| Friday 3rd October 2008 |
[04 Oct 2008|12:23pm] |
X-word, by Arachne : 11/29.
In The Guardian's obits, Johnny Moore of The Skatalites. Link : http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/oct/03/jazz.
From Hassni, a Shindig magazine badge.
Met Mo around 2.15 and had tea with her upstairs at Infinity.
Listen list, from my r&b various artists compilations section :
1) Art Neville : Cha Dooky-Doo (Specialty)
2) Tiny & Tim : Bob-A-Diddy-Do (Edsel)
3) Nappy Brown : Piddly Patter (Savoy)
4) Ervin Rucker : Whoa Whoa Whoa (Ace)
5) Eddie Bo : Check Mr. Popeye (Edsel)
6) Duke Stevens And The Sputniks : Emmagene (Goldband)
7) Gene And Eunice : Bom Bom Lulu (Aladdin)
8) Bobby Marchan & The Clowns : Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain (Ace)
9) Warren (Tenor Sax) Lucky And Combo : Fish Bait (Krazy Kat)
10) Preacher Stevens : Whoopin' & Hollerin' (Ace)
Final Mingus Radio 3 programme, wonderful listening.
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| Thursday 2nd October 2008 |
[03 Oct 2008|03:33pm] |
X-word, by Shed : 18/28.
An all-vocal groups listen list :
1) The Revels : False Alarm (Chess)
2) Little Anthony & The Imperials : A Prayer And A Juke Box (Roulette)
3) The Capris : It Was Moonglow (Gotham) - fantastic vocal from Rena Hinton
4) The Rainbows : Mary Lee (DJM) - line-up inc. Marvin Gaye, Don Covay, Billy Stewart
5) The Kodaks : Oh Gee Oh Gosh (Club)
6) Cleo & Crystaliers : Please Be My Guy (Street Corner)
7) Medallions : Pushbutton Automobile (Dooto)
8) Poets : Vowels Of Love (Dangerous Doo-wop)
9) Dream Kings : MTYLTT (Chess)
10) The Moonglows : Whistle My Love (Charly)
Fourth Mingus Radio 3 Composer Of The Week programme. Link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnxf.
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| Jazz On 3 |
[02 Oct 2008|02:22pm] |
Listening just now to Monday night's Jazz On (Radio) 3, which features an entertaining and highly recommended interview with Phil Minton (http://www.philminton.co.uk/welcome.htm), plus a session from him, Roger Turner, Veryan Weston and John Butcher.
Blurb from the web page : "Jez Nelson presents a session of improvised music from vocal experimentalist Phil Minton and his Quartet, featuring John Butcher on reeds, Veryan Weston on piano and Roger Turner on drums. During more than four decades, Minton has been celebrated for his innovative approach to vocal performance. Using highly controlled breathing techniques, he produces sounds ranging from high frequency squawks to deep guttural bellows." Link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dppp3.
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| Wednesday 1st October 2008 |
[02 Oct 2008|01:21pm] |
X-word, by Boatman : 7/27.
In G2, a feature on La Lupe : http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/01/women.worldmusic.
From record finder Doug, two sevens :
# 2008/452 : Peter Fonda : Catch The Wind/November Night (Chisa CH 004)
# 2008/453 : The Angelettes : Popsicles & Icicles/Hey Girls - Gather Round (UK 11) - slight upgrade; shall pass on my other copy to Jeanette. The group's Jonathan King-penned/produced minor hit Don't Let Him Touch You is one of my favourite pop singles of the 'seventies. Link : http://www.spectropop.com/Angelettes/index.htm.
In the post, three modern-day Young Marble Giants badges, presumably Domino Records-related ones. One is the same design (Final Day sleeve) as my ancient Better Badges one.
Listen list - all rock and roll/rockabilly :
1) Don Woody : Morse Code (MCA)
2) Curley Jim And The Billey Rocks : Sloppy, Sloppy Suzie (White Label)
3) Paul Louise : Cock-A-Doodle (Wendi)
4) Bobby Sisco : Go Go Go (Chess)
5) Simon Crum : Bop Cat Bop (Capitol) - a.k.a. Ferlin Husky of The Drunken Driver fame
6) Miller Sisters : Ten Cats Down (Charly)
7) Eddie Bond And His Stompers : Flip Flop Mama (Mercury)
8) Luke McDonald : Uh ! Babe (Sun)
9) Lorrie Collins : Soda Poppin' Around (CBS)
10) Jeanne Caine : What I Learned About You (White Label)
More Charles Mingus on Radio 3.
