‘Caravan’ - Gold Dust Lounge
. . . . . . more Sunday mewsics
Always Lovers - Cindy Lee
Sunday, February 02, 2025
CULTURE CATCH (Dusty Wright) : GARY LUCAS remembers Elliot Ingber (8/24/1941 - 1/21/2025)
Gary Lucas’ appreciation of Elliot Ingber
Elliot with The Captain
"The Winged Eel slithers on the heels of today's children." - Don Van Vliet, Beatle Bones' n' Smokin' Stones
The Velvet Underground - The Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK 1993 | ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST
The Velvet Underground - The Playhouse, Edinburgh, Britain, 6-2-1993
Velvet Underground member John Cale considered the official album a disappointment, mainly due to the way it was mixed. He later commented:
The trouble is that we had an opportunity here with the live album to really show what the band sounded like and it really doesn't give it to you. Some of the bootlegs that came out of the tour are almost a truer vision of what the band sounded like than the well recorded one, because the well recorded one really didn't take advantage of the ambiance of the room in the mix of the music. And that's what we were always pushing at. We wanted to fill the room up with this noise. Unfortunately it wasn't quite as present in the mix as I would have liked it to be or others would have liked it to be either.
I wonder what Cale would think about this particular bootleg. I didn't post anything from this reunion tour prior to this, because I thought there was nothing but rough audience bootlegs. But I recently discovered this. It's either a soundboard or an FM radio broadcast. Either way, I think the sound quality is as good or better than the official live album.
Now, let me say a little bit about the reunion tour in general. The two main singers and songwriters in the band, Lou Reed and John Cale, put out an album together in 1990, "Songs for Drella." While they toured together to support that album, they were joined on stage for a single song at a concert in France by the other two original members of the Velvet Underground, Maureen Tucker and Sterling Morrison. That set the stage for a reunion tour with all four of them.
The tour began in Edinburgh on June 1, 1993. This was the second night of the tour, also in Edinburgh. Creative juices must have been flowing, because the last song played here, "Coyote," was apparently written jointly by Reed and Cale mere hours before the concert began. That's according to some banter in the concert by Reed. But that also matches the information at setlist.fm, because it wasn't performed on the first night, and this was the first time it was played in public.
The tour was a relatively short one, hitting different countries in Europe over six weeks. There was a plan to follow it up with a North American tour, a studio album, and more. But relations between band members quickly deteriorated, and all further reunion plans were canceled at the end of the six weeks. So we're very lucky to have this excellent recording from the second night of the tour, before the troubles began. By the way, the "Live MCMXCIII" was recorded over a couple of nights in Paris, France, about two weeks later. So maybe the band was already in decline by then compared to this night, who knows.
John Cale was only in the Velvet Underground for their first two albums, "Velvet Underground and Nico" and "White Light/White Heat." So, not surprisingly, many of the songs in this concert came from those early albums. But it's interesting to see Cale take part in the songs that were recorded after he left, such as "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll." This reunion tour was probably the only time he ever did that.
Also, Cale didn't sing lead vocals much at all while he was a member of the Velvet Underground, but he did have a long, successful solo career as a lead vocalist afterwards. So I liked how he sang lead on a few of the songs here, taking vocals that had been done by Nico or even by Reed.
Although the bootleg was excellent in most respects, it did have some problems. The biggest problem was that all but the first minute and a half of the song "I Can't Stand It" was missing. So I used the "Live MCMXCIII" version to patch in the rest. That's why that song has "[Edit]" in its title. Also, in some cases (but not most cases), the applause at the ends of songs was cut off. So I patched in applause from the ends of other songs to give every song a normal sounding ending.
Sterling Morrison died of a degenerative disease (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) just two years after this tour, so we're lucky it happened when it did.
This album is an hour and 55 minutes long.
01 Real Good Time Together
02 talk
03 Venus in Furs
04 talk
05 Guess I'm Falling in Love
06 After Hours
07 All Tomorrow's Parties
08 Some Kinda Love
09 I'll Be Your Mirror
10 Beginning to See the Light
11 The Gift
12 I Heard Her Call My Name
13 Femme Fatale
14 talk
15 Hey Mr. Rain
16 talk
17 Sweet Jane
18 Velvet Nursery Rhyme
19 talk
20 White Light-White Heat
21 I'm Sticking with You
22 The Black Angel's Death Song
23 Rock and Roll
24 talk
25 I Can't Stand It [Edit]
26 I'm Waiting for the Man
27 Heroin
28 talk
29 Coyote
Now we’re talking but I already have this one and who doesn’t (sic?) but it has to be worth another shot?
