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Tag Archives: Gong
1981 – Kilimanjaro – The Teardrop Explodes
The Teardrop Explodes managed effortlessly to combine every style of music I’d ever liked. I’d been blown away by the “Reward” single in January and went, as soon as my student grant would allow, to buy the album. On it … Continue reading
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Tagged College of Ripon and York St. John, Gong, Julian Cope, music, punk, record collector, Ripon, Ripon and York St. John, Ripon College, Rotherham, Sheffield, soundtrack, Tetley Bitter, The Black Bull, The Jam, The Studley Royal, The Teardrop Explodes, Theakston's, Turvey's
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1978 – Kaya – Bob Marley and The Wailers
My first year at college was drawing to a close. Others had exams to revise for but my second semester courses were all continuous assessment so I just worked hard during the day time and went out every night. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Freeman, Beer, Bob Marley, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus, Gong, Harrogate, Kaya, new wave, punk, reggae, Satisfy My Soul, Sheffield, West Street
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1976 – Gong
School lunch times were interesting affairs. I was in the Lower Sixth Form at High Storrs School and we were slowly getting to know the kids that had joined us from Silverdale School up the road. They didn’t have their … Continue reading
1974 – Camembert Electrique – Gong
Phil got an Afghan coat from Pippy’s, I bought an Alchemists Almanac (Handbook of Herbal Highs) and David tried smoking banana skins that he’d dried in the airing cupboard. He assured us that afterwards, you “felt a bit funny” when … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, Camembert Electrique, Daevid Allen, David, Didier Malherbe, Firth Park, Gilli Smyth, Gong, growing up, Sheffield
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