Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've just heard on the news that Alvin Stardust has passed away after a short illness. R.I.P. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alvin-stardust-dead-singer-passes-away-following-short-illness-aged-72-9813196.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 R.I.P Shane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 VERY SAD, think he lived in Mansfield at one time,saw him some yrs ago walking nr Bakewell with Lisa Goddard his ex wife.R.I P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Very sad. Seems he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. RIP Alvin Stardust Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 How sad indeed. I think he did have some connection with Mansfield but I'm not sure what it was. I have a single of his (as Shane Fenton) 'It's Gonna Take Magic' on the A side, 'Cindy's Birthday' on the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Another of the soundtracks of my life gone, very sad to hear of his passing. He did indeed grow up in the Mansfield area, I always thought it was towards Worksop way somewhere. His connection with Notts always made him seem more a local hero to me and my friends when we were in our teens and then of course he was Shane Fenton with the Fentones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Very sad, 72, no age really. RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just read Alvin Stardusts wiki . Never realised there were two Shane Fentons ! Probably the one I used to see at various places was the first one . The original one died in his teens and Bernard Jewry who was the bands roadie took over as the new Shane Fenton before becoming Alvin . http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Stardust Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Pretty sure I was going to the Lacarno on teen night when I heard "I,m a moody guy" RIP shane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Reckon you right mgread, tuesdays Teenbeat entrance price 1/6,early 60s,oh happy days, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 VERY SAD, think he lived in Mansfield at one time,saw him some yrs ago walking nr Bakewell with Lisa Goddard his ex wife.R.I P. Lisa Goddard now lives in Swanton Morley, Norfolk. The house used to belong to friends of ours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 R.I.P Alvin Stardust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Sad to hear about Alvin Stardust. I worked with him a couple of times. He was a nice guy. Showed that he had a good sense of humour when he did all those glam-rock revival tours and had the enormous quiff and massive brothel creepers ! I never worked out why he had a broad Lancashire accent - even though he was from the East End. He had a suprising number of hits - one I particularly liked was 'Pretend'. R.I.P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I worked with one or two people who knew him before he became famous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryanC 16 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Sad News indeed. I told my mate in Oz who was in the group scene at that time and he mentioned this website for memories. playedinaband.com Apologies if you already know it but it brought back memories for me including the picture of Jack Bentalls music shop next to the Theatre Royal. Enjoy. Stay Cool...and keep rocking. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Thanks for your post BryanC, as I had forgotten about Brentnall's shop, a good memory jog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Jack Brentnall's Shop, bought my first guitar from there, saved up for ages. About £6.00 around 1963. Seem to remember the frontage had curved glass windows? Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Seems he got a late diagnosis on his prostate cancer ,get checked lads ,r.i p A.S 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Re. Jack Brentnall's Shop, bought my first guitar from there, saved up for ages. About £6.00 around 1963. Seem to remember the frontage had curved glass windows? Well it was on a curve Smiffy - between Watmoughs and the County Hotel. Brentnall's seemed a bit more hip than Clement Pianos - the other main shop selling guitars and what not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Apologies if you already know it but it brought back memories for me including the picture of Jack Bentalls music shop next to the Theatre Royal.. Jack Brentnall's Shop, bought my first guitar from there, saved up for ages. About £6.00 around 1963. Seem to remember the frontage had curved glass windows? No amount of adjustment can make any lettering readable, but concentrate on the three dark windows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Now that picture brought back a lot of memories, Jack Bentalls was more in tune with the budding folk/rock guitarist than Clement Pianos were. I used to buy my Martin ultra light gauge strings from there as well as building up a full set of Hohner Blues Harps, one in a different key whenever I could afford it. A good corner to visit made better when Selectadisc moved in just up the road on the left. Sorry to hear about Alvin, I must admit I thought he'd be older than that, when he was reinvented as Alvin Stardust I always thought he looked embarrasingly old to be involved in the so called Glam Rock/Pop scene, I thought he was probably in his 40's at the time. Quite frankly I loathed all that early 70's stuff and I thought his music was particularly dreadful, mind you, he was cute enough to carry it off and make a succesful come back, I always admired him for that. The 70's was a terrible decade for music, it started with Glam and ended with Punk, it makes me shudder to think about it. I swapped over to appreciating more obscure music from US Country and British Folk roots, when Punk was forced upon us, I switched to Radio's 3 and 4. Anyway Alvin, keep on rocking wherever you are matey, you made a lot of people happy in your time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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