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1984

Here are playlists that detail what played during editions of Tommy Vance’s Friday Rock Show in 1984..

January February March April May June
6 Jan
13 Jan
20 Jan
27 Jan
complete VHF
complete VHF
complete VHF
complete VHF
3 Feb
10 Feb
17 Feb
24 Feb
complete VHF
complete VHF
partial
complete VHF
2 Mar
9 Mar
16 Mar
23 Mar
30 Mar
complete VHF
complete VHF
missing
missing
missing
6 Apr
13 Apr
20 Apr
27 Apr
missing
missing
missing
missing
4 May
11 May
18 May
25 May
missing
missing
missing
missing
1 Jun
8 Jun
15 Jun
22 Jun
29 Jun
missing
missing
missing
missing
incomplete
July August September October November December
6 Jul
13 Jul
20 Jul
27 Jul
missing
missing
incomplete
missing
3 Aug
10 Aug
17 Aug
24 Aug
31 Aug
incomplete
missing
incomplete
missing
missing
7 Sep
14 Sep
21 Sep
28 Sep
missing
missing
incomplete
missing
5 Oct
12 Oct
19 Oct
26 Oct
missing
missing
incomplete
missing
2 Nov
9 Nov
16 Nov
23 Nov
30 Nov
missing
missing
missing
incomplete
missing
7 Dec
14 Dec
21 Dec
28 Dec
complete
missing
incomplete
missing

1984: 52 shows: 4 complete, 36 partial, 12 missing.

Note: many of these partial recordings are three hour shows for which we're only missing the first hour on medium wave.


#266: 6th January, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning (from single) 
  3. Van Halen - Jump (from single) 
  4. Glasgow - Heat of the Night 2
  5. Status Quo - Caroline (from Hello!) 
  6. Bow Wow - Touch Me, I’m on Fire 1 (from Holy Expedition Live)
  7. Shy - Give Me a Chance (from Once Bitten... Twice Shy) 
  8. Glasgow - No Way Out 2
  9. Nazareth - Gone Dead Train (from Expect No Mercy) 
  10. Climax Blues Band - Blackjack and Me 1 c
  11. Climax Blues Band - Friends in High Places 1 d
  12. Climax Blues Band - Evil 1 e
  13. Climax Blues Band - Chasing Change 1 b
  14. Climax Blues Band - So Many Roads, So Many Trains 1 a
  15. Climax Blues Band - Couldn’t Get It Right 1 c
  16. Climax Blues Band - Superstition/What Do You Feel? 1 e
  17. Glasgow - Stranded 2
  18. Gary Moore - Hold on to Love (from Victims of the Future) 
  19. Jeff Beck - Constipated Duck (from Blow by Blow) 
  20. King Crimson - Book of Saturday (from Larks’ Tongues in Aspic) 
  21. Hummingbird - Scorpio (from We Can’t Go on Meeting Like This) 
  22. Glasgow - Shine on Me 2
  23. Paul Rodgers - Cut Loose (from Cut Loose) 
  24. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (from Second Helping) 

Key

1 denotes a live recording. 2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Session

First broadcast of a new Friday Rock Show session by Glasgow, recorded on 16th December, 1983 and repeated on 2nd March, 1984.

  • The line-up was Mick Boyle on vocals; Archie Dickson on guitar; Neil Russell on bass; and Joe Kilna on drums.
  • Studio versions of Stranded and Heat of the Night can be found on their Stranded single, released in 1984.

Concert

Climax Blues Band, recorded live at the Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading on 28th August, 1983.

   a originally on Plays On (1969).
   b originally on Gold Plated (1976).
   c originally on Flying the Flag (1980).
   d originally on Sample and Hold (1982).
   e no studio version released.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection is not currently known.

