The Redskins: Keep on Keepin' On (1984)

Now, first we gave you a lengthy political diatribe to accompany The Redskins BBC Sessions (see HERE) but now we'll need to skip a little because the band's first two singles, were part of an oddly-compiled, exceedingly brief compilation called Epilogue (Insurgence, 2010).



This three song single shows the Redskins polishing their punks-soul sound (singer X Moore said, "'We want to walk like The Clash and sing like The Supremes").


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The Redskins: BBC Sessions (Or: "I Joined a Communist Front Group")

It was back in 1988, the dark, dark year when Conservative leader Brian Mulroney set about selling a divided Canadian electorate on a Free Trade deal with the U.S., that I began attending the meetings of a political action group named Youth Against Free Trade (Y.A.F.T.).

It was lead, not by a youth but by a mustachioed middle-aged man named Nigel, who eventually turned out to be not just some Bizarro leftist version of a youth pastor but a card-carrying member of the Communist Party of Canada. (If you're of a certain age, you may read "card-carrying member of the Communist Party" words with that McCarthyite Southern slur).

Now I was young, idealistic blah, blah blah but I was not a communist. To begin with, it was a little late to be jumping on that bandwagon, what with the wheels clearly coming off in the USSR. More importantly, the Communist nations contempt of human rights made all their rhetoric less than useless to me. Nowhere was this more obvious to me personally, then in the pages of the impossibly well-packaged (read: Kremlin-funded) Communist Party free paper which regularly contained bald-faced denials of the Ukrainian famine (The Holodomor). As a wanna-be historian and a proud Manitoban (our province was built by different groups fleeing Russian malfeasance) this Orwellian revisionism was truly deplorable. Plus, I'm just a contrarian by nature and not much good with party lines.

Nonetheless, in the election campaign of '88, I fought for what I believed in, alongside guys with nicknames like "Trotsky" and "Lenin". Really, they were just kids my own age, kids who listened to lots of Billy Bragg, Dead Kennedys and The Redskins (but not SNFU who'd dared to slam the postal union in one song) and were into politics. We confronted Mulroney himself at two Conservative rallies. ("The only good Tory is a Supposi-tory" the man nick-named Trotsky shouted out during a pause in The Big Chin's speech and, at another, a picture of me and "Trotsky" screaming at some Tory lackey made the front page of The Winnipeg Free Press). But we, and Y.A.F.T. was just a tiny group in a very broad-based opposition, lost that election due to vote-splitting by the two left-leaning parties.

Mulroney, Bush the Elder, Thatcher et al - dark times, readers, dark times.

Then, in 1992, after the Tories suffered the greatest defeat in electoral history, came a Liberal government, who, with all their attendant faults, were not content to just auction off our natural resources, our banking system and our social safety-net to the highest bidder. So, as a result, some of our darkest fears about this Free Trade Agreement were kept at bay for the next thirteen or so years.

While I may not grown much wiser during this interim, I did come to see that resistance to the corruption inherent in power is a human necessity and one not beholden to any single ideology. After all, world developments after the collapse of the Soviet Union muddied the ideological waters far more then the Reaganites have ever let on. Capitalism hardly made Russia a safe, open democracy and communism didn't stop the Chinese march towards becoming an economic superpower. I came to be less worried about the specific ideology of those who seek office and more concerned with what actions they took with whatever power they did have.

Now, Stephen Harper's Conservatives has brought the darkness back to my country. Here in the 21st century, tariff policy seems less significant when compared with this government's intolerance towards the weak, its deliberate attempts to divide the people, its rapid concentration of power in the Prime Minister's office and its creep towards plutocracy. It is this sort of skullduggery that makes this regime repellent to me and not their public commitment to the ideals of conservatism (individual responsibility, smaller governments, lower debts et al) which is merely a fig-leaf.

So in these bleak times, even those of us who will never be Trotskyists or pamphleteers can agree that eighties British band The Redskins kicked up a righteous soul-punk racket that evinced one of the universal principals of the never-ending fight against the darkness of corruption - don't mourn - organize!



