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        <title><![CDATA[From The Archive]]></title>

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    	<copyright><![CDATA[© 2026 Joe Mckechnie]]></copyright>

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		<itunes:author><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie]]></itunes:author>

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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Suck It Sideways [Mix No3 20/06/2019]</title>
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[Mix No3 20/06/2019]]]></description>
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[Mix No3 20/06/2019]]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:26:54 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Mckechnie/Cash - Friday 12th September 2003</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Mckechnie/Cash - Friday 12th September 2003
This all vinyl Johnny Cash mix was recorded the day The Man In Black died.
At the time I gave the mix out on CD, here it is again.
Joe
12/09/2026
By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots.
In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black", to help explain his dress code:
We're doing mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black.
Original Photo: Jim Marshall
He wore black on behalf of the poor and hungry, on behalf of "the prisoner who has long paid for his crime".
theguardian.com/music/2021/may...-more-than-ever
johnnycash.com]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mckechnie/Cash - Friday 12th September 2003
This all vinyl Johnny Cash mix was recorded the day The Man In Black died.
At the time I gave the mix out on CD, here it is again.
Joe
12/09/2026
By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots.
In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black", to help explain his dress code:
We're doing mighty fine I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black.
Original Photo: Jim Marshall
He wore black on behalf of the poor and hungry, on behalf of "the prisoner who has long paid for his crime".
theguardian.com/music/2021/may...-more-than-ever
johnnycash.com]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:44:04 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>The Balcony - Livewire/Radio City Interview  by Gillo &amp;#039;Ballybay&amp;#039; Newsham [David &amp;#039;Yorkie&amp;#039; Palmer, Steve Powell &amp;amp; Marc Davies]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Balcony - Livewire/Radio City Interview  by Gillo 'Ballybay' Newsham
From The Balcony - David 'Yorkie' Palmer, Steve Powell & Marc Davies
Marc Davies Photo: Robert Ward
Marc & Yorkie Photo: Baz Hughes
thebalcony.bandcamp.com/album/glut]]></description>
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From The Balcony - David 'Yorkie' Palmer, Steve Powell & Marc Davies
Marc Davies Photo: Robert Ward
Marc & Yorkie Photo: Baz Hughes
thebalcony.bandcamp.com/album/glut]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:35:06 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Towering Dub [90s Vinyl Mix recovered from the foothills of Mckechnie Cassette Mountain, Side One]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Towering Dub 
90s Vinyl Mix recovered from the foothills of Mckechnie Cassette Mountain, Side One of the tape.
There's some ill advised scratching from me early on, but it shouldn't be too annoying.]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Towering Dub 
90s Vinyl Mix recovered from the foothills of Mckechnie Cassette Mountain, Side One of the tape.
There's some ill advised scratching from me early on, but it shouldn't be too annoying.]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:14:18 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Afro Acid Radio [1hr Mix March 2011]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Afro Acid Radio 1hr Mix/March 2011
1hr DJ mix for broadcast on DJ Pierre's Afro Acid Radio Show on Rodos NRG Greece
DJ Sneak - I Know The Rhythm - Robsoul
David Moreno & Toni Moreno - You Are My Reason [Uner Live Mix] - Gimmick Records
Giovanni Damico - Can Be Other (Jose M. & TacoMan Remix) - Home Audio Recordings
Manik - What Is Who - Poker Flat
Oliver Dodd - Tokyo Lovers - Snuff Trax For Japan
Cajmere ft Walter Phillips - Midnight - Cajual
