Old Vinyl (Continued)

 

Old Vinyl (Part 2)

Some More

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)

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 :(

Blondie - Denis

Not sure if this was different to the 7" version, but it had a bigger picture :)
Really love the 2 tracks on the B.

01 - Denis
02 - Contact In Red Square
03 - Kung Fu Girls

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

Loved watching the video of this song, Debbie at her best.
So many people have said to me that they prefer the original Nerves version, well sorry to come across as a plastic punk but I like this version best, the Nerves one was OK but they never had a gorgeous blonde frontwoman so to my mind there was no competition :)

01 - Hanging On The Telephone
02 - Will Anything Happen

Blondie - Atomic

Debbie in bin bag dress and the songs pretty good as well :)

01 - Atomic
02 - Die Young Stay Pretty

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

OK so Blondie went Disco it's a great song

01 - Heart Of Glass
02 - Rifle Range

Various Artists - Cover Versions

I tend to either love or hate cover versions, if they are too similar to the original I'll label them as shite, or if a band has put their own distinctive mark on them I usually love them.
Here is a totally random selection, by no means the best and probably not even including all my favourites (just ones that sprung to mind without having to search too hard).
A lot with punk influence but enough of other genres to make it interesting.
Everyone has their favourites and their own opinions I looked up a couple of articles on top rated covers and to be honest hated most of them.

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
Anti Nowhere League - Streets Of London
Bad Manners - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
Bomb The Bass - Say A Little Prayer
Clash - Police And Thieves
Cramps - Route 66
Damned - Ballroom Blitz
Devo - (I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction
Dickies - Nights In White Satin
Echo And The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Elbow - Independent Woman
Fall - Gotta See Jane
Flying Lizards - What's New Pussycat
Green Day - Working Class Hero
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
Jam - Batman Theme
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Wheels On The Bus
King Kurt - Ghost Riders In The Sky
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Madness - It Must Be Love
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Modettes - Paint It Black
Motorhead - God Save The Queen
Muse - Feeling Good
Ramones - What A Wonderful World
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Saints - Lipstick On Your Collar
Sid Vicious - My Way
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Helter Skelter
Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Television Personalities - Mr Brightside
Tenpole Tudor - Rock Around The Clock
Tori Amos - Rattlesnakes
Toy Dolls - Blue Suede Shoes
White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
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Abrasive Wheels - Jailhouse Rock
All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
Amateur Transplants - London Underground (Going Underground)
Amy Winehouse - Cupid
Avalanches - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
B52's - Downtown
Billy Bragg - She's Leaving Home
Bjork And PJ Harvey - Satisfaction (Live)
Buzzcocks - Ballroom Blitz
Cult - Born To Be Wild
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
Devo - Working In A Coalmine
Eddie And The Hot Rods - Gloria
Elvis Costello - She
Farmer's Boys - In The Country
Fatima Mansions - Everything I Do
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Suffragette City
Fun Lovin Criminals - We Have All The Time In The World
Ian Brown - Billie Jean
Judge Dread - Al Capone
Kate Bush - Rocket Man
Little Nell - Fever
Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From Mash)
OK Go - Ant Music
Plastic Bertrand - Sha La La La Lee
Presidents Of The USA - Video Killed the Radio Star
Rezillos - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Rocket From The Crypt - Press Darlings
Sex Pistols - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
Specials - Return Of The Django
Splodgenessabounds - Two Little Boys
Stranglers - 96 Tears
Thirty Nine Lyon Street (Billy McKenzie) - Kites
Vice Squad - Teenage Rampage
Vinnie Jones - Wooly Bully
Wall Of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire
Weezer - Uptown Girl
Who - Summer Time Blues (Live)
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Anarchy In The UK
Bad Manners - Wet Dream
Beautiful South - Everybody's Talking At Me
Billy Bragg And The Blokes - Billericay Dickie
Carter USM - The Impossible Dream
Count Bishops - Route 66
Damned - Eloise
Dickies - Paranoid
Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Faith No More - Easy
Fratellis - Solid Gold Easy Action
Jane Aire And The Belvederes - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
Jet Bumpers - Radar Love
John Otway - Space Oddity
Leningrad Cowboys - These Boots Are Made For Walking
Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged)
Offspring - I Wanna Be Sedated
Radio Stars - Dear Prudence
Ramones - Baby I Love You
Rezillos - I Like It
Selecter - James Bond
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Delilah
Sex Pistols - Substitute
Sexgang Children - As Tears Go By
Sham 69 - You're A Better Man Than I
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger
Snow Patrol - Isolation
Soft Cell - What
Specials - Double Barrel
Spizzenergi - Virginia Plain
Splodgenessabounds - Wiffy Woman (Pretty Woman)
Stranglers - Walk On By
Stray Cats - Something Else
Suggs - Cecilia
Vandals - Hocus Pocus
Vic Reeves - Born Free
Wedding Present - Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Wreckless Eric - Clever Trevor
XTC - All Along The Watchtower
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Ataris - The Boys Of Summer
Billy Idol - Mony Mony
Bjork - You Only Live Twice
Blue Rondo A La Turk - I Spy (For The FBI)
Blues Brothers - Rawhide
Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So
Clash - I Fought The Law
Colourfield - Windmills Of Your Mind
Decemberists - Human Behaviour
Human League - Get Carter
J Church - Girlfriend In A Coma
Jam - David Watts
Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros - Redemption Song
Kaiser Chiefs - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Keane - With Or Without You
Killers - Shadowplay
Kirsty MacColl - A New England
L7 - Hanging On The Telephone
Lawnmower Deth - Up The Junction
Manic Street Preachers - Umbrella
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Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
Marilyn Manson - Down In The Park
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Seasons In The Sun
Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain
Morrissey - That's Entertainment
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
New York Dolls - (Give Him A) Great Big Kiss
No Doubt - It's My Life
No Way Sis - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Rubinoos - I Think We're Alone Now
Siouxsie And The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire
Skids - All The Young Dudes
Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night
Suggs - Alright
Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Terry Hall - Music To Watch Girls By
The King - Come As You Are
Toyah - Echo Beach
U96 - Das Boot
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VA - Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Switched On (The Cool Sound Of TV Advertising)