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#267: 13th January, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Vandenberg - Friday Night (from Heading for a Storm) 
  3. Saxon - Sailing to America (from Crusader) 
  4. Blue Öyster Cult - Maserati GT (I Ain’t Got You) 1 (from On Your Feet or on Your Knees)
  5. Randy Hansen - All Along the Watchtower 1 (from Astral Projection Live)
  6. Pendragon - Victims of Life 2
  7. Pallas - Eyes in the Night (Arrive Alive) (from 12” single) 
  8. Scorpions - Lovedrive (from Lovedrive) 
  9. Jess Cox - Fallen Hero (Everyman) (from Third Step) 
  10. Hellion - Break the Spell (from 12” single) 
  11. 38 Special - If I’d Been the One (from single) 
  12. Pendragon - Pleasure of Hope 2
  13. Mass - Fire from Hell (from Metal Fighter) 
  14. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Florentine Pogen (from One Size Fits All) 
  15. Colisseum II - The Inquisition (from War Dance) 
  16. Robin Trower - Day of the Eagle (from Bridge of Sighs) 
  17. Saxon - Crusader (from Crusader) 
  18. Torch - Rage Age (from Torch) 
  19. Pendragon - The Black Knight 2
  20. Led Zeppelin - Out on the Tiles (from Led Zeppelin III) 
  21. Ligotage - Crime and Passion (from single) 
  22. Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (from Not Fragile) 

Key

1 denotes a live recording. 2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Session

Repeat broadcast of a Friday Rock Show session by Pendragon, recorded on 11th November, 1983 and first broadcast on 25th November, 1983.

  • The line-up was Nick Barrett on vocals and guitar; Peter Gee on bass; Nigel Harris on drums; and John Barnfield on keyboards.
  • A studio version of Victims of Life can be found on their mini album Fly High Fall Far, released in 1984, while studio versions of Pleasure of Hope and The Black Knight can be found on their album The Jewel, released in 1985, the former listed as The Pleasure of Hope.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 6th January, 1984, was:

  1. Jeff Beck - Constipated Duck (from Blow by Blow) 
  2. King Crimson - Book of Saturday (from Larks’ Tongues in Aspic) 
  3. Hummingbird - Scorpio (from We Can’t Go on Meeting Like This) 

The connection was birds: duck, larks, hummingbird.
A new connection was set by Gillian & Malcolm Weinberg of Harrow Weald.

Download

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#268: 20th January, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Whitesnake - Slide It In (from Slide It In) 
  3. Queen - Great King Rat (from Queen) 
  4. Gary Moore - Devil in Her Heart (from Victims of the Future) 
  5. Shy - Take It All the Way (from Once Bitten... Twice Shy) 
  6. Manowar - Defender (from 12” single) 
  7. Judas Priest - Some Heads are Gonna Roll (from Defenders of the Faith) 
  8. Genesis - Dance on a Volcano (from A Trick of the Tail) 
  9. Axewitch - Axe Victim (from The Lord of Flies) 
  10. Molly Hatchet - Whiskey Man (from Flirtin’ with Disaster) 
  11. Foghat - Chateau Lafitte ’59 Boogie (from Rock and Roll Outlaws) 
  12. Kiss - Cold Gin (from Kiss) 
  13. Suzi Quatro - I’ve Never Been in Love 1 e
  14. Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 1 b
  15. Suzi Quatro - She’s in Love with You 1 e
  16. Suzi Quatro - Good Girl (Looking for a Bad Time) 1 f
  17. Suzi Quatro - Strange Encounters 1 g
  18. Suzi Quatro - Can the Can 1 a
  19. Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive 1 d
  20. Suzi Quatro - Tear Me Apart 1 d
  21. Suzi Quatro - Keep a-Knockin’ 1 b
  22. Suzi Quatro - Bye Bye Johnny 1 g
  23. Rush - Natural Science (from Permanent Waves) 
  24. Van Halen - House of Pain (from 1984) 

Key

1 denotes a live recording.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Concert

Suzi Quatro, recorded live at the Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading on 27th August, 1983.

   a originally a non-album single (1973).
   b originally on Quatro (1974).
   c originally a non-album single (1974).
   d originally on Aggro-Phobia (1976).
   e originally on Suzi... and Other Four Letter Words (1979).
   f originally on Tonight I Could Fall in Love single (1985).
   g no studio version released.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 13th January, 1984, was:

  1. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Florentine Pogen (from One Size Fits All) 
  2. Colisseum II - The Inquisition (from War Dance) 
  3. Robin Trower - Day of the Eagle (from Bridge of Sighs) 

The connection was Italy: Florentine, Colisseum, Bridge of Sighs.
A new connection was set by Andy Garibaldi of Stoke.

Other

The Gary Moore song, Devil in Her Heart, can only be found on American releases of Victims of the Future.

