I totally agree with you how good this record was. It stood out at the time, with great production, great…
On Andy McCarroll & Moral Support – Zionic Bonds – 1981
The greatest frustration with this vinyl was the compressed sound. Kingsway gave it almost no dynamic range, and the waveform…
On Giantkiller – The Alternative – 1980
I was at school with Paul, in the same class in Bristol. This band used to be massive, with a…
On Amaziah – Straight Talker – 1980
It might be interesting to note that Night Nurse is an early digital recording using the Sony Betamax PCM system.…
On Writz – Writz – 1979
Ah good. I must have given him a copy sometime when we transferred his reels to minidisc. There's an awful…
On After the Fire – 80f – Original Mix Version – Acetate – 1980
The story begins earlier they were active in 1973, and there is a 1974 mono demo reel of Fish Co…
On Fish Co – Can’t Be Bad – 1975
There is a compilation album issued by Street Tunes called Curious Collection onto which Venetian Blind, Dance On and Blind…
On Famous Names – Venetian Blinds – 1980
With this album, you have a hybrid. Featuring remixed tracks from the unreleased Famous Names album (Venitian Blind) , and…
On The Techno Orchestra – Casualtease – 1982
In 1991, Fairnie was told by Bev that he was going out for a Chinese meal to celebrate his birthday.…
On Writz – Writz – 1979
The story is in fact rather more interesting. Ishmael himself wrote that during the single recording session they all cleared…
On Ishmael – It’s Amazin’ What Praisin’ Can Do – 1978