Eighties Archive Podcast
By David Arscott + John Mabey
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Episodes: 112
Description
David Arscott was born in 1971, grew up in the 70s & 80s, a Singer, Songwriter, DJ and record shop kid.
John Mabey was born in 1987, grew up in the 90s, a playwright, film buff and video shop kid.
Both were born in small Essex towns.
During lockdown, they started a show focussed on selecing lost, forgotten and lesser played 80s music, that radio stations continue to ignore.
Formerly known as poptartspodcast on Mixcloud, this passion project developed further with guest musicians & artists from the 80s, inviting them to tell their stories and talk about their journeys through the decade.
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EAP Episode.112 - Iain McNay (Cherry Red records Chairman) : "As well as managing to give people what they want, We also give them things they didn't know they wanted"
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.111 - Ross Middleton (Leisure Process/ Positive Noise) : "After hearing Bowie's 'Low', I knew if I were to make music, it was going to include synths"
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.110 - Bobby Hodgens (The Bluebells) : "It was hearing Orange Juice's 'Blue Boy' that made me want to be in a band"
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.109 - Paul Fishman (Re Flex) : "I'm still making music because i have to...I'm still excited by it"
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.108 - Dave Robinson (Stiff Records) : "When You've had a Colt 45 shoved in Your mouth at some point, you learn to adapt!"
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.107 : Hosts David Arscott & John Mabey personal musings on 'their' 80s.
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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EAP Episode.106 - Francoise Pascal (Actress) : "I saw a beautiful girl in a sports car in London in the 60s and I thought, that's going to be me one day"
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.105 - Corinne Drewery & Andy Connell (Swing Out Sister) : "Breakout was a hit but we had no album ready, it was seat of the pants stuff, but fresh in the fear and adrenalin "
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.104 - Steve Blacknell (TV & Radio presenter) : "Kate bush wrote 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes' about me"
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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EAP Episod.103 - Stuart & Jen Morris (Misty Moon) : "Eight hours on a plane with Jimmy Saville & 400 kids...little did we know!"
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.102 - Graham Massey (808 State) : "Our first sound system came out of the McVities Factory!"
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.101 - Victor McGuire (Actor) “I was never really comfy with being a celebrity"
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.100 - Andrew Cartmel (Writer - Dr.Who)
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.99 - Nicola Bryant (Actress - Dr.Who) : "Fame is madness and not something I was looking for"
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.98 - Ben Addison (Boys Wonder/ Corduroy) : "Balls & flamboyance, that's what any decent band should have"
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.97 - Julian Mendelsohn (Engineer, Producer, Mixer) : "I would learn about all the studios and the great producers from record sleeves, but you can't do that now, with streaming"
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.96 - Simon Scardanelli (Big Bam Boo) : "My career is basically a catalogue of opportunities I have walked away from!"
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.95 - Mark Williams (Paramount Super 8 VHS Horror) : "I had a Super 8 of Star Wars six months before it was even out in the UK"
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.94 - Bob Beland (American solo artist) : "Tom Waits told me to get into a punk a band"
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.93 - Pete Boyd Smith (Engineer, Producer, Mixer - The Bible, The Adventures, Sting) : Sledgehammer? There isn't a better sounding record 5 years either side of it!"
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.92 - JJ Mist (Synthwave Artist) : "I want to express myself musically, at the moment it just so happens to be through the lens of the eighties"
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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EAP episode.91 - Martin Ansell (Songwriter & Session Musician) : "Magnet were just a toy label, EMI filed me away in a draw and Island wouldn't even pay for a full live band!""
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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EAP episode.90 - Mark Wood (Music Industry Polymath) : "Love Action is my favourite single of the 80s"
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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EAP episode.89 - Nick Whitecross (Kissing The Pink) : "When Bowie wrote Life On Mars, He wrote about His friend - My Sister, She is the girl with the mousey hair!"
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.88 - Dave Bascombe (Producer, Mixer, Engineer) : "Depeche Mode had two incredible songwriters. Not many bands can say that...Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles?"
