ANDY PAWLAK with ANDY LEWIS Down Below (2007)

OK,OK!!!!

One song left...

ANDY PAWLAK recorded a great song with ANDY LEWIS who also collaborated with PAUL WELLER.

ANDY PAWLAK and ANDY LEWIS - Down Below

The last post for this year.

See you again in 2011!!!

Take care!!!

monomod

ANDY PAWLAK / MONKEY Low Beat Folk (2003)

This record is the last but one post feat. ANDY PAWLAK.
He recorded this record under the name
MONKEY "Low Beat Folk" with SCOTT DONALDSON but never released it.
Now the songs are available on his myspace website under the name
SUBDELUXE "Tales From The Monkeyshed".

I prefer the SUBDELUXE artwork... (though it's really small)

MONKEY - Low Beat Folk
01 Caving In
02 Hole
03 I Will
04 Slow Dance
05 Hurt
06 You Got Me
07 Seven Days
08 The Act
09 Everything Mends
10 Bullshit & Dreams
11 Subside

"...I've seen what men can do to men..."

I have recently heard that Andy is a driving instructor now in the UK. Rumours...

ANDY PAWLAK Shoebox Full Of Secrets (1989)

My gift for you on Christmas Eve...
The most moving and beautiful pop album ever recorded.
Music for lovers, music for christmas, music from and for the heart.

ANDY PAWLAK once supported THE POGUES on a tour and the audience started throwing bottles at him while he stood on the stage solitarily.
He started playing his songs on his acoustic guitar and soon the audience stopped throwing and simply listened to his music, wouldn't even let him leave the stage.

This record is unique, special, a milestone!

ANDY PAWLAK - Shoebox Full Of Secrets (1989)
01 Secrets
02 You And Me
03 Mermaids
04 Best Regards
05 Forever
06 Mother’s Day
07 All That’s Left Of Me
08 Eskimo Kissing
09 Love Letters
10 For Better Or Worse
11 White Eagles
12 No Compromise
13 Wintertime

"In a field of frozen tears he lay!"

ANDY PAWLAK She Kept A Hold Of Love (Mother's Day) (1989)

Godlike ANDY PAWLAK again with very rare stuff unavailble elsewhere than on this very single. Different versions than on the longplayer (to be posted in a few days).

ANDY PAWLAK - She Kept A Hold Of Love (Mother's Day) (1989)
01 She Kept A Hold Of Love (Mother's Day) - Craig Leon
02 Turn Again
03 Eskimo Kissing
04 She Kept A Hold Of Love (Mother's Day)

"A baby's gift of love on mother's day..."

ANDY PAWLAK Secrets (1988) plus Extras

The first 2 songs of this post belong on the single cd "Secrets".
Where and when the other live recordings where made I have no idea.
I think I found them on a long deleted website.

But anyway - enjoy

ANDY PAWLAK - Secrets (1989) plus
01 Bulldogs
02 Lullaby
03 Mother Waved Her Flag Again (live)
04 White Eagles (live)

ANDY PAWLAK Mermaids (1988)

Another single by the fantastic ANDY PAWLAK from Scotland.

I really don't know what to say so I will just entrust this to you...

Enjoy crying!

ANDY PAWLAK - Mermaids (1988)

01 Mermaids

02 No Compromise

03 Squeeky Clean

04 Wintertime

"Do you love me as much as ice cream by the sea?"

ANDY PAWLAK An Introduction (1988) A Scottish Genius

The next posts will contain material of a completely underrated and underestimated Scottish pop genius.

ANDY PAWLAK is one of my all time favourites for 22 years now.

He released a few singles and one album on the legendary label "Fontana" like his contemporaries LOVE AND MONEY or HOUSE OF LOVE.

ANDY PAWLAK - An Introduction (1988)

01 Secrets

02 Best Regards

03 Eskimo Kissing

04 Love Letters

"So naive imagining I could survive a day without you..."

THE PAINTED WORD Lovelife (1989)

Once more Alan McCusker-Thompson with support by Anne Dudley (string arrangements).
Fantastic perfect Scot pop brilliantly produced.
A milestone!