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| Tuesday 30th September 2008 |
[02 Oct 2008|01:13pm] |
An eight-track 33 r.p.m. seven-inch :
# 2008/451 : Superfinemagneticparticle : Little Eternities (IMMP, no number; matrix : U-472285M) - from 1998. One track, Geeseywaltz, features Ron Geesin on banjo and sampler. Really delighted to have this at last after being outbid on it a while back
In the new Mojo, Jonny Trunk on Ron Schmeck's Easy Living - The American Way.
X-word, by Paul : 5/26.
An all- Sun recordings listen list :
1) Frank Frost : Pocket Full Of Shells (Charly)
2) Charlie Feathers : Peepin' Eyes (Charly)
3) Rosco Gordon : Sally Jo (Charly)
4) Joe Baugh : Hula Bop (Charly)
5) Bonnie Turner : Way Down In The Congo (Charly) - a.k.a. Tina Turner, from 1953
6) Sonny Burgess : Red Headed Woman (Charly)
7) Dane Stinit : Sweet Country Girl (Charly)
8) Warren Smith : Miss Froggie (Charly)
9) Patsy Holcomb : I Wanta Rock (Charly)
10) Howlin' Wolf : Highway Man (Charly)
On Radio 4's Front Row, an interview with John Adams. And more Mingus on Radio 3.
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| Monday 29th September 2008 |
[30 Sep 2008|02:04pm] |
X-word, by Logodaedalus : 14/28.
Ian Ordeal popped into the bookshop with a flexi for me :
# 2008/450 : Worzel Gummidge (Sound For Industry; no number) - Marvel Comics Ltd.
A paperback : Eric Charry : Mande Music - Traditional And Modern Music Of The Maninka And Mandinka Of Western Africa.
Listen list :
1) The Red Crayola : Steve McQueen's Garden (Glass)
2) Arto Lindsay/Ambitious Lovers : Cross Your Legs (Editions EG)
3) Daniel Johnston : Fly Eye (Homestead)
4) Dogbowl : The Girl With The Pelican Hair (Shimmydisc)
5) David Thomas & The Wooden Birds : Bicycle (Rough Trade)
6) Tin Huey : Chinese Circus (Warner Bros.)
7) Modern Lovers : Wake Up Sleepyheads (Munster)
8) The Residents And Renaldo And The Loaf : Monkey & Bunny (Korova)
9) Steve Fisk : Weekend Review (SST)
10) Rebby Sharp : Crater Creek (Shimmydisc)
Radio 3's Composer Of The Week : Charles Mingus.
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| Sunday 28th September 2008 |
[30 Sep 2008|01:56pm] |
Six albums for just £8 this morning from the sixth form college boot sale :
# 2008/447 : This Is Talat Mahmood (His Master's Voice ECLP. 2294)
# 2008/448 : Asha Bhosle (Angel 3AEX. 5047)
# 2008/449 - 452 : four Oldbourne Press L.P.s with "Musique Concrete and Sound Patterns composed and recorded by Desmond Leslie" - Hamlet (DEOB 1AM); King Henry V (DEOB 5AM); Othello (DEOB 3AM); and The Tempest (DEOB 6AM)
On Radio 4's Last Word (repeat), Earl Palmer.
Listen list :
1) Devo : I'm A Potato (And I'm So Hip) (Fan Club)
2) Jonathan Richman : I Eat With Gusto, Damn ! You Bet (Special Delivery)
3) Pere Ubu : Big Ed's Used Farms (Rough Trade)
4) Snakefinger : Picnic In The Jungle (Ralph)
5) The Lounge Lizards : Incident In South Street (Editions EG)
6) Teenage Jesus & The Jerks : Burning Rubber (Widowspeak)
7) Swollen Monkeys : Ghost In Hollywood (Cachalot)
8) Ut : Ampheta Speak (Blast First) - live, Hurrah's, N.Y.C., 1980
9) Eugene Chadbourne : Why Kids Go To School (Fundamental/What's So Funny About..)