Download

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#269: 27th January, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Gary Moore - Murder in the Skies (from Victims of the Future) 
  3. Triumph - Magic Power (from Allied Forces) 
  4. Girlschool - Burning in the Heat (from Play Dirty) 
  5. Hellion - Driving Hard (from Hellion EP) 
  6. Alaska - Coupe de Ville 2
  7. Chicago - I’m a Man (from The History of Rock Volume Nineteen compilation) 
  8. Saxon - Bad Boys (Like to Rock ’n’ Roll) (from Crusader) 
  9. Marillion - Punch & Judy (from Fugazi) 
  10. The Faces - Flying 2
  11. The Faces - Three Button Hand Me Down 2
  12. The Faces - Wicked Messenger 2
  13. Alaska - Heart of the Storm 2
  14. Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane (from Love at First Sting) 
  15. Gamma - No Tears (from Gamma 1) 
  16. Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (from Mad Dogs & Englishmen) 
  17. Asia - Don’t Cry (from Alpha) 
  18. Whitesnake - Slow an’ Easy (from Slide It In) 
  19. Mama’s Boys - Midnight Promises (from Turn It Up) 
  20. Alaska - Headlines 2
  21. Van Halen - House of Pain (from 1984) 
  22. The Faces - Had Me a Real Good Time 2
  23. The Faces - Maybe I’m Amazed 2
  24. Peter Blegvad - How Beautiful You Are (from The Naked Shakespeare) 
  25. DNA - Doctors of the Universe (from Party Tested) 
  26. Alaska - The Sorcerer 2

Key

2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Sessions

First broadcast of a new Friday Rock Show session by Alaska, recorded on 13th January, 1984 and repeated on 16th March, 1984.

  • The line-up was Robbie Hawthorne on vocals; Bernie Marsden on guitar; Brian Badhams on bass; John Marter on drums; and Richard Bailey on keyboards.
  • Studio versions of Heart of the Storm and The Sorcerer can be found on their album The Heart of the Storm, released in 1984, while a studio version of Headlines was released as a single in 1984.

Selections from two archive sessions by the Faces:

  • Flying, Three Button Hand Me Down and Wicked Messenger were recorded on 10th March, 1970 and first broadcast on D.L.T. on 15th March, 1970.
  • Had Me a Real Good Time and Maybe I’m Amazed were recorded on 20th April, 1971 and first broadcast on Sounds of the Seventies on 5th May, 1971. This session also included Love in Vain and Browned Off, which were not broadcast in this show.
  • The line-up for both sessions was Rod Stewart on vocals; Ron Wood on lead guitar; Ian McLagen on organ and guitar; Ronnie Lane on bass; and Kenny Jones on drums.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 20th January, 1984, was:

  1. Molly Hatchet - Whiskey Man (from Flirtin’ with Disaster) 
  2. Foghat - Chateau Lafitte ’59 Boogie (from Rock and Roll Outlaws) 
  3. Kiss - Cold Gin (from Kiss) 

The connection was alcoholic drinks: whiskey, Chateau Lafitte, gin.
A new connection was set by Graham & Lamorna Thomas of Bournemouth.

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#270: 3rd February, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Samson - Are You Ready (from Don’t Get Mad - Get Even) 
  3. Blue Öyster Cult - Shooting Shark (from The Revölution by Night) 
  4. Pretty Maids - City Light 1
  5. Santana - Oye Como Va (from The History of Rock Volume Fifteen) 
  6. Gary Moore - Teenage Idol (from Victims of the Future) 
  7. Le Mans - On the Streets (from On the Streets) 
  8. National Health - The Collapso 2
  9. Aldo Nova - Hold Back the Night (from single) 
  10. Pretty Maids - Cold Killer 1
  11. Saxon - Just Let Me Rock (from Crusader) 
  12. Tamarisk - An Alien Heat (from Lost Properties EP) 
  13. Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows (from Ummagumma) 
  14. Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart (from Living in Oz) 
  15. Demon - Blackheath (from The Plague) 
  16. Ted Nugent - Tied Up in Love (from Penetrator) 
  17. Pretty Maids - Fantasy 1
  18. Twelfth Night - The Ceiling Speaks (from Live and Let Live) 
  19. Genesis - Turn It On Again (from Illegal Alien) 
  20. [gap]
  21. Pretty Maids - Queen of Dreams 1
  22. Vandenberg - Welcome to the Club (from Heading for a Storm) 

Expected

It’s expected that the following song was also in this show and it filled the gap at 20 above:

  1. National Health - A Legend in His Own Lunchtime 2

Key

1 denotes a live recording. 2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave.

