BLACK REINDEER (BABYBIRD) Free Sampler (2013)

 

BABYBIRD is no more.

But that doesn't mean, that STEPHEN JONES quit making music.

His Project BLACK REINDEER is worth a listen!

 

This one is a free download sampler from his www.

 

BLACK REINDEER (2013)

01 a piano played in the avalanche

02 the drug i take for fear gives me nosebleeds

03 i forgot the title

04 my children bury me in the garden

05 IT TICKS

06 loss of Innocents

07 kill the burglar (blackdeer remix)

08 dig up the pervert

09 no sleep

10 black cloud....Remix

11 trust me not

12 The bucketkickers annual reprieve ball

13 sorry but i forgot the title again

14 charlie sheen

15 gas mask drinker

16 fingers crumble as they wave goodbye

17 driverless Train

18 the penultimate sunrise

19 paris collapses under herself

20 daisy pusher 3

 

Check his www here!

BANANARAMA Greatest Hits Collection (1999)

I know you were in love, guys.

I know what you were thinking... about the blonde most likely...

They were hot, they were drinking like hell.

None of the girls in my orbit could ever catch up with them. And they knew!

This is my youth...:

BANANARAMA Greatest Hits Collection (1999)

01 Venus

02 I Heard a Rumour

03 Love in the First Degree

04 I Can't Help It

05 I Want You Back

06 Love, Truth and Honesty

07 Nathan Jones

08 He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'

09 Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)

10 Robert de Niro's Waiting

11 Cruel Summer

12 It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)

13 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)

14 Rough Justice

15 Trick of the Night

16 Aie a Mwana

17 Venus [12' Hellfire Mix]

18 Love in the First Degree [Eurobeat Style]

19 Preacher Man [7' Mix]

20 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo- Help

LLOYD COLE Rarities (2006)

 

 

...These songs are real rarities - self compiled...

 

LLOYD COLE Rarities (2006)

01 Down At The Mission

02 Mannish Girl

03 Love Your Wife

04 Lonely Mile

05 Another Dry Day

06 Eat Your Greens

07 Jesus Said

08 Tie Me Down

09 Missing

10 Si Tu Dois Partis

11 Witching Hour

12 Shelly I Do

13 Wild Orphan

14 Sold

15 Brand New Baby Blues

16 Chelsea Hotel

17 Rain On The Parade

18 I Will Not Leave You Alone

19 Radio City Music Hall

20 The Steady Slowing Down Of My Heart

21 Most Of The Time

22 Somewhere Out In The East

MARTIN ROSSITER No One Left To Blame (2013)

MARTIN ROSSITER (formerly frontman of GENE) has released a new single called "No One Left To Blame".
His solo debut "The Defenestration of St.Martin" was released last year in december and is a wonderful, wonderful, mainly piano-based collection of pop-poems.




This one is from his longplayer "The Defenestration of St.Martin"
I Want To Choose When I Sleep Alone


check his www here!

THE SKINNER GROUP Surfer Girl (2013)

 

 

New material from great GRAHAME SKINNER...

There is a new record ready but not yet released.

 

Check his new stuff:

 

THE CLASH I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.

I'm so bored with the N.S.A. - but what can I do?

THE SISTERS OF MERCY First And Last And Always (1985)

 

 

"First And Last And Always" is the debut longplayer after 5 Singles and an EP during 1980 and 1983.

 

THE SISTERS OF MERCY First And Last And Always (1985)

01 Black Planet

02 Walk Away

03 No Time To Cry

04 A Rock And A Hard Place

05 Marian

06 First And Last And Always

07 Possession

08 Nine While Nine

09 Amphetamine Logic

10 Some Kind Of Stranger

CROWDED HOUSE Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of (1996)

 

 

Autumn has just started to take over. Rain and grey skies. Turned the heater on today.

I just thought that CROWDED HOUSE may just be suitable for this.

There is actually a sad story behind the band.

 

My favourite is "Four Seasons".

 

CROWDED HOUSE Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of (1996)

01 Weather With You

02 World Where You Live

03 Fall at Your Feet

04 Locked Out

05 Don't Dream It's Over

06 Into Temptation

07 Pineapple Head

08 When You Come

09 Private Universe

10 Not the Girl You Think You Are

11 Instinct

12 I Feel Possessed

13 Four Seasons in One Day

14 It's Only Natural

15 Distant Sun

16 Something So Strong

17 Mean to Me

18 Better Be Home Soon

19 Everything Is Good for You

 

PREFAB SPROUT Crimson/Red +++ Out Today!!!