Lay back, relax and enjoy

THE PAINTED WORD - Lovelife (1989)
01 That's The Reason I'm Alive
02 Lovelife
03 Wilderness
04 Frances
05 Joie De Vivre
06 24 Hours
07 Worldwide
08 I Want It Here And I Want It Now
09 '77
10 The Pleasure Inside

Check NOISEBOX for more PAINTED WORD.
I will post some PAINTED WORD live stuff plus demos in january.

THE PAINTED WORD That's The Reason I'm Alive (1989)

Brilliant Scottish songwriter Alan McCusker-Thompson with his 1989 single release "That's The Reason I'm Alive" from his album "Lovelife" of the same year.

Very important piece of music history!

THE PAINTED WORD - That's The Reason I'm Alive (1989)
01 That's The Reason I'm Alive
02 This Is Going To Be My World
03 Perfect Timing

Enjoy!!!

EAST VILLAGE Drop Out (1993)

I bought this album because of the artwork.
Beautiful!!!
And I was quite surprised when I actually listened to the music.
Very melodic britpop.
I found other EAST VILLAGE stuff on NOISEBOX.

EAST VILLAGE - Drop Out (1993)
01 Silver Train
02 Shipwrecked
03 Here It Comes
04 Freeze Out
05 Circles
06 When I Wake Tomorrow
07 Way Back Home
08 What Kind Of Friend Is This
09 Black Autumn
10 Everybody Knows

MEXICO 70 The Dust Has Come To Stay (1992)

From my early 1990s archive...
This record contains two e.p.'s plus 4 extra tracks.

Very catchy and fragile britpop tunes. Very 90s. Very fresh and Aztec Camera.

MEXICO 70 - The Dust Has Come To Stay (1992)
01 Wonderful Lie
02 Just Like We Never Came Down
03 What's In Your Mind
04 Sacred Heart
05 I Feel Fine
06 Drug Is The Love
07 All Day Long
08 Find Someone Else To Play Misty For You
09 Always By Your Side
10 Queen Of Swords
11 You Make It Worse
12 Make It Right

Bringing back memories of f***ing happy / happy f***ing weekends in munich...
Fidel, do you remember?

JAMES GRANT of LOVE AND MONEY says:

This email reached me in october:

JAMES GRANT NEWS

This is something I've always said I'd never do...but this year during a few of my solo shows, I've been playing more of my old songs and I think I've gradually accepted that this is okay now.
Why not, when in essence, people just want to hear them played again?
I did a particular show in June this year when the audience chose the songs; the gig was seventy five percent Love And Money. Thing is, I enjoyed it..

Five albums on as a solo artist, I feel as if I've put enough distance between me and my old band to be able to do this..
This is about getting together with old friends(and fans)and having a good time.

Apologies over.

So...

As part of Celtic Connections 2011, on Sunday January 16th at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, LOVE AND MONEY will be performing our two best albums in their entirety; Dogs In The Traffic and Strange Kind Of Love (it is the twenty fifth anniversary of this records release).

I'm giving you the heads up, tickets will be available from the 19th October.

I guess I'll see you there.

ENOUGH SAID...
These are just two of my favourite JAMES GRANT and LOVE AND MONEY songs:
James Grant - Does It All Add Up To Nothing
Love And Money - She Carved Her Name

SLAINTE, JAMES!!! I hope to see you there!!!

INVINCIBLE Venus (1999) - or should I say THE CHAMELEONS?

In 1999 Mark Burgess (formerly front man of THE CHAMELEONS) and Yves Altana (formerly producer of THE CHAMELEONS) released "Venus" under the name INVINCIBLE.

Of course it's THE CHAMELEONS music, lyrics, sound, voice...

Enjoy as much as I do.
And may it be a surprise for some of you out there!

INVINCIBLE - Venus (1999)
01 Venus On The Rise
02 Spooks
03 Think (It's Going to Happen)
04 Do It Tomorrow
05 Dangerous
06 Shiver
07 Burning Bibles
08 Verboten
09 Gethsemene
10 Seventeen
11 Only You Could Save Me
12 Kinks
13 Think (Again)

UNDERWORLD Always Loved A Film (2010)

Today's mega song on my bus ride back home from the city.
The return of the incredible Karl Hyde of UNDERWORLD!