10) Jad Fair : O.K. (side 1 track 3) (No Man's Land)
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| Saturday 27th September 2008 |
[30 Sep 2008|01:47pm] |
On Sounds Of The 60s : Madeline Bell, The Carnaby, Chubby Checker, The Melodians, Barbara Lynn's Don't Spread It Around (not on either of the two albums of hers I have), The Charmaines, and Glen Campbell's Galveston.
Jigsaw-type cryptic, by Araucaria : 18/25.
Two sevens :
# 2008/445 : Fanfayre : Donny's Girl (Bobby's Girl)/ Ray Of Sunshine (Polydor 2058 506) - by Members of the Osmonds Official Fan Club Europe. Another for my 'seventies popular culture section
# 2008/446 : Gary Panter : Tormader To The Tater/ Italian Sunglass Movie (Index 45 004) - 1981 poster-sleeved single produced by The Residents. One which will go straight into my box of specials/favourites
Listen list :
1) Jah Wobble etc. : It Was A Camel (Island)
2) Pigbag : Jump The Line (Y)
3) Frank Chickens : Green Banana (Kaz)
4) Lora Logic : Hiss And Shake (Rough Trade)
5) Annie Whitehead : Pigeon Post (Paladin)
6) The Gist : Carnival Headache (Rough Trade)
7) Voice Of Authority : Technical Miracle (On-U Sound/Cherry Red)
8) Keith LeBlanc : You Drummers Listen Good (World)
9) Rip Rig + Panic : How That Spark Sets Me Aglow (Virgin)
10) The New Age Steppers : Aberdahame's Demise (On-U Sound)
On Radio 2, a Hendrix documentary, Made In London, with input from Robert Wyatt.
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| Friday 26th September 2008 |
[27 Sep 2008|12:41pm] |
A CD and an L.P. :
# 2008/443 : Flashing Echo - Trojan In Dub 1970 - 80 (Trojan TJDDD051) - forgot to take any CDs into work so bought this at Resident as it's one which has been on my wants list for a while
# 2008/444 : Beatlesongs ! - The Best Of The Beatles Novelty Records (Rhino RNLP 803) - nice, fun early 'eighties compilation which predates Ace Records' Beatlemaniacs !!! CD by around a quarter-century, and contains several items not included on that round-up. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatlesongs
An obit of Nappy Brown : http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/26/jazz.usa.
X-word, by Quantum : 18½/28.
From Snoopers Paradise, two badges - one bearing the Amoco logo; the other featuring a nice advertising character, Freddie Freedom, for Freedom - not sure exactly what sort of product/service that is/was.
A hardback from Sandpiper : Hannah Höch : Aller Anfang Ist DADA ! - no English text, unfortunately, but great to find a book on her work at all. Link : http://images.google.com/images?rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hannah+hoch&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title.
Listen list :
1) The Door And The Window : Subculture Fashion Slaves (NB)
2) Frank Chickens : Island Inside Island (Flying Lecords)
3) Ludus : Howling Comique (New Hormones)
4) Family Fodder : Cerf Volant (Fresh)
5) Delta 5 : Waiting (Pre)
6) Richard Earl : Intensest Weakness (Pilot) - a.k.a. Swell Maps' Biggles Books
7) Playgroup : Squeek Squawk (On-U Sound/Cherry Red)
8) A.C. Marias : There's A Scent Of Rain In The Air (Mute)
9) Float Up CP : Secret Desire (Rough Trade) - not exactly a favourite track from this album; perhaps not worth rediscovering it ?
10) Hermine : Noir, Noir, Noir (Salomé)
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| Thursday 25th September 2008 |
[26 Sep 2008|03:39pm] |
Experimented at the Internet café with putting photos online. Hadn't realised that I'm able to change the size of pictures I've already taken (at too high a resolution to go straight online) using the camera's controls, but I guess it's logical as it means that important photos can be taken high-res and then be reduced for posting and switched back for good quality prints... or am I wrong ? Certainly the photo I tested this out on worked. Just feeling my way at the moment as digital photography is totally new and alien to me.
Another book cover design publication for my growing library of such things - The Art Of Romance, on Mills And Boon/Harlequin covers.
X-word, by Rover : 20/30.
