The Band Aid recording, the birth of the tape loop and the power of the movie theme tune

This week’s events piled into a pipe and enthusiastically smoked include …  

… our memories of being at the Band Aid recording in Sarm studios, November 25 1984.

… why it was the last dance of the mass media and why nothing could have the same impact now.

… the “household name” that made all the difference.

… the real reason Bob Geldof could be involved.  

… James Bond, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, the Spaghetti Westerns … how music is the real DNA of film franchises, the fingerprint that connects you with the original.  

… why should a teenager know what a radio is?

… “Live vivid! Delete ordinary! Break moulds! Copy nothing!” The tortuous rebranding of Jaguar.

… what the BBC spends 95 per cent of its time doing.

… how Bee Gees’ drummer Dennis Byron unwittingly invented the tape loop.

… the appeal of inconvenient technology.

… David’s second Deep ‘70s compilation, “a dream fulfilment” – Americana, Skinny Tie music, cover versions, the outer limits of Island Records.

… plus birthday guest Mike Sketch on discovering music late in life (Dylan, Tom Waits etc).

David’s ‘More Deep 70s’ 4-CD compilation is available for pre-order now:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Hepworths-More-Deep-Misunderstood/dp/B0DCGGQDNK

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