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
This is one of my favourite Roddy clips. Aztec Camera's great cover of Van Halen's Jump filmed in Barcelona in 1984. The full one-hour concert is at 🧵
Here are some of my photos taken when Aztec Camera played Birmingham University in 1982. Honoured that some were used in the booklet and on a sleeve in this recent box set cherryred.co.uk/product/aztec-… 
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" 🧵
Aztec Camera performing Down The Dip on Loose Talk in 1983 when Roddy Frame was a wee 19 year old 🎂🧵
Aztec Camera with Oblivious on Pebble Mill At One in 1983. The full song is at 🎂🧵
Aztec Camera, Fire Engines and Josef K interviewed by Ian Pye for Melody Maker in August 1981. So much talent on one spread #HungryBeat 🎂🧵
The postcard that came with Aztec Camera's Just like Gold / We Could Send Letters - on my wall in 1984 and still in my collection 🎂🧵
Aztec Camera in the NME, Sept 82. “We’re not wimps though. Just romantics. There’s a difference.” 🎂🧵
Concluding this thread celebrating Roddy Frame's birthday with Ivor Cutler introducing Aztec Camera's Oblivious. And you can replay #timstwitterlisteningparty for High Land, Hard Rain with @RoddyFrame @daveruffy @Tim_Burgess @LlSTENlNG_PARTY at timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay/f… 🧵10 of 10
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