Power, Corruption & Lies

THURSTON MOORE ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2010-07-25T09:50:00.002+01:00

It's Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth's birthday today 25yh July.

Happy Birthday.

Wounded Knee : Free EP

2010-05-07T23:12:00.003+01:00

Recorded on the 16th April 2010 in Alloway, close to Burn's Cottage, produced by Chris Dooks. Thanks to The University of The West of Scotland, Eleanor Dooks and Bar Libertine.We were so lucky to record this exclusive three track E.P. with WK and the evening gig was incredible - Mr Knee put in a hard day's work with Ayrtime and then went on to perform in a near-capacity crowd at Bar Libertine. The blurb from Benbecula records below says it all!Edinburgh-based Wounded Knee's live work is a mesmerising hallucinatory trip of vocal loops and found instruments. A postmodern Hebridean waulking song ethic, along with one of the most accomplished dramatic tenors in contemporary music, forms a unique hypnotic and honest sound that is without cliché or match. During 2008-9 WK's live style mediated toward improvised journeys into vocal realisation with performances reaching an almost primal level. Song, spoken word and sound effects drawing influences from as far afield as Gaelic psalm, improvisation and throat techniques à la Bobby McFerrin and even scat. At the heart, a modern symbiosis of folk and mantra, culminating in an artist who is unique, playful and captivating. [text, benbecula.com]

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http://www.ayrtime.org/knee.html

Alisdair Roberts : Free EP

2010-05-07T23:07:00.003+01:00

Recorded on the 2nd of April 2010 in Alloway, close to Burn's Cottage, produced by Chris Dooks. Thanks to The University of The West of Scotland, Eleanor Dooks and Bar Libertine.
If you weren't at this gig then you missed a real treat. Alasdair gave us a cracking hour and twenty of his ghostly ballads, middle-age tunings and communication with the ancestors. It was completely beautiful. And not only that, Alasdair and Ayrtime recorded this wonderful EXCLUSIVE four track digital EP especially for us! This EP features an unreleased track and also a preview of Roberts new album 2010's 'Too Long In This Condition'. The Man was on the cover of The Wire magazine for goodness sakes!The E.P. is free for all Ayrtime punters and beyond."Alasdair Roberts has released three excellent albums as Appendix Out and five under his own name, his spectral folk drawing comparisons with fellow travellers such as Will Oldham. Although [primarily] original works, Roberts’s records have been infused with the enduring melodies and lyrical twists of ancient folk music." (The Observer)
"Roberts discovers the inner mystery of traditional music and shows that if this infinitely expressive material is respected, it may yet reward us with results that sound utterly unprecedented." (The Times)
Alasdair Roberts has toured and trodden the boards with such artists as Joanna Newsom, Magnolia Electric Co, Bill Callahan/Smog, Dick Gaughan, Waterson/Carthy, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Eddi Reader (doing The Songs of Robert Burns), The Anomoanon, Shirley Collins, Richard Youngs and too many others to mention. For the Ayrtime podcast Alasdair will hopefully give us an exclusive session to distribute.

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http://www.ayrtime.org/roberts.html

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The Pogues : Peel Sessions

2010-03-30T15:29:00.003+01:00

The Pogues recorded 2 sessions for the late, great John Peel's Radio One show, both in 1984.

Get both sessions here courtesy of Burning Aquarium

Tracklisting:

Streams Of Whiskey *

Greenland Whale Fisheries *

Auld Triangle *

Whiskey, You're The Devil ^

Danny Boy ^

Sally MacLennane ^

The Navigator ^

* Recorded 10/04/84

* First Broadcast 17/04/84

^ Recorded 04/12/84

^ First Broadcast 12/12/84

Both sessions were recorded at Maida Vale Studio 5 and were produced by Mark Radcliffe.

Another track 'Boys From The County Hell' was recorded for the first session but wasn't broadcast.

Remember to visit the excellent

Burning Aquarium blog

Save BBC 6music

2010-03-30T14:43:00.003+01:00

Help save 6music here. It only takes a minute.

If you need to know how important 6music is check out the website.

Have a look at the playlists for various shows. Check out the recent sessions recorded exclusively for the station. Look at the list of presenters ....

Please .... let's do allwe can to save this fantastic radio station.

TEENAGE FANCLUB [new song]

2010-03-30T12:25:00.003+01:00

Scotland's favourite sons Teenage Fanclub release their latest album 'Shadows' on May 31st.

Tracklisting:
Sometimes I Don’t Need To Believe In Anything
Baby Lee
The Fall
Into The City
Dark Clouds
The Past
Shock And Awe
When I Still Have Thee
Live With The Seasons
Sweet Days Waiting
The Back Of My Mind
Today Never Ends

Get a free and legal download of album track 'Baby Lee'

here

http://www.teenagefanclub.com

FLEET FOXES

2010-03-22T14:00:00.002Z

Like Bob Dylan? Like Fleet Foxes? You'll love this ....

Recorded for BBC6 Music last year, check out this version of Dylan's 'It Aint Me Babe' here.

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ALEX CHILTON

2010-03-22T13:30:00.004Z

ALEX CHILTON

28-12-50 to 17-03-10

Influential U.S. singer-songwriter Alex Chilton died last week at the age of 59. Chilton started his music career as singer with 60's band The Box Tops who had a massive hit worldwide with 'The Letter'. After the band split Chilton joined Big Star where critical acclaim rather than mega sales was the order of the day. Alex was a major influence on many of today's 'alternative'bands none more so than Scotland's own Teenage Fanclub.

Get the compilation album '1970' here.

http://youngmosstongue.blogspot.com

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Book Choice : From The Mull To The Cape

2009-09-30T09:39:00.003+01:00

From The Mull To The Cape [A Gentle Bike Ride On The Edge Of Wilderness]

by Richard Guise

The tale of a middle aged Englishman's Highland bike ride from the Mull of Kintyre in the South to Cape Wrath in the North.

Here's the video to Colin MacIntyre's (ex Mull Historical Society) Cape Wrath. Don't worry, I wouldn't inflict Mull of Kintyre on you :)

The Flamin' Groovies : Shake Some Action

2009-09-21T18:00:00.000+01:00

Now a band that I know very little about. I've only heard a few tracks by The Flamin' Groovies but all have been superb. I really need to get some of their albums. Formed in San Francisco in 1965 the band released the album 'Shake Some Action' in 1976 and at the time played gigs with punk bands like The Ramones. You can find some of their songs including this one on punk/new wave compilations of the time even though it has a very 60's sound.
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Book Choice: If I Die In A Combat Zone [Tim O'Brien]

2009-09-21T15:04:00.006+01:00

I had never heard of this book until last week when I saw it for sale in the local Poundland store which is quite surprising as it seems to be classed as a classic of it's time (it was first published in 1973) and is still highly regarded now. It is quite a personal account of one man's tour of duty in Vietnam. What you get in the book is as far removed from the gung-ho bravery depicted in so many Vietnam war movies. O'Brien tells us all about the fear and anxieties he felt even before he landed in the war zone. It is surprising that he even made it to the frontline at all as he is quite honest in telling us how he planned to escape the soldier's life by fleeing to Sweden. All in all a brilliant read that may not be to the taste of anyone who shares the Hollywood view of the war.

Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam

Arab Strap : The Shy Retirer E.P.

2009-09-15T18:15:00.004+01:00

01 - The Shy Retirer (Radio Edit)

02 - Why Can't This Be Love

03 - The Good Part

04 - The New Saturday

05 - You Shook Me All Night Long

06 - The Shy Retirer (Remixed by Dirty Hospital)

Arab Strap

Thanks to: http://moodyplaces.blogspot.com/

Keith Floyd

2009-09-15T12:35:00.005+01:00

KEITH FLOYD

28 December 1943 – 14 September 2009

TV Chef Keith Floyd died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 65. In the days of young clean cut chefs appearing constantly on our television screens Floyd was a refreshing change. With a glass or bottle in some cases, of wine always close at hand Floyd would bark orders at his cameraman as he threw the ingredients almost without thought into a huge pan watched by groups of bemused locals. Whether it be in China, Italy or the South Coast of England the audience always looked on in disbelief as this drunk looking man managed to produce amazing dishes from the aparent chaos. Keith Floyd to me was and always will be the Punk Chef.

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The_Pogues_-_Streams_Of_Whiskey

Tom_Waits_-_Gin_Soaked_Boy

My Bloody Valentine : You Made Me Realise

2009-09-11T18:13:00.002+01:00

5 track EP released on Creation in 1988.
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01 You Made Me Realise

02 Slow

03 Thorn

04 Cigarette In Your Bed

05 Drive It All Over Me

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The Fall : Ed's Babe

2009-09-09T18:37:00.002+01:00

Been listening to lots of The Fall today so here courtesy of Moody_Places is the 1992 single Ed's Babe.

Tracks:

01 - Ed's Babe

02 - Pumpkin Head Xscapes

03 - The Knight The Devil And Death

04 - Free Ranger

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Mercury Rev - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp [EP]

2009-09-03T18:52:00.002+01:00

This single released in 1998 on V2 records is taken from one of my all time favourite albums Deserters_Songs. This version of the single is different from the one in my collection* and is actually better in my opinion. The second track is a cracking cover of a John Lennon song from his Imagine album -
1 Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp
2 I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier
3 Philadelphia
4 Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp [Chemical Brothers Remix]
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* While I try to only post stuff from my own collection on here sometimes it is quicker and easier to post stuff from another blog rather than ripping/uploading it myself. Whenever I do this I will always post a thanks and/or a link to that particular blog. So for more Mercury Rev and other great stuff please visit this great blog http://mapref41n93w.blogspot.com/
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The Frank & Walters : After All

2009-09-03T18:49:00.002+01:00

Named after a couple of tramps in their home of Cork in Ireland, the Frank and Walters were, along with the Sultans of Ping FC, part of the short-lived popularity of the Cork rock scene. This single was released in 1992 on Go! Discs.
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1 After All
2 Love Is In The Air
3 I'm A Believer
4 Funky Cold Medina
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Book Choice : Driving Big Davie [Colin Bateman]

2009-09-01T18:47:00.002+01:00

Whenever I'm looking for an 'easy' read I often to turn to Colin Bateman. To say that his books are an easy read isn't a put down. Sometimes I just fancy reaing something that speeds along at great pace without making me think too much about it. I found this book in a local charity shop the other day, hardback, mint condition and only £1. Opening it up the very first page mentioned one of my favourite songwriters, Joe Strummer. Well that was me hooked and within a night and a bit yet another Bateman book was read.

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Wire : Peel Sessions

2009-08-27T15:57:00.003+01:00

Tracks :

01 Practice Makes Perfect

02 I Am The Fly

03 Culture Vultures

04 106 Beats That

05 The Other Window

06 Mutual Friend

07 On Returning

08 Indirect Enquiries

09 Crazy about Love

Tracks 1-4 : Recorded 18-01-78

Tracks 5-8 : Recorded 02-09-78

Track 9 : recorded 11-09-79

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Original post

http://stealingofanation.blogspot.com

Book Choice : The Road To Nab End [William Woodruff]

2009-08-27T13:50:00.004+01:00

A few weeks ago while out for a beer or two with some friends I got talking to someone at the bar, just the normal pub conversation which soon turned to music, films and books. My new aquaintance told me he had just finished a book called 'The Road To Nab End' and recommended I should read it. The town I live in doesn't have a decent book shop and I couldn't find a copy in the local library so it looked like I would have to order it online or wait until my next visit to Glasgow to purchase a copy. However a few days later while browsing in a local charity shop I found a hardback copy for £2. Result!
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The book itself is an autobiographical work telling the story of his impoverished upbringing in Lancashire during the Great Depression. The story itself tells us much about the social conditions of the time as families struggled to survive during some of the bleakest times ever. It really is a story of hardship but through this hardship there is always hope and above all love. There is a sense of family values that just don't exist anymore and although nobody could ever look back on those times with any great fondness there is a feeling that something special has been lost since those days. I found the book very illuminating and a fantastic piece of social commentary from that time.

