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Thursday, January 04, 2024

The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 o’clock | URBANASPIRINES

The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 o’clock | URBANASPIRINES

The Dukes of Stratosphear were an English rock band formed in 1984 by Andy Partridge, Colin 


Moulding, Dave Gregory, and Ian Gregory. Modelled after psychedelic pop groups from the 1960s, the Dukes were initially publicised by Virgin Records as a mysterious new act, but were actually an XTC spin-off band. They recorded only two albums: 25 O'Clock (1985) and Psonic Psunspot (1987).
 In the UK, the records outsold XTC's then-current albums The Big Express (1984) and Skylarking (1986).








2 comments:

Kostas said...

Hello Andy. Thank you for the repost. I wish you the best.

Andy Swapp said...

This one’s a gem Kostas and thanks for the acknowledgement
Will always try ’n' head folks over to you
Quite how you managed to post new material everyday over the holidays is beyond me but keep on Rockin’ In The Free World buddy!