Drop The Biscuit

Here’s some tunes blown out around Ladbroke Grove in the second half of the 1960s into the early ‘70s by folk rejecting the dominant cultural norms of the time. It was home to artists, activists, academics, bohemians, freaks and dealers who lived alongside Caribbean immigrants fighting for their rights. Films were made there like the Knack and Performance, which was filmed at 25 Powis Square. The Electric Cinema showed independent and Avant-garde films and Pink Floyd played at All Saints Church Hall. Hendrix sadly died too soon there, and Lemmy made his debut with Hawkwind at the Carnival.

Also check out UFO Tales, White Bicycles, 14 Hours, as well a couple of the Soft Psych playlists. & for more West London excursions you might want to check out some of the Carnival playlists?   

RIO ROCK ARE BACK AGAIN FOLKS, WITH MORE OF THAT

ROCKIN’ AN ROLLIN’ TO SEE US THROUGH THE COMIN’ WEEK……

1 BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS-CALLING ALL COMETS

2 EDDIE COCHRAN-GUITAR PICKER

3 RAY MCARTURS HILL STOPPERS-RAYMONDS BEAT

4 BUSTER BROWN-IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY

5 LAUREL AITKEN-BOOGIE ROCK

6 ALTON ELLIS-SOMETHING YOU’VE GOT

7 AMOS MILBURN-SAX SHACK BOOGIE

8 THE ROOMATES-CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

9 PRICE FAMILY SACRED SINGERS-SHIP OF GLORY

10 DALE VAUGHN-HOW CAN YOU BE MEAN TO ME

11 CRAZY JOSE-TEA HOUSE BLUES

12 PEPPERMINT HARRIS-I GOT LOADED

13 BIG JOE TURNER-JUMPIN’ TONIGHT (MIDNIGHT ROCKIN’)

14 THE CAP-TANS-I’M AFRAID

15 HANK SNOW-THE RHUMBA BOOGIE

16 TARHEEL SLIM-WILDCAT TAMER

17 THE TEAM MATES-CRAZY BABY

18 JIMMIE LUNCEFORD’S ORCHESTRA-T’AINT WHAT YOU DO

19 JOE POOVEY & THE ROYAL DUKES-MOVE AROUND

20 THE FOUR DUKES-WALKIN’ ALONE

21 RAY SCOTT & THE DEMENS-YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY

22 THE CADILLACS-NO CHANCE

23 JOE BENNETT AND THE SPARKLETONES-BLACK SLACKS

24 THE ROOMATES-STARS IN THE SKY

25 TINY TONY & THE STATICS-HEY MRS. JONES!

26 JACK RABBIT SLIM-LONG TIME DEAD

27 SONNY BURGESS-SWEET MISERY

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES LAST NIGHT, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST MIX OF THE YEAR, HAS NOW BECOME THE FIRST MIX OF THIS NEW YEAR-

WARP RECORDS/AND THE BOOK WARP, LABELS UNLIMITED BY ROB YOUNG

FLICKING THROUGH THE BOOK ON WARP RECORDS RECENTLY

I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND JUST HOW MUCH FROM THE WARP LABEL 

I’D PICKED UP THROUGH THE 90’S- QUITE A FEW TWELVES, 

AS WELL AS WELL AS HALF A DOZEN ALBUMS HERE AND THERE TOO.

PROBABLY CONSIDERED A DANCE /TECHNO LABEL 

(THOUGH OUR SELECTION DOESN’T NECESSARILY REFLECT THAT) 

IT FEATURES TRACKS FROM TORTOISE, VINCENT GALLO, ANDY WEATHERALL, 

NIGHTMARES ON WAX, AS WELL AS BROADCAST 

(THE SUBJECT OF A BRILLIANT MIX BY WIRESHAKER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO). 

