TAGG – ISSUE 21 flipbook
Flick through the TAGG issue 21 flipbook including Melbourne’s live music gig guide for 25 April to 8 May, 1980!
The TAGG time capsule series
TAGG – ISSUE 21.
In this TAGG The Alternative Gig Guide time capsule series, you can revisit the Melbourne live music scene from 1979-1981.
Each issue featured the all important issue gig guide, reviews, venue locations, interviews and stories. Australia’s original street press was the perfect printed back pocket friend filled with everything a live music lover needed to know each fortnight.
We’re working our way through digitising TAGG’s back catalogue so you can relive (for those who were there) revisit (for those who weren’t and those who don’t recall) the original issues of the magazine on the TAGG website. cool hey!
TAGG – ISSUE 21 – Table of contents:
Includes the all important gig guide for 25 April to 8 May, 1980
4. TAGG magg
7. Mail bagg
9. Editorial – countdown
13. TAGG file – Pete Solley (part 2)
19. Special feature – Marianne Faithful
22. Confirmed concert dates
25. Gig listings (begin)
30. Gigs of our lives (cartoon)
33. TAGG minifold – Ideals
35. Venue locations
36. Gig listings (Cont.)
41. Consumer guide
46. Who’s recording where
53. Feature – Bushwackers Anzac Concert
57. Jazz & acoustic music
61. TAGG outlets, Classifieds
We hope you enjoy flipping through TAGG – issue 21!
TAGG – ISSUE 21 excerpt…
The TAGG file by Al Webb
In the last issue of TAGG Pete Solley talked about his role as a record producer. You will of course remember that Solley, formerly house producer for Stiff Records, was responsible for producing ‘Don’t Throw Stones’ and ‘Suddenly!’ for The Sports and ‘Screaming Targets’ for Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons.
When we left him last time he was just getting into the topic of specific differences between producing a Sports album and producing a Jo Jo Zip album. That’s where we pick it up this time…
How much did you vary your approach one band to another?
“Quite a lot actually.” “First of all, The Falcons are all ‘old school’ musicians. They’ve been around. They’re less concerned with the bullshit and the trendiness of what The Jam are doing or whatever. That makes it easier from the start.”
“Also, the politics in the Falcons is a very small part of the band because they’re old enough to realise what a bunch of shit politics is…
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