From 2010 album "Barking"
Underworld - Always Loved A Film
and from 1988
Underworld - Underneath The Radar 12" mix

BUY THE ALBUM!!!
It's a Must!!!

TERRY HALL & DUB PISTOLS (2007)

Sorry for the delay...
I had an accident last week and injured my ribs which made writing extremely painful and uncomfortable.
But here I am, back again and recovered.

The idea for today's post struck me this morning while I was listening to SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES "Rapture" and remembered TERRY HALL covering this song with the DUB PISTOLS.
So here we are with TERRY HALL covering SIOUXSIE, himself with THE SPECIALS, plus some other stuff from the DUB PISTOLS' 2007 release "Speakers And Tweeters":

Peaches feat Rodney P & Terry Hall
Running From The Thoughts feat Terry Hall
Rapture feat Terry Hall
Gangsters feat Terry Hall

"Gangsters" is extremely cool!!!!!

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.8) The Stone Roses

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

Did you know why Oasis were named Oasis?

The Stone Roses once played in a club called The Oasis and one of the Gallagher brothers saw them playing and decided to become a britpop star instead of a fuckin' R'n'B nobody.

I love THE STONE ROSES!

Fools Gold

Mersey Paradise

She Bangs The Drums

Love them with me!

KILLING JOKE RMXD (2007)

I bought this album mainly for the memory of the extended 12" remix version of "LOVE LIKE BLOOD" that takes me back to the years of my first girl friends, first nights out with mega black-outs from heavy drinking, holidays without my parents (see "mega black-outs") in greece, injuries without knowing where from, pure fun!

KILLING JOKE - RMXD (2007)
01 Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)
02 Blue Feather (Dub)
03 A New Day (Dub)
04 Love Like Blood (Extended 12'' Mix)
05 Kings And Queens (A Right Royal Mix)
06 Blue Feather (Extended Mix)
07 Eighties (Coming Mix)
08 Dance Day
09 Wardance (The RAF Mix)
10 Sanity (The Roman Mix)
11 Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)
12 Adorations (Instrumental Mix)
13 Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)
14 Stay One Jump Ahead (Extended Mix)
15 America (Dub)

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.7) Blur

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

I get up when I want

Except on wednesdays

when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen.

(I get awakened by my kids...)

Blur
Girls & Boys
Parklife
There's No Other Way

"Du bist sehr schön - but we haven't been introduced!"

THE CRANBERRIES

I once mentioned in a post that I compiled my personal Best Of CRANBERRIES. And that I never ever would have released "Zombie" as a single, how ever big the success might have been.

And this is my
Best Of THE CRANBERRIES:

01 I Still Do
02 Dreams
03 Sunday
04 Pretty
05 Not Sorry
06 Linger
07 Wanted
08 I Will Always
09 Put Me Down
10 Ode to My Family
11 Twenty One
12 Empty
13 Disappointment
14 Dreaming My Dreams
15 No Need to Argue
16 Away
17 When You're Gone
18 War Child
19 I'm Still Remembering
20 Joe
21 Cordell
22 Never grow old
23 Analyse
24 Dying inside
25 The Concept
26 Pretty eyes
27 I really hope
28 Every morning
29 Do you know
30 Carry on
31 Chocolate brown
32 Animal Instinct
33 You And Me
34 Just My Imagination
35 Shattered
36 Saving Grace
37 What's On My Mind
38 Fee Fi Fo
39 Dying In The Sun

Without "Zombie" and without "Salvation"!
Finally!

FRED PERRY by AMY WINEHOUSE

Definitely the most beautiful FRED PERRY stuff I have ever seen in my life!

And I wear Fred Perry for 28 years now!

Amazing!!!

Sorry, but I had to post this!

And if you love AMY WINEHOUSE & PAUL WELLER, then download this:

I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse)

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.6) James

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

JAMES with the incredible songs
Sit Down

How Was It For You?

