Drury Lane 81 was recorded on the Virgin Mobile(not the phone service)by Steve Nye~Universal now hold the 2"multi-tracks for this & others but don't want to rock any boats~this is how the drum break on 'VoC' sounded in the mobile unit that night..on the 'fizzy' Simmons kit 😭😭😭

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Well that was bloody quick 😳 ~ thanks to Richie at 1 of 100

And here it is… the individually numbered wearable print on high quality 100% organic ‘mist-white’ cotton.. choose your number!!

Steve Jansen, interviewed by Tony Bacon. New Musical Express, 13 August 1983. Steve Jansen

Masami's job interview 😅 1982

I’m contractually obliged to post this for my No.1 sponsors that are no longer Tama nor Sabian … hoping for Suntory Time

24 hrs later ….let’s just leave it there ~ the sponsors are onboard now and I never have to leave the house again ⚰️ 🏴‍☠️

Here's why we love to collaborate with Richie at 1 of 100 ~ where can you find such care and attention provided for such fairly priced, high quality, ultra limited editions!!

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something else to consUME ?

my first and only solo concert to date was at The Persimmon Hall back in 2008 and there were peanuts backstage🥳persimmon.or.jp

A bit disrespectful wasn’t it? I was a gastronomic virgin and didn’t know how to fake it 😇but I feel bad seeing it~my upbringing on bland or tinned food was relevant~in those hard times lacking life’s indulgences pushed you creatively~my top cuisines now🤌🏻 Italian and Japanese🤤

first time seeing this footage 43yr later~we flew into Sendai with a long drive to the hotel where I recall having a Japanese curry🤤in the rooftop restaurant before heading to soundcheck in Miyagi~didn't realise until now that 鈴木慶一 wrote a piece in the 81 tour program

2 limited edition art prints signed off today heading to Japan and Netherlands (respectively)~receiving a physical print is almost a nostalgic experience these days but in a way nice that it has become more special 🦄🌈🛸 stevejansen.net/category/japan…

I don't remember but ... I guess we decided to spoil their nice shot of David👉👃👈[ijiwaru]

Also from the pages of the delightful NME💩

mocking cultures and sexuality was considered fair game~the arrogance and entitlement of music journos was off the scale~arguably bigger egos than many front men~desperarelty craving attention~manipulating readers under the guise of ‘critique~some saw it for what it was

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Played on the Simmons drum "machine" at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 22.12.81~it was so tricky starting the drum fill intro with close to zero velocity on those unforgiving plastic riot shields (monitor mix from official recording)