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1 Five Things I Saw & Heard This Week Music in the everyday world by Martin Colyer April 19, 2013 You are here: Home / Extra! / 5 Things Extra: Dobell s Exhibition 5 Things Extra: Dobell s Exhibition April 16, 2013 By martin colyer Leave a Comment George Elliot, Bill Colyer, Brian Harvey, Doug Dobell, Ken Lindsay, George Webb, John Jacks and a bottle of Emva Cream Sherry at the opening of Dobells in Brighton in Bill had just finished building it all with Peter Martin. The Dobell s exhibition at my old alma mater, Chelsea School of Art (now relocated in the shadow of Tate Britain and renamed university of the arts london chelsea) was a Proustian rush who knew that the Museum Of London had collected parts of the original shop when the Tower Street branch finally closed in 1992? The drum sign, the record bags, the cover artworks, most of all an original record rack built by Page 1 of 11

2 my dad filled in a picture of what it was like to be there, at a time when record shops were part-business, part-clubhouse, and part-preacher s pulpit. I met two of my old bosses, Les and Gerry, caught up with Leon Parker whose hard work had made the exhibition happen and ended up between Donald Smith (the curator) and Jona ( You ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties ) Lewie as they both reminisced about Anthony Newley and sang snatches of his songs back and forth, which seemed a strangely appropriate end to the evening. Richard Williams was there too, and writes here about the story of Dobell s in a typically astute post on his blog, thebluemoment.com. Here are some photos mostly taken by my dad, Bill of life in the shop in Brighton, with a picture of the more famous London shops at the end. Page 2 of 11

3 Unknown man outside shop, possibly Pete Martin s wife Joyce behind him. Has Trad Jazz Had It? Special Investigation. Those were the days Don Sollash, my mum Betty and me, and my cousin Ray, Brighton Shop, 1957 Page 3 of 11

4 Early window display. Poor opinion of Elvis Presley expressed. Page 4 of 11

5 I, however, love Elvis. Page 5 of 11

6 Early record browsing seals habit of lifetime. Page 6 of 11

7 Ron & Mina Bowden and Bill look on as Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry (cut off) play in the shop. Page 7 of 11

Charing Cross Road, Jan 1966, Kodachrome Slide Share this: Twitter 3 Facebook 4 LinkedIn 2 Like this: Like Be the first to like this. Filed Under: Extra!

8 Charing Cross Road, Jan 1966, Kodachrome Slide Share this: Twitter 3 Facebook 4 LinkedIn 2 Like this: Like Be the first to like this. Filed Under: Extra! Tagged With: 77 Charing Cross Road, Betty Colyer, Bill Colyer, Brian Harvey, Chelsea Space, Dobell's Record Shop, Don Sollash, Donald Smith, Doug Dobell, George Elliot, George Webb, John Jacks, Jona Lewie, Ken Lindsay, Leon Parker, Mina Bowden, Ron Bowden «Five Things: Wednesday 10th April Five Things: Wednesday 17th April» Page 8 of 11

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Martin Colyer On a need to know basis Plays primitive music on ramshackle guitars. Likes Sam Amidon and Ray Stevens. Designs. Fair cook. On occasion, writes a song, usually with Mark Pringle.

10 Martin Colyer On a need to know basis Plays primitive music on ramshackle guitars. Likes Sam Amidon and Ray Stevens. Designs. Fair cook. On occasion, writes a song, usually with Mark Pringle. Co-founder of Rock's Back Pages, co-founder of a group called Hot!House. Blogs on music in the everyday world, weekly, at Five Things Seen And Heard This Week. Blogs occasionally on illustration and photography at Adventures in Commissioning. Various musical projects at both southwesternrecorders.com and martincolyer.com. Posts By Categories Extra! Weekly Roundup Search this website Search Incoming Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS Blog at WordPress.com. Page 10 of 11

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