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A complete range of merchandise to commemorate the return of Magazine is now available to purchase direct from the Wire–Sound online shop. All the items have been designed by Malcolm Garrett, who as you know, was responsible for the creation of the iconic images of Magazine past. Keep it in the family, that’s what I say.
Click on the link marked ’shop’ in the left hand side menu to kick start your spending.
Furthermore, we can also announce, right here, right now, that you can also pre-order Dave Formula’s solo outing, ‘Satellite Sweetheart’. This will be released on CD and download formats after the upcoming Magazine dates on our very own Wire–Sound label.
This debut collection of solo recordings features brand new collaborations on brand new material with Howard Devoto, Barry Adamson and John Doyle. Even John McGeoch makes an appearance. Additional performances are supplied by guest vocalists and musicians David McAlmont, Robert Wyatt, Corinne Drewery, Joel Purnell and Dennis Rollins. All top players on top of their game.
‘Satellite Sweetheart’, draws on Dave’s childhood in Whalley Range, Manchester. The striking childhood memory that inspired the collection is of Dave being taken to see Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who, after becoming the first man in space in 1961, made his only appearance outside Russia at the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers in Trafford Park, in a show of proletarian solidarity. “I got to shake his hand as he walked past”, says Dave.
The collaboration with Barry Adamson, ‘Bison Herd’, recalls Paul’s Record Shop, which sold calypso music, on Alexandra Road, Moss Side. “It seemed like the coolest place on earth when I was being dragged up and down on a Saturday afternoon, doing the shopping with my folks”, says Dave.
Dave was introduced to Howard Devoto in Manchester during the 1977 white heat days of punk rock by legendary producer Martin Hannett. The two have worked together subsequently in Magazine and Luxuria, and together they have composed one of the album’s centre pieces in ‘Via Sacra’, which in turn lit the spark to the current Magazine reformation. “I persuaded Howard that it was time to be creative once more. A last chance to be venerable. An offer he couldn’t refuse”, says Dave.
To order a copy, click on the link marked ’shop’ and look in the Dave Formula sub-section. It’s yours for a tenner. Go on, show Dave yer love him.