Tag Archives: Action Records

Reverend and the Makers – Action Records, Preston

Posted on September 27, 2019 by writewyattuk

Half past six it said on the advert, so there I was – unfashionably early – going twice round the block to find a space, sheepishly passing a long queue outside the shop. Having checked parking restrictions several times, convinced … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged A French Kiss in the Chaos, Action Records, Ed Cosens, Heavyweight Champion of the World, Jon McClure, Preston, Reverend and The Makers, Sheffield, The La's, The Sherlocks, The State of Things, Thom Yorke | Leave a comment

The Best of Times with the Right Reverend – back in touch with Jon McClure

Posted on September 19, 2019 by writewyattuk

Reverend and the Makers’ frontman Jon McClure was enjoying a little home time in South Yorkshire ahead of his band’s latest UK jaunt when I called. And Sheffield is clearly still at the epicentre of his universe, a dozen years … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Arctic Monkeys, Bring Me the Horizon, Damon Albarn, Ed Cosens, Heavyweight Champion of the World, Joe Strummer, Jon McClure, Martyn Ware, Mick Jones, Paul Carrack, Preston, Pulp, Reverend and The Makers, Richard Hawley, Sheffield, Sophie and the Giants, Stocksbridge, The Boardwalk, The Specials, The State of Things, University of Sheffield | Leave a comment

Introducing The Amber List – in conversation with Mick Shepherd

Posted on August 14, 2019 by writewyattuk

In the 1980s, several independent bands based around Lancashire played a part in an emerging regional scene that ultimately brought wider success for a few North West acts. Of course, not every act involved would end up on the front … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Big Red Bus, Big Star, Birmingham, Boo Radleys, Dandelion Adventure, Gene, John Kettle, lancashire, Lancaster Music Co-Op, Merry Hell, Mick Shepherd, Paul Cookson, Pemberton, Preston, Simon Dewhurst, Teenage Fanclub, The Amber List, The Ever Present Elephant, The La's, The Stone Roses, The Teardrop Explodes, Tim Kelly, Tony Cornwell | Leave a comment

Fontaines D.C. – Blitz, Preston

Posted on April 17, 2019 by writewyattuk

‘My childhood was small, but I’m gonna be big.’ Those great ‘I was there’ moments in music history don’t come along often, and admittedly I’ve occasionally been proved wrong in the past when calling them. But this was one such … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Big, Blitz, Boys in the Better Land, Dogrel, Dublin, Fat White Family, Fontaines D.C., Grian Chatten, Idles, Preston, the Pogues, Too Real | 1 Comment

Looking back at 2018. Part one – the first six months

Posted on December 30, 2018 by writewyattuk

As another busy year draws to a close, let’s take a trawl through 2018’s WriteWyattUK feature/interviews, selecting a few choice quotes from within, starting with the half-year up to … well, in the words of Neil and Tim Finn, ‘You … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Bill Bailey, Chas and Dave, Chas Hodges, Chris Hewitt, Chumbawamba, Damian O'Neill, Darron Robinson, Dave Peacock, Dave Robinson, Dave Wakeling, David Baddiel, Days of Future Passed, Deeply Vale, Donald Trump, Dunstan Bruce, Fun Boy Three, Gaz Birtles, Gordon Gibson, Gretchen Peters, Heather Small, Holly Ross, hygge, Interrobang, JC Carroll, Justin Hayward, Knebworth Park, Lee Thompson, Levellers, London, M People, Madness, Mark Chadwick, Mark E Smith, Mark Steel, Mary Whitehouse Experience, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, One Man's Madness, Preston, Rick Buckler, Roddy Radiation, Simon Fowler, Steve Smith, Stiff Records, The Beat, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Fall, The Jam, The Lovely Eggs, The Members, The Moody Blues, The Sha La La's, The Sound of the Suburbs, The South, The Specials, The Swinging Laurels, The Undertones, The Vapors, The Wesleys, Tom Williams, Top of the Pops, Wilko Johnson | Leave a comment

