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Friday, 9 December 2011

LOVE AND MONEY SPECIAL SHOW


LOVE AND MONEY
The Devil's Debt
Love and Money would like to invite our longstanding fans to an intimate show at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut on Saturday May 5th 2012.
The band will be performing new album The Devil's Debt in it's entirety and will then play some old favourites.. Everyone will then be invited to an aftershow party with the band downstairs in the venue until 1am.
We will be available for photos, the signing of albums, anorak guitar questions, snake charming, tattoos etc.
This is a heartfelt thank you to our most loyal fans who have supported the band for aeons. There are only 300 tickets, procurable from 9am on Saturday 10th December to those of you on the mailing list, James Grant Facebook page and those who log in to jamesgrantsongbook.com. until Monday 12th December.
If you would like to join us, you can secure a ticket by logging on to

Tickets are £25(plus whatever ticket agency charges as booking fee..)

LET US ROCK

Monday, 5 December 2011

DOT DASH


My new favourite band and it will be yours too, soon.
To me they do sound very much like BIFF BANG POW only more contemporary. And I think there is nothing that can be more CREATION-like than this - considering that ALAN McGEE, Mr. BIFF BANG POW, founded the CREATION label. (Which is my favourite label besides FONTANA.)

DOT DASH is a post punk pop band from Washington D.C.
If this bio had one of those “RIYL/Recommended If You Like” sections, it might drop names like THE JAM, JOY DIVISION, or THE BYRDS… or perhaps it would bring up an apparent appreciation by Dot Dash for the ancient sounds of the POSTCARD, WHAAM and early CREATION labels…
But those kinds of judgments can really only be made by you, the listener.
As is often the case, Dot Dash has a whole “they are ex-members of” thing going on:
Guitarist/singer Terry Banks and bassist Hunter Bennett were in punky power poppers JULIE OCEAN.
Before that, Terry was in a bunch of jangly guitar bands, including THE SATURDAY PEOPLE, TREE FORT ANGST, GLO-WORM and ST. CHRISTOPHER.Guitarist Bill Crandall was in the mod/pop band MODEST PROPOSAL.
Drummer Danny Ingram began musical life in Dischord-label punks YOUTH BRIGADE before moving on to STRANGE BOUTIQUE and, later, U.K. guitar-wranglers SWERVEDRIVER.
Dot Dash plays shows, mostly around D.C., but occasionally out of town, whenever they can. In the recent past they’ve opened for Urge Overkill, The Godfathers, The Trash Can Sinatras, and The Capstan Shafts, among others.
SPARK>FLAME>EMBER>ASH is released by Canadian indie label The Beautiful Music.
Have a listen and love DOT DASH with me:

Check them on YouTube:
DOT DASH - There And Back Again Lane

Check out their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/dotdashdc

Thursday, 1 December 2011

BURT BACHARACH Prince Of Melodies Pt.2

















Yes I know.
It was obvious. There was a part 1, there has to be AT LEAST a part 2.
Oh you profound thinkers...
And to cut a long story short... here is

BURT BACHARACH CD2
01 The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield
02 Do You Know The Way To San Jose? - Dionne Warwick
03 Something Big - Burt Bacharach
04 South American Getaway - Burt Bacharach
05 Promises, Promises - Burt Bacharach
06 Pacific Coast Highway - Burt Bacharach
07 The Girl's In Love With You - Dionne Warwick
08 Alfie - Dionne Warwick
09 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
10 The Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach
11 Long Ago Tomorrow - Burt Bacharach
12 I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
13 Close To You - The Carpenters
14 Make It Easy On Yourself - Burt Bacharach
15 One Less Bell To Answer - Burt Bacharach
16 Living Together, Growing Together - Burt Bacharach
17 Knowing When To Leave - Burt Bacharach
18 Odds And Ends - Dionne Warwick
19 Hasbrook Heights - Burt Bacharach
20 God Gave Me Strength - Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello

When I got this compilation there was hardly anything else I wanted to listen to.
Enjoy as much as I do!

Sunday, 27 November 2011

BURT BACHARACH Prince Of Melodies Pt.1



















A friend of mine once compiled the true Best Of BB.
All the mega hits with all the mega stars...
All killers - No fillers!