Like the Essential soundtracks album I picked this up after collecting a pile of vouchers from some product that I can't actually remember?
So glad I did as this is a brilliant collection of songs.
I can't remember how many times I've only discovered bands just because one of their tracks was used in an advert and it's stuck in my head.
Not sure if it really works on an advertising level as I often can't think what the product was and it's only through compilations like this that I find the music, this is from around 2001.

Disc 1
01 - Supernaturals - Smile
02 - Loop Da Loop - What I Like About You
03 - Faithless - Drifting Away
04 - Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In La
05 - Leftfield - Original
06 - All Seeing I - Beat Goes On
07 - Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
08 - Crustation With Bronagh Slevin - Purple
09 - Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
10 - Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock
11 - Shaft - (Muncho Mambo) Sway
12 - KRS One - Sound Of Da Police
13 - CJ Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
14 - Jimmy Smith - Organ Grinder's Swing
15 - House Of Pain - Jump Around
16 - Monk And Canatella - Enter The Monk
17 - Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
18 - Propellerheads And Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
19 - Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt
20 - Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
21 - Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

Disc 2
01 - Propellerheads - Dive
02 - Rob D - Clubbed To Death
03 - Le Hammond Inferno - Easy Leasing Superstar
04 - King Bee - Back By Dope Demand
05 - Stereo Mc's - Connected
06 - Moby - Run On
07 - New Order - Blue Monday 88
08 - David Holmes - Rodney Yates
09 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
10 - Freakpower - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
11 - James Clarke - Blow Up A Go Go
12 - Felix - Don't You Want Me
13 - Sash - Encore Une Fois
14 - Fat Boy Slim - Going Out Of My Head
15 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
16 - Urban DK - Have A Go Hero
17 - Les Rythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
18 - Pixies - Tame
19 - Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
20 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
21 - Wiseguys - Ooh La La
22 - Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fun Lovin' Criminal

VA - Be There Now

Tracks from 1971 - 1997 turn up on this Select magazine compilation, and they go together brilliantly.
So credit to the person who chose these.

01 - Radiohead - Lurgee
02 - Wire - Outdoor Miner
03 - Ether - He Say Yeah
04 - Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
05 - Feline - Release
06 - Electronic - Get The Message
07 - Dubstar - Wearchest
08 - Bentley Rhythm Ace - Midlander (There Can Only Be One)
09 - Hawkwind - Silver Machine
10 - Wireless - I Need You
11 - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live)
12 - Cecil - Zips For Lips
13 - Talk Talk - Lifes What You Make It
14 - Morrissey - Suedehead
15 - Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
16 - David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine

Various - Hanging with the Strokes

Another NME compilation album, this one's entitled Hanging with the Strokes (14 new tracks and classic influences by Julian and the boys).
This one has a really diverse tracklisting including Bob Marley, Duran Duran!, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Iggy Pop amongst others.