Peel Session 09/10/1982

The Peasant Army
Kick Over The Statues
Reds Strike The Blues
Unionize & Pickin' The Blues (Outro)

* Chris Dean (Guitar, Vocals)
* Nick King (Drums)
* Millicent Martin (Hewes) (Bass)
* Steve Nichol (Trumpet)
* Lloyd Dwyer (Saxophone)
* Dagenham Pete Pixie (Backing Vocals)
* John Mekon (Backing Vocals)
* Colin Car (Backing Vocals)


Peel Session 08/08/1983

Young And Proud
Hold On
99-And-A-Half
Take No Heroes

* Chris Dean (Guitar, Vocals)
* Nick King (Drums)
* Millicent Martin (Hewes) (Bass)
* Steve Nichol (Trumpet)
* Lloyd Dwyer (Saxophone)

Kid Jensen Session ???

A Plateful of Hateful
It Can be Done
Keep on Keepin' On
Complete Control (Bonus Track)

* Chris Dean (Guitar, Vocals)
* Nick King (Drums)
* Millicent Martin (Hewes) (Bass)






Holy Hell, that was laborious. Some COMMENTS (where the BBC Sessions link can be found) on The Redskins, political activism or Punk-Soul Brothers checkin' it out now would not only better the world they might inspire me to unleash the (almost) full force of The Redskins discography upon you...


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Peter, Bjorn and John: All Art Has Been Contemporary (LIve on KEXP, 2011)

Some people think bearded bands have indie-cool cred and some people think bearded bands have the indie-cool kiss of death, as for me I say "make the music move and I don't give a fuck what you look like!"



Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn and John had a pleasant break out indie-dance-pop in 2006 but seemed headed for oblivion until their power-surging 2011 album Gimme Some, a damn solid set of pop songs given a great kick.




Peter Bjorn and John
2011-05-10
Live In-Studio On KEXP
Seattle, WA
1 [intro]
02 Second Chances
03 [banter]
04 Dig A Little Deeper
05 [interview with Cheryl Waters]
06 May Seem Macabre
07 [banter]
08 Eyes [false start]
09 Eyes
10 [outro]



Dig it or despise it, you are all invited to leave a COMMENT (and that is the section where you will find the Live on KEXP link).


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V.A. Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Volume Thirty-FIVE!

This multi-volume series features artists covering Bob Dylan songs. All of the tracks are recordings of independent origin (ROIO) and hence officially unreleased.


I told you it'd be back, I just didn't tell you that series compiler Jeffs98119 would have a new one ready for Zimmy's 70's birthday! And this one's another doozy that'll satisfy anyone who's ever read MOJO (secretly or publicy!), icluding artists like; Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Robyn Hitchcock, The Dead Milkmen's Joe Jack Talcum, Uncle Tupelo, The Waterboys and a schcwackload more.









01 Song to Woody - Uncle Tupelo (May 28, 1990, Cicero's, St. Louis, MO)
02 Tangled Up in Blue - Robyn Hitchcock (Feb 19, 2000, Largo, Los Angeles, CA)
03 This Wheel's on Fire - Elvis Costello and the Imposters (May 9, 2011, Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA)
04 Everything is Broken - The Waterboys (Apr 10, 1990, Docks, Hamburg, Gemany)05 You're a Big Girl Now - Lloyd Cole (Dec 27, 2001, Joe's Pub, New York, NY)
06 Oh Sister - Robin Pecknold (Jul 11, 2009, Neumo's, Seattle, WA)
07 I Threw It All Away - Roddy Frame and Edwyn Collins (Oct 17, 1990, Copenhagen Music Cafe, Denmark)
08 Love Minus Zero - Joe Jack Talcum (Sep 13, 2009, The Mill, Iowa City, IA)
09 Queen Jane Approximately - David Rawlings Machine (Mar 24, 2009, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
10 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window - Kaiser-Phillips Band (Jan 7, 1990, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA) 11 Positively Fourth Street - Jerry Garcia and Merle Saunders (Jul 10, 1973, The Keystone, Berkeley, CA)
12 I Shall Be Released - Gene Clark (May 12, 1989, Old Vienna Kaffeehaus, Westboro, MA)
13 Cross the Green Mountain - Elliott Murphy (Sep 5, 2009, Beitohallen, Beitostolen, Norway)
14 Masters of War - Leon Russell (Nov 21, 1970, Fillmore East, New York)
15 Blowin' in the Wind - Neil Young (Feb 28, 1991, Dean E. Smith Center, Charlotte, NC)
16 Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Steve Wynn (Au 13, 2009, Hana-bi, Marina di Ravenna, Italy)
17 Forever Young - Joan Baez (Mar 31, 2004, Murat Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN)

Thanks to Jeffs98119 for compiling these and to pdiamond for the images.

