I recorded the entire November 1998 John Peel show which had the full line-up (including Gillian) chatting with John, choosing influential tracks (Sex Pistols, etc) and we also got to hear the 5 x new Peel Session tracks which were much sought after at the time. They weren't commercially released until 6 years later on the In Session compilation, which itself has become bit of a rarity. I remember editing together a transfer of the Peel Session tracks, which was of a pretty respectable quality at the time, but didn't bother with the interview segments, a missed opportunity. When In Session came out it took me ages to get used to the mastering as I'd been listening to my own transfer for years up to that point (!)

I purposely used 2 x Metal-standard tapes at the time which were really good quality... I still have them somewhere but alas no tape deck. Finding and digitising them into a 2 x CDr album has long been a goal of mine.

It might even be worth the purchase of a reasonable tape deck alone.

I wish there was a service the BBC offered where you could email in, pay a reasonable fee, and have them send you a copy of what is in the archives. Those transcription discs of live gigs have forever gone for silly money.

^ Yep, I’ve had that “spam” problem sometimes. Usually when I’ve edited a post when I click submit again it thinks I’m a spammer.

Been hundreds of radio things over the years . I remember obtaining some early 80s ones on cassette through NME back page ads, stuff like a Manchester Piccadilly radio one from 83/84 and one or two others. Long lost now.

I remember listening to a two
part Radio 1 thing around early 88 , it was on over a couple of Saturday afternoon 1 hour slots and was Radio 1 catching the 87/88 popularity of New Order with the success of Substance. It was more of a documentary than interviews. I recorded all the session songs from the Peel Dec 98 thing. But as for digital versions that I still have, the one that first springs to mind is one I have of Bernard being interviewed by Jo Whiley on Radio 1 in about November 98, or at least for years I had it titled as Jo Whiley interview with Bernard but I think some years ago I listened to it and it didn’t sound like Jo Whiley so I’m not sure but I am sure I have it as an mp3. I could have sworn I heard it live when it was first broadcast. When I get time I’ll look it up in my files and see what else I have.

Yeah - I think there are probably hundreds of radio interviews and documentaries out there. There probably aren't too many from the 1980-1992 period though, due to their 'limited press coverage' stance at the time. It only got a bit daft from 1993 onwards. Same with the TV appearances. New Order interviews were a real treat back in the day. These days, it seems anyone can film a brief interview and stick it online. Not that I'm complaining though - always good to see new stuff.

I'm thinking that there shouldn't be too much out there in regards to 80s radio stuff so, in theory, it should be relatively easy to collect. Providing it's in the hands of fans generous enough to give me copies, of course.

Still, I'm interested in absolutely anything out there, folks; not just the early stuff.

That 1988 two-parter sounds great. It also sounds familiar. I may well have had that some years ago (sadly no more).

I'd certainly be interested in the 'Jo Whiley' thing and anything else you've got. Thanks!

Found a few mp3s of interviews i have.The 'Jo Whiley' one is definitely not Jo Whiley but it's labelled Radio 1 interview 11/98.Don't know who the lady interviewing Bernard is and i doubt it was even Radio 1.Bernard did get interviewed by Jo Whiley on Radio 1 around that time because i remember listening to it at work and she played World In Motion from Reading 98 but the mp3 i have i'm now pretty sure isn't it.The one i have is about 17 minutes.I also have a 'Republic' interview, not the May 93 Radio 1 Evening Session one though.Also have an Ian Curtis interview form 1980 , Radio Blackburn or something .Obtained that one a fair few years back now.

That was the one I meant - John Peel interviewing the four plus Tony Wilson on - THAT'S RIGHT - the 'history'. My favourite parts (after Mel C's shoulderblades) are 'Electronic have been knocking out the hits' (ah yes, they never stop), and nerdy Steve saying 'We've made an album and we hope it won't be like the Sphynx or the Pyramids: something people only discover after we're dead.' Still, nowhere near the NOStory cringe factor.

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The Jo Whiley one i'm thinking of was from 1998 because Bernard was talking about how they had got back together and had done Reading 98 a few months before and Jo Whiley played World In Motion from Reading 98.I remember the 1988 Substance 2 parter on Radio 1, John Peel talked about how awesome the February 1981 Heaven gig was.The December 1998 Peel interview was on the night December 30th and was sandwiched between the night of the Manchester Evening News Arena gig Dec 29th and the Alexandra Palace gig December 31st 1998.I recall Gillian selecting Candi Staton You've Got The Love as one of her favourite records.

Is it Annie Nightingale?

Incidentally I suspect the record for longest audio interview with Bernard is probably this (fairly recent) one that you also uploaded to YT Mr Fotzepolitic:

Great! Thanks for this. Nice to hear.

As promised:

https://drive.google.com...YdM3JM8votQg?usp=sharing

I hope you guys like them.

