From: john@scroll.demon.co.uk 
  
 In article , hatty 
  writes 
 > 
 >"Dale Walker"  wrote in message 
 >news:fgutivgljnlufg3voace04n2mjnavfplk9@4ax.com... 
 >> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:19:56 +0100, "hatty"  
 >> wrote: 
 > 
 >> >Yikes - I actually got it to work. I think my firewall thingy is a bit 
 >> >wierd. Tho current music on proton reminds of very early (before your 
 >time I 
 >> >suspect) odd electro - such as Warm Leatherette by the Normal, early 
 >> >Kraftwerk, proper Ultravox (pre Midge Ure), the Residents etc. 
 >> 
 >> Nostalgia is not really my thing but it's nice to know that some 
 >> people might know what I'm talking about if I slip 'Rickys Hand' or 
 >> 'Back to Nature' into a conversation. 
 > 
 >Fad Gadget? I was really shocked that he died - he can't be *that* much 
 >older than me. I was never a real fan, caught him live a couple of times, 
 >possibly 1982/3.........crikey. 
 > 
  
 I was a fan. I remember he died, but forgot how. Can you remind me? 
  
 >Dale, can you remember who The Normal were? I seem to vaguely remember it 
 >was the guy that set up Mute records - but I could be completly wrong, or 
 >was it Fad? Or are they one and the same........ 
 > 
  
 Yes, 'Warm Leatherette' MUTE001 was Daniel Miller who founded Mute 
 Records. He went on to form the Silicon Teens. 
  
 >I was never one for nostaglia, (have stayed very true to my promise to self 
 >at 18 that I wouldn't ever be one of those boring 30 somethings who thought 
 >it was all better in my day) - dunno if its the approaching 4-0 but recently 
 >post club we have been playing all sorts of dodgy (what I have left) 
 >memorabilia - I even let hippy play Tangerine Dream t'other night !!!!!! 
 > 
 >The moral of this thread being - never, ever get rid of your 
 >vinyl/cds/fanzines, no matter how dismal and outdated they may seem. I 
 >sold/gave away/lost in the divorce - so very much. 
  
 I just checked that I still have my MUTE001 :-) I keep them all 
 as my pension. 
  
 -- 
 JohnM 
         Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul 
       http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm 
  
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