Former Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond starts his bid for solo stardom on a chilly Tuesday in Sheffield. There is fear in the city of steel following the TV broadcast of the film 'Threads' on the BBC, which depicted the meltdown of society in South Yorkshire after a nuclear attack.

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Roger has a new job working in a Sheffield record shop, and cannot quite believe the amount of free stuff the stores receives from the reps of the big record companies, who are very keen to curry favour. 45s, promo albums, T-shirts and badges.

Also free were tickets to see Echo & The Bunnymen at a one day festival held outdoors at York Racecourse. So Roger saddled up and went along for the ride.

With thanks to Marc Jones and Nick Robinson.

Edited by Nigel Floyd.

Intro and outro music by Simon Elliott-Kemp.

Artwork by Rionagh.

Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:

Jacqueline Kohrs - shop ambience.

Canuk FA - horses.

Yuval - distant music festival ambience.

Uber Produktion - drum machine.

NN Audio - choir.

Herbert Boland - brushed snare.

Valentin Sosnitskiy - post-punk guitar.

Zagic 2 - indie rock loop.

Sounds Like Willem - crowd cheering.

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Roger talks about working with Mal and Richard of Cabaret Voltaire on their 1984 album 'Microphonies'. He also turns the spotlight on Bedford Boys Club, which was a successful alternative / indie music venue in the Home Counties in the early-to-mid-eighties.

Intro and outro music by Simon Elliott-Kemp.
Artwork by Rionagh.
Edited by Nigel Floyd.

Sound FX courtesy of Freesound.org
With particular thanks to:

Rock drums - Big Joe Drummer.
Kick and bass techno 2 - Frankum.
Summer ambience - Klankbeeld.
Space blaster - Suonho.
"Tension" - ERH.
Drum loop (120bpm) - Wave Play SFX.
Stezzer break-beat (130bpm) - Snapper 4298.
Audience cheer - Bee Productive.
Reggae bass - Zulu One Drop.
Elektro Dub - Geek Horde.
808 (120bpm) - Daytripper 13.
"Mono Creation" - Gis Sweden.

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