Show Notes
The Mojo Record Club with Robert Forster Robert Forster waxes lyrical on Roberta Flack, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Beckett and the necessity of pretension. But where, ask Andrew Male and Ian Harrison, do The Go-Betweens sit on the prog/post-punk spectrum?
Tracklisting:
1. Tender Years, written by Robert Forster and released on Tapete Records 2. This is The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written by Ewan McColl and arranged and conducted by William Fischer and sung by Roberta Flack, and released on Atlantic Records 3. Signal, written by The Necks and released on Northern Spy Records 4. Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-89
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