Matthew Goody

@needlesandplastic.bsky.social

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Author of Needles & Plastic: FlyingNun Records 1981-1988, published by Third Man Books (US/UK) and Auckland University Press (NZ): tinyurl.com/35hu5s99

Front cover of Chris Knox biography Not Given Lightly by Craig Robertson published by Auckland University Press March 2026
Cover, inserts and vinyl record of The Fall’s Fall In A Hole live album owned by John Peel
Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos front cover 2025 on Flying Acorn
Image of test pressing of The Chills Kaleidoscope World LP on Creation Records from the John Peel Archive
Two gig posters for Sun City Girls from Vancouver
Vintage t-shirt for New Zealand band The 3Ds
Scene from 1994 film Back Beat
image of Discogs webpage for Funkadelic album Cosmic Slop with censored album cover
Advert for Bygone Era / Warners split single from 1987 on Onslaught Records
Newspaper article from 1985 about pressing plant workers refusing too produce copies of Jesus and Mary Chain's new single.
NME article from 1985 detailing The Chills and Flying Nun Records deal with Creation Records which mentions a proposed trade for the Jesus and Mary Chain single Upside Down.
Sundae Painters LP cover