May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
When a song…and indeed a WHOLE ALBUM starts with the line “for just one moment in time I hear the holy backbeat” – then you know you’re in for something very special. The band were convinced of its merit as the opening track to the album, but Steve Hillage took a bit of convincing. He…
Perusing old copies of Smash Hits…Jim is being questioned on whether he is INDEED 22 in the early months of 1982. Doesn’t help when your musical doppelganger (one Billy Currie) has already hit 30. Well, he was still 22 at the time this went to print (and certainly at the time the photo was taken…in…
No wonder it has always been my very favourite Roxy song!
I am being nostalgic for things I wasn’t even around for! Lol. But…this is still one of my favouritest things, ever, because of that big, beautiful, cheesy smile. Maybe *this* was Virginia Turbett’s best work? Oh, she took some doozies of him :-))) Wonder what happened to her?
goodytwolose: Jim Kerr Q&A | Smash Hits July 1985
Article from Smash Hits magazine, September 17-30, 1981, discussing the production of Sons And Fascination. Photos by Virginia Turbett. Quelle surprise…wonderful shots of Jim :-))
Smash Hits reviews for Chelsea Girl and Life In A Day (Album). Fab reviews that initially go nowhere for the guys. But they don’t give up – nor should they!
Again – another fantastic review in Smash Hits for Empires And Dance this time. It gets 9/10 – and yet… Still…it’s 35 years on, why does it matter now.
Smash Hits reviews from Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call era, 1981. Still takes them another 12 months to finally get a sniff of chart success. People just don’t know a good thing when they hear it!
Some interesting snippets from copies of Smash Hits magazine from 1979. First page shows news of SM having music from Real To Real used in a documentary. The other page shows a keen fan writing in and somewhat getting the wrong end of the stick as to what was happening. Love these kind of bits…