Oxford's Music History
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Oxford's Music History
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This collection brings together various items, from gig tickets to carnival costumes, that relate to music and performance in Oxford. We’d love to hear your own stories and memories below.
Collection Items
Photos of some of The Bigger The God’s press cuttings from Melody Maker and NME, 1996-97 and albums and singles.
The Bigger The God were Steve Brownsill, Alexandra Hamer (masquerading as ‘David’ at the time), Ellis James and Andy Smith. We started the band in about 1990. We gradually developed our sound and picked up a following in Oxford, playing at the Old…
Pogue Mahone at the Jericho Folk Club
In 1984 I was living in Oxford and was an avid reader of NME. I'd read a few things about an interesting sounding 'punk/folk' band called Pogue Mahone, and then saw something that said they had been booked to play at the Jericho Folk Club (at the…
Famous Monday Blues
I and my wife were regulars at the Famous Monday Blues. At first based in the Brewery and Bakehouse (now the Red Lion), then briefly at Jongleurs in Hythe Bridge Street before moving to the Bullingdon. Philip Guy Davis, who ran it, managed an…
The Rock of Travolta
In 2001, Radiohead played their seminal hometown gig at South Park. The Rock of Travolta were the first band on stage that day. This photograph, taken by Richard Cotton from the back of the stage is of Deadly and Phill performing in front of an…
My Oxford years
Back in 1972 I finished my apprenticeship and went to work at Oxford Instruments in Osney Mead as a technician, I used to work in the old Boathouse at first till the built a new factory over it. In the winter it used to freeze and summer you would…
Mad Hatter's Club, Jericho Tavern - Vinyl LP
In the mid 1980's the Jericho Tavern used to host different music nights throughout the week, one of them being The Mad Hatter's Club. I think it was held on Thursday evening and I used to regularly attend as a member of the audience. This vinyl LP,…
Poster for Secret Gig by Ride/Mac's 1000th Gig
To celebrate reaching 1000 gigs put on at the Jericho Tavern, venue promoter and Arthur Turners Lovechild? front man Mac De Hoopla invited Ride to tread the boards of the venue that birthed a million Oxford bands one more time before they went…
Poster for the first ever public gig by The Jennifers
This poster was for a gig that I put on at the Jericho Tavern for my 6th form band Sticky Fingers. Sticky Fingers was a fairly run of the mill covers band, but we had started to produce some of our own material by the time of this gig, and weren't…
Queer club nights
Between the 1980's and 90's The Coven and The Apollo Pub held queer club nights. These nights became a hot spot for the queer community of Oxford.
Every Friday night The Coven would host a night called 'Love Shack'. These nights became very popular…
Every Friday night The Coven would host a night called 'Love Shack'. These nights became very popular…
Oxford Nightlife in the 1980s: Memories from My Uncle Kelvin
My uncle Kelvin remembers nights out in Oxford shaped by music and the venues people went to. He recalls Minchery Farm, a nightlife venue in Littlemore, where disco, electro and funk played late into the night, as well as travelling out to Rivers in…
Theatre programme from February 1945
This has been in the family for many years and was recently rediscovered. It is believed my father kept it after attending the performance. At the time he was a 17 year old at St Edwards school in Oxford.The bottom of the page on the first image has…
Cowley Road Street Scenes 2018
'About Cowley Road Carnival; Organised by Cowley Road Works, the Cowley Road Carnival is the region’s biggest and most celebrated public event held on the first Sunday in July and attended by around 50,000 people each year. The Carnival is…
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