Joey Ramone's All-Star Jam, May 8, 1991, CBGB's
Featuring Marky Ramone, C.J. Ramone, Mickey Leigh, Cheetah
Chrome, Ross The Boss, Sindi from the Lunachicks and more...
Complete set, soundboard.
Enjoy!
01. Pet Sematary [4:34]
02. Chinese Rock [3:33]
03. I Wanna Be Sedated [3:16]
04. Blitzkrieg Bop [3:42]
05. Beat On The Brat [2:23]
Readers,
Two questions:
Whaddya think of the Joey's All-Stars?
Do ya wanna hear STILL MORE Joey rarities?
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Update: Rapidshare version is down further in the comments.
Joey Ramone (more HERE) loved collaborating with women; from Debbie Harry to Joan Jett to Holly Beth Vincent to Helen Love to Ronnie Spector to the women of the B-52's. This 1982 single finds Joey dueting with Holly Beth Vincent (of Holly and the Italians) on a soaring version of Sonny Bono's "I Got You Babe". The B-side, "One More Dance", is a nice, echo-y rocker from Holly & co.
Tracklist
A Holly & Joey – I Got You Babe
Written-By – Sonny Bono 3:34
B Holly And The Italians – One More Dance
Written-By – Holly Vincent 1:45
In honour of his new posthumous album, we've been celebrating the life and legacy of Jeff Hyman (a.k.a. Joey Ramone - more HERE). Yesterday, we mentioned an unheralded duet between Blondie's Deborah Harry and Joey Ramone and today we have a fine-sounding live set that features both of those CBGB's vets. Debbie's part of the set, is pretty aggressive featuring, amongst the Blondie tracks, covers of The Damned's "New Rose" and Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized" (yeah, you read that right!) Then Debbie brings out Joey for three storming tracks, including two Ramones classic and the then-recent duet between the two, "Go Lil Camaro Go".
1. (00:01:00) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - introduction by John Waters
2. (00:03:42) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - New Rose
3. (00:03:00) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Danger (Red Light)
4. (00:03:16) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Liar Liar
5. (00:05:26) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Institutionalized
6. (00:02:40) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - In the Flesh
7. (00:06:27) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Rapture
8. (00:02:52) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Comic Books
9. (00:03:38) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb - Attack Of The Giant Ants
10. (00:01:11) Debbie Harry introduces Joey Ramone
11. (00:02:11) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Go Lil Camaro Go
12. (00:01:54) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Loudmouth
13. (00:02:27) Deborah Harry & Tiger Bomb (with Joey Ramone) - Havana Affair
This is a loving bootleg that collects up the scraps from all over Joey Ramone's career. While you may not want to continuously re-listen to every one of the 24 tracks, it is amazing how many are pretty damn good like this collaboration with Debbie Harry that showed up as a B-side of one of her less-than-successful solo singles:
WARNING: The original compilers, in their zeal to show Joey's range, included a few officially released Ramones tracks. While I can't see the harm, these tracks inclusion does go against our mission of offering the unoffered. So, with no apology, we've made a few substituttions of other rare tracks or live versions to underscore our primary point - BUY THE DAMN ALBUMS!
1. Joey, Dee Dee Ramone and The Dictators - Danny Says (3:09)
2. Joey Ramone and Deborah Harry - Standing In My Way (4:23)
3. Joey Ramone and Nomads - The King Of The Night Train (3:39)
4. Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone - I Am Seeing UFO's (4:04)
5. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - See My Way (4:13)
6. Joey Ramone and The B-52's* - Chop Suey ('Get Crazy' version) (3:38)
7. Joey Ramone and Holly Beth Vincent - I Got You Babe (3:34)
8. Joey Ramone and 22 Jacks - I'll Be With You Tonight (4:25)
9. Joey Ramone and Helen Love - Punk Boy (2:27)
10. Joey Ramone and General Johnson - Rockaway Beach (3:30)
11. Joey Ramone and Richie Ramone - Chasing the Night (Demo) (4:28)
12. Joey Ramone and Furious George - Gilligan (3:01)
13. Joey Ramone and Die Toten Hosen - Blitzkrieg Bop (1:50)
14. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - Don't Be So Stranger (2:27)
15. Joey Ramone and 22 Jacks- 1969 (Live) (3:39)
16. Joey Ramone and Pearl Jam - Sonic Reducer (Live) (3:56)
17. Joey Ramone and The Seclusions - Shape of Things To Come (3:08)
18. Joey Ramone - I Couldn't Sleep At All (2:31)
19. Joey Ramone and Ronnie Spector - Bye Bye Baby (4:10)
20. Joey Ramone - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (3:26)
21. Joey Ramone and Mickey Leigh - On The Beach (3:01)
22. Joey Ramone and The Independents - Garden Of Serenity (2:08)
23. Joey Ramone and the Resistance - Bring it on Home To Me (4:40)
24. Joey, Dee Dee Ramone and The Dictators - The Kids Are Alright (Live) (3:10)
* Specifically Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson plus Deborah Harry. Also, this is a different version than the one on the re-issue of Pleasant Dreams.