NOT ONLY DOES IT SHOW THE DEPTH AND VARIETY,  WITHIN THE LABEL

BUT ALSO, JUST HOW INTERESTING, AND INFLUENTIAL THEY WERE TOO……..ENJOY, 

& A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

1 BLACK DOG-BOLT 5/END OF TIME

2 SWEET EXORCIST-CLONK’S COMING

3 THE SABRES OF PARADISE-ANO ELECTRO (ANDANTE)

4 SQUAREPUSHER-UNTITLED

5 BROADCAST-PHANTOM

6 VINCENT GALLO-I WROTE THIS SONG FOR THE GIRL PARIS HILTON

7 DISJECTA-PIT

8 ANTIPOP-CONSTORTIUM-CONTRAPTION

9 NIGHTMARES ON WAX-DEXTROUS

10 POLYGON WINDOW-UTI-DOT

11 RED SNAPPER-WESLEY DON’T SURF

12 RICHARD H.KIRK-WORLDWAR THREE

13 AUTECHRE-BRONCHUS 2

14 TORTOISE-EDEN 1

15 APHEX TWIN-CURTAINS

We’re nearing the end (not to mention The End).

Although it initially had the working title of Everest, Abbey Road wasn’t quite the moptop’s towering peak. Octopus’s Garden and Maxwell’s Silver Hammer saw to that.

Nevertheless, it is, thanks to the cunning contrivance of “The Long Medley” that takes up most of side two and the inclusion of a pair George’s most beloved compositions, their most emotionally affecting work.

Perhaps sensing the end of an era and as if to forgive them for all that mid-career weirdness, the middle-of-the road crowd, came rushing back to tackle these latest, possibly last additions to the Beatles canon. This offering features a who’s who of names your mother and father would’ve known (and approved of): Sarah Vaughan, Percy Faith, James Last and Sylvia “Y Viva Espania” Vrethammar. We’ve also managed to demonstrate the material’s titanium-clad durability by bringing things right up to the third decade of the twenty first century with Billie Eilish.

Abbey Road ends with a brutal cut to conclude Her Majesty and maybe that’s where they should have called it a day. But they couldn’t let it lie. And they could Let It Be.

1 Claude Denjean-Come Together

2 Billie Eilish-Something

3 The Good Ship Lollipop-Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

4 Joe Williams-Oh! Darling

5 Reperatta & The Delrons-Octopus’s Garden

6 Sarah Vaughan–I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

7 James Last (Amorphous Androgynous mix)-Here Comes The Sun

8 Percy Faith-Because

9 Will Malone & Lou Reizner-You Never Give Me Your Money

10 Booker T & The MGs-Sun King

11 Frankie Howerd-Mean Mr Mustard

12 Bola Sete-Polythene Pam

13 Joe Cocker-She Came In Through The Bathroom Window

14 Trash-Golden Slumbers

15 Sylvia Vrethammar-Carry That Weight

16 Doc Severinsen-The End

17 Charlie Byrd-Her Majesty

Can it really be 11 years next month since we lost Trish Keenan?

In her memory, here’s a wander down some of modern musics more intriguing byways, accompanied by Broadcast and some of their inspirations, acolytes and fellow travellers. We’ve got Electronica, Library, Krautrosck, Hauntology and lots ‘n’ lots of understated female vocals.  An hour and a bit of tender sounds made by people awaits….

1 BROADCAST-COLOUR ME IN

2 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-COMING DOWN

3 BASIL KIRCHIN-I START COUNTING

4 WENDY & BONNIE-FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING

5 THE CAPYBARAS-DOCTOR (‘)S ON HOLIDAY

6 WHITE NOISE-FIREBIRD

7 DELIA DERBYSHIRE & ANTHONY NEWLEY-MOOGIES BLOOGIES

8 ZNR-L’ARMOIRE

9 THE ADVISORY CIRCLE-MIND HOW YOU GO (REVISED EDITION)

10 HARMONIA-DINO

11 STEREOLAB-MISS MODULAR

12 VANISHING TWIN-BIG MOONLIGHT (OOKII GEKKOU)

13 MARTIN DENNY-QUIET VILLAGE (MOOG VERSION)

14 SILVER APPLES-OSCILLATIONS

15 LES YPER SOUNDS-JERICHO JERK

16 THE SOUNDCARRIERS-LAST BROADCAST

17 PRAM-LOOSE THREADS

18 THE MONINCS-GIRL ON A SWING

19 AKSAK MABOUL-SPLEENETIQUE

20 BROADCAST & THE FOCUS GROUP-THE BE COLONY

FOUND IN THE TRIBUTES SECTION, 

(ALONG WITH THE BOWIE,

ROXY,COHEN,ZAPPA ETC……) 

WE HAVE OUR SECOND & 

EQUALLY ENTERTAINING SELECTION OF DYLAN COVERS.

