Delta Radio

David Clark (Drums), Steve Appleton (Vocals/ Guitar)


An experimental rock project very much pushing the boundaries of acceptability, playing mostly in Norfolk and featured on several local compilation albums. This is the band where I really learned to play the guitar while singing.

Home recordings - 1989

Home recordings - 1990

Law And Order

The Waterfront launch - post performance 1990













Progress so far on the Purple Studio's DAT Archive project. Matching DAT details to the studios' handwritten catalogues. We have completed one box of 5 which comes to 4090 tracks. No tidying up has been done to the text at this point so there will be many mistakes to correct but the acts found so far are below.

121 / MARCH 22 / 1000'S OF KITTENS / 200 LIVE / A BETTER MOUSETRAP / ABOUT TIME / ABOVE & BEYOND / ACCARDIAN /ACME BLUES CO / ACTION / ADAM DEAN / AKA HARPER / ALEX GALE / ALLEN, PAUL / AMANDA RYAN / AMBER SEA / ANDY GARWOOD / ANDY SULTAN / ANGELOU / ANGIE / ANIMAL NATION / ANITA RAY / ANNA MUDEKA & BABA SIMBA / ANNETTE / ANTHILL MOB / ARTURO / ASTHMATIX / ASTRAL PLANE / AUSTIN, PAUL / AYTON, PAUL / B MER / BABY MAN / BACKTRACKING / BACTON, MICHAEL / BADGERS / BAKER, DAVE /BAKER, PAUL / BANBARRA / BAND WITH NO NAME / BARDOTS /BARNEY / BASH ST KIDS / BASINGER / BASTI (IAN) / BEACH /BLANKET BINGO / BEHIND THE LINES / BELIEVE / BEN / BEN? /BEYOND THE BLUE / BIG BIRD / BIG BIRD ON A TRYKE / BIG KEV /BIG RED OVERCOAT / BILL RICH / BLACK CAT BONE / BLEACH /BLUE / BLUE BUTCHERS / BLUE JAYS / BLUE SCRIPT / BLUE YOSHI /BLUES AT TEN / BMR / BODINE, JAMES / BOND, PETE / BOOKEND /BOOMERANG / BOX 8 / BOZAK / BRAINDANCE / BRASH / BREAM, DAVE / BROADLAND HOME INTERIORS / BRUNDLE, PAUL / BRUNO/RICH/KATHY / BUDGIE / BUILT FOR COMFORT / BULLOCK, IAN / BURNED DAHLIA / BURST / BUS STOP / BUSH KANGAROOS /BUSTER JAMES / CANAAN / CANDY APPLE / CAPTAIN LOVE / CAPTAIN LOVE & THE KOSMIC / CAPTAIN LOVE & THE KOSMICS / CARA / CARAVAN CLUB / CARRION / CASCADE / CHEROKEE / CHERRY COCAINE / CHERRY FOREVER / CHICKEN BONE CHOKED /CHOCOLATE / CHRIS WALLACE / CHRISTIAN & THE MUSIC ROOM /CHRISTOPHER, GARY / CHROME YELLOW / CHUCKS BUZZ / CINNAMON CIRCUS / CIRCLE SKY / CIRCUS CIRCUS / CLOWNHOUSE / COAST TO COAST / COLLERICK, JOHN / COLLERICK, JON / COLORFORM / COMPACT PUSSYCAT / COOK, VERA / CRAVE / CRAWFISH DADDY / CREEP / CREST / CRY FREEDOM / CSA / CULLABINE, JIMMY / CULLEN, MIKE / CURIO /CURTIS, STEVE / CYNIC / D & N / D. DIDDLEY / DARK SEED / DARREN JAY / DARYL PATTON / DAVE & OTTS / DAVE BAKER / DAWG HOUSE / DEAN & LISA / DEAN, ADAM / DEEP WATER /DELTA RADIO / DEN & BARRY / DESIRE / DETECTIVES / DEVIANT / DEVIATED INSTINCT / DIE LAUGHING / DIG / DIRT FEG / DIRTY / RIVERS BLUES / DISCIPLES / DIVERSION / DIZZYACS / DOC FRIDAY / DOCTOR SYN / DOMAIN / DONNELLY, DAVE / DOOMWEASEL /DOWN STROKE / DREAMFIELDS / DREW, GARY / DUBIOUS / DUMP IN THE BATH / DUVAL, GLENN / DYCLATTICS / DYNAMO HUM / EARTH TRIBE / ECHO PARK / ECKIE / EDWIN TURNER / EGG / EGO /EIGHT STOREY WINDOW / EL GATO / EL GATOS MEN / ELEMENTAL / ELMERHASSEL / EMMA / ENCHANTED / ENDLESS NOISE / ESBERN SNARE / ETERNAL, THE / EUPHORIA / EX PRESIDENTS / EXECUTION / EXILE / FABRIQUE / FAKUS QUO / FANTASIA / FIDGET / FIEL GARVEY / FIFTH SEASON / FIONA / FIONA & ANNE / FISH LOGIC / FLAVIO / FLEECE / FLOOD / FLOODLAND / FLOOR / FLYN TRADE / FLYOVER / FOND OF DOGS / FORTY THIEVES / FRANTIC / FREAKY JOLENE / FREAKY KIDS STUFF / FULL FRONTAL / FUNKLE BOD / FUR / GARWOOD, ANDY / GARY J PEAK / GAS POETS / GEEK LOVE / GEOFF LIGHTFOOT / GIBBS, SAM / GIFT / GLASSWHEEL SHOWBAND / GOD FATHERS / GOD KNOWS / GOOBER PATROL / GOOD TIMES / GRAHAM MCDADE / GRAND DESIGNS / GRIND, MAVIS / GROOVE HEAD / GUNRUNNERS / HALF TIME ORANGES / HANDSOME / HANG TIME / HANGTIME (JAMES IPSWICH) / HANTON, SHAUN / BOOKEND / HARD COUSIN / HARPER AKA / HARRISON, ANDY / HAYWIRE / HEG / HERME, MIMIL / HIDDEN INSTINCT / HIPPODROME / HOLLY / HOLLY EX RAINBYRD / HOMELAND / HOMER / HONEY BUZZARDS / HONEYMOON SUITE / HORACE GOES SKIING / HORNE, JOHN / HOT OR WHAT / HOWIE / HOWIE'S BAND / HUNGRY FACE / HUNGRY FACE (SHAWN HANTON) / HYPNOTIZE / IAN LEWIS / IMAGES / IMPERIAL / IN THE RED / INCIDENT / INFANT KISS / INLAWS / INNER SANCTUM / INSTANT CHAOS / INTENSION / IVY / J R HARTLEY / JACK ORION / JADE VEIL / JAGO / JAIL BREAK / JASON'S BAND / JAZZ TRIO / JETBOY / JETBOY (SPACEHOPPER) / JIM CARTER / JOEYS / JOHN DOE / JOHNNY (DJ) / JOHNNY ZERO / JOKERS / JOLLY HANGMEN / JOY / JOYLAND / JUICY / JUSTIN / JUSTIN/JASPER / JUSTINE / KAITO / KANNIBAL KANE / KAREN D'ACHE / KATE / KATE & MARY JANE / KENNCAD, GARY / KENNEDY, KERRY / KENT, MALCOM / KEVIN KEBAB / KING, ALICIA / KITES / LAKI / LANDSLIDE / LARDY / LARTHER / LAST ORDERS / LAURA CANNELL / LAURENCE / LAW, THE / LEANNE / LEE MAHONY / LEE VASEY / LIBERATOR / LIETHVOLD, JOHN / LIGHTFOOT, G / LIGHTFOOT, GEOFF / LLEWELYN (PREVIOUSLY PUNCHED UGLY) / LONGSIDERS / LOOSE ELASTIC / LORE BREAKERS / LOST BOYS / LOST VIRGINS FROM / LOUISA / LOUISE WILLIAMS / LOVE EXPLOSION / LOVE JUNK / LUCYS / LUKIN / LURE OF THE UNDERGROUND / LUSTER / LYCANTHROPY / MACBREATH / MADDOG / MADIGAN / MAGOO / MAHOGANY / MAINLAND / MAIZE / MAKESHIFTS / MALCOLM JAY & MARK WESTERN / MANDRAX INCIDENT / MANIA / MANUSCRIPT / MARIA / MARK BROTHERS / MARK HIRST / MARK WARD / MARKS BROTHERS / MASSEY / MATT & GERRY / MATT VINYL / MATTHEW EVANS JONES / MAURICE CLARK / ME & HIM / ME AND HIM / MEAN THINGS / MEN YOU MIGHT KNOW / MESH / MICHIGANS / MICKEY JAYKING / MICROBES / MIKE HOWARD (2ND STRING) / MIKE SUTTON (BAND) / MIKE SUTTON (SOLO) / MILLERS / MINOTAUR / MOGGY / MONEY SHOT / MONSTER / MOON UNIT II / MORGAN / MORGAN EVES / MOTHER SUPERIOR / MR JOLLY / MR PITIFUL / MULLEN, ADAM / MUSIC CONTROL / MY GIDDY AUNT / MYSTERIE BOYS / MYSTERONS / NAKED / NAVIGATOR / NEAL / NEILHILLISTIC / NEVER AFTER / NEW WORLD PERSUASION / NFL / NIALL / NICK & POPS / NICK GIBBS / NIGEL / NIGEL GAS STATION / NINA'S INFLUENCE / NO MERCY / NO MORE HEROES / NOTHING SO FAR / O898 / OBLIVION GARBAGE / OCHRE / OLD HEADS YOUNG SHOULDERS / OPTIMUM WOUND PROFILE / ORIGINAL SIN / OUTBURST / OUTLAWS / OVAHEAD / OVERREAL / OVERTIME / PADDY / PADDY BUNNY / PADDY SHAW / PAPER BRAINZ / PARKER / PASCHENDAELE / PATHOGEN / PAUL PUNCHED / PEACH / PECK, G / PECK, STEVEN / PEGASUS / PELT / PENNY ARCADE / PERSONA NON / PERSUADERS / PETER JAY / PETROL BLUE / PHANTOM COWBOYS / PITKINS / PLAINSMEN / PLC / PLD / PMT / PORK / POTTERS / POTTING SHEDS / PRAIRIE DOGS / PRESSURE / PRIMITIVE CULTURE / PUNCHED UGLY / PUPPET THEATRE / PURDY / PURE MANIA / PUSHKINS / RACHEL WESTON / RACKETEERS / RAD6? / RADIATOR / RAGS TO RICHES / RAINBYRDS / RAINY DAZE / RANDOM FACTOR / RATZINASAK / RAZOR BACKS / RAZOR SHARP / REAL UNIVERSAL / REAL UNIVERSE (JOYLAND) / RECESSION / RED DRESS / RED FLAG / RED INK / RED LION / RED STAR BELGRADE / RELATIVES / REPLICAS / REPUBLIC / RESIN / REVELSTONE / REVOLVING JONES / REVS / REVULSION / RICH, BILL / RICHARD ANGLIA TV / RICHIE / RIOT ACT / RIPLEY / RISK / RISTS, THE (MICKEY) / ROB EBBAGE / ROCKY / ROGERS, JOHN / ROGUES GALLERY / ROOSTERS / ROSLYN & MIKE / ROSWELL / ROSY BLUE / ROUSE, TONY / ROXYS TOOLBOX / RUBBER CHICKEN BAND / RUE DE LA MORT / RUNAWAY / RUSH ME UNDER / RUSSELL & RICHARD / SAINSBURY, IAN / SARAH LEE / SARAS LOVER / SARGEANT, STUART / SAYER, RON / SCARLET / SCARLET ANGEL / SCRATCH THE CAT / SCULLY / SCUMHATTERS / SEAMAN MISSION / SECOND OPINION / SERAPHIM / SERIOUS BUSINESS / SHADOW GALLERY / SHAFT / SHAKEOUT / SHE / SHEDDY / SHEPPARD, RICK / SHERBS / SHERRY ANNE / SHORT N CURLIES / SIMON & LYNNE / SIMON MARK / SINK / SIX STRING STREET / SKUNK / SKURAVI / SLIDER / SLIVER / SLOT / SLUGWORTH / SMAC WATER JAC? / SMOKING BLUES BAND / SMURF / SMURF TRIBE / SNAG / SNEAK PREVIEW / SODS LAW / SOLOMON, STEVE / SONIC / SONIC CITY / SONIC CITY R SQ / SOUL FATE / SOUL INTENTIONS / SOULED OUT / SOUND / SOUTHPAW / SPACEHOPPER (JETBOY) / SPINE WRENCH / SPINNING JENNYS / SPLENDIDS / SPLIT / SPOT / STAND (BGN) / STAND RECORDS / STANLEYS DEAD / STARE / STARFISH / STATE / STATIC / STEAL / STEERPIKE / STEPTONES / STEVENS, IAN / STEWART, MARGARET / STILL SPIN / STONE FLOW / STONEY BROKE / STORMHOUSE / STRUGGLE / STUART GEARHIRE / SUBVERT / SUBZERO / SUCK / SUGARHOUSE / SUGARMAN / SUGARMAN PLASTIC / SUN CHARMS / SUTTON, M / SWAGGER / SWAN DIVE / SWEET & INNOCENT / SWIM / SWORD OF THE TONGUE / T + J COLLINS / T H MULSON / TAIL DRAGGER / TARIC / TATTOOED LIES / TEAPOT GROOVERS / TECHNO MURDER / TEMPEST / TENNESEE COUNTRY / TERRY & KIRK / THE COLOUR-BLIND HEDGEHOGS / THE INLAWS / THEM HEADS / THERESA / THIEVES, THE / THIEVING GYPSIES / THIS BIG IDEA / THIS HOUSE / THOMPSON, JULIE / THOMPSON, JULIE & DONNELY, D / THREE & EASY / THREE RIVERS / TIMS, MALCOLM (SIMON'S BOSS) / TOKE / TOM'S SMALL BOX / TONIC / TONY VINES / TONY/ ASHLEY / TRAUMA / TRAVIS CUT / TREACLE MINERS / TRISTIAN / TUFFTY'S NUT BOX / TUFTY'S NUT BOX / TUSH / TWELFTH CENTURY DRAWING MACHINE / TWELVE / UM (BROTHREN) / UMBILICAL RIPCHORDS / UNCHAINED / UNDER THE ABOVE / UNSEEN / UTOPIA / VAIN / VANCOUVER /VAPOR RUB / VELVET CLAW / VELVIA / VENUS ENVY / VIBER / VIOLET VOODOO / VIRTUALLY FAT FREEZ / WADDLE / WALLACE, CHRIS / WARD, DAVID / WATCHMEN / WAY OUT WEST / WE EAT PIGS / WEAVE / WEDNESDAYS CHILD / WEIRD NEW BAG / WEIRD NEW BAGS / WELCH, HELEN / WENTLEAFIE / WHIPPET / WHISK / WHITE MAGIC / WILLEM / WILLIAMS, JOHNNIE / WILLIAMS, KEVIN / WILLIAMS, LOUISE / WISHING TREE / WITNESS / WOODS, RAY / WORLD WITHOUT END / YARDMAN / YAREBEATS / YEAH / YOGHURT BELLY / YORK, DAVE / YOUNG HEADS / OLD SHOULDERS / ZENANNA? / ZERO, JOHNNY / ZIKO / ZOO / ZOOTZ