Monday, January 28, 2013

The Boomtown Rats: The Dudgeon Sessions (1979)



Holy Hell have I got a treat for you on this day, the day that Bob Geldof has announced that he will re-join his fellow Boomtown Rats on the road. These three songs are from  a session done with legendary producer Gus Dudgeon (a name worthy of Charles Dickens!) in 1979. Here you get an early, completely different  version of "I Don't Like Monday" done in a nervous-punky-reggae style and lacking Johnnie Fingers' famous piano part. While this version would likely have never been the massive hit the later version was, this stripped down studio take is an amazing thing in and of itself. As well, you get another rocking version of early B-side "Late Last Night" as well as a shorter, edgier, less Springsteen-y version of "Joey's on the Street Again". Awesome!





1. I Don't Like Mondays
2. Joey's On The Street Again
3. Late Last Night

So what do you make of this unheard Boomtown Rats material? Let us know in the COMMENTS section!


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13 comments:

  1. Wow — another great surprise. Thanks Willfully Obscure for another great bit of audio archeology.

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  2. Hey Jeffen

    The Boomtown Rats were a colourful bunch back in the day.I really liked the first two albums and those early shows were fantastic.Bob Geldof was writing music for The Georgia Straight in Vancouver during the mid 1970s before finally heading home to form a band.Bob's replacement at The Straight was none other than Winnipeg boy Tom Harrison who presently writes music for The Province newspaper.

    Doug

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    1. The part of Geldof's autobio where he talks about writing in Vancouver is one of the highlights.

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  3. Love these versions. Thanks!

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  4. how come we can't download these great files (pressing download just opens another playlist window?)

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    1. These were listen-only as the copyright police are overzealous these days.

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  5. Tonic For The Troops was the first lp that I bought with money that I'd worked for (a Saturday job in a butchers. Played my 11 year old daughter Rat Trap last week. She said she quite liked it (Bieber and 1 Direction are more her thing)

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  6. I've only played them once yet but I'll definitely play them again. Thanks Jeffen.

    Press the "Share" button & then "download".

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  7. Pressing Share, then download isn't working for this one. Opens a new playlist windows.

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  8. Yep, Same problem with me!
    Shame
    Bob

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  9. no download--looks good--too bad
    thanks, though

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  10. Cum descărca aceste muzici?

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