Record

Ref NoMS 4000/6/1/53/84/C
TitleCD Rom listening copy
LevelItem
Date24 September 1965
DescriptionInterview with Ray Gosling, possibly conducted by Stuart Hall

Track 1: Test tone, 0.48 mins
Track 2: Ray Gosling says that he would not be where he is now if it wasn’t for the Beatles, he talks about the feeling that ‘the world belongs to us’ that he can do what he likes after seeing ‘Rock Around the Clock’ for the first time, 2.06 mins
Track 3: He says that the whole thing was a joke, it was never taken up, he talks about voting Labour at the last election, they discuss whether the feelings created by Elvis and Bill Haley are good for the younger generation, he talks about young people envying pop stars, 3.28 mins
Track 4: He says that it is good that Mick Jagger is worshipped and screamed at, he talks about John Petty, a poet he knows, who wrote a book called ‘Five Fags a Day’, which was originally titled ‘Fire in my Heart’, he says that John Petty will be remembered; Stuart Hall argues with him - his words are very hard to hear, 3.31 mins
Track 5: He talks about not being able to persuade people through protest, 2.57 mins
Track 6: He says that Stuart Hall is wrong, he says he is doing very nicely, he says that independent money was needed to build something up for other people, that people only ‘half-believed’ that the world belonged to them, 1.55 mins

Total: 14.47 mins

Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0969880
Extent1
FormatCd-rom
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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