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Bristol Archive Records is an amazing dot to dot picture of the city's musical
history, I would recommend it to anyone who has ever been interested in why and
how the sound of the city has became what it is today.

Geoff Barrow
( PORTISHEAD )

 

Bristol’s famous for many things like Chatterton the poet, Cary Grant and now
the Archive can be added to fellow locals ‘Blackbeards the Pirates chest’, as a
true treasure trove of wonders.

Bristol Boys make more noise...

Mark Stewart
( THE POP GROUP )

 

Since the days of The Bamboo Club in St. Pauls Bristol where Matumbi were
frequent visitors, the Bristol music scene has been one of the most vibrant in
the U.K. I've had the pleasure of working with brilliant artists such as The Pop
Group, Maximum Joy and Joshua Moses. Bristol Archive Records has most definitely
recaptured the magical moments of that era with their re-issue catalogue

Dennis Bovell   Feb 2012

The Bristol Post Punk Explosion Vol 2 (1979-1986)
The Bristol Post Punk Explosion Vol 2 (1979-1986)
Electric Guitars
Bush & Clarke
Art Objects
Either/OR
TVI’s
Scream & Dance
The Escape
Moskow
Distant Cousins
Essential Bop
Mouth
Pete Brandts Method
•••••••••••••

BRISTOL ARCHIVE RECORDS IS A RECORD LABEL DEALING IN BRISTOL POST PUNK, ROCK AND
REGGAE 1977 ONWARDS.

We aim to showcase music from the diverse Bristol Music scene and provide a
historical account / document of all things Bristol that should never be
forgotten. Many of the artists and releases are rare, unknown or never before
released. The material has been lovingly digitally remastered from vinyl, ¼ inch
tape, dat or cassette. The original vinyl releases would generally have been
limited to runs of 1000 copies or less.

We would like to thank the original label owners and/or the artists for allowing
us to share with you their forgotten works and provide a statement of how
brilliant bands have always been from the city of Bristol and the surrounding
areas.

Enjoy and never forget the talented ones from the past, they deserve to be
recognised & remembered.





 


WBRS RADIO FEATURING SOME OF THE WILD BUNCH 1983

 

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The Wild Bunch
WBRS Radio

It all started in the 80’s when we were listening to an American radio station
called WBLS on cassettes which friends from the States were sending over for us.
At the same time Keith Allen, was running a pirate station out of the UK and he
happened to have a transmitter that he was willing to lend us, which gave us the
opportunity to try to form a radio station ourselves.

We soon realised that we couldn’t broadcast live as this would be classed as a
pirate station, so we decided to pre-record our show instead. We did this at a
flat off Cheltenham Rd where Dom Thrupp, Rob Smith (Smith & Mighty), Dave
McDonald (Portishead) and Sean Miller lived. We wanted it to sound like it was a
real station, so we put on fake weather reports which appeared to be coming from
a helicopter flying over Bristol using sound effects. We also pretended to do a
‘Name That Tune’ game with friends in the flat using a land line phone extension
pretending to be contestants; bearing in mind that mobiles didn’t exist back
then.

I can’t remember who edited the show, I think it may have been Rob Smith
assisted by Charlie Clark. Nellie Hooper, Milo and Grant (Daddy G) did some
DJ’ing and Dom T also played some tunes. We ended up with two cassette tapes and
when it came to decide when to broadcast, we thought that a Sunday morning would
be a good idea.

I was told by Keith Allen that the best way to make it work would be to put a
100-foot cable at the highest point in Bristol and to connect this to a car
battery and a cassette recorder. I came up with the idea to get a fishing rod
with a weight attached and to cast this over the top of the Bristol Observatory
and to use it to haul up the Ariel. I then connected this to the transmitter and
the cassette recorder and hid these in some bushes and scarpered hoping it would
work.

Meanwhile we put up fliers to promote the show and called the station WBRS which
was a play on the USA - WBLS show that had been such an influence on us. As it
turned out our ratings were zero, either the system didn’t work, or no one
attempted to tune in.

You can now hear this broadcast from 1983 for the first time and enjoy the
vibes...

Cassette remaster & edit - Charlie Clark (2020)

Andie Vining
(Darth Vader – King of the slide fader)

 





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The Bristol Punk Explosion (1977-1979)
Various Artists


Shapes of Things To Come
The Reaction


Cool Runnings
Me


Admiral Justice
Admiral Justice


Stutter
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