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Jazzman Gerald

Jazzman Gerald

About Me

I started dealing rare records in the early '90s, and started record labels Jazzman, FUNK45 and Stark Reality in '98. Most releases are 45s, we've now done over 100 of 'em. LPs, CDs and 12"s too, but 45s are where it's at. After over 20 years solid collecting, my personal record collection is starting to shape up. I DJ everywhere.ModMySpace Profile Customizer
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My Interests

RECORDS LPs & 45s from the '60s/'70s - funk, soul, jazz, latin, northern, ska, titty-shakers, folk-psych, beat ballads, proper RnB, middle-eastern music, modal jazz, spiritual jazz, weird shit, oddities & obscurities.
SUPRAS -I have a 400bhp twin turbo Jap import which means just a little bit quick... if you have a porsche or ferrari let's race and I will kick yo a$$.
FOOTBALL esp the failings & fortunes of Middlesbrough Football Club (The BORO) and follow them all over esp when they're playing in Europe. Sadly not this season :-(
Oh and if you support Chelsea, then don't even THINK about being my friend.
CACTUS esp. Mammillaria, Ariocarpus & Notocactus although I don't have any space or sunny place to keep them anymore, which is not good. When I retire I'm gonna move to Arizona.
KUNG FU Who isn't a Bruce Lee fan eh? My thing is Hung Gar, from Southern China. But since Mark Houghton moved to Hong Kong to be a film star, it's hard to find a good teacher these days :(
CEROC DANCING or modern jive, I'm well into it and ladies you can grab me for a quick go at any of my gigs
I ALSO COLLECT '50s Cuban & Hawaiian shirts, '60s valve amps, '80s tracksuits, record boxes for 7"s and 45 centre adaptors. I already have tons of 'em and NEED MORE.

I'd like to meet:

The person who stole my Ricardo Marrero "A Taste" LP. Twat.

Music:

As Keb Darge says, 'NO SHITE' and that means if you're into any kind of house, pop, new age, smooth jazz, trance, modern-style 'R&B', Celine Dion (vile), Kenny G (ouch painful), Elton John (what a complete wanker that man is) then don't waste your time here - ta like.

Movies:

NO special effects, fake computer generated nonsense, explosions, killing, guns, monsters & aliens etc.
YES kitchen sink, b&w, '60s & '70s, non-US. Same as music - no shite!

Television:

Football. Peep Show. Alan Partridge. Ceefax.

Books:

William Blake. George Orwell. When Saturday Comes. Jap Performance. Viz. Any paper so long as it's not the Sun, NOTW or Daily Mail.

Heroes:

James Brown. John Peel. Shane McGowan. Gigi Campi. Sid Vicious. Peking Tank Man. Syd Barrett. Lemmy. Sahib Shihab. Mark E Smith. Zinedine Zidane. Bruce Lee. Fela. And all those brave people who have released a record on their own label.