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| + | <blockquote>"Don't believe anything an English person tells you, and especially don't believe anything an English person tells you about me... There's probably more eccentric people per square foot in that country than any place else - except for Los Angeles, and the number has gone up in Los Angeles because so many English people have moved there." - Frank Zappa</blockquote> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]. </blockquote> | ||
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==Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland== | ==Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland== | ||
==Albums and tracks== | ==Albums and tracks== | ||
| + | * [[Auld Lang Syne]] (based on a Scottish poem) | ||
* [[The Blue Light]]: ''"A body of water to isolate England"'' | * [[The Blue Light]]: ''"A body of water to isolate England"'' | ||
* [[Dead Girls Of London]] | * [[Dead Girls Of London]] | ||
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* [[The London Cab Tape]] | * [[The London Cab Tape]] | ||
* [[Packard Goose]]: ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."'' | * [[Packard Goose]]: ''"All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."'' | ||
| + | * [[Scene 30: JCB & Rance]]: ''"The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"'' | ||
* [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]: ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."'' | * [[Strictly Genteel (The Track)|Strictly Genteel]]: ''"Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."'' | ||
* [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]] | * [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I]] | ||
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==Concerts & other locations== | ==Concerts & other locations== | ||
* [[67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy]] | * [[67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy]] | ||
| − | * [[67/ | + | * [[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]] |
| + | * [[68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show]] | ||
* [[68/10/25 London UK Royal Festival Hall]] | * [[68/10/25 London UK Royal Festival Hall]] | ||
* [[69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall]] | * [[69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall]] | ||
* [[69/11/ London UK Speakeasy]] | * [[69/11/ London UK Speakeasy]] | ||
* [[70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy]] | * [[70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy]] | ||
| + | * [[70/11/29 London UK Coliseum]] | ||
* [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]] | * [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]] | ||
| + | * [[77/02/09-10 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | ||
* [[77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre]] | * [[77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre]] | ||
| − | * [[79/02/12 Manchester UK Apollo | + | * [[77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] |
| + | * [[78/02/28-03/01 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | ||
| + | * [[78/09/09 Stevenage UK Knebworth House Open Air Festival]] | ||
| + | * [[79/02/12 Manchester UK Apollo]] | ||
* [[79/02/17-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | * [[79/02/17-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | ||
* [[82/06/18-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | * [[82/06/18-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | ||
* [[84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | * [[84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]] | ||
| + | * [[88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena]] | ||
* [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] | * [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] | ||
* [[The Barbican]] | * [[The Barbican]] | ||
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==Composers and other musicians== | ==Composers and other musicians== | ||
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* [[Alternative TV]] | * [[Alternative TV]] | ||
* [[Ian Anderson]] | * [[Ian Anderson]] | ||
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* [[Mick Jagger]] | * [[Mick Jagger]] | ||
* [[Eddie Jobson]] | * [[Eddie Jobson]] | ||
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* [[King Kooba]] | * [[King Kooba]] | ||
* [[Led Zeppelin]] | * [[Led Zeppelin]] | ||
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* [[Paul McCartney]] | * [[Paul McCartney]] | ||
* [[John McLaughlin]] | * [[John McLaughlin]] | ||
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* [[Freddie Mercury]] | * [[Freddie Mercury]] | ||
* [[George Michael]] | * [[George Michael]] | ||
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* [[Lenny Henry]] | * [[Lenny Henry]] | ||
* [[Simon McBurney]] | * [[Simon McBurney]] | ||
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* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] | * [[Monty Python's Flying Circus]] | ||
* [[Tony Palmer]] | * [[Tony Palmer]] | ||
* [[Jeremy Paxman]] | * [[Jeremy Paxman]] | ||
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* [[Claude Rains]] | * [[Claude Rains]] | ||
* [[J. Arthur Rank]] | * [[J. Arthur Rank]] | ||
* [[Star Special]] | * [[Star Special]] | ||
| + | * [[Tracey Ullman]] | ||
==Interviews== | ==Interviews== | ||
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* [[Martin Lickert]] | * [[Martin Lickert]] | ||
* [[Mr. Justice Mocatta]] | * [[Mr. Justice Mocatta]] | ||
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* [[Peter Pan]] | * [[Peter Pan]] | ||
* [[Punk]] | * [[Punk]] | ||
Revision as of 15:29, 2 January 2023
"Don't believe anything an English person tells you, and especially don't believe anything an English person tells you about me... There's probably more eccentric people per square foot in that country than any place else - except for Los Angeles, and the number has gone up in Los Angeles because so many English people have moved there." - Frank Zappa
"Lord, have mercy on the people in England, for the terrible food these people must eat." - Opening lines of Strictly Genteel.
