An ad for the unofficial Rock n Roll Comics’ Kate Bush issue. For a performer who doesn’t tour, she must have had kittens when she saw...

Purchased for a dollar at a flea market....

A very nicely produced lyric booklet for Stevie’s Trouble in Shangri La record. From when marketing budgets were really...

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Jovi’s. We somehow managed to have an urgent job in Glasgow the day they played the SECC....

I love the Gurus and have seen them many times across 3 continents. Power pop at its finest....

I got this great poster when I went to the preview of the movie at the Screen Actors Guild in LA. It’s been in the “must frame” box for far too long. A great documentary, made even more poignant by the death of Jay Bennet in...

Birth, School, Work, Death – one of the best album and track names...

The first time I ever saw the Stones. It was Ian Stewart’s last ever show with them. Mart and I drove down from Sunderland and slept in the van I had at the time. I remember waking up with chips (fries) in my sleeping bag….the sign of an excellent evening Under My Thumb When The Whip...

It was an absolute honor to meet David Bowie. He was charming and had an aura of inspiration. I think this was at the Sony Studios in New York, or it could have been at the Sony...

On the Amnesty International tour with his Disciples. I feel that he should have been a bit more experimental with his fashion...

Shot of the fabs circa 1968-9. The card is part of the Spanish Artistas photo...

By 1971, the pirate station ships of Radio Caroline had gone off the air, leaving Radio Luxembourg as the only one. As well as being freeform, the main purpose of the pirate stations was to be able to air ads without the restrictions of the BBC who, until 1973, operated as a...

It was for a playback of the about to be released record. Unfortunately I’ve always struggled to listen to his voice for very long. Reminds me of fumbling in girlfriends’ bedrooms at 13. Eagles Gtst Hits, Dan Fogelberg, Cat Stevens, James Taylor. Charlie perfume...

A Time Out London cover story to promote the latest stage version of Tommy. A big focus of the interview is life after Keith. To the fans, it never quite worked, but Pete is on record saying that the Who’s 1979 – 82 period was one of his...

I felt honored to have been invited. It was extremely long – Clive’s speech as well as the event itself. Rod Stewart played some of the songbook stuff, which being a fan, I thought was rather awful. I do remember having a bit of a wander to find a beer and meeting Dave Stewart (no...

Even though tour sponsorships were not rare by 2001, this was probably the first time I really started questioning the whole thing. I feel that they can work well if truly integrated and are well matched. To my mind, Dodge and Aerosmith wasn’t the...

A promotional sticker for the Ken Russell Tommy soundtrack. Being 1975, it’s a big...

Meeting the man who was responsible for Virgin’s initial success. This was at the Quatre Saisons restaurant near Oxford. The event was a playback for Tubular Bells 2. Sadly, the awful ponytail on the right belonged to yours...

One of the 1000’s of shelf talkers – “barkers” in the UK – that filled Virgin’s racks in the...

Double sided full page ad from the Record Mirror, June 10 1978. Available on 12″ single in shades of black and...