picked up in a Mini-Bus at several different Places, around my Area.
The Pick Up time was about 5 in the Morning, so I left my House about 20 Minutes before hand to walk about 0.5 Mile to the Pick -Up point, where we Lived at the Time was a Large Built up Area, but only about 10 mins away it was all Fields and Grassy areas!
I was going to walk up and around all the Houses, but decided to cut over the Field, to a short cut I knew, to save about 5 minutes!
It was Pitch Black walking over these Fields, the Pick-Up Point was opposite a Pub Called "The Sun" it was going Fine until about 10 Paces from the End of this Grassy Area!
I put my Foot Down and there was Water everywhere and my Trainer came off and my Foot went completely in all this Water, I was soaked both Feet, and it was Freezing, plus I could not see anything as it was Pitch Black!
This area now, some 30 Years later, is all Built up with hundred's of Houses, but back then there was only 1 section of Houses all the rest as I said was Fields!
When the Mini-Bus finally arrived I remember everybody having a Good Laugh at my Mis-hap, so this was the Start of my Life, working Offshore, but how long would this Last!
As for some Great music, this Track is taken from an Album Called "Fire on Ice" released in 1978 by Terry Callier.
The Track's called "Holdin' On (to Your Love).
The Album had 9 Tracks, all of which were Great, the Album had some Great Musicians and Backing Singers, I will do a entire Post in the Future concerning this Album.
Incidentally , one of the Album Mixers was Don Mizell, who I have Featured on this Blog, recently!