"Sit Down Next To Me!"
All the wankers sat down on the dancefloor and I didn't give a f***.
I DANCED!

LLOYD COLE Live In Hamburg (2009)

This soundboard recording was made from a local radio station for broadcast purpose.
The quality is perfect and Mr. Lloyd "Weirdo" Cole is in a good mood. Even talking to the audience!

LLOYD COLE - Live In Hamburg "Knust", 20 APR 2009
01 Woman In A Bar
02 Don't Look Back
03 My Other Life
04 Cut Me Down
05 Music In A Foreign Language
06 Like Lovers Do
07 Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
08 Trigger Happy
09 Late Night, Early Town
10 No More Love Songs
11 Hey Rusty
12 Impossible Girl
13 Lost Weekend
14 If I Were A Carpenter
15 Perfect Skin
16 The Young Idealists
17 Unhappy Song
18 2CV
19 Undressed

Very beautiful acoustic evening!

Enjoy as much as I do! Have a whisky and lay back!

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.5) The Charlatans

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

Forever you're my foundation!

Best ORGANic band ever - if you know what I mean.

Veeery cool!

THE CHARLATANS

The Only One I Know

Sproston Green 12" edit

Forever

This could be for-ever!

THE WILD SWANS Space Flower (1990)

One of the finest moments in pop history!

Produced by Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds.
Very catchy 90's-pop album.

THE WILD SWANS - Space Flower (1990)
01 Melting Blue Delicious
02 Butterfly Girl
03 Tangerine Temple
04 Immaculate
05 Space Flower
06 Chocolate Bubblegum
07 I'm a Lighthouse
08 Magic Hotel
09 Vanilla Melange
10 Sea of Tranquility

PAUL WELLER Wake Up The Nation Deluxe Edition

If Mediafire doesn't delete the files, I will post a link to

PAUL WELLER - Wake Up The Nation Deluxe Edition

here on 31 OCT 2010 on 00:01h CET for one day only!

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.4) The Farm

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

What a pity...

One album only - and two brilliant songs only. But these ones were really great!

THE FARM

All Together Now

Groovy Train

Baggy jeans and long blond hair...

BETTY BOO Is Doin The Do (1990)

Yeah, I know...Very childish - BUT I really loved this woman.
(Well, mainly in a sexual way probably.)

And I danced my legs down to my knees!

BETTY BOO with her biggest hits:

Doin The Do

Where Are You Baby

from her 1990 Album BOOMANIA.

These songs kind of belong to my mini series of my favourite early 1990s.
But then again they represent an even earlier decade of juvenilism. Before my mindless heavy drinking ages.

Dance & have fun!

FIRE NEXT TIME North To South (1988)

I know a lot of people out there in www that are desperately looking for this mega album from FIRE NEXT TIME (and some of them would probably kill for the original copy).
This rebel rock band recorded one record only. Now there is one other band called THE FIRE NEXT TIME which has nothing in common with this scorcher from the 80s.

If you love the REDSKINS you will also love FIRE NEXT TIME!

Northern Soul! Britpop!

With The Kick Horns!

The keyboard player was with THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG if I'm not wrong.

FIRE NEXT TIME North To South (1988)
01 Fields of France
02 Too Close
03 Can't Forgive
04 She Was Strong
05 Saint Mary's Steps
06 Stay With Me Now
07 Following the Hearse
08 Supasave
09 North To South
10 We've Lost Too Much
11 Saint Mary's Steps (Up Tempo Version)I know you will have fun!!!!

MORRISSEY Revelation (2010) 9-Track Vinyl Only

I found this more or less by accident.

Great compilation of rare or unreleased stuff released on vinyl only in january this year, unnoticed at least from me.

Some songs are now released on the before mentioned 20-years anniversary edition of "Bona Drag". Others have been released in different version before (e.g. "Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness" with Sandie Shaw - as posted here before). Others are released on "Southpaw Grammar Ltd.Ecolbook Version".

However, have fun!

