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Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE THE TOWERING AND OVERLOOKED GENIUS OF THE TWIGGS 02-02-14 Oasis – Supersonic Leftfield and Lydon – Open Up (Vocal Mix) Terrorvision – Pretend Best Friend The Twiggs – Fly So Hard Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart – Angels PiL – Cruel Sugar – Changes Belly – Gepetto The Lemonheads – Learning the Game Teenage Fanclub – Burned Neil Young – Pri

Date Published: 22nd March 2014 I have been a Beatles fan for about 40 years now, since someone at school lent me a copy of Sgt Pepper, and over the years I have amassed quite a collection of Beatles-related odds and sods. I am also fascinated with Apple Records; a gloriously quixotic concept that was quite probably doomed to failure, but which produced some transcendentally wonderful music before its eventual collapse into bitterness and acrimony. Everyone agrees that the most successful band on the label, apart from the Fab Four themselves were Badfinger. Poor Badfinger; if ever there was a pop group “born under a bad sign” it was them. Things started off quite auspiciously. As The Iveys they signed to The Beatles' Apple Records and had a hit single. However, they decided that their name, and their image were a little old fashioned and for reasons that remain obscure they also decided to change their guitarist. Exit Ron Griffiths and enter Joey Molland. Badfinger was born. They had hit singles with the

We at Gonzo Web Radio are very proud to bring you Canterbury Sans Frontières - a podcast dedicated to the music of the 'Canterbury Scene' and more. Creator Matthew Watkins writes: As with Canterbury Soundwaves, a new three-hour episode will be released with each full moon.I decided to wind down Canterbury Soundwaves so that I didn't end up (i) repeating myself, (ii) scraping the bottom of the Canterbury barrel, or (iii) becoming increasingly tangential. This new podcast broadens the musical remit, so it'll be about one-third 'Canterbury sound', together with progressive/psychedelic/experimental music from the Canterbury of today, the remainder being a mix of music from various times and places which I feel to be in a similar spirit of creative adventurousness. I'll be doing a lot less talking, and the programme will be less expository – so no interviews, barely-listenable bootlegs, etc. I also plan to include guest one-hour mixes from various musicians from the current music scene in Canterbury (Episode 2

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE I AM THE CENTER – NEW AGE AND RELATED 19-01-14 Durutti Column: Sketch for Summer Linda Perhacs: Morning Colours Aphex Twin: Meltphace 6 Alice Damon: Waterfall Winds Bob Chance: It's Broken David Sylvian: Answered Prayers Enigma: Morphing Through Time Larkin: Two Souls Dance Nat King Cole Trio: Route

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE I AM THE CENTER – NEW AGE AND RELATED 19-01-14 Durutti Column: Sketch for Summer Linda Perhacs: Morning Colours Aphex Twin: Meltphace 6 Alice Damon: Waterfall Winds Bob Chance: It's Broken David Sylvian: Answered Prayers Enigma: Morphing Through Time Larkin: Two Souls Dance Nat King Cole Trio: Route

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE THE 1967 SHOW, ALMOST! 07-02-14 Strawberry Alarm Clock: Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow Tintern Abbey: Beeside John's Children: Smashed Blocked John Martyn Fairy Take Lullaby Donovan: Three Kingfishers The Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow's Parties Jimi Hendrix: The Wind Cries Mary Jefferson Airplane: T

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE THE 1967 SHOW, ALMOST! 07-02-14 Strawberry Alarm Clock: Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow Tintern Abbey: Beeside John's Children: Smashed Blocked John Martyn Fairy Take Lullaby Donovan: Three Kingfishers The Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow's Parties Jimi Hendrix: The Wind Cries Mary Jefferson Airplane: T

Keith Levene is certainly best known as one of the founder members of two seminal 1970s bands; Public Image Limited and The Clash. I got to know him recently, and I must say that he is a fascinating bloke, and I am off to London next weekend to film him. He left PiL in 1983 and what happened next is documented by Wikipedia. In the PiL article it claims: “Atkins, like Levene and Lydon, was a control freak, but Levene had the disadvantage of having repeatedly fired Atkins over apparent trifles, and of being incapacitated on heroin much of the time—so when conflict arose again, Levene was the one to go. An aborted fourth album recorded in 1982 was later released by Levene as 'Commercial Zone', which included contributions from bass player Pete Jones. Lydon and Atkins claim that Levene stole the master tapes.”, and in a separate article for 'Commercial Zone' they go into more depth: “In May 1981 PiL moved from London to New York City, but in October 1981 their American record contract with Warner Brothers exp

This week Judy Dyble released what is possibly the most beautiful, poignant and touching video that I have ever seen for a pop song. It is a video for 'Wintersong' from her Flow and Change album, and was directed by an eminent Italian film director called Francesco Paladino. Since music has been made there have been love songs, and since the music video was first made there have been videos for love songs. But I have never seen one like this. Featuring Paladino's own parents, his mother in her eighties and his father in his nineties, this is a love story; a story of what love really means. Nothing to do with chocolate boxes and soft focus camera effects, this film shows his parents about their daily routine, when first thing in the morning his mother cares for his bedridden father, washing him, cleaning him, and cuddling him, but above all loving him. I defy anyone to watch this video without crying. I telephoned Judy for a chat about the video.

