Excerpt of Sinead O'Connor's very first appearance on radio, a guest of the legendary BP Fallon in his BP Fallon's Nothing Special" weekly radio show on Ireland's 2FM March 30, 1986.

I have given BP a copy of the full track, and we've discussed it over the course of the past few months; he clearly recalls the show and when he handed her the tape of the demo. Since he didn't have a copy of the show or song, I have given him a copy of the full track and show. 

This recording copyright (c) Richard Roche 2024.

Sinead O'Connor "The Last One Alive" EXCERPT 7 15 2024 recording copyright Richard Roche 2024

BP Fallon is a legend in the music world. A storied manager, publicist and friend of some of the world's best-known artists, he also hosted radio shows in the 1980's on Ireland's RTE 2FM. 
On Saturday nights, he hosted the BP Fallon Orchestra (BPFO), an interview-and-listen format. 
On Sunday nights, 9-10pm, it was BP Fallon's Nothing Special (BPFN), a music show where BP often dug into the past, introducing new audiences to musical dynamite that was often dismissed by the mainstream. 

The recordings here are from a batch of cassette tape recordings I made live from the radio from approximately 1984-1986. The one-hour format of the show wasn't very conducive to tapes, which were 45 minutes per side. So, I would record them, skip the ads, and sometimes skip tracks I already had captured, and occasionally edited BP's commentary, all of which I regret today, as it would have completed the time capsule.

Posted with gratitude to BP Fallon, who taught me a lot about music and has influenced my musical taste ever since.

About Rochey: "Sunday nights in the mid-80's were the highlight of my week. Whatever I was doing, I had to be home before 9pm so I could position myself the family's stereo system in our back room, fingers on the record+play buttons, ready to "BP Fallon's Nothing Special" on RTE 2FM. I recorded almost every show during that period, all the way up to BP’s very last one. 

After keeping those cassettes with me for almost 40 years, I finally bought a tape-to-USB converter, and will be posting the digitized shows over the coming months.”

Sinead O'Connor "The Last One Alive" EXCERPT 7 15 2024 recording copyright Richard Roche 2024

Rochey's Box of Cassettes