Howburn Digger wrote: I bought their very first record (the 7") on the recommendation of Pete Shelley's review in the Record Mirror (July 1978?) (the Buzzcocks were doing the singles that week and that issue had Ronnie Biggs with a knuckle duster on the front cover).... I've still got both 7"... and the copy of Record Mirror with the review lies in a box somewhere...
The joyboys were particularly grim when I saw them supporting Shelley's lads at the Glasgow Apollo the following year (Nov 79?). Now ye've gotten me all nostalgic... memories... like the corners of my mind..
"And I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come"
The first JD 7" went for £1,000+ on ebay a fortnight ago.
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