Fades in Slowly

Unbelievably busy and haven’t been able to dedicate any time to the blog, this situation hasn’t changed so this is just a quickie to let you know I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth.

Here we have the first of the four sessions that James recorded.

Recorded on 3rd October, 1983 and tranzmitted on the 19th of that month, it waz produced by the legendary Tony Wilson at Maida Vale 4.

James’ first session: October, 1983

TRACKLIST

Vulture
The Chicken Wire
Discipline
Hymn From A Village

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Tim Booth (Lead Vocals)
James Glennie (Bass)
Paul Gilbertson (Guitar)
Gavan Whelan (Drums)

Will try to be back soon…

Hi all, sorry for the extended absence, I’ve been fairly busy putting in a shift at the John Peel wiki (about time, I know). I’ve been concentrating on the curious cases of Peel’s appearances on Top of the Pops. I’m almost done now, just a few shows from his halcyon years of the early eighties left to fill in. For a full picture of those magical TV appearances, click here.

The main reason it’s taken me so long is that every time I trawl through the youtube archives, I stop and watch all the clips I find. So, I’ve decided to share some of the highlights with you. Today you’ll be enjoying The Cure performing ‘The Walk’ in July, 1983, in a show that also featured the talents of Iron Maiden, ELO, Eurythmics, Rod Stewart and Mike Oldfield, as well as JP and Kid Jensen in ‘ska’ outfits.

I remember watching this one as it was the first time I’d ever heard Iron Maiden. For more info on this show, click here.

The year is 1983 and TOTP has become one of the biggest and most prominent endorsements for Thatcherism imagineable. You can learn a hell of a lot about the spirit of the time by watching the audience for this performance from one of the most famous non-festive 50 bands of them all. JP is typically magnificent in his ‘while all around you lose their heads‘ attitude…