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Whatever Happened to Lord Wakering? Talking Slade, McCartney, Our Price, and more with Daryl Easlea
Catching up with fellow author and freelance writer Daryl Easlea recently, we got the mutual backslapping out of the way fairly quickly, complimenting each other on our recent Slade publications. It’s not just about being complimentary though, preferring the term … Continue reading
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Tagged 'N Betweens, Ambrose Slade, Chic, Chris Charlesworth, Chris O'Donnell, Chris Selby, Daryl Easlea, Dave Hill, David Kemp, Don Powell, Futura, George Tremlett, Helen O'Hara, How Does It Feel, Jim lea, Keele, Kube Radio, Leigh-on-Sea, Louder than Words, Merry Xmas Everybody, Michelle Hickman, Noddy Holder, Off the Ground, Omnibus Press, Our Price, Paul McCartney, Record Collector, Rik Gunnell, Slade, Slade in Flame, slady, Smoke Fairies, Sparks, Steeleye Span, Steve Gregory, Steve Megson, The Beatles, The Fall, Thin Lizzy, Whatever Happened to Slade?, Wild! Wild! Wild!, Wreckless Eric
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Moving Inside Out with The Mighty Lemon Drops – the David Newton interview
A look at my (mostly trusty) list of live shows attended reminds me it was 37 years ago this week (November 17th, 1985) that I first chanced upon The Mighty Lemon Drops, supporting That Petrol Emotion at The Agincourt in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acklam Hall, Andfy kershaw, Birmingham, Blue Guitar, Blur, Burbank, C85, C86, California, Cherry Red, Chrysalis, Dan Treacy, David Newton, Dudley, Geoff Travis, Glastonbury, Happy Head, Heavenly Recordings, Janice Long, JBs, John Peel, Julian Cope, Katydids, Keith Rowley, Like an Angel, London, Marcus Williams, Martin Gilks, Mo-Dettes, Paul Marsh, roehampton, Sire, Slade, SXSW, That Petrol Emotion, the Adverts, The blue Aeroplanes, The Fall, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Wonder Stuff, tony linehan, wolverhampton, Wolverhampton Wanderers
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WriteWyattUK’s year in quotes, 2021 – part one (January to June)
As another challenging year moves towards its stuttering conclusion, here’s the first half of my 12-month review of sorts, featuring quotes prised from the collected words of the WriteWyattUK website in 2021, involving the opening six months as the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Holmes, All the Colours of You, Amelia Fletcher, Andy Strickland, Beautiful People, Birling Gap, Boo Hewerdine, Brexit, Brick Briscoe, Brix and the Extricated, Brix Smith, Catenary Wires, Cathal Coughlan, CBGB's, David Stark, Departure Lounge, Du Kane, Eddi Reader, Ellie Rowsell, Femi Kuti, Glastonbury Festival, Holly Ross, Iain Templeton, Indiana, Jacinda Ardern, Jacknife Lee, James, Jaz Coleman, Jim Glennie, Joey Ramone, John Robb, K÷, King Rocker, Laura Marling, Lee Mavers, LUMP, Made Kuti, Martin Stephenson, Membranes, Mick Carroll, Mike Lindsay, Monty don, New York, New Zealand, NHS, Nigeria, Pete hughes, Peter Hook, Preston, Provincials, Rob Pursey, Robert Lloyd, Seb Hunter, Shack, Steve Hanley, Stoned Rose, The Beatles, The Bible, The Daintees, The Fall, The Ferret, The La's, The Loft, The Lovely Eggs, The Nightingales, Tim Allen, Tim Booth, Tim Keegan, Tunng, William Doyle, Wolf Alice, Yellow Submarine
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Turning on, dropping by and tuning in for the Swansea Sound experience – off to the Vale of Glam with Hue Williams
