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Alan "Fluff" Freeman has died. His Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 1 in the 70's formed the backbone of my Rock education.

He did a Radio 1 roadshow from my local youth club on the day that Slades "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" got to No1 in the UK. I was happily leaning on his turntables and he kept looking at me and blowing smoke into my face. At 13 I wasn't aware at all of his "tastes"

Still one of the greats though

he will be missed u kram , was pop pickers his saying

ArnoldLayne;470948 wrote: Like Uncle, I loved to listen to him in the earl 70's and was always my choice of Radio presenters to listen too. He always played the music I wanted to hearDavid Jacobs and Jimmy Young never did it for you, then.

Fluff was definitely a step up from Simon Dee. I tended to put my money on John Peel - and did, quite often - in records shops. He had a good ear.

Poor Simon Dee came in for a lot of stick though. "Dee's combination of Sixties grooviness and spectacular naffness made him the original model for Austin Powers. Even more compelling is his resemblance to comedian Steve Coogan's fictional alter ego, Alan Partridge". He might even still be alive.

ArnoldLayne;470976 wrote: Stuart Henry, Johnny Walker and Emperor Rosko were a regular listen for meWhispering Bob? Or is he too recent for you?

I remember him playing "Finding My Way" off the first Rush album and being blown away. They didn't break in the UK for a couple of years after that. My mates thought I was cool as I had been "into them from day 1":wah: Oh to be an innocent 15 again:D.

Fluff played all the stuff that the other Radio 1 shows wouldn't touch with a barge pole, like Led "no singles" Zeppelin. Seems hard to imagine as this genre is so mainstream these days