Redd Kross / Sonic Youth : Split Single

2009-08-25T13:03:00.003+01:00

Both tracks on this Redd_Kross / Sonic_Youth split single were taken from The_Carpenters tribute album 'If_I_Was_A_Carpenter' which was released in 1994.
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2 Sonic Youth - Superstar
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Soulsavers : Death Bells [Mogwai Remix]

2009-08-24T12:28:00.003+01:00

Here's a free download of the Mogwai remix of a track taken from the new Soulsavers album Broken. The album features Mark_Lanegan as the main vocalist while there are contributions from the likes of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jason Pierce, Mike Patton and Gibby Haynes.

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Bauhaus : Bela Lugosi's Dead

2009-08-20T18:19:00.000+01:00

I was never a massive fan of Bauhaus although I did buy a few of their records in the '80's. This was the band's first ever release and in my opinion was the best thing they ever recorded. Released in 1979 on Small Wonder records 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' is over 9 minutes long and captures the subject matter superbly.
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1 Bela Lugosi's Dead
2 Boys
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J.F.A. : Blatant Localism EP

2009-08-20T18:12:00.001+01:00

I bought this 7" single from a record stall in my local market around 1982. I know very little about the band or record except that J.F.A. are an American band and this single was released on Placebo records in 1981.
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1 Out Of School

2 J.F.A.

3 Do The Hannigan

4 Count

5 Beach Blanket Bong-Out

6 Cokes And Snickers

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Michael Shelley : Mellow Doubt

2009-08-07T09:24:00.004+01:00

The last post I put up was the Cheeky Monkey collaboration between Scotland's own Francis MacDonald and New York based Michael Shelley. Before finding the album in my local Oxfam, Shelley was a complete unknown to me but after a trawl through his excellent website I found these recordings he made of the Teenage Fanclub song Mellow Doubt. Get the free mp3s here.

I recently wrote about another CD I bought by a band called Moondials who included Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian in the line up. Well it seems that Jackson also played bass guitar for Cheeky Monkey when they recorded a slot for the 'Beatroom' television show in Glasgow. It's a small world indeed. [see photo here]

Cheeky Monkey

2009-08-05T12:32:00.005+01:00

Yet another charity shop find and yet again another Scottish band that I previously hadn't heard of. Cheeky Monkey were a transatlantic collaboration between Francis MacDonald (BMX Bandits, Eugenius, Teenage Fanclub) and New York based musician Michael Shelley.
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read about Cheeky_Monkey

read about Francis_MacDonald

read about Michael_Shelley

3 tracks from the album

1. Down

2. Robert Lloyd

3. You Don't Want Me Anymore

LISTEN_HERE

Johnny Marr

2009-07-24T22:03:00.004+01:00

Although I spend far too much time online when it comes to news I, unlike a lot of people still prefer to hold a newspaper in my hand and read the news with my morning cuppa. Not that I am loyal to one title or even buy a paper every single day but if I'm in a shop and a headline catches my eye I'll buy the paper regardless of whether it's a nasty tabloid or a highbrow broadsheet. When it comes to Sunday papers I quite often find myself buying a few papers which keep me in reading through to the next weekend. One such paper is the Observer. Not that I buy it every week but twice a month the paper comes with a magazine that is dedicated to my passions. Music is catered for on one of these weeks and on another week, which just happened to be last Sunday it was the turn of the 'Food Monthly' supplement. Also included every week is another magazine entitled not too imaginitively, The Observer Magazine. Last Sunday's regular 'My Body & Soul' article featured ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. I would imagine if you stopped 100 people randomly in the street and asked what is the first thing that comes to mind when they think of The Smiths, the majority would say Morrissey which is a shame because for me Johnny Marr was every bit as equal in the band's music. Anyway here's the article as it appeared last Sunday.

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My body & soul
Johnny Marr, musician, 45

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What's your general attitude to health?
I'm pretty healthy. People think that I live a rock'n'roll lifestyle, but I've either missed doing all that stuff or I've done it and can't remember.

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Have you ever spent a night in hospital?
No, not a full one. I crashed a BMW into a wall when I was in the Smiths, even though I couldn't actually drive at the time. I did my back and neck in pretty badly but checked out after a few hours. I wore a neck brace - Morrissey was very envious.

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What exercise do you take?
I got into running in the early 90s. Now, wherever I am in the world, I just put on my hoodie and run for 20 miles.

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How do you relax?
By staying up too late watching nonsense on YouTube.

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How much do you drink?
I've had no interest in alcohol for the past 10 years. We had quite a dark time with the Smiths when there was a lot of drink. But we were recording The Queen Is Dead, and it turned out great, so I can't be too evangelical.

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What's your attitude to smoking?
I used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day. It took me about three attempts to stop - and it was tortuous, to say the least.

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And drugs?
I don't have any problem at all with psychedelics - they seem to unlock creativity. I really don't like being around people who are on cocaine, though. They just seem stupid.

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Do you worry about your weight?
Not at all. I became a vegan in 1985 when the Smiths were making the album Meat is Murder and I figured that it wasn't very cool eating meat.

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Is sex important to you?
Yes. Life would be easier for some people if it wasn't such a big deal. My wife and I have been together since we were kids, since 1979. We both feel pretty lucky. I'm not an idiot; I know when I'm on to a good thing.

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Are you happy?
I work on it. As a teenager I had a lot of things on a checklist that I feel blessed that I've achieved, such as: get to play with your heroes, be in a really important band, stay up for days ... But what's next? Either sit around listening to your old records, which doesn't interest me, or carry on travelling without a map. I have a compulsion to move forward. It's the only way to live.

The Smiths - 1985-03-18 - Oxford

Computer crash, thieving scum and The Good Button

2009-07-22T15:09:00.010+01:00

Monday night, quietly doing some web browsing, catching up on various blogs when all of a sudden the screen went blank. I've been having some problems with my AC adapter which hasn't been charging my laptop battery at times so my first thought was something alomng those lines. Looking at the back of my machine my suspicions were confirmed, the adapter had somehow become disconnected and as my battery wasn't charged the machine had switched off. PHEW!!! I was dreading another computer crash. So I pushed the adapter back into the machine, pressed the power button and let out a sigh of relief as the screen came to life again. No worries, I'd soon be back on-line but I would need to get something done about the faulty adapter asap. So we're ready to go just need to click on the AOL icon and I can get back to my blogs. One problem though, where are the icons? I'm on the start up screen, my background image is showing, a picture of fish made out of leaves that my youngest made a few weeks ago, but still no icons. In fact nothing except scary looking green fish. So I restart the laptop, go through the same process and get the same result again. And again. And again. Now I'm starting to think that it's a bit worse than I first anticipated and I'll need to reinstall all my software and operating system just like the last time. Luckily I still had the software discs handy from the last time I had problems so I inserted the Dell disc and after a wee whizzing noise, nothing. At all. A slight flicker of the cursor and then nothing. So I tried the AOL disc. Exactly the same. Whizz, flicker, nothing. By this time I know something is seriously wrong and after trying a few more discs and getting the same results I did what I always do. Turn the machine off, make a cuppa and by the time I've finished my tea the laptop will somehow be back to life. Of course it wasn't so I tried a few other things and eventually I got the laptop to do a diagnostic test which revealed it was a hard drive problem. There was nothing else for it but to turn it off and wait until the morning and phone the Dell helpline. Tuesday morning I'm up bright and early and straight on the phone. After 3 attempts the woman on the other end finally puts me through to the help desk. 5 minutes later my debit card is £30 lighter just for the guy on the other end to even speak to me. 25 minutes later and after doing exactly the same test I had done the previous night, the engineer finally tells me that my hard drive is basically ... f*****d. Not in those words obviously but to the same effect. I was then informed that Dell could resolve the problem ... for £180. As I've said before, I really can't do without my laptop so I really had no choice but to pay up or else look at buying a new machine. Just as I was thinking of taking the latter course of action the engineer explained that the £180 included a new hard drive as well as an engineer coming out to install the hardware as well as all my software. It was sounding a bit more promising, then he told me he would send the engineer out the next day. So if the thought of being back in cyberland within 24 hours wasn't tempting enough he then hit me with an even better incentive. IF I was to take out a 3 year warranty there and then, it would cost me £140 and that still included getting the laptop repaired the next day. I thought I was hearing things and asked him to repeat the offer and sure enough, if I took out a 3 year warranty I would be charged £30 less than if someone just came out to fix the machine. Sothe debit card was hit for another £140. Anyway, true as their word the engineer arrived at 11.30 this morning, installed a new hard drive and my software and also replaced the AC adapter as well. So, I'm a bit out of pocket but glad to be back online so soon.

On Tuesday, while the laptop was out of order, I took my youngest daughter Lauryn into town. There were a few things we were getting for her and this was as good an opportunity as any. For the last couple of months she has been reading a bit more than usual which of course we try to encourage. She has not long turned 6 and at the moment her favourite books are the 'Horrid Henry' series. It's easy enough to go into the likes of WH Smith and buy the full series but we've taken a different approach, one that suits me, Lauryn and my wallet. Yes, father and daughter have been scouring the local charity shops where so far we have managed to find 10 books for her. I'm pretty sure the search is as much fun for her as the actual books are. To see her wee face light up when we find a book or two in among piles of other books is far more rewarding than buying her a pile of them from any bookshop. So first stop yesterday before getting the bus to Irvine was a couple of charity shops in Kilwinning. The first one is pretty disappointing to be honest. We got her a couple of books the first time we went in but it seems they are more interested in clothing and furniture than anything else. Also this is the only charity shop I've been in so far that doesn't have ANY cds. Straight across the road is another, much smaller charty shop and this is where the SCUM comes in. Again there were no books for her but while she was looking I had a look through the cds. There was nothing much of interest but it is very cheap and as it's so small I don't really like walking out without buying something. So with 7 cd albums, 2 singles and a book I approched the counter and paid my £3. Yes, all that for £3. Ok the cds weren't great but they were all in mint condition and as I had no laptop, the book would help pass a few hours when the kids went to bed. Anyway, while the lady behind the counter put my purchases into a bag I overheard one of the other assistants telling a customer how the shop had been burgled a few nights before and the culprits had stolen a full jewellery display (at least I think that's what was kept in the glass case) and the collecting tin from the counter. Now I hate thieves. I don't think I've ever stolen in my life, definitely not since my pre-teen years when I think I stole a 2p lolly just to show off to my mates but there are times when I find it hard to condemn someone down on their luck from stealing a pack of sandwiches from a supermarket or a crime of a similar nature. I know the likes of Tesco and Asda moan that there is no such thing as a victimless crime but it's hard to take sides with a multi-million pound business over a hungry homeless person. Anyway, that's a different thing altogether but surely no-one can side with the SCUM who would rob a charity shop. Here we have a shop smaller than the average terraced house where a handful of women give up their time to volunteer a few hours a week to maybe raise enough pounds to help a cancer sufferer make the best of their final days and some scumbag destroys all their great work for the sake of a few quid. It really does make me sick to think of it. On hearing the rest of the conversation it became apparent that the shop wasn't insured against this kind of thing either which makes it even worse. How must those ladies have felt when they turned up for work that morning and noticed that they had been burgled? The lady who was speaking to the customer just shrugged her shoulders and said 'we just have to get on with it'. I hope the police also just get on with it and catch the scum responsible. I also hope that if those responsible or any of their relatives ever catch the dreaded disease there is still a hospice for them to get help from. It certainly will be no thanks to the scum responsible if there is.