With so many new records in recent months it’s often been a case of ‘out at last’, albums long delayed after 18 or so months of lockdowns and various restrictions. But not the delightful debut LP from the remotely assembled … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Ft. Dolls, Amelia Fletcher, Big Leaves, Catatonia, Catenary Wires, Dale Griffin, Glamorgan, Gruff Rhys, Heavenly, Hue williams, Ian Button, James Brown, John Peel, Kent, Live at the Rum Puncheon, Mark Cousins, Million Seller, Misty in Roots, Preston Pop Fest, Rhys Ifans, Rob Pursey, Robert Rotifer, Sea Urchins, Steve Gregory, Super Furry Animals, Swansea, Swansea Sound, Talulah Gosh, The Continental, The Fall, the Pastels, The Pooh Sticks
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Up, up and away – a late introduction to Magic Roundabout
Once upon a long ago, there was a band – described by their modern-day label as ‘criminally-unheard Manchester noisemakers’ – that borrowed its name from a hit UK children’s TV show that itself started life in a very different form … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McGee, Backdraft, Bolton, Glastonbury Festival, Ian Masters, Inspiral Carpets, Jack White, James, Julian Cope, Karrie Price, Leeds, Linda Jennings, Loop, Magic Roundabout, Manchester, Mark E Smith, Mark Webber, My Bloody Valentine, Nick Davidson, Pale Saints, Paul Chadwick, Spaceman 3, The blue Aeroplanes, The Boardwalk, The Fall, The Flatmates, The Shop Assistants, the Velvet Underground, Third Man Records, Tony Wilson, Up, Warren Defever, Zodiac Mindwarp
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Making a vinyl connection with the Bunnyman – back in touch with Will Sergeant
Last time I saw Will Sergeant, I was barely two feet away from him on a Sunday night in the snug bar of The Continental, Preston, Lancashire, thrilling to the garage/surf punk spectacle and hearing sensation that is Michael & … Continue reading
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Tagged A Certain Ratio, Adam Peters, Andy Warhol, Bob Parker, Brian Griffin, Bunnyman, Carnglaze Caverns, Crocodiles, Dave Haslam, Echo and the Bunnymen, Glide, Heaven Up Here, Ian Broudie, Inhaler, Kool Aiders, Les Pattinson, Liverpool, Louder than Words, Matt Groening, Mel-o-tones, Melling, Michael & the Angelos, Ocean Rain, Pee-wee Herman, Pete de Freitas, Porcupine, Preston, Preston Pop Fest, Rob Dickens, Steve Hanley, The Continental, The Fall, The Teardrop Excplodes, U2, Will Sergeant
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Examining Heart-Shaped Scars – the Dot Allison interview
‘I don’t know why I’m telling you any of this,’ as the opening line of mesmeric debut One Dove single ‘Fallen’ – first released 30 years ago – had it, but I revisited Morning Dove White before a final read-through … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Bowman, Andrew Weatherall, Bobby Gillespie, Brix Smith, Christian Henson, Denise Johnson, Dot Allison, Edinburgh, Fiona Cruickshank, Hal David, Hannah Peel, Heart-Shaped Scars, Hebrides, Keith Tenniswood, Manchester, Morning Dove White, One dove, paul weller, Pete Doherty, Sarah Campbell, Stuart Hamilton, The Fall, Zoe Bestel
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The Continuing Adventures of the Desperate Quartet – in conversation with Robert Lloyd
Spring is in the air, and with it the distant promise of a return to live music across the UK. But you’ll forgive Robert Lloyd for being a little guarded about the prospects right now. The legendary Nightingales frontman lit … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Schmid, Andy Wickett, Birmingham, Cannock, Danny Fields, Duran Duran, Fliss Kitson, Frank Skinner, James Nicholls, Jim Smith, John Peel, John Robb, John Taylor, John Walters, King Rocker, Marc Riley, Mark E Smith, Michael Cumming, Nigel Slater, Preston, Ramones, Robert Lloyd, Stephen Duffy, Stewart Lee, Ted Chippington, Telford, The Clash, The Continental, The Fall, The Mekons, The Nightingales, The Prefects, Tuff Life Boogie
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