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Underworld - Cowgirl
Karl Hyde and Co. giving it “everything, everything.” Not sure where this is from but I remember seeing them at Glastonbury in I think (memory may be a bit addled!) 1998 - Saturday afternoon about 5 o’clock, probably muddy, jumping about like a nutter!
Anyone who says dance music is dull and [...]

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This is Tom Waits from The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977, performing Tom Traubert’s Blues, a song that would much later be a hit for Rod Stewart.
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert’s Blues

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Danny Frederici died this week, he was a founder member and keyboard player with the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteens excellent backing group.
This track is from Springsteens brilliant 1977 album Darkness On The Edge Of Town.
Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street

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XTC - Life Begins At The Hop. Top Of The Pops 1979.
Sheer pop-punk genius from Swindon’s finest. I had this on clear vinyl in a fold-out sleeve, some sly git nicked it off me. Contains probably the finest anti guitar solo ever!
Suggestions for a more under-rated band?

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Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit, Whistle Test, 1986
In 1986 Half Man Half Biscuit performed both sides of their debut single live on The Whistle Test on BBC2.
The A-side was the brilliant Trumpton Riots but the B-side was even better. All I want for [...]

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