Bo Diddley – Pollution
26th November 2023 · UncategorisedBo Diddley’s heyday was long gone by 1970 and he was mostly seen as a heritage act on the oldies circuit (if at all) by the time he tackled the topical issue of Pollution. But it’s a great track.
Michael Chapman – Stranger In The Room
24th November 2023 · UncategorisedMichael Chapman was a guitar virtuoso, acclaimed for his acoustic fingerpicking. But it’s Mick Ronson’s electric guitar that steals the show here.
Josef K – Romance
21st November 2023 · UncategorisedWhen what the music press lazily dubbed “The Scottish Sound” emerged at the end of the Seventies, Josef K were the yin to Orange Juice’s yang – the dark underbelly to their bright and sparkly pop.
Crime – Hot Wire My Heart
18th November 2023 · UncategorisedThis lost gem from 1976 is a little piece of punk history – the first single to be released by a West Coast punk band. A double A-side of Hot Wire My Heart and Baby You’re So Repulsive (surely a contender for best punk song title), it was the debut single by a San Francisco band called Crime.
John Martyn – Big Muff
14th November 2023 · UncategorisedA Carry On-style collaboration between John Martyn and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Big Muff came into being at the breakfast table of Island boss Chris Blackwell.
Wishbone Ash – Alone
13th November 2023 · UncategorisedWishbone Ash were rock dinosaurs during the punk wars but they played the tiny Marquee Club one night in 1977, prior to playing Wembley Arena two days later.
Annette Peacock – My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook
11th November 2023 · UncategorisedAnnette Peacock’s steamy, sinuous blues-funk jam My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook is a sultry coming-of-age tale of sexual liberation with disturbing undertones.
Mink DeVille – Spanish Stroll
8th November 2023 · UncategorisedOne of the great singles from the punk period, Spanish Stroll has nothing much in common with the rest of the CBGBs crowd. But that’s where it came from. And it’s just a classic, with that lazily strummed guitar intro and the spoken word Spanish bit in the middle.
Area Code 615 – Devil Weed And Me
5th November 2023 · UncategorisedI’ve never heard of Area Code 615 though I do know one of their songs without even knowing it – their number Stone Fox Chase is the theme music of the Old Grey Whistle Test.
Slowload – Big Boobs Boogie
1st November 2023 · UncategorisedFunny old time, the late 1960s. The British blues boom was coming to an end and bands were turning those 12-bar tunes into heavy rock.
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