Above The Thunderclouds

Above The Thunderclouds formed as a three piece in Spring 1983 by Joey Barry (vocals, keyboards), Gerry Leonard (guitar, keyboards, bass) and Declan O’Sullivan (keyboards). In September 1984 Alex Curtis (drums) and Darragh Tanham (sax/clarinet) completed the lineup. Joey Barry was later in Thee Amazing Colossal Men and Compulsion, Gerry Leonard was in Hinterland, Declan O’Sullivan in Thee Amazing Colossal Men, Captain Hex.

Conversation (1984)

The Big Event (1984)

Cage (1984)

‘In Dublin’ 1984 Ad

Thank you to the folks at Brand New Retro for sending this one our way, an ‘In Dublin’ magazine ad from December 1984: “Christmas Week: Fanning’s Fab Fifty Top Singles of the Year Voted by Listeners. New Years Eve Dave’s Review of 1984. The Dave Fanning Show, 7.30pm Monday – Friday Radio 2 AM & Stereo FM Nationwide”. If anyone has a listing or recording of the 1984 Fab Fifty or the Review show we’d love to hear from you..

Stars Of Heaven (1984 Session)

We’ve already featured one track from the the December 1984 Fanning Session by The Stars Of Heaven but today we have a second. The song was released one year later as the bands first single. Many thanks to Ken.

‘Clothes Of Pride‘ (1984)

Casablanca Moon

Casablanca Moon recorded a session for Dave Fanning’s RTE Radio 2 show on 21/05/1984 featuring four tracks ‘Dandelion Days’, ‘Our Celibate Men’, ‘La Fuite De La Lune’ and ‘Between The Desert And The Deep Blue Sea’. Details are sketchy but we know the band featured Garret Lee who went on to found Thee Amazing Colossal Men and Compulsion. A cassette by the band ‘Mountain Dew Morning’ featured at Dublin Opinion credits Casablanca Moon as Mark & Garret with help from Carmel, Una, Sara, Jayne, Barbara, Lisa, Mary, Jane, Lorraine, Paul, Colin, Sean. According to the Irish Rock Discography, Casablanca Moon featured in the first issue of ‘Craw Thumping‘ fanzine in 1982. A big thank you to Dan Hegarty who played this last night and also to producer Ian Wilson who dug through the archives to track it down.

Between The Desert And The Deep Blue Sea (1984)