Sessions

Repeat broadcast of a Friday Rock Show session by Pretty Maids, recorded on 25th November, 1983 and first broadcast on 9th December, 1983.

  • The line-up was Ronnie Atkins on vocals; Piet Collins on guitar; Ken Hammer on guitar; John Darrow on bass; Phil Moorhead on drums and Alan Owen on keyboards.
  • Studio versions of City Light and Fantasy can be found on their album Pretty Maids, released in 1983, while studio versions of Cold Killer and Queen of Dreams can be found on their album Red, Hot and Heavy, released in 1984.

Archive session by National Health, recorded on 9th November, 1977 and first broadcast on John Peel on 16th November, 1977.

  • The line-up was Richard Sinclair on vocals; Phil Miller on guitar; Neil Murray on bass; Pip Pyle on drums; and Dave Stewart on keyboards.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 27th January, 1984, was:

  1. Gamma - No Tears (from Gamma 1) 
  2. Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (from Mad Dogs & Englishmen) 
  3. Asia - Don’t Cry (from Alpha) 

The connection was Greek letters: gamma, delta, alpha.
A new connection was set by Paul Richards of Syston, Leicestershire, who put together 186 different connections.

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#271: 10th February, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames (from Highway to Hell) 
  3. 38 Special - Twentieth Century Fox (from Tour de Force) 
  4. Gary Moore - Hold on to Love 2
  5. Tokyo Blade - (from Midnight Rendezvous) 
  6. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Mary Had a Little Lamb (from Texas Flood) 
  7. John Mayall’s Blues Breakers - Steppin’ Out (from The History of Rock Volume Eleven) 
  8. Snafu - Hard to Handle 2
  9. Snafu - Bloodhound 2
  10. Manowar - Kill with Power (from Hail to England) 
  11. Alice Cooper - Pain (from Flush the Fashion) 
  12. Gary Moore - Empty Rooms 2
  13. Boston - The Journey (from Don’t Look Back) 
  14. Boston - It’s Easy (from Don’t Look Back) 
  15. Jethro Tull - Rainbow Blues (from M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull) 
  16. Survivor - Chevy Nights (from Premonition) 
  17. Def Leppard - Photograph (from single) 
  18. Pallas - Cut and Run (from The Sentinel) 
  19. Venom - Warhead (from 12” single) 
  20. Blue Öyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars (from Fire of Unknown Origin) 
  21. Snafu - Lock and Key 2
  22. Snafu - Every Little Bit Hurts 2
  23. Gary Moore - Shapes of Things 2
  24. Ted Nugent - Go Down Fighting (from Penetrator) 
  25. Led Zeppelin - Hey, Hey, What Can I Do (from The New Age of Atlantic compilation) 
  26. Obsession - Marshall Law (from Marshall Law EP) 

Key

2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Session

First broadcast of a new Friday Rock Show session by Gary Moore, recorded on 27th January, 1984 and repeated on 30th March, 1984.

  • The line-up was Gary Moore on vocals and guitar; Craig Gruber on bass; Ian Paice on drums; and Neil Carter on keyboards.
  • Studio versions of City Light and Fantasy can be found on their album Pretty Maids, released in 1983, while studio versions of Cold Killer and Queen of Dreams can be found on their album Red, Hot and Heavy, released in 1984.

Archive session by Snafu, recorded on 28th August, 1975 and first broadcast on John Peel on 4th September, 1975.

  • The line-up was Bobby Harrison on lead vocals; Micky Moody on guitar, mandolin and vocals; Colin Gibson on bass; Terry Popple on drums; and Tim Hinkley on keyboards and vocals.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 3rd February, 1984, was:

  1. Pink Floyd - Grantchester Meadows (from Ummagumma) 
  2. Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart (from Living in Oz) 
  3. Demon - Blackheath (from The Plague) 

The connection was types of grassy areas: meadows, field, heath.
A new connection was set by David Towell of Hastings in East Sussex.

Other

The first Snafu session track is the same Hard to Handle that many know from the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, recorded no less than fifteen years earlier. However, this song was originally recorded by Otis Redding, who co-wrote it with Al Bell and Allen Jones, in 1968.