 

 

Dear readers.

Today the new PREFAB SPROUT album will be released.

It is called "Crimson/Red" and one of the best albums I have heard for a long time.

 

The first single will be "The Best Jewel Thief In The World".

 

For more information check the unofficial homepage here.

 

 

PREFAB SPROUT Crimson/Red +++ to be released on 7th October!

 

 

New Album "Crimson/Red" to be released on 7th october.

Buy it!!!!!

  

ORGANISATION (Pre-KRAFTWERK) Tone Float (1968)

 

 

This one is a strange record. If it wasn't from 1968 (when I was about being 1 year old) it would heavily remind me of BRIAN ENO. But BRIAN ENO appeared later - in 1971... And "My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts" even in 1981. So he was the one who actually sounded like ORGANISATION / KRAFTWERK.

 

This is for hardcore collectors...

 

ORGANISATION (KRAFTWERK) - Tone Float (1968)

01 Tone Float

02 Milk Rock

03 Silver Forest

04 Rhythm Salad

05 Noitasinagro

06 Vor Dem Blauen Bock

 

NICK CAVE Turns 56 Today - Happy Birthday

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICHOLAS EDWARD CAVE!

*22nd September 1957, Warracknabeal (AUSTRALIA)

 

My Best Of collection:

 

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - The Best Seeds
01 Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore
02 (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?
03 As I Sat Sadly By Her Side
04 Black Hair
05 Brompton Oratory
06 By The Time I Get  To Phoenix
07 Do You Love Me (Part 2)
08 Far From Me
09 Foi Na Cruz
10 Gates To The Garden
11 Hallelujah
12 Henry Lee
13 I Let Love In
14 Idiot Prayer
15 Into My Arms
16 Lime Tree Arbour
17 Loom Of The Land
18 Love Letter
19 Lucy
20 Nobody's Baby Now
21 People Ain't No Good
22 Sorrow's Child
23 Straight To You
24 Sweetheart Come
25 The Kindness Of Strangers
26 The Ship Song
27 The Weeping Song
28 There Is A Kingdom
29 Watching Alice
30 We Came Along This Road
31 Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?
32 Where The Wild Roses Grow
33 Your Funeral My Trial

You may have mentioned that "The Boatman's Call" is represented almost in it's entirety except for two songs. Now you can also guess my favourite album.

KRAFTWERK Computersinfonien - Live In Karlsruhe 18OCT1997

 

 

Recorded on one of the rare occasions of a live concert.

A double cd including 4 bonus tracks.

Recorded live at the ZKM Karlsruhe, 18.October 1997

 

KRAFTWERK - Computersinfonien (1997) CD1

01 Intro

02 Nummern / Numbers

03 Computerwelt

04 It's More Fun To Compute / Heimcomputer

05 Die Mensch-Maschine / The Man-Machine

06 Tour De France

07 Autobahn

08 Ätherwellen / Innovation I

09 Radioaktivität

10 Innovation II

 

KRAFTWERK - Computersinfonien (1997) CD2

01 Trans-Europa-Express / Abzug / Metall Auf Metall

02 Taschenrechner

03 Die Roboter

04 The Robots

05 Innovation III

06 Boing Boom Tschak / Techno Pop / Musique Non Stop

07 Radioactivity (W.Orbit Remix)

08 The Robots (Ultimix)

09 Musique Non Stop

10 Trans Europe Express

 

 

 

THE SCREAMING TREES / SUCCESS Tripwire (1990)

 

 

The last recording of the SCREAMING TREES / SUCCESS guys.

It was recorded at WESTERN WORKS STUDIOS, released in 1990 and produced by the fantastic Richard H. Kirk of CABARET VOLTAIRE.

 

With this post I ran out of SCREAMING TREES material but I know of more circulating and I will not surrender until I got hold of more...

And at that point, YOU (!) READERS can help me.

I am looking for different versions of "Tripwire". Check the release at Discogs here.

I need A1, A2 and B2.

 

Thanks so much.

 

SUCCESS - Tripwire (1990)

01 Acidbase (Tripwire)

02 808 (Tripwire)

03 Tripwire

THE SCREAMING TREES Iron Guru (1988)

 

 

The "Screaming Treatment Mix" is a proof for my first impression that "Gurued Up" from "A Fracture In Time" and "Don't Be Afraid" from the same release belong together.