DJ M-Traxxx - House Thunda [Manny's XXXtra Raw Vocal Mix Edit] - Afro Acid Digital
Matrix & Kerri Chandler - Get Out (Kerri Chandler Remix) - Madhouse
Loleatta Holloway - Stand Up (Dreamin' Mix) - 6X6
Mastiksoul - Bring It - 4Kenzo Recordings
Tripmastaz - Time Prolonger [Timid Boy's Remix] - Homecoming Music
Stefano Noferini - Dabadu - Joia Records
DJ Pierre ft. Dajae - We've Got The Power (Souldiers Of Fortune Remix) - Vinyl Pusher
Gemini - Soho - Robsoul
Alessio Mereu, Coyu & Pet Soul Boys - Corto Maltese [Daniele Papini Remix] - Amam
Joel Mull - Danny Boy  - Truesoul
Rolando - De Cago (Vinyl Version) - Ostgut Ton
Hakan Lidbo - Overnight - Moon Harbour Recordings
Rene Breitbarth- Un -  Deep Data
Dave Tarrida & Mike Fuzz - Shock Wave - Relax 2000
Matt Prehn ft. Marcia Alves - Insomniac Oasis (The Timewriter Remix) - Baker Street Recordings
DJ Pierre - I Am Acid [Rogerio Martins Remix] - Klientele
Martin Dawson - Sunday Smoking - Mood Music Records]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Afro Acid Radio 1hr Mix/March 2011
1hr DJ mix for broadcast on DJ Pierre's Afro Acid Radio Show on Rodos NRG Greece
DJ Sneak - I Know The Rhythm - Robsoul
David Moreno & Toni Moreno - You Are My Reason [Uner Live Mix] - Gimmick Records
Giovanni Damico - Can Be Other (Jose M. & TacoMan Remix) - Home Audio Recordings
Manik - What Is Who - Poker Flat
Oliver Dodd - Tokyo Lovers - Snuff Trax For Japan
Cajmere ft Walter Phillips - Midnight - Cajual
DJ M-Traxxx - House Thunda [Manny's XXXtra Raw Vocal Mix Edit] - Afro Acid Digital
Matrix & Kerri Chandler - Get Out (Kerri Chandler Remix) - Madhouse
Loleatta Holloway - Stand Up (Dreamin' Mix) - 6X6
Mastiksoul - Bring It - 4Kenzo Recordings
Tripmastaz - Time Prolonger [Timid Boy's Remix] - Homecoming Music
Stefano Noferini - Dabadu - Joia Records
DJ Pierre ft. Dajae - We've Got The Power (Souldiers Of Fortune Remix) - Vinyl Pusher
Gemini - Soho - Robsoul
Alessio Mereu, Coyu & Pet Soul Boys - Corto Maltese [Daniele Papini Remix] - Amam
Joel Mull - Danny Boy  - Truesoul
Rolando - De Cago (Vinyl Version) - Ostgut Ton
Hakan Lidbo - Overnight - Moon Harbour Recordings
Rene Breitbarth- Un -  Deep Data
Dave Tarrida & Mike Fuzz - Shock Wave - Relax 2000
Matt Prehn ft. Marcia Alves - Insomniac Oasis (The Timewriter Remix) - Baker Street Recordings
DJ Pierre - I Am Acid [Rogerio Martins Remix] - Klientele
Martin Dawson - Sunday Smoking - Mood Music Records]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:11:05 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Pirate Revival Internet Radio [Vinyl Mix]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Pirate Revival Internet Radio [Vinyl Mix]
2nd November/Mists Of Time/Early 2000's?
Some dodgy transitions early on, I warm up in time for the end.
The DJ photographed by Mark McNulty
Another recording found on Mckechnie Cassette Mountain]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Pirate Revival Internet Radio [Vinyl Mix]
2nd November/Mists Of Time/Early 2000's?
Some dodgy transitions early on, I warm up in time for the end.
The DJ photographed by Mark McNulty
Another recording found on Mckechnie Cassette Mountain]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:05:52 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
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                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Eight Records &amp;amp; G-Love Liverpool [Peter Coyle &amp;amp; Connie Lush Radio Interview]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Eight Records & G-Love, Liverpool 
Peter Coyle & Connie Lush Radio Interview
The G-Love/Boxing Day event mentioned at the end was the club night we did in the Liverpool Academy.
The Academy venue went on to become the home of the supperclub they called Cream.
When I started working with Eight Records one of the first tracks I programmed drums for featured Connie Lush on vocals, Connie & I had never met.
One night, after a day in the Eight Studio, I ended up in an afterhours Country & Blues Session in a pub on Seel Street in Liverpool.
The guitars were out & people took turns at choosing/singing a song. 
I was sat next to a woman I'd never met before, introduced to me as Val.
When it came round to Val's turn I realised as soon as she started singing that I was in fact sitting next to Connie Lush.