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#272: 17th February, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Genesis - Squonk 1 c
  3. Genesis - Burning Rope 1 e
  4. Genesis - Ripples 1 c
  5. Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis 1 a
  6. Genesis - Deep in the Motherlode 1 e
  7. Genesis - One for the Vine 1 d
  8. Genesis - The Lady Lies 1 e
  9. Genesis - Afterglow 1 d
  10. Genesis - Follow You, Follow Me 1 e
  11. Genesis - Dance on a Volcano/Los Endos 1 c
  12. Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 1 b
  13. [gap]

Key

1 denotes a live recording. 2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is NOT complete.

Concert

Genesis, recorded live at A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Knebworth on 24th June, 1978, which had been previously broadcast on The Friday Rock Show on 29th December, 1978.

   a originally on Nursery Cryme (1971).
   b originally on Selling England by the Pound (1973).
   c originally on A Trick of the Tail (1975).
   d originally on Wind & Wuthering (1976).
   e originally on ...And Then There Were Three... (1978).


#273: 24th February, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Great White - Stick It (from Great White) 
  3. Uriah Heep - On the Rebound (from Abominog) 
  4. Clive Burr’s Escape - Enough is Enough 2
  5. Queen - Hammer to Fall (from The Works) 
  6. David Gilmour - Blue Light (from single) 
  7. Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (from Steppenwolf Gold) 
  8. Heavy Pettin - Love Times Love (from single) 
  9. Exciter - Evil Sinner (from Violence & Force) 
  10. Quasar - Fire in the Sky (from Fire in the Sky) 
  11. Hawkwind - Night of the Hawks (Stonehenge) (from Night of the Hawks: The Earth Ritual Preview EP) 
  12. Clive Burr’s Escape - Top of the Mountain 2
  13. Ted Nugent - (Where Do You) Draw the Line (from Penetrator) 
  14. Toto - Child’s Anthem (from Toto) 
  15. Aerosmith - Last Child (from Rocks) 
  16. Kansas - Questions of My Childhood (from Leftoverture) 
  17. Clive Burr’s Escape - Romancer 2
  18. Rage - Cry from a Hill (from single) 
  19. Gillan - Life Goes On (from Double Trouble) 
  20. The Alan Parsons Project - Let Me Go Home (from Ammonia Avenue) 
  21. Family - The Weaver’s Answer (from Family Entertainment) 
  22. Clive Burr’s Escape - Take No Prisoners 2
  23. TSA - Black Sabbath (from Spunk!) 
  24. The Michael Schenker Group - Dancer (from Assault Attack) 
  25. Craft - Aries (from Craft) 
  26. Judas Priest - Rock Hard Ride Free (from Defenders of the Faith) 

Key

2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave.

Session

First broadcast of a new Friday Rock Show session by Clive Burr’s Escape, recorded on 10th February, 1984 and repeated on 13th April, 1984.

  • The line-up was Bernie Shaw on vocals; Tino Troy on guitar; Chris Troy on bass; Clive Burr on drums; and Alan Nelson on keyboards.
  • Clive Burr’s Escape renamed to Stratus before they released anything commercially. Studio versions of Enough is Enough and Romancer can be found on the Stratus album Throwing Shapes, released in 1984. A studio version of Top of the Mountain can be found, again credited to Stratus, on the compilation The Best of British: A Rock Collection, released in 1985.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 10th February, 1984, was:

  1. Boston - The Journey (from Don’t Look Back) 
  2. Boston - It’s Easy (from Don’t Look Back) 
  3. Jethro Tull - Rainbow Blues (from M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull) 
  4. Survivor - Chevy Nights (from Premonition) 

The connection was that the song titles include the names of other bands: Journey, Rainbow, Chevy.
A new connection was set by Mark Burtonshaw of Retford..

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#274: 2nd March, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Bullet - Look Out (from No Mercy) 
  3. Utopia - The Last of the New Wave Riders (from Adventures in Utopia) 
  4. Glasgow - Heat of the Night 2
  5. Bronz - Heat of the Night (from Taken by Storm) 
  6. Wishbone Ash - The Pilgrim 2
  7. Wishbone Ash - Jailbait 2
  8. Hell - Save Us from Those Who Would Save Us (from single) 
  9. V8 - Lonely Days (Lonely Nights) (from single) 
  10. Status Quo - Slow Train (from Quo) 
  11. Glasgow - No Way Out 2
  12. Bernie Tormé - My Baby Loves a Vampire (from single) 
  13. The Leather Nun - Prime Mover (from 12” single) 
  14. AC/DC - Back in Black (from Back in Black) 
  15. Jethro Tull - My God (from Aqualung) 
  16. Stone the Crows - Big Jim Salter (from Teenage Licks) 
  17. Glasgow - Shine on Me 2
  18. Anthrax - Subjugator (from Fistful of Metal) 
  19. Wishbone Ash - Blowing Free 2
  20. Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword 2
  21. Glasgow - Stranded 2
  22. Picture - Griffons Guard the Gold (from Eternal Dark) 

Key

2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Session

Repeat broadcast of a Friday Rock Show session by Glasgow, recorded on 16th December, 1983 and first broadcast on 6th January, 1984.