Listen list :
1) Heino : 13 Mann Und Ein Kapitän (Columbia)
2) Billy Bennett : Mottoes (Topic) - wonderful music hall star. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bennett. Lyric to this piece : http://www.monologues.co.uk/003/Mottoes.htm
3) Dirk Bogarde : These Foolish Things (Decca)
4) Florence Foster Jenkins : The Pearl Of Brazil : Charmant Oiseau (RCA International)
5) Charles Keeping : They're Moving Father's Grave To Build A Sewer/I Speak The Truth (Line) - from Cockney Ding Dong, a 1975 L.P. by the renowned children's book illustrator
6) John Antrobus And Spike Milligan : Hit Parade (Parlophone)
7) Napoleon XIV : Photogenic, Schizophrenic You (Warner Bros.)
8) Stanley Unwin : Artycraft (Pye)
9) Agnes Bernelle : Chocolate Eclair (Some Bizzare/Milo Music)
10) R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders : Kiwi Bump (Blue Goose)
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| Wednesday 24th September 2008 |
[25 Sep 2008|10:30am] |
An obit of Hector Zazou : http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/24/worldmusic.france.
X-word, by Orlando : 26/30.
From Ian Geiger, bought a couple of Expo 67 ashtrays; and a concertina of postcards and a concertina book from the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
On Radio 2's folk programme, Shirley Collins being interviewed.
Listen list :
1) The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet : The Sun Didn't Shine (CBS)
2) Wild Man Fischer : Ping Pong Ball Head (Rhino)
3) Annette Peacock : A Loss Of Consciousness (Aura)
4) Don And Dewey : Jungle Hop (Specialty) - Earl Palmer (R.I.P.) on drums ?
5) Michael Mantler : The Remembered Visit (Watt) - Robert Wyatt vocals; Edward Gorey words
6) Meredith Monk : Fat Stream (Lovely Music)
7) Eugene Chadbourne & Evan Johns : George Bush's Bones Jig (Alternative Tentacles)
8) Howard Finster : Rock Of Ages (self-released)
9) Buddy Max : I'm A Happy Modern Cowboy (Cowboy Junction)
10) ZNR : Le Grand Compositeur Vu De Face (Recommended) - R.I.P. Hector Zazou
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| Tuesday 23rd September 2008 |
[25 Sep 2008|10:15am] |
Put fifteen items online for auctioning. Took a while to get the pictures up as I'd taken them at too high a resolution, not yet being au fait with my camera, not having studied the info on the more hardcore disc which accompanies the printed beginner's guide - the Internet café chap managed to reduce them so they'd upload. Was there for a few hours typing in all the descriptions I'd scribbled down.
Cryptic, by Gordius : 7/32.
Listen list, from a box I haven't explored since starting my ten-a-day project :
1) Jack Hylton & His Orch., Vocal : Leslie Sarony : Topsy Turvy Talk (Old Bean) - from a comp of old novelty/comedy tracks
2) Floating Bridge - Portsmouth Harbour (Argo) - The Sounds Of Bygone Transport
3) Any Old Iron/Boiled Beef And Carrots (Saydisc) - Mechanical Music Hall; penny piano
4) Bert Butler : Bath Night (Saydisc) - Cotswold Voices
5) Coyotes Calling With Loons (North American Loon Foundation/National Audubon Society)
6) Durium Dance Band : Let's All Be Fairies (ASV Living Era) - from Listen To The Banned; wonder if this track's on that new triple CD of BBC-banned discs ?
7) 19 Radio London Jingles (Jumbo)
8) Isle Of Man (BBC) - from English With A Dialect
9) Introduction By Guest Compere Pete Murray/From Du Pont - A Message To The Lady Of The House (Du Pont) - from Step Up Your Selling, a carpet salesmanship album
10) Henry Hall And The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra : An Elephant Never Forgets (World) - vocal by Lupino Lane
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| Unique book meme |
[23 Sep 2008|11:27am] |
Via various folk, but ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mermaidshotel (21/9/08) first of all.
List ten books you have on your bookshelf that you think nobody else on your friends list has on theirs.
(The instruction implies that readers don't possess all that many books - "bookshelf" ?! I've tons in my flat, plus a whole storage unit crammed with the things.)
1) Scarlatina : About Face.
