RETRO DUNDEE

 "A magnificent audience. A magnificent hall & magnificent acoustics. My first time here. I hope it will not be the last...

Now that Christmas time is closing in on us all once again, some of you will no doubt be wondering what to buy off the record tokens you ...

Boo Hooray have made a couple of appearances on Retro already, those tracks having been taken from the early 80's Dundee Compilati...

In March 2009, I put a record up on Retro Dundee by Andy Lothian. This was a traditional Scottish tune that featured his violin skil...

There is already a track by The Blush up on Retro Dundee which was taken from the "Dundee Compilation Cassette" and so was no...

Part of the fun of collecting vinyl records is that moment when you come into possession of a rare recording, and this one here is so rare,...

I'll end the recent run of shop ads with how I started it, that is, by displaying another one that uses the pun "just for the ...

  I must admit, this is one record emporium I know nothing about! Lyon & Sherriffs Gray Street shop in the Ferry. As a conseque...

Although I don't have any photos of Chalmers & Joy, I don't want to leave them without a presence on Retro Dundee, so I...

Looking like a set out of "2001 A Space Odyssey" and using the Countdown typeface, you might expect this shop to b...

Another great record shop doing brisk business in 1978 was Bruce's in Reform Street. I've already got a few items relating to Bru...

 Here's some ads pertaining to BG Forbes, a shop that sold records and musical instruments. First though, the photo is...

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a demo track by Colossus that featured Gordon Band on vocals, dating from the late 70's. Well this is an...

Saxon's debut gig on Scottish turf took place on 21st September 1979 and the venue was the College of Technology Union in the Marketgait...

Not sure why, but drumming and singing at the same time always seems to be a tougher task than crooning at the piano for example, could be b...

When John Moran began singing in Dundee in the early 60's, he opted to have a pop star kind of name, and became known as Johnny Hudso...

The first 7 photos were all taken at the Caird Hall in December 1979 when Colossus were supporting UFO. Not often a support act gets the cro...

The top item is a good example of what I was saying earlier about getting an idea down when it hits you. These are the original ly...

Pulsebeat Plus were an alternative band from Arbroath who played regularly in Dundee in the 80's. In fact, according to Brian Sincl...

The picture is a bit rough but good enough to identify the line-up of Dundee's Satan's Empire. The band was - Derek Lyon, vocals - B...