  • The line-up was Mick Boyle on vocals; Archie Dickson on guitar; Neil Russell on bass; and Joe Kilna on drums.
  • Studio versions of Stranded and Heat of the Night can be found on their Stranded single, released in 1984.

Selections from three archive sessions by Wishbone Ash:

  • The Pilgrim and Jailbait were recorded on 5th July, 1971 and first broadcast on Top Gear on 10th July, 1971. This session also included Lady Whiskey and Jailbait, which were not broadcast in this show.
  • Blowing Free was recorded on 18th April, 1972 and first broadcast on Sounds of the Seventies on 25th April, 1972. This session also included Warrior and The King Will Come, which were not broadcast in this show.
  • Throw Down the Sword was recorded on 10th May 1972 and first broadcast on Sounds of the Seventies on 18th May, 1972. This session also included Warrior and Time Was, which were not broadcast in this show.
  • The line-up in all instances was Andy Powell and Ted Turner on vocals and guitar; Martin Turner on bass and vocals; and Steve Upton on drums.

The Friday Night Connection

The previous Friday Night Connection, set on 24th February, 1984, was:

  1. Toto - Child’s Anthem (from Toto) 
  2. Aerosmith - Last Child (from Rocks) 
  3. Kansas - Questions of My Childhood (from Leftoverture) 

The connection was child: child’s, child, childhood.
A new connection was set by Alan Patton of Glasgow.

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#275: 9th March, 1984

Playlist

  1. [gap]
  2. Scorpions - Bad Boys Running Wild (from Love at First Sting) 
  3. Anvil - March of the Crabs 1 a
  4. Anvil - Mothra 1 a
  5. Anvil - Free as the Wind 1 b
  6. Anvil - Butter-Bust Jerky 1 b
  7. Anvil - Future Wars 1 b
  8. Anvil - Metal on Metal 1 a
  9. [gap]
  10. Black Sabbath - Hot Line 1 g
  11. Black Sabbath - War Pigs 1 e
  12. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 1 d
  13. Black Sabbath - Zero the Hero 1 g
  14. Black Sabbath - Digital Bitch 1 g
  15. Black Sabbath - Iron Man 1 e
  16. Black Sabbath - Smoke on the Water 1 f
  17. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1 e

Expected

It’s expected that the following songs were also in this show, filling the gap at 9 above:

  1. Pallas - Cut and Run 1 c
  2. Pallas - Ark of Infinity 1 c
  3. Pallas - Eyes in the Night (Arrive Alive) 1 c
  4. Pallas - Atlantis 1 c

Key

1 denotes a live recording. 2 denotes a session.

Complete?

This playlist is complete for VHF only and is missing its first hour on medium wave (to confirm).

Guest Host

Andy Batten-Foster steps in for Tommy, who’s on holiday in Cyprus.

Concerts

Anvil, recorded live at the Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading on 27th August, 1983:

   a originally on Metal on Metal (1982).
   b originally on Forged in Fire (1983).

Pallas, recorded live at the Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading on 26th August, 1983:

   c originally on The Sentinel (1984).

Black Sabbath, recorded live at the Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading on 27th August, 1983:

   d originally on Black Sabbath (1970).
   e originally on Paranoid (1970).
   f originally on Machine Head by Deep Purple (1972).
   g originally on Born Again (1983).

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29 Jun 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the beginning and the end.

  1. [gap]
  2. Night Ranger - Sister Christian
  3. Thor - Thunder on the Tundra
  4. Yes - It Can Happen
  5. Chariot - Vigilante (st)
  6. Box of Frogs - Back Where I Started
  7. Maineeaxe - Gonna Make You Rock
  8. Black Angels - Fate of Emotion
  9. Dio - Egypt (The Chains are On)
  10. Stanley Clarke - I Know Just How You Feel
  11. Yes - Into the Lens
  12. Focus - Hocus Pocus
  13. Roger Waters - 5.01am
  14. Chariot - When the Moon Shines (st)
  15. Franke & The Knockouts - Carrie Why
  16. Cutty Sark - Vultures in the Air
  17. [gap]

Notes

Not my recording. Thanks to the Friday Rock Show Wiki.


