{"title":"Ozit Dandelion","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"live-alexandra-park-manchester-1978","title":"Live Alexandra Park Manchester 1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Bernie Wilcox and Geoff Brown approached Chris Hewitt in June 1978 about building a stage and providing a PA system for\nAlexandra Park, Manchester, Chris already had all the hardware booked for the Deeply Vale Festival which was a week later in July\n1978 than the date Bernie and Geoff had proposed for the Northern Carnival Against Racism Concert. This then meant that all of the\nequipment, generators, scaffolding and fencing could simply have the hire period brought forward to cover Alexandra Park and that the\ncosts would be far more reasonable than a completely ‘start from scratch hire’. So it was that about 12 days before Deeply Vale 1978\nwe started to build a stage and secure compound in Alexandra Park, Manchester. Three days before Buzzcocks were due to play on\nthe Saturday we got a call to ask if Graham Parker and The Rumour could rehearse in the park on the stage on the Thursday night as\nhe was supporting Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton at a festival at Blackbushe Aerodrome on the Saturday and Graham and the Rumour\nhad never played outdoors before. So we finished the stage by Thursday lunchtime for a free concert by Graham Parker in the evening\nand then Buzzcocks played Alexandra Park Saturday afternoon. Pete Shelley in 2016 – “I know Chris Hewitt obtained a recording of\nBuzzcocks at Alexandra Park, it would be great fun if it came out as an album”. Pete Shelley 1978 after playing his set at Alexandra\nPark –“This wasn’t politics it was fun, but the best kind of fun is with people and being with people is politics”. Paul Morley reviewing the\nconcert – “Buzzcocks placed the emphasis on entertainment – a people’s celebration. Arriving on stage with no fixed set they played\nsome pop music... 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It was the music I thereafter wanted played at my funeral and was most certainly the sound of a soul approaching the canopy of heaven as it left the earth for the last time.” ..“without the proper printed Dandelion label there to guide me, I left a blob of marker pen on the side that began with ‘Shubunkin’ and that became the ultimate beginning to any LP in my collection.” Originally Issued in late 2019 as a vinyl LP as a protest against Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s plans to knock down four of the Seven Sisters\/College Bank Flats- these blocks of flats were home to Tractor’s drummer in the 1970s as well as their manager Chris Hewitt and Andy and Liz Kershaws’ dad and a whole host of poets, musicians, tv producers etc. Many Tractor numbers were worked out in these flats prior to recording at various studios around Rochdale and Heywood. All songs written by Jim Milne and Steve Clayton. 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This is an album of rare tracks from both 'Way We Live' and 'Tractor' periods with a lot of material previously unreleased. Tracks mainly from 1968 to 1974. There are also rare photos adorning the inner sleeve. Received great reviews in a lot of music publications (particularly in the USA). Many reviewers said how great to have a new gatefold LP from Tractor\/Way We Live as it's easier to skin up on a 12\" Tractor sleeve than a Tractor whilst listening to the album!!!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit Dandelion","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51049332801867,"sku":"2237883","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tractor__The_Art_Of_Being_Steve_Clayton_LP__5f07d1c4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738908407"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/ozit-dandelion-2.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}