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Mike Scott formed the original Waterboys in 1983 taking the name from a line in Lou Reed’s song The KIds.
It was their third album This Is The Sea in 1985 that fused traditional celtic music with rock that broke the band in the UK. The single Whole Of The Moon reached number 26 in the [...]

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Tinita Tikaram was just nineteen years old when she released her stunning debut album Ancient Heart. This was the first single from the album and reached number 10 in the singles chart.
In 1988 it was a fresh sound combining a traditional celtic sound to Tikaram’s husky dark voice.
Tinita Tikaram - Good Tradition

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Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty, Live in Germany, 1983
For a short period of time the politically motivated Marxist-Leninist group Gang Of Four produced some great music while signed to EMI, the largest capitalist record company in the world.  Unfortunately, their first album, Entertainment was by far there best and for me, they [...]

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The Milkshakes - Over You, Live in 1984
The Milkshakes are probably best known as one of the Medway bands that gave us Billy Childish. In the early 1980’s they were part of an underground garage scene that included bands such as The Stingrays, The Cannibals and The Prisoners.
Here they are performnig in May 1984 at [...]

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I think this is from around 1989 probably at the peak of their commercial success, from the album Peace & Love.
The video is aparently a rare White City video clip taken from PogueVision.
The Pogues - White City

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