We meant to post something a few days back to commemorate the birthday of the late great Grant Mc Lennan.
We’ll always have Grant’s great music and he will always be alive in the memory of true music fans.
Here, albeit a tad late, we remember Grant in the early days of his wonderful music odyssey that was very sadly curtailed far far too soon.
Some amazing live music from Grant – with Robert Forster - back in ’85 in one of the greatest bands of all, the seminal and sublime Go-Betweens! in a set that includes two of Grant’s greatest classics Cattle & Cane and Bachelor Kisses.
All thanks to misha4music who says;
First of all I’d like to thank Uli for giving me this wonderful boot. Because it is a great boot: excellent sound, plus it includes one of the rare live recordings of River of money (as final song: the cd from which it was ripped had some damage hence the noises at the end, still a great thing).
But what is most intriguing of this whole performance is seeing the Go-Betweens right before becoming a more pop-rock-oriented ensemble: in fact many of the songs performed can still be considered inside the new wave “canon” (many from “Before Hollywood”, and then -as I said before- the brave spoken word of River of money).
I also hope you enjoy the nice picture I managed to find (from one of my old music magazines). And if any of you has any image of the gbs that can be of some interest feel free to upload it and give me the link, it’d be highly appreciated.
Tracklisting
1. Cattle & Cane
2. Part Company
3. Unkind & Unwise
4. On My Block
5. Right For Him
6. Bachelor Kisses
7. Rare Breed
8. Five Words
9. Right Word
10. Draining The Pool For You
11. That Way
12. People Say
13. A Bad Debt Follows You
14. Man O’Sand To Girl O’Sea
15. I Need Two Heads
16. Hammer The Hammer
17. River Of Money
Here she be:
We’ll make ‘em turn their heads, every place we go
“The things Phil was doing were crazy and exhausting …. but that’s not the sign of a nut. That’s genius.”
- Larry Levine (Phil Spector’s engineer)
“Be My Baby” is a seminal 1963 single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich, performed by the Ronettes and produced by Phil Spector.
It’s a classic of the pop music genre and the favourite song of no less a genius than pop maestro Brian Wilson! A song that has been influential on generations of great musicians, from the Beatles and the Beach Boys through to the present day.
The Ronettes were a girl group of the 1960s from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. They consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett (a.k.a. Ronnie Spector), her sister Estelle Bennett, and their cousin Nedra Talley.
The Ronettes were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.
In 1963 the girls came to the attention of producer Phil Spector, who was looking for a new girl group to assume The Crystals’ mantle. He was taken with Ronnie’s voice and style, and signed The Ronettes to his Philles label.
As Spector’s new protégées, they were given a strong image as “bad girls”, with beehive hairdos, heavy eyeliner, and tight skirts.
Their first Philles single was the sublime “Be My Baby”.
When “Be My Baby” was released as a single, the song became a hit, reaching #2 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Singles Chart and #4 in the UK Record Retailer chart.
The song as sung by The Ronettes is #22 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 1999 it was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2006, the Library of Congress honored their version by adding it to the United States National Recording Registry.
Often cited as the ultimate embodiment of Spector’s concept of the Wall of Sound, “Be My Baby” is one of the best-known and most enduring songs of its era, and arguably one of the most influential pop songs of all time.
Spector rehearsed this song with Ronnie Bennett (the only Ronette to sing on it) for weeks , but that didn’t stop him from doing forty-two takes before he was satisfied. Aided by a full orchestra, he created a lush, echo-laden sound that was the Rosetta stone for studio pioneers such as the Beatles and Brian Wilson.
Critic Jason Ankeny writes, “No less an authority than Brian Wilson has declared ‘Be My Baby’ the greatest pop record ever made — no arguments here.”
In her autobiography, lead vocalist Ronnie Spector relates that she was on tour with Joey Dee and the Starlighters when “Be My Baby” was introduced by Dick Clark on American Bandstand as the “Record of the Century.”
The song has been covered countless times by artists including Andy Kim (a 1970 chart hit produced by Jeff Barry), John Lennon, The Lightning Seeds, the Bay City Rollers, the Glitzzi Girls, The Baby Skins, Blue Öyster Cult, We Are Scientists, Psyched Up Janis, Maroon 5. Glasvegas, Ivy, Linda Ronstadt, Whigfield, Ultima Thule, Jason Donovan and Travis.
Brian Wilson considers his song “Don’t Worry Baby” (performed by The Beach Boys) to be the ‘male answer’ to this song.
In 1986, Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight” included the lyrics “Just like Ronnie sang” and Ronnie Spector herself singing part of the chorus to “Be My Baby”. Mutya Buena and Amy Winehouse recently recorded a derivative song “B Boy Baby” based around the chorus for Mutya’s debut album Real Girl.
The song features a famous drum intro by Hal Blaine which has been replicated on hundreds of subsequent songs from The Beatles and The Beach Boys in 1964 to Deerhunter in 2008!
The song has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, best of all in the majestic Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets, which features a montage of street scenes and group photographs set against the Ronettes’ track.
The night we met I knew I needed you so
And if I had the chance I’d never let you go
So won’t you say you love me
I’ll make you so proud of me
We’ll make ‘em turn their heads
Every place we go
So won’t you please(Be my be my baby) Be my little baby
(I want it only say) Say you’ll be my darling
(Be my be my baby) Be my baby now
(I want it only say) Ooh, ohh, ohh, ohI’ll make you happy, baby
Just wait and see
For every kiss you give me
I’ll give you three
Oh, since the day I saw you
I have been waiting for you
You know I will adore you
Till eternity
So won’t you please(Be my be my baby) Be my little baby
(I want it only say) Say you’ll be my darling
(Be my be my baby) Be my baby now
(I want it only say) Ooh, ohh, ohh, ohh, ohSo come on and please
(Be my be my baby) Be my little baby
(I want it only say) Say you’ll be my darling
(Be my be my baby) Be my baby now
(I want it only say) Ooh, ohh, ohh, oh(Be my be my baby) Be my little baby
(I want it only say) Ooh-oh-oh-oh, ooh-oh-oh-oh
(Be my be my baby) Oh-oh-oh, oohh…
(I want it only say) Oh, oh, oh, oh, oooohh…
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And strangely the song isn’t that awful either. In fact, compared to the normal Maroon 5 muzak, this sounds like “London Calling”!
