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Today鈥檚 castaway Antony Daly calls us from 586 Records in Newcastle, keeping his customers at bay until he鈥檚 chatted to Lauren.

Antony wanted to share some excellent tunes and pay tribute to Graeme Cartwright, a charismatic figure from Newcastle鈥檚 music scene and a 鈥渢rue, glorious, kind and loyal soul鈥� whose wake is to be held at The Cluny today.

A mutual friend, Michaela Johnson, tells us more: 鈥淚 met Graeme at The Palace at The Riverside some 20+ years ago. He DJ鈥檇 along with Matt Moir and it had a profound effect on me. I had no idea just how much it would at the time but he鈥檇 regularly hark back to the days where 鈥渁 little gobby lass used to bool on up to the DJ booth and start telling, not asking, TELLING, me what to play...annoying thing was, y鈥檞ere aaaaalways bloody right though!鈥�

We were there for each other, no matter what, and once I moved in a few streets down from him this could sometimes be lethal! Any gig, night, event or party would be greatly improved by his presence and after parties were often more extensive affairs.

We could sit and listen to music forever. We both love to be surprised and relished each other鈥檚 recommendations. Putting together the playlist for his celebration of life has not been hard at all. He lived and breathed music and many of our memories are centred around music.

He was keen to get me to meet everyone he knew and loved and given just how many people this was, I was out and about A LOT! He鈥檇 trot me about like a show pony saying 鈥榓aaaah Michela this is insert name you鈥檒l LOVVVVVVVVVVVE them!鈥� He was never wrong and widened my friendship circle, introducing me to many great friends I鈥檒l have for life.

He was one of the best people I鈥檝e ever met. A warm, witty, super knowledgeable, kind, intelligent, loud, anarchic, hilarious, caring bag of bother. I鈥檓 so glad I badgered the living daylights out of him at The Palace and ended up partying with him because he鈥檚 brought so much to my life.

Cartwright Forever! X鈥�

Antony鈥檚 tracklist in full:
ACR - I Won鈥檛 Stop Loving You (Bernard Sumner Mix)
Underground Resistance - Transition
808 State - Pacific State鈥�
Dusty Springfield - That's The Kind Of Love
Elkie Brooks - The Rising Cost Of Love
Durutti Column - Requiem Again
Marcel King - Reach For Love
Chaplin Band - Il Veliero
Detroit Experiment - Think Twice
Underground Resistance - Transition
Round 2 - New Day
(Later) 4 Hands - Hizou
(Early) Visual - The Music鈥檚 Got Me
D Shake - Yaaaah/Techno Trance
New Order - Vanishing Point
Happy Mondays - Do It Better
The Blue Nile - Headlights On The Parade
Love And Money - Strange Kind Of Love
Talk Talk - Give It Up
Roxy Music - Dance Away
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life (accapella)
Sade - Surrender Your Love
Maze - Twilight
Cantoma - Marisi
Change The Glow Of Love
Convertion - Let's Do It
Staple Sisters - Slippery People
Funk Fusion Band - Can You Feel It
Quiet Storm - Only You
Millie Jackson - Kiss You All Over
John Martyn - Hurt In Your Heart
Amii Stewart - Friends
Mike Francis - Features Of Love
Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
Double - Captain Of Her Heart
Blaze - If You Should Need A Friend
Sharon Brown - I Specialize In Love
Faze Action - In The Trees
The The - This Is The Day

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