Great stories from the Golden Era 1974-1984

[kiki]

Originally Posted by treblings

maybe kiki knows the answer, haven´t read it.

No unfortunately I did not.
Collins and Evans are the best narrators of Golden Era in my opinion
They really loved tennis

[kiki]

Treblings has shown us his true soul, a golden era lover
I cannot separate GE in tennis and rock music
It goes from the second half of 60 and first half of 90
The rest, if you missed it matters nothing
But if you missed 67 to 92.....

[treblings]

Originally Posted by kiki

I lost carnival during my many home changes, do you know where to buy it?
By the way hope Sandy - Mayer- has been good to you

not off-hand, i guess it´s out of print.
if you can´t find it anywhere else, you might want to contact Alan Chalmers at http://www.tennisbookshop.com/
i´m well out of the way of Sandy, thanks for asking

[treblings]

Originally Posted by kiki

Treblings has shown us his true soul, a golden era lover
I cannot separate GE in tennis and rock music
It goes from the second half of 60 and first half of 90
The rest, if you missed it matters nothing
But if you missed 67 to 92.....

i guess i have to finally come out of the closet and admit it

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by treblings

not off-hand, i guess it´s out of print.
if you can´t find it anywhere else, you might want to contact Alan Chalmers at http://www.tennisbookshop.com/
i´m well out of the way of Sandy, thanks for asking

I bought my copy off Amazon, it was used but in good condition.

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by kiki

Treblings has shown us his true soul, a golden era lover
I cannot separate GE in tennis and rock music
It goes from the second half of 60 and first half of 90
The rest, if you missed it matters nothing
But if you missed 67 to 92.....

Top 10 rock artists from the Golden Era Kiki?
Rock music is my other passion too!!!

[treblings]

Jay,

i´m sure you covered all the bases researching for your book project, but have you tried to contact some of the long-term tournament directors. i´m sure they would be glad to share anecdotes with you
Horst Klosterkemper comes to mind, the director for the world team cup in Düsseldorf. he is just one example of many

[kiki]

Originally Posted by JAY1

Top 10 rock artists from the Golden Era Kiki?
Rock music is my other passion too!!!

What is your GE for rock?

[kiki]

Originally Posted by treblings

i guess i have to finally come out of the closet and admit it

Never mind about the closet...one of my favourite visions is Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova coming out of the closet...TOGETHER...

I heard some rumours, which jsut adds up to the whole excitment...man... that is the last vision I want to have before passing away¡¡¡

[treblings]

Originally Posted by kiki

Never mind about the closet...one of my favourite visions is Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova coming out of the closet...TOGETHER...

I heard some rumours, which jsut adds up to the whole excitment...man... that is the last vision I want to have before passing away¡¡¡

works for me too

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by kiki

What is your GE for rock?

Rolling Stones
The Faces - Small/Faces - Humble Pie
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Who
Neil Young
The Jam
The Police
The Clash
..........to name 10.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by JAY1

Rolling Stones
The Faces - Small/Faces - Humble Pie
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Who
Neil Young
The Jam
The Police
The Clash
..........to name 10.

Led Zep, Who,Credence,Cream,Queen,Deep Purple,Sabath,Pink Floyd,Stones,Aerosmith,Motorhead,ACDC,Beatles,Hend rick Experience,Clash and Ramones are the sixteen seededs but there are other potential surprises such as Metalica, ELP,Sex Pistols and Gun's & Roses

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by kiki

Led Zep, Who,Credence,Cream,Queen,Deep Purple,Sabath,Pink Floyd,Stones,Aerosmith,Motorhead,ACDC,Beatles,Hend rick Experience,Clash and Ramones are the sixteen seededs but there are other potential surprises such as Metalica, ELP,Sex Pistols and Gun's & Roses

Yes agree with most of yours. Also i am a big T-Rex fan.
So i've ordered the Bud Collins & Richard Evans book's.
I also read Peter Bodo's 1978 Life on Tour, very interesting especially in Rome, the fans are something else, are they calmer these days?

[kiki]

Originally Posted by JAY1

Yes agree with most of yours. Also i am a big T-Rex fan.
So i've ordered the Bud Collins & Richard Evans book's.
I also read Peter Bodo's 1978 Life on Tour, very interesting especially in Rome, the fans are something else, are they calmer these days?

