Sunday, January 09, 2022

John Lennon talks : : Interviews NME 1969, Lennon Remembers 1970

Interesting press clippings (post Get Back broadcast)

John interviewed by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, May 3, 1969:

Lennon Remembers Interview, conducted on December 8, 1970:

Another gem from Zero G Sound the long out of print (why one wonder's! A Baader Meinhoff tribute? To Ulrike?) probably!

Chumbawamba - Slap (1990)

Formed in a squat in Leeds, England, in 1984, the anarchist pop group Chumbawamba were a most unlikely mainstream success story. After more than a decade in relative obscurity, much of it spent attacking the very notion of stardom, the band signed to a major label in 1997 and quickly scored a major international hit with the riotous single "Tubthumping." The single would prove to the band's commercial peak, even though Chumbawamba continued issuing politically aware albums (many of them featuring an increased emphasis on folk music) during the 2000s.

Their anarcho-communist political leanings led them to have an irreverent attitude toward authority, and to espouse a variety of political and social causes including animal rights and pacifism (early in their career) and later regarding class struggle, Marxism, feminism, gay liberation, pop culture, and anti-fascism.

Unabashedly political, Slap! refers to the Bader-Meinhof Gang, Bernadette Devlin and the Irish troubles, Tiananmen Square and the 1956 Hungarian uprising (which receives the studiously ironic "That's How Grateful We Are," about the destruction of a statue of Stalin). The politics are salted into an entertaining mix of beats and hooks that make the whole album easy to digest. Entertaining music designed to make the listener think -- not a bad deal.

Tracklist:

Ulrike
Tiananmen Square
Cartrouble
Chase PC's Flee Attack By Own Dog
Rubens Has Been Shot!
Rappoport's Testament: I Never Gave Up
Slap!
That's How Grateful We Are
Meinhof

Saturday, January 08, 2022

DAVID BOWIE :: DANGEROUS MINDS article by Spencer Kansa

America Never Deserved Bowie

Interesting article here on David Bowie and his place in American history of music and why his work sold to Warner Chappel Music for half of that achieved by Bruce Springsteen with his publisher Sony!

Heroes on TOTP with live vocals

This is a guest post by Spencer Kansa, author of Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron, Zoning and Out There: The Transcendent Life and Art of Burt Shonberg.

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/america_never_deserved_bowie

David Byrne LIVE in Hamburg Germany 1994 - Floppy Boot Stomp

and as per the David Byrne set here is just plain brilliant. As a main inspirer this is so worth having . . . . Enoch over at Floppy Boot Stomp posted this t'other day and I have been playing the heck out of it since . . . . . . . . . .

DAVID BYRNE - LIVE IN HAMBURG 1994 - Floppy Boot Stomp

01. A Long Time Ago

02. Tiny Town

03. God's Child

04. My Love Is You

05. And She Was

06. This Must Be The Place

07. Crash

08. Lilies Of The Valley

09. Don't Worry About The Government

10. Sad Song

11. Nothing At All

12. Back In The Box

13. Marching Through The Wilderness

14. Once In a Lifetime

15. Angels

16. Buck Naked

17. Psycho Killer

18. Moonlight In Glory

SUPERB STUFF!

BETH ORTON - Best of [Compilation] - VOODOO WAGON

BETH'S BEST BITS!

Beth Orton - Brilliant Bits - 2015 - Voodoo Wagon

The Boss says:

Back From The Dead...
Originally posted January 15, 2015

Here's a contribution from,
wacocrimatty - aka Frank

Back in 2002, a dedicated group of fans on the trailer-park-digest mailing list created this 2-disc compilation of quality radio & TV appearances, I traded for my copy about 3 years ago. The back cover carries this statement: "Never For Sale. Share The Legacy." Well I think putting this great collection here helps accomplish that. Thanks go to the people who assembled this in the first place.

