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Fifty Years of Fun Fifty Years of Fun
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The audio fanzine where two distinguished gentlemen from California discuss & conduct interviews around the first 50 singles on Creation Records, in order.
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KS-102 - STING-RAYS "Behind the Beyond" with Matt & Scott
Yes, it's been a long while! Remember when fanzines would come out a year late? Well here we are.
If you've been wondering what happened, we have NOT retired. We just got held up on a few episodes and then took a break! While we get back on track, we're posting a Patreon-only episode, from a release on Joe Foster's Creation-adjacent Kaleidoscope Sound label.
In the future we plan on doing more non-Creation releases here and we're going to test out doing our regular releases out of order to keep things going smoothly.
As always, special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music. -
CRE010 - THE LEGEND “The Legend Destroys the Blues” b/w “Arrogant Bastards” w/ The Legend/Jerry Thackray/Everett True (The Legend!, journalist, author, professor)
It’s been a VERYYYYYYY long wait, but we swear this one is worth it. Your humbled hosts are back from the dead with our first repeat guest, with an incredibly fun interview, in what we believe to be our most entertaining episode!
Links:
Destroys the Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhsnRWQqzY8
Toy Dolls video” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA
Stuff we talk about:
A Witness
John Robb
Membranes
The Legend!
Jesus & Mary Chain
NME
Alan McGee
My Bloody Valentine
Byron Coley
Gerard Cosloy
Conflict Fanzine
Forced Exposure
Birthday Party
Ramones
Patrik Fitzgerald
X-Men
Maximum Rock n Roll
Red Guitars
Marimba Jive
Depeche Mode
New Model Army
Black Lace
Chameleons
The Dickies
Agadoo
Toy Dolls
B-52s
Cramps
Alive in the Living Room
Joe Foster
Three Johns
Mekons
The Smiths
Morrissey
** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music. -
CRE009 - THE LOFT “Why Does the Rain” w/ Peter Astor (The Loft, The Weather Prophets, The Attendant, Ellis Island Sound, Wisdom of Harry, Louis Chavez, Damp Jungle; author)
** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
It’s a huge one!! Maybe the first CLASSIC single on Creation, and boy are we excited about it. It’s worth the wait! Did you doubt us? I bet you did! Moves, technical problems, floods! Shit happens, as one says. At the end of the episode, you’ll hear how Pete Astor’s flat flooded and we had to put off the interview (but it’s mainly our fault!) And, we apologize but Matt’s mic is fucked up in the first segment. But we did it! 80s glam metal tragedies get coverage!
Links:
The Loft: All songs available on the recent Ghost Trains & Country Lanes compilation: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-loft-ghost-trains-country-lanes-studio-stage-and-sessions-1984-2015-2cd/
Richard Hell “Time”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toNDJOItyqg
Push with Seal and Oisin from The Weather Prophets “Traffic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSN0TTvZSTE
Damp Jungle “Picture of a Girl”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_sehoQZots
Devon Irons & Doctor Alimantado “Vampire”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7gtK3LyLUE
Heidi Berry “Firefly”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-g1gwo_4OI
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Stuff that comes up:
Creation Records
Roky Erikson
Farmer’s Boys
Andrew Weatherall
The Jam
Eric Clapton
Biff Bang Pow!
Pacific
Heidi Berry
Oasis
Dave Morgan
Funkapolitan
The Canaries
DC Gore
The Attendant
Lou Reed
4AD
The Out Club
John F.C. Turner
Vivian Kubrick
Tom Verlaine
The Fuck Pigs
Alan Lomax
The Stooges
The Damned
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Hanoi Rocks
Lee Perry
Devon Irons
Doctor Alimantado
The Subterraneans
Nick Kent
Razzle
The Sex Pistols
The Clash
David Westlake
The Servants
Wild Summer, Wow!
The Living Room
The Beatles
Pop Group
Otis Redding
Curtis Mayfield
Scritti Politti
The Loft
Weather Prophets
Leonard Cohen
Go-Betweens
The Anal Dwarves
Push Featuring Seal
Orange Juice
Danny Kelly
Seal
Primal Scream
Bobby Gillespie
Alan McGee
Richard Hell
Television Personalities
Peter Astor
A-Ha
Joe Foster
Neo Boys
23 Skidoo
Rolling Stones “Aftermath”
Bob Dylan “Love and Theft”]
Stimulin
Galliano
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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music. -
CRE008 - JASMINE MINKS - “Where the Traffic Goes” w/ (Part 1) Simon Down (Pink Label, The Legend!, early Creation label involvement) and (Part 2) Tom Reid & Martin Keena (The Jasmine Minks)
** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Holy shit we are back once again. We have careers, ok?? It's our double issue! This ep we are trying MULTIPLE new things. We have someone chatting with us in the first half (Simon Down’s number is on the back of this single so we had to talk to him!), and THEN we have TWO band members at the same time which is a new one for us. This really got our podcast editing knuckles a-crackin’! This really is the ultimate ep for any Minks fans out there—we get DEEP and DIRTY into some seriously nerdy shit. You will love it. We are proud of this one and it’s seriously fun if you like the deep details.
