Monthly Archives: June 2016
The Long Hot Summer
The early 70s were pretty much the late 60s, by 69 the hippie dream had started to fall apart just couple of years after it had started. The early 70’s were superficially grim at least economically in the UK. There … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, East Anglia, gigs, norwich, pop music, rock music, the summer of 1976, vinyl
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HELLO HALLOGALLO! [PART 1]
Originally posted on VINYL CONNECTION:
I cannot remember the date, but I recall the exact location where I took delivery of Julian Cope’s slim but influential paperback Krautrocksampler in Autumn 1996. There was a palpable thrill in opening the mail…
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The Beginning of a Neu Age
And so the great day arrived! Being the prospective drummer the band was going to come to me. Plainy and Sucho were traveling reasonably light with guitars and practice amps. Robbo the bass player was cursed with the 70’s bass cab … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, band auditions, band reformations, drums, guitars, Hippies, pop music, punk rock, Thorpe grammar school, vinyl
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