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Tag Archives: 1970’s
The Tracks of my Years
Splitting out lives into decades is, at best, an arbitrary experience. Its not possible to divide a century by 10 and expect life events to follow a pattern. The first part of the 70’s were really just the end of the 60’s, … Continue reading
Love Like Anthrax
One of the consequences of the digital age is that we don’t really have to listen to music we don’t want to anymore. When I was young I listened to the 6 LP’s my parents owned and whatever was played … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, post punk, punk rock, rock music
Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Britain, Gang of Four, Leeds, post punk
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The Summer of 79
The Summer of 79 lasted for ages, I left Polytechnic in June and wouldn’t go back until nearly October. I managed to get in the Glastonbury Fayre/Festival in June and a trip to Ireland in August (I have documented these … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, Bryan Adams, crap punk bands, East Anglia, memoir, norwich, punk, sex pistols, Thorpe grammar school
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Cheap as Cheese..Camembert Electique
Camembert Electrique the third, but first real, album by Gong was released in 1971 when, to be honest I wasn’t really ready so I missed out on the offer of a whole album for 59 pence. However a few years … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's music, Britain, Camenbert Electrique, French Rock, Gong, Hippies, prog rock, rock music, space rock, vinyl
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The Stick Thing and Other Weird Instruments
Musical instruments were expensive in the 70,s relatively speaking. I wore out a guitar catalogue just gazing at the impossibly expensive instruments for hours on end. A cheap electric guitar could set you back £70 in the days when I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, Britain, novelty instruments, pop music, prog rock, rock music
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Overrated
When it comes to reputations context is everything, we filter the past through the prism of the present. When I was and impressionable teenager ‘Sgt Pepper’ was officially not only the best Beatles LP but the best long playing record … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, ELP, elton john, eric clapton, led zeppelin, wire
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Sexism and the Stranglers
By mid 1977 punk really was setting the woods on fire. It wasn’t just people liking punk it was also people hating punk, it was something that no one was ambivalent about, there was a lot of anger around coming … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 70's biography, 70's music, punk, punk rock, rock music, the stranglers
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