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - Methu Aros Tan Haf (1995) | Guess I’m Dumb
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - Methu Aros Tan Haf (1995)
"I first heard Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci on compilation appropriately titled Introducing Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. This song instantly transported me - to their strange, magical Welsh world. I often had no idea what Euros Child was singing about (even when it’s in English), but I was captivated.” - Guess I’m Dumb
Birthday’s | Graham Nash (83)
Wow Blackpool! Had forgotten that and knowing that part of the country well . . . . it’s just as well he got out!
Happy birthday to Graham Nash, born in Blackpool, Lancashire on this day in 1942. Teach your children well
A lovely song with heartfelt sentiment and as I get older . . .the truer it gets
Buena Vista Social Club ‘Pueblo Nuevo’ | jt1674
Sunday mellow musics . . . . . speaking of Ry Cooder music . . . .
Earworms and One Hit Wonders | Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"
Have we had this one? . . . . . Now Juice didn’t travel well over here and I wouldn’t recognise her in a line up but the song is defo an ear worm, yes?!
was it a hit? In Europe maybe?
UK?
Ry Cooder - Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey CA USA 1987 | soundaboard
Ry Cooder - Laguna Seca Raceway - Monterey, CA 1987
Ry Cooder was the opening act for The Grateful Dead on May 9th and 10th, 1987.
It was part of a two-day event named 'A Weekend in Monterey' held at the Laguna Seca Recreation Area in the city of Monterey, CA.
This is the 9th of May show, recorded by Don Pearson, later transferred and finely mastered by Charlie Miller.
Sound Quality: 9+Source: SoundboardTrack List:01 - Smack Dab In The Middle02 - Go Home Girl03 - Let's Have A Ball04 - Jesus On The Mainline05 - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?06 - That Atom Bomb07 - Little Sister08 - The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)09 - Down In Hollywood10 - Encore Break11 - Working On The Chain Gang
Bob Dylan 1979 "Gotta Serve Somebody", "I Believe in You" and "When You Gonna Wake Up”.SNL NBC Studios, New York City, 1979.
some Jesus freaks posted this over (under the tag 'burning for Jesus'!!? ) on Flickenabok and I thought it fun to post again here . . . . . folks knowing me well know I am an atheist and at a push an agnostic atheist but like the Borrowers and Unicorns and Faeryfolk I care not that they don’t exist and of course I maintain I am just as much an atheist as you and whatever belief system you subscribe to of the many thousand of deities you DON’T believe in I merely don’t believe in one more than you . . . I have posted the Lennon riposte “Serve Yourself" that Bob’s ‘born again’ evangelising period of his life so inspired his ire .
1979 "Gotta Serve Somebody", "I Believe in You" and "When You Gonna Wake Up”.
From NBC Studios, New York City, NY, 10/20/1979. This was Dylan's first and only performance on Saturday Night Live.
so we will play Devil’s advocate (ahem ha ha ha ha ha - ED) and post this here . . . . . it is actually of course quite fascinating musically which is why I post here . . .the songs? I best leave it!
Why IS it that evangelicals wear white (white shoes with whites strides?!) with their pressed trousers and powder blue? or even aquamarine? jacket - juss askin’! within a couple of years after this side tracked issue he was back to his former self and acknowledging his Jewish roots and more mystical bent . . . 🤔
Seemed apposite for a Sunday ya get me?! 😉
Saturday, February 01, 2025
Marianne from URBANASPIRINES | Early, Live and Classic! A trio of Delights
Marianne Faithfull: 29 December 1946 - 30 January 2025
A KOSTAS SPECIAL
Nice tribute posted from Kostas as you might expect from him over at Urbanaspirines . . . . . looking at three albums in particular (having covered others before - see links)
"Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (29 December 1946 – 30 January 2025) was an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her UK top 5 single "As Tears Go By"
In her teens, Faithfull took up singing, appearing at folk clubs, and was introduced to the rarefied atmosphere of the music community in London.
Born in Hampstead, London, Faithfull began her career in 1964 after attending a party for the Rolling Stones, where she was discovered by Andrew Loog Oldham. Her debut studio album Marianne Faithfull (1965, released simultaneously with her studio album Come My Way) was a huge success followed by a number of albums on Decca Records. From 1966 to 1970, she had a highly publicised romantic relationship with Mick Jagger.” read on follow the links
All CDs listed are believed to be OUT OF PRINT at time of publishing and therefore available for download. If you know otherwise then please do me the courtesy of getting in touch and I will removed the links
a sort of early best of . . .
Live
classic
for Kostas
The Wings Fun Club Newsletter from before the launch of Venus and Mars, the party on the Queen Mary (feat. Prof Longhair) Spring 1975
Look what I found!
Worth a read though hey?
50 years later . . . . .
Fess - Mess Around (Live on the Queen Mary (MPL Productions 1978)
Venus and Mars Rehearsals 1975
Paul McCartney & Wings - Bon Voyageur (New Orleans 1975)
Bon Voyageurs . . . . . . .
Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, UK 1980 |Albums That Should Exist
Elvis Costello - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, Hope and Anchor, London, Britain, 5-14-1980
Costello has had a long and great music career. But he probably was at the peak of his popularity around the time of this concert. His fourth album, "Get Happy!!" had been released earlier in 1980. Those four sold well, and still are his highest rated albums according to the crowd-sourced rateyourmusic.com. So this consists of nothing but solid songs.
This album is unreleased. The sound quality is pretty good, but maybe a tad lower than the usual BBC standards.
Some of the songs here are covers: "Help Me," "I Stand Accused," "One More Heartache," "Little Sister," and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." A few songs are missing, all towards the start of the show: "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" (another cover), "The Beat," "He'll Have to Go" (yet another cover), and "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea."
This album is 56 minutes long.
01 talk
02 Temptation
03 Help Me
04 I Stand Accused
05 One More Heartache
06 Secondary Modern
07 talk
08 Little Sister
09 talk
10 High Fidelity
11 Lipstick Vogue
12 Waiting for the End of the World
13 talk
14 Don't Look Back
15 Girls Talk
16 Watching the Detectives
17 You Belong to Me
18 talk
19 Oliver's Army
20 Mystery Dance
21 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding
22 Pump It Up
Friday, January 31, 2025
Oh go on then . . . . . . . The Ballad of Lucy Jordan [Shel Silverstein] - Marianne Faithfull
PLAY IT F**KING LOUD!
you will be sorely missed
and back around to Bobby . . . . . .
«Bob Dylan rolled back into my life again right after Broken English had come out. The album apparently stirred his interest and he began making inquiries about me. When he came to London for a tour, do you know what I did? I played him Broken English not once but several times. He was speechless – just like I had been when he'd played me Bringing It All Back Home. I turned the tables, I just did it all back to him. It was almost unconscious, like a playback. And he knew it. I played him Guilt – a self-explanatory song if there ever was one – and then I asked a little portentously: "Do you understand this?" I just sat there very grandly explicating my own songs. Out of nervousness, non stop. And he loved it! Over and over we played the album. At the end I was almost in tears for having gone through this album that had been so cathartic and autobiographical for me so many times. An evening of respect in my otherwise squalid life. Bob wanted to know how I'd got from my wall back into making records. Even to Dylan one doesn't just walk into a recording studio from living in a bomb site and start cutting a record. I just adore Bob Dylan. When mortals in Greek mythology encounter the Gods, they come away dazed and confused»
– M.F., 1994
or singing along with her own song
Marianne . . . . . the blogs join in. . . . .Guess I’m Dumb, YouTube and jt1674
Track Name
Green Are Your Eyes
Album
North Country Maid
Artist
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithful - Green Are Your Eyes
Bert Jansch wrote this - it’s called Courting Blues on his first album.
R.I.P. Marianne
Why Do ya Do It? (Broken English)
Hold On Hold On!
Marianne Faithfull - “Never apologize, never explain — didn’t we always say that? Well, I haven’t and I don’t.”
29/12/1946 - 30/01/2025
‘Marianne Flowers” by the legendary photographer Gered Mankowitz [& Christian Furr]
I was going to post Lucy Jordan . . . or As Tears Go By or maybe a clip from Girl on a Motorbike . . . but then I thought . . . . a Bob Dylan cover . . . .
but this will do nicely . . . . .
this from
Don's Tunes
Marianne Faithfull, rock ’n’ roll chanteuse and Rolling Stones muse died peacefully in London on Thursday.The singer, actress, steely-eyed “It” girl of Swinging ‘60s London and subject of numerous Rolling Stones songs including “Wild Horses” and “Sister Morphine,” opened her 1994 autobiography with a disclaimer: “Never apologize, never explain — didn’t we always say that? Well, I haven’t and I don’t.”Along the way, she channeled her cigarette-stained rasp to interpret the work of Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Dolly Parton, Morrissey and others.She was a soprano when she met her future boyfriend Jagger at a party in London also attended by Richards, Paul McCartney and Peter Asher. Scouted by Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham, Faithfull was in the recording studio with him, Jagger and Richards a few weeks later.A regular in London’s gossip press of the 1960s, Faithfull was soon at the center of the thriving music and fashion scenes. She sang backing vocals on the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” and the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil,” and hung with Bob Dylan during his historic 1965 run of shows in England. In 1967, Faithfull was famously photographed draped in a fur rug during a drug bust at Richards’ estate.With sharp wit, keen intellect and disarming beauty, Faithfull accessed rooms where millions of Beatles-loving teens longed to be. She wrote in her autobiography of hanging out with Dylan and the Beatles during their peak success: “Jesus, how could I have ever thought these scared little boys were gods?”
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