Canadian CBC Arts Writer Places Stowmarket South Of London

[Ed Duffy]

I have vague memories of him playing "A Day Without Me" at some 
point. He also played Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran in their early 
days.

The only hard evidence I have of him playing U2, though, is the 1983 
Festive 50, in which "New Year's Day" was at 41. He doesn't get too 
sniffy about it, either, although I expect he'd have been miffed if 
they'd gone one place higher, leapfrogging The Fall's "Wings".

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, simon smith <moomin@c...> wrote:
> In message <20050728121148.98027.qmail@w...>, 
> Neil Jenkins <neil_jenkins.geo@y...> writes
> >I certainly never heard him play them.
> 
> I can assure you with absolute certainty that he did play some of 
their 
> early records, albeit with a somewhat grudging tone. I remember 
because 
> I liked U2 at the time (I was only 18) and was in dispute with 
certain 
> of my peers on the subject. When 'Boy' came out he remarked 
something to 
> the effect that the tunes sounded a bit better on LP than they had 
as 
> singles. In those days he still played a few records out of a 
sense of 
> obligation. He's never played any U2 since, I'm sure.
> 
> I'll wager my whole Captain Beefheart collection on it.
> 
> -- 
> simon smith