 

THE SCREAMING TREES - Iron Guru Mixes (1988)

01 Iron Guru (The Funky God Mix)

02 Iron Guru - Screaming Treatment - 12"

 

THE SCREAMING TREES / SUCCESS World Crash (1989)

 

After failing to receive the appropriate success with their album "A Fracture In Time" under the name THE SCREAMING TREES (UK) they tried again under the name SUCCESS - and failed again, although some of the 12"-mixes were actually quite successful in the club scene.

I know you will not be able to find this record offered as a download anywhere else but here...

Now for you once and only...:

SUCCESS (A.K.A. THE SCREAMING TREES) - World Crash (1989)

01 Tangiers (Edit)

02 Hit The Floor (Edit)

03 Burning By Degrees

04 Little Man

05 World Crash

06 Dynamic

07 Outside

08 Shock Of Change

09 Reverse Polarity

10 Heavenly Bodies

11 Cowboy

12 Overhead

13 Iron Guru (The Funky God)

More SCREAMING TREES here!

LOVETRAIN Human Feelings Return (1989)

 

 

A very rare and very fine piece of musical art.

I used to have the 12" of "Lighten Up" on vinyl but couldn't really enjoy it much as there are jumps here and there. A real pity as the single is a real scorcher.

 

If I'm not wrong, the guys come from London and formed the band "Art Objects" in 1978 together with later "The Blue Aeroplanes"-singer Gerard Langley.

 

Now enjoy this:

 

LOVETRAIN - Human Feelings Return (1989)

01 The Way Of All Flesh

02 Night Thoughts

03 The Torch You Carry

04 Rags To Riches To Rags

05 Big Mo's Batleship

06 Biger Fool

07 Old Flame

08 Portrait Of St.Sezni

09 Lighten Up

10 Fields Of Flowers

11 Straight Sex

 

plus the bonus track from the vinyl (without jumps!)

LOVETRAIN - The Wanting Seed

THE STYLE COUNCIL The Best Adventures Of The Style Council

 

 

And again a self-compiled compilation.

No official release could really satisfy me - and that also includes "The Singular Adventures".

 

So, THIS is MY "Best Of TSC"...

 

THE STYLE COUNCIL - The Best Adventures Of The Style Council

01 Speak Like a Child

02 Headstart for Happiness

03 Long Hot Summer

04 The Paris Match

05 A Solid Bond in Your Heart

06 My Ever Changing Moods [12' Version]

07 The Whole Point of No Return

08 You're the Best Thing

09 Here's One That Got Away

10 Shout to the Top!

11 Ghosts of Dachau

12 Walls Come Tumbling Down!

13 The Whole Point II

14 Spin' Drifting

15 All Gone Away

16 Come to Milton Keynes

17 Internationalists

18 Boy Who Cried Wolf

19 A Man of Great Promise

20 Down in the Seine

21 The Lodgers

22 Luck

23 Have You Ever Had It Blue? [Uncut Version]

24 Heavens Above

25 Walking the Night

26 Waiting

27 Wanted

28 The Cost of Loving [12' Version]

29 Sweet Loving Ways

30 Why I Went Missing

31 How She Threw It All Away

32 Confessions 1, 2, & 3

33 In Love for the First Time

34 Promised Land [Longer Version]

35 Sure Is Sure

 

THE STYLE COUNCIL Live At Full House In Hannover Germany (Video)

 

 

 

 

THE STYLE COUNCIL - Live At Full House (avi 264mb)

01 With Everything To Lose

02 Walking The Night

03 Heavens Above

04 Internationalist

05 Everlasting Love (D.C. Lee)

06 Homebreakers

07 Money-Go-Round

08 Shout To The Top

Funny, some titles are displayed wrong (like "Walking In The Night" or "International List") - and somehow embarrassing, as it is a German broadcast.

THE EMBASSY Tacking (2007)

 

 

THE EMBASSY is a Swedish band that earned some quite positive reviews on their second album "Tacking".

 They have just released a new album "Sweet Sensation".
Support them!
Check their Website here!

THE EMBASSY - Tacking (2007)
01 Some Indulgence
02 Time's Tight
03 Stage Persona
04 It Pays To Belong
05 Lurking (With A Distance)
06 Information
07 Paint
08 Tell Me
09 Was That All It Was

It Pays To Belong

BILLY BRAGG Mr. Love and Justice [Deluxe Edition] The Acoustic & Solo Disc 2 (2008)

 

Right now I am listening to BILLY BRAGG and checked, if I have already posted this scorcher.

Well... Obviously not!

So now is the time and I hope BB doesn't mind.