When the song finished I was able to inform her that we were currently working together.
What are the chances? In Liverpool, fairly high.
Another recording from Mckechnie's Cassette Mountain.]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Eight Records & G-Love, Liverpool 
Peter Coyle & Connie Lush Radio Interview
The G-Love/Boxing Day event mentioned at the end was the club night we did in the Liverpool Academy.
The Academy venue went on to become the home of the supperclub they called Cream.
When I started working with Eight Records one of the first tracks I programmed drums for featured Connie Lush on vocals, Connie & I had never met.
One night, after a day in the Eight Studio, I ended up in an afterhours Country & Blues Session in a pub on Seel Street in Liverpool.
The guitars were out & people took turns at choosing/singing a song. 
I was sat next to a woman I'd never met before, introduced to me as Val.
When it came round to Val's turn I realised as soon as she started singing that I was in fact sitting next to Connie Lush.
When the song finished I was able to inform her that we were currently working together.
What are the chances? In Liverpool, fairly high.
Another recording from Mckechnie's Cassette Mountain.]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:21:22 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-08-15T15:21:22+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>John &amp;amp; The Patterns - If You Don&amp;#039;t Trust Me [1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 15/08/2026]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[John & The Patterns - If You Don't Trust Me 
[1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 15/08/2026]
John & The Patterns
Tony Elson - Drums
John Hawkins - Bass
John Johnson - Vocals
Robert Ward - Guitar
Demo recorded in the Open Eye Studio, Whitechapel, Liverpool.
If You Don't Trust Me written by John 'Jetson' Johnson 1979
Reworked from cassette 15/08/2026]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[John & The Patterns - If You Don't Trust Me 
[1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 15/08/2026]
John & The Patterns
Tony Elson - Drums
John Hawkins - Bass
John Johnson - Vocals
Robert Ward - Guitar
Demo recorded in the Open Eye Studio, Whitechapel, Liverpool.
If You Don't Trust Me written by John 'Jetson' Johnson 1979
Reworked from cassette 15/08/2026]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:21:54 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-08-13T13:21:54+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>John &amp;amp; The Patterns - Dance With Him [1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 13/08/2026]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[John & The Patterns - Dance With Him 
[1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 13/08/2026]
John & The Patterns
Tony Elson - Drums
John Hawkins - Bass
John Johnson - Vocals
Robert Ward - Guitar
Demo recorded in the Open Eye Studio, Whitechapel, Liverpool.
Dance With Him written by John 'Jetson' Johnson 1979
Reworked from cassette 13/08/2026]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[John & The Patterns - Dance With Him 
[1979 Demo/Mckechnie Rework 13/08/2026]
John & The Patterns
Tony Elson - Drums
John Hawkins - Bass
John Johnson - Vocals
Robert Ward - Guitar
Demo recorded in the Open Eye Studio, Whitechapel, Liverpool.
Dance With Him written by John 'Jetson' Johnson 1979
Reworked from cassette 13/08/2026]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:55:13 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-07-24T17:55:13+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Music For Bongoed [Cassette 1995]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Music For Bongoed [Cassette 1995]
DJ Mix found whilst walking in the foothills of Cassette Mountain. It's a grimy groovy get go.]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Music For Bongoed [Cassette 1995]
DJ Mix found whilst walking in the foothills of Cassette Mountain. It's a grimy groovy get go.]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:32:21 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-07-12T20:32:21+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Spinning Sound No1</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Spinning Sound No1
DJ mix from the Archive/Mists of Time...
Sound Food & Drink was on Duke Street, Liverpool.
I DJed there, a lot.
Played live there a few times, with Star Spangled Banana.
Good People/ Good Times.
Mists of Time...
theguardian.com/travel/2014/ma...-gigs-liverpool]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Spinning Sound No1
DJ mix from the Archive/Mists of Time...
Sound Food & Drink was on Duke Street, Liverpool.
I DJed there, a lot.
Played live there a few times, with Star Spangled Banana.
Good People/ Good Times.
