Thursday, 18 December 2014

LIST 134 - 18/12/14 (1984 special, part two)


Hello again,

Following on from yesterday's List, here's another selection from 30 years ago this year.  Includes yer man Everett True pre-fame; the heroically flawed attempt to get a message of support for the Miners' Strike broadcast on live TV; virtually the first sightings of what was already The Brilliant Corners (The Brilliant Corners) and what became Juno Reactor (The Flowerpot Men); and some bouncy fun from Sparks' (wrongly) oft-maligned mid-late 1980s oeuvre.  

J xx




PROPAGANDA – Dr Mabuse

THE LEGEND! – Arrogant Bastards

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – Seven Seas

THE UNKNOWN CASES – Masimbabele

THE WAKE – Everybody Works So Hard

DANIELLE DAX - Pariah

NEW ORDER – Thieves Like Us

THE REDSKINS – Keep On Keepin’ On

THE REVOLVING PAINT DREAM – Flowers in the Sky

THE FALL – Lay of the Land

COCTEAU TWINS – Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops

SPARKS – Pretending to be Drunk

THE MEMBRANES – Spike Milligan’s Tape Recorder

THE BRILLIANT CORNERS – Big Hip

THE ICICLE WORKS – Hollow Horse

THE FLOWERPOT MEN – Jo’s So Mean

THE DURUTTI COLUMN – Without Mercy

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