1 DAVID LYNCH-THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN

2 JACKIE DESHANNON-DON’T THINK TWICE, IT’S ALRIGHT

3 MARION WILLIAMS-WICKED MESSENGER

4 THE CHAD MITCHELL TRIO-WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE

5 MARIANNE FAITHFUL-BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND

6 XTC-ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER

7 NANCY SINATRA-IT AIN’T ME BABE

8 BRYAN FERRY-A HARD RAIN IS GONNA FALL

9 JOAN BAEZ-DRIFTER’S ESCAPE

10 SEBASTIAN CABOT-QUIT YOUR YOUR LOWDOWN WAYS

11 LINDA RONSTADT-I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT

12 THE CLANCY BROTHERS-WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN

13 LUCINDA WILLIAMS-QUEEN JANE APPROXIMATELY

14 THE PERSUASIONS-THE MAN IN ME

15 CON FUNK SHUN-MR TAMBOURINE MAN

16 M.WARD/CONOR OBERST & JIM JAMES

17 ODETTA-MASTERS OF WAR

18 PAUL WESTERBERG-IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY

19 NICO-I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE

20 ESTHER PHILLIPS-TONIGHT I’LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU

21 ANDREW BIRD & NORA O’CONNOR-OH, SISTER

The third in our series of

‘THE ELECTRONIC MONSTER’

(In free parts)

We waited for the silence…..and then he leaned over & hit the play button-

Featuring

SPACE AFRIKA

KELLY LEE OWENS

CATERINA BARBIERI

ELI KESZLER

SHUTTLE358

STEVE REICH

RUSSELL HASWELL

DNGDNGDNG

WALLS & DAPHNE ORAM

JANA RUSH

ARPANET

KHALAB

CHARLES MANIER

ALESSANDRO CORTINI

….

The White Album

Don’t be fooled by the name(s). The Beatles / White Album was less the collective work of a unified group than a set of blueprints for four prospective solo careers. As a reviewer at the time pointed out, the band were by now effectively operating as each other’s session musicians.

Not surprisingly, the outcome was a record of immense stylistic variety: rock & roll and blues; country & western fiddling and folk finger-picking; proto-reggae and proto-metal; vaudeville and brass bands; lullabies and musique concrete. About the only thing missing was the overt psychedelia that had dominated their previous two years.

The diversity of the material is matched by the diversity of the acts covering it. The most dedicated music sleuth would be hard-pressed to discover many other places where Lowell Fulsom rubs shoulders with Vera Lynn, The Pixies and a pre-fame Slade. Elsewhere, Desmond Dekker and John Holt imbue Blackbird and I Will with a Jamaican lilt, while Georgia’s own Arthur Conley splices the not-quite-ska rhythms of Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da with Muscle Shoals swagger. Most unexpected of all, from behind the Iron Curtain, Jiri Schelinger, “the first Czech hard rocker” takes on Ringo’s debut solo composition, Don’t Pass Me By.

And so to the big question: how do you solve a problem like Revolution 9? The answer in this case is to turn it over to avant-surf mischief-makers The Thurston Lava Tube who delve deep below the surface and uncover hitherto unsuspected traces of Ventures DNA buried within.

Making the White Album was stressful for all concerned, taking its toll on long-serving engineer Geoff Emerick, George Martin and even affable old Ringo who all bailed out at various points. To make matters worse the presence of Yoko drove a permanent wedge between John and Paul.

