Talk Talk Volume 3

V3 #1

Reggae reviews, concert reviews of Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson and more

V3 #2

Interviews with Abuse, Bunny Clarke, Blue Riddim Band

V3 #3

Interviews with Ian Page of Secret Affair, Tony Brown, live reviews, new releases and reggae roundup

V3 #4

Interviews with Dennis Brown, U2, Get Smart!, Lee “Scratch” Perry, West Coast Report, live reviews and more

V3 #5

Interviews with The Plastics, Fad Gadget, X, Throbbing Gristle, SPK, Colin Newman, and The Morrells

V3 #6

Featuring a flexidisc of William Burroughs, interview, with The Psychedelic Furs, Billy Idol, and Iggy Pop

Fresh Sounds 101 Tape Talk

Interviews with Get Smart!, The Mortal Micronotz, The Yard Apes, and The Embarrassment

Fresh Sounds 102 Tape Talk

The Buckthrusters, The New Wave Brothers, Color Entertainment, Monte Montclaire, The C. Lucas Experience

Selections from the archives

“And then we played The Downliner. That was the first time it really freaked me out. All these people hanging out in leather. I did not know what was going on.”

Abuse drummer Willie McNeil, Volume 3 #2

“…after our record came out there was this whole new audience, this record buying public, and some of the original people who came down to see us didn't come 'cause it was a real hassle to go 'cause there were so many people. Now what's going on is a lot of the, like, skinheads are comin' round and making it real unpleasant for people. I think it's sort of evening out now...”

John Doe of X, Volume 3 #5

“You talk about a concentration of creeps in one business-all the way from the DJs to the performers to the record company owners. It's somewhere between a home for geeks and just plain dishonest people, you know. The ones that aren't dishonest are all brain-damaged or they have ego problems or something.”

Iggy Pop, Volume 3 #6