Old Vinyl (Continued)

 

Old Vinyl (Continued)

 

R.I.P's

Having not updated this blog in a while meant I missed out on these.

The last couple of years have been really bad for the deaths of musicians I grew up with :(
In the last couple of months we've lost David Bowie, Lemmy and Phil from Motorhead, John Bradbury and Rico Rodriguez from the Specials, Dale Griffin (Mott), Glenn Frey (Eagles), Colin Vearcombe (Black), Guru Josh. Last year we lost Natalie Cole, Steve Strange, BB King, Ben E King, Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate), Percy Sledge, Chris Squire (Yes) and many more.
Also DJ's Ed Stewart and Terry Wogan plus Cilla Black.
As I write this I've just heard Earth Wind and Fire frontman Maurice White has gone too.

Makes you worry for a few reaching those advanced years.
Although I think The Rolling Stones are all still fine (pickled and preserved)? :)

Special AKA - War Crimes

Stunningly good song from 1982 by the Specials which for some reason didn't manage to chart? Rhoda Dakar again on vocals.
The B side version is you'd expect a version of the A :)

01 War Crimes (The Crime Remains The Same)
02 Version

Bananarama And Fun Boy Three - Really Saying Something

The second Fun Boy Three / Bananarama joint effort from 1982, this one had the Banana's listed first which is fair as they do most of the singing.
The B Side instrumental starts off a bit crackly but gets better.

01 Really Saying Something
02 Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares

John Peel - For Virgin Record Stores

Let's get some credibility back to this blog, these are really good.
Picked these up from somewhere (big thanks to Mr Original uploader, whoever you were) about 3-4 years back and only recently gave them a good listen, brilliant stuff from John Peel. All tapes recorded for use in Virgin record stores in 79/80 each one contains about an hour of current (at the time) releases with some great fill-ins by JP.
Not 100% sure of some of the band names and titles just going on what it sounds like to me.

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For Virgin Record Stores 16/10/79

First up is one listed as being recorded 16th October 79.
Good selection here with 3 Specials tracks and the brilliant "Turn to red" by Killing Joke as well as some good ones I didn't know before like the Capital Letters and Freshmen tracks.

Great lines from Peel in this one include -
On Killing Joke "it could be Public Image having a joke at our expense except I don't think Public image are as good as that"
On the Girl track "Here's your chance to bang your head against something solid and immovable, a member of the Virgin staff perhaps"

(Part One)
Specials - Stupid Marriage
Killing Joke - Turning Red
Sneak Preview - Slugweird
Capital Letters - Unemployed
Home Service - Wake Up
Girl - My Number
Cabaret Voltaire - Kirlian Photograph

(Part Two)
Specials - Dawning Of A New Era
Freshmen - You've Never Heard Anything Like It
Pink Military - Spellbound
Jackie Lee - Do The Duck
Killing Joke - Are You Receiving
Phillip Rambo - The Sound And The Fury
Secret Affair - Let Your Heart Dance
Specials - Too Much Too Young
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For Virgin Record Stores 05/12/79

Second of three of these Virgin stores tapes, another excellent selection with a few well known names thrown in.
Best Peel comments on this one - On U2 "A Boomtown Rats for the 1980's", and "wait until you hear the other side of the tape .. absolute crap".

(Part One)
U2 - Out Of Control
Kid Thomas - Rocking This Joint Tonight
Clash - Rudy Can't Fail
Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Ruefrex - One By One
Michael Campbell - Dubwise?
Capital Punishment - Save Your Kisses For Me
Undertones - Baby It Hurts

(Part Two)
Beat - Ranking Full Stop
Delta Five - Mind Your Own Business
Mikey Dread - Saturday Night Style
Clash - Working For The Clampdown
Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
Mekons - Trevira Trousers
Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
Rentals - New York
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For Virgin Record Stores 19/02/80

Here's number three, another random selection of old and new from Peel.
This one had more tracks that I didn't know than the others but still worth listening to.
I guess these were done in one take as the Stunt Kites record gets stuck halfway through which isn't a good advert for a record shop.
The first track which sounds like it's from an early Jackie Chan movie is actually the 1979 German Eurovision song contest entry!! obviously Peel wasn't aware of this as he says it's "a wildly over the top record from Hong Kong".
Best Peel comment on this one - "buy, buy and then fuck off out of the shop"