Mists of Time...
theguardian.com/travel/2014/ma...-gigs-liverpool]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:30:25 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-03-04T22:30:25+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Psychedelic Soon Liverpool [DJ Mix 18/09/2012]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Psychedelic Soon Liverpool 
[DJ Mix 18/09/2012]]]></description>
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[DJ Mix 18/09/2012]]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:48:55 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-01-27T17:48:55+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>The Last Chant - Gig [Brady&amp;#039;s/Liverpool 20/03/1981]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Last Chant - Gig 
Brady's/Liverpool 20/03/1981
This recording was The Last Chant’s third gig, on a weekday night in Liverpool, and it is raw and passionate in equal measure. The line up was to be the one that the band took through to their first (and only) single and the gigs in Heaven, Royal Court, Mountford Hall and with Nico at Le Son Divin.
The band were supporting Mike Scott’s Another Pretty Face, who offered the band a contract almost in the spot. Straight after the gig, the dressing room was invaded by Pete Wylie and Troy Tate. Wylie gushed that the band were better than The Clash (no heroes of the Last Chant) whilst Troy Tate, more soberly, offered to produce them.
Joe Mckechnie, in true wizardly fashion, has brought the tapes back to life, giving us a snapshot of a young band at an early gig on an ordinary night in Liverpool in 1981.
We didn’t know it then but Liverpool was going through another intensely creative musical phase. This was just part of it: ‘schoolboys high on dub and their own instincts’, wrote David Sefton in Sounds.
The band was
David Dickie (‘Dix’), Guitar and Vocals,
Brian Ashcroft, Bass and vocals,
Andrew Hussey, Guitar and Vocals
Colin Billings, Drums,
Tim Blanthorn, Violin
Rob Merino, Percussion,
Richard Evans, Percussion
Brady's/Liverpool 20/03/1981]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Last Chant - Gig 
Brady's/Liverpool 20/03/1981
This recording was The Last Chant’s third gig, on a weekday night in Liverpool, and it is raw and passionate in equal measure. The line up was to be the one that the band took through to their first (and only) single and the gigs in Heaven, Royal Court, Mountford Hall and with Nico at Le Son Divin.
The band were supporting Mike Scott’s Another Pretty Face, who offered the band a contract almost in the spot. Straight after the gig, the dressing room was invaded by Pete Wylie and Troy Tate. Wylie gushed that the band were better than The Clash (no heroes of the Last Chant) whilst Troy Tate, more soberly, offered to produce them.
Joe Mckechnie, in true wizardly fashion, has brought the tapes back to life, giving us a snapshot of a young band at an early gig on an ordinary night in Liverpool in 1981.
We didn’t know it then but Liverpool was going through another intensely creative musical phase. This was just part of it: ‘schoolboys high on dub and their own instincts’, wrote David Sefton in Sounds.
The band was
David Dickie (‘Dix’), Guitar and Vocals,
Brian Ashcroft, Bass and vocals,
Andrew Hussey, Guitar and Vocals
Colin Billings, Drums,
Tim Blanthorn, Violin
Rob Merino, Percussion,
Richard Evans, Percussion
Brady's/Liverpool 20/03/1981]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:56:02 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2026-01-24T17:56:02+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>The Last Chant - Run Of The Dove [Alternate Mix 1981] Joe Mckechnie Remaster 21/01/2026</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The Last Chant - Run Of The Dove [Alternate Mix 1981] 
Joe Mckechnie Remaster 21/01/2026
The Last Chant came together at the Liverpool Blue Coat High School in 1980.
They signed to Mike Scott's Chicken Jazz label after their first three gigs and released the single 'Run Of The Dove' in 1981.
The record was Paul Du Noyer's Single of the Week in the NME. Du Noyer also, reviewing a gig supporting Wah! at the Liverpool Royal Court in 1982, described them as potentially bigger than U2 or The Bunnymen.
Paul du Noyer also made 'Run Of The Dove' number 40 in his listing of top 100 songs in his book Liverpool, Wondrous Place.
The magazine Record Collector described 'Run of the Dove' as 'like the Velvet Underground in a monastery garden.'
As well as frequent gigs at Liverpool Eric's and Bradys, they played at Heaven and ULU in London with Wah!
They also famously supported Nico at Le Son Divin/ The Warehouse in LIverpool - an epiphany for a young band for in thrall to the Velvets and Nico's solo work.
