Back From A Watery Grave (1) 1960's

If you are of a certain age you may well remember the offshore commercial radio stations of the 1960's. Broadcasting from ships lying at anchor three and a half miles off the British coast, they bombarded the UK listening public with pop music twenty four hours a day. Other stations used the derelict Army and Navy war time forts in the Thames Estuary.

The two most popular stations of that period were Radio Caroline and Radio London, both of which had their own weekly music charts. Depending on how big a record was, or how much they were being paid to play a particular song, most records in the lower part of their charts only had a short life on the stations play list.

Here are four old Turntable Hits from the 60's that are back from their watery grave.

Marc Bolan - The Wizard (1965)

An unknown name in the sixties but huge in the seventies as the main man
behind glam rockers T.Rex. This is Marc Bolan's first solo single which had
a lot of air play on Radio Caroline.










Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (1965)

A Lennon and McCartney song which made it big on the Radio London Fab 40 in
September 1965 for Silkie.











Episode Six - Morning Dew (1967)

Episode Six had a lot of exposure on Radio London but they failed to make the UK chart.

They were a British rock group during the mid-sixties. The band wasn't well known but foreshadowed the arrival of Deep Purple in late 1960s.
Episode Six were formed in July 1964; in May 1965 Ian Gillan joined as vocalist.

# Ian Gillan - vocals
# Graham Dimmock - guitar
# Tony Lander - guitar
# Sheila Dimmock - keyboard
# Roger Glover - bass
# Harvey Shield - drums

Glenda Collins - Something I've Got to Tell You (1966)

Another Radio London Turntable Hit.