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Monthly Archives: July 2013
1973 – Selling England By The Pound – Genesis
“Can you tell me where my country lies? Said the unifaun to his true love’s eyes.” Peter Gabriel’s plaintive voice begins an album that is at once quintessentially English and possibly Genesis’ best work. All the usual elements are there: … Continue reading
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1973 – Lou Reed, Status Quo, Genesis
1973 was a year of musical contradictions. Within a matter of four weeks I had started my life as a concert-goer (we never used the word ‘gig’) and seen three completely different artists. The first concert my brother and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Genesis, growing up, Lou Reed, Sheffield City Hall, soundtrack, Status Quo
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1973 – Foxtrot – Genesis
My older brother had started buying New Musical Express and we’d both started listening to the Alan Freeman Rock Show on the radio on Saturday afternoons. All afternoon we’d sit with the cassette recorder wired up (some Heath Robinson style … Continue reading
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1973 – Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
“Who’s playing that bloody piano?!” This was the year the alien landed, Bowie came to ground. He still occasionally sang about driving a module and sleeping in capsules but it was obvious he was a real human being with cigarette-stained … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Aladdin Sane, Bowie, David Bowie, growing up, ITV, Lady Grinning Soul, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, music, record collector, Sheffield, Watch That Man
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1972/73 Gasworks – Gasworks
Whilst I never actually owned this album, it’s here because of its importance in shaping my musical outlook. Mum and Dad took us all to The Crucible Theatre one night to see the duo. They were in The Studio, not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Crucible Theatre, ELP, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Gas Works Park, Ken Colyer, Mick Draper, Mum, skiffle, Spiritual music, Studio
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1972 – Ride A White Swan – T.Rex
Even with a new two pence coin balanced on the cartridge, and even though it may have been “electronically enhanced for stereo effect”, I could never manage to play “One Inch Rock” without it jumping all over the place! It … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Bolan, Bowie, growing up, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, music, record collector, Sheffield, T Rex
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1972 – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars – David Bowie
Top Of The Pops on a Thursday night had, by this time, become pretty much essential viewing for my brother and I. He didn’t really like all the glam-rock type of stuff and thought it was too ‘poppy’, but he … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Aladdin Sane, Bowie, growing up, Mick Ronson, music, record collector, Sheffield, Starman, Top of the Pops, Ziggy Stardust
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