RETRO DUNDEE

They still do the Wee Red Book every year as far as I know, but here is one I kept from the 1973 season. It's stuffed with all things to...

Some of you may think that just before I tucked into my meal on Christmas day, I snapped this picture of it on my mobile, but no, this spre...

I mentioned in yesterday's post about Dundee ref John Gordon, that he was one of the officials who was chosen for the 1978 World Cup...

This picture taken in the 60's, shows Ardler still in the process of being built. Plenty of work to be done yet at this stage by the loo...

Back in the good old, bad old, ugly old days of football in Scotland (referring mostly to the 70's here), battles inside grounds were co...

The Wonderful World Of Soccer Stars "World Cup 1974" picture stamp book, was an alternative to the packs of football cards with...

Germany was still divided back in 1974, but all of Scotland was united when we travelled over to the West to take on Brazil, Yugoslavia ...

Remember Larg's in Whitehall Street used to sell sheet music downstairs? Well here's 2 from 1974. The Scotland World Cup Squ...

The 1974 World Cup in Germany was the first time Scotland had qualified for the tournament since 1958, and so for those who were in my a...

Rod Stewart was back in town for a 2 night performance on 7 & 8 January 1977. The Caird Hall looked as if it had be...

  The Poparama shows were the brainchild of Andy Lothian Jr. He put on quite a few of these events around Scotland in the late 60's. Thi...

  In 1962, Hector Nicol released a football themed single on the Scottish Gaelfonn record label. The band accompanying him was The Kelvin Co...

Unit 47 was a Scottish music magazine that hit the racks in 1984. In fact it actually described itself as half magazine half fanzine and cov...

Here's a bundle of records that came out when Scotland were involved in the World Cup in 1982, hosted by Spain. Most of you wil...

These 3 ads for Andy Lothian's ALP Records were all published around summer / autumn in 1966. The releases were kind of split int...

A snap of inside the Palais, captured in 1970. Taken from the stage, it looks over towards the balcony, bar and entrance area. This was...

To coincide with the opening of the Tay Road Bridge in 1966, Dundee duo Peter & Alison, released a single called "Highway O...

Many of us know about Dundee's early punk gigs that took place at The Ambassador Hotel in 1977, but here's a gig list that was pub...

Some of the above fanzine titles may be familiar to a few of you who indulged in keeping track of Dundee's music activity in the 70...