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Jan 28, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Happy birthday to Robert Wyatt. Here’s his fab version of I'm A Believer on #TOTP in 1974. The producer asked him to sit in a wicker chair as a wheelchair "was not suitable for family viewing". Robert told him where to go (THREAD)
And here's Robert Wyatt performing Sea Song on French TV in 1975. The full 9-min recording, which also includes Alifib, is at
As it's Robert Wyatt's birthday, here are his impeccable selections for the "portrait of the artist as a consumer" feature in the NME from 1982 (THREAD)
Stumbled across this cool Robert Wyatt artwork in Canterbury a few years ago. Created by @stewysstencils, it’s near the Kudos restaurant, which was formerly The Beehive Club where The Wilde Flowers and early line-ups of Caravan and Soft Machine played #CanterburyScene (THREAD)
@stewysstencils This is brilliant - Robert Wyatt and Elvis Costello discussing Shipbuilding on Loose Talk in 1983. Includes the video for Robert's beautiful version
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I played Robert Wyatt’s version of I’m A Believer as part of my 7” disco when I hosted virtual drinks at @thesociallondon during lockdown. The full playlist is at open.spotify.com/playlist/451ck… (THREAD)
Now playing Robert Wyatt's amazing version of Chic's At Last I'm Free. It's the closing track on my Spotify compilation of tunes produced or engineered by Adam Kidron - listen here: open.spotify.com/playlist/5m3pr… (THREAD)
Now playing Rock Bottom by birthday-boy Robert Wyatt (THREAD)
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Happy 60th birthday to Roddy Frame. Here's a celebratory thread of some classic clips, a few of my photos and some ephemera, starting with Aztec Camera performing We Could Send Letters on Switch in 1983
Here are some of my photos taken when Aztec Camera played Birmingham’s High Hall in 1982. Honoured that some were used in the booklet and on a sleeve in this recent box set
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Original Postcard Records agenda from 1981, announcing the arrival of Aztec Camera’s debut single. “This record has a maturity that would belie the age of the group. At 16 Roddy is already writing songs in a style that would take lesser mortals years to perfect" 🧵 Image
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Happy 40th birthday to New Order's Blue Monday, which was released on this day in 1983. Here's a celebratory thread, starting with a live version filmed for Switch that year (THREAD 1 of 12)
It went on to be the biggest selling 12” single of all time. Legend has it that Peter Saville’s iconic die-cut floppy disc sleeve meant Factory Records lost money on every copy, but this original design was quickly changed for a less expensive version (THREAD 2 of 12 inches)
New Order had used synths before, but took things to a whole new level with Blue Monday. Here they are explaining how things work on the Dutch TV show Countdown in 1983. "Tell him you come from Macclesfield" (THREAD 3 of 12)
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Feb 4, 2023
Echo & the Bunnymen released Porcupine 40 years ago today. So here's a long thread of videos and other bits and pieces celebrating this magnificent LP, starting with the immense Back of Love
Alongside the album, Echo & The Bunnymen released "Porcupine, An Atlas Adventure", a VHS tape featuring 26 minutes of videos recorded in Liverpool and Iceland in 1983. Here's In Bluer Skies (THREAD)📼 🧵
I think Porcupine sometimes gets overshadowed by the two Bunnymen albums that came immediately before and after, but it's just as great IMHO
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Feb 4, 2023
The Smiths performing Hand in Glove at The Haçienda 40 years ago today. It was only their third show. Watch the full 30-minute performance at
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Feb 2, 2023
The Specials hit number one on this day in 1980 with their Live! EP. Here's the lead track "Too Much Too Young" filmed at the Colchester Institute. Watch the full Rock Goes To College show at &
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Everything you wanted to know about Too Much Too Young is in this thread
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Jan 29, 2023
Happy birthday to Roddy Frame. Here's a celebratory thread of some classic clips, a few of my photos and some ephemera, starting with Aztec Camera performing We Could Send Letters on Switch in 1983
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