30 years ago today Nirvana brought the Reading Festival to a close with the most legendary performance in that festival’s entire history.
And then there was also the weather, as described in Melody Maker the following week: “It rained like f**k, the wind when it came up was like something announcing The End Of The World, and the mud was deep enough to drown in.”
Our wizard Chorizo Garbanzo was there and the passing of time has now enabled him to talk about the experience. Huge thanks to 2 other veterans of that campaign, Graham and Mark, for joining him on this episode.
B.o.B. is the only Bob D album on Bob P’s list. Stand inside the rain with us as we discuss rock’s first double album while the country music station plays soft and there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Lift off! Take your protein pills and put your helmet on as we launch into 2 pals David & Marc, both about to make one giant leap towards eventual superstardom.
Let us show one another things we never usually see with this fascinating but relatively obscure pair of albums. First we examine an unreleased set of songs from North London mod group The Action. Then the debut album from the band they subsequently gave birth to, Mighty Baby.
First up Phil & Don are dropping their aitches as they get ‘eavily involved in Swinging London and then an album that you’ll feel in your fingers and toes over Andover again.
Hey hey they’re The Monkees and people may say the hosts monkey around in this episode as they get sidetracked into Tork-ing about wedding receptions, live gigs and, inevitably, Peter Reid.
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