Robert Forster: Live In Copenhagen (2008-09-28)
All thanks to the excellent misha4music who says:
Yes, people sometimes do tend to go back to the “crime scene”: in this case RobertForster got back to Vega, Copenhagen where he performed with The Go-Betweens during the 2000 tour (I posted the Vega 2000 boot, btw) and I’m SO glad he did because this soundboard recording bootleg of that gig is really a treat, a gift to all GBs fans out there: we’re talking about a long set (over 2 hours!) spanning through Forster’s whole career, including also some of GBs’ least frequently live played songs (I’m allright and Rock’n'roll friend), Robert singing one of Grant’s GBs’ songs (and one of his best: Quiet heart, I think a regular one of The Evangelist tour), an Heart out to tender (from the “Danger in the past” LP) I didn’t remember so fine, several numbers from The Evangelist, and many many others (my fave bits: a Something for myself never so intimate before, a When she sang about angels with a brand new and really beautiful acoustic guitar solo in the middle).In short terms: a topnotch bootleg (both for the the performance itself and for the quality of the recording), of which I have no problem saying it would probably fit among a Top 5 of all the go-betweens-oriented bootlegs I’ve posted.
(NOTE: Dear Internet Nazis, these are not our links, nor do we know who uploaded any files. We didn’t upload them!!)
thanks misha
A rare collection from our most favourite group of all, the mighty Go-Betweens.
This was given away back in May 1996 with the French music mag Les Inrockuptibles, who properly described the GBs as “the most under-estimated band in the history of rock”!
These are the acoustic demos to the GB’s most ‘accessible’, and also probably their best (but all their LPs are excellent!) album. Also included are a few unreleased tracks and earlier numbers.
All thanks to the great stripedsunlight who says;
A gem and maybe one of the rarest official items from the band. This freebie was given away with the issue 58 of the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
This CD is a 10 out of 10, studio recorded, acoustic demos, of possibly their best album, a must for any fan.
NOTE:
A fascinating early – real early! – collection of GB’s tracks, demos, live performances and interviews etc.
from http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com who says;
I’ve been listening to this today and its fantastic. There’s songs I haven’t heard before, some great live and demos of well known songs and the interviews are amazing. Especially the 1/2 hour 4zzz one, its amazing to hear these guys talk in depth when they are right at the start of it all, like 19 years old.
There’s quite a lot of talk about Peter Milton Walsh’s brief membership in the band, why He joined and why He left, record deals, other Brisbane bands round that time and songwriting, it really is fantastic.
You’ll just have to download it and have a listen.For a very special treat many thanks to Steve aka duckdogtwo who compiled this wonderful collection of rare and early Go-Betweens. This is what Steve says about these recordings.
I was going to tart these up and compile them but they sounded pretty good anyway.
These are from my tapes done four or five years ago, my first transfers.
A couple of these tracks are on the remastered Send Me A Lullaby, but I’m not sure which ones.
The second 3PBS interview cuts off abruptly, not sure if there was more.
The Distant Violins scan is mine, the rest I found on the net.
Couldn’t find a decent one of Fast Forward.
Tracklisting
01 – Five New Songs – Heaven Says.
02 – Five New Songs – Undo What You Did.
03 – Five New Songs – Cracked Wheat.
04 – Five New Songs – People Know.
05 – Five New Songs – A Peaceful Wreck.
06 – Missing Link Demo – One Word.
07 – Missing Link Demo – Hope.
08 – Missing Link Live – I Need Two Heads.
09 – 3PBS 1981 – Karen.
10 – 3PBS 1981 – One Word.
11 – 3PBS 1981 – One Thing Can Hold Us.
12 – 3PBS 1981 – Interview Pt1.
13 – 3PBS 1981 – Interview Pt2.
14 – 4ZZZ Interview 1979.
Big thanks to stripedsunlight and duckdogtwo
NOTE:
We are salivating like mad pavlovian dogs at the thought of the great fat man clambering down our chimney. Especially so, given that we don’t even have a fucking chimney!
Anyway, as well as the new uncensored Maria Ozawa DVDs, the reindeer fondler shall be lumping this fine tome, The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, compiled by the good people at Pitchfork Media exploring the greatest 500 tracks of the past thirty years!
The great tracks in question are listed below.
Of course, instead of waiting to hear groans coming from a non-existent chimney (and we always much prefer to hear groans coming from the bed rather than from a chimney!) the wonderful Simon & Schuster or Pitchfork might send us a copy, so we can eulogise about it!! (We’re not known for grovelling and never ever do so ….. but please please please send us the fucking book Mr. Paul Simon and Art Schuster! Please, for the love of God!)
more info: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/…..00-is-here
or: http://thepitchfork500.com/
Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, today, November 11, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books publishes The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present. This handy paperback chronologically explores Pitchfork’s 500 favorite songs from 1977-2006, constructing an alternate history of the past three decades of popular music– one that extends beyond the typical Baby Boomer-approved canon of the Clash, Prince, Public Enemy, Nirvana, Radiohead, and Outkast.From art-rock and proto-punk godfathers such as Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie to today’s leading lights such as the Arcade Fire, the White Stripes, and Kanye West; from superstars to cult heroes; and from punk, indie, and pop to hip-hop, electronic music, and metal, we’ve created the ultimate playlist. Interspersed throughout are sidebars on the most vital subgenres from electro to grime to riot grrrl, along with pieces like “Career Killers: The Songs That Ended It All” and “Runaway Trainwrecks: The Post-Grunge Nadir.”
