RETRO DUNDEE

When the Sands changed to Buddies in the mid 80's, my regular Sunday funk sessions stopped not long after it opened. Just wasn't...

This is the cover of Average White Band's debut album "Show Your Hand", released in 1973. The witty graphic on it feat...

Dundee's disco funksters, Rokotto, penned a good chunk of their material themselves, but occasionally they would top up their repertoire...

March 1975 was the month Average White Band became superstars! The front page of the Melody Maker documented the moment with their WHITE ...

This ad appeared in Sounds music paper in August 1980. 2 Dundee bands in action on the same night at the Lyceum in London - AWB & Mafia...

This is the moment the Average White Band first appeared on Top Of The Pops. The date of the show was 20th March 1975, and the lads had reac...

Another gig review, this time from the pages of Voice fanzine and featuring Hot Chocolate who were playing at the Caird Hall on 11th Sept 1...

Here's some behind the scene shots of the day Average White Band made their debut on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973. The top ...

This full page spread comes from the Black Echoes music paper dated January 1979 and is another account of the same gig as the previous ite...

Although this write-up appeared in the Blues & Soul magazine in January 1979, the review is about a show Rokotto did around Christmas ...

Rokotto pretty well established by now and one of the cover headline acts. This Blues & Soul magazine dating from January 1979 sees the ...

A review of a gig at London Hammersmith Odeon that appeared in the NME - June 1978. Rokotto sharing the stage this time with original New Y...

Wonder how many Dundee bands have played London's Albert Hall? Well at least we know Rokotto have back in 1977 when they were on tour w...

Just a wee cutting from 1977 showing the band posing in another display of groovy gear, although I don't recall seeing these outfits on ...

Got a few magazine cuttings featuring Rokotto going back to the 70's, so will be putting them on view over the next couple of days. Ro...

In 1985, The Sands in the Ferry was transformed into Buddies. No change to the outside of the building but as you can see from the photo, t...

Here's an excellent colour shot of the interior of The Sands in Broughty Ferry... and a great reminder of how it looked in the lat...

As I've mentioned on Retro before, Sunday nights for my mob was "Sands" night, where we'd go to get our weekly dose...

Exactly 30 years ago, I, along with a big squad fae Dundee, hired a bus to go through to Glasgow to see Average White Band do their thing...

In 1977, Cathie McCabe's record shop organised a bus to go up to Aberdeen - and I was invited along. The event was Dund...