{"product_id":"the-buzzcocks-live-alexandra-park-manchester-1978","title":"The Buzzcocks - Live Alexandra Park Manchester 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Bernie Wilcox and Geoff Brown approached Chris Hewitt in June 1978 about building a stage\n\u003cbr\u003eand providing a PA system for Alexandra Park, Manchester, Chris already had all the hardware booked for the Deeply Vale Festival\n\u003cbr\u003ewhich was a week later in July 1978 than the date Bernie and Geoff had proposed for the Northern Carnival Against Racism Concert.\n\u003cbr\u003eThis then meant that all of the equipment, generators, scaffolding and fencing could simply have the hire period brought forward to\n\u003cbr\u003ecover Alexandra Park and that the costs would be far more reasonable than a completely ‘start from scratch hire’. So it was that about\n\u003cbr\u003e12 days before Deeply Vale 1978 we started to build a stage and secure compound in Alexandra Park, Manchester. Three days before\n\u003cbr\u003eBuzzcocks were due to play on the Saturday we got a call to ask if Graham Parker and The Rumour could rehearse in the park on the\n\u003cbr\u003estage on the Thursday night as he was supporting Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton at a festival at Blackbushe Aerodrome on the Saturday\n\u003cbr\u003eand Graham and the Rumour had never played outdoors before. So we finished the stage by Thursday lunchtime for a free concert by\n\u003cbr\u003eGraham Parker in the evening and then Buzzcocks played Alexandra Park Saturday afternoon. Pete Shelley in 2016 –“I know Chris\n\u003cbr\u003eHewitt obtained a recording of Buzzcocks at Alexandra Park, it would be great fun if it came out as an album”. Pete Shelley 1978 after\n\u003cbr\u003eplaying his set at Alexandra Park –“This wasn’t politics it was fun, but the best kind of fun is with people and being with people is\n\u003cbr\u003epolitics”. Paul Morley reviewing the concert – “Buzzcocks placed the emphasis on entertainment – a people’s celebration. Arriving on\n\u003cbr\u003estage with no fixed set they played some pop music… They were a triumph”. Side 1. 1 Spoken Word From People Involved 2 Ever\n\u003cbr\u003eFallen In Love 3 Sixteen 4 Moving Away From The Pulse Beat 5 Fiction Romance 6 Love You More. Side 2. 1 Spoken Word From\n\u003cbr\u003ePeople Involved 2 Nothing Left 3 Breakdown 4 Noise Annoys 5 What Do I Get 6 Autonomy 7 Boredom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit Dandelion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44626236637408,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/buzzcocks_6d111391-0b3f-49af-9334-a16c85ddd45b.webp?v=1705532410","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/the-buzzcocks-live-alexandra-park-manchester-1978","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}