Gatwick1946 wrote: he was a proper entertainer, great rapport with the audience and told several anecdotes about his escapades in the fims etc. Christopher
Some of those stories, along with the hits, are available on the album
John Leyton Live.
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In 2012, John was booked as one of the stars on Marty Wilde's concert show that was to tour the bigger halls that autumn.
He needed a new album for the merchandise stall.
I had recorded John in concert at the Amersham Rock'n'Roll Club a few months earlier
It was decided to use the soundtrack from the video as the new CD.
Some mixing and overdubbing was needed so John came to my studio for a couple of days in July 2012.
When the session was done I sent the tracks for for CD pressing.
All the publicity for the tour had been done, printing for programmes, theatre posters etc, when, at short notice, John had to have an operation and couldn't do the tour. He was replaced by Mike Berry.
The album was issued but, alas, it didn't get the sales that it would have done if he had done the tour. All his big hits are there,
Johnny Remember Me, Wild Wind, Son This Is She, plus rock'n'roll standards like
Shout Shout, Hello Mary Lou, Walk Right Back, Treat Me Nice, etc
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