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Moody Blues - Live at the Apollo OXFORD 1986 - Albums That Should Exist

Never their biggest fan though curiously find I am of their main singer guitarist songwriter Justin Hayward this is a treat for fans as its quality is beyond expectations and is of course at my local venue in the centre of the city here

Paul says:

I just posted a Moody Blues concert for the BBC in the 1980s a few days ago. But I recently found two of them, so here's the other one before it slips my mind.

This concert has a lot of similarities with the other one I just posted, from 1984, two years earlier. For instance, all the expected big hits are on both, like "Tuesday Afternoon," "Nights in White Satin," and "Question." Both concerts even start with "Gemini Dream." However, I'm posting both concerts because there are plenty of differences too. That's helped by the fact that the band had a hit album in 1986 with two hit songs, "Your Wildest Dreams" and "The Other Side of Life." Naturally, they played those two, plus two more from that "The Other Side of Life" album, "Rock 'n' Roll Over You" and "It May Be a Fire." Additionally, they played other songs here not in the other concert, like "New Horizons" and "Veteran Cosmic Rocker," and there are five songs in that 1984 that weren't played here.

Unfortunately, the BBC seemed to have meddled in this recording more than usual. In particular, I'm pretty sure there was a lot of applause added. Most of the songs came from one source, but I found two from a different source. Those two songs have way less applause, a more reasonable amount. Heck, there was massive applause all through the banter before the song "Veteran Cosmic Rocker," which didn't make sense. I couldn't really undo the cheering, but I did get rid of most of it during the banter. And I actually boosted it on the two songs from the different source, so they'd fit in with the rest.

Another problem was that the vocals were consistently low in the mix for all the songs. So I boosted them all using the audio editing program UVR5.

This concert is an hour and 20 minutes long. That's a decent length for a concert, but the BBC edited some songs out. I had to cut out some banter before "Veteran Cosmic Rocker," because it mentioned three songs about to be played, but only one actually was included here.

01 Gemini Dream
02 The Voice
03 Rock 'n' Roll Over You 
04 talk 
05 Tuesday Afternoon 
06 Your Wildest Dreams 
07 The Story in Your Eyes
08 Isn't Life Strange 
09 It May Be a Fire
10 talk (Moody Blues)
11 Veteran Cosmic Rocker 
12 New Horizons 
13 The Other Side of Life
14 I'm Just a Singer [In a Rock and Roll Band] 
15 Question
16 Nights in White Satin 

Bob Dylan and his political influence from Suze Rotolo

Don Hunstein Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo, Greenwich Village, New York City 1963

“A lot of what I gave him was a look at how the other half lived — left wing things that he didn’t know. He knew about Woody and Pete Seeger, but I was working for CORE and went on youth marches for civil rights, and all that was new to him.” Suze Rotolo

“How many nights I stayed up and wrote songs and showed them to [Suze] and asked, ‘Is this right?’ Because I knew her mother was associated with unions, and she was into this equality-freedom thing long before I was. I checked the songs out with her.” Bob Dylan

The Last Waltz | The Band - Don’t Do It!

 

45 years of The Last Waltz, and you cannot top The Band's rendition of "Don't Do It." 

After several hours of performing and jams, The Band came out for one last song, "Don't Do It," which would later open the film (sic). 

#TheLastWaltz #TheBand #MusicHistory

In A Silent Way (Complete Sessions)

Have we got this? For the Boss at FBS and VW!

 Oh it looks like it’s here . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions

"Don’t Talk” : 10,000 Maniacs TV debut on Letterman 1987

On this month in 1987, 10,000 Maniacs made a memorable TV appearance, performing “Don’t Talk” on Late Night with David Letterman. The track came from their recently released third album In My Tribe, which saw the band finally garner mainstream success. While the Jamestown, New York group had built a cult following, In My Tribe marked their breakthrough to a larger audience.

Formed in 1981, 10,000 Maniacs originally included vocalist Natalie Merchant, guitarist John Lombardo, and a rotating cast of musicians. Their mix of melancholy melodies and socially conscious lyrics gradually earned them notice. But after two indie albums, Lombardo left the band in 1986, with Merchant taking greater control of the songwriting.

For In My Tribe, Elektra Records brought in acclaimed producer Peter Asher, who steered the band toward a more radio-friendly sound. Though initially resistant, the group embraced Asher’s vision. The polished yet poignant results made In My Tribe their first major hit.

