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D’ye ken John Peel with his coat so grey?
John Peel in 1976 OK, slightly rubbish heading but I’m running out of funny original titles. Anyway, it’s been a few days since I did a post resting on John Peel’s Festive Fifties, so here we go: In...
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More Festive Fifty delights
My 399th post, and I’m pleased that people are still reading. So, ten more tracks for today and I’ll do a special post tomorrow…watch this space… First up, the first UK punk record. Damned -’New...
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Thank the Lord
(Bet Che wouldn’t have taken any crap from people purporting to represent artists and exploiting folk!) A couple of days ago, I was deeply concerend when Steve at Teenage Kicks was going to pull the...
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Peel – more very hard to get hold of stuff!
I have built up an ever more complete collection of Peel Festive Fifties, I have now completed 1990 thanks to two readers, david and Andy, who helped me track down Bastro. So tonight’s post from this...
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In honour of St. Patrick’s Day…
Stiff Little Fingers -’Suspect Device.’ U2 -’With Or Without You.’ Thin Lizzy -’Whisky In the Jar.’ Clannad -’Theme From Harry’s Game.’ (Yes, I’m serious. grow up, fashion nazi) Sultans of Ping FC...
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Thank you for these, John
Seven years since John Peel died (as I pointed out yesterday). A handful of tracks from acts that he championed. If you like them, do go and investigate further. His favourite band…my favourite place...
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Album Review: The Undertones
The Undertones -’An Introduction To The Undertones’ (Salvo Sound) There have been no shortage of compilations of The Undertones’ five year recording career in the thirty years since they split. But if...
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