Joey Ramone has risen from the dead. Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and his producer Ed Stasium have a gathered a small army of Joey's musical peers to resurrect a series of demos Joey recorded over the last half of his career. The list of contributors is as long as your arm; Joan Jett, Andy Shernoff (and Handsome Dick Manitoba) of the Dictators, Jean Beavoir (and Richie Stotts) of the The Plasmatics, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Denni Diken of The Smithereens, Steve Van Zandt of Springsteen's E-Street Band, Lenny Kaye of Patti Smith's group and in a touching move, exiled Ramone Richie plays on a good chunk of ...Ya Know. (Stream here)
The astonishing thing is how gracefully this Frankenstein monster moves. From the coutry-ish "Waiting for That Railroad" to the power-poppin' of "What Did I Do To Deserve You" to the the glam-rocking-ness of "Rock n' Roll is the Answer" to the rockabilly-tingeed "I Couldn't Sleep" this album is proof positive of the vastness of Joey's talents as song-writer and performer. Sure there's moments where you can hear the stitches threatening to pop (Stasium & co. used only the vocals from the demos and re-recorded everything else) but that doesn't change how much this album sounds..well...ya know...alive!
Back in the pre-MFMF days, Britolboy and I did a great series on the Canadian punk-cum-new wave band, The Payola$ (see HERE). Sadly, those link are gone but here's a new find; a stellar live set from 1982-10-13 recorded for WMMS in Cleveland, OH. The band is into their more new wave, Police-ish phase by 1982 but the songs stayed excellent even while the production wavered. As is so often the case with bands who slicked-up their sound for eighties radio, the live sound is kickier.
01. Intro/Soldier
02. Dancing With Another
03. Jukebox/Paul Hyde Q/A
04. Lights To Change
05. Pennies Into Gold
06. Romance
07. Some Old Song
08. Hastings Street
09. Eyes Of a Stranger
10. Rose
11. I'm Sorry
12. Tears Are Not Enough
13. Kill A White Man (unreleased)*
While a 2007 re-formation EP and a slim Best-Of CD are currently
available, the Payola$ albums have NEVER been re-issued in any format!
Visit PVAc to 44.1 kHz for some more out-of-printy Payola$ goodness.
The name of track 13 comes from this article, submitted by Britolboy.
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are the great encourager, so if you have some thoughts on the Payola$ now is the time to let them be known in the COMMENTS section (where you will find Live at The Cleveland Agora ).
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Roberto accurately describes this 1980 rarity by Sterling as, "N.Y. guys with a fine mix of styles; from punky new wave to power-pop to seventies glam." A & M house producer David Kershubaum (Joe Jackson) gives the band a slick, commercial sound that will appeal to Cheap Trick and Cars aficionados.
A1 It's Me
A2 City Kid
A3 And She´s Mine
A4 Good Girl
A5 It's Only Love
B1 Baby It's You
B2 Robosexual
B3 Are You Sleeping Alone
B4 Phony People
B5 Oh Yeay
Let us know what you make of these New York City Kids, Sterling, in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find the City Kids LP).
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The Bizarros were a punky new wave band from Akron, Ohio with a sound
I might describe as 'Velvet Devo' but which Clash-man Mick Jones called "a psychedelic revival'. These two songs are form a 1980 French
single issued with Sordide Sentimental fanzine.
Let Roberto and me know what you think of The Bizarros in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find the Sordide Sentimental 7")
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While members of the3 Mustaphas 3 may have been in the Damned, Magazine and the Amazorblades this band's major connection to punk rock is their love of high-speed tempos. 3M3 were kinda like a Balkan version of The Pogues or Gogol Bordello twenty years before the fact.
