The Medusa Fora

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/progin ... /fri.shtml

Stiff Records Doc . 15-16 Sept BBC4

http://www.stiff-records.com/
details on the Stiff Records site

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/musi ... 587921.ece

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By 1986, the label had gone indie again and Robinson had signed The Pogues and their incorrigible singer Shane MacGowan. Elvis Costello even produced Rum Sodomy & the Lash, the group's second album, but, following "The Irish Rover", their Top 10 collaboration with The Dubliners, events took a dramatic turn. "The Pogues' manager, Frank Murray, ran off with the tapes at a crucial time, when we would have released an album. And, by the time we issued the 'Furniture' album, to follow the success of 'Brilliant Mind', the timing was off," says Robinson, whose label went into liquidation in 1987 after releasing a couple of singles and an album, entitled Brilleaux, by Dr Feelgood. Stiff had gone full circle and gone under. The label's assets were eventually bought for £300,000 by ZTT, one of the labels Robinson had helped to establish during his time at Island.

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/musi ... 587921.ece

Thanks for the tip, Roddy.

'Twas an excellent programme, much enjoyed. Also the Ian Dury biog programme showed on BBC4 - seen it before, but it's a joy to catch it again.

Ian D. is of course a personal hero. And if you want to know where firehazard is coming from (literally and figuratively), that prog's a good place to start.

BBC4 tonight has "another chance to catch" the programmes on Stiff Records. Well worth catching if you haven't seen it yet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/

I saw it the other week, really enjoyed it, my poor long suffering partner looked totally bored, but what the hell.

Did The Pogues feature heavily?

Simon Maguire wrote:Did The Pogues feature heavily?

Well, they are featured. "Heavily" would be an exaggeration.

If it Ain't Stiff Friday 14 December

9:00pm - 10:30pm

BBC4


Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music from out of the boardroom and gave it back to the fan. Stiff's successes included Nick Lowe, the Damned, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Madness, Tracey Ullman and the Pogues. Contributors include Captain Sensible, Jonathan Ross, Suggs, Shane MacGowan and label founders Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson.

Are The Pogues in it alot?

Simon Maguire wrote:Are The Pogues in it alot?

I couldn't say, I've never watched it.

philipchevron wrote:

Simon Maguire wrote:Are The Pogues in it alot?

I couldn't say, I've never watched it.

No.

Shane is interviewed at the Boogaloo looking like a victorian undertaker and Spider is sat at the side of him laughing; i think thats about it.

Mark_Wafc wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

Simon Maguire wrote:Are The Pogues in it alot?

I couldn't say, I've never watched it.

No.

Shane is interviewed at the Boogaloo looking like a victorian undertaker and Spider is sat at the side of him laughing; i think thats about it.

There's a little bit of old footage of them performing on the Old Grey Whistle Test or something, and of them in the studio, but yeah, that's about it.

And once again:
BBC4 - Sat 23 Aug, 2008, 11:40 pm-1:10 am 90mins

If It Ain't Stiff...
The story of Stiff records, an independent British record label created in 1976, which had an extraordinary influence on the emerging Punk and New Wave music scene. At a time when labels were mostly owned by corporations, the independent Stiff records signed and launched the careers of Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues and Madness. Features interviews with Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Captain Sensible, Stiff fan Jonathan Ross, Suggs, Shane MacGowan, Tracey Ullman and label founders Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson.

RoddyRuddy wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/progin ... /fri.shtml

Stiff Records Doc . 15-16 Sept BBC4

http://www.stiff-records.com/
details on the Stiff Records site

Yes saw documentary. to be honest they could have spent a bit more on the Pogues end. And Stiff boss seemed to imply when mentioning the "ireland" thing that Pogues were one of the reasons that Stiff ran into trouble near the end.
Was lucky enough to see Pogues in eighties before Shane began to over indulge. To my mind Documentary didn't do much justice to them.
Factory documentary which they showed a week before a much better show.