Friday Rock Show with Tommy Vance

[haze_harrison]

Ah, shame. That's the bit I still have, transferred to CD ages ago.

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, it's the PinkPop Rush show, but only that 50 min part of the FRS
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "haze_harrison" <haze.harrison@> wrote:
> >
> > My mate from school worked at the JVC Centre and was very generous with his staff discount. I had some spare cash from a summer vacation job so splashed out on their top of the range cassette deck along with a huge silver tuner-amp which had VU meters, ear-splitting volume and more buttons than Cadburys. They became known as Skylab by my mates.
> > 
> > Is your TV with Rush the Pink Pop festival? I know I had that one but can't find it anywhere.
> > 
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Absolutely stunning Haze, many thanks to you and your mum.
> > > 
> > > You clearly had high quality equipment then and now, because they do
> > > sound great.
> > > 
> > > It makes my Tommy Vance Folder look a bit puny, but I have some shows
> > > here
> > > <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/01%20Shows/03%20T\
> > > ommy%20Vance/>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Anyway Haze, as you can see, I did concentrate on the concert specials,
> > > so please also reconsider putting your concert specials up too,
> > > regardless whether they are available as standalone bootlegs, they
> > > always sound better to me from within the FRS, for some reason.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "haze_harrison" <haze.harrison@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's a list of my FRS tapes.
> > > > This is what you can expect in the coming months although I probably
> > > won't be doing the full concert shows as they are readily available as
> > > better quality bootleg downloads....
> > > > I'm just finishing 28/8/81 Atomic Rooster and Gary Boyle and then I'll
> > > try to do them chronologically
> > > >
> > > > Date Session
> > > > 29/12/1978 Genesis at Knebworth
> > > > 02/03/1979 Thin Lizzy Streetwalkers
> > > > 09/03/1979 David Bowie
> > > > 16/03/1979 Eddie And The Hot Rods Van Der Graaf Generator
> > > > 23/03/1979 Jethro Tull Tom Robinson
> > > > 06/04/1979 Cream
> > > > 20/04/1979 Family John Miles
> > > > 27/04/1979 Love Sculpture Whitesnake
> > > > 04/05/1979 Roxy Music
> > > > 18/05/1979 Fleetwood Mac
> > > > 25/05/1979 Jimi Hendrix
> > > > 01/06/1979 Yes at Wembley Repeat of first ever FRS
> > > > 08/06/1979 Deep Purple
> > > > 15/06/1979 Magazine Judie Tzuke
> > > > 22/06/1979 Genesis
> > > > 29/06/1979 Faces Ruts
> > > > 06/07/1979 Ruts Free
> > > > 13/07/1979 Lone Star Ted Nugent
> > > > 13/07/1979 Tubeway Army
> > > > 20/07/1979 King Crimson Wayne County
> > > > 17/08/1979 Bonzo Dog Band Police
> > > > 24/08/1979 Rory Gallagher
> > > > 31/08/1979 Scorpions (Reading)
> > > > 07/09/1979 Steve Hackett (Reading)
> > > > 21/09/1979 Climax Blues Band (Reading)
> > > > 28/09/1979 Ian Gillan (Reading)
> > > > 05/10/1979 Van Der Graaf Generator Spyder
> > > > 19/10/1979 Thin Lizzy Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
> > > > 26/10/1979 Def Leppard Be Bop Deluxe
> > > > 02/11/1979 Beatles Samson
> > > > 09/11/1979 Caravan Preying Mantis
> > > > 23/11/1979 Def Leppard
> > > > 23/11/1979 Jeff Beck Queen
> > > > 07/12/1979 Samson Tyranosaurus Rex
> > > > 04/01/1980 AC DC Syd Barrett
> > > > 04/01/1980 Preying Mantis
> > > > 11/01/1980 Public Image Limited Traffic
> > > > 18/01/1980 Iron Maiden Mott The Hoople
> > > > 25/01/1980 Roy Harper Girl
> > > > 08/02/1980 Cream Jimi Hendrix, Who, Pink Floyd
> > > > 15/02/1980 Saxon Ten Years After
> > > > 22/02/1980 Procul Harem Money
> > > > 07/03/1980 Molly Hatchett (Reading)
> > > > 21/03/1980 Family Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo
> > > > 04/04/1980 Saxon Queen
> > > > 11/04/1980 Tygers Of Pan Tang The Nice
> > > > 1980-05 Flashback 69 Pink Floyd Deep Purple Yes
> > > > 13/06/1980 Beatles Tygers Of Pan Tang
> > > > 04/07/1980 Whitesnake (Reading 79)
> > > > 11/07/1980 Genesis (Lyceum)
> > > > 18/07/1980 Heads Hands and Feet Krokus ?
> > > > 25/07/1980 Roger Waters on The Wall
> > > > 01/08/1980 Girlschool Trespass
> > > > 15/08/1980 Pretty Things More
> > > > 29/08/1980 Pat Travers (Reading)
> > > > 05/09/1980 Samson Slade (Reading)
> > > > 12/09/1980 Def Leppard Gillan (Reading)
> > > > 26/09/1980 Led Zeppelin 1971
> > > > 03/10/1980 Krokus Magnum (Reading)
> > > > 10/10/1980 Whitesnake (Reading 80)
> > > > 31/10/1980 Nice Free, Caravan
> > > > 28/11/1980 Damned Diamond Head
> > > > 12/12/1980 Chevy Yes, Beatles
> > > > 02/01/1981 Whitesnake Queen
> > > > 09/01/1981 Saxon Atomic Rooster
> > > > 16/01/1981 Stone The Crows Hibiscus
> > > > 30/01/1981 Man Motorhead
> > > > 20/02/1981 Pat Travers Magnum Samson Gillan Iron Maiden
> > > > 06/03/1981 Black Axe Snafu
> > > > 13/03/1981 Sweet Savage Chevy
> > > > 20/03/1981 Nazareth Last Flight
> > > > 27/03/1981 Steve Gibbons White Spirit
> > > > 03/04/1981 Robin Trower Cryer
> > > > 10/04/1981 Yardbirds Zero
> > > > 17/04/1981 Barclay James Harvest Pretty Things Wishbone Ash Uriah Heep
> > > > 24/04/1981 Rory Gallagher Witchfynde
> > > > 01/05/1981 Gong Derringer
> > > > 22/05/1981 Last Flyte Pink Floyd
> > > > 05/06/1981 Zero Groundhogs
> > > > 12/06/1981 Heads Hands and Feet Roxy Music Thin Lizzy David Bowie
> > > > 19/06/1981 Spyder The Who
> > > > 10/07/1981 Handsome Beasts 38 Special
> > > > 14/08/1981 Deep Purple - California '74
> > > > 28/08/1981 Atomic Rooster Gary Boyle
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "haze_harrison" haze.harrison@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 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:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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!!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > **** 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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