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HI... ALEX JIEN KTIBTLEK XI GIMA u nofs ilu, u ghidli li ma issemix laqmijiet, ir -raguni kienet li ahna aktar nafu il xulxin bil- laqmijiet, insomma inselli al shabi zrieraq u imqabbinn ,insomma ta wara l-mina kolla---geore magri, jesmond camilleri , frankie cachia , joseph saliba, antione farrugia, ,twanny , norman , antione briffa , chalie attard , brian spiteri , u ghal-pawlu tal-vann.....sellili ukoll ghal hbieb ta l-aqwa team ta kul zmien liverpool..ghal ronnie , r- ruman , joe micallef , matthew , victor caccu...prosit u itfalna t 12'' ha ggeninna aktar.......grazzi jekk tista love like blood 12''---killing joke jew bedsitter 12''.jew you think your a man--divine

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Hi Alex, Apparti li ma tliftx Reflex Party wiehed s'issa, jiena nhobb ukoll insegwi l-programm tieghek "Reflex" u rari nitlef wiehed. Ili nsegwih mill-bidu tieghu u ma nafx li qatt smajt id-diska "Leaving Me Now" ta' Level 42 li fl-opinjoni tieghi hi diska tajba hafna tal-80s. Tista' ddoqqha fil-programm li jmiss, please? Insellimlek u proset ta' kollox.

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I WAS A BIG FAN OF POLICE AND OF SPANDUE BALLET THOSE WERE THE DAYS !! WELL DONE FOR THE GOOD SITE BYE

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Ah Raffles! Memories! Beautiful memories of time gone by!

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Jien nahseb naf hafna minn dawn Il-hbieb li jiktbu. Nixtieq inselli hafna ghal LARSKI ghax ili ma narah minn mindu tlaqna mill-iskola. Alex niftakar li dak iz-zmien konna iffissati fuq Soft Cell u anka konna naghmlu lapes iswed ma ghajnejna. Nixtieq hafna nilta' ma shabi ta dak iz-zmien. Konna nkunu xi ghoxrin li niltaqghu w ma nifqux nisfnu ghall-muzika ta Soft Cell, Duran, Depeche, Spandau, Ultravox,Killing Joke, Human League, Yazoo u hafna ohrajn. Zmien indimentikabbli w nixtieq imqar nighxu gurnata ohra. Thx Alex u jekk joghgbok doqqilna Bedsitter 12" jien inkun nisma l-programm minn popeye village. GRAZZI

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I remember Raffles vividly! At those times I was still 14 years old and I had just begun to go out. I remember we used to meet at Valletta terminus ( dak iz-zmien il-gabbana tal-halib konna nghidulha Zejza Club) at around 6:30 and head up to Raffles by bus. We had a van, whose driver was Michael (we used to call him Barbarossa because of the large red beard he had).... Those times I was into New Romantic music, favourites were Depeche Mode, Duran, and Soft Cell. By the way, I can clearly see myself in the picture you submitted here on the site!!! I remember the Scottish DJ, forgot his name....he used to play up on the "balcony" I also remember doing Breakdance there on that magnificent dance-floor.

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Nahseb li jien zgur ma' nistax ninsa dan il post u hafna nies zgur li jiftakkru fil-Pizza u l-Burgers li kont nghamel b'dedikazzjoni kbira. Jien suppost kont nibda x-xoghol fil-4.30 pm imma b'hegga kbira malli kien isir nofs' inhar kont nirkeb ta' linja biex inkun hemm kmieni kemm biex nipprepara l-ikel kif ukoll biex nghamel mitt haga ohra kemm fil-Bar kif ukoll fid-Disco. Nixtieq niehu l-okkazjoni biex nsemmi d-DJ barrani li kellna Niel Simpson kif ukoll lill-Marcell Barbara li kien Barman li llum sfortunatament m'ghadhomx maghna. Nibghat it-tislijiet tieghi lis-Sinjuri Mark, Pierre u Simon Grima li dak iz-zmien kienu wrew fiducja fija kemm meta hdimt fir-Raffles, fil-Victoria Pub kif ukoll fil-Pool Bar fejn bdejt nahdem ghall-ewwel darba. Inselli wkoll ghall-kull min kien jahdem mieghi w ghal-dawk kolla li jiftakkruni. Ninsab zgur li dak iz-zmien ma' ninsieh qatt. Grazzi w Prosit. Norman