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.87 - Ian Penman (Two People/ Zerra One) : “I auditioned for Lemmy’s Son's band. Singer Julian says his Dad is John Lennon and Peter 'Zeppelin' Grant is the manager!"
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May 25, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.68 - Dave Clayton (Keys/ Programming, Depeche Mode/ Kraftwerk/ Simply Red/ Bowie/ McCartney) : Kraftwerk sat around drinking Chablis, talking about Depeche Mode and ladies!"
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May 21, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.57 - Leigh Gorman (Bow Wow Wow/ Adam & The Ants) : We were recovering in hospital, while someone empties our bank account... We know who did it!"
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May 21, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.61 - Sunglasses Kid (Synthwave Composer/ Producer) : "In what we do, there's a fine line between parody and serious music"
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May 19, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.44 - Stephen Brotherstone/ Dave Lawrence (Scarred For life Podcast/ Authors) : "Live Aid killed 80s pop because the dinosaurs came back"
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May 18, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.86 - Mark Baxter (Actor, GrangeHill) : "That bloody jacket is more famous than me!"
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May 18, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.56 - Richard Jobson (The Skids) "Fearlessness is a word I use a lot, it's the gage of my life"
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May 17, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.60 - Clark Datchler (Johnny Hates Jazz) : "Critics have their opinions but I would answer f*** you!...We don't make records for critics"
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May 17, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.59 - Martyn Ware (Heaven 17/ Human League) : "If You don't play tonight, You'll never appear on TOTP again!"
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May 17, 2025 |
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EAP - Episode.41 - Nick Thorp (Curiosity Killed the Cat) : "I was wild and I wanted to be. We all were"
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May 15, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.62 - Craig Gannon (The Smiths/ Aztec Camera) : "I'm a Beatles fan and I've just joined The Smiths, the best band since The Beatles...yeah I was a bit nervous"
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May 14, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.66 - Pete Gamble & Gary Kirby (Silent Running) : "The energy and the courage of people here in during the troubles, was inspiring"
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May 13, 2025 |
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EAP episode.35 - Eddie Lundon (China Crisis) : "We wanted to do things Our way, so we did"
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May 12, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.54 - Maggie Dunne (Fuzzbox) : "We are the only British all Female band ever to have an Indie No.1"
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May 12, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.39 - Keith Atack (The Dual/ Child/ Atack)
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May 11, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.42 - Malcolm Garrett (Graphic Designer - Assorted Images) : "The best design does it's job without you even noticing"
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May 11, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.34 - Paul Simpson (The Wild Swans/ Care/ Teardrop Explodes) : "With the betrayal I felt, My world just ended, My heart was broken"
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May 11, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.64 - David McGillivray (Writer/ Actor) : "The BFI sacked me in 1971 and I've been both unemployed and unemployable ever since"
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May 11, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.85 - Ole Paulsen (2 Brave) : "London Records said we had more fan mail than Bananarama, but it didn't translate into big chart sales"
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May 11, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.38 - Karel Fialka : "I'm becoming wiser. I used to have knowledge, but now I have wisdom"
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May 10, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.47 - Chris Free (A Craze) : "The Mod revival was weird I thought, to me Mod was always there"
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May 10, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.51 - Keith Jayne (Actor) : "Treat people nicely on the way up, I've seen a fair few on the way down"
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May 10, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.55 - Sean Maher & Matthew Best (Pressure Point) : "We wanted to be the British Chic"
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May 09, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.31 - Gary Shail (Quadrophenia/ Metal Mickey) : "You won't meet a bigger cult than Me!"
