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Tag: BBC Radio 1

  • London Grammar – Strong First Impressions

    London Grammar – Strong First Impressions

    I had an hour to kill before taking a train and a friend called to say he was going to see a band instore at Rough Trade East and did I want to join him? I said I’ll see what I can do… I’m glad I did too, because the band we saw were London…

  • Laser 558, what’s wrong with Radio 2 and the real reason people liked Genesis

    Laser 558, what’s wrong with Radio 2 and the real reason people liked Genesis

    So what links Laser 558, Radio 2 and Genesis? Not that you need a reason (yes you do) but it is worth taking a look at the musical landscape of 1985 to put into context (some would say justify) why I (and many people like me) liked Genesis. My theory is that it’s all because…

  • Home Taping is Killing Music – Part 1

    Home Taping is Killing Music – Part 1

    Home Taping / Taping music off the radio was rife in the seventies and eighties. On the inner sleeve of almost every record sold in the 80s was a skull-and-crossbones and the legend “Home Taping is Killing Music”. In the early 80s the charts were as packed with musical nourishment as a trombone pie. Status Quo’s…