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I remember Clyde Puli promoting the Denim and Leather parties. I helped out in one and remember a group that was called Man & White. The lead singer is the same guy who does teleshopping on Smash tv. This bloke did a good cover of a Bowie song and gave us all a good half hour of fun. I beleive that the late Bernard was on drums. The sound used to be good for those days as John from The Sound System did a good days work with all the bands even with the most novice ones. Winter Moods and Purple Haze took part as well. I do not recall the names of the other two acts, But one of them was a new romantic band and If my memory serves me well it featured Lincoln Spiteri and his sister. This site brought back very nice memories. Keep up the good work Alex.

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Proset hafna tal-website li qed tizviluppa l'quddiem minn gurnata ghall-ohra. L-intervista tar-Raffles kienet interessanti hafna u kulhadd ha gost biha. Il-website diga hi tajba hafna u nahseb li kif tinfetah l-"80's Forum", "The 80's Day By Day" u l-"80's Charts" din il-website ha ssir eccezzjonali. L-"80's Forum" ha tikkonsolida familja ta' nies li jhobbu muzika bis-sens u li diga' qieghda tidher permezz tal-Guestbook. Proset Alex ta' kollox.

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Prosit Alex tal-feature fuq ir-Raffles. Ir-Raffles igibli memorji sbieh hafna u naqbel hafna ma' li kitbet Jacqueline, barra minn hekk jien ukoll ltqajt mal-futura marti Moira hemmhekk!! Niftakar konna naqbdu tal-linja u naslu xi s-sitta u nofs u wara nergghu lura d-dar bil-vann ta' Mikiel. Kienu wkoll zmenijiet illi permezz taghhom qbadt il-muzika bis-serjeta. Mhux darba jew tnejn kont niehu xi vinyl ta' Depeche Mode mieghi sabiex id-dj idoqqha. Ghal dawn l-ahhar snin kelli progett muzikali bl-isem ta' Duo Blank ma' bniedem li wkoll tghidx kemm kien imur Raffles - Frank Cachia miz-Zurrieq. M'ghandniex xi nghidu, il-muzika ta' dawk iz-zmenijiet tispirana hafna u din regghet qabdet hafna maz-zghazagh tal-lum! Bqajna midhla tal-club u party scene attwali pero zmenijiet sbieh bhal dawk ma jergghu jigu qadd! Prosit u nistenna bil-herqa it-tieni parti tal-feature fuq ir-Raffles. Edwin.

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Thanks alex for reminding me of a friend i.e Mark Orsini I'm sure he's dj ing somewhere up there.We were schoolmates at st agatha's school,great guy.Alex one last thing when you're not on radio are you working as a dj i mean somewhere else during the week or weekend.We're very curiuos.Regards from me and my wife Jacqueline of bright ideas.p.s After the story behind raffles what about something about styx 1 and 2 and who knows something about atlantis discoteque at mosta in those days it was great and always full up it was a good escape from jammed up paceville.

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I would like to just say that the years spent at the Raffles wher the best ever ! And Jacquelene I remember you and Mark, Xiggi, Larski and all the group. I used to be there every weekend and me and you used to go the same school as well(Marija Regina). We also had a friend in common Natalie Bugeja who I am sure your husband remembers well ! Eighties Forever.

