2013 04 26th
26 de abril de 2013
Desde hacía años el presentador y periodista Ángel Sopeña compartía sus recuerdos de la banda en su programa de radio "Música de Contrabando".
English translation
For years presenter and journalist Angel Sopena has shared his memories of the band on his radio show "Musica de Contrabando".
26th April 2020
26th April 2021
From our early beginnings the band has been fortunate to have benefited from support from friends. Angel Sopena is an example, he had no idea what had happened to the band but for thirty years he always remembered and during the 30th anniversary of his show he said in various interviews that his favourite memory of all was that of the band.
26th April 2022
Desde nuestros inicios, la banda ha tenido la suerte de contar con el apoyo de amigos. Ángel Sopeña es un ejemplo, él no tenía idea de lo que había pasado con la banda pero durante treinta años siempre lo recordó y durante el 30 aniversario de su show dijo en varias entrevistas que su recuerdo favorito de todos era el de la banda.
Onda Regional de Murcia 2022 11 07th
El Mirador
An ex-con is looking for the members of his band Berlin90.
Don't miss the story of Allan McCarthy, who was in Sangonera prison when our colleague Ángel Sopena started the 'Musica de Contrabando' demo-tape contests
Musica de Contrabando
With Scotsman Allan McCarthy we remember a beautiful story about the time we received a demo tape of his band, Berlin90, from Sangonera prison in Murcia.
The band appeared on one of our albums 'A year of live rock 91'.
More than 30 years later Allan contacted us to try and find the other members of his band.
I hope they get together again and invite us to a concert. It would be the perfect ending to this beautiful story.
December 2022
La Opinion de Murcia 2022 12 11th
A Scottish musician looks for the band he formed while he was imprisoned in Sangonera prison thirty years ago
Faro de Vigo 2022 12 11th
"I´d like to start the music again, but I don't know where the other members of the band are," says Allan McCarthy, who wouldnt hesitate to undertake "a tour of Spain" if he finds them.
AGENDA CULTURAL MURCIA 2022 12 11th
AGENDA CULTURAL MURCIA 2022 12 11th
A Scottish musician looks for the band he formed when he was an inmate of Sangonera prison in Murcia thirty years ago
Herald Scotland 2022 12 14th
Allan McCarthy, from Glasgow, formed Berlin 90 with some of his fellow convicts while he was serving a six-and-a-half year sentence for drug trafficking at Sangonera prison.
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Allan McCarthy, de Glasgow, formó Berlín 90 con algunos de sus compañeros de prisión mientras cumplía una condena de seis años y medio por tráfico de drogas en la prisión de Sangonera.
Glasgow Crime 2022 12 15th
He was serving a six-and-a-half year sentence for drug trafficking at Sangonera prison in Murcia
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Cumplía condena de seis años y medio por tráfico de drogas en la cárcel de Sangonera de Murcia
Glasgow Times 2022 12 15th
He was serving a six-and-a-half year sentence for drug trafficking at Sangonera prison in Murcia.
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Cumplía condena de seis años y medio por tráfico de drogas en la prisión de Sangonera, en Murcia.
Onda Regional de Murcia 2022 12 16th
The story of the Scottish ex-con looking for his band goes international
January 2023
Sur in English 2023 01 07th
Allan McCarthy, nacido en Glasgow, formó originalmente su banda, Berlin90, con algunos de sus compañeros de prisión mientras cumplía condena por delitos relacionados con drogas en una prisión española.
Angel Sopena 2023 01 07th
The news of the former Sangonera inmate who, 30 years later, is looking for his group, Berlin90, continues to travel the world. Hopefully soon we will see Allan on stage again
Glasgow World 2023 01 11th
El escocés que formó una banda mientras estaba recluso en una prisión española vuelve a irrumpir en la Radio Española treinta años después
Angel Sopena 2023 01 11th
The world surrenders to the former prisoner of Sangonera, Allan McCarthy of Berlin90, who enjoyed a few moments of freedom through Música de Contrabando .
Allan's story is having a very wide presence in national and international media.
The Leader Newspaper 2023 01 22nd
La edición de esta semana se centra en la historia del escocés Allan McCarthy, exlíder de la banda 'Berlin90' que cosechó éxito mientras los cuatro integrantes cumplían condena en la prisión de la Sangonera de Murcia
RockFM 2023 01 30th
Who is Allan McCarthy?
The former inmate who found fame in music looks for his band 30 years later.
February & March 2023
Angel Sopena 2023 02 06th
ROCK FM
Who is Allan McCarthy? The former inmate who found fame in music looks for his band 30 years later
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The National Newspaper 2023 02 10th
No todos los días un escocés gana un importante concurso de música regional desde una celda de una cárcel española, pero eso es exactamente lo que hizo Allan McCarthy 👀
Barrhead News 2023 02 13th
Un músico de Barrhead ha lanzado una apuesta para reunir a una banda de rock que fundó mientras cumplía condena en una prisión española por tráfico de drogas.
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Barrhead News
InSpain.news 2023 03 02nd
MURCIA - Fue un giro del destino lo que trajo al joven Allan McCarthy a España.
Originario de Barrhead, en las afueras de Glasgow, Escocia, decidió tomarse un tiempo y visitar España de vacaciones.
Sin embargo, su movimiento terminó siendo más permanente de lo que pensaba...
Angel Sopena 26th April 2023
Smuggler´s music
Today I was surprised by a memory of Berlin90, the band formed by inmates of Sangonera prison. During their long nights deprived of freedom they tuned into Contraband Music. One day they got in touch entering a competition for demo tapes and they weren't bad at all..
They recorded a song, “Stormy waters”, which featured on a compilation album we released under the title of “A year of Rock in Murcia 91', which included Ferroblues, Doble Cero, Fenómenos Extraños, Joaquín Talismán, Los Marañones, Enlightened, Ross and many others.
Not only that; I managed to get permission for them to leave to leave the prison to come to our studios on Liberty Avenue ( I imagine how good those street signs must have looked to them ) to record an interview. Their eyes shone when they stood in front of the microphones and the red light turned on.
When the press heard of them they stopped being anonymous, they even managed to play in a venue outside the prison. For a while they wrote me letters , and I sent them messages and played their songs. I imagined that they listened in the solitude of their cells. Many other inmates joined in with their transistors to share that small ray of freedom.
Then I adapted the catchphrase of “El Vibora” (an underground comics magazine), and every night I repeated that catchphrase
“Música de Contrabando (Smuggler's music) the most popular music programme in Spanish jails,” which I thought would make them smile in the dark. One day the letters stopped arriving. It didn't make me sad, quite the opposite, because surely they were already free.
Pepe Jara músico español comentó en el post.
Pepe Jara músico español comentó en el post:
Juraría que era mi canción favorita de la cinta, pero puede que me falle la memoria, hace tiempo que no,la escucho…
La he encontrado en youtube y si, me encanta, siempre me ha flipado
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Spanish musician Pepe Jara commented on the post:
I could swear it was my favourite song on the tape, but my memory may be failing me, I haven't heard it in a while...
I found it on YouTube and yes, I love it, it has always amazed me