Martyn Ware - the Human League, Heaven 17 and getting a £324,000 cheque in the ‘80s

Martyn Ware’s just written his memoir, ‘Electronically Yours Vol 1’, looking back at his early days in Sheffield, his brutal exit from the Human League, the rise and fall of Heaven 17 and the BEF and his lucrative afterlife as a producer.
Hear this and you will learn about …
… the charisma of Tina Turner.
… “a Dear John Letter” from Terence Trent D’Arby.
… being “John the Evangelist for the coming of OMD and Gary Numan”.
… the skills a producer needs.
… David Bowie seeing the Human League in ’79 - “If God comes down and says you’re the Anointed One you’re not going to argue with it.”
… the first record he bought (Pretties For You by Alice Cooper).
… the character of Sheffield - “bolshiness and pride in craft”.
… wanting the first Human League album to fail but getting one per cent of its profit.
… being “blind-sided” when they threw him out.
… producing Hot Gossip and Dan Hartman.
… being in a band that was “a sub-Jim Morrison mumble over the top of some soundscapes”.
… the life-changing arrival of “huge cheques”.
… and whether the original Human League will ever reunite.

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