From the Balkans to Your Heart is an out-of-print German-only LP that compiles all the band's BBC Radio One sessions for John Peel and works as a great introduction to the band.
Taxim 'Cello Hasapiko Grigoro broadcast first 6/7/83
Schnabbelle Freylekh No. 2 Teteli broadcast first 30/1/84
Svadba A Chilling Tale Pt 5 Singe Tema Ya Habibi, Ya Ghaneyme broadcast first 24/4/85
Intro / Dobrodolska Hora Si Vous Passez Par LÃ A Chilling Tale Pt 1 Czay Calypso broadcast first 20/1/83
Give us your take on the 3 Mustaphas 3, in the COMMENTS section, where you'll find the From the Balkans to Your Heart).
While hypothesizing about Chuck Prophet's record collection (see HERE), I left out a number of probably obvious choices, not least among them being The Clash's London Calling. To celebrate my and Chuck's shared love of London Calling here's a great-sounding live recording of Chuck and his pick-up band, The Spanish Bombs, doing the album in its entirety.
Chuck Prophet's Spanish Bombs
High Sierra Music Festival
Vaudeville Tent - Late Night
Quincy, CA
2011-07-02
CD 1
01.intro
02.London Calling
03.Brand New Cadillac
04.Jimmy Jazz
05.Hateful
06.Rudie Can't Fail
07.Spanish Bombs
08.The Right Profile
09.Lost In The Supermarket
10.Clampdown
11.The Guns Of Brixton
12.Wrong 'Em Boyo
13.Death Or Glory
14.Koka Kola
15.The Card Cheat
16.Lover's Rock
17.Four Horsemen
CD 2
01.I'm Not Down
02.Revolution Rock
03.Train In Vain
04.Bankrobber
Leave us your take of Mr. Prophet 's take on The Clash in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find CP & SB: LC)
If you were to invite me to your abode, dear MRML reader, you can probably can ascertain from what you've read in these pages these four years past what would be my first order of business; going through your CD's/Records/Tapes/8-Tracks and your what-have-you's. Now, former Green On Red guitarist and current under-recognized singer-rock-song-writer Chuck Prophet has yet to honour me with an invite to his place of dwelling, yet I have some idle speculations about some of the items I would find, were I allowed to flip through his milk-crates of un-alphebetized, well-worn vinyl L.P':
The Rolling Stone: Exile on Main St.
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde, Desire
The Modern Lovers: Self-Titled
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
Graham Parker: Squeezing Out Sparks X: Los Angeles
Bill Anderson: His Greatest Hits (2XLP)#
Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits
The Only Ones: Special View*
Flamin' Groovies: Shake Some Action
The Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society
Nick Lowe: Pure Pop For Now People
Glen Campbell: Greatest Hits
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True plus at least one more, say Taking Liberties
Lou Reed: Everything up until Mistrial (possibly minus Metal Machine Music and Coney Island Baby)
Sure my guesses are based mostly on listening to a lot of Chuck's new album, Temple Beautiful but I can't be all wrong.Can I?
* For some reason I imagine that Chuck would have the American versions...
So are takeaways from today are; Chuck Prophet has a great set of influences, his new album Temple Beautiful is one of the year's must-purchases and that the man is a great live performer as this excellent-quality soundboard recording from earlier this year proves.
CD 1 = Set 1
01. intro (Miro Berbig) -> Fear Is A Mans Best Friend
02. Just To See You Smile
03. Storm Across The Sea
04. Balinese Dancer
05. Look Both Ways
06. Castro Halloween
07. The Left Hand And The Right Hand
08. Willie Mays Is Up At Bat
09. White Night, Big City
CD 2 = Set 2
01. Credit
02. Sonny Liston's Blues
03. Temple Beautiful
04. Hot Talk
05. Automatic Blues
06. American Man -> band intro
07. Count The Days (Stephanie Finch)
08. Would You Love Me?
09./10. Summertime Thing
11. Little Girl, Little Boy
12. You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
13. I'm Not Talking (Yardbirds)
14. Always A Friend
15. Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
Leave us your take of Mr. Prophet and his work in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find BOTH parts of Live in Norderstedt)
While this series was begun by long-time contributor Roberto, it is fellow blogger, Bristolboy who has generously provided today's rip. May we all be thankful to such giving people.
