The Pastels : Slow Dazzle N°5

The Pastels feature as cover stars on the stapled-together fanzine Slow Dazzle. A magazine named after a John Cale song and which you could acquire all for the princely sum of 30pence! An excellent fanzine put together by Chris Davidson. This is the cover of the 5th and penultimate edition of the Greenock based fanzine

You can see this as well as lots of other previously unseen photographs in 'The Bag I'm in: Underground Music and Fashion in Britain 1960-1990'. Sam Knee's follow-up book to the excellent, 'A Scene In Between' .
Available now.

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Sam Knee : The Bag I’m In

Bobby Gillespie of The Jesus and Mary Chain / Primal Scream in a 60’s patterned anorak in 1985. Photo taken by and ©Chris Davidson.

Following up on the excellent A Scene In Between and the sartorial treasures of an era covering Postcard Records, Creation, C86, etc. Sam Knee has curated another collection of unseen photographs from fans and band members for his new book The Bag I'm In: Underground Music and Fashion in Britain 1960-1990

Get it down on your shopping list now!

Read more about this forthcoming book at Glasgow Music City Tours 

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The Jesus And Mary Chain in Slow Dazzle

The Jesus And Mary Chain feature as cover stars on the stapled-together fanzine
Slow Dazzle. A magazine named after a John Cale song and which you could acquire all for the princely sum of 30pence! An excellent fanzine put together by Chris Davidson. This is the 6th and final issue of the Greenock based fanzine which appeared in late 1984. Features an interview with Creation Records
 -Alan McGee, Dick Green and Joe Foster- and an interview with the Jesus And Mary Chain at their Venue show (Oct, 84), when Bobby Gillespie joined the band. 

You can see the ‘Original cover artwork for the sixth and final issue of the superb Greenock-based fanzine Slow Dazzle, the brainchild of Chris Davidson, a mover and shaker in the area’ in Sam Knee's recent and excellent, 'A Scene In Between' book. The artwork was created by Greenock musician George Miller.

Image courtesy of & ©K-me

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On my desk - A Scene in Between

'A Scene In Between' by Sam Knee

A ‘must-have’ book for anyone at all interested in UK indie music in the 80s. Features lots a photos of SoYS’s favourites: Orange Juice, Josef K, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, etc. [image ©japanese forms]

Grateful thanks to Gianni Motti Assistant & Outrelenoir for this wonderful gift.

Original photo credits: ©James Finch (left) ©BRT/RTBF (right)

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Creation Babies

Creation Babies.

The Jesus and Mary Chain & Alan McGee
@ Ziggies, Plymouth, 1985
Photograph: ©Val Hicks
Source :  A Scene In Between

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Primal Scream, London 1985

Primal Scream, London 1985
Image ©Dave Driscoll (from 'A Scene in Between')

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Bobby Gillespie on drums in the Jesus And Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain (with Bobby Gillespie on drums) - 1985

©James Finch (from ‘A Scene in Between’)

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A Scene In Between - German book launch flyer

'A Scene In Between' Book Launch Party Flyer

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Orange Juice: 1980

Orange Juice: 1980
Photo: © Peter McArthur

A Scene In Between : Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music,1980-1988, by Sam Knee.

Source : lovesick/blueboy

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The Jesus and Mary Chain, live 1985

The Jesus and Mary Chain, live 1985
Bobby Gillespie bangs the drums while Jim Reid bends the mic stand.
Photo ©Nick Allport
from  'A Scene In Between' ©Sam Knee

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The Pastels with Strawberry Switchblade, 1982

The Pastels with Strawberry Switchblade, 1982
Photo :©Peter McArthur
from Sam Knee’s ‘A Scene In Between’ 
Source : Blasted

“The book is an amazing catalogue of pictures through the 1980s..”
©Eric Sandberg - More @ racket racket

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Stephen McRobbie - The Pastels, 1986

Stephen McRobbie - The Pastels, 1986
Photo ©Jim Barr

From 'A Scene in Between' ©Sam Knee

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A Youthful Jesus and Mary Chain

A youthful Jesus and Mary Chain line up, 1985
(Bobby Gillespie, Douglas Hart, William Reid)
from 'A Scene in Between' ©Sam Knee
Photo ©Valerie Hicks

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Stephen Pastel : ‘Alphaville-esque’

Stephen Pastel : ‘Alphaville-esque’ (Glasgow Subway, 1984)
Image ©Annabel Wright

From Sam Knee’s forthcoming book : ‘A Scene in Between'

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