Tony Prince – 19691016
16 October 1969 – DJ Tony Prince
on Radio Luxembourg 208 :
Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ Category
Brian Connolly interv. – 19761000
October of 1976 – Star Horoscope Show
on Radio Luxembourg 208 –
Glam-rock Star Brian Connolly (The Sweet) :
19761000 Brian Connolly (Sweet) interv. (08.35)
Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997)
was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor,
best known as the lead singer between 1968 and 1979
of the British glam rock band The Sweet .
At the age of 12, Connolly moved to Harefield, Greater London,
where he attended the local secondary modern school.
In his mid-teens he joined the Merchant Navy, and got a
tiger’s head tattooed on his right arm during his Navy service.
On his discharge from the Merchant Navy in 1963 he returned
to Harefield and played in a number of local bands, including
Generation X from mid-1965 until about October 1966.
The group recorded four tracks but these were not commercially released.
The lineup featured Connolly on vocals,
Chris Eldridge and Lee Mordecai on guitars,
Mark Conway (bass)
and drummer Martin Lass.
Connolly eventually replaced singer Ian Gillan (later of Deep Purple fame)
in a band called Wainwright’s Gentlemen, which included drummer Mick Tucker.
Tucker and Connolly left Wainwright’s Gentlemen in late 1967 and recruited
guitarist Frank Torpey, and bassist Steve Priest, naming their new band The Sweetshop.
On the eve of releasing their debut single, Slow Motion, in July 1968,
the band shortened their name to The Sweet.
They recorded a further three unsuccessful singles; Andy Scott joined
the line-up in late 1970, just before the release of their first hit single “Funny, Funny”.
After this, Connolly was propelled into the limelight, with many appearances
on Top of the Pops, with the other members of the Sweet.
In 1974, Connolly was badly beaten after leaving a nightclub in Staines where he
received several kicks to his throat resulting in his being unable to sing for some time
and permanently losing some of his vocal range.
This event also meant the band missed out on supporting
The Who at Charlton Athletic Football Ground.
Several songs on the Sweet Fanny Adams album had to
be sung by other members of the band.
As time progressed issues between Connolly and other members of Sweet
developed and he would find the band excluding him from decisions.
Brian developed a significant problem with alcoholism in the mid-1970s.
During 1977, when no tours were undertaken and two of Sweet’s most successful albums
were recorded, the power struggle within the band became even more apparent.
Brian’s alcohol abuse further compromised his role with the band as his voice began
showing the impact in recordings and on stage during Sweet’s 1978 US tour.
He played his last British show with the classic Sweet line-up at Hammersmith Odeon,
London on 24 February 1978.
His final live performance with the band was in July 1978 in Florida,
USA when they supported Alice Cooper.
His departure was not made public until March 1979.
More info : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Connolly
Bob Stewart – 19701007
07 October 1970 – DJ Bob Stewart
on Radio Luxembourg 208 :
This audio material from Archives André Blondeau-OEM .
Johnnie Walker – 19781004
04 October 1978 – DJ Johnnie Walker show from San Francisco
on Radio Luxembourg 208 :
19781004 Johnnie Walker (18.16)
Photo from FB -thanks to Honey Bee Benson
Day by Day with 208 – Playlist of September
Various audio materials from various periods
on Radio Luxembourg 208 – September :
19710901 Bob Stewart, Paul Burnett (63.27)
19720901 pt1 Peter Koelewijn, Qui Italia (56.16)
19720901 pt2 Mark Wesley (62.47)
19720901 Mark Wesley, Bob Stewart (60.18)
19720901 pt3 Emperor Rosko (60.19)
19720901 pt4 Emperor Rosko (52.56)
19710902 pt1 Peter Koelewijn (34.58)
19710902 pt2 Felix Meurders (63.39)
19710902 pt3 FelixMeurders, Paul Burnett (63.38)
19680903 pt1 Roger Day (45.54)
19680903 pt2 Roger Day (44.24)
19710903 Peter Koelewijn, Mark Wesley (59.10)
19730903 pt1 Mike&Zaki-Peter Koelewijn-Qui Italia (41.12)
19730903 pt2 Mark Wesley (53.38)
19730903 pt3 Mark Wesley – Paul Burnett (47.04)
19730903 pt4 Paul Burnett (46.37)
19730903 pt5 Bob Stewart (44.08)
19730903 pt6 Bob Stewart (52.19)
19710904 pt1 Romeo, Mark Wesley (59.40)
19710904 pt2 Mark Wesley (59.22)
19750906 Tony Prince interv. Wings (28.06)
19870906 pt1 Bob Stewart (44.04)
19870906 pt2 Bob Stewart (40.48)
19860907 Tony Blewitt pt1 (47.13).mp3
19860907 Tony Blewitt pt2 (46.55).mp3
19900910 pt1 Peter Antony (47.03)
19900910 pt2 Peter Antony (36.47)
19790912 pt1 Rob Jones (59.11)
19790912 pt2 Rob Jones (59.48)
19820914 RTL 208 airchecks (30.05)
19820917 R.Jones,O.and S. Henry,T.Prince,B.Stewart (13.08)
19700918 Kenny Everett (26.27)
19820919 Tony Prince talk with Frida (ABBA) (25.44)
19710920 Paul Burnett, David Kid Jensen (59.33)
19750920 Mike Verdrengh, Tony Prince (51.07)
19720923 pt1 Mike Zaki, Qui Italia, Tony Prince (59.29)
19720923 pt2 Tony Prince (59.43)
19760925 Tony Prince talk Ringo Starr (60.43)
19690926 David Kid Jensen interv. Ringo Starr (16.49)
19690927 Tony McArthur interv. John Lennon (22.59)
19720930 pt0 Mike-Zaki , Qui Italia (14.51)
19720930 pt1 Elvis Presley Spectacular (47.00)
19720930 pt2 Elvis Presley Spectacular (59.17)
19720930 pt3 Elvis Presley Spectacular (62.40)
19720930 pt4 Elvis Presley Spectacular (57.12)
19720930 pt5 Elvis Presley Spectacular (64.34)
19720930 pt6 Elvis Presley Spectacular (56.07)
19900930 pt1 Bob Stewart (47.24)
19900930 pt2 Bob Stewart (47.57)
19900930 pt3 Bob Stewart (47.54)
19900930pt4 Bob Stewart (47.56)
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If you are somewhere, near Lithuania,
recommended to check this in neighboring Latvia …
Hotel – Seven Sisters in Liepaja :
Julian Cope interv. – 19890000
Early of 1989 – interview with Julian Cope on Radio Luxembourg 208,
after the release of SP “5 O’Clock World”
(cover of The Vogues 1965 song).
19890000 Julian Cope interview (16.25)
Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician,
author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator.
Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter
in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes,
he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side
projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep.
Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture,
publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political
and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism.
He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994)
and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology;
The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004);
and three volumes of musicology;
Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium:
A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).
Various DJ’s – 19820917
17 September 1982 – Fragments of various Luxy shows
on this evening with DJ’s Rob Jones, Ollie and Stuart Henry,
Tony Prince and Bob Stewart :
19820917 R.Jones,O.and S. Henry,T.Prince,B.Stewart (13.08)