• Thanks to Karl Erik @ Expecting Rain for tagging these for iTunes
  

• For V.'s 1-34 of Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan go here
  

• For slugline's impressive spreadsheet of the whole series go here

The Revillos: Hungry for Love (1980)

The fourth Revillos single, in all it's high-pressure glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)



The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Hungry for Love 7" link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.


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The Revillos: Scuba Scuba (1980)

The third Revillos single, in all it's high-pressure glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)



The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Scuba Scuba 7" link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.


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The Revillos: Motorbike Beat (1980)

The second Revillos single, in all it's high-octane glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.


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Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)


The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Motorbike Beat 7" link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.


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The Revillos: Where's the Boy For Me (1979)

The first Revillos single, in all it's florid glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)




The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Where's the Boy For Me link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.


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The Revillos: Yes Sir

A bootleg (or was it...) of the Revillos never-released 3rd album, some of which later showed up on the Captain Oi release called "Jungle of Eyes" that is now also out-of-print.

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V.A. Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Volume Thirty-Four

This thirty- ______volume series features artists covering Bob Dylan songs. All of the tracks are recordings of independent origin (ROIO) and hence officially unreleased.

Don't look for any sense of closure here; the series, a mere thirty volumes when we began last summer, is far from over. In place of a grand finale or wrapping up of loose ends you get another batch of solid stuff like Jon Wesley Harding, Patti Smith, Ryan Adams, Jay Farrar, Steve Earle as well as a few questions (Sophie B. Hawkins?)





01 Boots of Spanish Leather - Patti Smith (Dec 30, 2010, The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY)
02 Mama You've Been on My Mind - Allan Toussaint (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
03 Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Steve Earle (Feb 27, 2011, Center for the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA)
04 Tomorrow is a Long Time - The Gourds (Apr 29, 2009, The Ark
Ann Arbor, MI)
05 One Too Many Mornings - Rumpke Mountain Boys (Jul 17, 2010, Private Party, Athens, OH)
06 Blowin' in the Wind - Arlo Guthrie and Donovan (Jun 20, 1981, Folkfestival auf der Donauinsel, Vienna, Austria)
07 Masters of War - Don McLean (May 25, 1975, Hard Rock Club, Manchester, England)
08 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Carrie Elkin (Nov 26, 2009, Prince Albert, Trafalgar St, Brighton)
09 Mr. Tambourine Man - Abbey Lincoln (Jul 12, 2002,
Graz, Mariahilferplatz)
10 I Want You -Sophie B. Hawkins (Aug 16, 1992, La Brique, Montreal, QC)
11 All Along the Watchtower - Devon Allman's Honeytribe (May 22, 2010, Aflac Outdoor Games, Uptown's Riverfront AT&T Stage,
Columbus, GA)
12 Ring Them Bells - Jill Sobule with Cyndi Lauper (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
13 Isis/Love Sick - Ryan Adams (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
14 Going, Going Gone - Jay Farrar (Nov 9, 2006, Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center, New York City, NY)
15 Fragment - Wesley Stace (Nov 5, 2009, Cafe Fontana, Maple Shade, New Jersey)

If you'd like the series to continue - - - please don't forget to leave a comment behind!

Speaking of comments, the Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Volume Thirty-Four link is in there.

UPDATE: Track # 1 is missing - please scroll down in the comments for the extra link.

Thanks to Jeffs98119 for compiling these and to stewART for the images.

• Thanks to Karl Erik @ Expecting Rain for tagging these for iTunes
  

• For V.'s 1-33 of Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan go here
  

• For slugline's impressive spreadsheet of the whole series go here

V.A. Scottish Kultchur (1979)

An obscure '79 compilation that features rarities by true Scotsmen(and women!) like The Rezillos (more HERE!) Boots for Dancing (more HERE), Future Waterboy Mike Scott's Another Pretty Face (see here) and The Cheetas (see here).



