Before Rock On opened in August 1971.

By Ted Carroll
June 1, 2026 Off

I commenced collecting records seriously soon after I arrived in Bournemouth in May 1968.

[1] START COLLECTING:


There were more than a dozen junk shops in and around Bournemouth at the time, most of these dealt in ‘house-clearance’ stuff which often included records. Consequently nearly all of these shops stocked a small selection of secondhand records, mainly 45s, but also some 78s and a few LPs.



Used 7” records at that time tended to cost anything from one shilling (5p) to one shilling & sixpence (seven & a half pence).

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Becoming a record dealer.

By Ted Carroll
June 1, 2026 Off

[2] BECOMING A DEALER:
In the Autumn of 1968, I was living in Bournemouth and working contentedly as a bus driver, which left me plenty of free time to trawl the local junk shops at least two or three times a week. I could continue on the buses, while accumulating interesting old records and hopefully selling them at a profit via adverts in Record Mart and elsewhere.



At this time, record collecting was in its infancy, especially collecting 7” records.

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On tour with Skid Row in America

By Ted Carroll
June 8, 2026 Off

[3] AMERICAN TRIP November 1971:

America was a blast, Skid Row, went down extremely well at all gigs, supporting many great bands: Below is a list of the cities we visited and as much detail of the gigs as I can recall.



[A] Skid Row actually headlined over Jazz/Soul/Rock group Pollution for 3 nights at The Whiskey A Go-Go on Sunset Strip. Pollution, who had 2 great lead singers, Dobie Gray and Tata Vega, (as well as New Orleans pianist Ronnie Baron who later released an album on Ace Records.) Read more…→

Ted Carroll on LCR FM Lincoln

By Ted Carroll
July 8, 2026 Off

Ted Carroll was recently the guest Wayne Radley’s popular R&R Show broadcast on LCR FM Lincoln. You can listen to the whole show by clicking below:

Wayne Radley has been with LCR FM since it began! He got into the Rock & Roll scene in the late 70s and has been a devotee ever since, attending rocking events throughout Europe. His weekly show is for fans of Rock N Roll in all its genres including Rockabilly, Doo Wop, Blues Boppers, Jump Blues, Boogie Woogie, Western Swing and Hillbilly. Read more…→

Ted Carroll on Radio Caroline Flashback

By admin
August 15, 2026 Off

Ted Carroll appeared on Dell Richardson’s show “Good Rocking Tonight” on Radio Caroline Flashback

You can listen to the whole show by or clicking below

 

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Ted Carroll’s top thirty

By admin
August 17, 2026 Off

Earlier this year, Fredrik Ekander the main man at Cosmos Records, the Swedish company that bought all the Ace Records copyright off Roger, Trevor and myself, asked if we would let him have a top thirty of our favourite records for promotion purposes.

I wasn’t quite sure what they were going to do with it and forgot about it and out of the blue, this arrived last month. They’ve only gone and posted the whole thing onto Youtube. Read more…→

More records for your listening pleasure.

By admin
September 17, 2026 Off

“The vinyl single is simply the greatest art format mankind has developed – more potent than films, literature, paintings or sculpture.” Simon Wright. [Trash]

From August 2017 until March 2020 [when lockdown commenced] Ted hosted 48 x 2 hour live record shows for Boogaloo Radio entitled ‘So Many Records, So Little Time’. If you wish you can still access 45 of these shows on MIXCLOUD.
Here’s the link for the last one [no. Read more…→