Articles about Great Britain, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Albums and tracks
- Auld Lang Syne (based on a Scottish poem)
- The Blue Light: "A body of water to isolate England"
- Dead Girls Of London
- English Tea Dancing Interludes
- The London Cab Tape
- Packard Goose: "All the rock'n roll writers are the worst kind of sleaze/selling punk rock like some new kind of English disease."
- Scene 30: JCB & Rance: "The fuckin' Devil's got an English accent!"
- Strictly Genteel: "Lord, have mercy on the people of England and the terrible food these people must eat."
- London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I
- London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II
Concerts & other locations
- 67/10/ London UK The Speakeasy
- 67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall
- 68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show
- 68/10/25 London UK Royal Festival Hall
- 69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall
- 69/11/ London UK Speakeasy
- 70/06/20 London UK Speakeasy
- 70/11/29 London UK Coliseum
- 71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre
- 77/02/09-10 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 77/02/14 Edinburgh UK Playhouse Theatre
- 77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 78/02/28-03/01 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 78/09/09 Stevenage UK Knebworth House Open Air Festival
- 79/02/12 Manchester UK Apollo
- 79/02/17-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 82/06/18-19 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon
- 88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- The Barbican
- Bayswater
- Charing Cross
- Edgware Road
- Embankment
- Hammersmith Odeon
- Harley Street Clinic
- London
- London Symphony Orchestra (The Orchestra)
- Marylebone
- Queensway
- The Rainbow Theatre Incident
- Royal Albert Hall
- The Speakeasy Club, UK
- Spring Garden St.
- Waterloo station
Composers and other musicians
- Alternative TV
- Ian Anderson
- The Beatles
- Jeff Beck
- Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne
- The Bonzo Dog Band
- David Bowie
- The Boxer Rebellion
- Jack Bruce
- Eric Burdon & The Animals
- Kate Bush
- Cardiacs
- Chumbawamba
- Eric Clapton
- John Cooper Clarke
- Phil Collins
- Cream
- Curved Air
- Deep Purple
- Dr. John
- Donovan
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Edward Elgar
- Brian Epstein
- Fila Brazillia
- The Flying Lizards
- Gentle Giant
- Susan Glover
- Alex Harvey
- Henry Cow
- Allan Holdsworth
- Gustav Holst
- Mick Jagger
- Eddie Jobson
- King Kooba
- Led Zeppelin
- John Lennon
- Lew Lewis
- Ewan MacColl
- Brian May
- John Mayall
- Paul McCartney
- John McLaughlin
- Freddie Mercury
- George Michael
- Keith Moon
- Nazareth
- Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
- Pink Floyd
- Procol Harum
- Henry Purcell
- Queen
- The Rolling Stones
- Soft Machine
- Spizzenergi
- Ringo Starr
- Sting
- Supergrass
- These New Puritans
- Tomorrow (The Band)
- Traffic (The Band)
- UK Subs
- Unkle
- The Who
- Steven Wilson
Writers, journalists, magazines
- Cecil Forsyth
- Michael Gray
- Hit Parader
- Let It Rock
- Melody Maker
- Barry Miles
- Charles Shaar Murray
- New Musical Express
- Ian Rankin
- Salman Rushdie
- William Shakespeare
- Robert Shelton
- Neil Slaven
- Ben Watson
- Irvine Welsh
- William of Ockham
- Matthew Wright
Film, radio and television
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American Werewolf In London
- BBC Television Tribute
- Julian Barratt
- Martin Clunes
- Billy Connolly
- Dead Of Night
- Noel Fielding
- Fraudulent DJ
- Gorgo
- Judy Gridley
- Robert Harris
- Lenny Henry
- Simon McBurney
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Tony Palmer
- Jeremy Paxman
- Claude Rains
- J. Arthur Rank
- Star Special
- Tracey Ullman
Interviews
Miscellaneous
- Pauline Butcher
- Robert Davidson
- The Elephant Man
- Stephen Hawking
- Roger Kohn
- Martin Lickert
- Mr. Justice Mocatta
- Isaac Newton
- Peter Pan
- Punk
- The Queen
- Margaret Thatcher