The Little Roosters (more HERE), who shared three members with Oi! founders, Cock
Sparrer and one associate member with synth-poppers, Yaz [!], impressed a
lot of people with their glam-rock/pup-rock/rock-rock style, including
one Joe Strummer, who produced much of the band's discography and was supposedly paid in new teeth! The band's leader, Garrie Lammin, put out a semi-solo single as Garrie And The Roosters in 1984. On this release the drums are a bit weaker and there's a horn section on the A-side but it's still the same Stones-loving rock n' roll that Lammin has devoted his life to.
MRML readers, don't let Bristolboy, Roberto and me
down on this extended series! Let us know what you think of Garrie and The Roosters in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find Win Or Lose ).
Of all those poppy-yet-angular Brit dance-rock bands of the early aughts - y'now Franz Ferdinand, The Killers*, Bloc Party et al - The Futureheads (see HERE) always seemed like the one most likely to have, well...a future.
That said, I sure as hell didn't see this new a cappela album, Rant, coming. If I had, I'd have feared it would sound like a Scottish Manhattan Transfer or the Proclaimers quintuplets! Instead, it's fucking brilliant! Sure the cheeky set list - The Black Eyed Peas, Richard Thompson, Kelis and Sparks (as well as a batch of traditional tunes and Futureheads classics) - is meant to catch press attention but the boys, whose vocals work has always been stellar, have created something that is much more than a curio. Granted like Chumbawamba and The Housemartins before them this is likely to be an anomaly in their discography but a glorious one.
To promote Rant the band is doing an 'a capella and acoustic tour' (nice video HERE), which seems like the best way to promote this album. If anyone comes into possession of a decent live recording of any show form this tour please contact me!
Canada's flawed election of 2011 is being challenged, one questionable result at a time. Is democracy, which Churchill called "the worst form of government except all those other forms", on the mend? (Via)
We bandy about the term 'pub-rock' here a surprising amount considered how short-lived its life-span, how small-scale its success and how ill-defined the term really is. Last time I tried to define the term I said, "Pub rock was an umbrella term for dozens of mid-70s English
groups, each playing their own amalgam country-r&b-rockabilly in
gritty pubs rather than stadiums" but even that would probably miss out funkier bands like Roogaltor and many more I can't even name. There was also a clear break between the bands who were more interested in playing country-rock and those who really wanted to be the Rolling Stones circa 1965. This 1979 album, The London R & B Sessions (Live at the Hope & Anchor, as even a cursory glance will tell, is firmly in the latter category. It's a retro-rockin' revival and features some fine bands of the era like the Lew Lewis Reformation, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders, The (Count) Bishops and, fitting our recent theme, The Little Roosters (more HERE).
Tracklist
A1 Lew Lewis Reformer – You'd Better Watch Yourself
A2 Lew Lewis Reformer – Shake And Finger Pop
A3 Bogey Boys – Madison Blues
A4 Red Beans And Rice – Finger In My Eye
A5 Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders – The Whammy
A6 Untouchables - I Can't Be Satisfied
A7 Bogey Boys - You Can't Catch Me
A8 Cannibals - Just For Fun
B1 Pirates - Tear It Up
B2 Hope & Anchor House Band – Just A Little Bit
B3 Red Beans And Rice – Pucker Up Buttercup
B4 American Blues Legends – Why Do Everything Happen To Me
B5 Little Roosters - Roostering With Intent
B6 Blues Band – Death Letter
B7 Bishops – Taste And Try
B8 Pirates – All In It Together
So what do you, dear reader, maker of the more Stones-y side of of pub-rock? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find the The London R & B Sessions).
While this series was begun by long-time contributor Roberto, it is fellow blogger, Bristolboy who has generously provided today's rip. May we all be thankful to such giving people.
The Little Roosters (more HERE), who share three members with Oi! founders, Cock
Sparrer and one associate member with synth-poppers, Yaz [!], impressed a
lot of people with their glam-rock/pup-rock/rock-rock style, including
one Joe Strummer. The Clash-man in fact produced much of the band's
three-singles-and-an-album discography and was supposedly paid back with
new teeth (no, really!).
The Roosters debut single may have 1979 stamped on it but with its slinky tempos, bluesey riffs and wailing harmonica it coulda come straight outta 1965!
Tracklist A She Cat Sister Floozie B Roostering With Intent
MRML readers, don't let Roberto and me
down on this new series! Do you like this Strummer-fortified/Cock
Sparrer-powered rock n' roll????? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find She Cat Sister Floozie).