A demo album was recorded at Liverpool's Benson Street Studios for Eternal Records/WEA, but the tapes have been lost.
They included dub versions of songs, recordings in Arabic and experiments with percussion.
This reflected their influences, from Can and The Velvet Underground to Fela Kuti and Prince Far I.
They were all still teenagers when the band disintegrated in the summer of 1982.
Dave Dickie went on to join forces with Colin Vearncombe and enjoyed success with Black.
He later became a much sought after songwriter and producer.
Brian Ashcroft brought African influences into the band, having grown up in Nigeria.
He formed The Last Chant Mk 2 in 1983.
Andrew Hussey went on to study at Universities in Manchester and France.
He became Professor of French at the University of London and was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to Anglo-French relations. He lives in Paris where he writes books and journalism.
Tim Blanthorn went off to play violin with the Waterboys.
Richard Evans runs a successful restaurant in the West Country.
A key moment in our story was a first trip to Paris, where we had some fans who had heard us on the Peel Show. We went to Barbés, the immigrant quartier of north-eastern Paris and stocked up on Fela Kuti, Reggae, Afrobeat, 1950s French Jazz, stuff you couldn't find in even Probe Records. That changed our sound dramatically, opening more possibilities. I also read Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Voyage au bout de nuit (in English: Parisian working class slang was beyond me then). Paris inspired The Last Chant but also sent me into a life in writing.
Andrew Hussey, January 2026
RIP
Dave Dickie died in 2025
Brian Ashcroft died in 2010
Colin Billinge (drums) died in 2017
Simon Marcus Culling (ambient sounds) died in 2002
My two pence
When I left school I went to work in Progressive Books, a bookshop that used to be on Berry Street, Liverpool.
A group of after school book browsers became regular visitors.
They would often ask about the music we had playing in the back room of the shop, eventually this led to an arrangement where they could borrow an LP, and then borrow another one when they brought it back.
The debut LP's by The Doors and Love were favourites as I recall.
I don't think it was too much of a surprise when they came in one day to say they'd formed a group, you guessed it, The Last Chant.
Joe Mckechnie, January 2026]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Last Chant - Run Of The Dove [Alternate Mix 1981] 
Joe Mckechnie Remaster 21/01/2026
The Last Chant came together at the Liverpool Blue Coat High School in 1980.
They signed to Mike Scott's Chicken Jazz label after their first three gigs and released the single 'Run Of The Dove' in 1981.
The record was Paul Du Noyer's Single of the Week in the NME. Du Noyer also, reviewing a gig supporting Wah! at the Liverpool Royal Court in 1982, described them as potentially bigger than U2 or The Bunnymen.
Paul du Noyer also made 'Run Of The Dove' number 40 in his listing of top 100 songs in his book Liverpool, Wondrous Place.
The magazine Record Collector described 'Run of the Dove' as 'like the Velvet Underground in a monastery garden.'
As well as frequent gigs at Liverpool Eric's and Bradys, they played at Heaven and ULU in London with Wah!
They also famously supported Nico at Le Son Divin/ The Warehouse in LIverpool - an epiphany for a young band for in thrall to the Velvets and Nico's solo work.
A demo album was recorded at Liverpool's Benson Street Studios for Eternal Records/WEA, but the tapes have been lost.
They included dub versions of songs, recordings in Arabic and experiments with percussion.
This reflected their influences, from Can and The Velvet Underground to Fela Kuti and Prince Far I.
They were all still teenagers when the band disintegrated in the summer of 1982.
Dave Dickie went on to join forces with Colin Vearncombe and enjoyed success with Black.
He later became a much sought after songwriter and producer.
Brian Ashcroft brought African influences into the band, having grown up in Nigeria.
He formed The Last Chant Mk 2 in 1983.
Andrew Hussey went on to study at Universities in Manchester and France.
He became Professor of French at the University of London and was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to Anglo-French relations. He lives in Paris where he writes books and journalism.
Tim Blanthorn went off to play violin with the Waterboys.
Richard Evans runs a successful restaurant in the West Country.
