Tag: Gary Numan
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The Bowie Bet part 4 – Cartoon Covers are Hunky Dory
The Challenge: I have bet that I can buy a full set of David Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World to Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). That’s fourteen albums in fourteen days. Total budget: £100. The loser has a heavy penalty:…
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My Ten Earliest Musical Memories – and Top of The Pops: The Story of 1978
What are your earliest musical memories? I overheard someone talking enthusiastically on their mobile the other day about how seeing Steps would bring back early childhood memories. Steps. I’ll leave aside for the moment how that would bring back little more than a cold sweat as I awake from a nightmare of the full horror…
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A Look Back At Look-in: The 1982 Pop Scene
1982 was a big year in pop music. Madonna’s debut. The release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Ozzy munched a bat. But what was it really like? In the UK the biggest selling single was Dexy’s Midnight Runners‘ Come On Eileen. The Human League had a huge hit with Don’t You Want Me. I particularly liked…
Every record tells a story 