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May 09, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.67 - Neil Dyer (Screen 3) : "I think We lacked raw ambition, We thought it would land in our laps...We assumed We were good enough"
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May 09, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.45 - David Crickmore + Steve Wright (Fiat Lux) : "People were coming to Our gigs and complaining They couldn't find Our records in the shops"
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May 09, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.30 - Steve Salvari (Central Line) : "If there can be life, there can be anything"
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May 08, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.48 - James Marsh (Talk Talk's artist) : Mark Hollis suggested I listen to Erik Satie - that was Our common ground"
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May 08, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.40 - Stan Cullimore (The Housemartins) : "We knocked 'Happy Hour' out in about 10 minutes!"
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May 08, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.18 - Peter Coyle (The Lotus Eaters) : "People from Our backgrounds don't have the right to dream""
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May 06, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.63 - Erkan Mustafa (Grange Hill Actor) : "Peut-être oui, Peut-être non"
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May 06, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.49 - Daniel Peacock (Actor/ Writer Director) : "Nah, I'm too Ian Dury for that!"
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May 06, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.28 - Andy Diagram (Pale Fountains/ James/ Diagram Brothers/ Dislocation dance) : "Discovering Miles Davis gave Me freedom in My playing"
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May 05, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.26 - Sal Solo (Classix Nouveaux) : "Vince Clarke Is a musical genius"
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May 05, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.84 - Marc Marot (Island Records/ Blue Mountain Music) : "Julian Cope convinced Polly Harvey to sign with Island, over a cup of tea, dressed as half a dog!"
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May 04, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.25 - Andy Lloyd (The Bloomsbury Set) : "It Was As If The Powers That Be Closed Certain Doors On Me For The Choices I Made"
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May 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.29 - Nevil Kiddier (The Pinkees) : "I Can't believe My Dad Is On A Podcast" (Nev's daughter!)
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May 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.24 - Keith Airey (Krew/ Nik Kershaw/Then Jerico) : "Straight away I could see Nik was a bit special"
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May 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.23 - Jennie Matthias (The Belle Stars) : "A man has never made the greatest pop song cos their hands are too big!""
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May 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.20 - Paul McGeechan (Love & Money/ Friends Again) : "When I first heard The Blue Nile, My heart sank"
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May 03, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.19 - Michael Daks (Fashion & Music Photographer) : "I saw the film Blow Up. I knew then what I wanted to do"
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May 02, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.50 - Jeremy Gluck (The Barracudas) : "The Ramones were The Beatles for my generation"
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May 02, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.17 - Martin Brammer (The Kane Gang) : "Mavis Staples loved our version of Respect Yourself"
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May 01, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.12 David Titlow (Blue Mercedes/ Duck You Sucker) : "We're going to Lock Ourselves in this room and We're not coming out until We've written an album that gets Us signed"
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May 01, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.13 Will Barton (Actor - Dr. Who) : You're not an actor until You've done Casualty!"
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.14 - Geoff Whiting (Comedian/ Musician) : "Simon Le Bon had voice problems, so We got the gig"
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.10 - Maggie K De Monde (Swansway/ Scarlet Fantatsic) : "We wanted to be radical"
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.9 - Chris Piper (Nitzer Ebb's Manager) : "Of course Punk mattered, it paved the way for change"
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.16 Kevin Patterson & Eddie Jordan (Fiction Factory) : "One hit wonders?!... Yeah but what a hit!!""
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.22 - Andy Delaney (music Video Director/ Film Maker) : "I wanted to be a member of P.I.L."
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.8 - Jeff Bernstein (White China) : "Island tried to charge Me £25K to buy Our own album back!"
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.33 - Carmel Trio "We used to say Our music is as serious as life"
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.7 - Ian Donaldson (H2O) : "I was a New Romantic, now I'm an old romantic"
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.83 - Steven Lipson (Producer/ Mixer/ Engineer) : "Revelling in your past glories isn't going to help what your'e doing now"
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.3 - Crispin Taylor (Push, Galliano, Blow Monkeys, The Flips) : "When our helicopter landed at Glastonbury the paparazzi rushed over, but it was only us!"
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.4 - Terry Sharpe (The Adventures) : "Look, never mind Bono!"
