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11/11/2017 0 Comments

Christmas Soiree and 'Spin What Ya Bring' Event - 22nd Dec 2017

Well, its nearly that time of year again and to celebrate another year we are holding a Hifi Hangar Christmas soiree.,

It will be starting from around midday and going into the evening to merge with our 'Spin What Ya Bring' listening night.

During the day we will have minced pies and drinks and in the evening from 6.30pm onwards we will set up a vintage hifi system in one of our listening rooms. All our customers are welcome to come along and bring music to play during the evening.

There is a bit of a challenge that if you bring along any Christmas songs it should be something alternative that we would not normally have heard on Christmas.

So get your thinking caps on and start searching the archives for any interesting Christmas covers by unlikely artists or lesser known Christmas songs from other countries. So please no Mariah Carry or Cliff Richard!

Hope to see you here

Steve, Sarah & Bob

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9/11/2017 2 Comments

Ed Greer from 2 Point 2 - 'Russian Doll'

Today we had visit from a lovely chap called Ed Greer.

He came in to chat about a vinyl based system to play his Treasured new wave pop collection... pride of the collection is his only copy of the 1984 single Russian Doll by 2 Point 2.

He was the singer/songwriter of the single and can be seen in the publicity shot, behind his friend and fellow band member. It was put out on the Rock City label which was home at the time to Gary Newman.

There were only 250 copies made and even though the single was played on capitol radio, the Label spent most of it's time promoting the ever popular Newman so unfortunately 2 Point 2 joined the many others who gave it their best shot, but sadly never made it to stardom.

He hadn't heard the song in ages, and was quite emotional when we played it to him on one of our shop systems.

It's a very catchy number, especially the A-Side Russian Doll.

Thanks again Ed for sharing the memories with us, and unlike most one-off singles, it is actually very good!

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Author - Steve Ansell

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Christmas Soiree and 'Spin What Ya Bring' Event - 22nd Dec 2017

Ed Greer from 2 Point 2 - 'Russian Doll'

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