Top Of The Box

Fresh faced but moody mod Paul Weller with his band Jam performing Eton Rifles on Something Else in 1979. Excellent.
Jam – Eton Rifles – Something Else 1979

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In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s the new wave, post-punk sound of young Scotland heralded bands like Orange Juice & Joesf K, and the now legendary Postcard Records.
The Fire Engines were a part of the young, vibrant Scottish scene, and in 1980 released their debut single, Get Up and Use Me. A treble lo-fi [...]

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Public Image Ltd (PiL) – Careering & Poptones, The Old Grey Whstle Test
Here is one of the most powerful performances both Annie Nightingale and I ever saw on The Old Grey Whsitle.  Public Image Limited, PiL at their very very best performing Careering & Poptones in 1980.
Johnny Rotten was still known as John Lydon and [...]

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The Cure – A Forest Live in 1979
Here is a rare clip of The Cure before Robert Smith began backcombing his hair and raiding his mother’s make-up box.
Here’s The Cure performing a song called At Night which went on to be reworked and eventually released as A Forest in 1980.
I believe this is a live [...]

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The Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe
The Psychedelic Furs are probably best remembered for ‘Pretty In Pink’, and only then because of a more glossy remixed re-release in 1986 as the main title track of a John Hughes blockbuster teen film of the same name.
But there was a lot more to the Psychedelic Furs, and [...]

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