Edited by Pitchfork founder/president Ryan Schreiber and editor-in-chief Scott Plagenhoef, and written by an all-star team of contributors, The Pitchfork 500 is the perfect book for the train ride to work, a cozy winter’s night by the fireside, or extended stays on the toilet. And it sure would make for a nice holiday gift, hint hint.
The book is available in your friendly neighborhood bookstore right now. Or you can order it via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Insound, Powells, or Simon & Schuster.
To celebrate the release of The Pitchfork 500, we’ve lined up a few events and media appearances. If you’re in the Chicago area, head on over to the Borders Books & Music in Lincoln Park (2817 N. Clark St.) on Thursday, November 13 at 7 p.m., where Pitchfork editor-in-chief (and Pitchfork 500 co-editor) Scott Plagenhoef and Pitchfork managing editor (and Pitchfork 500 contributing editor) Mark Richardson will read from The Pitchfork 500, followed by a Q&A session and a book signing.
For those of you in Ohio, Mark Richardson will speak on a panel hosted by the Wexner Center For the Arts at Ohio State University in Columbus on Thursday, November 20 at 5 p.m. Peel Slowly and See: Warhol, Music, and Image will feature a discussion of the Velvet Underground and Warhol’s role in music by Mark, Dean & Britta’s Dean Wareham, and Professor Barry Shank of OSU. A performance by Dean & Britta will follow the panel.
Tune your radios to New York’s WNYC-FM at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 to hear The Pitchfork 500 co-editors Ryan Schreiber and Scott Plagenhoef on “Soundcheck” with host John Schaefer. The next day, Friday, November 14, New Yorkers can tune into WRXP-FM’s “Matt Pinfield in the Mornings” between 6 and 10 a.m. for an interview with Ryan Schreiber, while Chicagoans can catch Scott Plagenhoef on WGN Radio’s “The Noon Show” chatting with host Bob Sirott UPDATE: Scott will be on at 2 p.m. with host John Williams. Then on December 2, Scott will appear live on Chicago’s WGN “Midday News” television show to discuss The Pitchfork 500.
For a complete rundown of these and future events, head over to www.thepitchfork500.com
So many of our favourite tracks are in here. So many of our favourite artists! So many diverse genres. So many seminal sounds. And so many “so’s” in this paragraph!
Some amazing tracks here too that are new to us. And not many duds!
Now, what if someone was to go to the tremendous effort of compiling all these tracks? Well, you’d get the greatest musical compilation to surface in many a century! Probably the greatest since Johann Sebastian Bach compiled the best of his majestic works back in 1740 – but that was just a huge pile of musical scores though and would be unplayable on most CD players!
Which is what some kindly souls at the great SFRP.com have actually done – compiled this amazing collection of 500 tracks covering the past thirty years!
(For dumb internet nazis, the phrase “on another blog” means on another fucking blog. Not on this blog! )
The Pitchfork 500 – The 500 greatest songs (1977 – 2006)
David Bowie – Heroes
Iggy Pop – The Passenger
Lou Reed – Street Hassle
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
Brian Eno – 1/1
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
Television – Marquee Moon
Patti Smith – Rock n Roll Nigger
The Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen
The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love?
Vic Godard and the Subway Sect – Parallel Lines
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
The Adverts – One Chord Wonders
Wire – Ex-Lion Tamer
Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Giorgo Moroder – The Chase
Chic – Good Times
Thelma Houston – Don’t Leave Me This Way
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Parliament – Flash Light
Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up
Public Image Ltd. – Public Image
Gang of Four – Damaged Goods
Magazine – Shot by Both Sides
The Cramps – Human Fly
The Misfits – Night of the Living Dead
Wire – Outdoor Miner
Joy Division – Disorder
Althea and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
Lee Perry – Roast Fish and Cornbread
The Congos – Fisherman
Willie Williams – Armagideon Time
This Heat – 24 Track Loop
The Slits – Typical Girls
The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil
The Clash – The Guns of Brixton
James Chance and the Contortions – Contort Yourself
Suicide – Dream Baby Dream
Cabaret Voltaire – Nag Nag Nag
Throbbing Gristle – Hot on the Heels of Love
Devo – Mongoloid
Candido – Jingo
Dinosaur – Kiss Me Again
Machine – There but for the Grace of God Go I
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
Goblin – Suspiria
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
AC/DC – Highway to Hell
Van Halen – Runnin’ with the Devil
Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Steely Dan – Deacon Blues
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Plastic Bertrand – Ca plane pour moi
The Records – Starry Eyes
Cheap Trick – Surrender
The Cars – Just What I Needed
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Radio Radio
The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
XTC – Making Plans for Nigel
Blondie – Atomic
Talking Heads – Memories Can’t Wait
1980 – 1982
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
Spoonie Gee Meets the Sequence – Monster Jam
The Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder
The Treacherous Three – The New Rap Language
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven
Talking Heads – Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Yoko Ono – Walking on Thin Ice
Klein + MBO – Dirty Talk
ESG – Moody
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Funky 4+1 – That’s The Joint
Kraftwerk – Numbers/Computer World 2
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message
Glenn Branca – Lesson No. 1 for Electric Guitar
Laurie Anderson – O Superman (For Massenet)
Joy Division – Atmosphere
The Fall – Totally Wired
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Beyond Belief
The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang
The B-52’s – Private Idaho
Dexys Midnight Runners – There There My Dear
Young Marble Giants – Final Day
Altered Images – Happy Birthday
The Specials – Ghost Town
Robert Wyatt – Shipbuilding
Bauhaus – Third Uncle
Adam and the Ants – Kings of the Wild Frontier
Scritti Politti – The Sweetest Girl
The Human League – Don’t You Want Me
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
The Associates – Party Fears Two
ABC – All of My Heart
New Order – Temptation
The Jam – Town Called Malice
Duran Duran – The Chauffeur
The English Beat – Save It for Later
The Go-Go’s – Our Lips Are Sealed
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
Prince – Dirty Mind
Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
ABBA – The Day Before You Came
Roxy Music – More Than This
Queen – Under Pressure
Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
Bad Brains – Pay to Cum
Minor Threat – Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
Black Flag – Rise Above
Wipers – Youth of America
Flipper – Sex Bomb
Motorhead – Ace of Spades
Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills
Orange Juice – Blue Boy
The Television Personalities – This Angry Silence
The Fall – The Classical
The Clean – Tally Ho!
