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Added 5th June 2007 by graham

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808 State, A Guy Called Gerald
New Century Hall
3rd November 1988

5 nov 1988.
evening news ad for Rave
ALL NIGHTER at New Century Hall (under the CIS building)
State 808 as it was called then. Mike Pickering and Jon Da Silva.
till 10 am... yes it was like day of the dead on a cross chanel ferry at 10 am ,all that 70s strip lighting and furniture.
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“That looks great- any chance you could zoom in on it a bit?”
Written by mat
“There's a zoomed-up version here: www.808state.com/live/1988/images/New...”
Written by nickking
“cheers”
Written by mat
“My first rave (if you can call it that). Made a change from listening to the Waterboys and the Smiths in the 6-th form common room.”
Written by pure_shaw
“And also an audio clip here
www.808state.com/sounds/index.htm
We should have a links facility? to band websites”
Written by graham
“Hey Nick ,your link does nt seem to work ?...
its on this page
www.808state.com/live/1988/index.htm
As you can see Nick and the rest of the web boys have done an awesum archive of all things 808 and also Gerald (see links
page).
Also on the 808 site is a growing archive of the 808state radio shows from the Sunset Radio days and on to Kiss and Galaxy.”
Written by graham
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