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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!
Take A
Bite!
29/06/2011
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Break Out (1966)
Genre defying
classic from
Mr
Mitch Ryder
,
later relabelled
'Northern Soul'
Break Up
Break Down
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!
Learn
/
Look
Dance Apache!
27/06/2011
The Link Quartet - Move, Move, Move (2004)
A classic library tune
redone & done good!
Listen to it!
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!
Go to
the devil!
Skip story
Play it again!
24/06/2011
The Smoke - That's What I Want (1972)
Great B-Side
from
UK band,
The Smoke
,
better known for
My Friend Jack
.
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 &
A Monster Hit
worth more
than the sum
of it's parts...
...much more!
Monster Movie#1
Monster Movie#2
Read on...
Elephant's Memory - Liberation Special (1972)
Good Rockin' for
Peaceful Revolution!
Lest we forget...
Elephant's Who?
Produced by
John & Yoko
Liberate it!
22/06/2011
Billy Preston - Gettin' It On (2001)
He may have been
down, but not out,
Billy Preston
always had one
more good tune
to get down...
Get it On!
21/06/2011
Johnny Harris - Odyssey (Pt.1) (1980)
Johnny Harris
wrote some great
tunes for
stage & screen,
not least for
the disco...
...in the 25th century!
Zap it Up!
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV (1976)
Another French
Instrumental Pop
Classic, still sounds
great after all these
years...
let it breathe
apprendre
watch penguins!?
19/06/2011
Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats - Rocket "88" (1951)
The
First
Rock 'n' Roll
record
?!?!
Recorded 60
years ago by
Ike Turner
's
Kings of Rhythm
under a pseudonym
THIS
is where it
all began!
Rock to it!
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
Brian Auger
& the inimitable
Volker Kriegel
for some good
rockin' groove!
Look Hear
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
...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!
Damn it!
On the
Tube
Bobbi bio
14/06/2011
John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax (1971)
When
artists
collide,
Anything can happen...
Get to
Church!
Look
here
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
of
hairy freaks
you ever saw, &
they can sing!
Hava Banana!
Watch Out!
Banana Skin!
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!
Know what You Like!
Like What You Know!
Watch out!
(Singing drummer
about!!)
11/06/2011
Green Bullfrog - Bullfrog (1971)
Never mind
Prog Rock,
Here's some
Frog Rock!
Result of a
mega-jam
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
!
What's that?
Watch this!
08/06/2011
Booker T. & The MG's - Boot-Leg (1965)
An evergreen
groover
released as a
single only
Boot-Leg
this!
Mini-doc
Fakin' it!
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,
U P !
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
C
ollective
C
onsciousness
S
ociety
made it happen!
Watch !
/
Who
?
Listen to the band
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