DREAM ACADEMY
Being from the North of England this always struck a resonance with me and its multicultural vibe I found transportingly lovely. Inspired by Nick Drake ("composed upon Nick's guitar from the album cover Bryter Layter" which is difficult in that the Guild M-20 featured wasn't Nick's at all but belonged to Nigel Weymouth's the art director and artist, he of Hapsash and The Coloured Coat psychedelic poster genius. it is most likely that the album featured Nick playing his Martin D-28 or his Levin dreadnought *) and the Dream Academy single was featured by Guy Garvey on his excellent TV programme From The Vaults the other day [Series 2 Episode 3]
JULY 16, 2021
Tonight’s episode of ‘Guy Garvey: From The Vaults’ sees Guy focus on 1985, where overseas stars like Chaka Khan and Tom Waits descend on Newcastle to appear live on The Tube. Guy also looks back at rarely seen performances from Prefab Sprout, Dream Academy, China Crisis and The Style Council.
Watch on Sky Arts or Freeview Channel 11 at 8pm (Friday 16th July). All episodes are available to sky viewers now.
Please note Guy Garvey is a top fellah and has broken news on his Twitter that fans like me have long awaited and that is there is a new album from the mercurial Stephen Fretwell who I had worried about as he seemed to have disappeared. Fretwell is the performer of the brilliant theme song for Gavin and Stacey so you'd think someone kept tabs on him
I will post a separate note about this as soon as I have bought the new album, buy it now sight unseen, sound unheard it WILL be worth it. . . .
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