Articles from Sounds Magazine 1975 - 1980 Archivist, Steve "Stig" Chivers.
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Full Video DONAL GALLAGHER Interview @rorygallagher @ClassicRockMag @planetrock @MOJOmagazine patreon.com/u60531281/posts/…
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My brother and I were running around the record shops of North London trying to find a copy of Gangsters BEFORE the Chrysalis distribution deal. I am proud to be an early adopter.
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Was just about to comment about that Bev. Serendipity indeed (I'm pretty sure I reviewed a band called Serendipity at The Marquee supporting Marillion...)
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I have absolutely no memory of this - any of it. Nothing.
Singles reviewed by Mick Wall in Sounds 18th, October 1980 including B-52's, Joy Division, The Residents and many more.; @MickBlackwall
@joydivision
@peterhook
@joydivisionBook
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I wrote about this on my Substack this week: beverleyglick.substack.com/p…
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Love the letter about BJH, with which I fully concur.
It dawned on me, at some point, that reviewers just didn’t like some bands but loved others blindly and from that moment on took reviews with a large dollop of salt!
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And The Blitz Club was the start of something wonderful and the 80s started to look wonderful.
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The Sheena Easton fan letter may have been written by Prince (Sheena made Prince look tall, btw) 😂
Still, Sugar Walls is a top tune.
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There is an ad with Ian and Fred 'Spider' Rowe somewhere.
Non of these ads has Chas in them
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It was 48 years ago today that.......
The Undertones 'Teenage Kicks' single of the week reviewed by Dave McCullough in Sounds 30th, September 1978.
@TheUndertones_
@Feargal_Sharkey
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The amazing @MadnessNews here outside my photographic studio in Islington. We had just completed a day of shooting in the studio and I suggested we shoot this last shot outside on a Morris 1000, car. I remember it well. Happy days with ‘The Nutty Boys’ #London #Madness #Photographer #MusicPhotography #MusicPhotographer
27th, September 1980 Madness' album 'Absolutely' reviewed by Garry Bushell and pic by Danny Clifford. "It's the perfect soundtrack for contemporary teenagers."
@MadnessNews
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Here’s the Sounds ‘This Summer will be Casual’ cover with the first (and only!) Casual band who Bates allowed to play before a game at Stamford Bridge. Think it was 84, by which time no one up north dressed like this anymore! Have you got the article @SoundsClips ?
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Sunday reading- @RobertElms classic Mail on Sunday article,1983. I think this was the first time we’d heard ‘casual’ used, it was dressers/flickheads in Leeds. This was before the Face and @SoundsClips casuals articles that year, but as he says, the look was already changing…
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First ever review in a music mag..and it was a good 'un (that wouldn't last 😉 )
24th, September 1977 Singles reviewed by Chas De Whalley including The Stranglers' 'Whatever Happened To The Heroes', The Clash's 'Complete Control', Yachts' 'Suffice To Say' and many more. @StranglersSite
@TheClash
@HenryPriestman
@adbreakanthems
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In 1979 he moved to Berlin, changed his name to Jayne County and has remained that way ever since and has continued working as a musician and artist in the UK and US.
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Rachel Sweet was great but she walked away from music in 1982 persuing a career in acting and subsequently as a successful sitcom writer.
Sounds Front Cover 9th, September 1978 featuring the Be Stiff Tour 1978. Mickey Jupp, Wreckless Eric, Rachel Sweet, Lene Lovich and Jona Lewie.
@StiffRecords
@thewreckeric
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@Jona_Lewie
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He did indeed, we kidnapped him and took him for a ride round the Reading area in our cool ex-US Army band wagon…
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Dashed up to the Nov 5 Lancaster show after seeing Rovers beat Southampton in a stormy clash. Never realised it was the final date. Still have a poster somewhere. ‘Pump it Up’ debuted by Elvis that night. Blockheads closed the show.
Announcement for the Stiffs Tour later in the year, with Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Wreckless Eric, Nick Lowe and Larry Wallis in Sounds 3rd, September 1977. Pic by Chris Gabrin.
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