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And, at the height of punk they parodied the new revolution, their single ‘Part Time Punks’ becoming a Peel staple, and the clamour to hear more eventually resulting in a session in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the 80s, Daniel Treacy had matured into a gifted storyteller turned pop culture narrator who placed the modern world in his own hazy shade of focus. His songs were loveable, immediately identifiable and pin prick sharp; they were tidily observational, and often magically acute. This was a gifted raconteur, an inspiration and an essential alternative to the hiss and flutter of “normal” radio, a medium that by the late 80s had just about abandoned them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTune In, Turn On, Drop Out\u003c\/i\u003e captures this pilgrim’s progress to pop nirvana, a psychedelic wonderland shaded by dark and brooding memories, all played out through a crackling transistor radio secreted under the pillow so that these sketches of society remain perfectly personal, a direct line into Dan’s psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA1 Look Back In Anger (John Peel Session 20.08.80)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA2 Picture Of Dorian Gray (John Peel Session 20.08.80)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA3 Le Grande Illusion (John Peel Session 20.08.80)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA4 Silly Girl (John Peel Session 20.08.80)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB1 Paradise Is For The Blessed (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB2 My Conscience Tells Me No (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB3 Salvador Dali’s Garden Party (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eB4 I Still Believe In Magic (Andy Kershaw BBC Session 27.02.86)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC1 Goodnight Mister Spaceman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC2 How does It Feel To Be Loved  (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC3 I Get Frightened Too  (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC4 Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC5 Gypsy Woman (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eD1 She's A Virgin And A Whore  (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eD2 Why Can't I Touch It (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eD3 All My Dreams Are Dead  (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eD4 Wandering Minds (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eD5 Three Wishes (WMBR Session 02.04.92)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDownload Only Bonus Tracks:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1 Everything She Touches Turns to Gold (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2 No-One's Little Girl (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e3 My Very First Nervous Nervous Breakdown (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e4 Honey I Sure Miss You (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e5 February (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e6 The Silly Things Lovers Do (Download Only - The WFMU Session 27.07.93)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50826171744587,"sku":"2232459","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Television_Personalities_-_Tune_In_Turn_On_Drop_Out__1f01e46d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1731497804","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/tune-in-turn-on-drop-out-the-television-personalities-radio-sessions-1980-1992","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}