Fresh off the back of the release of “Killing An Arab”/"10:15 Saturday Night" on 9 February and the launch of the Fiction label, Chris Parry now wanted to give The Cure a proper London showcase. As Dave McCullough noted in the Sounds feature in January, the Moonlight Club show on 20 December was already full … Continue reading 4 March: A Tale Of Two Cities #3 – A Dose Of Sundays
Christmas 1978 was intended to be key moment for two post-punk labels that would go on to redefine the industry… but it didn’t quite work out like that. The legend is that Factory Records’ first single appeared on Christmas Eve ’78. But it seems that despite Tony Wilson’s intentions, nobody actually got their hands on … Continue reading 1 January 1979: A Tale Of Two Cities #2 – “Killing An Arab” and “A Factory Sample”
As we wind our way through the history of The Cure, we'll inevitably find that their story is intertwined with that of another post-punk band - Joy Division, and their successor New Order. It’s fair to say that no love has been lost between the two camps over the year, but it seems that in … Continue reading December 1978: A Tale Of Two Cities #1: The Hope & Anchor
Crying For Yesterday 