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March 4, 2024 142 mins

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Welcome to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this episode, Gav and Si are joined by pop critic, author, DJ and Chart Music podcast regular, Simon Price.


The carousel spins us back to October 1979, Simon's very first issue, and inside we discover punk, mod, disco and a whole lot more! We also discuss Simon's recent book on The Cure, Curepedia. This episode is dedicated to the great Neil Kulkarni.


Read Simon's tribute to Neil on The Quietus: https://thequietus.com/articles/33777-remembering-neil-kulkarni-simon-price

Curepedia: https://store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/curepedia


Read along with us.

Like Punk Never Happened: https://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-4-17-1979.html

Smash Hits Remembered: https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com/website-14/22-4-october-17-october-1979


And check out the playlists of pretty much all the songs featured in this issue of Ver Hits!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5N56zc6peiXkNFmZEgnz6F?si=8a1dcabbd07948a7

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfs58mqeRNuGa2zdqWbr3qRMVWhX-qHaL&si=2w5U6zApeFqbtXWN


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