Fingerprintz – Paris Theater, London – 1979 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth

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February 12

And of course, coffee:

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- BBC In Concert - 1979-03-24 - Fingerprintz -

Diving into some 70s Post-Punk/New Wave to start the week by way of Fingerprintz. Started in 1979, Fingerprintz is probably best known in the U.S. as the first band to release Dancing With Myself (which later became a Mega-hit for Generation X), and not really a whole lot else. Even thought they recorded 3 albums by the time they morphed into The Silencers in 1985 when Fingerprintz split up.

This morning it's a mini-concert recorded on March 24, 1979 for The BBC's In Concert series over Radio 1, as opening act for Bill Nelson's Red Noise (another band that morphed from something else - in this case it was mid-70s Be-Bop Deluxe).

Perhaps you might remember Fingerprintz. If not, here's another band from the 70s people talked about for a while.

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