La Opinion de Murcia Sunday 11th December 2022
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La Opinion de Murcia 2022 12 11th ( English translation )
La Opinion de Murcia Sunday 11th December 2022
Angel Sopena's article was syndicated by "Prensa Iberica" appearing as a double-page feature in around twenty of Spain's biggest Sunday newspapers with a combined audience of over 23 million
Each newspaper has It's own website and social media, some titles are published in multiple languages.
So the article was being posted, tweeted & shared numerous times.
The full article can still be read on most of the newspapers websites
2022 12 11th La Opinion de Murcia online
This is the original article on La Opinion de Murcia's website
Translated from Spanish using "google translate"
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English Translation 1
This story began more than thirty years ago. Scottish musician Allan McCarthy was serving a sentence in the Sangonera prison
English Translation 2
What's up, Allan? How much time has passed!
English Translation 3
And how long did they sentence you?
Six and a half years. And a fine of 60.5 million, but if I didn't pay they would put another six more months on me. I told them: "If you want, give me a year and 60 million for me."
English Translation 4
It strikes me that you didn't use the word 'cell'.
English Translation 5
After giving our first concert we believed that this was the beginning of something good. We had the demo, we were on the radio... but, at one point, everything ended»
English Translation 6
But surely that night you would hear each other on the radio. At least...
Not even... Once I left, the protocol to re-enter was endless (they had to take your fingerprints again, fill out paperwork and all that). It was about four or five hours. We got back to our rooms at dawn, so we couldn't listen to him live. Luckily, people recorded it for us. I have everything.
English Translation 7
Tell me about Stormy waters. what was it about?
English Translation 8
We received letters asking us for more of your songs.
The thing was that we couldn't really enjoy the group, because we put out a demo and, shortly after, they sent me to Madrid.
To Carabanchel.
English Translation 9
we all believed that this was the beginning of something good. We had the recording, we were on the radio... but, at one point, everything ended.
LA OPINION
ANGEL H. SOPENA
Unsure of the exact date of this article it is around 1990 -1991
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My Favourite Memory from the last 30 years is........
La7 TV
Tati García from TV 7 asks Ángel Sopena what his favorite memory is.
Ángel responds: "Somehow getting Berlin's Allan McCarthy of the 90s out of prison to record an interview on the radio station and then play live in Murcia is his most memorable moment in 30 years as a presenter.
Onda Regional de Murcia
How DJ Angel Sopena organized a "jailbreak" for Berlin90
On the thirtieth anniversary of his program "Música de Contrabando" Ángel Sopena says that his favorite memory is obtaining permission for members of the band to be released from prison for an interview at Onda Regional de Murcia's studio.
Later they even played live in a venue in Murcia.