Step Into The 70's & Beyond / It Started In Rochdale

2008 CD that explores the cultural diversity of the music and art scene of Rochdale, a small town in the North of England near Manchester. It covers '70s Rochdale bands Tony Crabtree, Blinder, Accident on the East Lancs, Local Heroes, Willful Damage, and Tractor as well as the next generation of bands such as the Pranksters, Potential Victims, Andy T and Untermensch. The album also contains a previously unreleased version of Joy Division's 'Atmosphere' recorded in Rochdale in the 1970's. This album provides an audio journey through an extremely creative era in Rochdale of the late 60's and into 1970s that spawned the Rochdale Sculptors, Tractor, Tractor Music, Cargo Studios, Brian Eastwood Guitars, Tony Crabtree, Deeply Vale and would make Rochdale a creative force in Arts and Music right through to the late '80s. Ozit.