Tag Stiff Records

1 April 1979
in Music, Performance, Travel
tags 1979, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Keith Shadwick, Roadrunner, Stiff Records, The Sports
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Live, Work & Play: the Sports’ 1979 U.K. tour

1 April 1979
in Music, Performance, Travel
tags 1979, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Keith Shadwick, Roadrunner, Stiff Records, The Sports
1

I first met Keith Shadwick in 1978 when he came to Adelaide on tour with the High Rise Bombers. Keith was a poet and a saxophone player and he was friends with my housemate Larry. They’d both been part of the Melbourne mid-70s performance poetry push, with people like Eric Beach, Gig Ryan and πο. Keith had an impressive musical pedigree too, having been in Renee Geyer’s first band Sun, Sydney

15 December 1977
in Music, Performance
tags 1977, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Stiff Records, Street Fever, Wreckless Eric
4

Stiffs Greatest Stiffs Live

15 December 1977
in Music, Performance
tags 1977, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Stiff Records, Street Fever, Wreckless Eric
4

Just before I left the U.K. to return to Australia after two and a half years away, I was fortunate to catch this remarkable concert. The venue was Bath University, the date 7 October 1977 and it was the third date on the Stiffs Greatest Stiffs Live tour. This review was my second ever published article, in the Adelaide punk fanzine Street Fever (December 1977). Nick Lowe bounds on stage and