BILLY BRAGG - Mr. Love and Justice [Deluxe Edition] CD2 (2008)

01 I Keep Faith [Solo Version]

02 I Almost Killed You [Solo Version]

03 M for Me [Solo Version]

04 The Beach Is Free [Solo Version]

05 Sing Their Souls Back Home [Solo Version]

06 You Make Me Brave [Solo Version]

07 Something Happened [Solo Version]

08 Mr. Love and Justice [Solo Version]

09 If You Ever Leave [Solo Version]

10 O Freedom [Solo Version]

11 The Johnny Carcinogenic Show [Solo Version]

12 Farm Boy [Solo Version]

 

M Is For Me (Solo Version)

ART BRUT Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005)

 

 

"My Little brother just discovered Rock'n'Roll - he's only 22 and he's out of control!"

I think you readers know exactly what they are singing about - ABOUT US! (Only that I was actually 14...)

 

One of my favourite bands and pioneers of Cool Britannia.

All Killers - no fillers!

 

ART BRUT - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (2005)

01 Formed a Band

02 My Little Brother

03 Emily Kane

04 Rusted Guns of Milan

05 Modern Art

06 Good Weekend

07 Bang Bang Rock & Roll

08 Fight!

09 Moving to L.A

10 Bad Weekend

11 Stand Down

12 18,000 Lira

 

"...and Yes, this is my singing voice. It's not irony...!"

THE DELGADOS The Collection (2011)

 

 

I love my self compiled "Best Ofs" as you might probably know by now.

Here is another one from THE DELGADOS, a Scottish indie band that split in 2005.

 

THE DELGADOS - The Collection

01 I Fought The Angels

02 The Light Before We Land

03 Is This All I Came For?

04 American Trilogy

05 Everybody Come Down

06 Reasons For Silence (Ed's Song)

07 The Drowning Years

08 Get Action!

09 No Danger

10 All Rise

11 Girls Of Valour

12 Knowing When To Run

13 If This Is a Plan

 

 

CODEINE Frigid Stars LP (1990)

 

 

This is the debut album of CODEINE and became one of the pioneering albums for a new music genre called slowcore.

It is very spheric, carpet of sound.

CODEINE - Frigid Stars LP (1990)

01 D

02 Gravel Bed

03 Pickup Song

04 New Year's

05 Second Chance

06 Cave-In

07 Cigarette Machine

08 Old Things

09 3 Angels

10 Pea

CATS ON FIRE Our Temperance Movement (2009)

 

 

CATS ON FIRE is an indiepop band from Finland.

Easier said than done... But CATS ON FIRE actually sound quite like some guys from back in he 80s called Steven Patrick and Johnny. I don't remember the family names...

And I really recommend this band to you! If you don't know them, this is a must!

 

CATS ON FIRE - Our Temperance Movement (2009)

01 Horoscope

02 Lay Down Your Arms

03 Letters From A Voyage To Sweden

04 Never Sell The House

05 Steady Pace

06 Tears In Your Cup

07 Garden Lights

08 The Borders Of This Land

09 Our Days In The Sun

10 Fabric

 

Lay Down Your Arms 

BIFF BANG POW L'Amour, Demure, Stenhousemuir (1991)

 

 

Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records (named after his favourite band) and inventor of OASIS actually, with his own band BIFF BANG POW!

"L'Amour, Demure, Stenhousemuir" is the "Best Of BBP"-collection with some slightly different versions.

 

BIFF BANG POW - L'Amour, Demure, Stenhousemuir (1991)

01 She Haunts

02 Someone To Share My Life With

03 Star Tripper

04 There Must Be A Better Life

05 She Paints

06 Ice Cream Machine

07 Hug Me Honey

08 Miss You

09 She Kills Me

10 I'm Waiting For My Time

11 Someone Stole My Wheels

12 Song For A Nail

13 Love's Going Out Of Fashion

14 Girl From Well Lane

15 Baby Just Don't Care

16 The Chocolate Elephant Man

17 Tell Laura I Love Her

18 Searching For The Pavement

Girl From Well Lane 

CARTER USM 30 Something (1991)

 

 

1991 was a brilliant year in terms of music.

One of my favourite albums back then was "30 Something" by CARTER THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHNE.

Going mad on the dance floor.

 

CARTER USM - 30 Something (1991)

01 Surfin' USM

02 My Second To Last Will And Testament

03 Anytime Anyplace Anywhere

04 A Price In A Pauper's Grave

05 Shoppers' Paradise

06 Billy's Smart Circus

07 Bloodsport For All

08 Sealed With A Glasgow Kiss

09 Say It With Flowers

10 Falling On A Bruise

11 The Final Comedown