I share a love of film and music with my friend and fellow blogger, Mikey over at Wolfman’s Cult Film Club. Mikey has a huge, eclectic record collection; I’ll put it this way, I was quite impressed with my own collection–until I saw his. Wow!
And while I dabble in jazz, Mikey is a bonafide jazz aficionado. He walks the walk and talks the talk–and he’s got the records to prove it.
So, in light of my post on the jazz heavy noir, Odds Against Tomorrow, I asked Mikey’s permission to repost his very “hepcat,” Where Has Poor Mikey Gone?
Without further adieu…
A friend sent me word of this once rare, and I imagine, seldom seen British film oddity called Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964). I’d never heard of it, however, I knew the filming location well. Set in the early 60s in London’s Soho area. Long before I would travel there on the train from my south coast hometown every other weekend to spend my wage packet on vinyl records. From the late 80s through to the early 2000s it was a mecca to me and many music heads for its vast assemble of filled to the brim, record shops. Most famously for Berwick Street, a street lined with the holy grail of crate digging flicking fingers.
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I have never seen the film, but shared a similar expereince in the same area, from 1967, until I left London. The area around Soho and the nearby Charing Cross Road was a mecca for buying second-hand vinyl. The premier shop was ‘Dobells’, where I could not only increase my Blue Note and vintage Jazzz collection , but also sell on any records I no longer wanted. They were halcyon days, and happy memories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dobell
Best wishes, Pete.
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Well, we all have something in common–our love of jazz and soul music. I’m jealous of you and Mikey because you’ve spent so much time in London and I’ve always dreamed of visiting.
Thanks for the link. It sounds like a fascinating place.
–Pam
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If you ever get there, I will come down and show you around. Sadly, that area has changed a great deal now, but you can still get the sense of how it was. 🙂
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You’re sweet, Pete. If I do, I’ll certainly take you up on it, Lord willing.
–Pam
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That was a great post. I loved his memories and I couldn’t imagine how it was in the 60s…
I really want to see that movie…all he had to say was Twilight Zone like and I am all about it.
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Mikey is a very colorful writer. I love his enthusiasm. I want to see this movie too. You should see his record collection, Max. It is vast. Amazing. He really knows his stuff. All kinds of music.
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I checked his posts out last night…
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OH shucks Pam you are so very kind. Liking the hepcat moniker too as I jive and dive… Arrgjgha actually falling over my spats as I try to look so cool. Thank you Pam 🙂
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My pleasure, Mikey.
–Pam
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Hi Pam, I came across this post today that I thought you might be interested in. Knowing so little about film, I have no idea what to think of his views: http://richardnilsen.com/2021/04/19/now-a-major-motion-picture/
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Thank you, DW. How kind of you to think of me. Yes, this guy knows his stuff…much more than I do. Ha!
–Pam
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