This is part 1:
01 Magic Moments - Perry Como
02 Baby It's You - Shirelles
03 Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick
04 True Love Never Runs Smooth - Gene Pitney
05 Reach Out For Me - Lou Johnson
06 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
07 Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
08 A House Is Not A Home - Brook Benton
09 Wives And Lovers - Jack Jones
10 Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
11 There's Always Something There To Remind Me - Lou Johnson
12 Me Japanese Boy - Gene Pitney
13 To Wait For Love - Tony Orlando
14 The Fool Killer - Gene Pitney
15 What The World Needs Now - Jackie De Shannon
16 What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
17 My Little Red Book - Manfred Mann
18 Here I Am - Dionne Warwick
19 Promise Her Anything - Tom Jones
20 Are You There With Another Girl - Dionne Warwick
21 Come And Get Me - Jackie De Shannon
22 Nikki - Burt Bacharach
23 The Windows Of The World - Dionne Warwick
24 Casino Royale - Burt Bacharach
25 Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin

I know, This Is NOT Indie. This Is Mainstream. But wonderful!!!!!

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

BILLY BRAGG Victim Of Geography (1992)



A compilation of "Talking With The Taxman About Poetry" and "Workers Playtime".
This is "my" BILLY BRAGG!
:-)

01 Greetings To A New Brunette
02 The Marriage
03 Ideology
04 Levi Stubbs' Tears
05 Honey I'm A Big Boy Now
06 There Is Power In A Union
07 Help Save The youth Of America
08 Wishing The Days Away
09 The Passion
10 The Warmest Room
11 The Home Front
12 She's Got A New Spell
13 Must I Paint You A Picture
14 Tender Comrade
15 The Price I Pay
16 Little Time Bomb
17 Rotting On Remand
18 Valentine's Day Is Over
19 Life With The Lions
20 The Only One
21 The Short Answer
22 Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
"I hate the asshole I become everytime I'm with you..."

Saturday, 19 November 2011

BILLY BRAGG Upfield (1996)

This song is very Northern Soul and would fit pefectly onto a REDSKINS release.
I usually prefer the early BILLY BRAGG style but good god... Keep The Faith!!!!!!

With wonderful bonus tracks!

01 Upfield
02 Rule Nor Reason
03 Thatcherites

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

THE WHO Live At Leeds (Deluxe Edition) (2001)

15 minutes of "My Generation"...
8 minutes of "Magic Bus"...
Woooow!!!!
I used to love the original vinyl version but this one blew me away.
I was 2 years, 3 months and 3 days old...

THE WHO - Live At Leeds (Deluxe Edition) (2001)
01 Heaven And Hell
02 I Can't Explain
03 Fortune Teller
04 Tattoo
05 Young Man Blues
06 Substitute
07 Happy Jack
08 I'm A Boy
09 A Quick One, While He's Away
10 Summertime Blues
11 Shakin' All Over
12 My Generation
13 Magic Bus

01 Overture
02 It's A Boy
03 1921
04 Amazing Journey
05 Sparks
06 Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
07 Christmas
08 The Acid Queen
09 Pinball Wizard
10 Do You Think It's Alright
11 Fiddle About
12 Tommy Can You Hear Me
13 There's A Doctor
14 Go To The Mirror
15 Smash The Mirror
16 Miracle Cure
17 Sally Simpson
18 I'm Free
19 Tommy's Holiday Camp
20 We're Not Gonna Take It

"The magic blog!"


Sunday, 6 November 2011

THE SPECIALS Live In Hamburg 25.09.2011

Hi all.
This is the before announced live recording of THE SPECIALS in Hamburg.
It is a perfect soundboard recording. Extremely good quality. The complete gig.
Enjoy!

01 Do The Dog
02 Dawning Of A New Era
03 Gangsters
04 It's Up To You
05 Monkey Man
06 Blank Expression
07 Doesn't Make It Alright
08 Rat Race
09 Hey Little Rich Girl
10 Stupid Marriage
11 Concrete Jungle
12 Friday Night Saturday Morning
13 Stereotype
14 Man At C&A
15 Do Nothing
16 A Message To You Rudy
17 Nite Klub
18 Little Bitch
19 Too Much Too Young
20 Enjoy Yourself
21 Guns Of Navarone
22 You're Wondering Now

"Guns Of Navarone" was extreme fun! My throat was aching the next day...