Van Morrison - BBC Sessions 1999 - 2005 (plus controversy !)

 

Van Morrison - BBC Sessions, Volume 8: 1999-2005

Here's another volume of Van Morrison performing for the BBC. This time, it's a collection of BBC TV performances.

Everything here comes from different episodes of the BBC TV show "Later... with Jools Holland." That's just by chance, as these were all the BBC sessions from the time period that I could find. The first two songs are from a 1999 episode. The next five are from another 1999 episode, a special year end celebration one. The three after that are from a 2000 episode. The last song is from a 2005 episode.

On many of these songs, Morrison shared the stage with some special guests. For the 1999 year-end episode (tracks 3 through 7), Morrison sang duets with Lonnie Donegan on three songs. Donegan was the "King of Skiffle" in the 1950s. The skiffle was a form of folk music that was extremely popular in Britain for a few years. Note that on one of the songs, "Midnight Special," Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music also joined Morrison and Donegan in singing different verses. For the 2000 episode (tracks 8 through 10), Morrison was prominently backed on vocals by Linda Gail Lewis. A duet album starring Morrison and Lewis was released in 2000.

There's one song I chose not to include from the 2005 session: "They Sold Me Out." I was fine with it at first, until I clearly heard the lyrics. They sound suspiciously antisemitic to me, and I don't want to further spread them. Even if they're not, the whole conceit of the song, in which he likens himself to being persecuted just like Jesus, is both ridiculous and offensive. Here's an article if you want a hint of the controversy this song caused:

https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/27/van-morrisons-lyrical-antisemitism/

In fact, this is basically when I reach the limit of what I can take from Morrison's declining career. Musically, he was repeating himself, and lyrically he was turning into a grumpy old man. Things would reach an all time low with his 2021 album "Latest Record Project: Volume 1," which has to be one of the worst albums of all time by a famous musical act. (At the crowd-sourced rateyourmusic.com, it gets a 1.77 on a 1 to 5 scale as I write this in 2025, which is a shockingly low number for that site.)*

The music on this album I still like. He's helped a lot by the support of Lonnie Donegan and Linda Gail Lewis. But after this, I only plan on posting one more BBC album from him (although there are others), which is a concert from 2003. 

This album is 47 minutes long.

01 Back on Top (Van Morrison)
02 When the Leaves Come Falling Down (Van Morrison)
03 Precious Time (Van Morrison)
04 Lost John (Van Morrison & Lonnie Donegan)
05 I Wanna Go Home [Sloop John B.] (Van Morrison & Lonnie Donegan)
06 Philosopher's Stone (Van Morrison)
07 Midnight Special (Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Bryan Ferry)
08 Let's Talk about Us (Van Morrison with Linda Gail Lewis)
09 Real Gone Lover (Van Morrison with Linda Gail Lewis)
10 No Way Pedro (Van Morrison with Linda Gail Lewis)
11 Celtic New Year (Van Morrison)

* totally agree with Paul here and have begin to not take much notice of the sad old get but for a back catalogue that is almost peerless , his contemporary grouch is a curmudgeonly old reactionary right winger just a step too far 

Justin Hinds and The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come | Le Ramasseur De Mégots

 

Carry Go Bring Come (Ska Version)

a favourite song and use of language Carry Go Bring Come and yet the Le Ramasseur chooses to re-print a polemic from the source woetothedownpressors which goes on a diatribe about Bob Marley & The Wailers and whilst not anti exactly, the premise is beneath him really. 

Enjoy!

I did!

and DO!

Le Ramasseur De Mégots 

Ten Years After – Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World (1972 UK, remastered) | Plain & Fancy

Ten Years After – Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World (1972 UK,  remastered)

 Alvin Lee, lead guitarist and singer with Woodstock luminaries, Ten Years After died on 6 March 2013 aged just 68. Like so many heavy rock heroes, he emerged from the industrial English midlands (from the Nottingham-Mansfield area rather than the Black Country of Sabbath et al) and played on a world stage unimaginable to most. Owners of the triple vinyl Woodstock soundtrack will be familiar with Ten Years After's blistering performance of I'm Going Home. Their history dates back to the early 60s but the Ten Years After name and line up were consolidated in Nottingham 1966, and the band were nationally active from 1967-1974, then got back together from 1988 onwards. Their name comes from their homage to Elvis Presley's peak year of 1956 and its relationship to their 1966 formation.

This HDCD features 9 tracks put together as an album by Alvin in 1972 for the Chrysalis division of Columbia. Lacking the vinyl original, all comments apply to the HDCD. The sound is lively, dynamic and nuanced. This album finds them maturing musically, which makes this an ideal audiophile outing. Audio Fidelity have been reviewed positively on TNT-audio before. Their limited edition CD's, HDCD's and SACD's often sell out soon. With International Record Shop Day just behind us, it is encouraging to be reminded that physical formats still have a place in music dissemination. Holding these 24kt gold discs is a delight. 

Tracks

1. You Give Me Loving - 6:31

2. Convention Prevention - 4:25

3. Turned Off T.V. Blues - 5:12

4. Standing At The Station - 7:07

5. You Can't Win Them All - 4:05

6. Religion - 5:44

7. Choo Choo Moma - 4:00

8. Tomorrow I'll Be Out Of Town - 4:26

9. Rock 'n' Roll Music To The World - 3:40

All songs by Alvin Lee

Ten Years After

*Alvin Lee - Guitar, Vocals

*Leo Lyons - Bass

*Ric Lee - Drums

*Chick Churchill - Organ, Piano, Synthesizer

Hands up anyone who saw him in the early festivals who thought he was American and not from the Black Country (Midlands of the UK!)