The Feelies – The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
Mission of Burma – That’s When I Reach for My Revolver
1983-1986
The Smiths – This Charming Man
Sonic Youth – Death Valley ‘69
Husker Du – Pink Turns to Blue
Meat Puppets – Plateau
The Replacements – I Will Dare
Minutemen – History Lesson (Part II)
R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
Echo and the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon
The Cure – Close to Me
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in Dust
Run-D.M.C. – It’s Like That
Crash Crew – On the Radio
Rammelzee vs. K-Rob – Beat Bob
Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx
New Order – Blue Monday
Prince and the Revolution – When Doves Cry
Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)
Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)
U2 – New Year’s Day
Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me)
The Replacements – Bastards of Young
The Mekons – Last Dance
Big Black – Kerosene
Scratch Acid – The Greatest Gift
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
The Smiths – How Soon Is Now?
Cocteau Twins – Lorelei
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Billy Bragg – A New England
Metallica – Battery
Slayer – Angel of Death
Saint Vitus – Clear Windowpane
Einstruzende Neubauten – Halber Mensch
Art of Noise – Beat Box (Diversion One)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax
Liquid Liquid – Optimo
Alexander Robotnick – Problemes d’Amour
Shannon – Let the Music Play
Section 25 – Looking from a Hilltop (Restructure)
Madonna – Holiday
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Prince – Kiss
Run-D.M.C. – Rock Box
LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio
Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Mantronix – Needle to the Groove
The Go-Betweens – Cattle and Cane
The Chills – Pink Frost
Felt – Primitive Painters
The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Tom Waits – Jockey Full of Bourbon
Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
Scott Walker – Rawhide
U2 – Bad
Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
Paul Simon – Graceland
Wayne Smith – Under Me Sleng Teng
Anthony “Red” Rose – Tempo
Model 500 – No UFO’s
1987-1990
Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It
Rhythim Is Rhythim – Strings of Life
A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
M/A/R/R/S – Pump Up The Volume
My Blood Valentine – You Made Me Realise
Spacemen 3 – Walking With Jesus
Ride – Dreams Burn Down
Glaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro
The Stone Roses – She Bangs the Drums
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene
Butthole Surfers – Human Cannonball
Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
Fugazi – Waiting Room
Audio Two – Top Billin’
Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat
Ministry – Stigmata
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On
The Sugarcubes – Birthday
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
The Field Mice – Emma’s House
Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered
The Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl
The Primitives – Crash
The La’s – There She Goes
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul
Superchunk – Slack Motherfucker
Fugazi – Merchandise
The Jesus Lizard – Mouth Breather
Slick Rick – Children’s Story
Gang Starr – Just to Get a Rep
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two
Sal-n-Pepa – Push It
Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
De La Soul – Me Myself and I
Biz Markie – Just a Friend
Public Enemy – Fight The Power
Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
Swans – Beautiful Child
John Zorn – The Sicilian Clan
Prince and the Revolution – If I Was Your Girlfriend
Madonna – Like a Prayer
Deee-Lite – Groove Is in the Heart
Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds
The KLF – Wichita Lineman Was a Song I Once Heard
808 State – Pacific State
Orbital – Chime
Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
My Blood Valentine – Soon
The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
Beat Happening – Indian Summer
Daniel Johnston – Some Things Last a Long Time
Mudhoney – Touch Me I’m Sick
Pixies – Wave of Mutilation
1991-1993
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pavement – Summer Babe
Archers of Loaf – Web in Front
Yo La Tengo – From a Motel 6
Sebadoh – The Freed Pig
A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhime
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’
Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Tricky – Aftermath (Version 1)
Primal Scream – Higher Than the Sun
Spiritualized – Step into the Breeze
Slowdive – Alison
Aphex Twin – Xtal
Talk Talk – Ascension Day
Slint – Good Morning, Captain
Disco Inferno – The Last Dance
Stereolab – French Disko
Acen – Trip II the Moon Pts. 1 and 2
The Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea
Human Resource – Dominator (Joey Beltram Mix)
Metalheadz – Terminator
Omni Trio – Renegade Snares
Red House Painters – New Jersey
Teenage Fanclub – The Concept
Heavenly – C Is the Heavenly Option
Tindersticks – City Sickness
Unrest – Make Out Club
Tenor Saw/Buju Banton – Ring the Alarm Quick
Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
Ice Cube – It Was a Good Day
2Pac – I Get Around
Souls of Mischief – 93 ‘Til Infinity
Suede – The Drowners
Blur – For Tomorrow
Elastica – Stutter
Ween – Doctor Rock
Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks on Me
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Melvins – Hooch
Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin’
Pixies – U-Mass
Liz Phair – Divorce Song
PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
The Afghan Whigs – Debonair
Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name
The Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray
Beck – Loser
The Breeders – Cannonball
Nirvana – Scentless Apprentice
1994-1996
Hole – Violet
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
Green Day – Longview
Weezer – Say It Ain’t So
Blur – Girls & Boys
Oasis – Live Forever
Pulp – Common People
The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell
Mobb Deep – Shook Ones, Pt. 2
GZA – 4th Chamber
Pavement – Gold Soundz
Built to Spill – Car
Modest Mouse – Broke
Frank Black – Headache
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Bellbottoms
Guided by Voices – I Am a Scientist
Nine Inch Nails – Closer
Bjork – Hyper-Ballad
Beck – Devil’s Haircut
Portishead – Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)
Saint Etienne – Like a Motorway
Basic Channel – Octagon
Paperclip People – Throw
DJ Shadow – Midnight in a Perfect World
Dr. Octagon – Blue Flowers
Common – I Used to Lover H.E.R.
