home: pcrlfm.co.uk	HANDLE:	MICKEY NOLD	SOUL/R&B/BLUES/JAZZ/RAP/LATIN visit my 2Step Vinyl Soul site, lots of quality soul for sale: ww.mickeynold.blogspot.com also watch 100's of rare live acts at:       Maxine Jayne    Bo Diddley Story Part 1
'Music found only in the basement by yours truly Mickey Nold and The Consortium'. The Consortium for the most were Northern Soul collectors and DJ's from the West Midlands region of England. They came together because Birmingham over the early years (pre '85) has only had a  small amount of real soul music played on the radio. PCRL filled this gap along with reggae and even Asian music in its early days thanks to DJ's like Inram, Popli and Bash who broadcasted 14 hours a week in the early days of PCRL. Gospel and Islam was also on our menu for at least 8 hours a week. And you must remember we had to go off the air most days of the week b/w 9-6 pm.	BIRTH SIGN:	TAURIAN
	HATES:	PEOPLE WHO DO & DON'T RECOGNIZE THEIR RACIST TENDENCIES
	LOVES:	PIANO, GUITAR & FINDING LOST OR MISSED BLUES SOUL TUNES
Audio Player 1989 Demo tape sent to PCRL (recently unearthed) Free Radio Nold show from 1972 (60 minits duration) (including guests: Chairmen Of The Board & Ben E. King. Coming soon - old PCRL all-niters audio and possibly some new weekly R&B shows. Dave Rimmer bits PCRL '95 RIP To  Dave's wife Margie (d.29/1/10)	INFLUENCES:	MOM & DAD/JAMES BROWN
	QUALIFICATIONS:	ELECTRONICS, RADIO & TV
	INTERESTS:	BLACK HISTORY RESEARCH/ASTRONOMY/LIVE MUSIC
Moke Mag. interview issue 3 Moke Mag. interview issue 4	BIRTH PLACE:	DUDLEY ROAD HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
	STARTED ON PCRL:	JANUARY 1990
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Thanks to PCRL listener fireman Paul and Davie A, a  CD i is now available. All of the adverts and news has been carefully removed to leave some of the best music ever played on UK radio. All programmes are from the 1998-2001 period in time. The programmes were taped off the radio and for the most sound better than standard UK broadcasts. There's also a 1969 FRN CD (Free Radio Nold) is also now available that's over 39 years old! ..... If you are interested in these CD's please email us and I'll post you copy's for a small fee. Above is the cover from Basement Soul CD. All of the 'prize guys' on on the cover. Keep re-visiting this page for more CD's in months to come if these prove to be popular. (pcrl103fm@hotmail.com)	BIOGRAPHY: Brother Bones/His Shadows is my oldest black-music memory	My first gig was when I connected a microphone my fathers radio gram and drove my mother around the bend. This was then followed by my school dance where I used the school p.a. system. It was at Selly Oak Boys along with Slade (known as the N'Betweens an R&B band at the time) that I made my first public date. I remember we got told off by the head because they were too noisy and cussed a lot! Later when I built my own DJ console and loudspeakers I started entertaining at weddings and birthdays with 90/10 mix of black and pop music respectively.   Black music was always the way forward for me it seemed to be a more honest and lively sound. I was raised to not show your emotion. My parents were brought up by the Victorian tradition of not showing your feelings in public, no way would they have got out of there seats in a theatre and danced in the isles to James Brown.   FRN or Free Radio Nold was a 1960's pirate that never really got off the ground but ran on 222 metres of the Medium Wave band at weekends until 1972, but it gave myself some radio skills that I brought to PCRL. I was also a DJ on Enterprise Radio 90.9 FM in 1988 at the suggestion of a friend and DJ,  Jay Tee, who was to my mind one of Birmingham's best club DJ's at that time.  This was all happening in Daddy Studio's high-rise flat near Hockley at the time and when station folded in late 1989 I then sent a demo tape to PCRL and joined early 1990.   I have been a keen collector of soul albums for many years.  'The Basement Soul show' which started in 1990 had seen many regular guests over the years, people like Davie A.,, Bill Randle, John Weston, Ted Massey, Jodie Lamb, Chris Anderton, Jayne C, John Pugh, 'Beat Ballad' Bob, Dave Rimmer, Brian Goucher and Brian Fradgley, collectively known as 'the Consortium, have made a great contribution, Bill Randal in particular has provided us with his famous interviews (click above on his name for full details), John Weston gave us 'the group sounds', John Pugh brought his Stafford spins, Dave Rimmer gave us popular Northern dancers & gig dates, Pep gave us Black Horse tunes, Brian Fradgley liked 70's and Blues, Ted gave us 'rare Detriot', Chris brought the 'the Bretby sound', Brian Goucher with his obscure tasty soul cuts and Davie A gave us the polished big productions and missed 45's.   Maxine Jayne is also very special to myself as she has tirelessly read us many soul music related books on Tuesday, later on Thursday nights, more recently Maxine brought us The Story Of Stax by Rob Bowman.   My Studio 37 Production is responsible for 'Black Heroes Past And Present', that was a short daily program read by Sister Carol and Brother Pilot. It ran for nearly 5 years, a total of 3410 episodes. Sadly in 2003 the Radio Authority confiscated the Black Hero tapes & most of the equipment in Studio 37.   I like to play 2-Steppers, vintage blues & soul and a few newies that take my interest. I was pleased to receive the 'Presenter of the Year awards' in, 1995, 1996 and 1997. It was in the mid-90s when I met the powerful brother Bill Duffus while helping out on the 'Talk-Back' program. He has done much for the rights of black people over the years. Together we recorded some of his poetry. Click on his name to read some of his and Sister Carol's poems. You can e-mail us at:  pcrl103fm@hotmail.com
		INTERESTING LISTENING FROM STUDIO-37 01  Malcolm X.  (speeches on cd (includes bio. from close friend)) 02  Malcolm X.  (more early speeches.) 03  Louis Farrakan at Rochester university. 04  The Watts Prophets. Vols 1 2 3 4 05  Bill Duffus poetry including 'Wake up Black Man' in full. 06  Martin Luther King in Washington '63. Includes: Whitney Young/Roy Wilkins/Walter Ruther. 07  Dr. King in Detroit 1968. 08  Dr. King  elswere 19'68. 09  Stokelly Carmichael 'Free Huey!' (when he was a Black Panther.) Rare Motown Black Forum release. 10  Langston Hughes/Margrett Danner read their own poetry. (rare Motown Black Forum release) 11  Alex Haley (lectures on the writing of his book 'Roots'.) 12  'The black dialect examined' (by the Bell phone comp.)  13  J. F. Kennedy speeches. 14  Southern freedom songs. (fantastic atmospheric collection) 15  "Why I'm Ready To Die" by Nelson Mandela. His courtroom address/freedom songs read by Peter Finch in 1964. 16  "Look Who's Coming Home" Black interviews in Vietnam. (rare Motown Black Forum release.) 17  2-Pack tribute/interview. 18  Dr. Wade Nobles lecture 'Saltwater/freshwater fish'.' 19  The Bill Randle interviews (over 30 most on 2 CD's.) 20  The Last Poets Poetry set to music. vol.1 21  The Last Poets vol.2 22  The Last Poets vol.3 23  Sista Carol (Birmingham poet, set to music.) 24  Wanda Robinson (Soul-Jazz Poetry of) Perception Sessions 25  Voices of Black America (inc. Booker T. Washington, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Paul Roebson, Langston Hughes, Bert Williams and James Weldon Johnson. (some of the recordings are nearly 100 years old! (2 cd's) 26  PCRL Northern Soul All-Niters (Various big name guests including Roger Banks & Ted Massey) total of 5 recordings. 27  Last Nite at The Cat's - Interviews with DJ's and music recorded on the last night of Wolverhampton's legendary Catacombs night club. 28  Negro Prison Songs (recorded in 1947 by the late Alan Lomax) 29  Curtis Mayfield "Rapping"  Curtom radio promo from 1972. 30  Elaine Brown (rare Motown recording) songs dedicated to the a strong black man, Black Forum label. 31  Jean-Claude T. "The Bicentennial Poet" Philadelphia Int. 32  Black Spirits: Festival Of New Black Poets in America, inc., Imamu Amiri Baraka (Le Roi Jones.) Black Forum label. 33  Ossie Davies & Bill Cosby address The Congressional  Black  Caucus. Black Forum label. 34  Willie Tyler & Lester  'Hello Dummy.' Comedy from a black ventriloquist and his dummy Lester. Rarest of all Tamla albums. 35  Max Roach 'We Insist! Freedom Now Suite.' Jazz with attitude. 36  Charlie Mingus Presents Charlie Mingus. More jazz attitude. 37 Basement Soul Programmes (12 hrs on mp3 cd) 38 Timmie Rogers- If I Were President (LISTEN)   Cost:  Cdr  copies -  £5 (inc. post UK) U.K. Postal orders, Paypal (fastest method) or cheques (email for more information)   Home page: pcrl103fm.co.uk     email:pcrl103fm@hotmail.com   TOP