 

Alvin and Ten Years After Live at The Marquee - I’m Going Home 1983

In 1983, 16 years after the release of their first album, Ten Years After reunited to play for the twentieth anniversary of the Marquee Club, as well as the U.K.'s Reading Festival. Six years later the band recorded the new album About Time. In 1997 they regrouped again to play a few festival shows here and there, including some in Scandinavia in 1997 and a few smaller club dates in 1998. The band went their separate ways again after the tour ended. In 2001 EMI and Decca began to digitally re-master and re-release the entire Ten Years After catalog. Keyboardist Lyons became inspired after finding some unreleased recordings, and wanted to regroup the band and tour in support of the re-released albums, but Lee was not interested.

Lee died on 6 March 2013 in Spain. He died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure" to correct an atrial arrhythmia.

 The full Marquee gig here . . . . . . . 

Love Like a Man  00:00

I May Be Wrong, But I Won't Be Wrong Always  05:17

Good Morning Little School Girl  11:31

Help Me  18:03

Woodchopper's Ball  28:53

Slow Blues in 'C'  33:27

I'm Going Home 40:07

The Breeze . . . . . . Albums bought when they first came out . . . . . naturally

 J. J. Cale - Call Me The Breeze (live)

Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Dom Martin plays Rory the 50th Anniversary Edition of Rory Gallagher's 1971 album Deuce

Dom Martin Plays Rory Gallagher from Deuce

After The Wagon posted the Dom Martin tribute to Rory Gallagher I cannot stop playing this . . . . .

Recorded at Scotts Jazz Club in Belfast by Redbox Creative Ltd and produced by Cormac O'Kane. Multi award winner Dom Martin from Belfast plays songs to celebrate the 50th Anniversary Edition of Rory Gallagher's 1971 album Deuce. 

Guitar & Vocals - Dom Martin

Bass Guitar - Dave Thompson

Drums - Jonny McIlroy

Ace Ace You Wombat, Deuce Deuce you Bushbaby!

you need to go here . . . .

 

The Raphaels - Supernatural

 The Raphaels - Supernatural

thanks to Jobe . . . . . 

Stuart Adamson’s last band before his tragic and untimely death the founder guitar and singer of The Skids and his own Big Country

Early fans of Stuart we had a signed cope of his Big Country debut

I hadn’t heard this band incarnation and maybe we had left him behind after Big Country but it is really worth a listen and I thank my brother from another mother, Jobe over at Voodoo Wagon for the album

John Lee Hooker - I´m John Lee Hooker (1959) | Zero G Sounds

John Lee Hooker - I´m John Lee Hooker (1959)

Zero G hat gesagt :Winding through the literally hundreds of titles in John Lee Hooker's catalog is a daunting task for even the most seasoned and learned blues connoisseur. This is especially true when considering Hooker recorded under more than a dozen aliases for as many labels during the late '40s, '50s, and early '60s. 

"I'm John Lee Hooker" was first issued in 1959 during his tenure with Vee Jay and is "the Hook" in his element as well as prime. Although many of these titles were initially cut for Los Angeles-based Modern Records in the early '50s, the recordings heard here are said to best reflect Hooker's often-emulated straight-ahead primitive Detroit and Chicago blues styles. The sessions comprising the12-track album are taken from six sessions spread over the course of four years (1955-1959). Hooker works both solo - accompanied only by his own percussive guitar and the solid backbeat of his foot rhythmically pulsating against plywood - as well as in several different small-combo settings. Unlike the diluted, pop-oriented blues that first came to prominence in the wake of the British Invasion of the early to mid-'60s, the music on this album is infinitely more authentic in presentation. 

As the track list indicates, "I'm John Lee Hooker" includes many of his best-known and loved works. From right out of the gate comes the guttural ramble-tamble of "Dimples" in its best-known form. Indeed it can be directly traced to - and is likewise acknowledged by - notable purveyors of Brit rock such as Eric Burdon - who incorporated it into the earliest incarnation of the Animals, the Spencer Davis Group, as well as the decidedly more roots-influenced Duane Allman. Another of Hooker's widely covered signature tunes featured on this volume is "Boogie Chillun." This rendering is arguably the most recognizable in the plethora of versions that have seemingly appeared on every Hooker-related compilation available. Additionally, this version was prominently featured in The Blues Brothers movie as well as countless other films and adverts. Likewise, a seminal solo "Crawlin' King Snake" is included here. The tune became not only a staple of Hooker's, it was also prominently included on the Doors' "L.A. Woman" album and covered by notable bluesmen Albert King, B.B. King, and Big Joe Williams, whose version predates this one by several decades. 

"I'm John Lee Hooker" is one of the great blues collections of the post-World War II era. Time has, if anything, only reinforced the significance of the album. It belongs in every blues enthusiast's collection without reservation.                 

Tracklist:  

A1	Dimples
A2	Hobo Blues
A3	I'm So Excited
A4	I Love You Honey
A5	Boogie Chillun
A6	Little Wheel
B1	I'm In The Mood
B2	Maudie
B3	Crawlin' King Snake
B4	Every Night
B5	Time Is Marching
B6	Baby Lee

Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - 8/14/1994 - Woodstock 94

Start the weekend here . . . . . . . 

 Woodstock 94

TRAFFIC - LOW SPARK

Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Playing For Change - Crossroads - Songs Around The World - Playing For Change | Visit Mississippi

 I’d been waiting for this one out yesterday . . . it's a peach!

Crossroads | Song Around The World | Playing For Change x Visit Mississippi

Richard & Linda Thompson - Beat The Retreat [Pour Down Like Silver] | jt1674

early Richard

 

https://www.tumblr.com/jt1674/779267456858554368/richard-linda-thompson-beat-the-retreat