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.2 - Ty Jeffries (Writer, Musician, Model): "When I was young and beautiful"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Ep.1 - Adrian York (Roman Holliday) : "Let's be absolutely clear, We made no money!"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.5 - Alan Rawlings (Spelt Like This) : "...You've cost Us £9m, If I were You I'd run!..."
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.58 - Mark Bannister (The Larks) : "They were the best live band since The Faces"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.70 - Roy White (White & Torch) : "We were Patti Smith in the style of The Walker Brothers"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.71 - Boo Hewerdine (The Bible) : "I've only ever operated on the fringes and I'm more than happy there"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.15 - Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins) : "We were more than just musicians in a band, We were designers of sound"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.32 - Claudia Brücken (Propaganda): "Talking Heads' 'Once In A Lifetime' was like a hymn to me. A crucial moment"
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.74 - David Quantick (Writer, Journalist : NME, On The Hour,Blue Jam, Veep) : "I once woke up with a member of The Pogues on my sofa and I didn't even have a sofa!"
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.21 - Jack Hues (Wang Chung) : "The job of music is to harmonise with life's reality"
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.72 - Ian Peel (ZTT Archivist/ AON Visual Artist) : "ZTT liked my Record Collector piece and invited me in for a chat. The rest in history"
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.77 - Martin Metcalfe (Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie) : "If I'd have been a workaholic rather than an alcoholic, it would have been more useful"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.79 - Chris Jury (Actor, Lovejoy) : "Van Morrison told me to f*** off"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.82 - Pat Kane (Hue & Cry) : "Punk was 3 chords and the truth, Post punk was all the chords and anything you like, it didn't matter"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.80 - Henry Priestman (Yachts/ It's Immaterial/ The Christians) : "I was something of a keyboard man for hire in the Liverpool area"
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.81 - Dave Formula (Magazine/ Visage) : "I liken Magazine's music to a Hitchcock movie, all the suspense and release"
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.78 - Steve Nichol (Loose Ends) : "It started sinking in when we knocked Prince off the no.1 spot and he called up to congratulate us!"
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.76 - Kevin Howard, Andrew Wood, Mark Stott (Perfect Day) : "We were struggling in 89' as dance music was on the rise. That was the downfall for a rock pop band like us"
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.75 - Nick Stewart (Island Records A&R) : "My best piece of work? - obviously I'm going to say Signing U2"
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.73 - JJ Jeczalik & Gary Langan (Art Of Noise) : "We looked after Trevor Horn's Fairlight, which became the most expensive dining table in London!"
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.69 - Clive Mantle (Actor/ Writer) : "I am the only man in film history to have beat Clint Eastwood up AND make it to the end of the film!"
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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EAP Episode.65 - Kevin McNally (Actor) : "There used to be a theatre in every town, but the work just isn't there now!"
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.11 - Anita Chellamah (Toto Coelo/ Legs & Co) : "I had all these feelings in Me as a kid, music & dance were My outlet. Definitely"
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.37 - Kit Clark (Danny Wilson) : "Im in the studio, I'm 18 and Lester Bowie is valuing My opinion!"
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.27 - Andy Kiriakou (Modern Romance) : "Hey, aren't You that Andy Ridgely?"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.6 - Griff Griffiths (Strength/ Fun Krew) : "I thought I was the King of Spain"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.43 - Nick Sellers/Nick Cox/ Mark Rozlanowski (RoUen) : "We were played on the Jukebox in The Queen Vic!"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.46 - John Stoddard (Photographer) : "I straddled the open grave of Ronnie Kray to take his final photograph"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.53 - Mark Nevin (Fairground Attraction) : "We were jazz musicians playing pop music on Folk instruments"
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.52 - Phil Thornalley (Mixer, Musician, Producer) : "Hearing Todd Rundgren was an epiphany for me, like a gateway drug"
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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EAP Episode.36 - Owen Paul "Walking away from an 8 album deal didn't ruin my career, It helped me choose what My career was going to be"
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Jun 02, 2024 |