Roundtable

First broadcast: Fri 11th January 1980, 17:45 on BBC Radio 1 England

Debbie Harry and Joe Strummer join David ‘Kid’ Jensen to review the week’s new records. Chris Stein was also there in the background.

Debbie was in London during this week while on tour with Blondie, performing at the Hammersmith Odeon. Joe Strummer of The Clash was in the middle of a European tour, playing at the Leisure Centre in Crawley, UK that evening.

Also included at the roundtable is journalist John Tobler. He was one of the founders of ZigZag magazine in 1969.

All pre-recorded music has been removed.

List of songs reviewed:
01. The Boomtown Rats – Someone’s Looking At You
02. Bonnie Pointer – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
03. The Martian Schoolgirls – Life In The 1980s
04. The Specials – Too Much Too Young + Guns Of Navarone
05. The Stick Shifts – Automobile
06. The Pretenders – Up The Neck + The Wait
07. The Ramones – Baby, I Love You
08. The Jags – Woman’s World
09. Rickie Lee Jones – Easy Money
10. Simple Minds – Changeling
11. UFO – Young Blood
12. The Revillos – Motorbike Beat
13. Jah Lion – Soldier & Police War
14. Lene Lovich – The Night + What Will I Do Without You
15. Neil Diamond – September Morn
16. Matchbox – Buzz Buzz A Diddle It
17. Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons – Soon You’ll Be Gone