Right, now that I've got that off my chest here's some music. From the charity shop mentioned I bought (one track from each at bottom). ...

Ash : Oh Yeah (single)

The Thrills : So Much For The City

Space : Spiders

Paul Simon : The Rhythm Of The Saints

The Bravery : S/T

Orson : Bright Idea

Toto Coelo : I Eat Cannibals

Kylie Minogue : Slow (single)

The Good Button : S/T

Ash - Does Your Mother Know.mp3

The Thrills - Big Sur.mp3

The Bravery - Public Service Announcement.mp3

The Good Button - Carpe Diem.mp3

Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals.mp3

Kylie Minogue - Slow (Medicine 8 Remix).mp3

Space - Female Of The Species.mp3

Orson - Bright Idea.mp3

Paul Simon - The Obvious Child.mp3

Shuffling Shiny Shoes [Scottish Alternatives 2000-2009]

2009-07-20T17:37:00.004+01:00

Nice compilation of Scottish acts here courtesy of Box_Set_Go blog.
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01. Rox – The Aliens

02. In Dreams – Crash My Model Car

03. Quiet Little Voices – We Were Promised Jetpacks

04. Johnny Cash – Sons & Daughters

05. Susan’s In The Sky – Bubblegum Lemonade

06. Folding Stars – Biffy Clyro

07. Two Of Us – Sister Vanilla

08. Opposite Direction – Union Of Knives

09. Pink Sabbath – Dannanaackyord

10. The Pain Inside – Cosmic Rough Riders

11. Lucy, What Are You Trying To Say – Popup

12. You’re So Changing your Mind – The Starlets

13. Honey – El Pres!dente

14. Black Path - Aereogramme

15. Mondo 77 – Looper

16. The Last Song – BMX Bandits

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Ramones : Blitzkrieg Bop

2009-07-19T11:15:00.003+01:00

Debut single from American punk band the Ramones. Released in 1976 on Sire records.
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1 Blitzkrieg Bop
2 Havanna Affair
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Teenage Fanclub : Everything Flows

2009-07-19T11:10:00.002+01:00

Released on Paperhouse records in 1990 this single was the debut from Bellshill band Teenage Fanclub.
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o1 Everything Flows
02 Primary Education
03 Speeder
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Shop Assistants : Shopping Parade EP

2009-07-19T10:58:00.002+01:00

This 4 track EP was released as a 7" single in 1985 on the Subway Organization record label.
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1 All day Long
2 Switzerland
3 All That Ever Mattered
4 It's Up To You
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Moondials : Can You See? EP

2009-07-18T14:40:00.003+01:00

I saw this EP in the local Oxfam shop last week but to be honest it didn't really grab my attention. I had never heard of the band and the cover didn't exactly grab me either (apart from the rather basic design, the previous owner seems to have spilled beer or some other kind of liquid over it). So as I got home and played the cds that I had purchased the Moondials EP wasn't amongst them. The name did however stick in my mind so I had a wee search on the internet and although information was a bit scarce I did find out that a. The EP was released on Electric_Honey records and b. The band features Stevie_Jackson (now a member of Belle_and_Sebastian) on guitar. So yesterday I took a run into town and after a bit of searching managed to find the EP again buried among the many James Last and Petula Clark albums. Can You See? EP

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01 Can You See?

02 Take Me away

03 The Only One

04 Faker

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Electric_Honey is of course the record label run by music business student's at Stow_College in Glasgow. The label is most famous for releasing the original version of Belle and Sebastian's debut album Tigermilk and has also released music by the likes of Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol and Wake The President among others.
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It's A Living Thing [Themes 2]

2009-07-17T15:16:00.006+01:00

Second part in the 'Themes' series and this time it's 'animal' songs. Again there's a few tracks I'm familiar with but there's a bit more music that is new to me. Once again I've not played the selection yet so could be good, could be bad.

01 Andrew Thomas - A Dream of a Spider

02 Antony & The Johnsons - One Dove

03 Dirty Projectors - Two Doves

04 Jason Lytle - Ghost Of My Old Dog

05 The Doors - Peace Frog

06 Gene Vincent - Cat Man

07 Broken Records - Wolves

08 Four Tet & Burial - Moth

09 Department Of Eagles - The Curious Butterfly Realizes He Is Beautiful

10 Shellac - Squirrel song

11 Cheveu - Like a Deer in the Headlights

12 The Wind Whistles - Bats In Flight

13 The Wave Pictures - Bumble Bee

14 James Yorkston - Tortoise Regrets Hare

15 Autopilot is for Lovers - Whale Belly

16 Black Golden Bull - Buffalo Waltz

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Local Natives

2009-07-17T10:04:00.004+01:00

Local Natives are a 5 piece band from Silverlake, USA who have just been announced on the bill of the NME Radar Tour. The 4 band showcase which also features Marina & The Diamonds, Yes Giantess and headliners Golden Silvers will be visiting Glasgow's Oran Mor on the 1st of October.

Local Natives are already gathering much praise in the media with the Guardian newspaper comparing their different elements favourably with Fleet Foxes (harmonies), Vampire Weekend (rhythm) and Arcade Fire (drama). The band who are Matt Frazier (drums), Ryan Hahn (guitars, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocals, guitar), Kelcey Ayer (vocals, keyboards) and Andy Hamm (bass) have so far only released one limited edition 7" single, slow Hands/Cards & Quarters which came out this week on Chess Club records. The band's debut album 'Gorilla Manor' will be released soon.
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Check out the band's homemade video for their version of Simon and Garfunkel's, 'Cecilia'.

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Airplanes

Stranger_Things

Cards_and_Quarters_[live]

The NME Radar Tour which kicks off on 26th of September visits Oxford, Sheffield, Manchester, York, Glasgow, Newcastle, Stoke, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Bristol, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Norwich, London and Brighton.

Check out NME for tour dates and ticket details.

The Parsonage Choir

2009-07-16T18:05:00.002+01:00

The biggest surprise of this year's 'T in the Park' for me was the Parsonage Choir who opened the Main Stage on Sunday morning. I didn't even know they were performing at the main festival at all and it was more out of curiosity than anything else that I found myself in front of a rather wet and audience free stage. However after a couple of songs more and more like minded souls appeared beside me and the sun even made a brief appearance. For anyone who has never heard of The Parsonage (Choir) they are a 40 strong choir from Glasgow who perform clasic songs either accompanied only by an accoustic guitar or totally unaccompanied at all. It may not sound appealing and ok, it's not exactly rock n roll but I would recommend anyone to see them if you can. Starting off with Johnny Cash the choir then proceeded to entertain us with their versions of Elvis, Cash again, Neil Young and Joy Division songs (among others) before ending with 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane. So, not your standard choir then and they were the perfect early afternoon act for the festival. Go see them if you get the opportunity, you'll love them.

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Check out their version of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' here

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Read choir member Paul English's funny review of 'T' here

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T in the Park 2009

2009-07-15T15:54:00.006+01:00

In no particular order, here's my top 5 bands from 'T in the Park 2009'.

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THE TWILIGHT SAD

BBC INTRODUCING ... STAGE [Sunday]
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I've loved just about everything I've heard from this Glasgow band but seeing them live is a different thing altogether. Only played for around half an hour but the band put more into that short set than most bands put into their full career. Absolutely awesome!!!

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See some of their 'T' set here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/2009/artist/the_twilight_sad/

More Twilight Sad here

Peenko

Official Website

http://thetwilightsad.co.uk/
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BROKEN RECORDS

BBC INTRODUCING ... STAGE [Saturday]
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Described by some as the UK's answer to Arcade Fire the Edinburgh band were another who didn't disappoint despite also being restricted to a short set. As with The Twilight Sad, I would recommend seeing Broken Records live to fully appreciate their amazing music.

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See some of their 'T' set here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/2009/artist/broken_records/

More 'Broken Records' here

Peenko

Official Website

http://www.brokenrecordsband.com/

THE PHANTOM BAND

T BREAK STAGE [Friday]

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If the Yeah Yeah Yeahs hadn't been so bad on the NME stage I probably wouldn't even have went to see The Phantom Band but they were and I did and it was one of the highlights of my weekend. I hadn't heard much off them before catching their set and what I had heard didn't prepare me for this in any way. At times they seemed to be on the verge of falling apart but that just added to the experience. Described in the 'T' programme as like 'The Beta Band meeting Hot Chip at a party in Nick Cave's house'. Good attempt at describing the indescribable but still falling well short. Just get to one of their gigs and see for yourself.

More 'Phantom Band' here

Peenko

Official Website

http://www.phantomband.co.uk/

CAMERA OBSCURA

RED BULL BEDROOM JAM FUTURES STAGE [Friday]

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Four albums down the line and the Glasgow band still never disappoint. This half hour set left everyone in the crowd desperate for more. Luckily the band will be playing at the Kilmarnock_Edition_Festival in August.

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More 'Camera Obscura' here

Peenko

Official Website

http://www.camera-obscura.net/

MOGWAI

KING TUT'S WAH WAH TENT [Sunday]

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What better way to round off a great weekend than to be blown away by Scotland's finest? There shouldn't be anything to tell you about Mogwai that you don't already know but if you haven't seen them live before make sure you do. You will seriously be blown away, especially if like me you stand too close to the speakers.

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See some of their 'T' set here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/2009/artist/mogwai/

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tinthepark/2009/artist/mogwai/

More 'Mogwai' here

Peenko

Official Website

http://www.mogwai.co.uk/

We Are Family [Themes 1]

2009-07-09T20:09:00.007+01:00

Something a wee bit different now. Trawling through the net today I downloaded a set of songs on a particular theme. Some are songs I already own, others I've never heard in my life before. It started off as 10 songs on each theme but soon expanded as I found more and more songs (and more themes). I haven't heard the outcome yet, I'm going to post it on here before I even listen to it myself. It could turn out amazing or it could be a disaster, probably the latter. Theme 1 is 'family'. Most of the songs on this one are well known to me (some other ones which I'll post later are a bit more obscure). So here we go 14 tracks to enjoy, or maybe not.

01 Brian Eno - Third Uncle

02 Camper Van Beethoven - We Saw Jerry's Daughter

03 Pavement - Father to a Sister of Thought

04 White Rabbits - Navy Wives

05 Rilo Kiley - A Better Son-Daughter

06 The Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister

07 Black Grape - In the Name of the Father

08 James - Gold Mother

09 The Icicle Works - All The Daughters

10 Glasvegas - Daddy's Gone

11 Embrace - One Big Family

12 This Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister

14 Giant Drag - Oh Father (Madonna cover)

15 Half Man Half Biscuit - Look Dad No Tunes

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Various : Killed By Crackle

2009-07-07T16:21:00.009+01:00

Another purchase from my trip to Oxfam yesterday. This time it's a sampler from UK punk label Crackle! Records. Released in 2000, the compilation features bands from England, Scotland, USA, Australia and Japan amongst it's 29 tracks.