Links:
Jasmine Minks “Where the Traffic Goes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxG9I4hmrtw
Jasmine Minks “Mr. Magic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHv4meA0Bw
Jasmine Minks’ bandcamp: https://thejasmineminks.bandcamp.com/
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Stuff that comes up:
Alan McGee
Pink Label
Creation Records
The Jasmine Minks
Joe Foster
Television Personalities
That Petrol Emotion
June Brides
Phil Wilson
McCarthy
The Undertones
Dick Green
Patrik Fitzgerald
The Legend
Everett True
Laughing Apple
Biff! Bang! Pow!
Jesus & Mary Chain
Oasis
Primal Scream
Three Johns
The Mekons
The Nightingales
The Ramones
The Loft
Zarjaz
Tronics / Ziro Baby
Rough Trade
Link Wray
The Third Man
Orson Welles
Momus
El Records
Ed Down
Jah Wobble
Public Image Limited
The Byrds
We The People
The Buzzcocks
The Fall
The Jam
Jaco Pastorius
Japan
Beach Boys
The Doors
Felt
Bodines
House of Love
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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music. -
JAZ001 - Pat Fish & The Jazz Butcher Special w/guest David Barker (Glass Records)
** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Back again!! We took a winter break, but we are back with a special tribute to the recently passed frontman of The Jazz Butcher.
We start off talking about Scott’s history with the ‘Butcher, and then we chat with longtime Butcher supporter, David Barker.
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Links:
Link to Scott’s Jazz Butcher mix: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59744631Jazz Butcher website: http://jazzbutcher.com/
Jazz Butcher “Big Saturday”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVgd7oIHuEI
Jazz Butcher: “Southern Mark Smith” (single version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af3J3cBBn38
The 90s prank call every U.S. band member who toured in the 90s has heard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAeqfk5m0Y8
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Stuff that comes up:
Jazz Butcher
John Cale
Elliot Sharp
Pacific
Lemon Kittens
Danielle Dax
The Tonix
Woodentops
Jacobites
NRBQ
Mekons
Rolo McGinty
John Cale
English Subtitles
Max Eider
Pat Fish
Cherry Red
Glass Records
Elliot Sharp
In Embrace
Bron Area
Rip Rig & Panic
Antena
Everything But the Girl
Bauhaus
Religious Overdose
David J
Kevin Ayers
Syd Barett
Velvet Underground
Lou Reed
John Rivers
Kevin Askins
Swell Maps
Felt
Alan McGee
Roadrunner
Jonathon Richman
Mark E. Smith
Brix Smith
The Fall
KLF
Camper Van Beethoven
Spacemen 3
Sisters of Mercy
Andrew Eldritch
Big Time Records
Go-Betweens
Alex Chilton
Redd Kross
Dream Syndicate
Love & Rockets
REM
Green On Red
Tom Waits
Paperhouse
Teenage Fanclub
The Pastels
Rain Parade
Oasis
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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music. -
CRE 007 - BIFF BANG POW! “There Must Be a Better Life” w/ Dave Evans (Biff Bang Pow!, Twelve Cubic Feet, Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes, producer, early live sound man for The Jesus & Mary Chain)
** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
We’re back with a bang! One of the absolute best early Creation singles gets a detailed excavation by your hosts. Matt goes to great lengths to not say “great.” Our guest guides us through the early Living Room days and tells us some recording tidbits. Don't slip up!
Links:
Songs:
BBP - “TMBABL”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IebtIg8UZ4
BBP - “TCEM”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgFtQFv_Y8I
Rain Parade “Look Around”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMIyM6u0wA
Twelve Cubic Feet “Hello Howard”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtWih7mjLoA&t=38s
Jesse Garon “And if the Sky Should Fall”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N1jW_mqxcg
Pop Will Eat Itself “Mesmerised”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCG8MOpO0A
Dave’s Tour Diary which links back to his Facebook page:
https://indiethroughthelookingglass.com/2020/09/26/creation-records-package-tour-europe-1984/
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Stuff that comes up:
Creation Records
Alan McGee
Jesus & Mary Chain
Joe Foster
Tony Fletcher
Jasmine Minks
Nightingales
Go-Betweens
Primal Scream
Pop Will Eat Itself
Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes
Biff Bang Pow
Twelve Cubic Feet
Pastels
My Bloody Valentine
Joe Foster
The Legend!
The Rain Parade
Paisley Underground
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** Fifty Years of Fun’s Patreon page: patreon.com/fiftyyearsoffun **
Special thanks to The Reds, Pinks & Purples for our theme music.