Creatures - A Bestiary Of

"A Bestiary of" is basically a CD compilation of the double single “Wild things” and the album “Feast” plus a few bonus B-sides and the single version of Right now.
For anyone who doesn’t know the Creatures were Siouxsie and drummer Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees, who decided that the vocal/drum only sound, worked well … I agree.
As well as the known singles there are some truly brilliant tracks here, Sky train and Festival of colours being my own favourites, although the track "Flesh" still sounds weird to me.

01 Mad Eyed Screamer
02 So Unreal
03 But Not Them
04 Wild Thing
05 Thumb
06 Morning Dawning
07 Inoa'ole
08 Ice House
09 Dancing On Glass
10 Gecko
11 Sky Train
12 Festival Of Colours
13 Miss The Girl
14 A Strutting Rooster
15 Flesh
16 Hot Springs In the Snow (B-Side Of Miss The Girl single)
17 Weathercade (B-Side Of Right Now single)
18 Right Now (Single Version)

Blondie - Blondie

The 1976 debut album plus a few bonus tracks on this 2001 Re-mastered CD version.
An interesting mix of styles with many of the tracks having an early Sixties feel right through to the more punky tracks like Rip her to shreds and Kung Fu Girls.

Blah blah … I picked up the “In the flesh” single in a cheapie box for 10p a few months before “Denis” hit the chart and many years later sold it on for £10 which is a 100 times what I paid for it!!
If only I could have done those sort of deals on everything I’d be a millionaire haha, and sadly with hindsight even this was a missed opportunity as that cheapie box had about another 20 copies of it and I bought only one :(

01 X Offender
02 Little Girl Lies
03 In The Flesh
04 Look Good In Blue
05 In The Sun
06 A Shark In Jets Clothing
07 Man Overboard
08 Rip Her To Shreds
09 Rifle Range
10 Kung Fu Girls
11 The Attack Of The Giant Ants
12 Out In The Streets (Original Instant Records Demo)
13 The Thin Line (Original Instant Records Demo)
14 Platinum Blonde (Original Instant Records Demo)
15 X Offender (Original Private Stock Single Version)
16 In The Sun (Original Private Stock Single Version)

Dr Feelgood - Oil City Confidential

For anyone who remembers my post about the Dr Feelgood documentary, you might like to know it's available on BBC I-player for the next week or so as it was shown on BBC4 on Friday night, I'm not sure if it's available outside the UK but I guess someone cleverer than me might have ripped it and it should be available somewhere soon.
Great stuff for any Feelgood fans, I really enjoyed it.
Some great archive footage of Canvey which is local to me, Wilko is nearly as mad now as he was then but with less hair, Julien Temples use of old movie clips to illustrate points adds a lot of humour to it and of course some great music.

Find it here - BBC Link

Blondie - Eat To The Beat

This is still my favourite Blondie album and sadly (in my opinion) it was all downhill after this.
3 great singles and tracks like Shayla and the title track would have made good singles as well.
Aaah makes me all nostalgic ... sob

01 - Dreaming
02 - The Hardest Part
03 - Union City Blue
04 - Shayla
05 - Eat To The Beat
06 - Accidents Never Happen
07 - Die Young Stay Pretty
08 - Slow Motion
09 - Atomic
10 - Sound A Sleep
11 - Victor
12 - Living In The Real World
13 - Die Young Stay Pretty (Live At BBC 1979)
14 - Seven Rooms Of Gloom (Live At BBC 1979)
15 - Heroes (Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1980)
16 - Ring Of Fire (Live) (From The Roadie OST)

Blondie - Parallel Lines

Possibly the biggest selling of the Blondie albums and most well known, 6 of the 12 tracks were released as singles with most of the rest ending up as B-sides.
Once again 4 bonus tracks to fill the CD.

01 - Hanging On The Telephone
02 - One Way Or Another
03 - Picture This
04 - Fade Away And Radiate
05 - Pretty Baby
06 - I Know But I Don't Know
07 - 11:59
08 - Will Anything Happen
09 - Sunday Girl
10 - Heart Of Glass
11 - I'm Gonna Love You Too
12 - Just Go Away
13 - Once I Had A Love (AKA The Disco Song) (1978 Version)
14 - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Live In Boston 1978)
15 - I Know But I Don't Know (Live In Philadelphia 1978)
16 - Hanging On The Telephone (Live In Dallas 1980)

Blondie - Plastic Letters

First up is Plastic Letters which was the second commercialy released Blondie album in 1978, as it included Denis and Presence it was probably the first one most of us bought.
My favourite track is Contact in Red Square which was a B-side to Denis.
This is the 2001 reissue disc and includes 4 bonus tracks a demo an outtake a B-side and a live track.

01 - Fan Mail
02 - Denis
03 - Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
04 - Youth Nabbed As Sniper
05 - Contact In Red Square
06 - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
07 - I'm On E
08 - I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
09 - Love At The Pier
10 - No Imagination
11 - Kidnapper
12 - Detroit 442
13 - Cautious Lip
14 - Once I Had A Love (AKA The Disco Song) (1975 Version)
15 - Scenery
16 - Poets Problem
17 - Detroit 442 (Live In Philadelphia 1978)

Blondie

I bought all the early (70's) Blondie albums on vinyl and sold most in the early nineties, bought them all again on CD in 2001 when they were reissued and recently sold most to raise funds again :(

Malcolm McLaren R.I.P

I only just heard that sadly Malcolm McLaren died earlier today of a rare form of asbestos related cancer in Switzerland at the age of 64.
I didn't know him, have never met or even seen him personally but it's still a shame that someone who has contributed to some enjoyment in my life is no longer with us.
If you want the story it's here - BBC Page, which gives you more facts than I can be bothered to write because most will know more than me anyway.
Nice comment from John Lydon who said "Above all else Malcolm was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you." which sums it up nicely.