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1981 ➤ Blue Rondo create a new buzz with Latin sounds and an extreme suited...
Blue Rondo a la Turk was among the first of the Blitzworld’s new image bands to change the musical gear of 1981 towards a tongue-in-cheek collage of carnival rhythms. Fronted by future Wag club host...
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1981 ➤ Ballet on Broadway, leading the British invasion of America, spring 1981
Spandau provided the new British electropop, Axiom the radical London fashion show, while Tina Turner and Robert de Niro joined the coolest audience in Manhattan… ➤ Click here to read the full crazy...
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JUNE ➤ 30 or so years ago today
ON THIS DAY IN 1978… ◆ The Swinging 80s started here . . . ◆ June 17 — Fast Product releases the darkly mystical Being Boiled by Sheffield’s original Human League, and Bowie declares it “the future of...
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1981 ➤ Ballet on Broadway, leading the British invasion of America, spring 1981
On this day 30 years ago, 21 Blitz Kids, average age 21, took Manhattan by storm. Spandau Ballet provided the new British electropop, the Axiom design collective provided the radical London fashion...
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1981 ➤ Hot days, cool nights, as Blue Rondo join the new Brits changing the...
❚ “GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN,” I was told on this day 30 years ago. “You’re coming for a ride.” Graham Ball was a club host empowered to open the trendiest of doors in Soho, so “No thanks” … Continue...
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2012 ➤ A brighter Bluer Rondo for the 20-tweens
❚ TWO VINTAGE MUSICAL GEMS appeared online this week, casting a fresh magic spell. They are two tracks from Chewing the Fat, the debut album by the image dance-band of 80s clubland, Blue Rondo à la...
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➤ Smash Hits and other mould-breakers of the 80s
❚ ANOTHER NICELY PACKAGED Radio 4 documentary today celebrated the crucial years 1982–85 which Neil Tennant describes as “the golden age of 80s pop”. They luckily coincided with his tenure as a writer...
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