RETRO DUNDEE

Can't say I was a regular at Gennas in Gellatly Street, but I do remember popping along there from time to time on Thursday's...

Broughty Ferry wanted a piece of the action, live band action that is, and so Upstairs Downstairs cropped up on the scene to provide such a ...

   The top article reveals the moment the opening of Dundee's Tomb Jazz Cellar was announced - the item dating from August 19...

Many of you will be familiar with the work of Maureen Reynolds who has written lots of Dundee based books since the 90's. Wha...

A nice reminder of the kind of local mobile disco action that was going on around town during a typical random week back in M...

Bar Chevrolet (AKA Chevy's), and Yogi's, were both linked to Fat Sams. Chevy's and Fat Sams were next door to each ot...

Here's the Dundee Street Freaks out on one of their cruises through the city centre. The picture was taken around the 1978/79 period. Du...

This is the first issue of Dundee fanzine, The Voice. It started up after the demise of Cranked Up. In fact, this was supposed to be...

  Around 1980, the music scene spawned a new mongrel breed - Psychobilly - the result of punk mating with rockabilly!! The Cramps wer...

These photos were put up on display at the Rep Theatre last year when the play about Billy Mackenzie "Balgay Hill" was running. ...

An ad from 1983 for The Grip playing at Club Feet. Club Feet was part of the Tay Centre set up in Dock Street and was the upstairs nightclu...

  The Palais ad at the top is dated Feb 1964 and displays a typical couple of months of acts that played at the Top Ten Club...

  What's the chances? Not only does Charlie become a logo for 2 different discos in 1986, but both discos started up in April that year....

This is Mike Brough in the middle, with his brother Rich, on the right of the picture. These guys entertained regularly around the Dundee p...

Another well known Dundee flamingo was this neon one above the entrance to Coconut Grove. The 2 palm trees were actually on a back wall abo...

Bloomers nightclub opened its doors in October 1978, following on from its short-lived predecessor, Samantha's...

This is Dundee drummer, John Lunan, in action at the groovy looking Fairmuir Social Club in the 70's. He has, however, been drumming ...

Blazers reggae disco was located in a wee Pend in Victoria Road, quite near to the Vic cinema, in the early 80's. I can remember b...

The Fall were in Dundee twice in 1984. Their visit in March was for a gig at Teazers (the night club at the Royal Hotel in Uni...

Back in the 70's, when I used to get music papers every week, one of the things that cropped up regularly in the small ads were ...