A key moment in our story was a first trip to Paris, where we had some fans who had heard us on the Peel Show. We went to Barbés, the immigrant quartier of north-eastern Paris and stocked up on Fela Kuti, Reggae, Afrobeat, 1950s French Jazz, stuff you couldn't find in even Probe Records. That changed our sound dramatically, opening more possibilities. I also read Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Voyage au bout de nuit (in English: Parisian working class slang was beyond me then). Paris inspired The Last Chant but also sent me into a life in writing.
Andrew Hussey, January 2026
RIP
Dave Dickie died in 2025
Brian Ashcroft died in 2010
Colin Billinge (drums) died in 2017
Simon Marcus Culling (ambient sounds) died in 2002
My two pence
When I left school I went to work in Progressive Books, a bookshop that used to be on Berry Street, Liverpool.
A group of after school book browsers became regular visitors.
They would often ask about the music we had playing in the back room of the shop, eventually this led to an arrangement where they could borrow an LP, and then borrow another one when they brought it back.
The debut LP's by The Doors and Love were favourites as I recall.
I don't think it was too much of a surprise when they came in one day to say they'd formed a group, you guessed it, The Last Chant.
Joe Mckechnie, January 2026]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:47:15 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2023-03-21T20:47:15+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Tim Love Lee - Guest DJ Mix [For Joe Mckechnie/Crash FM 1998]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Tim Love Lee - Guest DJ Mix 
[Joe Mckechnie Show/Crash FM 1998]
Tim's ace Tummy Touch label has still got the good stuff.
tummytouchrecords.bandcamp.com
electronicgroove.com/interview...m-love-lee-2023
magneticmag.com/2023/01/tim-lo...s-of-a-selector]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Tim Love Lee - Guest DJ Mix 
[Joe Mckechnie Show/Crash FM 1998]
Tim's ace Tummy Touch label has still got the good stuff.
tummytouchrecords.bandcamp.com
electronicgroove.com/interview...m-love-lee-2023
magneticmag.com/2023/01/tim-lo...s-of-a-selector]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:15:58 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2025-12-15T17:15:58+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Will Sergeant - Guest Mix 2 [For Joe Mckechnie/Crash FM Radio Show]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Will Sergeant - Guest Mix 2 
[For Joe Mckechnie/Crash FM Radio Show]
Broadcast on Crash FM 1999
More Will DJ mixes over here - 
willsergeant.co.uk/space-junk-radio]]></description>
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                                    <link>https://hearthis.at/josephmckechnie/will-sergeant-mix-2-joe-mckechniecrash-fm/</link>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Will Sergeant - Guest Mix 2 
[For Joe Mckechnie/Crash FM Radio Show]
Broadcast on Crash FM 1999
More Will DJ mixes over here - 
willsergeant.co.uk/space-junk-radio]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 09:35:08 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2024-01-28T09:35:08+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>DJ Vapourspace - Morning Set/House of Guitars/Keyboard Expo [6th Nov 1999]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[DJ Vapourspace - Morning Set/House of Guitars/Keyboard Expo [6th Nov 1999]
This just in.
From the desktop of DJ Vapourspace [Mark Gage].
'one third of a DJ set from The House Of Guitars in Rochester New York…
i started playing around 11am(?) for the afternoon in the front entrance main room so when customers walked in they heard this (rather loudly i might add).
this is the ‘ambient’ dream section before i started to break into beat oriented tracks- using 4 sound sources (2 turntables and 2 pitch variable Denon CD players).
i was just in the House Of Guitars on friday. thanks for posting this Joe!'
Newly transferred from a CD set that Mark kindly sent me back at the start of the Century.
Recorded in Rochester
houseofguitars.com/shop
Vapourspace? Quite a cool name. Where did you get it from?
phase9.tv/music/music-intervie...nterviewa.shtml]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[DJ Vapourspace - Morning Set/House of Guitars/Keyboard Expo [6th Nov 1999]
This just in.
From the desktop of DJ Vapourspace [Mark Gage].
'one third of a DJ set from The House Of Guitars in Rochester New York…
i started playing around 11am(?) for the afternoon in the front entrance main room so when customers walked in they heard this (rather loudly i might add).
this is the ‘ambient’ dream section before i started to break into beat oriented tracks- using 4 sound sources (2 turntables and 2 pitch variable Denon CD players).
i was just in the House Of Guitars on friday. thanks for posting this Joe!'
