Drop The Biscuit

A mix that reminds me of the summer gone and the summer to come

1. Your Love (Onur Engin re-edit) – Barry White (White)

Dave Pickering

Born and bred in Liverpool but spent the last 15 years living in Chorlton , Manchester.

Djing wise , originally ran some weekly nights at the Contact Theatre in Manchester before moving on to spend several

Now spend my time djing around Chorlton as well as joining the Balearic Assasins of love(BAOL).

Will be djing over the Easter weekend with BAOL in Brighton and Hove.

Musicwise , I’m all over the place from Jazz and funk to Disco and House along with a wellknown love for undiscovered

Here’s an idea…

…..……nah, I’ve had that one already. Oh OK, here’s another..

1, Yeah Yeah Yeahs-Rockers to Swallow

2,First Moog Quartet-Hey Hey

3,Fat Freddy’s Drop-Bohannon

4,Yellowman-Strong Me Strong S.1 edit

5,Jim Morrison-Angels an Sailors

6,The Soft Moon-Remember the Future

7,Schneider TM Vs.Kpt Michi Gan-The Light3000

8,John Foxx-Underpass

9,Grace Jones-Me I Disconnect From  You

10,Johnny Restivo-The shape I’m In

11,Mac Curtis-Half Hearted Love

12,Mink Deville-Spanish Stroll

13,Fat White Family-Special Ape/Without Consent

15,Parov Stellar-Psychedellic Jazz

16,Can-Ethnological Forgery Series No.36

17,St Vincent-Surgeon.

Runnin’ time 1hr 04 ish

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Four and twenty cannibals sitting down to lunch.

Gobble gobble, glup glup, munch munch munch.

Put on your pith helmet and pull out your machete and beat a path through this lot.

Lee Perry   Jungle

Fad Gadget   Back To Nature

Tycoon To$h   Economic Animal In Concrete Jungle

Mandingo    Headhunter   Martin Green

The Cadets    Stranded in the Jungle

Yma Sumac    Chuncho, Sounds of The Jungle

Grace Jones   The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

Creedence Clearwater Revival   Run Through the Jungle

Neon Neon   The Jaguar

Charlie Feathers   Jungle Fever

The Cramps   The Natives Are Restless

The Phantom Band   Throwing Bones

Ultravox   Young Savage

Hank Mizell   Jungle Rock

Herbie Hancock   Watermelon Man

HERE’S A FEW A MY FAVOURITES- A NICE LIL SELECTION OF SOME OLE TIME COUNTRY/FOLK TYPE TOONS, MOSTLY FROM THE 40’S AN 50’S-

FROM THE SINGIN COWBOY TO THE DUST BOWL TROUBADOUR………… FOR YA’LL TO WHISTLE ALONG TO………..

GENE AUTRY- TONIGHT I’M THINKING OF MY BABY

MONROE MOE JACKSON- GO AWAY FROM MY DOOR

DOUG VENABLE & HIS BAR X HANDS- YOU BROUGHT SORROW TO MY HEART

CARL MCVOY- BORN TO LOSE

BOB LUMAN- RUNNIN’ SCARED

COON CREEK GIRLS- FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE WILDWOOD

SID KING & THE 5 STRINGS-IF TEARS COULD CRY

ADOLPH HOFNER & HIS SAN ANTONIANS- COTTON EYED JOE

HANK PENNY- BLOODSHOT EYES

JERRY LEE LEWIS- IT ALL DEPENDS

WOODIE GUTHRIE- I AINT GOT NO HOME

WANDA JACKSON- SEARCHIN’

JOHNNY CASH- THE FOLK SINGER

BUD ISAACS- BUD’S STEEL GUITAR STOMP

THE CARTER FAMILY- BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW TREE

CHARLIE FEATHERS- DEFROST YOUR HEART

MAGGIE SUE WIMBERLY- HOW LONG

JACK TURNER & HIS GRANGER COUNTY GANG- HOUND DOG

LEE EMERSON- WHAT A NIGHT

LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS- BLUE GUITARS

BILL HALEY & THE 4 ACES OF WESTERN SWING- ALL I NEED IS SOME MORE LOVIN

DONNA RAE & THE SUNBEAMS- LITTLE FOOL

PORTER WAGNOR- SATISFIED MIND

PATSY CLINE- IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS

PORKY FREEMAN- ELECTRIC GUITAR BLUES

SAMMI SMITH- LONG BLACK VEIL

Runnin’ time-107ish/slippery1.

 We talkin’ bout a difference sorta frequency fellow pilgrims- adjust your bass,adjust your drum, adjust your mind. This one tune into the RIGHT frequency-the ONE frequency…blah blah RADIO BISCUIT TIME!

So let em bongo’s begin……….ya better run for cover muthas!

