RE: (no subject)

[Howard Bishop <hbishop@ph...com>]

Hi Ally,

Top story!  Somehow it seems strange that Gerard would be a Morse fan. I 
had
him down as more of a "BBC2 documentary on the development of Eastern
European architecture" man.

I've been to quite a few of the Scottish islands, but never to Lewis. I
guess us town and city dwellers take big music stores and concert venues 
for
granted. Perhaps we can persuade Gerard to do a tour of the remote outposts
of Blue Aeroplane fandom. Do you still have his number?

Howard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ally Macinnes [mailto:allymacinnes@ya...co.uk]
> Sent: 20/Apr/2004 18:04
> To: blueplanes@st...net
> Subject: [Blueplanes] (no subject)
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Just a little story I thought I would share with you
> all. Back in January 1990 my brother and I became
> aware of the Blue Aeroplanes after seeing the Jacket
> Hangs promo on the Chart Show. My brother was 17 and I
> was 14. We are from a small island on the Isle Of
> Lewis called Great Bernera (see if you can find it on
> your maps!) Luckily we had a vcr and recorded the clip
> but then proceeded to wear it out with constant
> replaying! Shortly after that there was the appearance
> on Snub TV with live clips and Gerard being
> interviewed which we also recorded. We very quickly
> became big fans and wanted to find out more. We were
> aware of the Swagger LP which we bought (well my
> brother paid for it!) and wanted to find out about
> previous LP's. My brother decided the best way to get
> this information was to phone Gerard himself! He
> called a few Langley's in the Bristol area including
> Gerard's mother who told my brother how proud she was
> of Gerard and John! She gave my brother Gerard's
> number and eventually he got a hold of him. Gerard
> told my brother he was in the middle of watching
> Inspector Morse! My brother asked him for a
> discography which he kindly gave with the record
> labels that released them. Since then we have acquired
> all the Aeroplanes records available and also a few
> singles/ep's. I have to say I am still a big fan of
> all the records from Bop Art to Cavaliers, there were
> a couple of disappointing moments on Life Model and
> Rough Music but they also have their great moments. I
> think the first side of Cavaliers is the best original
> material they have released since Beatsongs. I'm still
> waiting patiently for new material and I haven't been
> fortunate enough to hear new tracks like Raise The
> Roof High but from what you guys are saying I think
> the new album will be worth the wait when it is
> eventually released! I've always wondered to this day
> if Gerard remembers that call from my brother! My
> brother and I used to joke that Gerard wrote Talkin'
> On The Otherphone about that conversation but probably
> not! Are there any other fans out there from remote
> parts of the world that nobody has ever heard of!? I
> also have to say that I enjoyed reading Richard Bell's
> stories from the old days, very interesting.
> 
> Ally
> 
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