How bad is the design of the Reading ’82 program? Good lord. With four or five exceptions, the lineup wasn’t much better than the cover. Budgie were horrid. I’ve always loved them but they made two mistakes (a). not playing any ‘70’s material (it was only ’82 for god’s sake) and (b). coming...

Unfortunately these were the days when you’d buy a nice new shirt and then cut it to pieces, never to be worn...

I was given this shirt as a thank you for working on the Lennon Art exhibition in London. I still wear...

Ex-classic period Whitesnake axe wielder Bernie Marsden on stage at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire opening for Joanne XXX. The fabulous double neck SG was a treat that night, especially as it was just Bernie onstage with an acoustic guitar player. Not exactly the usual instrument of choice for a...

Over the years, I’ve picked up a few copies of the UK’s Disc music paper. Great headlines – “Free – the new Stones?”, the Isle of Wight Festival lineup and ….. Kenny...

  The Draw the Line shirt I also bought at the Phoenix ’85 show....

  Some of my Beatles 8 Tracks. Growing up, they weren’t as prevalent in the UK as they were in the US. The mellotron of music...

I’ve had this book since I was 11. Henri, Patton and McGough were the leading lights of the Liverpool poetry scene in the 60’s. After I’d bought the book, I discovered that my English teacher, Mr McCarthy, was a big fan. I think that as a result, he started reading the poems in class. It...

My invitation to the launch of Kiss’ interactive game, Immortals. Watch out Call of...

I bought this book in Sunderland while I was still at school. It’s about the music underground of Eastern Europe in the 70’s. The Pussy Riot-type bands of the day way before the wall came down. Interesting....

    My Pat Travers t-shirt that I picked up at Reading Festival in 1980. He was absolutely amazing that day. Gotta love PT.  ...

My team at Virgin Entertainment Group US in Sgt Pepper...

Rolling Stone’s Ben Fong-Torres hardback Gram...

This is a great double sided poster from the US. I’d never seen some of the photos before. The shot of the band is outside of Keith Moon’s house,...

Many beers were consumed that night in Sydney with Jill, Eddie and Lucy. The Gurus were glorious and The Posies opened for...

My hardback 1971 copy of Mr Z’s Tarantula. Flea market find –...

This is a collection of articles from the influential-at-the-time No Depression mag. I learned a lot from those...

A promotional postcard. As the album’s called On An Island, wouldn’t it have been better if they’d designed it to look like a real postcard. Just a...

Disc announcing the departure of Andy Fraser from Free. He went off to form the short-lived Sharks with Chris...

Australian singer songwriter, Howie Day, played in our Virgin office reception back in 2001. Nice chap but his one man loop-driven act has been done a little better by many folks since, KT Tunstall for...