For your consideration.
Iron Fist in Velvet Glove – the story of Microdisney
Produced by Paul McDermott, who writes:
The documentary (the title is a quote from John Peel’s verdict on the band) details how Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan met in Cork in 1980 and formed Mircodisney. The duo moved to London in 1983 and released four critically acclaimed albums for Rough Trade and Virgin records before disbanding in 1988.
Microdisney’s 1985 album The Clock Comes Down the Stairs topped the UK Indie Charts upon its release and regularly features at the top of “the best Irish album of all time” lists.
Contributors include: Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan; Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens); Geoff Travis (co-founder Rough Trade Records); Ronnie Gurr (A&R Virgin Records); Jamie Lane (producer of The Clock Comes Down The Stairs); Andrew Mueller (journalist and writer); Elvera Butler (Downtown Kampus and Reekus Records); Gareth Ryan (Kabuki Records and Rough Trade Distribution) and Richard Boon (Production Manager, Rough Trade Records)…
In fairness.
Meanwhile…
On June 2, 2018 legendary Cork band Microdisney reconvene after some 30 years for a one-off exclusive performance their seminal album, The Clock Comes Down The Stairs and more at the National Concert Hall….
Microdisney perform The Clock Comes Down The Stairs (NCH)
That’s great to hear.
“Look in-toooooooo Loftholdingswood….”
As Robert Plant once said (in the old Hot Press Music Centre, now Academy), pre-seminal!
No Tour. They’re not going Town to Town.
I said…
Oh suit yourselves..
Regarding Robert Forster, this is worth a listen…
https://www.acast.com/wordpodcast/word-podcast-277-robert-forster
Brilliant. Looking forward to giving that a proper listen when the house falls quiet.
Always liked that LP Cover..
isn’t it great ?!
I won a massive print of that in a pub quiz once. but I lost it at some point over the few hours that followed.
i was never one for Microdisney, but best irish album of all time?
Van, Rory, Bono and Kevin would like a word…
Rowland or Shields?
link isn’t playing for me
perhaps for the best. better do some work.
Brilliant, visionary, and not a bad song from start to finish! It is the best Irish album of all time, with the best album cover of all time. That’s my opinion, anyway.