This is a difficult album to assess for me. Steve and Bev went to the US to record, and I…
On The Technos – Songs For A Nervous World – 1988
I loved Talking Drums, and their successor Lies, Damned Lies. The 12" extended version of Pretend a Stranger is tremendous.…
On Talking Drums – Reassembly – 1985
I saw them in Blackheath, SE London in Feb 81 [the night before I saw Larry Norman in London too],…
On 100% Proof – New Way of Livin’ – 1980
Nutshell were indeed quite whimsical and folksy at times, but Network 3 was an attempt to up the tempo to…
On Nutshell – Believe It Or Not – 1979
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