MORRISSEY - Revelation (2010)

01 Striptease With A Difference

02 Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness

03 You Should Have Been Nice To Me

04 Fantastic Bird

05 Lifeguard On Duty

06 Happy Lovers United

07 Born To Hang

08 Oh Phoney

09 Honey, You Know Where To Find Me

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.3) The Soup Dragons & Inspiral Carpets

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

Be Happy - Take Drugs - Love Madchester!

Kidding of course!

Stay cool and don't take drugs, OK?

Don't use drugs with
THE SOUP DRAGONS

I'm Free (Freedom Mix)

and the
INSPIRAL CARPETS

She Comes In The Fall

This Is How It Feels

MADCHESTER UNITED was the name of my band 10 years ago.

NEW OLD MORRISSEY

Not very inventive but extended with unreleased material...!!!
Some of the stuff was already posted here.

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.2) Happy Mondays

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

I'm sure you already guessed what was about to come next in my little mini series of my favourite early 1990s.

But next weeks will remain secret until posted.

Now enjoy the

HAPPY MONDAYS with

Step On

Kinky Afro

Loose Fit

"twenty four seven three hundred sixty five"

REDSKINS The Peel Sessions (1982)

Once more back to the nineteen-haties...

Somebody asked me on youtube to upload this scorcher.

Why not...? So here we go:

REDSKINS - The Peel Sessions (1982)

01 Unionize

02 Reds Strike The Blues

03 Kick Over The Statues

04 The Peasant Army
I was never a big fan of Peel Sessions but these ones rock!

PRIMAL MONDAYS & HAPPY SCREAM DECADE (Vol.1) Primal Scream

My mini series of my favourite early 1990s!

Today it's
PRIMAL SCREAM with
Don't Fight It, Feel It
Come Together
Loaded

This used to be my favourite club:
the KIR in Hamburg

This used to be my playground!

CREATION RECORDS Upside Down - The Story Of Creation Records

Yeah, there will be a movie!!!!!!!!!!



What more can I say than
"Thank You Alan McGee! We All Owe You One! Money Now!"

Check this link:
http://www.upsidedownthemovie.com/

THE CLASH You Lot! What? The Best Of The Clash!

Yeah I know...

But this one belongs to my Dub compilation!

There are too many CLASH Best Of releases. All with the same songs.

You will find most of them on this compilation but you will also find some surprises that would never ever find their ways onto any official Best Of because CBS means Countless Bloody Suckers (for success).

This here is a compilation of the major mega hits plus some nice and forgotten stuff from the regular records.

I just deleted my personal Best Of last year to compile a completely new one. THIS ONE:

THE CLASH - YOU LOT! WHAT? The Best Of The Clash

01 Hate & War
02 I'm So Bored With the U.S.A
03 London's Burning
04 Police & Thieves
05 Garageland
06 (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
07 I Fought the Law
08 Safe European Home
09 Tommy Gun
10 Julie's In The Drug Squad
11 Stay Free
12 London Calling
13 Hateful
14 Spanish Bombs
15 Lost in the Supermarket
16 The Guns of Brixton
17 I'm Not Down
18 Train in Vain
19 The Magnificient Seven
20 The Leader
21 Rebel Waltz
22 Somebody Got Murdered
23 Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
24 Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
25 Police On My Back
26 The Call Up
27 Washington Bullets
28 Charlie Don't Surf
29 Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
30 Rock The Casbah
31 Straight To Hell
32 Overpowered By Funk
33 Inoculated City
34 1-2 Crush On You
35 Groovy Times
36 Radio Clash
37 Capital Radio Two
38 This Is England

I'm breaking blogs in the hot sun!

THE CLASH Dub Clash

This month seems to be my "Best Of"-month by accident.

It was not supposed to be this way but... I really don't have any masterplan.

Today it's THE CLASH DUBS which gives me an enormous flash back of a barbecue at the beach with gallons of beer and wine.

Enjoy as much as I do especially on the other side of the world where summer is close at hand. (Closer than in the northern hemisphere where it's about to come to an end...)

