Closest Thing to Heaven Radio Show December 2020
www.eccentricsleevenotes.com 
1. Angelic Upstarts - Teenage Warning (1979)
2. Carpettes - Radio Wunderbar (1977)
3. Noise Toys - Pocket Money (1979)
4. Daintees - Look Down (EP 1986)
5. Fashionable Impure - Fight Ignorance (Demo, 1981)
6. Darkness & Jive - Tarzan (1982)
7. Hostages - Pretend You're American
8. Hurrah! - Saturday's Train (Radio Session 1982)
9. Monoconics - Exit Stage Left (Single 1980) 
10. Murder The Disturbed - Captain Zero (1978)
11. Prefab Sprout - Don't Sing (1984)
12. Neon - Don't Eat Bricks (1978)
13. Punishment of Luxury - Brain Bomb (1979)
14. Penetration - Come Into The Open 1979
15. White Heat - Nervous Breakdown (1979)
16. Arthur 2 Stroke & The Chart Commandos - Who Who Song (Single 1980)-
17. Treatment Room - Shapes (Single 1980)
This show is a tie-in to 'The Closest Thing To Heaven' by Mie Fielding and Simon McKay - a photobook about north east bands who played Newcastle between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s. It's published by Tyne Bridge Publishing. It costs £7.99 and can be ordered from https://www.northern-heritage.co.uk/product/the-closest-thing-to-heaven-music-scene-in-newcastle-70s-80s

Also available in Newcastle Waterstones and can be ordered at other branches.
All royalties from the book are being donated to the Young Musicians Charity
https://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/givingandphilanthropy/collective-giving/young-musicians-fund/

Tim Jones, who is terrific at remastering i.e. beefing  up audio recordings can be contacted here:
http://www.aural-innovations.com/stonepremonitions/contact.html
Find former Hurrah! members https://paulhandyside.com and Taffy, https://thegirlwiththereplaceablehead.bandcamp.com

This show is dedicated to the late Fenella Fielding who continues to be my love and my great inspiration.

Closest Thing To Heaven (North East Bands)

This page has themed 'Fenella & Simon' shows and episodes of 'Post Punk Britain'.

Simon McKay presents ‘Post Punk Britain’ – music from the late 70s/early 80s that was considered weird and artless at the time, but now – very influential... playing punk, post-punk and always some reggae.

Fenella Fielding and Simon McKay present the 'Fenella & Simon' shows.  Music and chat - generally, an exploration of lesser known music in a genre such as soul, gospel or soundtrack.

Please see associated website for interviews and photos of lots of the bands featured: www.eccentricsleevenotes.com