Friday 12 August 2022

Man We're Glad To Know You Mix

A mix of Man and Help Yourself and the crossover members with Deke Leonard, Malcolm Morley and the late great (and nicest man in rock winner) Ken Whaley
Tracklist: 
1 Brown Lady/Blown Away/American Mother - Help Yourself 
2 Eddie Waring (Live) - Help Yourself with Deke Leonard 
3 7171-515 - Deke Leonard 
4 Jam Up Jelly Tight-Oh No Not Again (Live)/California Silks & Satins/American Mother (Live) - Man 
5 Man We're Glad To Know You - Help Yourself

Wednesday 10 August 2022

Darryl Hunt R.I.P.

Here's Darryl's first band with an early single on Stiff

Bass Is The Place Mix

Tracklist: 
1 Jazzoetry - The Last Poets 
2 Black Man At Your Shoulder - John Martyn 
3 Well Well Well (Dub) - Grace Jones 
4 Homesick Blues/Dub - Samia Farah 
5 Machine Gun - Portishead 
6 Blues Away - Moor Mother 
7 What Is The Plan? - Mutaburaka & African Head Charge 
8 Baby I Love You So (12") - Colourbox 
9 No Government (Plaid Remix) - Nicolette 
10 The Crackdown (Oicho Remix) - Billie Ray Martin 
11 Linoleum (Josh Wink Interpretation) - Tweaker ft David Sylvian 
12 Women Respond To Bass - Renegade Soundwave 
13 Solid As A Rock (Hexadecimal Full Length Remix) - Bim Sherman

Mark Stewart & Maffia - Live at Kingston Polytechnic & Bristol (1982)


This was the first time I caught Mark after his Pop Group days apart from a couple of CND rallies in London where he performed Jerusalem accapella and this was certainly also the London(ish) debut of the Maffia. This was the Creation Rebel line up of the Maffia with Adrian Sherwood at the mixing desk and it goes without saying that this was Kingston upon Thames as opposed to Kingston JA. I was kindly invited by my friend Richard Thomas (ex Fall manager and current Laugharne Weekend promoter) to the gig, who had given me some time before a Townhouse Studio cassette dubbing of the tracks that would appear on his Jerusalem 12" as well as the New Age Steppers version of High Ideals so I knew what to expect. Not at all sure of the exact date of this but on November 12th 1982 Mark also played at Trinity Hall in Bristol so I'm guessing either side of then. I have never heard that Trinity Hall recording and would be grateful if anyone has it  to share

...and a (partial) recording of a gig in Bristol from 1982 has come my way. Mark wishing the audience a merry christmas suggests it's not from November. Oh well...at least these two recordings of the Creation Rebel version of the Maffia exist     

Maffia/None Dare Call It Conspiracy/Liberty City/Don't You Ever Lay Down Your Arms


Mark Stewart and Algiers Talk Post-Punk, Past, Present and Future

Lambchop - So There

Tuesday 9 August 2022

The Most Pathetic Men in America

The Most Pathetic Men In America

Seeking New Gods Mix

Tracklist: 
1 London (Excerpt) - Daniel Lanois 
2 Brides of Jesus - Little Feat 
3 Whole Lotta Love - Robert Plant & Rainer Ptacek 
4 Excerpts From The All Electric Fur Trapper - Help Yourself 
5 Don't Renege On Our Love - Richard & Linda Thompson 
6 Palace of Love - Doll By Doll 
7 Can't Find My Way Home - Swans 
8 Seeking New Gods - Gruff Rhys 
9 Dying On The Vine - Les Hommes Sauvages 
10 Nomadic Revery (All Around) - Bonnie Prince Billy 
11 The Fool - Quicksilver Messenger Service 
12 Safesurfer - Julian Cope

Sunday 7 August 2022

As Adam says...

Bagging Area

Saturday 6 August 2022

Noise Against Fascism - The Violence

 
Cassette Jacket: blogger's own

You should try being in your early sixties

Gary Clail Sound System - Neoliberalism

Gary Clail previously was part of the On-U Sound System. Gary has spent more than 15 years working with those most in need. This includes working with the homeless, persons with mental health, alcohol and drug dependency issues, victims of domestic violence and people recently evicted from housing 

Stealing In The Name of The Lord Mix

Tracklist:
1 Intro (The Show Is Coming) 
2 Tackhead - Stealing (Original Version ft. Bim Sherman vocals) 
3 Tackhead - Stealing (Bernard Fowler vocals) 
4 Dub Syndicate - Doomsville/Stealing 
5 Little Axe - Stealing (Live) 
6 The On-U Sound All Stars - Stealing (Live) 
7 Tackhead - Stealing (Extended Bim Sherman Version) 
8 Outro (Pay It All Back) 

Skip McDonald - Guitar/Vocals Keith LeBlanc - Drums Style Scott - Drums (Dub Syndicate) Perry Melius - Drums (On-U Sound All Stars) Adrian Sherwood - Studio Production & Live Mixing

Tackhead - Stealing (Highline Ballroom NYC 22/3/09)  
Here's a mix I made a year ago that despite sharing some* tracks is a good companion to the Stealing Mix above Tracklist: 1 Tackhead - Stealing (Original with Bim Sherman vocals)* 2 Gary Clail - Privatisation Program 3 Strange Parcels & Bim Sherman - More Is Insane (10" Mix) 4 Gary Clail - Privatise The Air (Part 1) 5 Jeb Loy Nichols - To Be Rich Is A Crime 6 Tackhead - Stealing (Extended Version Bim Sherman vocals)* 7 Gary Clail - Food Clothes & Shelter / These Things Are Worth Fighting For (Young Gods Club Mix) / Privatise The Air (Part 2) 8 Little Axe - Stealing In The Name (Live)*

Finally here's Tackhead playing Stealing in Glasgow back in April this year

Sunday 22 May 2022

It's a new day Australia

Friday 20 May 2022

Australia Make Your Vote Count Tomorrow

The late Andy Fairley is on words and voice 
David Harrow and TACK>>HEAD's Doug and Skip amongst others are on this track 
AMS is in the mix 
This was released in 1992 on On-U Sound 
Nothing has fucking changed

Tuesday 17 May 2022

Throbbing Gristle: TGV (1979 - 2005)

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A fraction over 11 hours of live TG from the recording of Heathen Earth...
...to the implosion of the reunion gigs 
Do you need to view the later videos? No 
The view is that Gen was just doing it for the paycheck. 
The early footage however
I saw TG numerous times back then but the only gig I was at that is in the box is the last English gig pre the first split at The Lyceum.
That was interesting as it was by far the biggest venue that TG had performed in up to that point and well, something to me didn't compute, tho Cabaret Voltaire who also played that night  had no problem coming to grips with the larger venue 
TG?
With 41 years of hindsight  perhaps the (unannounced at the time ) split was beginning to show through the cracks. It was a Psychic Youth Rally after all.

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