Link updated 11 May 2013

THE CLASH - DUB CLASH

01 Armagideon Time
02 Justice Tonight-Kick It Over
03 Bankrobber-Robber Dub
04 One More Time
05 One More Dub
06 This Is England [Dub Version]
 

"Alot of people won't get no Dub Clash tonight!"

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL NORTHAMPTON VOL.1

A FISH ROCKS FROM THE HEAD DOWN!!!

This Is A Non-Information!

Check The Jazz Butcher for more details.

This is secret!

WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR ENTERTAINMENT? THE CLASH!

OK listeners, downloaders, friends.

Statistics cannot lie...

Looking at my statistics one thing is more than obvious:

THE CLASH is all in all no.1 of my downloads.

My TOP20 downloads:

01 REDSKINS - Epilogue

02 THE CLASH - The Clash (UK&US)

03 THE CLASH - Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg CD2

04 THE CLASH - Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg CD1

05 THE CLASH - From London To Jamaica

06 THE CLASH - This Is Radio Clash 12"

07 THE CLASH - The Last Testament Pt.1

08 THE PALE FOUNTAINS - ...From Across The Kitchen Table

09 MORRISSEY & SIOUXSIE - Interlude

10 THE CLASH - London Calling 25ALE Disc2

11 REDSKINS - Neither Washington Nor Moscow (Vinyl)

12 HOUSEMARTINS - Now That's What I Call Fuckin' Brilliant

13 REDSKINS - Neither Washington Nor Moscow (CD)

14 THE CLASH - The Last Testament Pt.2

15 THE SMITHS - There's A Light That Never Goes Out CD2

16 THE PALE FOUNTAINS - Live At Mr.Pickwicks 1982

17 THE CLASH - Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg Covers

18 PAUL WELLER - Live In Hamburg 2002

19 THE PALE FOUNTAINS - Live At Plato's Ballroom 1981

20 THE CLASH - Rockers Galore - Talk

Considering that PAUL WELLER's recent release "Wake Up The Nation" had more downloads in one day than the above mentioned no.1 has in full, the real no.1 is (although deleted by megaupload) PAUL WELLER. Nonetheless, THE CLASH is obviously the most demanded band of
THIS IS INDIE!

MORRISSEY Best Of (My Recent Burglary Years) 2009

Talking of "Best Ofs" there is one artist of whom quite a few have been released. And for a Morrissey-addict like me they were all a bit disappointing.

I'm sure that everybody out there in www would compile a completely different "Best Of" - This is the parting of the ways.

But THIS is MINE:

MORRISSEY So Far (2009):

01 Suedehead
02 Everyday Is Like Sunday
03 I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
04 The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
05 November Spawned A Monster
06 Interesting Drug
07 Yes, I'm Blind
08 Jack the Ripper
09 The National Front Disco
10 Certain People I Know
11 You're The One For Me, Fatty
12 Seasick, Yet Still Docked
13 Tomorrow
14 Interlude (Extended)
15 Boxers
16 Sunny
17 Hold On To Your Friends
18 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
19 Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
20 I Am Hated For Loving
21 Moon River [Extended Version]
22 Reader Meet Author
23 Dagenham Dave
24 Nobody Loves Us
25 You Must Please Remember
26 He Cried
27 Alma Matters
28 Roy's Keen
29 I Can Have Both
30 Heir Apparent
31 Lost
32 This Is Not Your Country
33 First Of The Gang To Die
34 Irish Blood, English Heart
35 Come Back To Camden
36 It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
37 Munich air disaster 1958
38 The Public Image
39 You Have Killed Me
40 Something Is Squeezing My Skull
41 I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
42 All You Need Is Me
43 That's How People Grow Up
44 You Were Good in Your Time
45 Children In Pieces
46 Shame Is The Name

Have fun and enjoy Steven Patrick Morrissey!

THE HOUSEMARTINS Now That's What I Call Fuckin' Brilliant!

On every regularly available "Best Of"-collection of any band in the world there are always songs that I personally would never ever
a) release as a single (e.g. "Zombie" of The Cranberries) or
b) put on a "Best Of" release - single or not.

