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4IP February 1969

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This is from the Sunday Truth February 16th 1969 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP having originally based in Ipswich was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Tony MacArthur who had been with 4BC throughout the 60's until 1967 and went to London where he worked on Radio Luxembourg which was on 4IP Sunday nights from 6pm for 2 hours and Monday to Friday for 2 hours from 7pm live from London.

Wuthering Heights

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This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw(Margot Robbie) who lives with her abrasive father Mr Earnshaw(Martin Clunes) encounters an young boy who was rescued off the streets of Liverpool who is called Heathcliff(Jacob Elordi) that is named after Catherine's brother who passed away and they are inseperable as well as protective of each other which 6 years later Cathy plans to court Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif) which she does eventually leading Heathcliff to ride off in the sunset and Cathy longs for him to return which he does clean shaven and short haired but is angry with Cathy for marrying Edagr and he marries Isabella (Alison Linton) just to make her jealous which gets interesting. It is Amazing, Brilliant and SUPERB with Top, Brilliant and FANTASTIC acting by Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Martin Clunes, Shazad Latif, Alison Linton and Hong Chau and it's directed by Emerald Fennell who also the screenplay and p...

Live At Wembley 1995 Van Halen

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On June 24th 1995 iconic American rock band Van Halen which had at the time Sammy Hagar on lead vocals were performing at the Wembley Stadium as part of their Balance tour as they had an album called Balance at that time and that performance was recorded which it is now out on CD. On the live recording perform their hits including Jump and You Really Got Me well as rear live recordings of The Seventh Seal and Feelin. It is FANTASTIC and ROCKIN with FANTASTIC songs with great playing by the guys and also sounded great too. Van Halen ended 6 years after the passing of member Eddie Van Halen but the music is still around and great to see stuff like this come out. This is a must for Van Halen fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

Here I Am Dolly Parton

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This is the 2019 documentary about legendary American country singer Dolly Parton which it's out on DVD and on it she talks about her career including going to Nashville in 1964, having her first country hit in 1966 with Dumb, meeting Carl Dean who would become her Husband, working with Porter Wagoner, having success on the pop charts as well as country with Jolene and Here You Go Again and movies including 9 to 5 as well as interviews with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Kylie Minogue, Mac Davis, Jerry Douglas and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING and Impressive stories and it is well worth watching. Dolly has just released a new version of her song Light Of A Clear Blue Morning with Reba McEntire, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Queen Latifah and this is a must for Dolly Parton as well as country music fans which I give it 4 stars as it is in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

4IP February 1975

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This is from the Telegraph February 12th 1975 and until 1992 when it becmae 4TAB which it is now radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 70's which besides from being the music station it was also promoting rock concerts which on Saturday February 15th 1975 4IP did a free rock concert at the Botanical Gardens in the city which it was compered by Keith Williams who was one of the 4IP Good Guys and had iconic Brisbane rock band Railroad Gin with a 12 piece string band and Brisbane bands Valhalla and Borgus.

4BK Top 40 February 1981

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This is from the Telegraph February 11th 1981 (45 years ago today) and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Slim Dusty at number 1 with Duncan, Split Enz who are touring this year was at number 2 with One Step Ahead, Gilbert O'Sullivan at number 3 with What's In A Kiss and Mondo Rock at number 4 with State Of The Heart. The new entries in the charts that week were Karen Knowles who had been on Young Talent Time was at number 35 with Why Won't You Explain, Dr Hook at number 36 with Girls Can Get It and Little River Band at number 37 with Long Jumpin Jeweller and besides from Slim Dusty, Split Enz who were really New Zealanders but was making inroads in Australia and Mondo Rock the other Australian and New Zealand acts on the charts were The Reels at nnumber 11 with the EP According To My Heart, Mental As Anything who are getting back together with Reg Mombassa and Pete O'Doherty at number 12 with their version of the Reflections song Just Like Romeo and Juliet, Air Sup...

4BH February 1963

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This is from the Sunday truth February 10th 1963 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys were Barry Matheson, Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse on North Quay, Brian Henderson who was the iconic music TV show Bandstand at the time, Ben Beckinsale and iconic Sydney radio personality John Laws who were on Sundays at 5pm doing the Holeproof Hosiery Show.