1978! Never heard of this - session? guest appearance? interview? Doesn't seem like the sort of thing Capital Radio used to go in for.
I think the estimate of the number of people who'll be listening in is rather inflated... that would be literally every single person in Greater London, at that time.
I mean, yes, "eight million people can listen" to The Pop Group, but are eight million people going to listen? Not very bloody likely.
“Words that make the air bleed” makes me think of "when I fart, the sky bleeds" by Ted Milton on “Confessons of an Aeroplane Farter” - this is before he formed Blurt, who were not unlike The Pop Group, homegrown Contortions
As a young kid in 1978, and before I ever listened to Radio 1, I used to listen to Capital. The 9pm - 11pm weekday slot was occupied by Nicky Horne, who had a show called 'You're Mother Wouldn't Like It'. He made the Peel-like journey from prog to punk in the second half of the 70s, although I feel The Pop Group would've been a bit of a stretch for him. Anyway, this would've been very early in The Pop Group's career, no? Don't think they had a record out until the next year. A jape perhaps? My memory of Capital at this time is plenty of Joe Walsh and Paul Simon.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I misremembered the date and it's actually 1979. It would be extremely early if April 1978.
DeleteOh right, Nicky Horne - I had no idea. I don't think we could get Capital out where I lived in West Herts.
The Pop Group would have been on a major record label at this time - Radar, which was part of WEA iirc. So I would guess that was the motivating factor behind this session. I also think that The Pop Group were initially considered to be bound for greater things than they ended up achieving - at least commercially.
ReplyDeleteWednesday April 5th is 1978.
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