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Book review: MARTIN HANNETT – His Equipment And Strawberry Studios by Chris Hewitt

Dandelion Records & Books [Publication date 07.04.17] Given the fact that the author Chris Hewitt has already released the exhaustive DVD ‘Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division’ and the book ‘The Pleasures Of The … Continue reading
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Tagged A Certain Ratio, book, Chris Hewitt, Chris Sieve, Durutti Column, Factory records, Frank Zappa, Happy Mondays, His Equipment And Strawberry Studios, John Cooper Clark, Joy Division, Magazine, Martin Hannett, New Order, OMD, Peter Hook, Phil Spector, producer, Reabid records, review, Rob Gretton, Strawberry studios, The Buzzcocks, The Psychedelic Furs, the Stone Roses, Tony Wilson, U2
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Gig review: GUILFEST – 19-20 July 2014
Saturday saw the weather again being kind to Guilfest and a bigger crowd too. Arrived to The Farm doing their hit ‘All Together Now’ on the main stage and they seemed to have gone down well with the crowd. Next … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 July 2014, 20 July 2014, gig, Guilfest, Kool and the Gang, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, review, The Buzzcocks
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DVD review: Martin Hannett – He Wasn’t Just The Fifth Member Of Joy Division

Ozit [Released 10.05.14] Described as a’ rough cut reportage style documentary based on an original idea by Anthony Ryan Carter’ a.k.a. Tosh Ryan who occupies an insightful centre-piece to film, this fly on the wall style … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Chris Hewitt, Durutti Column, DVD, Hawkwind, He Wasn't Just The Fifth member of Joy Division, John Cooper Clarke, Joy Division, Magazine, Martin Hannett, New Order, Ozit, review, The Buzzcocks, Tom Hewitt, Tony Wilson, Tosh Ryan, U2, Victor Brox
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Two weeks until Guilfest 2012!
Countdown to GuilFest’s 21st Birthday, 13th – 15th July in Stoke Park, Guildford! Under two weeks to go!! GuilFest’s 21st anniversary is coming round fast – there are now under 2 weeks to go until the UK’s premier family festival … Continue reading