Click on image below for tracklisting.

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Gifthorse : Childhood Gang Reunion EP

2009-07-07T16:06:00.003+01:00

This EP comes courtesy of my local Oxfam shop. I had to go into town today to stock up on a few items for 'T in The Park' next weekend and while I was there I had a bit of time to take care of my new found charity shop obsession. First stop was Oxfam on the main street. Normally this would be my last port of call as it sits right at the bus stop for my homeward journey. I've spent many a time standing waiting for a bus and having a peek in the window, wondering what, if any treasures this small shop holds. A few weeks ago I had just missed a bus and decided to have a look inside. Ten minutes later I exited said shop with 6 albums in my bag and a wee voice in my head telling me I would be returning soon. In the shop today I found an even better selection of cds to choose from. Again there was nothing rare or anything that I've been desperately trying to track down but there was enough for me to approch the counter with 12 cds in my hand. Some were albums I had years ago but have since lost or sold down the record stall in the old market when money was a bit tight but I got a few others that I had never heard or even heard of before. The man behind the counter even came up to me at one stage and told me how their storage system worked. All the cds on the top shelf have been there for a while, whereas the bottom shelf is where they re-fill from. 'Just to save you from looking through them all every time you come in' he said. Well meaning advice which won't stop me from browsing through the top shelf everytime I enter the shop just in case I missed something the first time or even the first dozen times. I think the shop guy was a bit surprised when I handed over the dozen cds as after he had counted them he said '12 cds ... just call it a tenner'. Seeing as it was a charity shop I offered to pay the full price but he wasn't having it and even brought a small pile of cds from under the counter for me to look at. 'We've got these as well but they aren't by anyone really well known' he offered, which was music (no pun intended) to my ears. Sadly though there was nothing to get too excited about although I did add a 'We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It' cd to my pile. And still the price stayed at £10. So needless to say, I'll be back for more very soon. As for the Gifthorse EP. Well I've never heard of the band in my life until now and there's not much info on the internet either. I did find out that there is/was a band on either side of the Atlantic with the same name. The one responsible for the 'Childhood Gang Reunion' are from this side of the ocean and basically that's it. I can't even find an image to use in this post but I will scan the cover as soon as. So basically that's it except have a listen and see what you think. Oh, and if anyone knows anything else about the band please let me know.
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CHILDHOOD GANG REUNION EP
01 A Night In The Arms Of A Stranger
02 Happy Daggers
03 Childhood Gang Reunion
04 London's Shelves
05 Death By Misadventure
06 Fear Of The Library
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'Take a pinch of Morrissey, a dash of Suede place in a bowl and mix with a teaspoon of Gene and you have Gifthorse. Happy Daggers and Childhood Gang Re-union (even the titles sound like Morrissey cast offs) are worth the entry fee alone.'
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T in The Park 2009 [2]

2009-07-07T13:11:00.005+01:00

In all my years of attending 'T in The Park' it's usually a band/bands on the smaller stages that make the most impression on me. Sometimes it's bands I know of but on many occasions it's been a band who prior to seeing at the festival have been totally unknown to me. Because of this a trip to Fopp on the Monday morning before boarding the train for the final part of my homeward journey has become a major part of the 'T' experience for me. No doubt this year will be no different as I arrive home with a bag full of cds by bands who ipressed me over the weekend. At least, I hope so. Below are 3 Scottish bands from further down the bill that I will be going all out to see.

BROKEN RECORDS

Broken Records EP here

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French Navy EP here

WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS

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Stop That Train [Podcast]

2009-07-07T12:39:00.003+01:00

One of the best places on the web, sorry make that the best place on the web to find excellent dub mixes is http://stopthattrain.blogspot.com. Crammed full of mixes which put commercially released similar stuff in the shade Stop That Train is my first stop anytime I'm looking for a dub heavy mix. Once you have listened to one of their mixes you will crave them all. It's impossible to choose the best of the lot but here's a little taster for you. You will never need to buy another reggae/dub mix ever again.
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STOP THAT TRAIN 16
1. Version Big-Fi Meets Gregory Isaacs in Mr. Dub It All
2. Me Zion Dread - Messian Dread - Maranatha (Dub)
3. Pete Fountain - St. James Infirmary (Chris Coco Remix)
4. Dragnet - Theme
5. Granville Williams Orchestra - The Third Man Theme
6. The Who Boys - Dub Auctioneer
7. Bob Marley - Exodus (Tone396 Remix)
8. The Ruts - Love in Vain
9. Dead 60S - Flight Mission Dub
10. Version Big-Fi - Tannoy Dub
11. Skream - Blue Eyez
12. Wax Poetic - Angels (feat. Norah Jones)
13. Hard-Fi - Cash Dub (Edit)
14. Roots Radics Meets King Tubbys - More Dub
15. Ranking Joe - Shepherds Bush
16. Charlie Chaplin - Ram Up Dance Hall
17. G3RST - No Squirrel No Cry
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T in The Park 2009

2009-07-06T20:32:00.010+01:00

So it's nearly that time again for my annual trip to 'T in the Park.' Taking advantage of the early bird prices I paid for the tickets 2 days after last year's festival ended. Big Mistake. The problem with this is that you dont know the line up in advance. In the past that hasn't been too big a deal as there's usually plenty going on to make it a great weekend. It's not as if the headliners are the problem. Ok, I've no intention of watching Kings Of Leon again and I've definitely no interest in seeing Snow Patrol but 'T in the Park' has NEVER been about the headliners for me. There has always been better bands further down the bill or headlining the smaller stages. This year just doesn't look a strong enough line-up. Don't get me wrong I'll probably come home on Monday raving about how good this year's festival turned out but it will be in spite of the line-up rather than because of it. One good thing to come out of it all is my girlfriend will be happy as she'll get the pleasure of my company for the likes of Lady Ga Ga, Lily Allen and Katy Perry. So when I leave the house on Friday morning it will be with an open mind that I set off for 'T' hoping that the following bands will live up to expectation and that a few other bands will win me over.

One of my favourite bands from my younger years. I never got to see them live first time around so hopefully they'll help me make up for that, even if Jerry Dammers is missing :(

Hear their set from Glastonbury 2009 here.

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I have to admit that it's very rarely I listen to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but when I do I fall in love with them all over again. Really looking forward to this. Hear a set they done live in Melbourne earlier this year here.

This should round the weekend off with a bang. I haven't seen Mogwai live before for some reason so I'm hoping to be blown away. Here's a set they played in New York earlier this year.

Clint Eastwood

2009-07-06T17:15:00.005+01:00

Taking my 6 year old along to the beach last week I noticed a church sitting on a corner near Saltcoats Railway Station. I've probably passed this church dozens of times and haven't paid it a second look. It isn't one of these massive, imposing buildings that stands over every other building in the area. It certainly is old but no different to many other churches you will pass every day. What grabbed my attention though wasn't the actual building itself but a banner hanging on the outside wall. Alongside a picture of Clint Eastwood as Blondie aka The Man With No Name are the words 'We Welcome The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'. This brought a smile to my face, something that a church or probably anything to do with religion has never managed before. I am not a religious person although I would never mock any person who is. If religious belief helps a person get through life then who am I to say it's wrong. Some people need alcohol to get through the day, others turn to drugs, some people even attend therapy on a regular basis just to get them through and I see religion as just another way for some people to have a reason to live. Obviously there are people in this world who take their religion to the extreme but these people are as far removed from the old couple next door who put on their Sunday best to join the congregation at their local church once a week. Anyway before I get even further away from the original topic, I have seen this sign outside the church twice now and can't help but think that if it's got me talking about the church it must be doing something right. I have never once given a second thought to any sign outside a church until I saw this so congratulations to the person who thought it up.

Here's some music:

First up the brilliant main theme from the film:

Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly here

Next Damon Albarn and his cartoon friends namecheck Mr Eastwood

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood here

As does Lee 'Scratch' Perry and friends.

The Upsetters - Clint Eastwood here

More classic reggae.

Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Stop That Train here

And finally Mr Eastwood himself

Clint Eastwood - I Talk To The Trees here

Various : The Roots Of Hip Hop [Mojo Music Guide Vol.2]

2009-07-03T16:09:00.010+01:00

The 2nd of Mojo's Music Guide series was the 18 track 'Roots Of Hip Hop' series which came with the September 2003 issue of the magazine.
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Tracks

01 Grandmaster Flash - Adventures Of Flash On The Wheels Of Steel

02 Lee Dorsey - Get Out Of My Life Woman

03 Lowell Fulson - Tramp

04 Rufus Thomas - Itch And Scratch (Part 1)

05 The Bar Kays - In The Whole

06 The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached

07 James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose

08 Blood Sweat And Tears - Lucretia Was Evil

09 The JB's - The Grunt (Parts 1 & 2)

10 The Dramatics - Get Up And Get Down

11 Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)

12 Flaming Ember - Gotta Get Away

13 The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun

14 Kool & The Gang - NT

15 Cymande - Bra

16 Parliament - Flash Light

17 The Fatback Band - King Tim III

18 Funky 4+1 - That's The Joint
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The Four Brothers : Makorokoto

2009-07-03T12:16:00.010+01:00

Something a bit different now thanks to Walker at Burning_Aquarium. For anyone who likes Vampire Weekend or further back, Paul Simon's Graceland album, this is the real deal.

01. Makorokoto

02. Rugare

03. Wapenga Nayo Bonus

04. Ndakatadzeiko

05. Sara Tasangana

06. Pamusoroi

07. Nhaka Yemusiiranwa
08. Uchandifunga
09. Guhwa Uri Mwana Waani

10. Ndakatambura

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The above tracks were also used on a Best Of album of the same name which was released on Cooking_Vinyl in 1988. The vinyl release contained the 10 tracks above while the cd version included the extra 6 tracks below.

01 Vimbayi

02 Rumbidzai

03 Rudo Imoto

04 Pasi Pano Pane Zviedzo

05 Maishoko Ababa Namai

06 Siya Zviriko

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Various : Instant Garage [Mojo Music Guide Vol.1]

2009-07-03T11:20:00.015+01:00

Part One of Mojo magazine's 'Music Guide' was this brilliant compilation which contained 28 classic garage tracks, the majority of which were released between the mid 60's to the mid 70's. This album makes a brilliant addition to any music collection. The fact that it came free with a magazine (june 2003) makes it even more remarkable.