The comp jerks from pub-rock, to post-punk, to power-pop to mod to synth-pop to make sure it gives good report of the Scottish musical Kulthcur of its time.


Rezilos fans need to note that these otherwise-unavailable takes of "Getting Me Down" and "Good Sculptures are from a VERY early version of the band and have a way more more pub-rock feel.


A1 Rezillos – Can't Stand My Baby
A2 Another Pretty Face – All The Boys Love Carrie
A3 Boots For Dancing – Ooh Bob Sahbam
A4 A.P.B. – Shoot You Down
A5 Cheetahs – Radio Active
A6 Rezillos – Getting Me Down
A7 Raj Academy – Brighten Your Shoes To Dance
A8 Synthetic Dreams – U+500
A9 Electric Personalities – Hot Spot
B1 Boots For Dancing – Shadows In Stone
B2 Rezillos – Good Sculptures
B3 Squibs – Parades
B4 Brills – Gang Of One
B5 Itai Itai – Neon Dreams And Science Fiction
B6 Synthetic Dreams – Voices
B7 Neon Barbs – Break Your Chains
B8 Itai Itai – Kultchur


So what do you make of this take on Scottish Kultchur? Let us know in the COMMENTS (which is also where you will find the link to the album).

William Mysterious: Security of Noise (1982)

William Mysterious (a.k.a. Alastair Donaldson) played with Scottish folk band Silly Wizard before becoming the bassist (and sax player) for both The Rezillos and The Revillos.



This obscure 1982 single on Mezzanine Records, featuring a backing assist by Fay Fife and The Revettes, is Mysterious' sole solo release.

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The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come* - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Security of Noise link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.

* That stuff will be along shortly but I'll take a little break so I don't get claustrophobic!

V.A. Sounds of Simon

All of the tracks on this (single or multi volume?) Paul Simon tribute compilation are recordings of independent origin (ROIO) and hence officially unreleased.

Once again Jeffs98119's hobby is our gain as he turns his compiling skills towards another great song-writer, Paul Simon.
(And that's where the complete meltdown of Blogger on May 12th destroyed this already-published post)...








01 Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (April 8, 2003, Kleine Columbia-Halle, Berlin, Germany)
02 Graceland - The Tallest Man on Earth (May 7, 2010, KCRW Studio, Santa Monica, CA)
03 America - Richard Shindell (Sep 25, 2004, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA)
04 The Boy in the Bubble - Peter Gabriel (Mar 28, 2010, O2 Arena, London, England)
05 Born at the Right Time - Girlyman (Dec 4, 2004, Common Grounds Coffee House, Pittsfield MA)
06 Cecilia - Counting Crows (Dec 12, 2003, The Warfield, San Francisco, CA)
07 One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor - Robben Ford (Jan 30, 2011, Catalinas Bar and Grill, Los Angeles, CA)
08 The Dangling Conversation - Bob Walkenhorst (Dec 3, 2003, Molloy's Irish Pub, Kansas City, KS)
09 Peace Like a River - Spoon (Sep 22, 2008, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA)
10 American Tune - Allen Toussaint (May 16, 2010, Gulf Aid benefit concert, Wetlands Stage, Mardi Gras World River City,New Orleans, LA)
11 The Boxer - The Bluegrass Alliance (Sep, 1971, Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival,
Reidsville, NC)
12 The Obvious Child - Of A Revolution (Jun 24, 2006,Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland, OH )
13 Kathy's Song - Shawn Colvin (Nov 10, 2008, The Birchmere, Alexandria VA)
14 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Tim Palmieri (Apr 30, 2008, BAR, New Haven, CT)
15 Loves Me Like a Rock - The Persuasions (Nov 16, 1974,Tower Theater,Upper Darby, PA)
16 Stranded in a Limousine - Peter Mulvey (Jun 15, 2004, Tree House Concert, Pacific Grove, CA)
17 Duncan - Ryan Montbleau (Mar 18, 2006, Rusty Nail, Stowe, VT)
18 April Come She Will - The Webb Sisters (May 2, 2011, BBC Radio 2, London, England)
19 Sounds of Silence - John Craigie (Apr 5, 2006, Brewhouse, Santa Barbara, CA)
20 Homeward Bound - Bob Dylan (Jun 14, 1991, Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, Austria)
21 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Elvis Presley (Jun 29, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO)


Give us your take on the writing of Paul Simon in the comments!

