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Alan Hull & Radiator - rare photos!

Here's an interesting letter published in Record Collector Magazine a few years back about Alan's band Radiator, featuring Ray Laidlaw and the late Kenny Craddock, amongst others. (Reproduced with permission from Alan Lewis, with thanks to Marcel Ruf and Mike Clayton.)


RADIATOR MEMORIES Recently Alan Hull's Phantoms LP was issued on CD including some tracks from his short-lived (double drummer) project Radiator from 1977.

As far as I remember you mentioned in an article two years ago commemorating Alan Hull's, death the Radiator LP I isn't it Strange (Rocket Records ROLL 14) as being rather rare.

Unfortunately, I can't find it in your RC Price Guide although there are references to it in Lindisfarne's and Alan Hull's, discography in the same book. Maybe you can give me, and all the other Hull fans who own the album, an idea about its value (We would estimate about £15 - Ed).

By the way, in summer '77 I was in London and while watching Ultravox in the Marquee Club I spotted Alan Hull in the audience, walked over to him, spoke to him and praised his latest LP Squire. He was pleased having been recognised and sang me a few lines from One More Bottle Of Wine. He also invited to come to the Greyhound in Fulham following Friday (15th of July 1977) to see Radiator  live, what I did with geat pleasure.

Beside his own songs Alan played a great version of Lennon's I'm Only Sleeping. There I took a few pictures and also got autographs of the whole band. Alan added to his autograph "Swiss cheese smells". Enclosed are the pics I took that evening in the Greyhound.

Given the short life of Radiator, maybe these are some of the only pictures ever taken of that band captured the and even a full set of autographs could be rather rare (after Alan's and Kenny's early deaths).

Marcel Ruf, Switzerland

01/22/2018

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  • Geoff
    Geoff
    Jan 23 2018 2:29 PM
    I saw Radiator at the Porterhouse club in Retford. According to the tour info they were to appear in Newark a few days later. Booked tix from the box office. Arrived at the venue to be told the band had broken down. Turned out they had actually broken up for Lindisfarne to reform with Back and Fourth. Happy days!

    I saw Radiator at the Porterhouse club in Retford. According to the tour info they were to appear in Newark a few days later. Booked tix from the box office. Arrived at the venue to be told the band had broken down. Turned out they had actually broken up for Lindisfarne to reform with Back and Fourth. Happy days!

  • Geoff
    Geoff
    Jan 23 2018 2:32 PM
    Ps I have Isn't it Strange ....possibly rare....

    Ps I have Isn't it Strange ....possibly rare....

  • Graham Ellis
    Graham Ellis Scunthorpe
    Oct 18 2018 9:42 PM
    Saw Radiator at The Prioy in Scunthorpe, beat Alan Hull at darts in the bar, wish I had kept the one pound note (He tried to Nick off me) that he signed. Surely the most underrated song writer ever.

    Saw Radiator at The Prioy in Scunthorpe, beat Alan Hull at darts in the bar, wish I had kept the one pound note (He tried to Nick off me) that he signed. Surely the most underrated song writer ever.

  • colin gibson
    colin gibson hastings
    Apr 23 2020 6:15 PM
    Great to see those rare pics!

    Great to see those rare pics!

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Weymouth. Dorset.
    Apr 24 2020 2:14 PM
    I saw Radiator at the July Wakes Festival near Chorley in the mid 70s. Hitch-hiked up there especially to see them. And it was well wort the effort.

    I saw Radiator at the July Wakes Festival near Chorley in the mid 70s. Hitch-hiked up there especially to see them. And it was well wort the effort.

  • Ian Jameon
    Ian Jameon Bacup ,Lancs
    Oct 9 2020 10:33 AM
    My ban Rodent Enterprises supported Radiator at a gig in Manchester University Students Union in 1977 I cant rememeber the date If anyone was there and have any pics I would love to have pics from that period in my life.

    My ban Rodent Enterprises supported Radiator at a gig in Manchester University Students Union in 1977
    I cant rememeber the date If anyone was there and have any pics I would love to have pics from that period in my life.

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