More of the kind of stuff that was added to bootlegs to fill up unused space on expensive tapes back when the cassette was king. This is a very short collection (running in at 16 minutes) and worth a listen. The '77 Piccadilly Radio interview in Manchester with JJ runs fast, that is unless the station heads were in the habit of pumping helium into their studios!
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-Dbl8vJP8KR
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-B7s65uIzI1
Here is a short interview that I found tacked onto the end of a Damned gig recording. And as this, the Year of the Rat, draws to a close with the classic line up on tour, it seemed like a good idea to post it. Dave and Rat sat in on the 'Bedrock' show on Worcestershire's Radio Wyvern back in 1982, shortly after the release of Strawberries.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-hfuBuKBcqu
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-gzcGgOPiXR
All I really knew about the Television Personalities is that they has recorded 'Where's Bill Grundy Now?' and 'Part-Time Punks', great tracks and a rather satirical view of the punk scene. It was my daughter who started talking about the band. I think that she once took a bit of a lead from me musically, but she very quickly went off on a multitude of tangents leaving me a long way behind.TVP were a case in point.
I did go with her some years ago for a gig at the 100 Club for a celebreation of Dan Treacy's music. Prior to this gig, I did a bit of hoemwork and reaslised that I knew more than the aforementioned two tracks. Not many more, but a few!
Here is the Peel Session that they did back in 1980. I think it's great, very different.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-XLiuFXtEXp
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-b3WdyL897a
So with the The Damned on the road right now it is no surprise that my social media feed, such as it is, is rather Damned heavy in content. I wasn't however expecting to wake up this morning to be confronted with our daughter''s beaming face in the company of the individual members of the band!
I love the idea that the waring factions with the band had it within themselves to bury the hatchet (and not into each other!) so that we could enjoy that amazing on stage chemistry for perhaps the last time... who knows. In anticipation of the Roundhouse gigs here's one that they made earlier in Liverpool, a mere 42 years ago. The Strawberries tour. I wasn't there but for me at least, this was their live zenith. That is not to say that the band necessarily declined on the live front after '82, it's just that this was the period of greatest musical change for the band as they challenged the widely held preconceptions of what a punk band shouldsound like and how!
This recording is really rather good, setwise it is impeccable, and sound-wise, it is good for its age.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-bA80wmX9ix
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-vxY9wAhVxs
It never was in the Top 10 of inspirational bootlegs, besides which better and full set versions of this 'secret' gig are out there (and on here in fact). Nevertheless, it is a part of the band's history and some years back The Rat Zone did a splendid job of making it available in this digital form with original artwork to boot.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-CgIDPXLZMR
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-EJ2RlmPhjD
Here's one that I dredged up recently. As far as I can see I haven't posted this before. Broadcast on 12th December 2021, this one hour mix of music and chat looks both backwards at a long career and forwards, 'Dark Matters' having been released a few months before. So cast yourself back to that Covid period of suspended animation for 59 minutes.
FLAC: https://we.tl/t-kO6Min26Qy
Artwork: https://we.tl/t-d2fP4CrJMf