20 Jul 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing most of it.

  1. [gap]
  2. Lee Aaron - Barely Holding On
  3. Spellbound - Rockin' Reckless
  4. Gillan - If You Believe Me
  5. [gap]

Notes

This listing is taken from a poor quality recording that seems to be at least partly copied from other tapes with edits between tracks. It begins with tracks from Lemmy's show on 19 Apr 1985, progresses to what I presume is the 14 Jun 1985 show with a Lyin' Rampant session, then parts of what can be firmly dated to 20 Jul 1984 and finally a track that isn't from a Friday Rock Show. Fun times. So, best guess here.

The Spellbound and Gillan tracks definitely go together but it's very possible that the Lee Aaron track doesn't.

After the Gillan track, Tommy Vance dedicates it to Ian Gillan "who's getting married tomorrow". This dates the show to 1984.


3 Aug 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the beginning.

  1. [gap]
  2. Scorpions - Loving You Sunday Morning
  3. Steve Hackett - A Doll That's Made in Japan
  4. Alcatrazz - Island in the Sun
  5. Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire
  6. Jefferson Starship - Champion
  7. Genesis - Afterglow
  8. Warfare - Burn the Kings Road
  9. Black Angels - Heartbeat
  10. Redvette - Earth Mover
  11. Dio - We Rock
  12. Lynyrd Skynyrd - T for Texas (live)
  13. Lone Star - The Bells of Berlin
  14. ZZ Top - I Got the Six
  15. Opus - The Opusition (live)
  16. Opus - Again and Again (live)
  17. Opus - Waiting for a Call from You (live)
  18. Opus - Up and Down (live)
  19. Opus - Eleven (live)
  20. Opus - Keep Your Mind (live)
  21. Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill
  22. Van Halen - I'll Wait

Notes

Not my recording. Thanks to Iain Kennedy and Killason Kilas.

Friday Night Connection (tracks 1-3) by Phil Zikowski from Neath. The previous week's selection was Annabel Lamb's The Flame, Murray Head's Los Angeles and the Alan Parsons Project's Games People Play.

Opus live as part of the Eurorock Festival in Germany. This was presumably recorded on 11 May 1984 at E-Werk in Erlangen.

Date confirmed by news after the show, provided by Kilasson Kilas, which includes Ronald Reagan lifting some sanctions against Poland on 3 Aug.


17 Aug 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing most of it.

  1. [gap]
  2. Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
  3. Accept - Balls to the Wall
  4. Y+T - I Believe in You
  5. Gary Moore - White Knuckles / Rockin' 'n' 'Rollin'
  6. [gap]
  7. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

Notes

From Mötley Crüe onwards is the music sweep for the Castle Donington Monsters of Rock festival in 1984. Tracks by the Scorpions and Van Halen would therefore populate the final gap.

This tape also includes Helloween's Metal Invaders, Blue Öyster Cult's Hot Rails to Hell and Rush's Passage to Bangkok, before the Mötley Crüe track, but, while they are recordings from the Friday Rock Show, I can't be sure that they're from this particular one because they're edited in and there are gaps.


21 Sep 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the beginning.

  1. Kiss - I've Had Enough (Into the Fire)
  2. Rainbow - Lost in Hollywood
  3. Meat Loaf - Modern Girl
  4. Krokus - Midnight Maniac
  5. Garrison - The First Time (st)
  6. IQ - Awake and Nervous
  7. Blackfoot - Get It On
  8. Billy Idol - Flesh for Fantasy
  9. Voivod - Warriors of Ice
  10. Zebra - I Don't Care
  11. Garrison - On the Run (st)
  12. John Waite - Missing You
  13. [gap]

Notes

Not my recording. Thanks to the Friday Rock Show Wiki.


19 Oct 1984?

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the end.