Newly transferred from a CD set that Mark kindly sent me back at the start of the Century.
Recorded in Rochester
houseofguitars.com/shop
Vapourspace? Quite a cool name. Where did you get it from?
phase9.tv/music/music-intervie...nterviewa.shtml]]></itunes:summary>
                                    <itunes:image href="https://img.hearthis.at/4/1/8/_/uploads/57826/image_track/10637961/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_1706384744814.jpg" />
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 21:57:35 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2022-02-05T21:57:35+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>DJ Tempest AKA Joe Mckechnie - Breaks Mix 1998</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[]]></itunes:summary>
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                                    <itunes:duration>1848</itunes:duration>
                                    
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2021 19:34:15 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-10-23T19:34:15+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Guerilla Records Vinyl Mix 2009</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Guerilla Records Vinyl Mix 2009
Just fired up an old hardrive & found this 30mins mix from 2009.
It's an all vinyl mix [The Guerilla catalogue needs a proper digital re-issue] and was originally broadcast on my weekly Pirate Revival Radio Show.
It's a low quality audio file, as was the custom at the time.
Guerilla was, for me, one of the best UK House labels of the early 90's.
Dick O'Dell plays tracks & tells tales of the label here -
mixcloud.com/Portobello_Radio/...records-special
It was my pleasure to be able to send Dick a copy of the Guerilla In Dub LP so he could play a track on the show.]]></description>
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                                    <link>https://hearthis.at/josephmckechnie/joe-mckechnieguerilla-records-mix-2009/</link>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Guerilla Records Vinyl Mix 2009
Just fired up an old hardrive & found this 30mins mix from 2009.
It's an all vinyl mix [The Guerilla catalogue needs a proper digital re-issue] and was originally broadcast on my weekly Pirate Revival Radio Show.
It's a low quality audio file, as was the custom at the time.
Guerilla was, for me, one of the best UK House labels of the early 90's.
Dick O'Dell plays tracks & tells tales of the label here -
mixcloud.com/Portobello_Radio/...records-special
It was my pleasure to be able to send Dick a copy of the Guerilla In Dub LP so he could play a track on the show.]]></itunes:summary>
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                                    <itunes:duration>1821</itunes:duration>
                                    
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:30:43 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-07-19T18:30:43+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - Soul Powered [From The Archive 26/06/2006]</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Soul Powered [From The Archive]
26/06/2006
Photo: Mark McNulty]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - Soul Powered [From The Archive]
26/06/2006
Photo: Mark McNulty]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:45:14 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2019-03-13T16:45:14+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Joe Mckechnie</artist>
                                    <title>Joe Mckechnie - 33 45s Mix No 8: Underground Resistance</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - 33 45s Mix No 8: Underground Resistance
Just found this Joe Mckechnie/UR mix on an old hard drive.
undergroundresistance.com
facebook.com/URundergroundresistance
Rave on Jon Snow
crackmagazine.net/2016/10/chec...-resistance-cap
Underground Resistance - Transition
youtu.be/52q-K7HKumI
I'd forgotten I'd originally planned to record 33 45 minute mixes from my vinyl collection, I'm guessing this mix dates from 2009, it was broadcast on my weekly radio show for Pirate Revival
piraterevival.co.uk]]></description>
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                                    <link>https://hearthis.at/josephmckechnie/joe-mckechnie-33-45s-vinyl-mix-no-8-underground-resistance/</link>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joe Mckechnie - 33 45s Mix No 8: Underground Resistance
Just found this Joe Mckechnie/UR mix on an old hard drive.
undergroundresistance.com
facebook.com/URundergroundresistance
Rave on Jon Snow
crackmagazine.net/2016/10/chec...-resistance-cap
Underground Resistance - Transition
youtu.be/52q-K7HKumI
I'd forgotten I'd originally planned to record 33 45 minute mixes from my vinyl collection, I'm guessing this mix dates from 2009, it was broadcast on my weekly radio show for Pirate Revival
piraterevival.co.uk]]></itunes:summary>
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