Recollection

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Created 27 Jun 2023

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59 Articles

There is a need for newbie info.

Scene-newbies appear to be lost about the past, confused, or even being totally ignorant about it. As in, how things worked back then, how it all came to be, the 'unwritten rules' etc.

Recollection highlights the past glory, not to forget about praising it. So, in a sense, it is quite self-centered, yet possibly illuminating for newbies.

It is worth getting those stories out - also, it would be an interesting read to get behind the scenes of incidents, fights, groups etc. During the years when most of the controversy, politics, debates, groups were bubbling behind a surface. It would be an interesting angle to take the reader behind the mask, behind the surface of the supergroups and how it really worked. I think many people have these weird perceptions of how things went on and the groups were organised. Where did they really get their originals? Who had to skip school to crack a first release? What were their plans - and how well-planned were they? How did they meet and get together in the first place? What triggered all the fighting? What split groups up? Who made money and who didn't? What was the lamest thing the coolest persons ever did? There is room for so many unmasking, entertaining stories that can now be told that the old era is over.

Can you help? We strive to inform, entertain and preserve.

Rob Hubbard's music: disassembled, commented and explained

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Anthony McSweeney Introduction How do you introduce someone like Rob Hubbard?? He came, he saw and he conquered the C64 world. In my estimation, this one man was responsible for selling more C64 software than any other single person. Hell! I think that Rob Hubbard was responsible for selling more COMMODORE 64's than any other person! I certainly bought my C64 after being blown away by the Monty on the Run music in December 1985. In the next few years, Rob would totally dominate the C64 music scene, releasing one hit after another. I will even say that some really terrible games sold well only on the strength of their brilliant Rob...

Man and Machine

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Ian and Stuart Before the 64 - Dragons, Pets and the incredible flying ZX81 The infamous ZX81 The first truly commercial computer on the UK market this Zilog Z80 based machine is what most people into computing at the time cut their teeth on. The machine had 1k of ram as standard with an optional 16k ram pack which plugged into the user port at the rear. It seems as if Sir Clive Sinclair had made a boo boo when it come to the design of the ram packs as they all had one problem... They wobbled... I remember typing in a huge basic program one day; it took about 10 hours to get it all in. I pressed the keys to save the program to tape an...

Thank you for using AT&T

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Peacemaker Yes, I really have to thank you AT&T, MCI, LCI, SPRINT and all the other phone companies for such a fantastic, interesting, exciting and all in all; wonderful time. Please read this: If your morals are larger than Mount Everest, then maybe you should stop reading here. :) I don't want to write down in which group I was back then in all the years because I want to concentrate more on the phreaking side of life. In short: what and how I, Vortex, Jihad and Lawnmower Man (Lawny) found ways to call the boards, party lines, setlines and friends and so on. ;) Also note that I won't go any deeper when it comes to Bluebo...

Scene Wars

RECOLLECTION issue 3

Recently, I had the pleasure of reading some of my old scene articles from the late 80's & early 90's. Jazzcat had emailed me scans of the paper mag 'Escapism', a piece of work I did sometime in my mid-late teens. The first thing that struck me was the amateurishness of the work. But I soon forgave myself when I recalled the tools I had to work with. This magazine is from an era when 'cut & paste' literally meant cut and paste. Most of the pages are actually collages of pictures and text glued onto an A4 page then photo-copied. And photocopiers in those days were pretty brutal; high-contrast temperamental t...

The story of Ziggy

RECOLLECTION issue 3

The Beginning It was a scorching hot summer holiday. Six weeks off school and nothing to do but spend time. January 1985 was a turning point for me. The year before had been my last year in primary school and my next door neighbour had gotten a Commodore 64. We spent sweltering days on the carpet of his living room playing Hot Wheels, Lode Runner, BC, Archon and a host of other games. It was magic what this computer could do and the sound from this thing was amazing - I would just listen to the sounds sometimes. I had been lucky enough in the previous two years to have some exposure to computers at school and at my father's job at th...

Interview with Jonathan Dunn

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Jan Harries Jonathan 'Choroid' Dunn has composed music and sound effects for many C64 games and is one of several talented composers of the loader music for Ocean Software. He was responsible for massive titles such as Total Recall, Platoon, Robocop 2, Terminator 2, Navy Seals and many more. He was also known as a SID pioneer under his handle Choroid, spreading his work on Compunet. Please welcome Mr. Jonathan Dunn... R) Hello Jonathan! Thanks for doing this interview! J) Hello R) First, can I ask you to give us some information about yourself (full name, age, birthplace and date, where you reside, job and interests? J) Jonath...

Interview with Neil Baldwin

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Jan Harries Neil Baldwin, or Demon, as we know him - came crashing into our reality with his funky SID tune 'Demon's First' back in 1986. He was one of those UK Electrosound musicians, with their special sound. His most known works are 'Hardcastle', 'Metal Bar II', 'Garfield', and 'Shadow Skimmer'. Every old C64 knowledgeable person around knows Demon's tunes - we kind of just grew up with them! R) Hello Neil! Thanks for doing this interview! N) You're welcome, Jan. I only hope my memory serves me well enough to make this interesting and worthwhile! R) First, can I ask you to give us...

Interview with Falco Paul

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Jazzcat The man behind the sound of 20CC. He was involved with legendary productions such as So-phisticated III and Dutch Breeze and worked together with Dutch legends Reyn Ouwehand and the late Edwin Van Santen. Please welcome to the pages of Recollection, Mr. Falco Paul... R) Thanks for taking the time for this interview and welcome to the Recollection magazine, please introduce yourself to the audience. F) My name is Falco Paul and I live with my family (wife and three kids) in the The Netherlands in a small village called 'Lisse'. I've got a degree in computer science and nowadays work as a self employed IT project man...

Interview with Flex

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Jazzcat We travel to Finland to meet the founder of the legendary Contex, he is a musician that has been in the scene since the mid-eighties and was a member of groups like Byterapers and Artline Designs. Please welcome Flex... R) Thanks for taking the time for this interview and welcome to the Recollection magazine, please introduce yourself to the audience. F) Well, thanks for the interest. My name is Antti Hannula and in the C64-scene I am known as Flex. I was born 1974 in Helsinki, Finland but spent my scene-days in Oulunsalo, which is located geographically in the middle of Finland. Firstly, I recognised my abilities in doing gra...

Interview with Rockstar

RECOLLECTION issue 3

By Jazzcat & Mason Our scene has a rockstar, one of a different variety... a talented cracker, involved in groups like Contex, Extasy and Byterapers. Over the years he performed like a rockstar should, delighting the fans with his many quality cracks... please welcome the pride of Finland! J) Welcome and thanks for taking the time for this interview! Please introduce yourself to the readers. R) Thank you, it's a pleasure to still be remembered after all this time! I've been out of the game for something like 16 years by now, you know. Name still withheld for obvious reasons, there were some shenanigans I was involved in that ...

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