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| aaaaaaaaaaah I now have the glorious book in me scabby mitts, superb stuff and i am
in it too and my photo of the brick !!!, within the first pages of stories there are
laugh out loud stories about bouncers etc, never seen before pics and much much more,
i loved the first book you don`t have to be in harlem (in amazon marketplace by the
way)but this book kicks its ass !!, cheers apollo fans.
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| Now having just finished the book tonight, i thoroughly enjoyed the book start to
end, the stories in some a hilarious, must admit, got a little sad when i finished
it, shame the old girl is no more, i was at one of the demolishing days and never
thought of getting a memento of the building which i still regret today. The book is
a must have, you will piss your trousers, go goggle eyed at the pics and cry when you
finish it !!!
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| Thanks for the feedback! Wait 'till you see the demolition footage on the soon
to arrive DVD - film of the old place being taken down is very sad. Get the
hankies oot Neil.
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| ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, will hide behind the cushion when they show that just like I did when
I was a nipper and Dr Who was on and the Yeti`s, big fearty me.
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| just ordered the book cant wait so many people in canada wanting a look.bad
news i was told the dvd will not play over here tom black( ex
coatbridge )
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| run it through DVD shrink programme and take out the region coding !!
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| Great book, loved the first one but this is on a par. Especially liked the piccy of
my pal Big Mick's brick..... he looks after it!
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| is this Johnny Allan the keyboard player? used to be in band called the Blue Cymbals?
if so then contact me mate, organising a surprise 60th for one of your old mates,
Pete Lamb (my da)
Pete 07759726105
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| Like lots of of people of my generation. Sons or daughters bought it as a christmas
present and by now it has been well and truly thumbed. With words I wiz at that gig,
and that. If Harry Potter could wiggle is wand he should make the Apollo come back to
life.
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| Fantastic book, brings back some great memories, everyone at the time who you saw
there standing in the queues had individual memories and at the time you did not
think it would leave such lasting thoughts and memories of a great time in music,and
your life, just shows you eh..!!! The Apollo is dead, but long live the people and
the Memories! I am living in Holland now but will be back in Glasgow Saturday 21st
January...anyone up for a pint in the WALKABOUT?? (Now stand on the hallowed Apollo
site!) Alan Baxter
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| Hey Andy, you and Scott thinking still of getting some sort of gathering of the
Apollo faithful sometime in a bar or maybe a small gig where we could all meet? Seems
a lot of people contribute maybe good idea to see if they could get togther 'face to
face''....any thoughts..?? Cheers - Alan
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| Fantastic Scott & Andy and Martin Kielty! :-)
So chuffed ma aul' Lizzy ticket
is oan the front cover, Ye' even quoted me fae the forum aboot Philo an' Da Boys!
:-)
But ye spelt ma' effin' name wrang! lol
Phil O
(Osborne)
www.philip-lynott*xx*
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| Yeah the bookis pretty good and of course with something like this there is always
going to be mistakes but,to say that Les Harvey played Clouds on 29 june 1972 when
the poor sod was electrocuted on may 3rd 1972 in Swansea is pretty poor especially
coming from SAHB'S manager.
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| The best xmas present my missus ever gave me! & caused a huge party at my gaff on
boxing day with everybody from 32 - 48 remininscing and digging out old cd's!
FANTASTIC. Anybody got a seat they wanna sell? Met Jon Bon Jovi when they supported
KISS in '84 & now taking my 9 year old to Hampden in the summer....must be gettin old!
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| Just opened my *^*$*”^ birthday present. Apollo Memories! Best present I’ve had
in years. Flicked thru’ as you do and the book fell open at the page wi’ my wee
contribution.
Weird an' spooky or what?
The Apollo lives on.
Magic.
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| Like so many other readers, I got the book as a present too - for my ninth
anniversary from my wife - and it's fantastic. At my age, I must admit I've been more
often to the Barrowlands but I was able to attend the great venue during the latter
stages in the 80's. Some updates for the books "Who Played When Section" -
I have a couple of ticket stubs for gigs which don't appear as follows; Sat 10th
October 1981 - Madness (supported by The Belle Stars) Fri 22nd January 1982 -
UB40 Wed 15th September 1982 - UB40 The book left me wondering what happened to
the arm of the seat I got from the stalls after The Stranglers last concert there in
February 1985.
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| dose any one remember a band with two girl lead singers i think they suported
saxson i think they were called cheata or somthing like that ;scruffy
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| I feel a bit of a cheat when I read some of the comments by diehard fans but the only
time I actually paid to see a band at the Apollo was when my girfriend(now my wife)
bought tickets to see T.Rex But I have seen Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones
and(speaks in a low voice)The Osmonds to name a few, how this came about I will
explain. I worked for a company called Stage Furnishings who supplied
theatrical lighting and fittings for most of the theatres in and around Glasgow and
the Apollo was just another job but what a job it turned out to be, on the night it
was due to open everyone was working up to the last minute litteraly, Johnny Cash was
the act scheduled to open and we were told by the management that because we stayed
to finish the work we could watch the show from the GODS, high up in the theatre,
well if the audience had turned round they would have seen joiners,
electricians,plumbers and all sorts of tradesmen looking down at the show with them,
fond memories. Off to bed now but tell you soon about the gigs I managed to see.
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| Just finished reading the book today and I have to admit I had a tear in my eye! It
brought back so many memories, especially the Thin Lizzy concert with Phil in his
Scotland shirt. All the Quo concerts and many more. Some of the memories had me
laughing out loud, yes, how the years all drift away then its back to reality!
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| Hey guys- I've got a really specific question. Does anyone know if there is a DVD or
video anywhere of Bob Marley performing in July 1980?
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| hi my name is liam and i was maintenance joiner from 82 till 85 when it closed
its doors many many memories if your interested on hearing some of them let me know
cheers.
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| Can anyone confirm where the dodgy info came from concerning the site of the
apollo,because it was'nt where the walkabout bar is,for that to be true the Pavillion
theatre would need to be across the road from the Apollo and I certainly don't
remember that.For the record the Apollo site was nextdoor to where the Renfield Bar
is now,save for the wee lane where I got my Angus autograph.
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