The Cat Stevens cover “Peace Train” was originally the lead single, but later removed from the album due to controversial remarks by Stevens. Instead, the majestic jangle-pop of “Like the Weather” became the breakout track, making the Top 40. Anchored by Rob Buck’s chiming guitar lines, Merchant’s lyrics poetically evoke seasonal depression.

Equally impactful was the haunting “What’s the Matter Here?”, tackling the sensitive issue of child abuse. Merchant adopts the perspective of a conflicted neighbor witnessing domestic violence next door. Meanwhile, the lush “Gun Shy” examines the dichotomy between civilian and military life.

Throughout In My Tribe, 10,000 Maniacs perfected their blend of beautiful melodies and thought-provoking words. Songs like “Don’t Talk” and “City of Angels” confront alcoholism and homelessness with empathy and intelligence. Even when singing about darker themes, Merchant’s maternal voice provided reassurance.

In My Tribe ultimately went platinum and was praised by critics, including Rolling Stone. Robert Christgau applauded Merchant’s “deprivatized metaphors” that say something profound about social issues. The album cemented 10,000 Maniacs as top college rock contenders, while hinting at wider popularity to come.

In the following years, 10,000 Maniacs issued more acclaimed albums before Merchant left for a solo career in 1993. But In My Tribe remains their definitive work, beautifully balancing gravity and accessibility. On gorgeous yet socially conscious songs like “Don’t Talk,” 10,000 Maniacs achieved a thrilling synthesis that deservedly resonated with legions of thoughtful listeners.

Song of The Day :: The Beatles "I've Got A Feeling" (Take.2) | Facebook find no 137

 "I've Got A Feeling" (Take 2) Live on The Roof Of The Apple Corps Building, Savile Row, London, UK 1.30.1969 |

(should play now . . . . . . 🙄)

A Couple From The Boss (over at HQ the Floppy Boot Stomp) :: No. 2 | Siouxsie and the Banshees - Shibuya Kokaido Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 1983

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tokyo, Japan 1983

Siouxsie and the Banshees - 

Shibuya Kokaido

Tokyo, Japan,

February 5, 1983

FM Broadcast @flac

Not the complete concert

Setlist :

She's A Carnival

Red Over White

Cascade

Night Shift

Sin In My Heart

Painted Bird

Arabian Knights 

Happy House

Spellbound

Voodoo Dolly

*******

 

Not Broadcast

 01. Introduction - Overground

02. Green Fingers

03. Fireworks

04. Paradise Place

05. Melt

Encore :

Cocoon 

Israel 

Souixie and The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden

For George . . . . . .

Remembering George Harrison, who left us 22 years ago today. In thinking of him, I’d like to share a short video. A fitting tribute from an old friend, back where it all began, in their little town of Liverpool. 

A Couple From The Boss (at Voodoo Wagon) :: Little Feat - Live Rainbow Theatre August 2, 1977 London, England

Little Feat - Live Rainbow Theatre 1977

Little Feat - Live Rainbow Theatre 
August 2, 1977

London, England

Set List:

01 Walking All Night

02 Fat Man In The Bathtub

03 Red Streamliner

04 Oh Atlanta

05 All That You Dream

06 Mercenary Territory

07 On Your Way Down

xx  Skin It Back (Track officially released on Waiting for Columbus *)

08 Old Folks Boogie

09 Rock & Roll Doctor

10 Cold Cold Cold >

11 Dixie Chicken >

12 Tripe Face Boogie (fades out)

in FLAC no less

Little Feat 

With Tower of Power horns

Little Feat - Live in Holland 1976 : Feats Don’t Fail Me Now

Artist of The Day : SHARON VAN ETTEN - ‘Keep’

Not sure where I found this but we found Sharon’s work s long time ago now and have always enjoyed it. This from over 14 years back! 

Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Story Behind the Banned ‘Electric Ladyland’ Album Cover

Electric Ladyland - THAT cover! -

by the man who took that photo!

Shot by David Montgomery, this photography work was chosen as the European cover for Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 album Electric Ladyland. It features nineteen London Club girls, all non-models, who pose nude. When it was released, the cover was banned in the United States, while others sold it with the gatefold cover turned inside out, or in a brown wrapper.

In an interview with Louder Sound, Montgomery revealed how the shoot came about, and what happened on the day:

“Linda McCartney shot the original picture of Electric Ladyland in New York. She took a picture of a little white kid and a little black kid playing together. It was peace, love, harmony – all that stuff. But the record company in London looked at it and said: ‘What the hell is this? This isn’t gonna sell records.’ So that’s when I got the job. 