Tracks

01 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

02 The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
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03 The Sonics - Psycho

04 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

05 The Ready Men - Shortnin' Bread

06 The Bush - To Die Alone

07 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - She Cracked

08 The Express - Wastin' My Time

09 Gil Bateman - My Daddy Walked In Darkness

10 Love - Seven And Seven Is

11 Rocky & The Riddlers - Flash And Crash

12 SHE - Outta Reach

13 The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend [Demo]

14 The Kinks - Milk Cow Blues

15 Little John & The Monks - Black Winds

16 The Alarm Clocks - No Reason To Complain

17 The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction

18 Artesians - Trick Bag

19 Dean Carter - Jailhouse Rock

20 The Iguanas - Again & Again

21 The Nazz - Open My Eyes

22 The Wailers - Dirty Robber

23 Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Me

24 Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance

25 Brave New World - Train Kept A Rollin'

26 The Amboy Dukes - Baby Please Don't Go

27 The Rats - Rat's Revenge Part 2

28 Mouse & The Traps - Sometimes You Just Can't Win

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Mungo's Hi Fi : Sound System Champions

2009-07-03T09:16:00.006+01:00

Mungos Hi Fi, Scotland's number one Reggae dancehall sound-system, have been releasing hits since 2001 when their killer track Wickedness featuring Brother Culture, released on the dubhead label, first took the world by storm getting heavy plays by Jah Shaka and Iration Steppas.
Their next single, Ing soared to even greater heights and is now in its second repress on Ninja Tune, having been a favorite of Mr Scruff. Their premier release on their Scotch Bonnet label, Belly Ska/Rasta Meditation, featuring MC Ishu and the legendary Kenny Knots has been phenomenally successful selling rapidly and kicking up a rumpus from the dances to radio.
The next set of singles, the Songs of Zion Riddim were a dancehall roots anthem in 2006. Big tings are expected for the new cuts on the belly ska riddim and with a mountain of unreleased material sweeping from ska through to dancehall and dubstep big things are expected from the crew.

1. Divorce A L’Italiane – Marina P

2. Don’t Let Them Break Your Heart – Kenny Knots

3. Herbalist – Top Cat

4. How You Bad So? – Ranking Joe

5. Under Arrest – MC Ishu

6. Old Time Dance – Mikey Murka

7. Ruff Mi Tuff – Tippa Irie

8. Rasta Meditation – Kenny Knots

9. Rooster – Aya Faith

10. Songs Of Zion – Ras Charmer

11. Around The World – Suncycle

12. Did You Really Know – Soom T

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U-Roy : Natty Rebel

2009-07-02T16:09:00.003+01:00

01 Babylon Burning
02Natty Rebel
03 So Jah Jah Say
04 Natty Kung Fu
05 If You Should Leave Me
06 Do You Remember
07 Travelling Man
08 Have Mercy
09 Babie Boo
10 Fire In A Trenchtown
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The Slits : Cut

2009-07-01T16:02:00.004+01:00

This UK feminist punk outfit formed in 1976 with a line-up featuring Ari-Up (b. Arianna Foster; vocals), Kate Korus (b. Katherine Corris, New York, USA; guitar), Palmolive (b. Paloma Romero; drums, ex-Raincoats) and Suzi Gutsy (bass). Korus soon left to form the Mo-dettes and Gutsy quit to team up with the Flicks. They were replaced by guitarist Viv Albertine and bass player Tessa Pollitt and it was this line-up that supported the Clash during the spring of 1977. The band were known for their uncompromising attitude and professed lack of technique, but their music was as aggressive and confrontational as the best of the punk fraternity. Their failure to secure a record contract during the first wave of the punk explosion was surprising. By the time they made their recording debut, Palmolive had been ousted and replaced by Big In Japan percussionist Budgie (b. Peter Clark, 21 August 1957). Signed to Island Records, they worked with reggae producer Dennis Bovell on the dub-influenced Cut. The album attracted considerable press interest for its sleeve, which featured the band naked, after rolling in mud. The departure of Budgie to Siouxsie And The Banshees (replaced by the Pop Group's Bruce Smith) coincided with the arrival of reggae musician Prince Hammer and trumpeter Don Cherry, whose very young stepdaghter, Neneh Cherry also joined for a short period. A series of singles followed, including a memorable version of John Holt's "Man Next Door". By 1981, The Slits had lost much of their original cutting edge and it came as little surprise when they disbanded at the end of the year. Ari-Up revived The Slits in the new millennium for a series of low-key live sets.

above from discogs

01 Instant Hit
02 So Tough
03 Spend, Spend, Spend
04 Shoplifting
05 FM
06 Newtown
07 Ping Pong Affair
08 Love And Romance
09 Typical Girls
10 Adventures Close To Home
11 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
12 Liebe Und Romanze
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Carter USM : Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over

2009-06-30T12:34:00.006+01:00

In the early 90's a few of my friends were really into Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. Personally I wasn't so sure, ok they had some decent songs and were supposed to be very good live but for me they had a very short shelf life and after their first couple of albums I never listened to them again. This single, released in 1993 came from their 4th album which I was totally unaware of ... until today. So I am posting this single without ever having heard it or even read a review of it. Why??? Well today I had 10 minutes to kill in the town and decided to have a peek through a very small charity shop window. On seeing a wall full of books I took a wander inside and found, as well as a great choice of books, 2 racks full of cds. I didn't even have time to look through them all but I did notice a sign saying '50p each'. Excellent value if you ask me but having very little time to browse and not feeling good about walking out of a charity shop without buying anything I settled on 4 cd singles including this one. So I approached the counter and handed over the discs to the smiling lady who informed me 'the cds are 50p each ..... or 5 for a pound so you'' need to pick another one' ... 20p for a cd (single or album)!!!! Anyway that cheered me up no end, I didn't pick another disc to make up the 5 (generous to a fault me) but I did manage to make time for a quick look at some other stuff on the way out. It looks like someone has handed in their full cd collection of charty dance singles with a few indie and pop ones thrown in. I'll be back at the end of the week for a better look :) So I hope you enjoy this single, which I have just noticed includes a Sugarcubes cover, if you don't console yourself that it only cost me 25p

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01 Lean On Me I Won't Fall Down

02 Hit (Sugarcubes cover)

03 Always The Bridesmaid Never The Bride

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Various : Sun Is Shining [Mojo Magazine 2007]

2009-06-29T16:04:00.006+01:00

If news reports are to be believed, Britain will be enjoying a brilliant heatwave this week. Already the temperature is rising and the cold drinks are going down a treat. The bookmakers are even offering short odds on record breaking temperatures by the middle of the week, which means only one thing ... it's reggae time again.

This excellent compilation was given away free with the July 2007 issue of Mojo magazine.

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Sonic Youth : Hold That Tiger

2009-06-22T19:46:00.002+01:00

01. Sonic youth - Intro [Live] (0:43)

02. Sonic youth - Schizophrenia [Live] (4:31)

03. Sonic youth - Tom violence [Live] (2:43)

04. Sonic youth - White cross [Live] (2:57)

05. Sonic youth - Kotton krown [Live] (4:05)

06. Sonic youth - Stereo sanctity [Live] (3:27)

07. Sonic youth - Brother James [Live] (3:22)

08. Sonic youth - Pipeline/Kill time [Live] (4:03)

09. Sonic youth - (I got a) Catholic block [Live] (3:55)

10. Sonic youth - Tuff gnarl [Live] (3:26)

11. Sonic youth - Death valley '69 [Live] (4:50)

12. Sonic youth - Beauty lies in the eye [Live] (2:40)

13. Sonic youth - Expressway to yr. skull [Live] (4:32)

14. Sonic youth - Pacific coast highway [Live] (5:00)

15. Sonic youth - Loudmouth (Encore) [Live] (2:01)

16. Sonic youth - I don't wanna walk around with you (Encore) [Live] (1:33)

17. Sonic youth - Today yr. love, tomorrow the world (Encore) [Live] (2:00)

18. Sonic youth - Beat on the brat (Encore) [Live] (2:41)

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The Fugs : First Album

2009-06-22T17:19:00.003+01:00

A loping, ridiculous, and scabrous release, the Fugs' debut mashed everything from folk and beat poetry to rock and rhythm & blues -- all with a casual disregard for sounding note perfect, though not without definite goals in mind. Actually compiled from two separate sessions originally done for Folkways Records, and with slightly different lineups as a result, it's a short but utterly worthy release that pushed any number of 1964-era buttons at once (and could still tick off plenty of people). Sanders produced the sessions in collaboration with the legendary Harry Smith, who was able to sneak the collective onto Folkways' accounts by describing them as a "jug band," and it's not a far-off description. A number of songs sound like calm-enough folk-boom fare, at least on casual listening, though often with odd extra touches like weirdly muffled drums or out of nowhere whistles and chimes. Others, meanwhile, are just out there -- thus, the details of the perfect "Supergirl." Then there's "Boobs a Lot," the post-toke/acid lament "I Couldn't Get High," and the pie-in-the-face to acceptable standards of the time, "Slum Goddess." Throughout it all, the Fugs sound like they're having a perfectly fun time; the feeling is loose, ragged, but right, and while things may be sloppy around the edges, often that's totally intentional. Certainly little else could explain the random jamming and rhythmic chanting/shouting on "Swinburne Stomp." Good as the original album is, the CD version is what any serious fan needs to find, thanks to the inclusion of 11 bonus tracks. Some come from the original sessions, including the signature tune "We're the Fugs" and "The Ten Commandments," while others appear from various live jams. Then there's the self-explanatory "In the Middle of Their First Recording Session the Fugs Sign the Worst Contract Since Leadbelly's."

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Soul Family Sensation : I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby

2009-06-18T15:17:00.006+01:00

Around 1988/89 I decided it was time to leave the family nest and go my own way in the world. I managed to get the tenancy on a small council flat about 5 minutes from my parent's house. When you are younger you don't realise just how much it costs to have a place of your own and how much work you have to put into it. So for a few years money was in short demand which meant some changes to my lifestyle. I was never really one for clubbing although I did do more than my fair share of pubbing. That was the first thing that had to change but instead of going out less I started going out later. Usually a friend or two would come round and we would sit in my flat with a few beers, listening to music until it was pretty late at night at which point we would head into town for more beer. This wasn't a problem to be honest as we would be in good spirits as we got to the pubs having spent a few hours drinking and listening to good music at a fraction of the price the pubs were charging. The next thing to change and this was much more of a problem was the music. For years I had been spending most of my spare cash on records and now I was finding that there just wasn't as much spare cash to go round. I really couldn't do without my fix of new music so I really had to do something. And so instead of spare cash it was spare time I was spending hunting down vinyl gems (and plenty of dross) in market stalls, second hand record shops and the bargain bins of Woolworths and Wh Smith. I was pretty lucky if truth be told as at the time bands like Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Carter USM and Mega City 4 were all the rage, bands that I just couldn't take to. So my bargain hunting started to pay off and my tastes in music started to change quite a bit as well. Yesterday when I was over in my old home town I had a wee peek in the local Oxfam shop (I'm beginning get addicted to these charity shops all of a sudden) and saw an album by Soul Family Sensation. I don't know anything about the band but in my early 90's bargain hunting days I did buy their debut single from a market stall in town. Seems like my bargain hunting has come full circle.

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1 Soul Family Sensation - I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Original Edit)

2 Soul Family Sensation - I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Dance)

3 Soul Family Sensation - I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony)

4 Soul Family Sensation - I Don't Even Know If I Should Call You Baby (Karen Carpenter Late Night Mix)

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King Creosote : king Creosote Says 'Buy The Bazouki Hair Oil'

2009-06-17T15:45:00.010+01:00

King Creosote Says "Buy The Bazouki Hair Oil"

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"Hi gran. with this next batch of recordings, i've hauled my old bazouki out of the coal cellar, borrowed a banjo, and although the tunes are largely acoustic / melodic / reminiscent of "i am 9", i've a feeling you'll be hearing a whole load of wineglass vibrations coming up through the floor."
"buy the bazouki hair oil ...... !!!" - or a phrase not unlike it - but KC had already scarpered downstairs!