PCRL ALL-NIGHTERS schedule & flyer for 1994

Some Of The Rarest Records on Planet footage from The Basement Soul Show

MAR 25 JOHNNY BEGGS(NEWCASTLE) Plus: PEP, TED MASSEY, BRIAN GOUCHER, JOHN WESTON & CHRIS ANDERTON APRL 29 MOGGY(BIRMINGHAM) Plus: DAVI-A, BEAT BALLAD BOB, BRIAN FRADGLEY & SOUL SURVIVORS LIVE MAY 27 ROGER BANKS(BLACKPOOL) Plus: BILL RANDLE, CHRIS ANDERTON & JOHN WESTON (SAM & DAVE LIVE) JUNE 24 PEP - CAT'S 20th(WOLVERHAMPON) Plus: TED MASSEY, BRIAN GOUCHER & PEP (JR. WALKER & ALL STARS LIVE) JULY 29 ROGER BANKS(BLACKPOOL) Plus: DAVIE-A, BEAT BALLAD BOB, DAVE RIMMER & BILLRANDLE (TONY MIDDLETON & MARY LOVE LIVE) AUG 26 CLIFF STEEL(100 CLUB) Plus: JOHN WESTON, CHRIS ANDERTON, TED MSSEY, JOHN WESTON (BOBBY ROGERS SPECIAL & IKE & TINA TURNER LIVE) SEPT 30 SPIKE & RUSS WHITE Plus: BRIAN FRADGLEY & CLIFF STEEL OCT 28 PETE THORP(MORTON-IN-MARSH) Plus: DAVIE A, DAVE RIMMER & TED MASSEY (FOUR TOPS LIVE) NOV 25 JOHN PUGH(STAFFORD) Plus: JOHN WESTON, BEAT BALLAD BOB & BILL RANDLE (LINDA GRINER SPECIAL) JACKIE WILSON LIVE DEC 30 JASON HUNT(MANCHESTER/BRETBY) Plus: BRIAN GOUCHER & CHRIS ANDERTON (EDWIN STARR AT CHELMSFORD)

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