"This book... is the culmination of a one-year project (August 1980 - August 1981)..." - weekly photo booth strips. Occasional guests accompanying Scarlatina into the booth included The Fugs' Tuli Kupferberg. Self-published, 1982, 16 pages, staple-bound. Is she still out there doing stuff ??
2) Encomia For Anthony Hancock, ed. Alastair Brotchie & Magnus Irvin.
Published for The London Institute Of 'Pataphysics jointly by bookartbookshop and Atlas Press. ISBN 1 900565 30 7. 2002. 48 pages. Mine is number 26 - the first 66 copies of the total 666 are signed by the many contributors including Stewart Home and Hancock scriptwriters Galton and Simpson. The book contains photos of excellent reconstructions of the paintings of Anthony St John Aloysius Hancock, as seen in the marvellous film The Rebel, in which Tony plays an artist.
3) B. Jagger : Your Book Of Basketball.
Faber, hardcover, 1961. Ex-library (The Green School For Girls, Isleworth). Think I found this in a charity shop, very cheap; I already knew of its existence. By Mick Jagger's dad, who was a basketball coach. A nice conversation piece.
4) Peter Keetman : A Week Of The Volkswagen Factory - Photographs From April 1953.
Dirk Nishen Publishing, 1987 - The Photo Pocket Book 2. Great paperback of 71 beautiful b&w photos, mainly of VW Beetles being built. Several abstract-looking ones, of various piles of the cars' constituent parts.
5) Der Kleine Goldfischteich.
Insel-Bücherei Nr. 255. No date. 24 lovely colour illustrations of goldfish, plus some pages of text (in German) at the back. In the series which apparently inspired Penguin's King Penguin series.
6) Gudrún Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir : Conversation Drawings 1. 1. 1980 - 30. 12. 1980.
1981. Number 53 of 100; signed. Collection of impromptu explanatory sketches made in the midst of conversations. A home-made musical instrument; artworks; how to get to the swimming pool; where a chemist's shop is; how to construct a frame; Icelandic grammar; the whereabouts of Zeeland, and more.
7) Fred Turley : Mighty Music At The Movies - The Cinema Organ In Sheffield And The Surrounding Area.
Sheaf, ISBN 1 85048 008 7. 1990. Local history paperback, landscape-format, with lots of nice old photos.
8) Ronnie Wharton And Arthur Clarke : The Tommy Talker Bands Of The West Riding.
1979. Tommy talker = kazoo. History of bands which played at carnivals and fêtes and in competitions, between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War. Steve Beresford wrote on the subject in an issue of Collusion magazine which he co-edited with David Toop and Sue Steward. Link to an article on the subject : http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/t_talker.htm.
9) Alessandro Bosetti : African Feedback.
Errant Bodies, ISBN 978-0-9772594-5-8. 2006. Sound artist Bosetti visited west African village residents and played them recordings by experimental and avant-garde composers, documenting their responses to the music. Book comes with CD of a piece constructed by Bosetti incorporating reactions.
10) Leon Wall & William Morgan : Navajo-English Dictionary.
Hippocrene, 1994 softcover edition of a 'fifties book. From the trestle table outside Colin Page's bookshop. Fascinating to see what the language looks like; and I like the idea of owning a book I'm extremely unlikely to actually need to refer to.
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| Monday 22nd September 2008 |
[23 Sep 2008|11:20am] |
X-word, by Rufus : 24/28.
A twelve-inch :
# 2008/442 : 3 Mustaphas 3 : Linda Linda (The Special Longer Mix)/Linda Linda (Szegerely Megarely Mix) (GlobeStyle NST 121)
Listen list, all from my Trunk label section :
1) John Cameron And "Frog" : Motorcycle Mayhem (Psychomania)
2) The Vernon Elliott Ensemble : Oliver Postgate Intro And Main Theme (Ivor The Engine & Pogles Wood) - Ivor The Engine theme, i.e.
