Gig: 3/7/1983, The Alarm, Brixton Ace Cinema, London

Versions The Alarm: CD Single, ‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ cat #:IRS-IRSD-017, country: USA b/w Corridors Of Power, Working Class Hero The Alarm: Cassette Single, ‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ cat #:IRS IRSC-73007, country: USA b/w Corridors Of Power The Alarm: 7 “, ‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ cat #:IRS EIRS 134, country: UK b/w Croesi’r Afon (die cut sleeve) The Alarm: 10 “, ‘Love Don’t Come Easy’ cat #:IRS EIRSPD 134, country: [read more]

Day Twenty Six: Monday 27th June 2005 Today, James gets stuck into guitars on ‘Cease and Desist’. It’s sounding great but we are having a few problems with the tuning. A lot of James Stevenson’s guitars are of the vintage variety and come from a variety of eras. Some from the 1950’s (The ‘Golden Age Of Guitars’) but mostly sixties and seventies. They all sound amazing but sometimes are hard [read more]

‘Spirit Of 76’ [7:05] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once That was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 Our friendship formed of pure innocence We first met in Mathew Street Where we heard something that would set us free A sign stands over [read more]