The Mellotron was and is the fore-runner of today’s electronic samplers. Its original intended use is presented here as demonstrated by David Nixon (yes the TV magician of yesteryear).
The idea was to provide access to the sound of real instruments and at the time of its conception synthesizers were in their infancy and affordable digital [...]
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A John Peel session outing from Killing Joke recorded on 5th March 1980 at Maida Vale Studios.
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After waking up a few days ago with ‘where’s Captain Kirk’ pinging around my inner mental jukebox and being put in mind of a few other quirky vintage recording in a similar genre pulled from the depths of my memory it was a pleasure to run into one of my previous mentions whilst transferring some [...]
From 20th May 1979
Final part of this desert island disc-alike.
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From 20th May 1979
Bowie continues by stating that he doesn’t like what Springsteen was doing at that time and manages to crowbar in a couple of tracks from his then new Lodger album.
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