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"2-4-6-8 Motorway" was not issued on a UK album at the time, and Robinson still rues what he calls the "fatal mistake" of omitting the band's most famous songs "2-4-6-8 Motorway" and "Glad to Be Gay" from their debut album Power in the Darkness, although both songs appeared on a 12" bonus record included with the US release of Power in the ...
Tom Robinson Band (TRB) are a British rock band, established in 1976 by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson.The band's debut single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" was a top five hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1977, and their third single, "Up Against the Wall", is seen by some as a classic punk rock single; [2] [3] while their debut album, Power in the Darkness (1978), is regarded as a definitive ...
TRB Two – also known as TRB2 – is the second studio album by Tom Robinson Band.It was recorded days after the original drummer, Dolphin Taylor, left the band.The TRB disbanded four months after its release.
The following year the group released the single "2-4-6-8 Motorway", [2] which peaked at No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. [1] The song alludes obliquely to a gay truck driver. [ 2 ] In February 1978, the band released the live extended play Rising Free , which peaked at No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart and included his anthemic song ...
[6] [7] The No. 6 spot was just short of the achievement of his 1977 single "2-4-6-8 Motorway" with the Tom Robinson Band, which reached No. 5. [7] It reached No. 1 on the UK Indie chart and stayed at No. 1 for three weeks. It later appeared on Robinson's 1984 album Hope and Glory and revived his career. [3]
R2E CCMC Portal laptop. The portable microcomputer "Portal", of the French company R2E Micral CCMC, officially appeared in September 1980 at the Sicob show in Paris.The Portal was a portable microcomputer designed and marketed by the studies and developments department of the French firm R2E Micral in 1980 at the request of the company CCMC specializing in payroll and accounting.
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Pages in category "Songs written by Tom Robinson" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2-4-6-8 Motorway; 1967 (song) A. Ain't Gonna Take It;