Friday Rock Show with Tommy Vance

viynljohn viynljohn@...
Fri Jun 17 22:59:04 CEST 2011


As someone who never listened to the Friday Rock show I'm looking forward to listening to the shows, thanks haze
--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "haze_harrison" <haze.harrison@...> wrote:
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> I think in that respect TV was very much like Peely. 
> If he (and/or Tony Wilson) thought something was good he'd play it, whether it was "rock" or not.. I know he played Duran Duran "Planet Earth" a couple of weeks before it came out as I tried to buy it the following day!
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Michael Capewell <mickcapewell@> wrote:
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> > Ha ha, I thought the Friday Rock Show was just an 18 month phase I had around NWOBHM, but the voice and the enthusiasm, a great man!!!
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> > **** John Miles! Sparks!! Elkie Brooks!!! Crikey! It just goes to show how much an effect the NWOBHM had on "Rock" shows post '79/80. Nowadays, 99% of all shows that bill themselves as "Rock Shows", not just on national radio, but on local stations and internet stations too, have a playlist that's all thud and fuzz, with little or no imagination. Bah! Etc...
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