Here is my personal "Best Of The Housemartins" because in my opinion "Now That's What I Call Quite Good!" was far behind their possibilities.

THE HOUSEMARTINS - Now That's What I Call Fuckin' Brilliant!
01 Happy Hour
02 Get Up Off Our Knees
03 Anxious
04 Reverends Revenge
05 Sitting On A Fence
06 Sheep
07 Over There
08 We're Not Deep
09 Freedom
10 The Mighty Ship
11 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
12 The World's on Fire
13 We're Not Going Back
14 Me and the Farmer
15 Five Get Over Excited
16 You Better Be Doubtful
17 Bow Down
18 Everyday's the Same
19 Drop Down Dead
20 Hopelessly Devoted to Them
21 Caravan of Love
22 Flag Day
23 The Light Is Always Green
24 Build

All killers - No fillers!(OK, except for the last 4 slow songs that should be on this compilation anyway.)
Enjoy as much as I do...

FOR THE DEAD - The Leather Nun Plays Abba

This post is for my best friend ever who has killed himself more than 3 years ago now but is still and will forever be my best friend. (I hope you read this you stoopid asshole!)

Today I finally managed to find proper mp3 files of OUR drinking songs from

THE LEATHER NUN:

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Lucky Strike

on MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS (Thanks to Sweden!!!)

Personally, I only have them on a tape and in incredibly poor condition on vinyl.

I will always love you, you bastard!

THE PALE FOUNTAINS Live In Paris 1985

This and other live downloads are from THE PALE FOUNTAINS & SHACK homepage. You can download them there for free!

LINK UPDATED 02NOV2013

THE PALE FOUNTAINS live at the "Eldorado" in Paris on 19MAR1985
01 Shelter
02 Stole the Love
03 Something on my Mind
04 Faith
05 Hey
06 From Across the Kitchen Table
07 John Kline
08 Bicycle Thieves
09 Palm of my Hand
10 Bruised Arcade
11 These Are The Things
12 Jean's Not Happening
13 A House is Not a Motel
14 Limit
15 September Sting
16 Alone Again Or
17 Unknown
18 Audience

Now as you know where to grab all these live recordings this will most likely be the last Paleys/Shack/M.Head-live-post!
BUT: I might post some studio stuff in the near future if I feel like.

To a girl:And I think to myself
There’s no place I’d rather be
And I know deep inside of my love

THE GO-BETWEENS 1978-2006 - Pt.3

The last post on The Best Of The Go-Betweens.

The Collection 2005-2006 (CD3)
01 Finding You
02 Born To A Family
03 No Reason To Cry
04 Lavender
05 The Statue
06 The Mountains Near Dellray
07 Caroline And I
08 Poison In The Walls
09 Mrs. Morgan
10 Too Much Of One Thing
11 Crooked Lines
12 Old Mexico
13 Unfinished Business
14 Magic In Here
15 The Clock
16 Heart And Home
17 Orpheus Beach
18 Going Blind
19 Rock And Roll Friend
20 You Won't Find It Again
I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you Grant & Robert!

R.I.P Grant!!!

THE GO-BETWEENS 1978-2006 - Pt.2

This here is my favourite record of the 3-CDs-Collection because it contains songs of my favourite GB album 16 Lovers Lane.

The Collection 1987-2003 (CD2)
01 The House That Jack Kerouac Built
02 Bye Bye Pride
03 Right Here
04 You Tell Me
05 I Just Get Caught Out
06 Love Goes On!
07 Quiet Heart
08 You Can't Say No Forever
09 Streets Of Your Town
10 Was There Anything I Could Do?
11 Dive For Your Memory
12 Clock
13 Going Blind
14 Caroline And I
15 Poison in The Walls
16 Mrs. Morgan
17 Crooked Lines
18 Old Mexico

There are times that I want you
I want you so much I could bust
I know a thing about lovers
Lovers lie down in a trust

THE GO-BETWEENS 1978-2006 - Pt.1

"On Saturday 6th May 2006, legendary Australian singer-songwriter and member of The Go-Betweens Grant McLennan died in his sleep at his home in Brisbane. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, whether personally or through his music."