(Part One)
Lamb - Dschinghis Khan
Clock DVA - Brigade
Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
Bodies - Art Nouveaux
Selecter - Every Day
Cuff Links - Guided Missiles
Any Trouble - Yesterday's Love
Stunt Kites - Beautiful People
Burning Spear - Getting From Bad To Worse

(Part Two)
Jimmy Reid - Shucks Hush Your Mouth
Vice Versa - Genetic Warfare
Misfits - Horror Business
Paul Williams - House Rocking
Tiller Boys - Big Noise From The Jungle
Sugar Minott - Carry Me Gone To Jailhouse
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House
I'm So Hollow - I Don't Know

Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed

The vinyl features a 2.50 version plus an excellent Urdu version which I haven't found on any CD yet, sadly the vinyl is a bit crackly.
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed (Urdu Version)

Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings

Another Fun Boy Three classic, I actually prefer the B side myself.

Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings
Fun Boy Three - The Alibi

Fun Boy Three And Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do

Probably not cool to post Bananarama songs but as the Fun Boy Three are here as well it's OK :)

01 - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It
02 - The Funrama Theme

Specials - Ghost Town

This one hit number 1 in the chart in 1981 and is one of the best songs of the 80's.Also featured in a couple of my favourite films Snatch and Shaun of the Dead.

01 Ghost town
02 Why?
03 Friday night Saturday morning

Roddy Radiation And The Specials - Braggin And Tryin Not To Lie

The single states "free single not for sale" so it was possibly given away with an album? I picked this up in a job lot of 7'' vinyls at a boot sale so I don't know the full history.
I've seen these tracks on a couple of the many two tone compilations so probably not as rare as I'd hoped, but well worth a listen for anyone into ska / 2-tone.

Roddy Radiation And The Specials - Braggin And Tryin Not To Lie
Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck - Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version)

The Special AKA Live

Here's the vinyl version of the Specials "Too much too young" an absolute classic from the Two Tone era.

01 Too much too young
02 Guns of Navarone
03 Longshot kick the bucket
04 Liquidator
05 Skinhead moonstomp

Various Artists - Ska Wars (4CD)

Ska Wars is a 4 CD box set of some well known ska tracks, as with most bargain compilations the tracks by the better known artists tend to be live versions or alternate later recordings which isn't always a bad thing as anyone who followed the scene already has the original versions.
A nice selection of tracks by artists like Bad Manners, The Selecter, The (International) Beat, Loafers, Volcanoes, Potato 5 and many others, also included are 3 classic comedy oldies by Judge Dread which are always welcomed by me as he got me into Reggae/Ska when I was a kid.
4cd's worth of happy tunes which should be prescribed to anyone feeling down or depressed as these will cheer them up, works for me :)

CD1
Sally Brown - Bad Manners
Big 9 - Judge Dread
On My Radio - The Selecter
Do The Jerk - Potato 5
Dave & Mary - The Hotknives
Blind Date - The Riffs
Don't You Tell Me - The Volcanoes
No-One But You - Arthur Kay and The Originals
Follow My Leader - The Loafers
Sheila - Burial
Skaville UK - King Hammond
Bluebeat Suit - Potato 5/Laurel Aitken
Pound To The Dollar - Maroon Town
Jesse James - Clubland
Shame - Big 5
Best Of Both Worlds - The Selecter

CD2
Madness - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Skinhead Girl - Bad Manners
Julie Julie - The Hotknives
Je T'aime - Judge Dread
Bad News - The Loafers
Monday Morning - The Riffs
Fitz, The - International Beat
Our Own Way - Skin Deep
Oh - Case
Nostalgia - Maroon Town
King Hammond Shuffle - King Hammond
Blueboat And Ska - Natural Rhythm
Dambusters – JJ All Stars
Ska Toon Time - The Volcanoes
Ska Wars - Arthur Kay
I Can See Clearly Now - Pauline Black