 

It is widely accepted that Jimi preferred the shot from Linda for the cover and indeed he featured it in his notes to the label but they chose to ignore the artists wishes and replaced it with the organ and red portrait well known as the American cover. Montgomery believes that Jimi did like his photo as he was “promiscuous”!? 

"I don’t actually believe that, because Jimi was quite a ladies man. He was a promiscuous character, so I couldn’t see why he was being all puritanical.” D. Montgomery

This is disingenuous if you ask me as it is well documented and Jimi has even said what he thought about the distorted lens used to get all the models in the shot and almost a fisheye making the women look ugly and distorted and didn’t do them justice.

The girls themselves didn’t hold back “Everyone looked great, but the picture makes us look old and tired. We were trying to look sexy, but it didn’t work out,” one of the models said in an interview, “It makes us look like a load of old tarts. It’s rotten.”

“Folks in Britain are kicking against the cover. Man, I don’t blame them,” Hendrix commented, “I wouldn’t have put this picture on the sleeve myself, but it wasn’t my decision. It’s mostly all bullshit”.Jimi Hendrix

Jimi’s preferred image shot by Linda McCartney (then Eastman and a known photographer for taking sympathetic photos of the rock world) 

JEAN KNIGHT - New Orleans Soul Sister has died aged 80

americanprimitives

Soul and Funk singer Jean Knight has died at the age of 80

The New Orleans native was best known for her 1971 hit single, "Mr. Big Stuff." The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100

NPR

The song was recorded in 1970 at Malaco Studio in Jackson, Mississippi at the same session as "Groove Me" by King Floyd. Knight's single was released by Stax Records because of the persistence of Stax publisher Tim Whitsett, and "Groove Me" by King Floyd, which Whitsett strongly urged Malaco to release, also became a hit. Both songs are defined by two bar, off-beat bass lines and tight arrangements by New Orleans maestro Wardell Quezergue.

Released on Knight's 1971 debut album of the same title, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart and peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, behind "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by The Bee Gees. Billboard ranked it as the No. 18 song for 1971. The song went double platinum and the no. 1 Soul Single of the year.

Knight performed the song on Soul Train on December 11, 1971 during its first season. "Mr. Big Stuff" became one of Stax Records' more popular and recognizable hits. It was featured in the 2007 mini-series The Bronx Is Burning. It was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1972 Grammy Awards.

In 1987, rapper Heavy D recorded "Mr. Big Stuff", which also became a hit. Though his version was entirely different from the original version, Knight's hook line ("Mr. Big Stuff, who do you think you are?") was prominently featured throughout the song.

In 1994, the song was prominently interpolated into TLC's "Switch" on their CrazySexyCool album.

A sample of the composition was used for the self-titled song by Queen Latifah, Shades and Free, which was included on the soundtrack of the 1996 movie The Associate.

 - wikipedia

Here she is on Soul Train

check the HAIR!

Guitarists - LONNIE MACK

 I was reading Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar influences and amongst the blues masters like BB King, Albert King and others he mentioned Lonnie Mack who I did not know certaonly not from back in the day and don’t think he ‘travelled' to the degree we had heard of him over here like Link Wray and others . . . but this is why Stevie mentioned him

Lonnie Mack - Wham

Stevie Ray says he bought this when it came out and he played it over and over again until he could play it himself . . . no turning back from there!

and this one may explain why he didn’t travel so well . . . . . . in a nutshell!

Lonnie Mack - Too Rock For Country, Too Country For Rock And Roll

Leonard Cohen - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham, Britain, 12-8-1979 | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST

Leonard Cohen Live at The BBC Vol III - Birmingham 1979 - Albums That Should Exist

 

Here Leonard at Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1979.

Nice set again from Paul over at Albums That Should Exist this time from Birmingham (UK that is!) and as he says is BBC quality so although shortish as concerts go (under an hour here) it is really well recorded (of course) 

Paul Says : 

"I just posted a Beck concert that was edited way down by the BBC, and this is a similar situation for Leonard Cohen. I don't know the full set list, but I'm guessing a lot of it was cut out, including some of the banter between songs. Still, these BBC concerts are great due to the sound quality, and that's the case here.

An official album of Cohen's 1979-1980 tour has been released, called "Field Commander Cohen." It's a few minutes longer than this one. Luckily though, the set lists are drastically different. There are only two songs shared between that and this, "The Smokey Life" and "The Gypsy's Wife."

But what really makes this concert special is the song "Billy Sunday," also known as "Blues for the Jews." (I don't think there's a firm title, since the song has never been officially released.) According to setlist.fm, Cohen only ever performed this original song six times, all on this tour, and this was the very first public performance. It's quite a song, because it's fifteen minutes long."