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1. whine glasses

2. conscience

3. sunny-side up

4. moral tenderhooks

5. bubble

6. it's boredom alright

7. fine

8. sunshine

9. crybaby

10. you want to walk

11. i'll fly by the seat of my pants

12. it's all very well lester flatt

13. how brave am i?

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Grandaddy : The Sophtware Slump

2009-06-15T15:49:00.002+01:00

I love this album. Not many albums open up with an amazing track that's nearly 9 minutes long. On the rare occasion it happens you usually find that the rest of the album fails to live up to that opening. Not the Sophtware Slump though. The first track is a statement of intent that sets the tone for the rest of the album. This is one album to sit back, relax and let the music do the talking.
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1 He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot
2 Hewlett's Daughter
3 Jed the Humanoid
4 The Crystal Lake
5 Chartsengrafs
6 Underneath the Weeping Willow
7 Broken Household Appliance National Forest
8 Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
9 E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)
10 Miner at the Dial-a-View
11 So You'll Aim Toward the Sky
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Here Comes The Girls!!!

2009-06-14T19:15:00.003+01:00

5 songs by female vocalists.
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1 A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls Has Gone Missing
2 Bat For Lashes - Daniel (Lo-Fi Version)[BBC 1 Live Lounge]
3 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, Im Ready To Be Heartbroken
4 Juliana Hatfield - There's Always Another Girl (For Lindsay Lohan)
5 Mia Vigar - Wish You Rocked My World
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XTC : Making Plans For Nigel

2009-06-14T19:10:00.002+01:00

When I attended secondary school in the early '80's my home was only a few minutes walk away from the school gates. Every lunch time my classmates would be huddled in corners of the playground having a fly smoke or just trying to keep out of the wind and the rain. Not me though, I could always be found back home in my bedroom, eating my lunch and listening to a handful of punk or new wave 7" singles. This XTC single always reminds me of those days. The version I had was a limited edition that came in a sleeve which folded out into some kind of boardgame. I probably haven't played it since those school lunch times so this really is a blast from the past.
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1 Making Plans For Nigel
2 Bushman President
3 Pulsing Pulsing
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Siouxsie And The Banshees : Once Upon A Time / The Singles

2009-06-11T11:25:00.004+01:00

If I was a teenager growing up today I doubt very much if I would be so obsessed with music. This has nothing to do with the quality of today's music. I'm not yet one of those grumpy old men moaning that today's music is all 'thump, thump, thump' and people shouting. No, my concern is with the lack of places nowadays where I can buy my beloved sounds. It must be hard for today's teenager who's music is neatly stored on their iPods or mobile phones to understand the thrill it once was to enter a local record store and search through racks and racks of records to find the new Jesus and Mary Chain 12" or a second hand copy of a rare Captain Beefheart bootleg. Nowadays the latest R&B track is only a click away on your pc's keyboard. And when you're mobile phone's memory is full it's only another click away from that piece of music being discarded into cyberspace. There was none of that when I was younger. When you got fed up with a record or grew out of a group, they either went to the back of your ever expanding collection or you took them to your local 2nd hand record shop where you would get paid a fraction of what you originally paid for them or more likely you would exchange them for other records. 3 Simple Minds picture discs for Sonic Youth's debut album anyone? I was visiting my home town last week where in days gone past I could easily, and happily spend a full Saturday afternoon going from record shop to record shop, browsing through racks crammed with thousands of pieces of vinyl. Today the only 2 places in town where I could buy music were Asda and Tesco. No Thanks!!! I can remember at least a places in town that at one time or another I have bought music from. From the likes of Our Price right down to the tiny market stalls that sold 2nd hand market stalls I have spent thousands of pounds over the years. At one time even Boots The Chemist and John Menzies were havens for any music lover. One of my favourite stores was Arnotts. For anyone who doesn't remember, Arnott's was a department store that was later taken over by Hourstons. Every Saturday I would walk through the 'Ladies Department', go down the escelators, through the 'Homeware Department' and over to the far right hand corner where the 'Record Department' was situated. I remember going in one Saturday in the early 80's and it was like a treasure island to me. On the long counter there was box upon box crammed full of 7" singles all for 10p each. The store must have decided to get rid of all it's old stock and there it was right in front of me. I only remember a few of the records I bought that day (and also everyday after that I had any money until the sale finished) but I do know that it was the most amount of records I had bought in my life. I do remember buying loads of punk/new wave singles at the time but also loads of stuff that I had never heard or heard of before. Once I had got through all the decent stuff and still having money left it was hit and miss really. I did buy a few Siouxsie And The Banshees singles that day, some of which I still own although I haven't played in years. So that's the reason for today's album. It's funny how when you talk to anyone who has ever been into 'punk' music they will talk about The Clash, the Pistols, The Damned, etc but very rarely does anyone mention the Banshees which is pretty strange considering they were one of the most enduring and succesful bands of that era. So here's the compilation album 'Once Upon A Time / The Singles'.

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01 Hong Kong Garden

02 Mirage

03 The Staircase (Mystery)

04 Playground Twist

05 Love In A Void

06 Happy House

07 Christine

08 Israel

09 Spellbound

10 Arabian Knights

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Dead Kennedy's : Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

2009-06-10T19:20:00.003+01:00

After listening to The Damned all day yesterday I'm going to stay with the 'punk scene' for today's post. This time we head over the Atlantic to San Francisco for Dead Kennedy's debut album 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables' originally released in 1980 on Cherry Red Records.

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1.Kill the Poor

2. Forward to Death

3. When Ya Get Drafted

4. Let's Lynch the Landlord

5. Drug Me

6. Your Emotions

7. Chemical Warfare

8. California Über Alles

9. I Kill Children

10. Stealing Peoples' Mail

11. Funland at the Beach

12. Ill in the Head

13. Holiday in Cambodia

14. Viva Las Vegas

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The Damned : Machine Gun Etiquette

2009-06-09T12:25:00.006+01:00

Although I still play random tracks by The Damned every now and again it's been a number of years since I listen to any of their albums. I still have a few of their early releases in a big box of punk vinyl afely stored away in the loft but as yet I haven't got round to replacing them on CD. At the end of last week someone mentioned to me that the band were playing at the ABC in Glasgow last Saturday night. This has obviously stayed in my head as when my pc crashed on Saturday and the frustration was kicking in as I tried what little I know to get it up and running again, The Damned song 'Smash It Up' kept creeping into my thoughts. That seriously the way I felt as attempt after attempt failed to get me back into computer land. Fortunately I persevered until things were sorted with a few software discs rather than a hammer. So here's The Damned album that features the song 'Smash It Up'. Released in 1979 on Chiswick Records Machine Gun Etiquette was the 3rd album released by the band. It featured 3 songs that were released as singles, Love Song, Smash It Up and I Just Can't Be Happy Today which was the first single I ever bought from a record shop. This version of the album, which was released on cd also features 3 cover versions, Ballroom Blitz (The Sweet), Looking At You (MC5) and White Rabbit (The Great Society/Jefferson Airplane). The band's line-up for this album was Dave Vanian (vocals), Captain Sensible (guitars, keyboards and vocals), Rat Scabies (drums, vocals) and Algy Ward (bass, vocals). Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of The Clash, who were recording at the same studios make an uncredited appearance on the title track while Lemmy of Motorhead plays bass on Ballroom Blitz. For tracklisting see cover image, above.

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Revolving Paint Dream : Flowers In The Sky

2009-06-08T15:06:00.002+01:00

Psychedelic tinged, 60's influenced debut from The Revolving_Paint_Dream. It was the second single released on Creation records.

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1 Flowers In The Sky

2 In The Afternoon

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Craaaashhh!!!

2009-06-08T12:09:00.004+01:00

I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. I have been quite lucky with my computers so far. Apart from one or two little problems over the years I have managed to avoid any catastrophes. Until last weekend that is. Everything was fine when I switched off on Friday night. Certainly nothing to suggest the problems I was going to have the next morning. I had quite a busy weekend ahead. Cup final in the afternoon and then some planned time with the family so I wasn't planning on doing much work on the p.c. Just as well as come Saturday morning I booted up the system to read my e-mails etc but was only greeted with a blue screen filled with all sorts of mumbo jumbo. To be honest, I am hopeless when it comes to anything bar the basics of computing so this was way over my head. After trying to reboot a few times and trying one or two other 'tricks' that I've picked up along the way I gave up. Kick off time at the football was getting closer and apart from that I didn't have a clue what to do next. So after the football finished it was back home, hoping that the p.c. would somehow have fixed itself. Obviously these things don't work that way so I was greeted with the same blue screen displaying the same mumbo jumbo. Now I knew that the computer repair shop wouldn't be open again until Monday and even then it is quite a busy shop so I would probably have to wait nearly a week to get my system back in working order. So not wanting to wait that long I did what any sensible person would do. I tried to fix it myself!!! Well somehow I've managed to get it up and running. That's the good news. The bad news is, I've lost everything that was on my hard drive. Holiday photos. Gone!!! Over 100 folders of music. Gone!!! Videos. Gone!!! CVs and other letters and documents. Gone!!! Databases that I've spent months on. Gone!!! I've had to reinstall loads of programs that I didn't even know I had or needed. Even the simplest things like extracting a zip file can't be done without installing the program all over again. I'm pretty sure that over the next week or so I'll be constantly adding programs to get me back up to date. Buy even after all that I'm just happy that I'm up and running again. I really didn't know just how much I relied on this machine every single day. Some people say they couldn't do without their mobile phones. Others couldn't do without their car or television. For me nothing comes close to being without my p.c. for any length of time. One thing's for sure though, I won't be taking anything for granted and will be backing up EVERYTHING to disc :)

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1 Computer World

2 Pocket Calculator

3 Numbers

4 Computer World 2

5 Computer Love

6 Home Computer

7 It's More Fun To Compute

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The Mighty Wah : Weekends

2009-06-05T14:45:00.003+01:00

Speaking of the weekend in my last post got me thinking of this brilliant single by The Mighty Wah. Released in 1984 it was the work of Liverpudlian singer Pete Wylie who has also recorded under such names as Wah!, Shambeko Say Wah and Wah! Heat. Here is the single Weekends and 4 other tracks for you.

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1 Weekends

2 Come Back [The Holiday Romance Version]

3 Yuh Learn

4 The Story Of The Blues [Parts 1 and 2]

5 Hey Disco Joe

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Os Mutantes : A Minha Menina

2009-06-05T14:34:00.002+01:00

Brilliant feel good song from 60's Brazilian, psychedelic band Os Mutantes. An Ideal piece of music to get the weekend under way.

