After yesterday's cool addition to the Graham Parker videography (see HERE), I thought I'd add an even rarer find (originally authored by one, harryc in 2007) of a televised performance on ITV by GP and the Half-Rumour in 1988.
Graham Parker - vocals, guitar
Brinsley Schwarz - guitar
Andrew Bodnar - bass
James Hallawell - keyboards
Andy Maxwell - drums
Setlist:
01 Don't Let It Break You Down
02 Glass Jaw
03 Thunder and Rain
04 Passion Is No Ordinary Word
05 Break Them Down
06 Durban Poison
07 Blue Highways
08 Howlin' Wind
09 White Honey
10 The Girl Isn't Ready
11 Under The Mask Of Happiness
12 OK Hieronymus
13 Get Started. Start A Fire
Yeah sometimes we can seem like a bit like an adjunct of the Graham Parker Empire here at MRML but we're alright with that, especially when we come across treasures like this. What this is, is a re-broadcast of a crackling performance by Graham Parker & The Rumour on 1977-03-17 done for the BBC Sight & Sounds program. Enjoy!
I saw "This is 40" last night becuase I still trust the Apatow brand and for the Graham Parker sub-plot, naturally. Everybody came through, though Apatow's plots are getting thinner even as his ability to work wonders with sprawling cast is rising to Robert Altman-esque levels. Parker was dead hilarious, as anyone who's watched him on stage or recently would guess. One of the MANY strong turns (John Lithgow, Albert Brooks, Charlyne Yi, Melissa McCarthy) was, surprisingly, Bille Joe Armstrong from Green Day who's never struck me as very good cameo material. Billy Joe's taunt of Chris O'Dowd oughta make it into the vernacular but this deleted scene (via diffuser.fm) is a must-see for all rock geeks!
To celebrate Graham Parker and The Rumour's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML's been digging into the 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders.
We've covered Chairman Parker (avec et sans Rumour) extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so....
Graham Parker and The Rumour
Calderone Concert Hall
Hempstead, NY
June 6, 1979
WLIR FM Radio Broadcast
Setlist:
01 Discovering Japan
02 Local Girls
03 Protection
04 Don't Get Excited
05 Back To Schooldays
06 Passion Is No Ordinary Word
07 Howling Wind
08 Heat Treatment
09 Stick To Me
10 Mercury Poisoning
11 You Can't Be Too Strong
12 Love Gets You Twisted
13 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
14 Don't Ask Me Questions
15 Saturday Nite Is Dead
16 Nobody Hurts You
17 Soul Shoes
18 encore applause
19 I Want You Back (Alive)
20 New York Shuffle
GP fans - what do you make of this '79 era bootleg? Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section
A mellow-but-biting single from Graham Parker's (more HERE) long out-of-print 1989 album, "Human Soul".
Graham Parker "Big Man On Paper" promo CD single (9114-2-RDJ).
1. big man on paper 4:07 2. green monkeys 8:40 3. everything goes 2:20 4. sugar gives you energy 1:40 5. daddy's a postman 2:25 6. green monkeys 1:51 7. everything goes reprise :24
GP
fans - what do you think of "Human Soul? Let
us know in the COMMENTS section!
Graham Parker (more HERE) and The Rumour's re-union has finally manifested itself in the form of the band's new album, the hideously-packaged but excellent Three Chords Good. and the new tour, from which we have a recording of their very first gig in Tarrytown, New York thanks to larryrulz.
Setlist: 01 stage entrance 02 Fool's Gold 03 Stop Cryin' About The Rain 04 Nothin's Gonna Pull Us Apart 05 Snake Oil Capital Of The World 06 intro to Get Started. Start A Fire 07 Get Started. Start A Fire 08 Watch The Moon Come Down 09 intro to Old Soul 10 Old Soul 11 Hotel Chambermaid 12 Live In Shadows 13 A Lie Gets Halfway 'Round The World 14 intro to Jacksonville 15 I'll Never Play Jacksonville Again 16 intro to Long Emotional Ride 17 Long Emotional Ride 18 Discovering Japan 19 Nobody Hurts You 20 Protection 21 Thunder And Rain 22 Coathangers 23 Local Girls
Encore 1 24 You Can't Be Too Strong 25 Passion Is No Ordinary Word 26 applause
Encore 2 27 Don't Ask Me Questions 28 Soul Shoes
GP
fans - what do you think of the man's re-alliance with The Rumour? Let
us know in the COMMENTS section!
Show was removed due to leeching (2 comments and 139 DOWNLOADS!)
