//Copy of PIL’s Metal Box complete with tape printed with Dennis Morris’ logo for the band; DB reckons this may have come from the group’s guitarist Keith Levene//

During a recent visit to his mother’s north London home, NY-based expat DJ, art/publishing player and blogger DB Burkeman took the opportunity to recover some of the ephemera of his youth, including the items you see here.

//Flyer for evening at the London outpost of Peter Gatien’s 80s club brand featuring Barnsley (now Barnzley), Tim Simenon (of Bomb The Bass) and the Wild Bunch’s Nellee Hooper//

//Photo of Allen Jones artwork obtained from Burkeman’s first employer//

//Allen Jones appropriation in artwork for late 70s Generation X gig designed by Burkeman’s friend Barry Jones, one of the faces behind punk club The Roxy and guitarist for the London Cowboys and Johnny Thunders//

Many struck a chord; we are approximately of the same vintage and have followed the same interests (though he more intensively in music). For sure we were at some of the same gigs – including Hawkwind’s final stands with Stacia at The Roundhouse in 1975 – and also have mutual acquaintances.

//76pp booklet by David Johnson and Roger Dunkley, illustrations Julia Stone, photography Bob Baker. Atlas Publishing, 1967//

I was made up when out of the blue last week DB  sent me one of the items he retrieved: a 1967 copy of the Gear Guide booklet (I have the repro issued by Old House a couple of years back).

//Passport photos of Burkeman in the late 70s//

For a full rundown of DB’s finds, read his post on dbdoesablog.com here.

All photos: DB Burkeman.

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