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Steve Morgan
@stevemorgan68.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist, reluctantly freed cat slave. Sport/music obsessive - 30 years-plus hackery, from local papers to FourFourTwo, FA, ECB, LTW, WSC, Manchester United, Wisden, Guardian, Observer. Got a record played on Radio One twice, won an award once.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 18m
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 23m
Not always proud of it - but the leaning towers of paraphernalia do come in handy both for checking memories and reference material when writing. I am always a bit suspicious of people with no ‘stuff’
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 28m
Got a cooler jump on me there!
I wasn’t tuning into Peel just yet, probably around 81. I reckon I have about 800 cassettes still, a huge proportion must be Peel sessions.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 50m
I know, I can remember every last tune. This was my Sunday night for about 18 months or more - so glad I found this book, so many memories locked in these pages.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1h
🤣 I see what you’ve done there
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1h
Chooooooooon. I would never have remembered the name of the band, though,
always had that pegged in my memory as being by Chic…
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1h
Ran out of room for The Bellamy Brothers, I have just noticed
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1h
Ok boppers. Quick reminder of the UK’s Top 20 45s 46 years ago. Lena Martell has entered the chat.
The Police are at no.1 with Message in a Bottle this week in 1979
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 4h
That’s the original of that crop with Nancy on the left
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 4h
Aw, beauties
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 5h
Ta. I suppose the chances of taking a good one were always increased by the fact that I was forever snapping pictures of them. It’s not getting any easier without them, but at least this keeps the connection up.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 5h
Catellite dish? My much-missed Syd still beams down
The late Syd keeps the frequency clear
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
Two of your old boys arguably in their greatest backline, too?
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
There’s still time
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
Good work, worm your way into the heart of the crowd etc
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
Ha, yes, they rinsed you out good and proper, didnt' they?
I wasn't lucky enough to see them that early on, sadly - think it would have been on the Night Time tour, so Youth had been and gone by then. But I remember how brutal they seemed - such an aggressive approach. Unique sound, so choking.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
Great artwork band, weren't they? At least early on. The menace of the sleeves seemed in total lockstep with that grinding claustrophobic horror. It felt like being trapped listening to them.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
They were keen on this format . I’ve got a similar-sized Follow The Leaders
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 1d
Not played #weekendsingles for a while. In appreciation of the late Stephen Luscombe, here’s four fine servings of Blancmange. Golden mould-ies!
Four 7” singles by Blancmange. Left to right: Living on the Ceiling, Blind Vision, Waves, That’s Love, That It Is
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 2d
Have a boss weekend with your real-life pal. Keep the good vibes up, always making people smile.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 2d
Ron Lyne from online?
Lynne Ternet from ye internette?

Sorry, slow early evening here
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 3d
I am no great lover of Halloween - or at least the late-stage capitalist appropriation of a pagan festival, yada yada - but you’d be er, Poe-faced not to be moved by this effort.
Halloween scene outside house involving umpteen pumpkins and various Masque of the Red Death costumes
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 3d
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 3d
‘£20 for the fox?’ is a household staple round here. What a brilliant show that is.
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Steve Morgan @stevemorgan68.bsky.social · 3d
That's a terrific cast as well, isn't it? Looking forward to this one.
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