2012 is promising be a great year for Graham Parker (more HERE) but that doesn't mean he's not holdin' back til the onslaught of end-of-the-year projects. GP's still touring with nineties new wavers, The Figgs. As is often the case with this grouping, this live set is heavy on deep album tracks, including only three songs (of nineteen) from Parker's seventies heyday. This is an exemplary audience recording, low on audience noise and heavy on vocals and guitar. ENJOY!
Graham Parker and the Figgs
City Winery, New York
Friday, April 20, 2012
recorded by scoper
near the V.I.P. section in front of the left stack
1. Intro
2. It's My Party (But I Won't Cry)
3. Turn It Into Hate
4. No Holding Back
5. If It Ever Stops Raining
6. Dislocated Life
7. Black Lincoln Continental
8. Impenetrable
9. Speaks About 80's Drum Sounds
10. When You Do That To Me
11. You Can't Be Too Strong
12. Blue Highway
13. Under The Mask of Happiness
14. Not Where You Think
15. You Hit The Spot
16. Get Started, Start A Fire
17. Bad Chardonnay
18. Fools Gold
19. All Or Nothing (Small Faces cover)
20. Do It Like You Said
21. Soul Shoes
GP
fans - what do you think of the man's alliance with The Figgs? Let
us know in the COMMENTS section!
For my list of ten amazing GP videos, please come visit The Big Takeover!
Graham Parker (more HERE) showed Britain's punks you could be angry without being
ignorant. However, as the punks got angrier Parker felt the need to
match them hate for hate, while continuing to school them on how to
focus that anger. Dave Thompson's London's Burning provides the money quote:
"Our
attitude to punk was, we were kind of jolted." We were in a field of
one, doing things like : "You Can't Hurry Love" really aggrressively,
doing reggae with this angry attitude; we had it all together and
suddenly we were not the only ballgame. There was this thing called
[Punk Rock]....and it was a bit scary for us. So we thought we'd better
crank it up another level and came back really nasty."
And
Parker's records did grow ever-more belligerent throughout the seventies, as you can witness on
Parker and The Rumour's Live on the Test. This
set is made up of performances done for the BBC TV show The Old Grey Whistle Test between March 17th 1977 and March 20th 1978 . It's further proof of Parker and The
Rumour's live fire-power. If, like Parker himself, you believe Mutt
Lange's production of his second album, Heat Treatment, is sterile, then you'll find these versions raw and bloody enough to be a bio-hazard.
1 Heat Treatment Parker 4:08
2 Silly Thing Parker 3:09
3 Fool's Gold Parker 4:26
4 Pourin' It All Out Parker 3:40
5 Gypsy Blood Parker 5:32
6 Don't Ask Me Questions Parker 5:22
7 Hold Back the Night Parker 3:16
8 Not If It Pleases Me Parker 3:01
9 Soul Shoes Parker 3:23
10 Kansas City Parker 3:13
11 Stick to Me Parker 3:32
12 Problem Child Parker 3:42
13 Back Door Love Parker 3:09
14 Thunder and Rain Parker 3:19
15 Turned up Too Late Parker 3:34
16 Saturday Nite Is Dead Parker 3:23
17 Tear Your Playhouse Down Parker 3:58
GP
fans - Where do you think Parker and The Rumour excelled most, in the studio or on the stage? Let
us know in the COMMENTS section!
We've tried three new hosts (Crocko, Rapidshare and Nekups) based on your comments (see HERE) please give us your review of the one(s) you try. Your feedback is highly appreciated!
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
a wide-ranging selection of Recordings of Independent Origin and Out-Of-Print wonders.
Upon
my first exposure to the solo Parker of Live! Alone in America I was underwhelmed. Perhaps
because GP had been such an impressive band leader, I wasn't ready
for this ultra-stripped down set. Now, of course, I can hear how the raw
passion still burns through on both familiar tracks like "Hotel Chambermaid and the otherwise-unavailable
ones, "Soul Corruption", "Three Martini Lunch" and "Durban Poison". I've been listening to this album non-strop this week and have really come to hear how by cutting the arrangements to the bone proves just how tightly written these songs really are.
Graham Parker, guitar, vocals
Recorded at Philadelphia's Theater of Living Arts October,1988
Tracklist
1 White Honey 2:31
2 Watch The Moon Come Down 4:31
3 Black Honey 3:14
4 Protection 3:53
5 Soul Corruption 5:48
6 Gypsy Blood 5:02
7 Back To Schooldays 2:20
8 Durban Poison 2:58
9 The 3 Martini Lunch 3:27
10 Back In Time 2:46
11 Hotel Chambermaid 2:23
12 Don't Let It Break You Down 3:17
13 You Can't Be Too Strong 3:05
14 A Change Is Gonna Come 2:28
GP
fans - what do you make of this album? Is Parker as strong solo as he
is with a band? Do you wanna hear another batch of Parker rarities? Let
us know in the COMMENTS section!