1. the tom tom club-downtown rockers

2. lee scratch perry, featuring roots manuva & l.s.k-international broadcaster

3. spiderbait-black betty

4. the pretty things-defecting grey

5.frank zappa-why don’t you do me right

6. prince fatty-insane in the membrane

7.jonathon richman & the modern lovers- road runner

8. dj shadow-walkie talkie

9.gang do tagarella-melo da tagarella

10.the table- do the standing still

11.bionic dub- bionic dub

12.the dilettantes-strolling on a knife edge whistling Dixie

13. fairport convention- I’ll keep it with mine

14. gorrilaz-dare

15. odetta- down on me

16.little tempo-sukezo dub.

Runnin’ time 1.18ish.

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While lots of bands have been influenced by reggae, very few white bands have pulled off convincing sounding reggae sound.

There are the obvious culprits (The Police for instance, but I’m not keen apart from ‘Voices’ but that does not sound very reggae), but on the whole this is a very barren landscape.

Now I may get a flood of ‘what about…..’ and you’ve ‘forgotten……’, well that’s as maybe and if you have any suggestions I will consider a part 2.

Well I hope you enjoy this as much as I had putting this together RPX.

Led Zepplin   D’yer Mak’er

Scritti Politti  The Word Girl

John Martyn   Big Muff

Steely Dan   Haitian Divorce

Ian Dury & The Blockheads   You’re More Than Fair  B-side to Sweet Gene Vincent

10cc  Dreadlock Holiday

The Clash   Bankrobber

Mick Jagger   (You Got To Walk And) Don’t Look Back

Yello   Tub Dub

Elvis Costello  Watching The Detectives

Blondie   The Tide is

Alternative TV   Love Lies Limp

Joe Walsh Life’s Been Good

Jörgen Johansson is the maker of the acclaimed FADING YELLOW comp series, first volume was released 2002 and in February Volume 16 is out, both on cd and vinyl.  We love a maverick at Dropthebiscuit and when we contacted him he said, ‘I would love to do a mix of tunes from the series ie late 60´s mostly and some early 70´s. Here´s 20 trax picked from the first 7 volumes’.

In the summer of 2002 I was in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan, taking in the cobbles, the brightly coloured facades and, as is my wont, any second hand record shop I spied. After flicking through many racks of nothing but Brewer & Shipley albums (what do they sound like, anyway?), I was about to leave when the proprietor put a record on. The effect was like Gregorian teen garage: a most melancholy minor key pop which surged like the Searchers in their pomp. What Will The New Day Bring by Disraeli is what it turned out to be, a modern murder ballad. It was remarkable, and turned out to only be the opening track on a cd called Fading Yellow Vol.2, all of which was knee-deep in harmonic atmospherics, American pop with the vapours. “Oh, there’s more” said the round-faced Dr Sardonicus behind the counter, and produced Vol.1 – all Anglo variations on the same. Bored with antiseptic placebo trips of compilations, this really pulled the rug out: Dean Ford & The Gaylords sent me running for a tartan hankie; Phil Cordell’s startling Red Lady found him both inspired and possibly pissed in charge of a sitar; Mike Batt’s title track was hushed and dusted with magic. So I was hooked, needed more of the same, and scoured racks over the following months for 1971 Parlophone 45s that sounded like blackbirds wheeling and chuckling over string quartet and/or twelve-string (best show-off find – the What’s New EP in a tichy shop in Bordeaux). And every so often JJ would stick out another volume to save me the effort. We ended up as penpals, swapping notes on late period Brian Hyland and lost Deram laments. Now I have two boxes of 45s – between one marked ‘Chocolate Soup’ and one marked ‘RGM’ – which bear the legend ‘Fading Yellow’. I could pay JJ no higher compliment. Fading Yellow is a genre all of its own, mysterioso pop bathed in Pears soap and baby shampoo by candlelight, at once new and old, at once heartbreaking and beautiful. Like the Batt man said “The world’s been spinning round for a year or two” – how magical is it that such astonishing music is still out there waiting to be discovered.

Bob Stanley Aug 2010

Kate – Strange girl -UK

Mike Batt – Fading Yellow -UK

Steff Sulke – Oh what a lovely day -Swiss

Jon – Is it love -UK

Orange Bicycle – Competition -UK

Phil Cordell – Red lady -UK

Ronnie Bird – Sad soul -France

The Aerovons – World of you -US

Elliots Sunshine – ´cos i´m lonely -UK

The Bliss – Lifetime -UK

Disraeli – What will the new day bring? -US

The Happy Return – I thought i loved her -US

The Giant Jellybean Copout – Look at the girls -US

The Network – The Boys and the Girls -US

Gracious – Once on a windy day -UK

Vigrass & Osborne – Forever autumn -UK

The Peppermint Trolley Co – Pat´s song -US The Gordian Knot – Carraway stream -US

John Randolph Marr – Raggedy Ann -US

The Sunshine Trolley – Cover me babe -UK

To follow Fading Yellow go to https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fading-Yellow-and-beyond/164905943559867

Except from Jon ‘Mojo’ Mills (review from http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/fadingyellow.htm )

‘This is a fine example of not only compilers, but also the buyers increasing appreciation of the more pop-sided aspect of music that arose after the Beatles caught  “A Ticket To Ride”. Running the gamut from jolly mid-60s beat-pop through to heavily orchestrated affairs from ’69, “Fading Yellow’s” overall concept of ‘pop-sike’ and more so ‘other delights’ is fully realised. Some may argue that by the end of the year a certain type of collector will be becoming hot under the collar on hearing mention of a rare ’67 Ken Dodd acetate that features lush orchestration and sustained fuzz guitars! Diddy Men in the sky with diamonds, indeed! Cynicism aside, the psych/pop compilation is clearly becoming far poppier with the passing of time, and such a fine example as “Fading Yellow” sits perfectly on the cusp of the “Rubble” series most commercial selections and the more recent and uneven “Ripples” compilations (albeit a lot more interesting).

