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Budgie – Breadfan

26th October 2021 · 1970s, 1973, Music

In the early Seventies my brief flirtation with Welsh rock bands seems to have extended to a third, Budgie. (more…)

Mash-ups. They often sound great on paper – but more often disappoint after repeated listenings. Not this one. It’s perfect.

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Sassafras – Electric Chair

24th October 2021 · 1970s, 1973, Music

Here’s a band I once loved that I had completely forgotten about, though I still have this album in my vinyl collection.

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RIP Julz Sale (Delta 5)

23rd October 2021 · 1970s, 1979, Music, Punk
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RIP Julz Sale, the singer in proto-feminist post-punk band Delta 5 – a vital part of the soundtrack of my youth.

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Man – Four Day Louise

23rd October 2021 · 1970s, 1974, Music

The first gig I ever saw was by a Welsh rock group called Man, in May 1974.

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There were a couple of bands in the mid-Seventies sending up the sort of rock’n’roll excess that spawned punk – while simultaneously revelling in exactly the sort of sounds they satirised through a proto-punk prism.

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I never got to see The 101ers, even though they were playing regularly at the Elgin in Ladbroke Grove when I was living not far away off the Gloucester Road.
 

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I’ve never really bought into the idea of the “guilty pleasure” so I feel no shame about liking and posting this song.

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OK, this song is awful. But it’s a bit of pop history because even though it wasn’t Lou Reed’s first recording it was the catalyst for the creation of The Velvet Underground.

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I’m not sure The Runaways were ever really a punk group, but they made their mark at the right time to be part of our world and they were punky enough to play CBGBs alongside Blondie and Television and The Ramones.

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