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The Clash ‘Sort it Out’

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

November 1978, 10 young men stuck in a concrete block on the outskirts of a midlands city. Trent Polytechnic seemed far removed from the dreaming spires. Many of my new companions departed for the big city every day to do … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

Yes it’s time to celebrate. The future is past is three years old or possibly five. Its complicated. I first started this site 5 years ago but I wrote just one post and then left it for a couple of … Continue reading →

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The Three Record Rule and Dr Feelgood

Posted on April 14, 2018 by

It’s a sad but true fact that almost every artist has a sell by date. The rule I usually live by is that no one needs more than 3 CDs from any one artist, once you’ve got three that’s enough, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Dictate

Posted on April 8, 2018 by

One of the things that comes up time and time again when researching the early days of punk is the resourceful nature of virtually all of the protagonists. Whether it was Steve Jones nicking enough equipment to equip the Sex … Continue reading →

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Four Strings, Two Hands, One Woman

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

By the mid 70’s rock music was 20 years old. As an art form it had simply exploded, from Elvis recording ‘that’s Alright Mama to The Beatles ‘Strawberry Fields forever’ was not much over ten years. The evolution of music … Continue reading →

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Matty Groves

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

A holiday, a holiday And the first one of the year Lord Donald’s wife came into the church The gospel for to hear And when the meeting it was done She cast her eyes about And there she saw little … Continue reading →

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If it ain’t Stiff…

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

The other day I read the news that apparently Sainsbury’s, the well-loved supermarket chain, is about to start a record label. That probably says more about the state of modern music than anything else.  In the 70’s the business was … Continue reading →

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Three from the States

Posted on September 17, 2017 by

As rock music was fermenting nicely in Britain the real quality was still coming from the States. They had had a couple of years head start on us, they were older, probably cleverer and had better teeth. There’s still a … Continue reading →

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Hey Rock and Roll

Posted on September 3, 2017 by

  By the mid 70’s rock was all of twenty years old, it had travelled from Bill Hayley performing ‘Rock around the Clock’ way past Hawkwind and ‘ Silver Machine’. The 60’s had been very forward looking, every few months … Continue reading →

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Tribes

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

According to local lore Norwich used to have a church for every week of the year and a pub for every day. Despite the clear preponderance of licenced establishments, even if it wasn’t 365, I would only visit a handful. … Continue reading →

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