3) Michael Garrick Trio : Music For Shattering Supermarkets (Moonscape)
4) Peggy Zeitlin : Spin Spider Spin (Fuzzy-Felt Folk)
5) Gothic Submarines (The Tomorrow People) - composed by Russe/St. George, a.k.a. Brian Hodgson and Delia Derbyshire
6) Herbert Chappell : The Gonk (Dawn Of The Dead)
7) Desmond Leslie : Saturn-Chronos (Music Of The Future)
8) The Mike Sammes Singers : Timex (Music For Biscuits)
9) Basil Kirchin : Viva Tamla Motown (Abstractions Of The Industrial North)
10) Max Harris, directed by Anthony Mower : Hang Loose (The Super Sounds Of Bosworth)
Ginger-and-white cat visitor yet again !
Heard some of Radio 3's late night Peter Brötzmann concert - fell asleep whilst it was on and woke up to something classical, so not sure how much I missed.
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| Sunday 21st September 2008 |
[22 Sep 2008|04:02pm] |
Screams from the ailurophobic woman in the flat next door punctuated the evening - that ginger-and-white cat had managed to gain access to and was roaming around inside our building again (see entry for 6th September). I'd thought I'd heard some jingling (bell) earlier and suspected as much, so I wasn't exactly surprised by the screaming. I picked him up and carried him down stairs to deposit him out front, which he was quite happy to have happen.
Listen list - all from my Bollywood section, by ten different composers :
1) Asha Bhosle : Pyar Karnewale (Shaan, Polydor, 1980) - music by R.D. Burman. Great Moroder I Feel Love-style synth. Link : http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3z4-orYCG14.
2) Kishore Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar & Chorus : Khatta Meetha... (Khatta Meetha, Polydor, 1977) - Rajesh Roshan
3) Lata Mangeshkar : Chhoro Bhi Yeh (Dilsey Miley Dil, His Master's Voice, 1977) - Bappi Lahiri
4) Mohd. Rafi : All Line Clear (Chori Chori, Columbia, 1975) - Shankar Jaikishan
5) Amit Kumar & Chorus : Raat Aaj Ki Yeh (Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi, His Master's Voice, 1981) - Kishore Kumar
6) Shailendra Singh : Aa Devta (Ab Kya Hoga, His Master's Voice, 1976) - Usha Khanna
7) Manna Dey & Chorus : Suno Re Suno (Téré Méré Sapné, Polydor, no date) -S.D. Burman
8) Yesudas & Hemlata : Jab Deep Jale Aana (Chitchor, His Master's Voice, 1976) - Ravindra Jain
9) Dilraj Kaur & Bhupinder : Ham Bhi Jawan Hain (Poonam, His Master's Voice, 1980 (label says '81)) - Annu Malik
10) Anup Jalota : Akhri Bar Tere Husn Ko Sajda Kar Lun (Patton Ki Bazi, Music India, 1985) - Anup Jalota
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| Saturday 20th September 2008 |
[22 Sep 2008|03:48pm] |
In The Guardian, a little item on the relaunch of Puffin Post magazine. I was never in the Puffin Club (though have the badge), but own several years' worth of the mag from its inception in the 'sixties, and am a fan of the illustrations of Jill McDonald. Also in the paper, a one-page Radiophonic Workshop article : http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/20/bbc.doctorwho.
X-word, by Paul : 8/26.
On Sounds Of The 60s, Lou Christie, Sharon Tandy, Junior Walker And The All Stars, The Monkees, Dusty, Martha And The Vandellas, Love, and The Contours. Plus the inevitable (and abominable) Cliff. Not a show big on surprises this week.
Listen list - all from my Arhoolie/Folkways/Rounder box :
1) Leadbelly : Corn Bread Rough (Arhoolie)
2) Nurses Phillipine Marumo, Cecilia Mdenge; Alexandra Health Centre, Alexandra : Nchuluko Wa Vana (Diarrhea Of Children) (Rounder) - South Africa
3) The Laneville-Johnson Union Brass Band : Take Rocks And Gravel To Build A Solid Road (Folkways)
4) Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers : Spanish Fandango (Old Timey)
5) Facundo Gonzáles : Shotis (Ethnic Folkways)
6) The Georgia Crackers : Riley The Furniture Man (Rounder)
7) King Nawahi's Hawaiians : Honolulu Bound (Folklyric)
8) Anonymous : Father, Have Pity On Me (Arapaho Ghost Dance) (Folkways) - collected in 1894 by James Mooney (seven-inch aluminum Berliner disc)
9) Jackie Doll And His Pickled Peppers : When They Drop The Atomic Bomb (Rounder) - Atomic Cafe soundtrack
10) Rebirth Jazz band : Shake Your Booty (Arhoolie)
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| Friday 19th September 2008 |
[20 Sep 2008|11:23am] |
X-word, by Brendan : 16/28.
