Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Purple Gang, Siren, Young Tradition, Davey Graham, Shirley & Dolly Collins, Rolling Stones, Animals, Fugs, Kevin Ayres, White Noise, Nick Drake...

Geronimo Starship - for Pacifica, US West Coast radio, 1971

'The Sun Machine is coming down, and we're gonna have a party'

Welcome to Geronimo Starship
(and a very special warm welcome to those visitors who have followed the link in the new edition of 'The Complete David Bowie'*).
In 1969 we broadcast across Europe as Radio Rupert and Radio 428 from Andorra.
In 1970 Radio Geronimo broadcast via the 400Kw transmitters of Radio Monte Carlo. Why? Because there was no other way to legally transmit to discerning music enthusiasts in the UK and beyond. At night the signal from the South of France bounced back from the ionosphere and although sometimes the received signal was swirling and fading it was the ONLY way to hear adventurous music. In 2011, with satellite and the internet, that may seem difficult to believe. But the poverty and paucity of decent music on the radio was a great incentive to struggle to hear our broadcasts. We gained a contract with Pan American Airways to provide their inflight entertainment and rebranded as 'Geronimo Starship'.

Geronimo Starship recorded most of the Glastonbury Fayre of 1971. This included the legendary performance by David Bowie. This was before Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust. A triple album containing some Glastonbury performances was released by Revelation in 1972. This website celebrates Glastonbury 1971 and will include setlists, white labels, promo booklets and more...

*Nice to see you all at Nicholas Pegg's David Bowie book launch on 24th September 2011 in London.
Chris Bent (webmaster) & John Lundsten (John recorded David Bowie at the 1971 Glastonbury Fayre)

GeronimoStarship.com is currently under construction but you can already access some of our Glastonbury material at our sister website www.radiogeronimo.com