The archive: photographs, posters and press
Every item in the archive has its own page with the scan, a description, the date evidence and a source note.
Items are broadly ordered by date. Where a date is only attributed or cannot be established, the item follows the dated ones in the same period.
Tunnel Club review, 28 October 1986 A fanzine Reviews page with a review of The New English and The Third Man at the Tunnel Club, Greenwich, dated 28/10/86. The zine’s title is not shown.
Fanzine interview, first page First page of a fanzine interview with The New English, naming Johnny Rasheed on bass and vocals and Shareef on guitars, with a drum machine; no date is printed.
Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987 Fanzine page reviewing The New English at Le Beat Route on 23 February 1987, with a photograph captioned to say Joz, in the middle, had left the band.
Reading poster for 15 May Poster for New English on 15 May, with admission prices and a Reading address. The top line is cropped and the year is not printed; 1987 is attributed.
Reading preview in What’s Happening? Reading listings zine spread previewing The New English at St David’s Hall on Friday 27 November, year inferred as 1987, with Johnny Rasheed on soul pop.
Rock Garden admission card, 7 December Rock Garden admission card for The New English at ‘Breakthrough I’, Monday 7 DEC, £3 at the door. The year is not printed; 1987 is attributed.
Band publicity biography Band-issued publicity biography for The New English, undated, describing a Fulham childhood, a first national television appearance and songs about teenage love.
Publicity sheet with trio photograph Band publicity sheet with a trio photograph, handwritten booking details for A C Promotion and a typed question-and-answer section; it is undated.
Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening Demo review of The New English in the What’s Happening? zine, covering the songs Get Ready and This Evening; no byline or date is visible.
Interview in The Mighty Utterance! Mighty Utterance! interview with The New English: Johnny on London, teenage love and the band name. A separate review on the page is dated 2 April 1987.
Zeeta’s ticket, 11 February Red-printed Zeeta’s club card with The New English, Thurs 11th Feb and 10.30pm written in by hand. No year is given; 1988 is attributed and the date is disputed.
Bazooka poster with S.P.G., 17 February Handwritten poster billing S.P.G. (UK) and The New English (UK) at the Bazooka on Samstag, Feb. 17th. No year or city is printed; 1990 and Bonn come from other sources.
Johnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar: solo poster Poster for a free Johnny Rasheed evening at MacDevitt’s Bar, Reading, on Saturday 11th March. A pencil note appears to give 1995. Solo item, not The New English.
Johnny Rasheed: Saturday running order A printed Saturday running order listing Johnny Rasheed with four other acts. No event, venue or year is printed. Solo item, not The New English.