Haven't seen that one but I do remember being in a bar in Ostend as a teenager on a football (soccer for the Yanks) tour when the barman told us that it was Marvin's local bar and that he was in most nights.Didn't think much of it at the time until I became a devotee of Northern Soul shortly afterwards and saw a documentary about Gaye with clips of him in the same bar..........
> -----Original Message----- > From: Brendan Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 November 2002 14:50 > To: tom churchill; Kerr Graham; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) 303 Trivia..... > > Has anyone ever seen that amazing footage of Marvin Gaye singing the US > national anthem over an 808 before some big basketball game in the early > 1980s? He was wearing a pair of mirror shades, and it's quite a > tear-jerking experience when the 808 comes in under his singing - > cowbells, toms and everything! > > Brendan > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: tom churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: 29 November 2002 14:43 > | To: Kerr Graham; '313@hyperreal.org' > | Subject: Re: (313) 303 Trivia..... > | > | > | > .....used on Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing in 1982 by all accounts. > | > > | > Maybe someone would like to confirm? > | > | Don't know about the 303, but you can hear the 808 being used - the > | unmistakable cowbell sound in particular... > | > | ************************************************************************ The contents of this message and any attachments are confidential and are intended solely for the attention and use of the addressee only. Information contained in this message may be subject to legal, professional or other privilege or may otherwise be protected by other legal rules. This message should not be copied or forwarded to any other person without the express permission of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you are not authorised to disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by telephone (+44-20-7002-4000) and destroy the original message. We reserve the right to monitor all e-mail messages passing through our network. ************************************************************************