In 2017 BBC sport journalist Phil McNulty – who’s since become the corporation’s chief football writer – told Prog how a local radio show had exposed him to the world of rock and prog. Discovering a record shop with passionate owners helped fuel his fandom, which led to friendships with John Wetton and Geoff Downes, along with the construction of a huge record collection.
“I was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, and grew up in Aigburth. Up until I was about 13 or 14 years old, music was just something around me. But then I found a rock show on Radio City, the local radio commercial station, called The Great Easton Express. The presenter was Phil Easton and it was three and a half hours every night of the week. He’d play whole albums and have all the new releases before anyone else.