Jeff Buckley – Grace
Mazzy Star – Fade Into You
Arthur Russell – This Is How We Walk on the Moon
Low – Words
The Auteurs – Unsolved Child Murder
Jawbox – Savory
Drive Like Jehu – Luau
Brainiac – Pussyfootin’
Napalm Death – Twist the Knife (Slowly)
Darkthrone – En As I Dype Skogen
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice
Luniz – I Got 5 on It
Cutty Ranks – Limb by Limb
The Prodigy – No Good (Start the Dance)
Underworld – Born Slippy (NUXX)
The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Belle and Sebastian – The State I Am In
Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay
The Magnetic Fields – Take Ecstasy with Me
Palace Music – New Partner
Arab Strap – The First Big Weekend
Tortoise – Gamera
The Sea and Cake – Parasol
Pavement – Rattled by the Rush
Guided by Voices – Game of Pricks
Weezer – El Scorcho
1997-1999
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Bjork – Joga
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Elliott Smith – Between the Bars
Cat Power – Cross Bones Style
The Clientele – Reflections After Jane
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – I See a Darkness
Smog – Teenage Spaceship
Silver Jews – Random Rules
Autechre – Arch Carrier
Boards of Canada – Happy Cycling
Herbert – So Now…
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker
Uilab – St. Elmo’s Fire
Air – Le Soleil est Pres du Moi
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Black Star – Respiration
The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize
Outkast – Spottieottiedopaliscious
The Roots – The Next Movement
The Flaming Lips – Waitin’ for a Superman
The Beta Band – Dry the Rain
The Olivia Tremor Control – Hideaway
Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
Super Furry Animals – Ice Hockey Hair
Stardust – Music Sounds Better with You
Basement Jaxx – Jump n’ Shout
Wilco – Via Chicago
Pulp – This Is Hardcore
Belle and Sebastian – Lazy Line Painter Jane
Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
Sleater-Kinney – One More Hour
Refused – New Noise
The Dismemberment Plan – The City
Boredoms – Super Shine
Mogwai – Like Herod
Jim O’Rourke – Halfway to a Threeway
Sigur Ros – Svefn-g-Englar
2000-2002
Daft Punk – One More Time
Radiohead – Idioteque
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Storm
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Broadcast – Come On Let’s Go
Aaliyah – Try Again
Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River
Luomo – Tessio
Vitalic – La Rock 01
Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight
Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’
Outkast – B.O.B.
Eminem – The Real Slim Shady
Ghostface Killah – Nutmeg
Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
The White Stripes – Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
The Strokes – The Modern Age
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Another Morning Stoner
Interpol – Obstacle 1
Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin – Rippin Kittin’
Jurgen Paape – So Weit Wie Noch Nie
Osymyso – Intro-Inspection
The Knife – Heartbeats
LCD Soundystem – Lossing My Edge
The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
The Streets – Weak Become Heroes
Aesop Rock – Daylight
Rjd2 – Good Times Roll Pt. 2
Bright Eyes – The Calendar Hung Itself
Wilco – Poor Places
Queens of the Stonge Age – No One Knows
My Morning Jacket – The Way That He Sings
Modest Mouse – 3rd Planet
Clinic – Distortions
Shellac – Prayer to God
Mclusky – To Hell with Good Intentions
Lightning Bolt – Ride the Sky
The Microphones – The Moon
The New Pornographers – Letter from an Occupant
The Shins – New Slang
The Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
Radiohead – Life in a Glasshouse
Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time
Deerhoof – This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Spoon – The Way We Get By
Dizzee Rascal I Luv U
M.O.P. – Ante Up
Clipse – Grindin’
Talib Kweli – Get By
Jay-Z – Takeover
2003-2006
Outkast – Hey Ya
Kanye West – Through The Wire
R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
Beyonce – Crazy In Love
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
!!! – Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
TV on the Radio – Staring at the Sun
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
The Walkmen – The Rat
Devendra Banhart – A Sight to Behold
Joanna Newsom – Peach, Plum, Pear
Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day
Antony and the Johnsons – Hope There’s Someone
Animal Collective – Leaf House
The Books – Take Time
M83 – Don’t Save Us from the Flames
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
Annie – Heartbeat
M.I.A. – Galang
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
The Fiery Furnaces – Here Comes the Summer
The Mountain Goats – No Children
The Wrens – She Sends Kisses
Les Savy Fav – The Sweat Descends
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
The Exploding Hearts – Modern Kicks
Art Brut – Formed a Band
Boris – Farewell
Mastodon – Sleeping Giant
Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted
T.I. – What You Know
Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
Amerie – 1 Thing
Ciara – Oh
The Go! Team – The Power Is On
Feist – Mushaboom
Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Wolf Parade – I’ll Believe in Anything
Band of Horses – The Funeral
The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations
Beirut – Postcards from Italy
Johnny Boy – You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve
Love Is All – Busy Doing Nothing
Jens Lekman – Black Cab
Christian Falk – Dream On
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Justice vs. Simian – We Are Your Friends
Hot Chip – Boy from School
Animal Collective – Grass
Black Dice – Cone Toaster
Liars – The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
Panda Bear – Bros
NOTE:
Volume One: TSP-CD-001 (made in Luxembourg)
Volume Two: TSP-CD-002 (made in Italy)
1989Volume Three: TSP-CD-025 (made in Italy)
Italy?)