Where the Solid Gold Easy Action is – in conversation with Gordon Gibson

Posted on June 22, 2018 by writewyattuk

Getting on for four decades after he sold his first vinyl, I’m pleased to say that Gordon Gibson shows no sign of wanting to step away from Action Records in Preston. The much-revered Gordon, originally from Stranraer, has been in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Blackpool, Bob Harris, Chased by Nuns, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Gordon Gibson, Mark E Smith, Preston, Stranraer, T.Rex, The Alarm, The Boo Radleys, The Common Cold, The Damned, The Fall, The Genocides | 4 Comments

Symptomatic for the People – researching The Common Cold with Ajay Saggar

Posted on March 22, 2018 by writewyattuk

While his working hours are spent at renowned Amsterdam concert venue The Paradiso, producer, sound engineer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ajay Saggar remains proud of his Lancashire past, 30-plus years after his introduction to the North West indie scene while promoting … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Ajay Saggar, Amsterdam, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Deutsche Ashram, Jean-Jacques Burnel, John Peel, King Champion Sounds, Lancaster, Marcus Parnell, Mark E Smith, Preston, The Clash, The Common Cold, The Continental, The Fall, The Stranglers | 3 Comments

Beyond the Dandelion Adventure – having words with Ajay Saggar and Marcus Parnell

Posted on September 22, 2016 by writewyattuk

This story starts with The Membranes, because without that Lancashire post-punk band a singer known as Fat Mark and a lanky Asian indie kid called Ajay might never have met. That initial meeting came sometime in the mid-‘80s amid an … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Action Records, Amsterdam, Blackpool, Blur, Cornershop, Dandelion Adventure, Deutsche Ashram, John Peel, John Robb, Kevin Shields, King Champion Sounds, Mark E Smith, My Bloody Valentine, Preston, The Bent Moustache, The Boo Radleys, The Continental, The Fall, The Membranes, The Stranglers, Thurston Moore, Tuff Life Boogie | 5 Comments

Taking the Big Red Bus to town – celebrating Tuff Life Boogie’s autumn return

Posted on September 10, 2015 by writewyattuk

If you follow the alternative and indie music scene and you’re based in the North West, you may know a little about Tuff Life Boogie. Then again, this is hardly a story of self-aggrandisement or any of that self-serving twaddle. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Action Records, Big Red Bus, Blitz, Dandelion Adventure, Galley Beggar, Icicle Works, JD Meatyard, Jez Kerr, John Peel, lancashire, Preston, Rico La Rocca, Stanley Brinks, The Boo Radleys, The Continental, The Stone Roses, The Wave Pictures, Thomas Truax, Tuff Life Boogie | 2 Comments

Record Store Day – beware the corporate take-over

Posted on April 21, 2013 by writewyattuk

I’LL start with an admission. I tend to buy quite a bit of my back-catalogue from charity shops these days. Then there’s a few I borrow from the library, my young, free and single era replaced by an almost-middle-aged, economical … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Action Records, Bens Collectors Records, Cob Records, David Hepworth, guildford, Ian Rankin, John Peel, paul weller, Pete Paphides, Porthmadog, Preston, Public Service Broadcasting, Records Store Day 2013, Strypes, Wedding Present | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Action Records

Reverend and the Makers – Action Records, Preston

The Best of Times with the Right Reverend – back in touch with Jon McClure

Introducing The Amber List – in conversation with Mick Shepherd

Fontaines D.C. – Blitz, Preston

Looking back at 2018. Part one – the first six months

Where the Solid Gold Easy Action is – in conversation with Gordon Gibson

Symptomatic for the People – researching The Common Cold with Ajay Saggar

Beyond the Dandelion Adventure – having words with Ajay Saggar and Marcus Parnell

Taking the Big Red Bus to town – celebrating Tuff Life Boogie’s autumn return

Record Store Day – beware the corporate take-over

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