Roy the Roach Vol.5
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Such an under rated DJ, and a bloody lovely guy Roy is. He was at the heart of the UK's House scene pretty much from the start in London. I believe he started his career back in the early days of Kiss FM in the 80s.
When I moved back from London in 1996, I got Roy to come down and play at a night I was promoting and DJing at called Up Trumps. He ended up coming down for a whole week with his partner and her mother. I spent one day showing them around West Cornwall. Really lovely humble people.
I wish we had recorded his set, as he played an absolute blinder of deep and vocal House mixed with some classics. He played a bootleg of Keisha Jenkins' I Need Somebody v Jimi Polo Better Days (Sasha DMC mix), and the club literally exploded. It was a goose bumps moment. At the end of the night he gave me the 12" and wrote a message for me. What a guy. It's a well used piece of vinyl now... as you can see in the pic! I can't find any record of it on Discogs or YouTube, so have done a quick rip of it for people to here. Excuse the quality.
https://mega.nz/#!KipHnQza!JtBm1hGYM6PQ5EWmqRFLhNQye-1WJt-Kuh4O_F2lJws
When I moved back from London in 1996, I got Roy to come down and play at a night I was promoting and DJing at called Up Trumps. He ended up coming down for a whole week with his partner and her mother. I spent one day showing them around West Cornwall. Really lovely humble people.
I wish we had recorded his set, as he played an absolute blinder of deep and vocal House mixed with some classics. He played a bootleg of Keisha Jenkins' I Need Somebody v Jimi Polo Better Days (Sasha DMC mix), and the club literally exploded. It was a goose bumps moment. At the end of the night he gave me the 12" and wrote a message for me. What a guy. It's a well used piece of vinyl now... as you can see in the pic! I can't find any record of it on Discogs or YouTube, so have done a quick rip of it for people to here. Excuse the quality.
https://mega.nz/#!KipHnQza!JtBm1hGYM6PQ5EWmqRFLhNQye-1WJt-Kuh4O_F2lJws
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He played a bootleg of Keisha Jenkins' I Need Somebody v Jimi Polo Better Days (Sasha DMC mix), and the club literally exploded. It was a goose bumps moment. At the end of the night he gave me the 12" and wrote a message for me. What a guy. It's a well used piece of vinyl now... as you can see in the pic! I can't find any record of it on Discogs or YouTube, so have done a quick rip of it for people to here. Excuse the quality.
https://mega.nz/#!KipHnQza!JtBm1hGYM6PQ5EWmqRFLhNQye-1WJt-Kuh4O_F2lJws
nice one Henry, great to hear the story behind the music
ive heard this bootleg before, its on this jeremy healys Boxed set -- Jeremy Healy - BOXED95 CatBxd 303 Beat Me, Beg Me, Call Me | Everybody Wants To Be The DJ | hearthis.at
here it is on discogs - https://www.discogs.com/Unknown-Artist-Somebody-Better-Groove/release/382333
Ah cool, nice one Scott. Mine is a different release to that one though. I need to check the B Side too
Such an under rated DJ, and a bloody lovely guy Roy is. He was at the heart of the UK's House scene pretty much from the start in London. I believe he started his career back in the early days of Kiss FM in the 80s.
When I moved back from London in 1996, I got Roy to come down and play at a night I was promoting and DJing at called Up Trumps. He ended up coming down for a whole week with his partner and her mother. I spent one day showing them around West Cornwall. Really lovely humble people.
I wish we had recorded his set, as he played an absolute blinder of deep and vocal House mixed with some classics. He played a bootleg of Keisha Jenkins' I Need Somebody v Jimi Polo Better Days (Sasha DMC mix), and the club literally exploded. It was a goose bumps moment. At the end of the night he gave me the 12" and wrote a message for me. What a guy. It's a well used piece of vinyl now... as you can see in the pic! I can't find any record of it on Discogs or YouTube, so have done a quick rip of it for people to here. Excuse the quality.
https://mega.nz/#!KipHnQza!JtBm1hGYM6PQ5EWmqRFLhNQye-1WJt-Kuh4O_F2lJws
Sounds like a Top fella, not many djs dish out there tunes, and write a msg on it for ya