Volume Four: TSP-CD-026 (made in Italy)
Volume Five: TSP-CD-035 (made in
Volume Six: TSP-CD-036 (made in Luxembourg)
The Genuine Pig
1990Volume Seven: TGP-CD-111 (made in Italy)
Volume Eight: TGP-CD-112 (made in Italy)Total time: 280:14 (33:08, 26:50, 33:06, 32:33, 34:54, 40:23, 40:11, 39:05)
Size: 1.53 GB
Disc 1
01. I Saw Her Standing There (3:08)
02. The One After 909 (2:57)
03. She’s A Woman (3:17)
04. I’m Looking Through You (3:12)
05. If You’ve Got Trouble (2:20)
06. How Do You Do It (1:59)
07. Penny Lane (3:07)
08. Strawberry Fields Forever (3:19)
09. From Me To You (1:51)
10. Besame Mucho (2:32)
11. The Fool On The Hill (2:45)
12. Paperback Writer (2:37)
Disc 2
01. Can’t Buy Me Love (2:15)
02. There’s A Place (0:12)
03. There’s A Place (1:56)
04. That Means A Lot (2:25)
05. Day Tripper (0:29)
06. Day Tripper (3:07)
07. I Am The Walrus (4:23)
08. Misery (1:53)
09. Leave My Kitten Alone (2:52)
10. We Can Work It Out (2:11)
11. A Hard Day’s Night (2:34)
12. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2:29)
Disc 3
01. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2:56)
02. Tomorrow Never Knows (2:57)
03. A Day In The Life (5:09)
04. Yes It Is (3:06)
05. I Saw Her Standing There (3:01)
06. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2:03)
07. Not Guilty (3:15)
08. Across The Universe (3:46)
09. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (3:26)
10. Ticket To Ride (3:23)
Disc 4
01. The One After 909 (3:17)
02. A Taste Of Honey (2:17)
03. I Feel Fine (2:49)
04. Yer Blues (4:02)
05. Blues Jam (3:48)
06. Not Guilty (4:25)
07. Get Back (2:17)
08. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (1:52)
09. Do You Want To Know A Secret (2:44)
10. All You Need Is Love (5:00)
Disc 5
01. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (1:12)
02. Because (2:19)
03. Revolution (3:20)
04. I Me Mine (1:44)
05. Strawberry Fields Forever (3:09)
06. Hey Jude (5:39)
07. Magical Mystery Tour (2:36)
08. What’s The New Mary Jane (6:04)
09. Lady Madonna (2:14)
10. The One After 909 (2:58)
11. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (3:34)
Disc 6
01. Come And Get It (2:30)
02. Hold Me Tight (2:37)
03. I’ll Be On My Way (2:00)
04. Strawberry Fields Forever (4:06)
05. It’s All Too Much (2:28)
06. 12-Bar Original (3:53)
07. St. Louis Blues (1:02)
08. She’s A Woman (6:33)
09. What’s The New Mary Jane (6:50)
10. Dig It (8:18)
Disc 7
01. I Saw Her Standing There (3:11)
02. Too Much Monkey Business (2:04)
03. This Boy (2:32)
04. If I Needed Someone (2:44)
05. She’s A Woman (5:43)
06. I’m A Loser (2:37)
07. Yesterday (1:57)
08. Crying, Waiting, Hoping (2:10)
09. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (2:22)
10. Shout (2:02)
11. Yer Blues (4:01)
12. Nowhere Man (2:24)
13. Anna (Go To Him) (3:02)
14. Twist And Shout (3:17)
Disc 8
01. Baby’s In Black (2:34)
02. You Really Got A Hold On Me (3:09)
03. The Fool On The Hill (2:43)
04. To Know Her Is To Love Her (2:47)
05. A Hard Day’s Night (2:34)
06. Day Tripper (3:33)
07. All You Need Is Love (4:34)
08. Till There Was You (2:37)
09. And I Love Her (2:19)
10. Can’t Buy Me Love (2:14)
11. I Feel Fine (2:14)
12. Hey Jude (7:43)
Big thanks to qualityboots.blogspot.com
NOTE:
What curves!
What beauty!
We want a test ride! A 24-hour test ride!
The car, we mean! Don’t be smutty!
If you’re the amazingly gorgeous Venezuelan amateur beauty (not the car!), drop us a line! We want to do a special photo shoot and make you famous!! Or maybe infamous! What’s the difference?
The prefix “in” means nothing! Some people have said we’re “insane” but they really meant we’re “sane”! (well they did after they found those rabbits nailed to their doors!)
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It’s the only way to live
In cars
Here in my car
I can hardly receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars
Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please
If I open my door
In cars
Here in my car
You know I’ve started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars
- Gary Numan
From: TheChannelOfMusic
Macca does Stockhausen shocker!
Read more here!
Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed a 14-minute long Beatles track many thought was a myth does exist – and says he wants the public to hear it.
He told BBC Radio 4′s Front Row the track – called Carnival of Light – was not released because the other Beatles thought it was too “adventurous”.
The improvised track was recorded in 1967 for an electronic music festival.
Sir Paul said Ringo Starr and John Lennon’s and George Harrison’s estates would have to agree to a release.
He said he had been asked to create the piece for an electronic music festival, and asked the other band members to be “indulgent” for 10 minutes at London’s Abbey Road studios before giving them vague directions.
Sir Paul explained: “I said all I want you to do is just wander around all the stuff, bang it, shout, play it, it doesn’t need to make any sense. Hit a drum then wander on to the piano, hit a few notes, just wander around.
“So that’s what we did and then put a bit of an echo on it. It’s very free.”
The track was played just once, at the festival, and is said to include distorted guitar, organ sounds, gargling and band members shouting phrases such as “Barcelona!” and “Are you all right?”