  1. Helix - Rock You
  2. Rainbow - All Night Long
  3. Quiet Riot - Winners Take All
  4. Dirty Strangers - Survival Dance (st)
  5. Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade (st)
  6. Survivor - Broken Promises
  7. Iron Maiden - Aces High
  8. Bad Company - Run with the Pack
  9. Dirty Strangers - Dance with Me (st)
  10. Frank Zappa - Whipping Post (live)
  11. Tokyo Blade - Someone to Love (st)
  12. Meat Loaf - Modern Girl
  13. Humble Pie - Earth and Water
  14. Coryell/Mouzon - Beneath the Earth
  15. Earthshaker - Young Girls
  16. Tokyo Blade - Breakout (st)
  17. Airrace - First One Over the Line
  18. Robin George - Heartline
  19. Dirty Strangers - Hang Tough (st)
  20. [gap]

Notes

Sessions by Dirty Strangers (a repeat playing) and Tokyo Blade (the first airing).

Comments on Side A talk about the upcoming birthday programme in November, the sixth such. Also, as the Iron Maiden track is their current single, this dates the show to late October or early November 1984. Aces High was released on 22nd October 1984. The Friday Rock Show Wiki lists a Tokyo Blade session airing on 19 Oct 1984.

Friday Night Connection (tracks : Don Barker of Gateshead. The previous week's connection contained Supertramp's The Logical Song, Accept's London Leatherboys and Hanoi Rocks's Devil Woman.


16 Nov 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing most of it.

  1. [gap]
  2. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
  3. Marillion - Grendel
  4. Yes - Awaken
  5. [gap]

Notes

This was the birthday show. Smoke on the Water was up from 9 to 8. Grendel was up from 16 to 9.


23 Nov 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the beginning.

  1. [gap]
  2. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - Rip It Up (live)
  3. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - Hot Lover (live)
  4. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - Boxhill or Bust (live)
  5. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - Crosskeys (live)
  6. Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - Tush (live)
  7. Twelfth Night - Kings and Queens (live)
  8. Twelfth Night - CRAB (live)
  9. Twelfth Night - The Creepshow (live)

Notes

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts and Twelfth Night recorded live at the Kerrang! Wooargh! Weekender in Great Yarmouth held between 12-14 Oct 1984. The other two live acts broadcast in this show were Waysted and Nazareth.


7 Dec 1984

This show listing is believed complete.

  1. Hawkwind - Shot Down in the Night
  2. W.A.S.P. - School Daze
  3. Madam X - Come One Come All
  4. Jim Capaldi - Tonight
  5. Foreigner - Stranger in My Own House
  6. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (live)
  7. Rick Wakeman - Glory Boys
  8. Demon - Wonderland
  9. Maltese Falcon - Rats
  10. Lionheart - Die for Love
  11. More - Soldier
  12. McCoy - Sound of Thunder
  13. The Enid - Summer
  14. TKO - I Can Do without You
  15. Metallica - Creeping Death
  16. Foreigner - Tooth and Nail
  17. Black Sabbath - Falling Off the Edge of the World
  18. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
  19. Glasgow - Under the Lights
  20. John Waite - Dark Side of the Sun
  21. Hanoi Rocks - Don't You Ever Leave Me
  22. Foreigner - She's Too Tough
  23. AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You Got It)

Notes

Not my recording. Thanks to the Friday Rock Show Wiki.


14 Dec 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing everything.

Notes

This show includes three sets recorded live at the Kerrang! Wooargh! Weekender in Great Yarmouth held between 12-14 Oct 1984: Phil Lynott & Grand Slam, Spider and Motörhead.

Thanks to the Friday Rock Show Wiki.


21 Dec 1984

This show listing is not complete, as it's missing the end.

  1. Twisted Sister - The Kids are Back
  2. Ratt - Lack of Communication
  3. Warlock - Without You
  4. Hanoi Rocks - Don't You Ever Leave Me (st)
  5. Foreigner - Tooth and Nail
  6. Gillan - Mutually Assured Destruction
  7. TKO - End of the Line
  8. Iron Maiden - Aces High
  9. Bob Dylan - I and I (live)
  10. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (live)
  11. Hanoi Rocks - Underwater World (st)
  12. Virgin Star - When the Reds
  13. Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock
  14. John Parr - Treat Me Like an Animal
  15. UFO - Love to Love
  16. Terraplane - I Can't Live without Your Love
  17. Hanoi Rocks - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (st)
  18. Warlord - Aliens
  19. Jan Akkerman - Headbanger

Notes

Not my recording. Thanks to Iain Kennedy.



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