yho6 - The Enormity of Small Things

The sixth edition of YHO borrowed its title from Samaritan by Richard Price.  It was the first ‘themed’ issue, and took as its starting point a show by Dexys Midnight Runners at the Dominion Theatre, London in November 1985.  Among the songs performed that night was a cover of The Fantastics’ Something Old Something New, a hit on Bell Records in 1971.  It was a British soul production, and therefore linked in a way to the still of The Flirtations used on the cover where they are dancing their way through the ruins of Tintern Abbey in a promo video for their immortal Nothing But A Heartache. 

Naturally a lot of this edition is directly related to Dexys, but it also focuses on three very important figures who were backroom boffins during the ‘60s and ‘70s.  That is:

Ø  Gerry Shury

Ø  Miki Dallon

Ø  Pierre Tubbs

The contents of this edition of YHO also included:

Ø  Vic Godard

Ø  Felt/Denim

Ø  Small Hours

Ø  Jasmine Minks

Ø  Deodato

Ø  Anthony Newley

This issue can be found here ...