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Hi Alex,l-ewwel haga prosit tas-site. Nixtieq infakkar lil Mark li l'X-TEND konna daqqejna ta l'anqas tlett darbiet hemm. Wahda minnhom kienet LIVE. Jien kien il-post li kont naghddi wek-ends shah hemm u nistenna li jerga jasal il-week-end ta wara.Kif qal sew Mark kien hemm il-big screen u kull Sibt U Hadd kien juri Il-video taghna ta I CAN FEEL. Alex ma nafx x'naghmel u nerga mmur f'dak iz-zmien.Nixtieq nirringrazzja lil Mark Grima ta kull darba li stiedinna go Raffles biex naghtu pjacir lil klijenti numeruzi li kienu jattendu kull gimgha. Alex naghlaq billi nighd proset lilek u Capital Radio Tal-muzika li doqqilna fuq ir-radju u terga tohodna lura dak iz-zmien tad-deheb.GRAZZI

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Hi Alex, lilek meta nista dejjem nisimghek ghax tqabbadli nostalgija kbira bid-diski u l-kummenti li tghid fuq l-80t's! Ghandi 36 u dawk iz-zminijiet niftakarhom qisu l-bierah. Grazzi u ibqa doqq hekk.

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kif wahhaltni fuq il pc istra. ghalkemm ilhaqtu ftit jien ir raflles gibtli nostalgia tal genn. kelli 13 il sena u kont immur it tigulio u l vibes dak iz zmien. l ewwel darba li gejt hemm kont gejt nara competition tal break dancing ir raffles izda ftit wara kien ghalaq sfortunatament. dak kien zmien tal genn u zgur li ma jkunx hawn bhalu. nixtieq inkun naf meta hu in next party ghax nixtieq nattendi. thanks u nselli ghal min jafni

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Alex the best!

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Prosit tal web site.Is- Sibt filghodu dejjem nisma il programm REFLEX waqt li inkun il garaxx.Jien toghgobni l aktar il muzika Rock, pero in new wave kien sabih ukoll l akter issa meta ghadda dan iz zmien kollu.Niftakar meta kienu gew il Classicx Nouveau gewwa Tigne u sentejn wara in Nazareth.Meta kien sar il Festivalbar gewwa il Furjana....x buzz. Il kuncerti tal Maltasajf gewwa Tigne u il Marsa Sports Ground u wara ir Rock a Buzz gewwa Kennedy Grove.Bhala Discos niftakar is Sixth Form il Belt,il Phoenicia, il Polytechnic,Tunes il Furjana ,u il Colesium il Belt, il Gigos tal Mosta, Stownes u Styx, Styx 2, Stardust, Caravel u Graffitti, Raffles, ET videotheque Hat Attard,JJ`s Bugibba,Sniffs ir Rabat, il Vibes (tal genn).........O ZMIEN HELU KIF GHADDEJT.

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x`memorji gibtulna fuq ir-raffles,kont nitla kull weekend.kieku tistghu tippublikaw iktar ritratti ta` dak iz-zmien,tal-genn.inselli ghal kull min jafni,niftakar lil larski,tony tal-u2,andrew tal-belt, moira u hafna ohrajn.hemm min forsi jiftakar lil huti tania u josephine miz-zejtun niftakar ukoll wiehed mill-aqwa djs,ray bajjada.prosit tas-sita guys....keep it up.

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helo alex jina Twnny miz zurrieq prosit tal program u tad diski sbieh li iddoq kemm igibuli memorji sbieh tas snin 80. jina ghandi 37sena u ir rafels niftakru hafna tajjb. Nahseb lunika diskoteka li kien hawn bid dancefloor tixal. inselli al shabi zrieraq imqabbin qrendin u safin Jesmond Joe il hasi Gorg Franki Antwan Jefry u hafna ohrajn li jafuni ax ma niqafx. Jina kienu u ghadom jejduli il BAGI. Prosit u inselli ghal kulhad.

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I remember clearly me & my wife met there and get married after 6 yrs we are still together till now we had 2 children Great times of GOLD I frequented Raffles every Fri / Sat & Sundays I wish if I bring back that times oohhh!!!!!! those where the days Alex !!! I'm 39 yrs now