The Voice of Nooit
The Illegal Gathering was a rock and roll band that existed for six weeks over four decades ago. The members of the band were the legendary James Phillips, David Ledbetter - a jazz legend, Wayne Rath - a legendary escape artist and Carl Raubenheimer - a legend on his own tee shirt. They recorded fifteen songs in a makeshift studio in central Cape Town, South Africa onto a Portastudio cassette tape recorder. Those songs have now been remastered and this is the story of those fifteen songs and the people who made them.
Episodes

Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
The Illegal Gathering was a rock and roll band that only existed for six weeks over four decades ago. They played six gigs and recorded their fifteen songs onto a cassette tape recorder in a makeshift studio in Cape Town, South Africa onto a Portastudio cassette tape recorder. Those songs have now been remastered and this is the story of those songs.

Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
Episode 2 in which James comes to visit Carl in Cape Town and after a couple of adventures they decide to start a rock and roll band called The Illegal Gathering.

Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
In which The Illegal Gathering find a studio to record their 15 songs. They sell their souls to the devil but
James finds God in the midst of it all.

Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
In which I come across an old Portastudio cassette recorder and decide to revisit the Voice of Nooit.

Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
In which I forge ahead with the re-mastering process of The Voice Of Nooit and tell a couple of tallish tales about life in the early eighties. God help you all.

Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
In which the re-imagined history of my little time with James, Dave and Wayne in The Illegal Gathering draws to a conclusion and I wax lyrical about the way things wane. Sorry for you!


