Not too long ago, I stumbled upon a forgotten old external hard-drive, buried at the bottom of a box. Firing it up, I found 500GB of music, most of which I'd long since dragged and dropped elsewhere, plus a few dozen folders worth of photos. The majority of the snapshots had been backed up on other drives too, however to my surprise I spotted an unnamed folder containing around 30-40 Swedey McSwedefaces from 2017 & 2018, roughly half of which incorporated a cunningly positioned 7" single, where an LP would traditionally be. I have no memory of taking these shots, or what I originally had in mind for them, though they were obviously intended for the blog. Here's one now!
Jon Hart's 'Toytown' was released in September 1980, very early on in my record shop career. The single marks Hart's one and only appearance on vinyl....and then the trail goes cold. Even this new fangled World Wide Web that everyone's talking about fails to throw up any further information about the man. One thing I can state categorically though, without fear of contradiction, is that Jon Hart was an admirer of David Bowie's music circa 1967-69. How do I know this seemingly random fact? Take a listen to both sides of the single, then have a gander at the quite extraordinary, recently unearthed, period TV performance. Your jaw will drop.
8 comments:
Blimey, you're right. Close your eyes when the video is on and you could be listening to and early record by the Great Man Himself
He's even a bit of a loony likeky
Looky as well as Loony!
This one is new to me but I enjoyed what I heard. And yes, this could be a lost Bowie track
Ah, the SwedyY McSwedeface!
I remember telling you that if it wasn't nailed down I'd nick it!
JM
It's uncanny!
Jon Hart is David Bowie! For a slice of real 1980, take a look at the sax player's kettle.
JM
Riddle solved!.
Go and catch Jean Genie in November. Turns out the reason Jon Hart (aka John Mainwaring) sounded like the Dame was Tony Visconti produced him!
JM
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