Laurie Anderson ‘O Superman’

byDave Simpson
May 13, 2021

Laurie Anderson tells us about the very unassuming way her massive 1981 hit, ‘O Superman’, came to be

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The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

byBob Fischer

The Go! Team’s Ian Parton looks back on his complex relationship with ‘Ladyflash’, the breakthrough single from their debut album, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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5 minute read

Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all

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4 minute read

Paddy Kingsland ‘Reg’

byBob Fischer

BBC Radiophonic Workshop legend Paddy Kingsland tells us about his reggae-influenced classic, ‘Reg’, the B-side to the 1973 single release of the ‘Doctor Who’ theme tune

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