01 Kings Of Leon - Spiral Staircase
02 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks
03 Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
04 New York Dolls - Trash
05 The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
06 The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
07 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Trenchtown Rock
08 Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man
09 Iggy Pop With Ric Ocaesk - Old Mule Skinner
10 Blondie - One Way Or Another
11 Duran Duran - Rio [Us Edit]
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away
13 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
14 The Strokes - Is This It [Demo]
(NME Essentials)
15 Jet - Get Me Outta Here
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - In Like The Rose
17 Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight [Home Demo]
18 The Cooper Temple Clause - Music Box
19 The Coral - Boy At The Window

Blondie Live 1977

Blondie live at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco 21st September 1977.
Found this on the net a while back and it's a pretty good concert from the early days of Blondie.
The 15 track late concert which with a bit of searching can still be found around the web, also the rarer 25 track warm up concert which includes a few false starts and the like, and is that little bit less professional or to my ears more enjoyable.

Various - The Big Music

Another Vox magazine compilation album.
I didn't even have to buy the mag for this one, as I bought it at a boot sale for 50p :)
I think this is an excellent compilation, as the tracks are totally diverse with something for everyone.
Highlights include an alternate version of the Specials "Free Nelson Mandella", live tracks by Ian Hunter and Sinead O'Connor, Blondie's "Sunday girl" sung in French and artists as diverse as The Ramones and Jethro Tull.
Good stuff.


01 - The Waterboys The Big Music
02 - Blondie Sunday Girl (French Version)
03 - Split Enz Bold As Brass
04 - The Proclaimers The Light
05 - Arrested Development Mama's Always On Stage
06 - Shara Nelson Thoughts Of You
07 - Generation X King Rocker
08 - Carter Usm The Music That Nobody Likes
09 - World Party Ship Of Fools
10 - Ian Hunter And Mick Ronson All The Way To Memphis
11 - Guru Le Bien, Le Mal
12 - Tyrrel Corporation April In Kings Cross
13 - Jethro Tull The Witch's Promise
14 - The Ramones Have You Ever Seen The Rain
15 - Sinéad O'Connor Nothing Compares (Video Version)
16 - Mutha's Day Out Ugly
17 - Kingmaker Never Too High To Fall
18 - Neil Arthur Know These Thing
19 - Paul Hardcastle 19
20 - The Special Aka Free Nelson Mandella (Diff Version)

Various - Sound Of The Suburbs

The cover says 20 New Wave hits from the 70's and 80's and it's true the tracks are from those decades, but not sure if some of the tracks are really new wave?
Still it's a pretty good collection of tunes including a few compilation standards and some that rarely get a mention.
I think Lou Reed got star billing as his "Perfect day" remake was riding high in the charts at the time.





01 - Jam Going Underground
02 - Blondie Denis
03 - Eddie And The Hot Rods Do Anything
04 - Stranglers Peaches
05 - Boomtown Rats Rat Trap
06 - Echo And The Bunnymen The Killing Moon
07 - Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side
08 - Kirsty Maccoll A New England
09 - Vapours Turning Japanese
10 - Generation X King Rocker
11 - XTC Making Plans For Nigel
12 - Dr Feelgood Milk And Alcohol
13 - Pretenders Talk Of The Town
14 - Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love
15 - Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
16 - Pil This Is Not A Love Song
17 - Joy Division Transmission
18 - Velvet Underground Pale Blue
19 - Mc5 Kick Out The Jams
20 - Billy Idol Rebel Yell

CBGB's And The Birth Of US Punk

A British compilation from about 2002, includes a few of the more obvious artists like the Ramones, Blondie and the Velvet Underground while missing some you would expect on a CBGB's comp like the Talking Heads and Patti Smith.
But this makes it a good comp as it includes some artists which are unexpected, such as the excellent Pere Ubu and Suicide plus the best version of Roadrunner.





01 Velvet Underground And Nico - Waiting For The Man
02 Sonics - Louie Louie
03 Seeds - Excuse Excuse
04 Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
05 New York Dolls - Trash
06 Iggy And The Stooges - Tight Pants
07 Electric Eels - Agitated
08 Suicide - Speed Queen
09 Pere Ubu - Heart Of Darkness
10 Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation
11 Television - Friction (Live At CBGB's)
12 Wayne County And The Electric Chairs - I Had Too Much To Dream
13 Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds
14 Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
15 Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (Original Mix)
16 Ramones - Judy Is A Punk (Original Demo 75)
17 Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose
18 Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (Once)