Over the course of his final gig with Sheffield band The Box, Roger looks back at the three and a half years they were together. Using five songs from the setlist, he tells the story of what went right, but also what went wrong.

Intro and outro music: Simon Elliott-Kemp

Artwork: Rionagh.

Sound FX by Freesound.org, with particular thanks to:

Big Joe Drummer - all drums.

Jacqueline Kohrs - shop ambience.

Kiddpark - cash register.

Katsam - castanet.

Luftrum - wind up toy.

EV Dawg - carousel 1.

Klankbled - carousel 2, barrel organ.

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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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