Come check out my list of Ten Amazing Graham Parker performances (1976-1978) over at The Big Takeover!
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
a wide-ranging selection of bootlegs and out-of-print wonders, as we've done before (see HERE) and will do again.
Upon my first exposure to the solo Parker, I was underwhelmed. Perhaps because Parker had been such an impressive band leader, I wasn't' ready for this ultra-stripped down set. Now, of course, I can hear how the raw passion still burns through on tracks like the otherwise-unavailable "Soul Corruption".
Graham Parker, guitar, vocals
Recorded at Philadelphia's Theater of Living Arts October,1988
Tracklist
1 White Honey 2:31
2 Watch The Moon Come Down 4:31
3 Black Honey 3:14
4 Protection 3:53
5 Soul Corruption 5:48
6 Gypsy Blood 5:02
7 Back To Schooldays 2:20
8 Durban Poison 2:58
9 The 3 Martini Lunch 3:27
10 Back In Time 2:46
11 Hotel Chambermaid 2:23
12 Don't Let It Break You Down 3:17
13 You Can't Be Too Strong 3:05
14 A Change Is Gonna Come 2:28
GP fans - what do you make of this album? Is Parker as strong solo as he is with a band? Do you wanna hear another batch of Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the BBC Sight & Sounds link).
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
a wide-ranging selection of bootlegs and out-of-print wonders, as we've done before (see HERE) and will do again.
To complement yesterday 2 X 7 version, here's the 12" extended version of the lead-off single, "Break Them Down", from one of Parker's many comeback album, 1985's Steady Nerves in this case.
Tracklist A1. Break Them Down (Checked Shirts, Radios, Barbed Wire) 6:18 B1. Everyone's Hand Is On The Switch 3:23
Hey, while you're diggin' all this GP-ness don't neglect to check out all the parallel Parker-ing going on at some of the other blogs we love:
Power Pop Criminals offers a vintage '79 era bootleg HERE
Cover Me looks at some of the non-originals in GP's repertoire HERE
Teenage Dogs in Trouble offers up a newer Parker Rarity HERE
The Rare Stuff has (had?) a cool acoustic bootleg of GP opening up for BD HERE
GP fans - what do you make of this extended mix? Do you think the Steady Nerves album was a comeback? Do you wanna hear STILL more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the Break Them Down 12"link).
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders.
We've covered Chairman Parker extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so....
Here's a rare 2 X 7" from the fantastic 1985 album, Steady Nerves.
A1 Break Them Down (edit)
B1 Everyone's Hand is on the Switch
C1 Bricks and Mortar
D1 Too Much Time to Think
NOTE TO READERS: the following rarity is in .m4a format, which plays fine on MediaMonkey and iTunes but still irritates some people. Anybody with a mp3 rip please let me know.
GP fans - what do you make of this '85 era rarity? Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the Break Them Down 2 X 7" link).
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders.
We've covered Chairman Parker extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so....
What's Graham Parker's weakest album?
Is there a Down in the Grove, a Goodby Cruel World or a Lucky Town in the man's discography?
If there is such a glitch in the works, I'd argue that it's The Real Macaw a half-hearted attempt to make peace with eighties soullessness that plays to none of GP's strengths.
The fault lies not with the songs but with David Kershenbaum's lifeless production. To hear how the songs should have sounded, check out this '83 FM broadcast, which gives the Macaw material some extraordinary passion.
GP fans - what do you make of this '83 era bootleg? Do you think Parker has any weak albums?/ Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the Poughkeepsie, NY link).
Update: New link is available, scroll down in the comments section.
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders.
We've covered Chairman Parker extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so....
GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR
1980-10-18
Rockpalast, Essen, Germany
Soundboard recording, excellent quality
mp3 @ 320 kbps
Tracklist:
01 Stupefaction
02 No Holding Back
03 Jolie, Jolie
04 Love Without Greed
05 Discovering Japan
06 Passion Is No Ordinary Word
07 Howlin Wind
08 Thunder And Rain
09 Manouvers
10 Don't Get Exited
11 Beating Of Another Heart
12 Empty Lives
13 Devils Sidewalk
14 Endless Night
15 Can't Get No Protection
16 Nobody Hurts You
17 Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions
18 Tripe Face Boogie
19 Soul Shoes
Musicians:
Graham Parker - guitar, vocals
Brinsley Schwarz - guitar, vocals
Martin Belmont - guitar, vocals
Stephan Göulding - drums, vocals
Andrew Bodnar - bass, vocals
Nicky Hopkins - piano
GP fans - what do you make of this '80 era bootleg? Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the Live at Rockpalast link).
