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I Know My First Name Is Stephen
I finally found this audio documentary special on YouTube today, after searching online for it for many years. When this BBC Radio 2 special aired on 4th February, 1993, I was a student in my first year at university and it was my first time away from home. I was already an obsessed fan, having discovered them at around age 15. I still clearly remember reading in the TV and radio listings a week earlier that it was coming, and was filled with excitement for the entire week. When the day finally arrived, I had my āghetto blasterā radio at the ready, aerial fully extended to try and keep the FM radio signal as pristine as possible, a blank cassette in the tape deck, and my finger poised on the āRecordā button ready. It was originally two hours long, which aired back to back on a Thursday evening. (This version has some of the songs edited down so it runs to just over an hour). I held onto my cassette (60 minutes each side) and treasured it for a few years, but eventually lost it in a house move, much to my constant regret. Iāve not heard this for over 25 years.
It was a thrill to hear audio of Karenās speaking voice for the very first time (remember this was before the advent of the internet or file sharing sites on a mainstream level and long before the likes of YouTube). Some of the anecdotes from Richard have never been repeated elsewhere that Iām aware of, such as Karen possessing a āBetsy-Wetsyā doll when she was little, and there are others as he recounts their career in chronological order. Some of the interviews with Karen Iāve never heard since this broadcast anywhere else, so itās a treat to hear them again after all this time.
The last twenty minutes of this, from 45 minutes on, are still as powerful and riveting as I remember them from that very first listen.
Enjoy!
It was a thrill to hear audio of Karenās speaking voice for the very first time (remember this was before the advent of the internet or file sharing sites on a mainstream level and long before the likes of YouTube). Some of the anecdotes from Richard have never been repeated elsewhere that Iām aware of, such as Karen possessing a āBetsy-Wetsyā doll when she was little, and there are others as he recounts their career in chronological order. Some of the interviews with Karen Iāve never heard since this broadcast anywhere else, so itās a treat to hear them again after all this time.
The last twenty minutes of this, from 45 minutes on, are still as powerful and riveting as I remember them from that very first listen.
Enjoy!