Sir Paul said he was fond of the track, which was inspired by experimental composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen: “I like it because it’s The Beatles free, going off piste.”
He said he still had a master tape of the piece, adding: “The time has come for it to get its moment.”
Sir Paul had wanted to include the track on the Beatles’ Anthology compilations in the mid-1990s, but the rest of the band vetoed the idea.
He said: “I said it would be great to put this on because it would show we were working with really avant-garde stuff.”
The full interview will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4′s Front Row on Thursday 20 November at 1915 GMT.
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If there’s one thing we like round here, it’s a Good Girl Gone Bad! Or a Bad Girl Gone Badder! (and we don’t know no grammar neither!)
“Rehab” is not to be confused with junky skank Amy Winehouse’s, multi-platinum, multi-award-winning song of the same name.
It’s a real high concept video too. Yap, Bey and two other curved hotties are gyrating around a minimalist set in skimpy leotards and kinky heels! We think Sam Beckett was the inspiration!
Whatever! Works for us!
We’re not sure what the ditty is about though! Seems to be some sort of repetitive buddhist mantra if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it, If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it, If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it ….
So we guess it must be about clit rings!!
They look pretty fkn hot too !
This group seems to mutate every year what with the bitching, the catfights and the internal bust-ups! Only one of the original members remain, the delicious ebony hotty Keisha Buchanan!
This was a single from an earlier incarnation of the band, from the group’s third album Three released in late 2003. The band here consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Mutya Buena.
Yap, we really wanna be stuck In The Middle with those Sugababes!!
Expect a few posts with hot photoshoots of the catfight girls!
Big thanks to the original poster
NOTE:
So fucking what! We didn’t even know or care she was gone!
This is the new disposable meisterwerk from the queen of white redneck trailer trash!
Big thanks to the original poster
NOTE:
Shannon, yer a corker!- Tom Cruise (in some piece of shit movie we endured once but swiftly forgot! Til now!)
Sharon’s 64 now. Not sure whether she’s still on the scene or not!
I can feel a new expression on my face.
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place.
I can hear the guitars playing a lovely tune,
Ev-er-ry-time that you – walk in the room.
I close my eyes for a second and pretend it’s me you want.
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant.
I feel a summer’s night with a magic moon.
Everytime that you – walk in the room.
Maybe it’s a dream come true,
Standing right alongside of you.
Wish I could tell you how much I care,
But I only – have the nerve to stare.
I can feel a-something pounding in my brain,
Just anytime that someone speaks your name.
Trumpets sound, I hear thunder boom.
Everytime that you – walk in the room.
Everytime that you – walk in the room.
Everytime that you – walk in the room.
Everytime that you…
Written by: Jackie DeShannon-1963
Performed by: Jackie DeShannon -1963
Appears on: Jackie DeShannon-1963, Good As Gold!-1990, The Best of Jackie
DeShannon-1991, The Very Best of Jackie DeShannon-1996, Best of…1958-1981:
Come & Get Me-2000, Classic Masters-2002 [ 2 ] , Singers & Songwriters: The Folk
Years (Various Artists)-2003, Breakin’ It up on the Beatles Tour-2005, Her
Own Kind of Light-2008, et al. ]Covered by: Pete Best, Karla Bonoff, Paul Carrack, Jim Croce, Steve
Forbert, The Hellcats, Chris Hillman, Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, James
Kilbane, Johnny Logan, Daniel O’Donnell, Cliff Richard, The Searchers, Del
Shannon, Smokie, Status Quo, Pam Tillis, The Ventures, Peter Williams, Daniel
Young, et al.
From: Meowbay
Kinks – Preservation Act 1 (Bonus Tracks)
Released 16 November 1973 (Act 1)
Recorded March – July, 1973 (Act 1)
at Konk Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length 46:54 (Act 1/1998 reissue)
Label RCA (original)
Velvel (1998 reissue)
Producer Ray Davies
Mp3 @320
The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better received.
Many hardcore Kinks fans were alienated by Ray Davies’ melodramatic songwriting during the Preservation project era, resulting in albums that played more like the soundtracks to a piece of musical theatre than rock albums.
However, more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions. In particular, All Music’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine has declared “Sweet Lady Genevieve” to be the “real candidate for Davies’ forgotten masterpiece”.
The CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 includes the single versions of “Preservation” and “One of the Survivors”, neither of which are available on the original vinyl release. The latter briefly charted on the Billboard Pop Singles chart peaking at #108.
We have already posted Act 2.
Despite the title’s similarity to that of the Kinks’ 1968 album THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY (which frequently turns up on “Greatest Albums of All Time” surveys), the group’s 1973 rock opera PRESERVATION ACT 1 is not nearly as song-oriented as its predecessor.
As Record Collector editor Peter Doggett writes in his excellent liner notes to VelVel’s reissue of PRESERVATION ACT 1, VILLAGE GREEN was more of a concept album, creating a feel without using a narrative. Each of its songs was a miniature window into English villages’ fast-disappearing way of life.
With PRESERVATION ACT 1, Ray Davies took the basic idea behind VILLAGE GREEN and turned it into a larger-than-life production with a highly didactic narrative. It was clear that, this time around, Davies was not going to leave listeners any room to interpret his musical statements symbolically.
The result was a Kinks album like no other, a forum for Davies’s wildly creative imagination and his talent for storytelling. It left many Kinks fans hungry for its sequel, PRESERVATION ACT 2, which came out six months later.
The Kinks here are Dave Davies, Ray Davies (vocals, guitar); John Gosling (keyboards); John Dalton (bass guitar); Mick Avory (drums).
Additional personnel: Laurie Brown (flute, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Alan Holmes (clarinet, baritone saxophone); John Beecham (trombone, tuba); Pamela Travis, Krysia Kocjan, Sue Brown, Lewis Rich, Lee Pavey (background vocals).
