this too . . . . . 

again bought when it came out both this single and 'Never Mind The Bollocks!' which version? Not telling . . . . . . . .

and again because it's Friday and this is really REALLY lovely!

a swappers special

again for no reason other than it is prolly my top album and always in the Top Three!

swappers:

and Love Me Two Times from 'Strange Days' will do too!

swappers: well again do I need a reason?

Booker T. & The M.G.s - Green Onions

Just because . . . . we like Charlotte Gainsbourg  

Nobody feels any pain . . Calexico and Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'Just Like a Woman'

Yes, part of the series of 'bought when they came out' and this is a Pointer Sisters phase I went through and probably caused by my love of Dr John and Professor Longhair, Tuts Washington, The Meters, Alan Toussaint, The Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, and more - all things N'Orleans although mostly Fess. 

A side note of interest here: The first music programme broadcast on the then new Channel 4 over here was a tv film called 'Piano Players Rarely Play Together' which featured Fess, Tuts and Alan Toussaint and was remarkable for being filmed with Fess dying in the middle of it and his widow allowing them to film the wake! I kid you not! Awesome and I have pretty much every Dr John and every recording of Professor Longhair [Tuts too actually]. 

This all turned me on to the glorious Pointer Sisters musically although they were from Oakland California but this song was written (originally for Lee Dorsey) by Allen Toussaint (and can't you tell sic) if this doesn't twitch your fonk button there is something wrong and there are things missing from your spinal fluid! You will need to see a Doctor!

Blondie's Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

For Phil over at 1manwent2moan [which frankly is the best named website ever] and if you care for football you should pay it a visit. I don't understand any of it (of course ED) but we were colleagues and pals at the book chain we worked for and his encyclopaedic knowledge of music and the first to really challenge [and win] our exchange of themed mixtapes (yes on C90s) he remains a true friend 

He mentioned Blondie in his recent blog notes so this shot is for him and on an interesting note, apart from my buying every 12" single and the first album when it came out, was that I read somewhere most of the photographs of Debbie Harry are by her long term other half Chris Stein and that this is largely  because she was painfully self conscious and suffered such low self esteem she was not confident enough to have her shots taken by anyone else. Debbie Harry?! Lack of self esteem!?

Apparently so and if I can find the quote I will update it here but it always stuck in my head. As I have said elsewhere I consider she has perfect pitch from what recent broadcasts I have shared and certainly as the figurehead and voice of that fine fine band has largely been considered one of the most beautiful and creative artists of the punk era, with Chris a musical partnership bar none

Any excuse to post this one again . . . . 

On this day in music history: October 18, 1988 - “Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1”, the debut album by The Traveling Wilburys is released. Produced by Otis Wilbury and Nelson Wilbury, it is recorded at FPSHOT in Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK, Lucky Studios and Dave Stewart Studios in Los Angeles, CA from April - May 1988. In early 1988, George Harrison is enjoying the success of his album “Cloud Nine”. Appearing on the radio show Rockline, he is asked about unreleased material. George says, “What I’d really like to do next is… to do an album with me and some of my mates… a few tunes, you know”. “It’s this new group I got: it’s called the Traveling Wilburys”. Planning to issue “This Is Love” as a single, he decides to record a new song for the B-side. This and a private in-joke results in one of the most successful and acclaimed albums of the year. While working with former ELO leader Jeff Lynne, Harrison coins the name “Wilbury”, joking that “we’ll bury ‘em in the mix”, to cover any mistakes. At the time Lynne is working with rock legend Roy Orbison, and they all meet for dinner one evening. Orbison, who Harrison has known since 1963, is invited to participate in the session George is planning. Needing a studio, George calls Bob Dylan to ask if they can use his. Dylan agrees and is added to the fold. Having lent a guitar to friend Tom Petty, Harrison goes to retrieve it and tells him about planning to record with Dylan, Orbison and Lynne, then also invites Petty to join. Meeting at Dylan’s studio in early April of 1988, the five musicians joined by veteran studio drummer Jim Keltner write and record “Handle With Care” (#45 Pop). When George plays it for his label Warner Bros Records, they tell him it’s too good for a B-side, and request a full album to go with it. Enjoying the initial session, they quickly write and record more songs. Adapting the name Traveling Wilburys and referring to themselves as “half-brothers” and the sons of “Charles Truscott Wilbury, Sr.”, they take the names “Nelson” (Harrison), “Otis” (Lynne), “Charlie T., Jr.” (Petty), “Lucky” (Dylan) and “Lefty” (Orbison). The resulting album is a huge success, and hits the top five. Sadly, Roy Orbison dies less than two months after it’s released. His band mates pay tribute to him in the video for the second single “End Of The Line” (#63 Pop), showing a framed picture of him and his guitar sitting in a rocking chair. “Volume 1” wins a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group in 1989. It spins off a sequel album titled “Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3” in 1990, but is less successful than its predecessor. Falling out of print, the two albums are remastered and reissued as a limited edition box set (on CD and vinyl) in 2007, six years after George Harrison’s death. “Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1” peaks at number three on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 3x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.