By now, the writing was graffitied all over the Abbey Road studio walls, but such was their innate professionalism, the Fabs were still able to pull together for one final hurrah…

pt.1

1 john fred and his playboy band-back in the u.s.s.r

2 the five stairsteps-dear prudence

3 arif margin-glass onion

4 arthur conley-ob-la-di-ob-la-da

5 the pixies-wild honey pie

6 young blood-the continuing story of bungalow bill

7 charlie byrd-while my guitar gently weeps

8 the breeders-happiness is a warm gun

9 slade-martha my dear

10 alex chilton-i’m so tired

11 desmond dekker-blackbird

12 theodore bikel-piggies

13 lena horne & gabor szabo-rocky raccoon

14 jiri schelinger-don’t pass me by

15 lowell fulsome-why don’t we do it in the road

16 john holt-i will

17 bongwater-julia

pt.2

1 the sensational alex harvey band-birthday

2 lucky peterson-yer blues

3 ayshea-mother natures son

4 the feelies-everybody’s got something to hide (except me and my monkey)

5 ramsey lewis-sexy sadie

6 the pretty things-helter skelter

7 tanya donelly- long long long

8 the brothers four- revolution

9 barbra streisand-honey pie

10 bull angus-savoy truffle

11 freedom-cry baby cry

12 the thurston lava tube-revolution 9

13 vera lynn-good night

PART THREE IN THE MODERNIST TO MOD SERIES,

(& SIMILAR TERRITORY  TO ‘THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD’ )

WE’RE  SLIPPIN’ BACK INTO 1950’S & 1960’S SOHO 

THE RECENTLY OPENED COFFEE BARS, THE JAZZ 

& SOUL CLUBS & LATE NIGHT DENS, 

PLAYIN’ A MIX OF COOL JAZZ, 

DRIVING RNB, SOUL & SKA. 

FOR DANCERS & JAZZ FANS ALIKE

AS WELL AS FEATURING SOME OF THE 

NEW BANDS PLAYING THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE BLUES/RNB

ALSO CHECK OUT OTHER MIXES LIKE ‘SOULTIME’, ‘ALL THAT JAZZ’

A FEW OF THE SKA & ROCKSTEADY? 

AND ALSO WIRESHAKER’S ‘MODERNISM’ PLAYLIST.

1 MONTY ALEXANDER-SPUNKY (1965)

2 BABY FACE WILLETTE-SWINGIN’ AT SUGAR RAY’S (1961)

3 THE HERBIE ALPERT QUARTET-VIPER’S BLUES (1958 CAROL 45)

4 RAY CHARLES-STICKS AN STONES (1962 45)

5 THE TEDDY EDWARDS QUARTET-BLUES IN TEDDY’S FLAT (1948)

6 THE MAR-KEYS-NIGHT BEFORE (1961)

7 JIMMY McCRACKLIN’S BLUES BLASTERS-BLUES BLASTERS BOOGIE (1954)

8 MOSE ALLISON-I’M NOT TALKING (1964)

9 GEORGIE FAME-SOUL STOMP (1966 POLYDOR 45)

10 MARY LOVE-DANCE CHILDREN, DANCE (1967 MODERN 45)

11DON DRUMMOND & THE CITY SLICKERS-DON COSMIC (1960 SENSATIONAL 45)

12 JACKIE DAY-I DIG IT THE MOST (MID 60’S)

13 THE ANIMALS-AROUND AN AROUND (1964)

14 THE QUIK-BERT’S APPLE CRUMBLE (1967)

15 THE KINKS-BEAUTIFUL DELILAH (1964)

16 PRINCE BUSTER-CREATION (1963)

17 SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND-60 MINS OF YOUR LOVE/A LOT OF LOVE (1967)

18 OSCAR BROWN JNR-BUT I WAS COOL (1960 COLUMBIA 45)

19 ERMA FRANKLIN-BIG BOSS MAN (1967 SHOUT 45)

20 THE MERCED BLUE NOTES-MIDNITE SESSION PT.1&2 (1962)

IWASDIGGIN’THEBLUES

WHENABATBLACK

CROSSEDMYPATH………..

THE CRAMPS/BIRTHDAY PARTY/BAD SEEDS, 

BAND MEMBERS, OFFSHOOTS, LINKS, ETC…

1 THE BOYS NEXT DOOR

2 THE A-BONES

3 LYDIA LUNCH

4 WHITE ZOMBIE

5 THE CRAMPS

6 ROWLAND S HOWARD

7 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

8 KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS

9 EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN

10 THE BOYS NEXT DOOR

11 BARRY ADAMSON

12 MAGAZINE

13 THE GUN CLUB

14 ANITA LANE

15 MICK HARVEY