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A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:50:32 AM »
This forum has a tried and trusted, albeit sad tradition in failing to realize the magic that was Strappps ...

I didn't know that TV footage of them even existed. Nice Ric sound too. And what a handsome chap Ross Stagg (singer, guitarist and chief songwriter) was! You'd never know he was Australian really. Aussie Roo'n'Rollers generally look like people that play in AC/DC or - worse still - Airbourne (ducking from the boomerangs ...).  :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2e2A51I5J8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfV6ta_1ZKc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFyC-8Mc4k&feature=related
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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2011, 11:54:12 AM »
Good grief... has the down-turn in business hit your profession, too...?

Nice find... ;)

Did some digging and there's quite a bit of stuff to look at (Curses, that damned German has found my Achiles heel... ;D)

Don't forget that (local to me) Mr Underwood had quite a bit of a track-record both pre and post Strapps, not to mention the multiple links in Pete Frames' DP family tree...
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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2011, 11:56:48 AM »


 Don't forget Herr Moderator that I have the only copy of a Strapps disc on U.S. shores! Courtesy of you  ;)
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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2011, 12:10:11 PM »
... and she's known for her impeccable taste, too... ;)
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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2011, 01:57:22 PM »
She just liked the cover of the first Strapps album me thinks ... That kind of appealed to her.

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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2011, 01:07:21 PM »
I never could figure out what was going on in that cover shot - that's a left boot... :o
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Re: A thread that will mean nothing to anybody except Ken and me ...
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2011, 04:25:42 PM »
Save when involving furry rodents, your imagination leaves much to be desired, Ken!
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