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[jose m]

stiff records did a tour of the uk on a private hire train in the 70's




Stiff revived an idea from the US 60s pop factory Motown – the label tour. The tour bus, or for second tour, the ludicrously over the top and expensive tour train, rolled into university towns across the UK, with an anarchic and chaotic live show featuring a revolving line-up of acts from the labels roster. All the participants were paid a flat fee of £50 a night, and, the personnel were flexible, with Dury drumming for Eric, saxophonist Davey Payne playing for both of them and the whole ensemble getting on stage for a rousing chorus of Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll to end the night.