Yes got that, great read!
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Excellent cheers:)
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Wot no Tarzan Boy
Taffy should be in it
“… reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans everywhere.”
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Squeaky Clean by Callum McSorley
Glasgow gangster dark comedy by a newcomer to the Scottish crime fiction scene (which is absolutely flourishing by the way) and already excited for the next case
Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium - BBC News
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Heard this story on the radio today, I didn’t realise he lived in Belgium for a bit!
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A well written piece; a wide ranging review. I’ve got Party Lines sitting on the shelf, must read it.
Great line:
“the memory of rave is itself the product”.
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Wow, would love to hear those.
The film must drop soon Marvin Gaye movie Allen Hughes Warner Bros Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Produce (deadline.com)
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The interview with the guy was so shady ‘well, we don’t own the copyright but we’ve got the tapes so we want to come to an arrangement with the family and btw this one song is probably the greatest thing he ever wrote, he probably just forgot to release it’
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Wasn’t it all done during his big cocaine years … I’m not holding my breath on it being that good 
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It’s basically musical poker - could be life-changing, could be shit, it’ll cost you to find out
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He also lived in a bread van for a while, running away from the taxman and the coke man. Apparently he got really into hardcore S&M comics when he was in Belgium, his flatmate said ‘this is sexual hurting, you need sexual healing’ - and you can guess the rest.
Quite the life story Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye by Steve Turner | Goodreads
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Ha amazing!
Recall a lively ‘furore’ on Gilles P’s forum a few years back when Mr Beatnick put out some Marvin Gaye edits IIRC without clearing with the estate. Back when edits were an ethical hot potato