CD3
Big 8 - Judge Dread
Magical Feeling - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Selecter, The - The Selecter
Reburial - Potato 5
Return Of The Ugly - Bad Manners
Play My Record - Arthur Kay
Plastic Gangsters - Plastic Gangsters
Rocksteady Party - Potato 5 and Laurel Aitken
Melancholy Sally - The Loafers
High Flyer - The Originals
Don't Go Away - The Hotknives
Come Into My Parlour - Skin Deep
These Things - The Riffs
Average Man - Maroon Town
007 (Shanty Town) - Natural Rhythm
Carnaby Street - The Volcanoes

CD4
Special Brew (Live) - Bad Manners
Rudi Got Married (Live) - Laurel Aitken and The Loafers
Missing Words (Live) - The Selecter
Undertaker, The (Live) - The Loafers
Hands Off She's Mine (Live) - International Beat
Concrete Jungle (Live) - The Special Beat
Dick Barton (Live) - The Hotknives
Rough Rider (Live) - The Selecter/Prince Buster
Lorraine (Live) - Bad Manners
Stand Down Margaret (Live) - International Beat
Too Much Too Young (Live) - The Special Beat
3 Minute Hero (Live) - The Selecter
WLN (Live) - The Hotknives
Walking In The Sunshine (Live) - Bad Manners
Mad About You (Live) - Laurel Aitken and The Loafers
Non Shrewd (Live) - Big 5

Various - Mod and Beyond

A nice varied compilation ranging from Sixties classics to Eighties Mod revival.

01 - Bob And Earl - Harlem Shuffle
02 - Dobie Gray - The In Crowd
03 - Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
04 - Roland Alphonso And The Skatalites - A Shot In The Dark
05 - Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh
06 - Kinks - You Really Got Me
07 - Manfred Mann - 5 4 3 2 1
08 - Small Faces - Here Comes The Nice
09 - Creation - Making Time
10 - Jam - When You're Young
11 - Secret Affair - Time For Action
12 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
13 - Chords - Maybe Tomorrow
14 - Special AKA - Gangsters
15 - Selecter - On My Radio
16 - Department S - Is Vic There
17 - Scarlet Party - 101 Dalmations
18 - Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
19 - Cast - Finetime
20 - Gene - Haunted By You

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 - Lost Property

Lost property is a compilation of "Post Punk" tunes that everyone should have.
I bought this before I had a computer and it contains some of the best songs from the period of 79-92 that I'd only had on vinyl before.
2 Discs 37 tracks with very few off moments.







Disc 1
01 - Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
02 - The Cult She Sells Sanctuary
03 - Public Image This Is Not A Love Song
04 - New Order Blue Monday
05 - The Smiths This Charming Man
06 - Echo & The Bunnymen The Cutter
07 - Sisters Of Mercy Temple Of Love
08 - Bauhaus Ziggy Stardust
09 - Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down
10 - Psychadelic Furs Pretty In Pink
11 - Iggy Pop Lust For Life
12 - Simple Minds I Travel
13 - Electronic Getting Away With It
14 - Gang Of Four I Love A Man In Uniform
15 - The Wonder Stuff Size Of A Cow
16 - Lotus Eaters First Picture Of You
17 - B 52's Rock Lobster
18 - The Clash Magnificent 7

Disc 2
01 - The Jam Going Underground
02 - The Dammed Eloise
03 - Wire I Am The Fly
04 - Magazine A Song From Under The Floorboards
05 - The Birthday Party Release The Bats
06 - Theatre Of Hate Do You Believe In The Westworld
07 - Spear Of Destiny The Wheel
08 - The Pixies Monkey Gone To Heaven
09 - Teardrop Explodes Reward
10 - Primal Scream Loaded
11 - Jesus And Mary Chain April Skies
12 - Happy Mondays Step On
13 - James Sit Down
14 - Jane's Addiction Been Caught Stealing
15 - The Farm All Together Now
16 - Morrissey Everyday Is Like Sunday
17 - Dexy's Midnight Runners Geno
18 - Waterboys Whole Of The Moon
19 - The Specials Ghost Town

Boiler

I'd just been listening to my old Judge Dread records, including his version of "Come Outside" and the female voice reminded of me of former Bodysnatcher Rhoda Dakar, who's "Boiler" song is the most harrowing song you'll ever hear (which makes it a classic in my book), truly thought provoking.

Music is provided by the Specials and is the perfect backdrop to a nightmare scenario dealing with date rape.