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14th November 2020
Posted by Neil Matthew
Like any normal sane person I have been completely baffled by the “Toilet Roll Fiascos” this year – I just CANNOT get my head around what that has been all about ! In the Spring when panic first gripped the Nation, I had just started a new pack of four from Asda and living on my own they lasted a good while, so that when they did run out, (some!) sanity had returned to the stores and a replacement pack was readily available on the shelves. No problem …
Of course, life has changed numerous times since then, and last week I found myself in desperate need of a new toothbrush (I’ve done a LOT of eating this year and the poor old one has taken a hammering !!) but I couldn’t just pop in Boots and buy a new pack of two, so … deep breath … I went online. So far so good – until I realized I would have to pay about three times the cost of the toothbrush pack in P & P ! Well, I wasn’t going to do that, so I made a list of all the items that I would normally buy only in Boots across the course of a year that would not go out of date and ordered enough to take me past the £30 Free Delivery threshold !!
Lo and behold , a big cardboard box arrived on Thursday this week (my old brush just about lasted another 7 days !) packed with numerous bars of soap, cans of deodorant, packets of wet wipes and bags of razors, along with … EIGHT new toothbrushes – job done ! Although I think all my teeth will have dropped out before I actually use up all of those …
And with a lovely clean mouth each week (oh yes, I also slipped a couple of bottles of mouthwash in the order too!) I can now confidently continue to waffle away at my leisure as I present two hours of top quality soul, jazz-funk & disco goodness, enthusiastically spurting out fascinating facts and useful information about the tunes in amongst all the fab features ! The next “live” show will be on Monday at 7pm as usual, but if you want to hear what the last show brought to you my battered old friend sounded like, you can hear it on “Repeat Play” at 5pm this evening (Saturday) or visit “Listen Again” here right now …
The Tunes – 9th November
Billy Paul – Let Em In
Vicky D – This Beat Is Mine
Cornell C C Carter – Badeyah
Kenny Thomas – Outstanding
Kenny Thomas – Thinking About Your Love
Lou Rawls – Trade Winds
Jeffrey Osborne – Baby
Ray Parker Jr -You Shoulda Kept A Spare
Real Thing – We Got Love
Imagination – Flashback
Tavares – The Ghost Of Love
One Way featuring Al Hudson – Music
AC Soul Symphony – Manhattan Skyline
Gwen Guthrie – Close To You
Swing Out Sister – Breakout
Jaki Graham – Step Right Up
Light Of The World – Saturday
Clauds & Karabo Mogane – I’m In Love
Smokey Robinson – Being With You
Reel People feat Tony Momrelle & Imaani – Amazing
Labelle Epoque – Black Is Black
Side Effect – Always There (M & M Remix)
Feel free to get in touch with your soulful request or just for a mention on the show – post on “The Old Gits Soul Show” page on Facebook or message me personally …
E-mail: [email protected] or send a text message to (01268)833978.
The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8 in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com from 7pm–9pm every Monday, also repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website … search “Cool Soul” !