An obituary of the great Norman Whitfield : http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/19/popandrock.normanwhitfield.
From record finder Doug, whose basement flat I visited to plough through two big boxes of female artist 7"s :
# 2008/438 : Sonya Spence : When/ Sky Nation : When (Version) (Magnet MAG 60) - Sonia Pottinger-produced; 1976. Shall have to research the vocalist and the band Sky Nation
# 2008/439 : Pearly Gates : Johnny And The Juke Box (Polydor 2058 443) - written by Bickerton and Waddington, the team behind The Flirtations' Deram material - and The Rubettes ! Dull flip, unfortunately, but the topside is a fine example of that 'seventies take on 'sixties girl group heaven, complete with a handful of spoken pieces. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Billups.
# 2008/440 : Suzette : It's Only Love/ Rockin' Rollin' Boy (DJM DJS.359) - 1975. B side lyric mentions, "T. Rex, Alice Cooper and Slade", so worth having just for that - a nice period piece. No idea who Suzette was - another to Google
# 2008/441 : Calibre Auto Recording, from a make-your-own record booth - someone singing The Wild Colonial Boy
Also picked up a couple of bits for Jeanette - Dolly Dots' Radio, as J. is very big on female Europop; and The Flirtations' mid-'seventies RCA 45 Mr. Universe - not outstanding, but certainly very nice
Listen list :
1) Nina Simone : Blues On Purpose (Philips)
2) Miranda Martino : Calda Estate D'Amore (RCA Victor) - with Morricone
3) Annette : Secret Weapon (Telmek)
4) Peggy Lee : Mary Jane (A&M) - off the excellent mid-'seventies Lieber And Stoller-produced set Mirrors
5) Rita Pavone : Clementine Cherie (RCA Italiana)
6) Alma Cogan : Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo (EMI)
7) Claudine (Longet) : Creators Of Rain (A&M)
8) Gigliola Cinquetti : Prima O Poi... Telefonerai (London)
9) Diane Renay : Growin' Up Too Fast (20th Century-Fox)
10) Etta James : Market Place (Crown) - 1986 issue, on an Ace Records subsiduary with a horrible, cheap-looking sleeve with lots of white space on the back they could easily have popped some information on. Not at all up to Ace's usual high standards, surprisingly - was Crown a budget label ? Still, no excuse...
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| Thursday 18th September 2008 |
[19 Sep 2008|02:31pm] |
Finally took the plunge and invested in my first digital camera - a Canon PowerShot 720IS, plus memory card, hard case and batteries. Made a few experimental shots of my shelves in the evening, but because of the flash will need to wait for daylight for photographing prospective online auction items. Link : http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_camera/powershot/powershot_a720_is/index.asp. (Mine was £40 cheaper.) The online reviews I looked at (as Hassni recommended I do before selecting) seemed very positive.
X-word, by Pasquale : 7/24.
Listen list, exploring my female and French sections :
1) Regine : La Java Dis-Donc (Emidisc)
2) Julie London : Louie Louie (Liberty)
3) Serge Gainsbourg : Flash-Forward (Philips)
4) Gwen Johnson With Quinton Batiste Orchestra : A Trumpet Blows Away The Blues (Ace)
5) Brigitte Fontaine : J'ai Vingt Ans (Saravah) - lousy-pressing reissue with built-in crunch - kind of wish I'd taken it back and looked online for an original
6) Nellie Lutcher : There's Another Mule In Your Stall (Stateside)
7) Juliette Greco : Les Feuilles Mortes (Philips)
8) Alma Cogan : Do Do Do Do Do Do Do It Again (EMI) - off a superb double compilation
9) Zizi Jeanmaire : Vamp Et Vampire (EMI Pathé) - Gainsbourg-penned. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zizi_Jeanmaire
10) Barbara Chandler : It Hurts To Be Sixteen (Kent)
The fourth Lord Berners programme on the radio. Link to Berners piece by Gavin Bryars : http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/writing_Lord_Berners.html.
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