Author Archives: Bob the Chiropodist

Your Five Favourite seven inch singles An impossible task, so where do you start? Do you go for the obscure or the popular? I started obscure with a 7″ from the Bill Nelson fanclub. He re-recorded a version of Contemplation … Continue reading →

Theme: Five twelve inch remixes better than the original My old mate Scotty used to hate 12″ singles saying they were never as good as the 7″ version, so this was the first QUIMS challenge. The meeting took place at … Continue reading →

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In 1984 I was a poor student and sold some records to my mate Terry when I was really desperate for cash. Among the records he bought off me were 2 singles by The Clash The cost of living EP (a glorious brace of songs in a wonderful cover – how much money was on the inside cover?) and Bank Robber on an import 7″. I regretted it almost as soon as the money had been handed over to Joan (Landlady at the White Lion in Little Hulton). Worse still hed never sell them back to me! Continue reading →

In April 1980 I went to my 2nd ever live gig Joy Division at the Derby Hall in Bury. I was 15 and obsessed with them. Peter Hook lived next door to my mate Burgy (they could hear him practicing his bass through the walls) and my mate Terry knew Hookeys brother, whod told us stories of folding all the covers for An ideal for living’ EP on the kitchen table. We instinctively knew they were special. They were our band. Continue reading →