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE REGAL WORM AND RELATED 12-01-14 Les Diablos 21-7-69 Vince Taylor: Brand New Cadillac Pete Wylie and Wah: Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) …Native Hipsters: Mr Magic Pure Reason Revolution: Bright Ambassadors of Morning Regal Worm: Cherish That Rubber Rodent Pink Floyd: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Ultra

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds asome new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE REGAL WORM AND RELATED 12-01-14 Les Diablos 21-7-69 Vince Taylor: Brand New Cadillac Pete Wylie and Wah: Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) …Native Hipsters: Mr Magic Pure Reason Revolution: Bright Ambassadors of Morning Regal Worm: Cherish That Rubber Rodent Pink Floyd: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Ultra

We at Gonzo Web Radio are very proud to bring you Canterbury Sans Frontières - a podcast dedicated to the music of the 'Canterbury Scene' and more. Creator Matthew Watkins writes: As with Canterbury Soundwaves, a new three-hour episode will be released with each full moon.I decided to wind down Canterbury Soundwaves so that I didn't end up (i) repeating myself, (ii) scraping the bottom of the Canterbury barrel, or (iii) becoming increasingly tangential. This new podcast broadens the musical remit, so it'll be about one-third 'Canterbury sound', together with progressive/psychedelic/experimental music from the Canterbury of today, the remainder being a mix of music from various times and places which I feel to be in a similar spirit of creative adventurousness. I'll be doing a lot less talking, and the programme will be less expository – so no interviews, barely-listenable bootlegs, etc. I also plan to include guest one-hour mixes from various musicians from the current music scene in Canterbury (Episode 2

I have been in a peculiar situation here, because I have known some of the details of The Pink Fairies reunion for several months. Or, to be more honest, I knew that there was going to be one, and I knew who two of the members of the reunion lineup were going to be. But I didn't know anything else for sure. When extraordinary rumours started being posted on the internet, when one of the people I KNEW was going to be in the band denied it publically, and - above all - when the other one asked me to keep schtum about it, I realised that discretion was the better part of valour... Last saturday, whilst putting the finishing touches to #64 of this august periodical, I was both hungover, and suffering from a horrible cold (which affected my performance far more than the hangover). But this didn't stop me from telephoning a secret number to speak rather croakily to Andy, Russell and Jaki from the band.

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.

Strange Fruit is a unique two-hour radio show exploring the world of underground, strange and generally neglected music. All shows are themed and all shows set out to give the most hardened of sound-hounds some new delight to sample. The show is also unique in providing homework for undergraduate students on North West Kent College's Foundation Degree in Professional Writing (who dig up many of the odd facts featured in the links between tracks). Strange Fruit presenter Neil Nixon is currently working on a book about rare albums for Gonzo Multimedia. The show is broadcast on Miskin Radio every Sunday from 10-00-midnight.

Galahad are an English Progressive rock band formed in 1985. They have released 8 studio albums, 4 live albums and 3 rarities collections. Over the last 25 years they have played with the likes of Pendragon, IQ andTwelfth Night. Galahad have performed their own shows and at festivals in Europe and North America, and have sold tens of thousands of albums despite never having had a major record deal. All releases are on their own 'Avalon Records' imprint other than some re-issues which are released in association with Polish label 'Oskar Productions'. In 2012 and after 27 years of existence Galahad released their first ever LP 'Battle Scars' in conjunction with Ritual Echo Records, on high quality 180 gram vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, as a limited edition pressing of 300 which is already fast becoming a collectors item. Stuart Nicholson talked about Galahad's early days: "...the band was formed just after the so called second wave of 'Prog' bands such as Marillion, Pallas, IQ, Twelfth Night, Pendragon etc. of

Twink is one of the legendary figures from the British 'underground', and - after a career that has lasted just over half a century, and has included working with such people as Syd Barrett, Tomorrow (with Steve Howe), The Pink Fairies, Mick Farren and The Bevis Frond (amongst a whole slew of others) he is still active. Now a Muslim and living in Morocco, although he is soon to return to the UK, he is still writing and recording, and has recently contributed percussion to the latest project by Spirits Burning. He is someone I have always wanted to meet, and when I telephoned him, despite the technical problems caused by trying to talk to Morocco from a small cottage in North Devon, he was utterly charming, and I very much look forward to meeting him in person. You can listen to our conversation here.