Song Performance of the Day | Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (with Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Jesse Winchester) Live 1977.

 LITTLE FEAT LIVE - DIXIE CHICKEN! With the legendary LOWELL GEORGE! (R.I.P.)

but why so short? scarcely two verses and a chorus or two and we’re done!

CLASSIC POP SONGS | Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman [The Black & White Concert]

 How come this classic song is recognisable but the opening drum beat!?

Go on click it anyway . . . it will play (HONEST!)

What a night!

Roy Orbison is awarded his ninth Gold record for "Oh! Pretty Woman", which topped the charts in ten countries, including the US, Canada and the UK, selling over seven million copies worldwide.

This video version of Pretty Woman is from Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, a 1988 Cinemax television special originally broadcast on January 3, 1988, starring triple Hall of Fame inductee (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame) rock/pop singer/songwriter Roy Orbison and backing band TCB Band with special guests including Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang and others. The special was filmed entirely in black and white. After the broadcast the concert was released on VHS and Laserdisc. A live album was released in 1989.

How many stars can you spot? 

Who was the Black Magic Woman? Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac Muse

 Sandra Elsdon : Peter was a sensitive soul and very humble man

I found this really moving and hadn’t known who Peter had written Black Magic Woman for and this is very revealing . . . . . isn’t she lovely?

Sandra Elsdon (now Vigon) is a professional psychotherapist from London and former fashion model. During the '60s and '70s she was close to many rock luminaries, and the girlfriend of both Peter Green and John McVie. Here's how she remembers her time with Peter Green:

"My sister’s boyfriend started one of Britain’s first R&B clubs - 'The Ricky Tick' in Windsor, which has now entered the annals of pop-culture. It was here that I first met such young blues enthusiasts as Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and John Mayall. After gigs we’d all hang out together in clubs like 'The Scotch of St. James’ and 'The Bag o’Nails' (which is how I first met Mick Fleetwood, when he was still with the Cheynes) ; in those days, we were a pretty small group of kids hanging out together, like in college. I first met Peter at a club called 'The Cromwellian', where I also first saw Jimi Hendrix play. Peter wrote 'Black Magic Woman' about me (his nickname for me was Magic Mamma) as well as ‘Sandy Mary’ and ‘Long Grey Mare’. For me, it was the deepest and most soulful relationship of my youth. He was a very dedicated, brilliant, soulful musician, and a very kind and humble man. But he had some pretty deep issues. I think he had suffered a lot as a child. He once opened up to me about the pain of discrimination and bullying he'd suffered as a Jewish boy living in the East End. I think he drew heavily on that pain in his music.

Peter was a sensitive soul, and shouldn’t have messed around with mind-altering drugs. That’s what really activated his psychosis. I remember, when he came home from Fleetwood Mac’s first US tour, how the drugs were starting to have a bad effect on him. I begged him not to experiment more. And at the Wells festival, I had a big fight with him because he was hanging out with Carlos Santana and being plied with everything and anything. Still, things between us were great in the early years. We were on a spiritual quest together. Once, we went to a Buddhist retreat in Scotland, to meditate and learn how to raise our Kundalini energy. This required periods of sexual abstinence, but that didn’t always coincide for us. He makes a reference to that in 'Black Magic Woman' ("Don’t turn your back on me, baby.")

In the end, it took several painful years for us to break up, and I was very unhappy and lost. Peter had left the band, and Fleetwood Mac had invited me to stay at the house in Hampshire that Mick and his wife shared with John and Christine McVie. I had become disillusioned with modeling and was searching for my own identity and creativity. In retrospect, I can see that I had been living a creative life vicariously through Peter Green."

("High 50.com", Oct.2014)

Fleetwood Mac Peter Green - Black Magic Woman (Live Boston Tea Party) 1970

ADVERT BREAK | Blue Meanies are EVERYWHERE!

 The McLennon Brothers strike again!

Go on click it! You know you want to! It will work I swear!

Oh look out! Blue Meanies with the boys!

A Quick One (While He’s Away) - THE WHO | URBAN ASPIRINES

                           

                                        The WHO on Urban Aspirines HERE 

Now my old school pal, neighbour and first real drummer I knew (you out there, Malcolm?) bought this when it came out and we learned of course Boris The Spider by rote and loved this album and Kostas does it suitable justice here as well as a back catalogue link (see above) Check the WHO out there . . . . . . . .I think I left the boys there and it wasn’t until I caught up with Who’s Next and saw them at the Oval here in London I piqued my interest again! Bloody mods! So fickle.