For the band's only full-length LP go visit the brilliant Sons of the Dolls (and don't forget to drop a word of thanks to Midnight Rambler over there!)
Roberto's Rarities: An irregular
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The Little Roosters, who share three members with Oi! founders, Cock Sparrer and one associate member with synth-poppers, Yaz [!], impressed a lot of people with their glam-rock/pup-rock/rock-rock style, including one Joe Strummer. The Clash-man in fact produced much of the band's three-singles-and-an-album discography and was supposedly paid back with new teeth (no, really!).
For this 1981 single, the Roosters kept themselves only a Stone throw from Mick + Keef territory but now sounding more on the "Street Fightin' Man" side of things than the "Satisfaction" one.
Tracklist
A People Break Down 3:10
B Ain't Proud 3:30
MRML readers, don't let Roberto and me down on this new series! Do you like this Strummer-fortified/Cock Sparrer-powered rock n' roll????? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find People Break Down).
For the band's only full-length LP go visit the brilliant Sons of the Dolls (and don't forget to drop a word of thanks to Midnight Rambler over there!)
P.S. Thanks to the ever-knowledgeable, ever-gernerous Bristolboy for the vinyl scans!
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The Little Roosters, who share three members with Oi! founders, Cock Sparrer and one associate member with synth-poppers, Yaz [!], impressed a lot of people with their glam-rock/pup-rock/rock-rock style, including one Joe Strummer. The Clash-man in fact produced much of the band's discography and was supposedly paid back with new teeth (no, really!).
The second single, has two non-album tracks, the tough R&B-style ballad on the A-side backed with a more glam-ish B-side, "Suspicious".
Tracklist
A That's How Strong My Love Is
B Suspicious
For the band's only full-length LP go visit the brilliant Sons of the Dolls (and don't forget to drop a word of thanks to Midnight Rambler over there!)
MRML readers, don't let Roberto and me down on this Strummer-fortified/Cock Sparrer-powered rock n' roll series! Do you want to hear more? Let us know in the COMMENTS section (where you'll find That's How Strong My Love Is).
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The Little Roosters, who share three members with Oi! founders, Cock Sparrer and one associate member with synth-poppers, Yaz [!], impressed a lot of people with their glam-rock/pub-rock/rock-rock style, including one Joe Strummer. The Clash-man, in fact, produced much of the band's discography and was supposedly paid back with new teeth (no, really!).
This single, their third of four, shows the capital-R rock n' roll sound in full-force, with two stomping R&B/Blues-lovin originals sure to appeal to a generation or three of rockers.
Tracklist
A I Need A Witness
Written-By – Garrie Lammin, Steve Burgess 2:42
B The Age Of Reason
Written-By – Garrie Lammin 2:06
MRML readers, don't let Roberto and me down on this new series! Do you like this Strummer-fortified/Cock Sparrer-powered rock n' roll????? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(where you'll find I Need A Witness)
For the band's only full-length LP go visit the brilliant Sons of the Dolls (and don't forget to drop a word of thanks to Midnight Rambler over there!)
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Brighton, UK's The Dodgems (more HERE) 2nd Atrix Records single from 1980 is another cool splicing of futurism and retroism. "Lord Lucan Is Missing" features a churchy organ sound, a quick tempo and tremendously hooky use of repetition, while "Got To Give It Up" examines nicotine compulsion in an arty, yet witty and catchy, way.
(This is an alternate take of the LLiM, I believe.)
Tracklist
A Lord Lucan Is Missing
B Gotta Give It Up
Let
myself and Roberto know what you think of the The Dodgems in the
COMMENTS section (where you can get the Lord Lucan Is Missing single.)
The entire Dodgems output (17 tracks!) is available on CD HERE!
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As soon as you hear the spooky keyboards, intermittent saxophone, clever lyrics and neurotic vocals on this single, you'll know you're in late seventies new wave space here:
Brighton, UK's The Dodgems (Charlie Zuber drums, Gary Turner, bass/vocals, Doug Potter, guitar/ vocals, Paul Birchal, keyboards), who put out two singles on Atrix Records in the late seventies, did this new wave style with a cool mix of futurism and retroism.
Tracklist
A Science Fiction (Baby You're So) 3:40
B Hard Shoulder 2:15
Let myself and Roberto know what you think of the The Dodgems in the COMMENTS section (where you can get the Science Fiction single.)
The entire Dodgems output (17 tracks!) is available on CD HERE!
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