Music

From 45 years ago this week, this is a fashion shoot from New Spotlight magazine, 25th May, 1967 with Engelbert and Irish model, Betty Whelan. ( Photographer not credited). Sandie Shaw […]

1970

Eurovision – Dion, Logan, Swarbriggs

Celine Dion from Irish Independent 2nd May, 1988 Johnny Logan from In Dublin, April 1980 Swarbriggs 1975 – Grimes are not the only brothers

1970

Old Adverts #72 – All Kinds Of Everything – Dana – 1970

1981

Choice, 1981 and Strange Passion, 2012

Almost a year ago, I digitised and brought to the web for the first time (via this post) some old photos and demo tape recordings from Choice, an early 80s, post punk, […]

1979

Static Routines – Rock ‘n’ Roll Clones – 7″ Single – 1979

From Blackrock, Dundalk, Static Routines released their 7″ single “Rock […]

1988

Stars of Heaven – Baggot Inn, Jan 1988 – Record Mirror

From Record Mirror, 30 Jan, 1988 Audio of Stars of […]

1992

Sean Hughes & Cathal Coughlan (Fatima Mansions), NME, May 1992.

From 20 years ago, this Irish heavy issue of the […]

1971

Old Adverts #65 – Youngest Recording Artist in the World – 1971

Advert from New Spotlight 1971 <

1971

Fashion Freak Out – with Phil Lynott 1971

Phil Lynott in another Dublin fashion shoot this time with […]

1988

The Joshua Trio – NME – 1988

This is from the Thrills section of NME, November 1988. Pic shows Arthur Mathews (left), Kieran & Paul Woodfull (centre). At their gigs, Woodfull would also play the part of a […]

1969

Luke Kelly -1969

Luke Kelly interview with Pat Egan, from New Spotlight 1969

1981

Tom Waits – In Dublin March 1981

Tom Waits spent a few weeks living in Ireland (mainly Kerry) with his wife before setting off on his European tour in early 1981. This interview with John Little took […]

1978

Skank Mooks party with Virgin Prunes, Dublin, Nov 1978

On the back of this old photo it says, Reduce […]

1980

Jet Set Superstar – Menage a Trois – Gabriel Byrne – Audio now available

We recently posted about Gabriel Byrne’s involvement in an audio […]

1980

Menage a Trois – 1980 – Gabriel Byrne, May Pang, Pandora Moore & Twink

This is from In Dublin magazine, October 1980, just 6 […]

80s

Zilch – Dublin Comic – March 1980

This is issue 2 of a 24 A4 page comic from Dublin called Zilch. Its the only issue I have and I don’t know how many more were published. It […]

1977

The Clash – Trinity College, October 21st, 1977.

The Clash played 2 gigs on this Friday night. First […]

1968

Old Adverts #52 – Wimpy, Dorset St, Dublin with Phil Lynott, 1968

From 1968, this is an advert from New Spotlight magazine […]

1970

Old Adverts #46 – Terrific New Single from Kelley, 1970

1972

Phil Lynott – Dublin, Summer,1972

Scanned from New Spotlight Magazine, August 1972. Pix by Roy Esmonde See also: Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther, Feb, 1980 Phil Lynott in Dublin Wimpy Advert Phil Lynott Fashion Freak […]

1966

Irish Showbiz New Year Resolutions 1966

Scanned from Miss Magazine, Jan 1966

1980

Vox – Irish Music Fanzine, Issue 4, December 1980

I’ve scanned in issue 4 of renowned Dublin music Fanzine, […]

1979

In Dublin – Christmas 1979

All pages scanned from issue 92 of In Dublin. Cover emrodiery by Susanne Linde. McGonagles open on Christmas Eve until 2 in the morning!!

1972

Old Adverts #36 – Time Machine 1972

Yes, it is an advert, see the contact information for Time Machine in the bottom right corner. (enlarged below) Taken from Gun Magazine #4 with thanks to Ed Butler.

1972

Gun – Irish Music Mag #4 – 1972

I’m very grateful to Ed Butler who provided these scans for BrandNewRetro. I had never heard of this magazine until now. This is issue 4 and Ed reckons it may […]

1976

Starlight – Irish Entertainment Magazine – April, 1976

This 40 page weekly mag could easily have been called, […]

1979

Imprint issue 6 – Dublin Fanzine, October 1979

This 16 page pocket size (7″ by 8″) Dublin fanzine […]

1981

RTE Youngline Yearbook 1981

The second of the Youngline annuals and its no better than the 1980 version. Note the name change from Annual to Yearbook and the re-branding of the logo. The rock […]

1980

RTE Youngline Annual -1980

I have a soft spot for RTE’s late 70s/80s kids programme “Youngline” if only because they gave a group of unknown teenage musicians from Dundalk (who had no manager or […]

1979

Malcolm McLaren makes a mix tape for Adam Ant -1979.

On 27th October, 1979, Malcolm McLaren and Adam Ant both […]

1983

80s Star Style #1 – Lisa Stansfield, Nov,1983.

Star Style was a fashion feature which ran for about […]

1979

No Romance – Punk Fashion Shop, late 70s/80s, Dublin.

In the late 70s/80s Susan & Regine Moylett, sisters of […]

2000 onwards

If Plunket went Punk, Moore St, Dublin

I was walking down Moore St on Friday and noticed the builders were working in 16 Moore St., home to one of my favourite shop signs in Dublin. I wondered […]

1999

If I were Taoiseach – Louis Walsh. Magill magazine, 1999.

1980

Joan Baez, Cork, 1980.

I didn’t know that Steve Jobs RIP, back in the late 70s/early 80s, dated singer/songwriter/musician and activist Joan Baez. Here’s a picture of Joan from 1980, not with Steve, at […]

1980

Phil Lynott marries Caroline Crowther, Feb, 1980.

These pictures of Phil Lynott’s wedding are from Record Mirror, […]

1973

Words – March, 1973 – featuring Rory Gallagher

Published in the UK, “Words” was a very thin (16 […]

1992

Old Adverts #16 – Trip to Tipp, Feile 1992

1979

Specials in Easons, Connolly Stn, Dublin, 1979.

What a photo! It is Connolly train station, Dublin but […]

1979

NME September 1979 – The Undertones

Between my brother and myself, we bought and read every issue of the NME from 1974 to 1980. Unfortunately, we didn’t keep many of them. One I still have is this […]

1987

The Face #82 1987 – Blue Velvet & Microdisney

Its easy to know why I kept this issue of […]

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