Just been listening to the interview labelled 11/03/83.
It appears to be the Radio 1 ‘Rock On’ broadcast from 12/03/83, which I already had a copy of.

However, what’s odd about your version is that it differs from the broadcast version. It contains various bits that weren’t broadcast, including bits where they talk about having to ‘redo’ certain sections of the interview. In other words, it’s the rough edits.
There’s some great little bits where the interviewer (Richard Skinner?) makes various ‘off air’ comments asking whether the band were deliberately sending him up etc. Nice.

So, this is very intriguing. Can I ask how you got hold of this little gem?

Just thought I'd resurrect this old thread as I'm still trying to find quite a few radio interviews that exist / that I used to have.

About a week or two ago, I came upon a listing that I made of my cassette tapes back in the mid 90s and this listed various radio interviews. I still thought I had the tapes in question, so thought I'd try to transfer them digitally. I dug out a 3mm headphone jack and researched how to record from cassette (a simple thing to do, it seems, with QuickTime).

I then popped along to my mum's to retrieve said tapes...

only to find that they are missing!

Who knows where they are? I can't imagine that I binned them (I rarely throw anything away).

Seeing all the interviews I used to have and realising that I don't still have them has made me a little fed up.

So, I'm on the scrounge to see if anyone has these lurking on a hard-drive, or potentially on a cassette that they wouldn't mind ripping for me (or lending me, maybe).

I can't say that I used to have all of these, but these are the ones I'm specifically after:

xx/03/1983 - 'The Jeff Cooper Show', BBC Radio Manchester, 03/83 (band introduce the first play of 'Blue Monday')
xx/12/1983 - 'Smash Hits' Xmas Message, 1983 (1 minute)
17/05/1985 - Telephone Interview - Powerhouse, Melbourne soundcheck, 17/05/85 (Gilbert) (5 minutes)
07/06/1985 - 'Black Rain', VPRO, Dutch Radio, 1985 (30 minutes)
1986 - Feature, Radio Scorpio, 1986 (4 x 60 minute episodes)
18/05/1986 - 'Sunday Surprise', New Zealand Campus Radio, 18/05/86 (120 minutes)
xx/10/1986 - Radio RTE, 10/86
19/10/1986 - Interview, The Fall gig, Roxy Hollywood, 19/10/86 (Mason) (10 minutes)
25/10/1986 - 'City To City - Episode 5: Manchester', BBC Radio 1, 25/10/86 (Hook) (60 minutes)
xx/02/1987 - Auckland Radio, 02/87 (2 minutes)
11/06/1987 - 'Bruno Brookes Show', BBC Radio 1, 11/06/87 (Hook on answerphone) (1 minute)
24/08/1987 - 'Bruno Brookes Show', BBC Radio 1, 24/08/87 (1 minute)
21/03/1988 - 'Showbiz Today', 21/03/88
19/05/1988 - BBC Radio 1, 19/05/88 (Wilson) (10 minutes)
23/01/1989 - French Radio, 23/01/89 (15 minutes)
21/03/1989 - 'The Spencer MacDonald Show', Piccadilly 1152, 21/03/89 (Sumner)
21/03/1989 - 'The Mark Findlay Show', Aberdeen Radio, 21/03/89 (Hook)