This is the entry on the official Go-Betweens homepage.

Personally I was always more a Grant McLennan fan. To me Robert Forster seemed a bit too weird.

For you here now and in the upcoming posts my personal Best Of The Go-Betweens on 3 CDs!

The Collection 1978-1985 (CD1) (updated link 12AUG2014)

01 Karen
02 Careless
03 Hold Your Horses
04 It Could Be Anyone
05 Cattle And Cane
06 The Way
07 Bachelor Kisses
08 Slow Slow Music
09 Unkind And Unwise
10 Man O' Sand To Girl O' Sea
11 Spring Rain
12 Twin Layers Of Lightning
13 In The Core Of A Flame
14 Head Full Of Steam
15 Bow down
16 Palm Sunday

The artwork is a screenshot of their homepage. But it seemed appropriate and fitting.
Have fun!

THE SCREAMING TREES (UK) A Fracture In Time (1988)

In 1988 Industrial music ruled parts of the electronic world.
There was one electronic indie band that appeared and disappeared almost unnoticed from the scene although the record was very innovative and honestly f***ing brilliant -
A MILESTONE and somewhere between NEW ORDER and FRONT 242:

THE SCREAMING TREES from the UK with the following musicians involved:
Sean Maloney (bass & guitar)
Mark Swancott (vocals, guitar & drum programming)
Mark Ryan (additional vocals)
Stephen Singleton & David Levin (producers)

Check their page on myspace!!! click here

THE SCREAMING TREES - A Fracture In Time (rec. 1987, rel. 1988)
01 Fractured Time 1
02 Asylum
03 Understand
04 Balance
05 Coliseum
06 Gurued Up
07 Fractured Time 2
08 The Big Hitter
09 M1L3S
10 Don't Be Afraid
11 Fractured Time 3
12 32
13 Understandrumix

The files come with the original cd artwork.

"broaden up your northern accent - you worked in a mill, baby!"mischief is their occupation
malice their habit
murder their sport
and blasphemy their delight

21 SONGS FOR 21 DAYS - An Odd Compilation or Cry Prevention

Hi listeners.

Imagine your love has to leave you for three weeks and you need something to cool you down when you feel lonely.

But it should not make you sadder than you already are. It's supposed to guide you on a mind trip to your loved one and do the same to her or him.

Look at the moon at the same time as your love does!

Lay down on your bed, put on your headphones and listen to this:

Link updated 12OCT2013

21 SONGS FOR 21 DAYS - An Odd Compilation or "Cry Pevention"

01 I Trawl The Megahertz - Paddy McAloon

02 If The Stars Shine Tonight - Stephen Duffy

03 Close To You - Paul Weller

04 Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House

05 Kinky Love - Pale Saints

06 Five Moments - The Field Mice

07 Still And All - The Jazz Butcher

08 Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem - Peter Murphy

09 Anna Begins - Counting Crows

10 Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) - Chris Isaak

11 Funny - The Trash Can Sinatras

12 Linger - The Cranberries

13 Quiet Heart - The Go-Betweens

14 Sonnet - The Verve

15 The Postcard - Stephen Duffy

16 Flowers In The Window - Travis

17 Walk The Last Mile - James Grant

18 Skin Storm - Bradford

19 A Strange Kind Of Love - Peter Murphy

20 Four Seasons In One Day - Crowded House

21 Lost - Morrissey

Yeah, strange kind of compilation. Very odd but very calming in a good way!

PAUL WELLER LIVE IN BERLIN 2004

This post was also recorded for airplay but has never been played.
Also soundboard recording with a brilliant sound.

PAUL WELLER LIVE IN BERLIN, RADIO BERLIN BRANDENBURG 29OCT2004

01 Black Is The Colour

02 Thinking Of You

03 Dust And Rocks

04 The Bottle

05 One Way Road

06 Wishing On A Star

07 Long Hot Summer

08 Up In Suze's Room

09 You Do Something To Me

10 Frightened

11 The Changing Man

12 Shout To The Top

13 Town Called Malice

14 Outro

Have Fun!!!