Slim used a coat hanger to ease the lock, Jerry was the lookout, an things were lookin real good.

She said ‘can you imagine the silence before you came’?

There were only 3 biscuits left.I felt like a jammy dodger, she said them’s the breaks!

I started out with tHe confidence

of a man who does not kNow,

I pressed the button- it said welcome-

an I was ready to go.

The building was white, Art Deco. It smelt of rose petal. Folkz stood around talkin loud an sayin nuthin’ -the drinx were free, well the exchange rate was pretty good.

I walked along a narrow corridor- a bit like the scene from ‘a lizard in a womens skin’. There was a riot goin on, but no sign of Sly.

I walked out on to the balcony- he was about to jump-an say’s that’s a pile a rubbish, so I says yeah, well that’s what we do, an he replies does anyone listen?

I said I can’t swear to it!

(An then at the click of a button-the music started………..)

1. Chester Randle’s Soul Senders-Soul Brothers Testify pt.1

2. The Shadows-Scotch On The Rocks

3. Capt Beefheart & The Magic Band-I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby

4. Bruce Hack-Party Machine

5. Sebastian Cabot-All I Really Want To Do

6. Serge Gainsbourg-69 Annee Erotique

7. johnny Otis & His Orchestra-Jumpin’ At The Woodside

8. John Lee Hooker-Shake Holler & Run

9. Morecombe & Wise-Ton-Up Boy

10. Roy Harper-Hells Angels

11. Noel Coward-A Room With A View

12. The Jam-Going Underground

13. The Damned-Neat Neat Neat

14. King Tubby & The Aggrovators-I Trim The Barber

15. The Ethiopians-I’m Gonna Take Over Now

16. Charlie Feathers-Wild Side Of Life

17. Motorhead-Motorhead

18. Koko Taylor/Willie Dixon-Insane Asylum

Runnin Time- 105ish

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So here we have it folks – Well who would’ve thought it, A WHOLE YEAR! (that means around 52 mixes/playlists!!!) an still goin strong?

An this week, to celebrate – a special joint selection of toons from the rosspunk an the slippery1. Lovingly presented to you by the rosspunk himself!  So take the weight off ya slingbacks (as ole Leigh would say) relax an enjoy-

Eric Dimson     Anniversary Waltz

Bill Nelson     Do You Dream In Colour

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion   Attack!

Juan Bastos   Loop Di Love

Jimi Hendrix   Happy Birthday

Tim Rose   Hey Joe

Kaleidoscope    Egyptian Gardens

? And The Mysterians    Shout (Pt. 1 & 2)

Esbjorn Svensson Trio   Dodge The Dodo

Gregory Isaacs   Anniversary Version   X

Lena Lovich   Lucky Number

Charles Earland   The Mighty Burner

Mariachi Mexteca feat. Hugh Cornwell   Golden Brown

Rev. J. M. Gates   Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting

The Au Pairs   It’s Obvious

Peaches    I Don’t Give a Fuck……..

Can   Dizzy Dizzy

Mama Rosin   Sorry Ti Monde

Johnny Clarke, King Tubbys & The Aggrovators   A Ruffer Version

Jorge Ben  Mas Que Nada

So here we have a mix of Bowie covers/ songs that Bowie covered himself, an also some friends/influences/

production type stuff thrown in for good measure. I tried to avoid goin for all the most obvious? just to make things a little more interestin. I think it makes a nice playlist, hope you like too, love-on ya!

1.Lou Reed-Andy’s Chest

2.Biff Rose-Fill Your Heart

3.Mott The Hoople-Sea Diver

4.Iggy Pop-Nightclubbing

5.Bauhaus-Ziggy Stardust

6.Lulu-The Man Who Sold The World

7.Scott Walker-30th Century Man

8.Pink Floyd-See Emily Play

9.Nico-Heroes

10.Beck-Diamond Dogs

11.Barbra Streisand-Life On Mars?

12.Mick Ronson-Only After Dark

13.Lotte Lenya-Moon Of Alabama

14.The Yardbirds-I Wish You Would

15.The Stooges-Gimme Danger

16.The Associates-Boys Keep Swingin

17.Brian Eno-Here Come The Warm Jets

18.Philip Glass-Sense Of Doubt

19.Nina Simone-Wild Is The Wind

20.M.Ward-Lets Dance

Runnin time- 1.18ish

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