One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...

One is All, All is One! Welcome to a quick fix world of one hit wonder...

30/06/2011

Lalo Schifrin - Jaws (1976)





Double cash-in!

Blockbuster movie
+ Disco boom
= Sure fire winner

from a man with
a shedload of
soundtrax up
his sleeve!

29/06/2011

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Break Out (1966)






Genre defying
classic from
later relabelled
'Northern Soul'


28/06/2011

The Shadows - Apache (1960)


When did Britain
begin to swing?

This record was as
cool as it got back
in the day &
probably helped
launch more axe
heroes than you
could shake a
cucumber at!


27/06/2011

The Link Quartet - Move, Move, Move (2004)







A classic library tune
redone & done good!


Link to Link QHQ

26/06/2011

Indian Vibes - Mathar (1994)







A very groovy
remake of the
classic Volker
Kriegel tune
with plenty of
sitar/guitar from
a certain P. Weller...

Visual Vibes #1

Visual Vibes #2

25/06/2011

Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (1931)



If you're gonna
be remembered for
just one song,
better make it
a good one!





24/06/2011

The Smoke - That's What I Want (1972)






Great B-Side
from UK band,
better known for
This sounds like
the smarter sequel!!

Is THIS what
you want?

23/06/2011

The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (1972)




2nd Winter in
a month &
worth more
than the sum
of it's parts...
...much more!




Elephant's Memory - Liberation Special (1972)





Good Rockin' for
Peaceful Revolution!

Lest we forget...

Produced by
John & Yoko

22/06/2011

Billy Preston - Gettin' It On (2001)






He may have been
down, but not out,
always had one
more good tune
to get down...




21/06/2011

Johnny Harris - Odyssey (Pt.1) (1980)






wrote some great
tunes for
stage & screen,
not least for
the disco...


Zap it Up!

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV (1976)





Another French
Instrumental Pop
Classic, still sounds
great after all these
years...



19/06/2011

Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats - Rocket "88" (1951)



The First
record?!?!

Recorded 60
years ago by
Kings of Rhythm
under a pseudonym

THIS is where it
all began!

18/06/2011

Passport - Rockport (1974)




Jazz rock fusion
at it's best,
sax giant
Klaus Doldinger's
band, Passport
are joined by
the superlative
& the inimitable
for some good

17/06/2011

The Tubes - White Punks on Dope (1975)






Brilliant anthem
for lost generation
from a band
who have to
be seen, to be...

Tubes on the tube

16/06/2011

Quincy Jones - Getta Bloomin' Move On! (Self Preservation Society) (1969)






Great Singalong
& rare brass / 
jazz / cockney
fusion!

Get yer bleedin'
ten speed gears
round this 

AND

'Ave a Butcher's...

15/06/2011

Bobbi Humphrey - Chicago, Damn (1973)






Want funky flute?
Damn funky flute
is what it is!


On the Tube


14/06/2011

13/06/2011

The The - Uncertain Smile [Original 12" Version] (1982)



What's in a name?

One of the earliest
& best from the
guy they call,
The The
(Just 'The' to
his friends)

The Listen

The Look

The Learn

The Banana Splits - The Tra La La Song (1969)







The wildest bunch
you ever saw, &
they can sing!



12/06/2011

Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (1973)





Even prog rockers
have their poppier
moments, & all the
better for it!



(Singing drummer
about!!)

11/06/2011

Green Bullfrog - Bullfrog (1971)




Never mind
Prog Rock,
Here's some
Frog Rock!

Result of a
between some
of London's
finest cats...

Hop to it!

Frog TV

09/06/2011

Bobby Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe (1967)





This has been
covered more
times than
apple pie
(in custard!)
&
quite rightly too!

Down Ode!


08/06/2011

07/06/2011

Speaklow - Trouble Maker (2006)






Hot 'n' Funky
Originals Straight
Outa Madrid

Speakin' Low,

Groovin' Loud,

Makin' Trouble!

06/06/2011

Jimmy McGriff - Purple Onion (1975)








Here's a
multi-layered
classic for you

From a man in his
Purple patch

Feel it

05/06/2011

Eric Burdon & War - Magic Mountain (1970)








Here's another
great singalong
Guaranteed to
take you up, Up,

04/06/2011

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Mash It Up Harry (1998)





Should've been the
great comeback single,
but never was! Shame,
great singalong to
brighten up anyone's
weekend!

MASH it UP !

03/06/2011

John Mayall - Knockers Step Forward (1968)




A classic jam
& studio out-take

Released later on
an off-cuts album,
this is another
great rocker with
a throw-away title

Knock it off

Knock it up

02/06/2011

Edgar Winter's White Trash - Give It Everything You Got (1971)




This is trash you
never throw away!

Another barnstormer!
Like Sly Stone
meets The Stooges!!

Giving it everything
they've got...
...& then some!

Give it Up / Down


01/06/2011

C.C.S. - Whole Lotta Love (1970)




How often does a
cover of a classic
become a classic
in it's own right?

No, not very often!

But the
Collective
Consciousness
Society
made it happen!