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3 from 79
For the Summer of 79 I seemed to have three records on the go all the time. Music was still expensive I think two of the albums were my mate Phil’s and one was mine, but these were sharing times, … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged 70's music, joe Jackson., punk rock, rock music, stiff little fingers, the only ones, vinyl
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Glastonbury 1979
In 1979, when is seemed that the hippie dream was pretty much over, the music press announced that there would be a Glastonbury festival that summer. In fact, I think it may have been announced there would be a Glastonbury … Continue reading
Posted in rock music
Tagged alex harvey, Glastonbury festival, hitching, John Martyn, Michael eavis, Peter Gabrial, Phil Colins, sky, Steve hillage, the only ones, Tim Blake, tom robinson
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Trouble in the World
My musings on the tragic career of the Only Ones awakened a memory of a single I had thankfully forgotten, until now. 1980, thanks to a student grant I had enough money to buy singles and the Only Ones had … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, rock music
Tagged bad records, bad singles, john perry, mike kellie, peter perrett, the only ones, trouble in the world
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More Junkie Business with the Only Ones
1997 a boy child is born. My wife and me were pretty smug. We already had a daughter, now we had the full set. The new arrival appeared healthy and happy, quite a bundle of fun. There are those who … Continue reading
Posted in memories of 70s, punk rock, rock music
Tagged alan mair, CDs, drugs, drums, john perry, LIve Music, mike kellie, peter perrett, the only ones
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Into the Dark
On the 23rd of January I woke to a traditionally cold damp dark Monday morning. Unwilling to face the beginning of a working week I took the unusual step of checking my twitter account to discover immediately that Jaki Leibezeit … Continue reading
Posted in glam rock, memories of 70s, prog rock, punk rock, rock music
Tagged can, jaki leibezeit, mike kellie, mott the hoople, overend watts, the only ones
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