On 20 September 1978, Joy Division made their television debut performing ” Shadowplay ” on So It Goes , with an introduction by Wilson. In October, Joy Division contributed two tracks recorded with producer Martin Hannett to the compilation double-7″ EP A Factory Sample , the first release by Tony…
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The solo albums were released on September 18, 1978. Casablanca spent $2.5 million on the marketing campaign for the albums, and announced they were shipping five million copies, guaranteeing Platinum status. Despite the large shipments, none of the albums sold particularly well and were later sold as cut-outs . Of…
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The group had still owed one more album for Reprise. Released in September 1978, M.I.U. Album was recorded at Maharishi International University in Iowa at the suggestion of Love. The band originally attempted to record a Christmas album, to be titled Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys , but this…
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In May 1982, Johnny Marr and his friend Steve Pomfret went to the home of Steven Morrissey in Stretford to invite him to form a band. Marr and Morrissey had met at a Patti Smith gig at Manchester’s Apollo Theatre on 31 August 1978, when Marr was 14 and Morrissey…
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On 25 August 1978 the band released another single, “Urban Kids”, which was co-written by October and Alternative TV and produced by ex- Who manager Kit Lambert .
Despite having problems with manager Paul Ahern, being caught in the middle of a fight between Ahern and his business partner Charles McKenzie, and doing most of the recording work alone, Scholz completed the second Boston album two years after the debut album’s release. The second album, Don’t Look Back…
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peaked at No. 48 UK in August 1978
In July 1978, amid a financial crisis caused by negligent investments, Waters presented two ideas for Pink Floyd’s next album. The first was a 90-minute demo with the working title Bricks in the Wall; the other later became Waters’s first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking .…
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In July 1978 Ian Gillan had become dissatisfied with the jazz fusion style of his band Ian Gillan Band and dissolved it, retaining only keyboard player Colin Towns , and formed this new band entitled Gillan. He added Steve Byrd on guitar, Liam Genockey on drums and John McCoy on…
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In July 1978, the band returned to the management of Douglas Smith, who secured a one-off singles deal with Gerry Bron ‘s Bronze Records . The resulting ” Louie Louie ” single (a cover version of Richard Berry and The Kingsmen standard) was issued in September peaking at number 68…
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