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Crass Records

2009-06-05T11:10:00.010+01:00

I bought my first ever record in 1979 aged just 11 years old. The record was 'The Great Rock n Roll Swindle' by the Sex Pistols. Having been brought up in a large family, I had 5 older sisters and an older brother, I was always aware of music being played throughout my early years. Unlike some people who claim to have grown up listening to their parent's or older sibling's eclectic record collections the music I grew up listening to was provided by David Cassidy, The New Seekers, Bay City Rollers, The Osmonds and whatever pop was in the charts of the day. It was no surprise then that the Pistols would make such an immediate impact on me. It was probably the swearing that hooked me at first. I was only 11 years old remember and swearing was still generally frowned upon at the time. The music was compelling as well. This might not have been a classic Pistols single but it still sounded a lot more relevant to my young ears than any amount of tartan clad Scottish boy bands ever could. I didn't know at the time that the Pistols had by then split up and punk was virtually dead. Not that I would probably have cared anyway. I had 3 years of music to catch up on and I spent the next year and every penny I had buying every punk record I could find. I basically spent every avaliable moment I had searching through record shops, market stalls, jumble sales, anywhere I could find some precious vinyl. It wasn't long before the second wave of punk came along and I became as obsessed with those groups as much as I was with the Pistols and Clash etc. One day I heard some older guys talking about a new group called Crass and on a visit to Glasgow the next weekend I set about trying to find their records. I remember looking in the window of one city centre record shop and seeing Bloody Revolutions on the wall. I still remember the excitement and the disappointment to this day. Excited because I knew for sure that this new band existed and I loved the look of the records cover. Disappointed because it was a Sunday and at that time not many shops opened on that day. It wasn't long though before I got my hands on some Crass records and so began yet another obsession that would last me for the rest of my school days. The great thing about Crass and their record label was the price of the records. Every sleeve had the words 'Pay No More Than ...' Sometimes it was 75p other times even less. Usually the records came in a fold out sleeve with one side a giant poster and the other political writings and slogans. For someone my age, relying on pocket money to fund my obsession it was a dream come true. Here are 4 EPs released on Crass Records in 1981/1982.

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Flux Of Pink Indians - Neu Smell EP [1981]

01 Neu Smell

02 Tube Disasters

03 Poem

04 Sick Butches

05 Background Of Malfunction

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Rudimentary Peni - Farce EP [1982]

01 Sacrifice
02 Cosmetic Plague
03 Subdued Violence
04 Only Human
05 The Bile Ball
06 Farce
07 Bloody Jellies
08 Mice Race
09 Defined By Age
10 Zero Again
11 Bubble

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Conflict - The House That Man Built EP [1982]

01 Conflict
02 I've Had Enough
03 Wargames
04 Blind Attack

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Anthrax - Capitalism Is Cannibalism EP [1982]

01 Capitalism Is Cannibalism
02 Violence Is Violence
03 Prime To Pension
04 All Things Bright And Beautiful

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Yabby You : Conquering Lion

2009-06-05T10:07:00.004+01:00

Relax in the glorious sunshine and be seduced by more amazing Jamaican sounds.

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101 Run Come Rally

102 Jah Vengeance

103 Conquering Lion

104 Convetions Man

105 Anti Christ

201 Carnal Mind

202 Jah Love

203 Love Thy Neighbour

204 Love Of Jah

205 The Man Who Does The Work

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The Heptones : Journey From Caltone to Treasure Isle to Studio 1

2009-06-04T16:07:00.010+01:00

Hot on the heels of The_Congos announcing a live date in Glasgow later this month comes the news that The_Heptones will be appearing at the same venue in August.

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01 I Am Lonely

02 Ain't That Bad

03 School Girls

04 Savito

05 Pack Your Things

06 Make Up To Break Up

07 Break Up Version

08 Gunmen Coming To Town

09 We've Got Love

10 Ob-La-Di

11 One Love

12 I'm Your Man

13 In Love With You

14 Love Me Always

15 Express Yourself

16 God Bless Whoever Sent You

17 If You Knew

18 Give, Give Love

19 Guiding Star

20 Skavito [Part 2]

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The Legend : 73 In 83

2009-06-04T14:54:00.005+01:00

' Legend's the name ... Singing's the game'

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The Jesus And Mary Chain, Oasis, My Bloody Valentine, The House Of Love, Ride, The Boo Radlys, Felt, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals ... the list of bands that have released music on Creation Records since 1983 is incredible but one band got there first. The Legend aka Jerry Thackray aka Everett True was responsible for the very first record ever released on the label. Here are the 3 songs that made up the 7inch single with the CRE 001 cataogue number.

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1 '73 in '83

2 You were Glamorous

3 Melt The Guns

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Charity Shop Bargains : 01

2009-06-04T14:12:00.011+01:00

As the weather was brilliant at the weekend we decided to take a wee day trip up the coast to the Ayrshire town of Largs. While waiting for my partner outside one shop I noticed a couple of charity shops nearby. I had read on some blogs of people finding some bargains in the cd racks of these types of places so decided to have a quick look. It wasn't that great to be honest but in amongst the usual Spice Girls, Take That and Ronan Keating cds there were a few items of interest. In the first shop I bought the 4 cd singles above which were by Fluke, Orbital, Death In Vegas and The Chemical Brothers. Not bad for £2 in total. I've put one track from each of the singles below.

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01 The Chemical Brothers - Leave Home [Underworld Mix 1]

02 Death In Vegas - Dirt [Old Skool Mix]

03 Orbital - Times Fly [Slow]

04 Fluke - Slid [PDF Mone]*

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* The sleeve states that this track is Squirt but it is actually Slid. Or so I'm told.

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Renegade : The Lives And Tales Of Mark E. Smith

2009-06-04T12:03:00.008+01:00

Renegade is the latest book to hit the shelves about one of rock's most enduring characters Mark E. Smith. For anyone who doesn't already know, Smith is leader/vocalist with Manchester band The Fall. To be precise, Mark E. Smith is The Fall. The book has been described in various places as: A Riot, Unbeatable, Vicious and Hilarious. All of these descriptions are spot on and as well as describing the book could also be describing the man himself. The book itself is an 80,000 odd word ramble, taking in Smith's thoughts on everything from alcohol and drugs to footballers and ex band mates. At times the humour is laugh out loud. At times you don't even know if he's being serious or not. Throughout the book, as in real life, Smith pulls no punches. That's what makes this book such a great read.

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' A RIOT' / 'UNUTTERABLY FUNNY': Independent On Sunday

'UNBEATABLE' / 'REMARKABLE': Time Out

'VICIOUS' / 'ENGROSSING': Daily Telegraph

'HILARIOUS' : Scotland On Sunday

'MAY BE THE FUNNIEST MUSIC BOOK EVER WRITTEN' : Observer

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01 Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul

02 Totally Wired

03 Rollin' Dany

04 Rowche Rumble

05 Container Drivers

06 Cruisers Creek

07 Eat Y'self Fitter

08 Rebellious Jukebox

09 I'm Into C.B.

10 Why Are People Grudgeful?

11 Bill Is Dead

12 The NWRA

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The above tracks are taken from various stages of the band's career. Track 03 was originally recorded by Gene Vincent. Track 10 is based on 2 reggae songs, People Grudgeful by Joe Gibbs and People Funny Boy by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Please buy the original albums containing any of the above tracks.

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King Tubby : The Roots Of Dub

2009-06-03T14:21:00.003+01:00

1975 release from the dub master King Tubby.

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01 Natty Dub

02 Dub Magnificent

03 A First Class Dub

04 The Stepping Dub

05 Rude Boy Dub

06 A Closer Dub

07 Roots Of Dub

08 Dub You Can Feel

09 Loving Dub

10 The Immortal Dub

11 Dread Locks Dub

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Various : New York Noise

2009-06-02T18:25:00.008+01:00

Brilliant post-punk/disco/dance compilation from Soul_Jazz records.

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DANCE MUSIC FROM THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND 1978-1982

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01 Liquid Liquid - Optimo

02 Konk - Baby Dee

03 The Dance - Do Dada

04 Material - Reduction

05 Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa

06 DNA - 530

07 Rahmelzee vs K. Rob - Beat Bop

08 The Contortions - Contort Yourself

09 Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 1

10 The Bloods - Button Up

11 Dinosaur L - Clean On Your Bean

12 Theoretical Girls - You Got Me

13 Bush Tetras - Can't Be Funky

14 Mars - Helen Fordsdale

15 ESG - You Make No Sense

16 Defunkt - Defunkt

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[Take 5] : The Congos

2009-05-28T17:04:00.003+01:00

I have the late dj John Peel to thank for introducing me to The Congos. In the early '80's Peel could be relied upon to play at least a couple of reggae tunes on every show. Some of the stuff was pretty obscure and a far cry from the poppy reggae that was played on the more chart orienated radio shows. I remember it well the night Peel played 'Children Crying' and especially how beautiful it sounded being played between the post-punk and indie tunes of the day. The 5 tracks below are all taken from the Blood_&_Fire reissue of the band's 1977 debut album Heart_of_the_Congos. Listen to the tracks below, buy the album and if you want more, The Congos are playing live at The_Ferry in Glasgow on Saturday 20th of June.

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1 Children Crying

2 Fisherman

3 Ark Of the Covenant

4 Congoman (12" Mix)

5 Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)

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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - Reggae Greats

2009-05-28T12:17:00.003+01:00

Brilliant reggae compilation from Lee 'Scratch Perry's legendary Black Ark studios.

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01 The Heptones - Party Time

02 Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves

03 Keith Rowe - Groovy Situation

04 Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Soul Fire

05 Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon

06 Jah Lion - Wisdom

07 George Faith - To Be A Lover

08 Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Roast Fish And Cornbread

09 Prince Jazzbo - Croaking Lizard

10 Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Dreadlocks In Moonlight

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Burning Aquarium: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry- Reggae Greats (1980)

City Of God [Soundtrack]

2009-05-26T22:40:00.006+01:00

Soundtrack to the 2002 film 'City_Of_God'.

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01 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Meu Nome É Zé

02 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Vida De Otario

03 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Funk Da Virada

04 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Estoria Da Boca

05 Hyldon - Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda (Casinha De Sapé)

06 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - A Transa

07 Raul Seixas - Metamorfose Ambulante

08 Wilson Simonal - Nem Vem Que Não Tem

09 Cartola - Preciso Me Encontrar

10 Cartola - Alvorada

11 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Convite Para Vida

12 Tim Maia - No Caminho Do Bem

13 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Morte Zé Pequeno

14 Antonio Pinto & Ed Côrtez - Batucada (Remix)

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Various : Out Of Our Heads On Skelp

2009-05-26T18:51:00.005+01:00

Compilation released in 2003 on the highly influential Glasgow label Chemikal Underground.

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01 Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend

02 Aereogramme - Yes

03 The Delgados - No Danger (Kids Choir) [edit]

04 Radar Bros - Shoveling Sons

05 Suckle - Saturn

06 Mogwai - Like Herod

07 Magoo - Pink Dust

08 Malcolm Middleton - The King Of Bring

09 Arab Strap - Who Named The Days?

10 Cha Cha Cohen - A=A

11 Aereogramme - A Meaningful Experience

12 Mogwai - Christmas Song

13 Radar Bros - Still Evil

14 The Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall

15 Aidan Moffat - Cunts [uncredited bonus track]

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Joy Division : Peel Session [1979]

2009-05-26T16:15:00.004+01:00

This is the first of two sessions that Joy Division recorded for the John Peel show. Produced by Bob Sargeant on January 31st 1979 at Maida Vale studios, the session was first broadcast a fortnight later.

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1 Exercise One

2 Insight

3 She's Lost Control

4 Transmission

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Animal Collective : Summertime Clothes [Dam-Funk Remix]

2009-05-26T14:06:00.005+01:00

Remix of track taken from Animal Collective's current album Merriweather Post Pavilion.

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The Smiths : Your Full Of Smith [Bootleg]

2009-05-26T02:37:00.003+01:00

Bootleg of The Smiths live at The Royal Court, Liverpool, 27th March 1985.

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01- William, It Was Really Nothing

02- Nowhere fast

03- I Want The One I Can't Have

04- What She Said

05- Hand In Glove

06- How Soon Is Now?

