40 From 40: 1984

The big music story of 1984, and really the one that would reverberate around pop for a while to come, didn't start until October 23rd, and even then we didn't know about the effect Michael Buerk's words would have until 31 days later when Bob Geldof booked Sarm Studios for a coming together in the name of charitable festive awareness. Up until then it was the year of Frankie, a combination of Mike Reid prudishness, a million remix 12"s and gnomic Paul Morley-penned statements and T-...

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