I think I have mentioned unlinks elsewhere that it was at the Oval concert I ws hit on the head with a pipkin of beer (about 7 pints I think! Empty fortunately!) still I did enjoy Quintessence earlier in the afternoon (Gungamai!?) groovy mahn!

Also . . . . . . 

                            THE WHO - BBC SESSIONS 2000

check it out!

For Kostas!

Song of The Day :: Richard Hawley :: Love of My Life

And yet another from Alice over at O My Soul . . .we really enjoy Richard Hawley and my what a voice. I didn’t catch him in the bands Treebound Story or The Longpigs and was only vaguely aware of his joining with his pal Jarvis in his brief incarnation with Sheffield band ‘Pulp’ to his leaving and then the solo work (we may not have even associated the two here I am ashamed to say - he first burst upon the scene in my head unbidden and unheralded and I was blown away by this Yorkshireman with the rich voice) to enjoying his every appearance on Jools Holland etc. This one is a classic

O My Soul

Love Of My Life - Richard Hawley

Artists of the Day | RICHARD & LINDA THOMPSON (various favourites: A Heart Needs a Home, Wall of Death, Dimming of The Day)| O MY SOUL

 So Alice over at O My Soul has excelled this morning and posted links to three favourite  Richard & Linda Thompson tracks . . . . . . 

O My Soul

Richard & Linda Thompson // Wall Of Death

You can waste your time on the other rides, but this is the nearest to bein' alive

O My Soul

Richard and Linda Thompson: A Heart Needs A Home

O My Soul

Richard & Linda Thompson // Dimming of the Day

From the album Pour Down Like Silver

I see you on the street in company
Why don’t you come and ease your mind with me
I’m living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day

Song of The Day :: imy2 - "Fade Into You" [Mazzy Star cover]

 Now I have mentioned before sharing a liking for Mazzy Star with my daughter who initially introduced me to the band and Hope Sandoval but here’s a cover that caught my eardrobes! imy2! no less! (I’m so young and hip!!!? . . . . . . . not!)

You pays your money and you takes your choice . . . . . . . . 

Hope Sandoval and Mazzy Satar’s original official edit!

Affirmation of the Day (week? month, moment?) :: Rachael Schroeder & Patrick Rundblad : I am Already Enough

 Fearless Soul - I am already enough . . . . . . 

Now I come from a place of recovery where positive affirmations were taken somewhat for granted, each place I worked had a morning salutation and affirmation and a Thought For The Day often on a chalk board for those suffering the affects of addiction and reaquainting people with the notion of their worth, sometimes for the first time ever.

These may clash and cloy at times but the music of this song and Rachael’s voice struck me . . . . . . . if you need to hear a positive affirmation that you ARE enough and sufficient unto the tasks ahead of you then play this . . . . . 

It comes from someone seemingly affected by the teachings of a Hindu monk or sanyāsī, sādhu, or swāmi and in the case here someone called Sadhguru from the Isha Foundation. Now gurus make me nervous not to say extremely suspicious for good reason from all my dealings from Maharaj Ji and The Divine Light, the scoundrel Baghwan Shree Rajneesh [Osho!?so renamed and not to be confused with anyone else including famous mystic poets with that name!!?] and even the seemingly more benign Maharishi Yogi beloved of the Beatles (for a minute or three) even others who claimed to offer enlightenment for a dollar or two (scientology anyone!?) these are almost always and to a man run by scoundrels ne’er-do-wells and conmen. . . . the sentiments expressed here appear to be genuine and ask for nothing but your listening. The notion that you already possess enough to achieve all you need is one I related to . . . . . just remember Bob Dylan’s memorable guidance ‘don’t follow leaders, watch the pawking meters . . . . . "

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More Fearless Soul you can listen to every day: Apple Music/iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/fearl... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0w4xM... AmazonMusic: https://geni.us/FearlessSoul

Written and Performed by Rachael Schroeder for Fearless Soul: https://www.rachaelschroeder.com/   / rachaelschroeder     / rachaelschroedervocals   MUSIC composed by Patrick Rundblad: https://open.spotify.com/artist/59ocW...

"I was searching, I was looking for meaning I was wandering, desperately trying Only to see I have nothing missing Who said who said I have to find who I am Who said who said that I am lost to begin with I am already enough, everything I need is within me Each morning when I wake up, I’m grateful for the beauty around me Life is a gift I wanna enjoy it Always proving my worth only destroys it I am already enough, everything I need is within me My motivation can’t be validation, I’d always be starving For more affection, the wrong attention Only to feel like I am nothing"