07- Still Ill

08- Meat Is Murder

09- Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

10- Barbarism Begings At Home

11- Miserable Lie

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Kiss AMC - A Bit Of

2009-05-24T20:16:00.004+01:00

Don't worry, you will never find any U2 music on here. Here's Uk rap/hip hop duo Kiss AMC with their 1989, u2 sampling 'A Bit Of ....' remixed by David Holmes.

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Mogwai : Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait

2009-05-22T18:21:00.005+01:00

The football leagues in England may already know their winners but up here in Scotland it's do or die this weekend. It's all to play for in the relegation battle on Saturday but Sunday sees Glasgow's Old Firm rivals fighting it out to see who comes out on top. It may not be the best league in the world in terms of talent but for excitement it will be hard to beat this weekend. My love of music and football comes together brilliantly on this album from Glasgow band Mogwai. The album was recorded as the soundtrack to the documentary film 'Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle' and was released on PIAS/Wall Of Sound in 1996.

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01 Black Spider

02 Terrific Speech 2

03 Wake Up And Go Berserk

04 Terrific Speech

05 7:25

06 Half Time

07 I Do Have Weapons

08 Time And A Half

09 It Would Have Happened Anyway

10 Black Spider 2

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[Take 5] : Covers / Girl to Boy

2009-05-22T11:44:00.010+01:00

5 female vocalists covering songs originally done by male vocalists.

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1 First_Aid_Kit are a Swedish duo consisting of young sisters Klara and Johanna Soderberg from Stockholm. This cover of a Fleet Foxes song is taken from the 2008 reissue of the duo's 'Drunken_Trees' EP on Wichita.

2 Bat_For_Lashes is the performing name of British songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natasha Khan. Her cover is taken from The Cure tribute album Perfect_As_Cats.

3 Susanna_And_The_Magical_Orchestra are a Norwegian duo who released their 2nd album Melody_Mountain in 2006. The album comprises of ten cover versions of tracks by the likes of Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Prince, Depeche Mode and Kiss amongst others including this track by Joy Division.

4 St_Vincent is the performing name of American multi-instrumentalist Anne Clark, a former member of The Polyphonic Spree. This cover of a Jackson Browne song is taken from a 7 inch_single released on Beggars_Banquet in 2007.

5 Nouvelle_Vague are a French collective who specialise in lounge versions of punk, post-punk and new wave songs. This cover of a Dead Kennedys song is taken from their 2004 s/t album which also includes covers of songs by the likes of The Clash, The Specials, XTC and The Undertones. The album also includes versions of tracks 2 and 3 above.

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1 First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

2 Bat For Lashes - A Forest

3 Susanna And The Magical Orchestra - Love Will Tear Us Apart

4 St Vincent - These Days

5 Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck

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Mull Historical Society : Animal Cannabus

2009-05-21T18:17:00.003+01:00

Early single from Colin MacIntyre and co. Released in 2001 on Rough Trade records the single was taken from the band's debut album Loss.

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1 Animal Cannabus

2 Ugly Buildings Are Beautiful

3 Industrial Hangers

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The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu : The History Of The JAMS aka The Timelords

2009-05-21T17:41:00.005+01:00

Compilation of JAMs stuff released in America in 1988 on TVT Records. The album comprises of tracks taken from their infamous debut album 1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On?) as well as the follow up Who Killed The Jams. The set is completed by the inclusion of 3 singles as well as 2 tracks by their alter-ego The Timelords.

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1 All You Need Is Love

2 Don't Take Five (Take What You Want)

3 Whitney Joins The JAMs

4 Porpoise Song

5 Downtown

6 Candyman

7 Burn The Beat

8 Doctorin' The Tardis

9 Gary In The Tardis

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[Take 5] : Echo And The Bunnymen

2009-05-19T15:40:00.004+01:00

Ech And The Bunnymen were formed in 1978 in Liverpool and along with the Teardrop Explodes and Wah! were the major players in the city's post-punk music scene. Here are 5 live tracks recorded at various stages of the band's career.

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01 Crocodiles *

02 Over The Wall *

03 Zimbo **

04 Ocean Rain **

05 My Kingdom **

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** Live at Manley Vale Hotel, Sydney, Australia 11/11/81

*** Live at A Crystal Day, Liverpool, UK, 12/05/84

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Various : Jockey Slut Jukebox

2009-05-19T12:41:00.005+01:00

Jockey Slut was a UK based dance music/club culture magazine which was published between 1993 and 2004. Although this was a style of music which I was never deeply into the magazine did give away some interesting cover mounted cds. This 9 track compilation was given away with the Feb/March 1998 issue to celebrate the magazine's 5th birthday.

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1. David Holmes - Mosh It

2. Propellerheads - Lethal Cut

3. Lionrock - Electro Under Pressure

4. Primal Scream - Stuka Seven

5. Two Lone Swordsmen - Slutloop

6. The Chemical Brothers - Life is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix)

7. Gabrielle - Forget About the World (Daft Punk Remix)

8. Underworld - Dirty

9. Howie B - Nordleed

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The KLF : Chill Out

2009-05-19T12:19:00.005+01:00

Brilliant 'ambient' album released on KLF COMMUNICATIONS in 1990. The KLF were a duo of James Cauty and Bill Drummond who also released music under the names of The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu (The Jams), Space, The K Foundation and The Timelords, under which name they had a UK #1 single with Doctorin' The Tardis. The history of the duo is too complicated to even scratch the surface of here but it is well worth investigating further. One word of warning though, anyone planning to start a KLF/Jams collection better have plenty of blank cheques. Some of the rarer stuff (and there is a lot) sells for unbelievable amounts of cash.

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Wychwood Festival 2009 [Free CD Download]

2009-05-16T17:03:00.006+01:00

Free with today's Independent newspaper is an 11 track download CD in conjunction with the Wychwood Festival which will be held this year on 29th-31st May at Cheltenham Racecourse.

The download is limited to 10,000 and can be found at ...

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01 Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams

02 The Wonderstuff - Tricks Of The Trade

03 The Men They Couldn't Hang - Aquamarine

04 Danny & The Champions Of The World - These Days

05 Oysterband - Here Comes The Flood

06 Kissmet - Indian Summer

07 The Mummers - Teardropsfall

08 Cara Dillon - Spencer The Rover

09 Dub Colossus - Habasha Dub

10 The Dhol Foundation - Dance with Me

11 Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara - Coming Back To You

Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra : A New Cat

2009-05-08T16:37:00.007+01:00

Another album courtesy of Fence Records this time it's the band Kenny Anderson formed before setting out on a solo career as King Creosote. Originally released on cassette in 1996 this is the cd reissue from 2006 which came with Volume 3, Issue 1 of Fencezine. The S.D.O. featured many many musicians from the Fence Collective in the line-up including K.T. Tunstall.

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01. Strangers To Disappointment

02 Works Every Time

03 Shiver

04 Mortgage

05 Shape Of A girlfriend

06 Sew Wet Dreams

07 Insomniac

08 Flying overnight

09 Lavender Moon

10 How's Your Tongue?

11 Monsieur Le Charmant

12 Real Shiver Stuff

13 Lady Luck

14 Pimp

15 Outback Self Abuse

16 Broomstick

17 Witch Hat

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Kenny: guitar, accordion, recorder, keyboards, vocals

Stu: drums, percussion, radio receiver

Pete: bass, handclaps

Een: banjo, guitar, mouth organ, double bass, vocals

Kate: vocals, witch noises

Steve: fiddle

John: Electric guitar, samples

Joe: dialogue

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English Bore : Anaesthesia Diary

2009-05-08T15:52:00.004+01:00

I must admit to not knowing very much about this. In fact to be totally honest, I haven't even heard it all the way through yet. The thing is I've got a busy weekend ahead then I'm away until Friday so I won't be able to post until then so I'm trying to put enough stuff together for a few posts while I can. Anyway from what I can gather this mini album(?) by English Bore was part of the 'Picket Fence' series of cd-rs which were only made available to subscribers during 2007. One of the reasons for posting this without first hearing it is the fact that it is a Fence Records release which usually means some sort of quality control. I've yet to be left completely disappointed in any Fence release yet although some stuff is obviously better than others.

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John Amino says [excerpts]: 'ambient guitar experimentalism, drone, soundscapes or whatever you want to call it' ... t'he project or band started from my love of those bits on those early 90's shoegaze songs where everyone stopped playing and just made noise. That bit in 'feed Me With Your Kiss' by My Bloody Valentine' ... 'or on Sonic Youth records when the delays on the guitar takes over the sound' ... 'it's Marmite music, you'll probably either love it or hate it'.

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02 Anaesthesia Diary [Part 2]

03 Anaesthesia Diary [Part 3]

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[Take 5] : The Ramones

2009-05-08T13:03:00.005+01:00

Some of my posts earlier mentioned 53rd & 3rd Records. The label was originally named after a song by American band The Ramones who have often been regarded as the very first punk band. I had intended to include 53rd & 3rd plus 4 tracks from throughout the band's career but in the end I couldn't resist just using 5 tracks from the band's self titled debut. That's not to say their other albums aren't good. They are and I will post some other stuff another time. Meanwhile enjoy these 5 tracks from one of the best rock bands ever.

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01 Blitzkrieg Bop

02 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

03 53rd & 3rd

04 Havana Affair

05 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

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Trivia fact #1: The catalogue number of every record released on the 53rd & 3rd record label had the prefix AGARR, which stood for 'as good as (a) Ramones record' which every record released by the label (allegedly) aspired to be.

Trivia fact #2: The 5 Ramones songs above have all been covered by other artists, the first 4 by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rob Zombie, Metallica and Pete Yorn respectively. Track 5 fairs a lot better as it was covered by Sonic Youth.

[Take 5] : The Pastels

2009-05-08T12:21:00.008+01:00

[Take 5] will be a series of 5 songs connected by artist, record label, theme etc etc. Basically it will just be a short post on whatever I feel like at the time with just the songs and a link. This gives me a chance to keep posting stuff even when I don't have much free time.

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Earlier I posted The Groovy Little Numbers - The 53rd & 3rd Singles compilation. The record label that gave this record it's name was partly run by Stephen Pastel of Glasgow band The Pastels. Here are 5 songs from that group.

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01 Baby Honey

02 Truck, Train, Tractor

03 Crawl Babies

04 Yoga

05 Unfair Kind Of Fame

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The Groovy Little Numbers : The 53rd & 3rd Singles

2009-05-08T11:16:00.004+01:00

It's been a long, long time since I listened to Bellshill band The Groovy Little Numbers and it would probably have been even longer if I hadn't realised while posting the Superstar singles that the singer of that band was previously a member of The Groovy Little Numbers. It's often said 'it's a small world' but never a truer word has been said regarding the Scottish music scene. If i had known when starting this blog what sort of line I was going to take I would have perhaps attempted a Scottish Music Tree. As it happens the mess that this blog is in right now would probably be nothing compared to what it would have been. So for now the chaos continues as I try and probably fail miserably, to link all these bands. So, back to The Groovy Little Numbers. Formed in Bellshill in the mid to late 1980's, the band released two 12" singles on 53rd & 3rd Records which was partly run by Stephen Pastel. Both the singles were later released on the compilation below on Avalanche Records.

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01 You Make My Head Explode

02 Hey Hey

03 Windy

04 Happy Like Yesterday

05 Shoot Me Down

06 A Place So Hard To Find

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