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE)
MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you
wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders.
We've covered Chairman Parker extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so....
Graham Parker and The Rumour
Calderone Concert Hall
Hempstead, NY
June 6, 1979
WLIR FM Radio Broadcast
Setlist:
01 Discovering Japan
02 Local Girls
03 Protection
04 Don't Get Excited
05 Back To Schooldays
06 Passion Is No Ordinary Word
07 Howling Wind
08 Heat Treatment
09 Stick To Me
10 Mercury Poisoning
11 You Can't Be Too Strong
12 Love Gets You Twisted
13 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
14 Don't Ask Me Questions
15 Saturday Nite Is Dead
16 Nobody Hurts You
17 Soul Shoes
18 encore applause
19 I Want You Back (Alive)
20 New York Shuffle
GP fans - what do you make of this '79 era bootleg? Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the Calderone Concert Hall Hempstead, NY link).
To help pass the time till the start of Graham Parker's Big Year (more details HERE) MRML is going to dig into the bulging 'GP stuff' folder, to bring you wide-ranging section of rarities, bootlegs and out-of-print wonders. We've covered Parker extensively before (see HERE) and will continue to do so...
Graham Parker & The Rumour
1977-03-17
BBC Sight & Sounds, London
TV Broadcast recording, excellent quality
mp3 @ 192 kbps
Tracklist:
01. Heat Treatment
02. Silly Thing
03. Fool's Gold
04. Pourin' It All Out
05. Gypsy Blood
06. Don't Ask Me Questions
07. Hold Back the Night
08. Not If It Pleases Me
09. Soul Shoes
10. Kansas City
GP fans - what do you make of this '77 era bootleg? Do you wanna hear more Parker rarities? Let us know in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the BBC Sight & Sounds link).
So the Graham Parker has officially re-joined forces with The Rumour and they have an album and two films on the go for 2012. The first film is the oft-delayed documentary "Don't Ask Me Questions" by Michael Gramaglia and the second is a Judd Aptow comedy, "This is Forty" in which the GP and the band figure prominently in the story line. The whole story (well worth the read by the way) is here and for LOTS more Parker on MRML go HERE.
To celebrate what is a fantastic thing for music fans and everybody involved in the aforementioned projects here is a crisp-as-hell-sounding GP + R show from back in the day:
GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR
THE SAVOY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA
NOVEMBER 7, 1976
KSAN-FM PRE-FM PRODUCTION TAPE
01. white honey
02. that's what they all say
03. fool's gold
04. turned up too late
05. something you're goin' through
06. pour it all out
07. back to schooldays
08. hotel chambermaid
09. heat treatment
10. don't ask me questions
11. not if it pleases me
12. help me shake it
13. soul shoes
14. kansas city
15. hold back the night
Let us know what you think of the Graham Parker and the Rumour reunion in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the San Francisco, 1976 link).
Billed as the Kippington Lodge* Social Club, Graham Parker And The Rumour* played a a reunion show at the Lakeside Lounge New York on October 21, 2010
The line-up (*minus two original Rumours) was: Graham Parker - guitar, vocals, harmonica, kazoo Bob Andrews - keyboards, vocals Steve Goulding - drums, vocals Martin Belmont - guitar, vocals Jeremy Chatzky - bass
The Set list included:
Before I Grow Too Old Get Rhythm Shame Shame Shame Chills and Fever Folsom Prison Blues Point of No Return
With GP- The LipiTour
Instrumental It’s My Party White Honey Lady Doctor Fool’s Gold Stealin’ Seven Nights To Rock In the Midnight Hour -- I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass* Kansas City
Download link for GP and The Rumour Reunion Show 2010 is in the comments.
* That's two Nick Lowe references for those keeping score.
In celebration of Don't Ask Me Questions, the documentary about Graham Parker by Michael Gramaglia (who made the Ramones doc, End of the Century) getting its basic funding settled, here's a blistering, clear-as-hell sounding live show from one of the man's many peaks:
KISW Intro Discovering Japan Local Girls Soul On Ice Don't Get Excited Back To School Days Howling Wind Heat Treatment Stick To Me Mercury Poisoning You Can't Be Too Strong Passion Is No Ordinary Word Clear Head (Hey Lord) Don't Ask Me Questions Protection Saturday Night Is Dead Nobody Hurts You Soul Shoes Encore Applause E: I Want You Back E: Pouring It All Out Many thanks to Bill B. for the great recording.
Seattle, 1979 Link in in the comments
Speaking of comments, let us know what you think of the Graham Parker of 1979.
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