Never read that book.I read Mmenshaw Shortcircuit and Evans book written around 1991 or so.I cannot recall it.
And Les Cannibales du Tennis, by Couvercelle is a great one but it covers 1968 till 1979 or early 1980 (Mac is not one of the 10 champions portrayed)

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by kiki

Never read that book.I read Mmenshaw Shortcircuit and Evans book written around 1991 or so.I cannot recall it.
And Les Cannibales du Tennis, by Couvercelle is a great one but it covers 1968 till 1979 or early 1980 (Mac is not one of the 10 champions portrayed)

I'm not bothered about Mac to be honest, more Connors, Borg & Vilas. Do you know if it was printed in English Kiki?

[kiki]

Originally Posted by JAY1

I'm not bothered about Mac to be honest, more Connors, Borg & Vilas. Do you know if it was printed in English Kiki?

I don´t think so.It was a very enjoyable book line a small set of biographies plenty of personal anecdotes.If you speak or read French or Spanish you can get it, but I bet there is no single copy anymore.

" is Lendl on this plane? I try to make sure lendl and me never get in the same plane?" ( who else than mac?)

" Mc Enroe is never my partner" (who else than Ivan?)

those are some of the many comments of the book written around 1991 or 1992 covering the first ATP tour, in 1990.I just cannot remember who did the job, but it had a lot of pages and anecdotes.I´d bet it was Evans though.I don´t even recall the title, I recall reading it and laughing some times.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by JAY1

Rolling Stones
The Faces - Small/Faces - Humble Pie
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Who
Neil Young
The Jam
The Police
The Clash
..........to name 10.

A nice mixture of different Rock families.I agree on many of those but IMO Police are overrated ( due to Sting´s undeniable charisma ).They were good but not top ten stuff IMO...a R&R thread, tough, would be much more bloody that the already bloody tennis ones.Imagine, those old guys like me who defend Laver ,Hoad,Rosewall and others against the teengaer fans, how would defend Led Zep or Who against the million Lady gaga,Bieber millions of teen fans around those boards¡¡¡¡ I am sure I´d get banned on every post.

[JAY1]

Originally Posted by kiki

A nice mixture of different Rock families.I agree on many of those but IMO Police are overrated ( due to Sting´s undeniable charisma ).They were good but not top ten stuff IMO...a R&R thread, tough, would be much more bloody that the already bloody tennis ones.Imagine, those old guys like me who defend Laver ,Hoad,Rosewall and others against the teengaer fans, how would defend Led Zep or Who against the million Lady gaga,Bieber millions of teen fans around those boards¡¡¡¡ I am sure I´d get banned on every post.

Regarding music and teen fans etc - the following statement rings true... "In years gone by, if you were special you became famous, these days if your famous your considered special"!
I would'nt consider myself old (44) but I think Hoad, Laver, Rosewall, Connors, Borg, McEnroe etc would be just as good as Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Sampras, Agassi, Becker etc if they had today's equipment & balls!
I remember watching Connors aged 34 (nearly 35) in 1987 beat Cash (that year's Wimbledon champion) in the semi-final in straight sets and then next day play Becker in The Queens Club final, I sat in the front row behind the court both times, Connors was a set & break up against the defending Wimbledon champion. He was taking Becker & his game apart only to get a few tough line calls and ended up losing in three very close sets.
IN THEIR PRIME HEAD TO HEADS:
Hoad v Djokovic 6 - 4
Laver v Becker 7 - 3
Rosewall v Nadal 3 - 7
Connors v Sampras 5 - 5
Mcenroe v Agassi 5 - 5
Borg v Federer 4 -6
Looking forward to Kiki's and everyone elses 'Prime head to head's........

[kiki]

Originally Posted by treblings

Jay,

i´m sure you covered all the bases researching for your book project, but have you tried to contact some of the long-term tournament directors. i´m sure they would be glad to share anecdotes with you
Horst Klosterkemper comes to mind, the director for the world team cup in Düsseldorf. he is just one example of many

Klosterk. was a superb organizer, this could be a great thread who is GOAT organizer
Feinburger couple at Phily were terrific

[treblings]

Originally Posted by kiki

Klosterk. was a superb organizer, this could be a great thread who is GOAT organizer
Feinburger couple at Phily were terrific

LG Huemer is another example. long time tournament director in Vienna.