Brian Fahey - At The Sign Of The Swingin' Cymbals

[moaardeeb]

GREEEETINGS POP PICKERS........AND THEN OF COURSE THERES..........NOT ARF........God Bless ya Fluff

[MegaBushfan]

Anyone got the Brass Incorporated version from 1970 ? Its the one that I remember the most.

[MrDavros1234]

Alright.......right...........­.stay bright.........tara! Just listened to the Radio2 documentary about POTP - great stuff with some very interesting facts! Fluff has to be the greatest dj ever, god bless you Alan.

[spiccybaby]

Damn this takes me back... it's me age, you know.

[MrJaika1]

Great job Jim! you can find one whole hour PICK of the POPS under the name of MrJaika1. Have fun. Greeting from Holland, Nico.

[HornbyLad1000]

EXCELLENT !

[jezholden]

who was the drummer for brass incorporated?

[djonshore]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I finally found the version I've been looking for. Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim remixed this for the Official UK Top 40 on BBC Radio 1 from 1997 to 1999.

[FunkyM217]

@djonshore Are you sure you're not thinking of "Crash!" by the Propellerheads? Because that was used for a time.

[djonshore]

@FunkyM217 Crash! by the Propellerheads was used by Radio 1 from 1999 to early 2003, when Wes Buttons took over the helm of the chart DJ.

The Fatboy slim remix was used from the autumn of 1997 to 1999, I have recordings of it on Minidisc and tape.

[flammasherman]

Fluff took over from David Jacobs for POTP I think in 1962, up to then it went out on The Light Programme at 10.40, Saturday Night .I remember listening to it on WW 2 headphones in bed connected to a radio in my parents' bedroom !.DJ used I think a Harry James track but when this Brian Fahey track came in on Sunday afternoon it was quite radical and up to date, just suiting Fluff's personality.As Jim says it was ' updated ' as it was considered much later to sound ' old fashioned !.

[MrKingsRow]

Hi Jim...I've never heard this one...but it's a great song and video...thanks for sharing...thums up! :)

[crazydavedisco]

This is not the version used fro the chart coundown by "Fluff"

[jimmytheferret]

Oh yes it is. This was the original version used until about 1969 when he changed to the recording by Brass Incorporated.

[crazydavedisco]

@jimmytheferret - Unlike many commenters on this site, i respect your knowledge on this subject and stand corrected. Being only 50 years young I grew up listing to the later version and it is set in stone in my little mind - never the less - Great post !

[charade97]

This was, as I hope everybody knows, the signature tune of Alan Free,man's 'Top of the Pops' in the late 1950's.Great tune.

[putzeunowainzeunowur]

THATS MY NAME BRIAN FAHEY XDDDD

[char1737]

was this sampled by the propellerheads for the song crash?

[CristoMaze]

It was a re-recording!

[0208name]

Stay tuned Pop Pickers..

[zenhen]

Top tune of the century.You can't touch this for grooviness. Not Arf

[kuqi320]

does anybody know where i can find the more modern version they use today?

[Thesurus02]

They've got a up to date version of this in a current Moben advert. Good song but the advert is fecking terrible.

[leviguy501]

A great tribute to a true pro.

Don't make DJs like this anymore!

[billmm79]

brilliant

[musicstadium]

Fantastic tribute to a broadcasting legend.

[SuckyBusker]

Not 'arf.

[Graham1954]

That's right!

[jackaldot70]

hi

i was lucky enough to meet brian fahey at his home in skelmorlie ayrshire. he owned the other 2 thirds of my sisters house.

a lovely gent. he died in april 2007 soon after the death of his lovely wife. he was a survivor of wormhoudt. where the ss gathered a number of bitish soldiers and massacared them.

he became a good friend and colleague of shirley bassey.

rip

[amandasarahfahey]

Hi just fell on your comment by chance, I'm Brian's daughter, Amanda, thnx for ur nice comment

[jackaldot70]

hi i'm glad you liked my comment. they were a really nice couple that my sister jacqui and her husband ron and my family were fond of. what a life they had...

[WelshyM]

My hometown of Llandudno is twinned with Wormhout for those sad reasons.

RIP all the old boys.

[djstickland]

Hi there pop pickers. Dear Alan. If I know you , you're entertaining the Angels.

[stoneagequeen]

I heart sop sax