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| Brian Griffin - Copyright 1978 |
The
nineteenth edition was a collection of posts first published on the YHO
site. The theme of the series was The
Pop Group and the impact they had on me as a teenager. An announcement about
The Pop Group playing live for the first time in 30-odd years had been indirectly
the catalyst for these reflections.
Each
post in the series was accompanied by a picture specially designed by
Per-Christian Hille and a song from a ‘rediscovered’ live recording of The Pop
Group playing in Newcastle in August 1978.
The pictures and songs fitted together at the end of the series to form
one glorious whole ‘giveaway’.
The
cover of this edition of YHO featured a 1978 photo by Brian Griffin of The Pop
Group on Chesil Beach, which I was graciously given permission to use. The set of photos taken in this session
played a hugely important part in making The Pop Group seem impossibly
glamorous.
The
coverage of The Pop Group in the music press was also an integral part of
making The Pop Group seem incredibly romantic.
Specific mention is made of features by:
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Steve Walsh in Zigzag
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Paul Rambali in the New Musical Express
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Pete Silverton in Sounds
Among
those also mentioned in this edition of YHO are:
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Dennis Bovell
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Subway Sect
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Andrew Lauder and Radar Records
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Barney Bubbles
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Eric Dolphy
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