Dusty related snippets

[daydreamer]

You can watch the show online (maybe UK only) at..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... bby_Crush/

What a shame that we didn't know anything about this auction as bidding was going on online. And I feel that if he had brought them to DD, he would have doubled the amount raised. Opportunity missed, rather than Opportunity Knocks methinks

[Carole R.]

I'm thinkin that this topic was worthy of its own thread.

What a treat to see those Dusty Outfits, but what a travesty that they were sold so cheaply.

I'm sure that they would have fetched at least £1000 at Dusty Day.

Thanks for the link, I'm gonna start giving that programme a whirl!!

CR xx

[trek007]

He has I believe some of her dresses too.

I wonder who bought these jackets.

It would have been nice to have known about the auction on line beforehand. He paid £800 for them so someone got a bargain buying them for £750.

His charity was an old artists fund, so in that sense they will benefit, but I too feel they would have fetched more with abit of publicity on fan sites.

[Carole R.]

Yes, I guess as the items belonged to Bobby Crush he's entitled to choose the Charity, which looks like a good one..
I suppose if the buyer was a Dusty fan theres a small chance of those things appearing at the Dusty Day Auction..
If they are sold there, the Dusty Charities would benefit twice over...Or 'The Second Time Around'...

CR xx

[Cas19]

Thank you for the Link Carole,it must be the only one I have missed in a while! Typical!
I'm sure youre right and it would have made more at the DD auctions.
Love this one with the butterflies.



Casx

[daydreamer]

I think it deserves it's own thread too but Corinna is away at the moment and I'm not sure anyone else knows how to move the posts! Soon as I saw that butterfly jacket at the auction, I loved it and I think the black outfit is great, I'd wear that now! Not that I personally would have been able to afford them, but it is such a pity they didn't come to Dusty Day. Even if the money had gone to his chosen charity instead of ours, I'm sure they would have gone for so much more. In the programme they talked about specialised auctions and getting in touch with her fan club etc. Can't see that they did that, we're the nearest thing to a fan club now that the Bulletin has closed.

[boztiggs]

I am gutted, I would have gone to a thousand, and who knows how much more had it been on dusty day, but then again that bloody woman would have outbid me yet again, cant blame her really, if she has the cash, i guess i would do the same if i could. But, as well as all this, they are about to, or just have, filmed a "flog it" special in henley. I emailed the bbc with a suggestion that they may want to make their middle bit of the show where they do something relevant to the area for ten minutes or so, about dusty, i gave them a rundown but never heard back and then i forgot about it. all these missed opportunities!!!



Neil

[Cardiff Bluesgirl]

such a shame that he didnt put them to the Dusty Day auction and maybe split the money between his charity and Dustys, but then he bought them in the first place so its up to him how he disposes of them later and its a good cause again.
I wish all her stage clothes were on display somewhere instead of scattered all over the place.

[Cardiff Bluesgirl]

IJDKWTDWM being played now on radio 2 love songs

[Cardiff Bluesgirl]

dont know if any of the Brits watch country file Sunday evenings,but it was from Berkshire today. they were on the Thames and they went to Hurley,next to where the frogmill house Dusty rented is. they went to a boatbuilders yard and showed Henley with a quick glimpse of St Marys Church in the back ground.
all that lovely setting with the river and the willow trees,wish I was there

[karen]

Yes saw this Liz , thinking the same as you , never know might get that boat on the Thames one day...

[Cas19]

Sometimes watch Liz, but missed this one.

Casx

[Clive]

A couple of nice portraits of Dusty by an artist named April Silva

http://aprilsilva.blogspot.com/2011/01/illustration-friday-dusty.html

[Clive]

nice notebooks!

http://www.rewarevintage.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RV&Product_Code=2602058&Category_Code=26

[Cas19]

The notebooks are different Clive, thank you.
I had seen the others you put on above these, but not in B/W, so again thank you.

Casx

[Cardiff Bluesgirl]

I was watching a programme on vintage tv on the weekend, it was called Solid silver sixties.
music clips of this show and chats with Chris Farlowe, Dave Berry and Tony Crane from the Mersey beats.
they were asked for stand out memories from those days and highlights of their careers. Tony Crane said he remembers the Merseybeats having a row with Dusty Springfield because they released "wishin and hopin" and had a top ten hit with it before she got the chance to release hers and she wasnt best pleased about it

[Clive]

Here's an old (2007 ) interview with a singer called Laurice who I hadn't heard of before

he mentions Dusty:

Dusty Springfield?

My biggest influence without a doubt. She was my idol. I saw her perform at Mr. Smith’s in Manchester years before when I was still a student, and I met her years later in the 80’s when she performed at Greg’s Blue Dot in Hollywood. She was every inch a lady, and an incredible performer. I would love to do a tribute album to Dusty Springfield if I ever get the chance. Her recording career was absolutely phenomenal. She could and did sing in about every style you could think of.

Did you write anything for her?

Yes. Well, I tried. But it was very difficult to get to her.



http://www.discostyle.com/artist/laurice.asp

[daydreamer]

I wasn't old enough to go to Mr Smiths, you had to be 21, so lucky him Cas and I stood at the end of the road in the hope of seeing Dusty arrive but we never did. It was a bit of a seedy area back then.

http://www.manchesterbeat.com/venues/ma ... smiths.php

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[Clive]

thanks for the link Carole and the flyer from Greg's Blue Dot.

Just looking back at an old copy of the Bulletin( no 44). Fred Perry had some interesting recollections about Dusty's appearance at Greg's Blue Dot. He mentions he had some great photos from that night, I wonder will they ever surface.

[Clive]

This is kind of sweet, a card sent by a fan in Zagreb to Dusty in 1967 when she was appearing at Mr. Kelly's nightclub in Chicago.