BETH ORTON: Brilliant Bits

CD1:
1. She Cries Your Name
(Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England 1997-08-28)
2. Best Bit
3. She Cries Your Name
4. Skimming Stone
(Paul Ross Show, BBC-TV Cafe de Paris, London, England 1997-11-28)
5. Sugar Boy [*- removed, officially released on KCRW: Morning Becomes Eclectic]
(Morning Becomes Eclectic)
6. River (Joni Mitchell cover)
(Jo Whiley Session, BBC Radio One, England 1997-12-19)
7. Blood Red River
(Later...with Jools Holland Show, BBC-TV London, England 1999)
8. Central Reservation
(Late Night with David Letterman, CBS-TV New York, NY 1999-05-13)
9. Someone's Daughter/Norwegian Wood [*- removed, officially released on Vol. 3-Y100 Sonic Sessions]
(Live Y100 Sonic Sessions, Philadelphia, PA 1999-06-04)
10. So Much More
11. Pass in Time
12. Thinking About Tomorrow
13. She Cries Your Name
14. Best Bit
(Den Haag, Netherlands 2000-03-27 FM)
15. Concrete Sky
(Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS-TV Burbank, CA 2002-08-23)

CD2:
1) She Cries Your Name
2) Acceptance Speech
(Mercury Music Prize, England 1997)
3) Best Bit
4) Sweetest Decline
5) She Cries Your Name [*- removed, officially released on Live at the World Cafe: Volume 8]
6) Central Reservation
(acoustic "World Cafe," Tongue & Groove Studios, Philadelphia, PA 1999-01-29 FM/sans interviews)
7) So Much More
8) Stolen Car
9) Stars All Seem To Weep
10) Best Bit
11) Sweetest Decline
12) She Cries Your Name
13) Devil Song
14) Thinking About Tomorrow
15) Whenever
16) Pass In Time
17) Someone's Daughter
(Prince of Wales, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia 2000-01-31 FM)

I was able to determine the specific date for the David Letterman appearance and other additional info but could not find more specific dates for either the Mercury Music Prize or Jools Holland. Three tracks have been officially released and thus have been removed. Artwork is included.

Buy her albums, share this freely, and enjoy some of the best of Beth!

check it out you won't be disappointed . . . . . . . great collection

Alternate song of the day 2 :: Bert Jansch - Poison

Song of the Day: Nilsson - Think About Your Troubles

John given a guitar at the New York Warwick Hotel

The news clip . . . . . here

Rainy Days and Mondays posted this clip and photo of the Beatles press confernerec in New York at The Warwick hotel (the first hotel I ever stayed in when I first visited that extraordinary city. AS a prime guitar nerd I spited the presentation of a guitar to John (why just him?) and it struck me as extraordinary (they got given some weird instruments over the years) and they gave him a 12 string semi acoustic though the make is not clear . . . . . . . . . .anyone? I love George's face here in the still as much as to say "Well where's mine?!" arguably the better guitarist (as indeed was Paul too) but I guess as the band's 'leader' it fell to John to receive the gift. Wonder what happened to it?

Bob Dylan - Freewheelin´ Outtakes - The Columbia Sessions, NYC, 1962 - ZERO G SOUNDS

If you don't have this . . . . . where ya bin?!

over at Zero G

Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' Outtakes - Columbia Sessions 1962 - Zero G Sounds

Bob Dylan - Freewheelin´ Outtakes - The Columbia Sessions, NYC, 1962

Dylan's lyrics have incorporated a variety of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performance style of Little Richard, and the songwriting of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Dylan has both amplified and personalized musical genres. His recording career, spanning fifty years, has explored many of the traditions in American song—from folk, blues, and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered his songwriting.

Unlike his debut - which took only two days in the studio to record - "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" finally emerged in May 1963 after some 8 sessions at Columbia Records Studio A, over the course of nearly a year. The time and effort paid off in spades, as he emerged from the studio a fully-formed bona fide songwriter with a legitimate hit on his hands. Obviously, the final album left much material on the cutting room floor and Mr. Suit is pleased to bring some of that rarely heard material back to light. A mix of originals that never made it onto any LP, alternate takes, and cover songs, "Freewheelin' Outtakes: The Columbia Sessions, NYC, 1962" captures America's most important living songwriter at a pivotal moment in his career when he emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene to become the voice of his generation.

Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Going To New Orleans
2. Sally Gal
3. Corrina, Corrina
4. The Death Of Emmett Till
5. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
6. Rocks And Gravel
7. Baby Please Don't Go
8. Milk Cow's Calf Blues
9. Mixed Up Confusion

Side B:
1. Witchita (Going To Louisiana)
2. Baby I'm In The Mood For You
3. That's Allright Mama
4. That's Allright Mama (Alternate Take)
5. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
6. Whatcha Gonna Do
7. Hero Blues
8. I Shall Be Free

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