18/05/1990 - 'Joy Division Special', DT64 (East Germany), 18/05/90 (120 minutes)
18/05/1990 - 'Love Will Tear Us Up The Charts', Triple J FM, Australian Radio, 18/05/90 (feature on LWTUA) (45 minutes) (may be 18/05/92)
18/05/1990 - 'Les Inrockuptibles' French Radio, 18/05/90 (JD biography) (70 minutes)
21/05/1990 - 'BBC Look North', 21/05/90 (5 minutes)
xx/06/1990 - Piccadilly Key 103, 06/90 (Hook)
17/06/1990 - 'The Bill Shaw Show', NorthSound Radio, Aberdeen, 17/06/90 (Hook)
xx/07/1990 - 'The Making Of World In Motion', Piccadilly Key 103, 07/90 (Sumner, Hook, Mrris, Wilson, Hague, Allen & Barnes)
08/08/1990 - 'Third Summer' (Manchester Special), BBC Radio 1, 08/08/90 (60 minutes) (Wilson)
23/08/1990 - Radio NDR, 23/08/90 (50 minutes)
xx/xx/1991 - Interview, Early 1991 (Hook)
09/09/1991 - 'Newsbeat', BBC Radio 1, 09/09/91 (Morris)
08/01/1991 - GMR, 08/01/91 (Hook) (Revenge)
10/10/1991 - Interview, 10/10/91 (Wilson) (20 minutes)
xx/11/1991 - BBC Radio 1 (Morris & Gilbert), 11/91 (2 minutes)
xx/11/1991 - 'Hit The North', BBC Radio 5, 11/91 (Morris & Gilbert)
11/01/1992 - BBC Radio 1, 11/01/92 (Wilson)
29/01/1992 - 'Hit The North', BBC Radio 5, 29/01/92 (Hook & Potts) (Revenge)
26/02/1992 - 'Mark Goodier Show', BBC Radio 1, 26/02/92 (25 minutes)
20/03/1992 - Radio Scotland, 20/03/92 (Wilson)
18/05/1992 - JJJ-FM, 18/05/92 (LWTUA Special) (45 minutes)
15/09/1992 - BBC Radio 1, 15/09/92 (5 minutes)
24/11/1992 - 'Newsbeat', BBC Radio 1, 24/11/92 (Factory) (5 minutes)
06/02/1993 - 'Kaleidoscope', BBC Radio 4, 06/02/93 (Feature on Factory)
19/04/1993 - 'Mark Goodier's Evening Session', BBC Radio 1 (Sumner), 19/04/93 (14 minutes)
20/04/1993 - 'Mark Goodier's Evening Session', BBC Radio 1, 20/04/94 (Hook) (10 minutes)
21/04/1993 - 'New Order Night', BBC Radio 5 Live, 21/04/93 (Hook) (10 minutes)
21/04/1993 - 'Mark Goodier's Evening Session', BBC Radio 1, 21/04/93 (Gilbert) (8 minutes)
22/04/1993 - 'Mark Goodier's Evening Session', BBC Radio 1, 22/04/93 (Morris) (6 minutes)
23/04/1993 - 'New Order To New Order', BBC Radio 1, 23/04/93
24/04/1993 - Piccadilly Key 103, 24/04/93 (15 minutes)
28/04/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5 Live, 28/04/93 (Hook)
xx/05/1993 - KROQ-FM Radio, 05/93 (1 minute)
12/05/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5 Live, 12/05/93 (Hook)
19/05/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5 Live, 19/05/93 (Hook)
26/05/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5 Live, 26/05/93 (Hook)
01/06/1993 - 'Cult Radio', BBC Radio 5 Live, 01/06/93 ("New Order re-invent The War of the Worlds")
09/06/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5 Live, 09/06/93 (Hook)
11/08/1993 - 'Hit The North', BBC Radio 5, 11/08/93 (Hook) (Cook With Hook?)
25/08/1993 - 'Hit The North - Cook With Hook', BBC Radio 5, 25/08/93 (Hook)
30/12/1993 - 'BBC Radio 1, 30/12/93
10/11/1994 - 'Soundbite', BBC Radio 1, 10/11/94 (retospective)
18/12/1994 - 'The Art of Noise - Part 3: Electric Dreams', BBC Radio 1,18/12/94 (Hook features)

07/04/2002 - 'The Weekend News', BBC Radio 5 Live, 07/04/02 (Featuring a report on New Order's film soundtrack)
03/06/2002 - 'Lamacq Live - What If Punk Never Happened?', BBC Radio 1, 03/06/02 (New Order & Wilson feature)

NB I know the 'Cook With Hook' features are on YouTube (which I have ripped), but I have a feeling that there's more of these and I don't know which dates I have, so have left them on the list.

Long, long list, eh?

If anyone can find even a handful of these, I'd be really happy, and it would go some way to easing the pain of losing those tapes.
Please don't be put off by the length of the list. Please have a look through and search those hard-drives / cassettes.
If you want to focus on anything, I'm after the 80s / early 90s interviews mostly, so that should narrow things down a bit.

As always, with me, I'm up for a trade and have a tonne of other interviews.

Edited by user 21 September 2020 08:24:52(UTC)  | Reason: Edited to remove acquired radio interviews

Thanks for the recollections of the 27/09/87 thing, Fotz. It might help me to identify it, if I happen to come across it unlabelled on a tape.

I'm not sure about that Hooky thing where he played Atmosphere.
Looking through my spreadsheet of stuff I have vs stuff I need, the only thing I've got labelled up as being Hook related on Radio 1 in 1986 is this:

25/10/1986 - 'City To City - Episode 5: Manchester', BBC Radio 1, 25/10/86 (Hook) (60 minutes)

The date seems a bit off, but the length of the programme seems typical of something where he may have been presenting a programme and playing some tunes.
Alternatively, there's a reasonable chance that it's a programme I don't have listed.


As regards the length of the list, I know; it's a bit gargantuan.
I'm surprised there's that many radio shows that I don't have.

I'm not holding out much hope that this post will result in finding these missing interviews, but it's always worth an ask.
However, looking back on this thread, I did get some very nice items from the people on this thread already (thank you all!), so here's hoping that this resurrection, and list of missing items, leads to some hunting down of stuff. I've also posted a similar thread on JD Central.

Fingers crossed...