Tracklisting and Details
The songs marked with a star are bonus tracks on CD reissues.
1. Preservation stereo mix, recorded Oct 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
2. Morning Song stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
3. Daylight stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
4. Sweet Lady Genevieve stereo mix, recorded Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
5. There’s A Change In The Weather stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
6. Where Are They Now? stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
7. One Of The Survivors stereo mix, recorded Mar 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
8. Cricket stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
9. Money & Corruption / I Am Your Man stereo mix (5:52), recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
10. Here Comes Flash stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
11. Sitting In The Midday Sun stereo mix, recorded May 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
12. Demolition stereo mix, recorded May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
13. One Of The Survivors stereo mix, different mix and edit from album version, recorded Mar 1973 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London
Get in on the Act here!
http://rapidshare.com/files/14498692…tion_Act_1.rar
Big thanks to Mr Ghost
Kinks – Preservation Act 2 (Bonus Tracks)
Released May 8, 1974 (Act 2)
Recorded January – March 1974 (Act 2) at Konk Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length 76:56 (Act 2/1998 reissue)
Label RCA (original)
Velvel (1998 reissue)
Producer Ray Davies
Mp3 @320
The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better received.
Many hardcore Kinks fans were alienated by Ray Davies’ melodramatic songwriting during the Preservation project era, resulting in albums that played more like the soundtracks to a piece of musical theatre than rock albums.
However, more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions. In particular, All Music’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine has declared “Sweet Lady Genevieve” to be the “real candidate for Davies’ forgotten masterpiece”.
The CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 includes the single versions of “Preservation” and “One of the Survivors”, neither of which are available on the original vinyl release. The latter briefly charted on the Billboard Pop Singles chart peaking at #108.
It begins roughly where ACT 1 ended, with the formerly placid inhabitants of Davies’ mythical English country village taking up arms against the sleazy dictator Flash. While Flash represents animal desires given free reign, opposition leader Mr.Black takes advantage of citizens’ Puritan desires for good old law and order.
As the two demagogues circle each other, the masses quickly become pawns in a political morality play that has little actual political content and no morality to speak of, save for Davies’ obvious affection for everyday folks.
Musically, PRESERVATION ACT 2 closely follows the style Davies affected in ACT 1. The songs are tightly produced, with close harmonies, a liberal sprinkling of hooks, and a high level of drama. Davies has periodically threatened to turn the entire PRESERVATION into a Broadway show, and this album is a reminder of just how close it was to the time-honored Broadway style even when he first conceived it.
The Kinks here are Dave Davies, Ray Davies (vocals, guitar); John Gosling (keyboards); John Dalton (bass guitar); Mick Avory (drums).
Additional personnel: Laurie Brown (flute, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Alan Holmes (clarinet, baritone saxophone); John Beecham (trombone, tuba); Pamela Travis, Krysia Kocjan, Sue Brown, Lee Pavey, Chris Musk (background vocals).
Tracklisting and Details
The songs marked with a star are bonus tracks on CD reissues.
1. Announcement stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
2. Introduction To Solution stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
3. When A Solution Comes stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
4. Money Talks stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
5. Announcement stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
6. Shepherds Of The Nation stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
7. Scum Of The Earth stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
8. Second-Hand Car Spiv stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
9. He’s Evil stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
10. Mirror Of Love stereo mix, Ray Davies’ demo, recorded probably Dec 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
11. Announcement stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
12. Nobody Gives stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
13. Oh Where Oh Where Is Love? stereo mix, recorded probably May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
14. Flash’s Dream (The Final Elbow) stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
15. Flash’s Confession stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
16. Nothing Lasts Forever stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
17. Announcement stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
18. Artificial Man stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
19. Scrapheap City stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
20. Announcement stereo mix, recorded Jan-Mar 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
21. Salvation Road stereo mix, recorded probably May-Jul 1973 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
22. Mirror Of Love stereo mix, new recording with full band, US single mix (different from UK single mix), recorded 17-18 Jun, 1974 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
23. Slum Kids live, stereo mix, recorded Mar 1979 at (unknown venue)
Get in on the Act here!
Big thanks to Mr Ghost
A shedload of Beatles goodies here!
01- Two of Us.mp3 29-Jun-2005 21:48 5.0M
1. Love Wave
2. Sunshine and Ecstasy
3. You Sexy Thing
4. Who Wants an Ugly Girl
5. Say I Am
6. Irresistible Party Dip
7. Dark Sneak Love Action
8. Innocent Sex Kiss
9. Dogs In the Trash
10. My Mama Told Me
11. As the Disco Ball Turns
12. Daddy Come Home
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE INDIFFERENT
1. Love Wave
2. Sunshine and Ecstasy
3. You Sexy Thing
4. Who Wants an Ugly Girl
5. Say I Am
6. Irresistible Party Dip
7. Dark Sneak Love Action
8. Innocent Sex Kiss
9. Dogs In the Trash
10. My Mama Told Me
11. As the Disco Ball Turns
12. Daddy Come Home
YOU KNOW THE KIND…. THE BAD KIND….
Big thanks to shakthecat
For all you Obama fans out there! Yap he is that (although if you’re following his campaign and the GOP’s, you might not realise this!)
Tracklisting
1. Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), Pts. 1 & 2
2. I Guess I’ll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
3. Goodbye My Love, Pts. 1 & 2
4. Shades of Brown – James Brown, Hobgood, Bud
5. Licking Stick-Licking Stick
6. I Love You
7. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – James Brown, Loudermilk, John D.
8. Let Them Talk – James Brown, Thompson, Sonny
9. Maybe I’ll Understand
10. I’ll Lose My Mind
320 kbps:
FLAC, 245 Mb:
Big thanks to iraklis