Speaking of comments, the Sounds of Simon link is in there.

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Boots for Dancing: Ooh Bop Sh'bam 7'' (1982)

Final BFD single.

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Boots for Dancing: The Rain Song (1980)

Here's Boots for Dancing's 2nd single, the one featuring Rezillo-man Jo Calllis on guitar:



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V.A. Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Volume Thirty-Three

This thirty- ______volume series features artists covering Bob Dylan songs. All of the tracks are recordings of independent origin (ROIO) and hence officially unreleased.

Y'know all I can say is the excellence continues, with another slate of strong performers like Bruce Springsteen, Mumford & Sons, Bryan Ferry, Mark Lannegan, Alejandro Escovedo, Jonathon Richman, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and those pioneers of Dylan-coverin', The Byrds,










01 Ballad of Easy Rider - Bruce Springsteen (Aug 20, 1981, Los Angeles Sports Arena)
02 This Wheel's On Fire - The Byrds (Sep 20, 1970, Pacific Memorial Stadium, Stockton, CA)
03 Positively Fourth Street - Bryan Ferry (Mar 17, 2007, St. David's Hall, Cardiff, UK)
04 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - North Mississippi All-Stars (Feb 5, 2011, Criminal Records, Atlanta, Ga)
05 Walkin' Down the Line - Eilen Jewell (Apr 29, 2010, Katalin, Uppsala, Sweden)
06 Ring Them Bells - Sara Jarosz (May 20, 2010, Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT)
07 Lay Lady Lay - Band of Heathens (Jul 27, 2009, Don Quixote's, Felton, CA)
08 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Alejandro Escovedo (Jan 28, 2011, Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC)
09 Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - John Mayer (Jul 31, 2010, Bristow, VA)
10 Forever Young - Sara Watkins (Jun 19, 2010, Clearwater Festival, Croton-on-Hudson, NY)
11 All Over You - Cooper McBean (January 13, 2011, The Echo, Los Angeles, CA)
12 Blowin' in the Wind - Jonathan Richman (Feb 4, 2010, Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville, FL)
13 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Ryan Bingham (Oct 3, 2007, The King King, Hollywood, CA)
14 Every Grain of Sand - Deacon Blue (Dec 28, 1991, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall)
15 Visions of Johanna - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Aug 9, 2010, Ebisu LIQUIDROOM, Tokyo, Japan)
16 Dirge - Sophie Hunger and Erik Truffaz (Nov 3, 2010, Studio 15 de la RSR, Lausanne, Switzerland)
17 Going Going Gone - Mark Lanegan (Aug 2, 2002, Urbino, Italy)
18 Wagon Wheel - Mumford and Sons with Gilliam Welch and David Rawlings (Jun 12, 2010, Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN)

If you'd like the series to continue - - - please don't forget to leave a comment behind!

Speaking of comments, the Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan Volume Thirty-Three link is in there.

Thanks to Jeffs98119 for compiling these and to stewART for the images.

• Thanks to Karl Erik @ Expecting Rain for tagging these for iTunes
  

• For V.'s 1-32 of Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan go here
  

• For slugline's impressive spreadsheet of the whole series go here

Boots for Dancing: Peel Sessions (1980-1982)

Now here's where Jo Callis (and fellow ex-Rezillo, Simon Templar) come in.

17/11/1980
Timeless Tonight
The Pleasure Chant
(Somewhere In The) South Pacific
Hesitate

LINE UP
David Carson (Lead Vocals)
Michael Barclay (Guitar)
Jo Callis (Guitar)
Douglas Barry (Bass)
James Stewart (Drums)
Robert Last (Backing Vocals)
Hillary Morrison (Backing Vocals)

13/07/1981
Shadows Of Stone
Stand
Wild Jazz Summers

LINE UP
David Carson (Lead Vocals)
Michael Barclay (Guitar)
Mike Bailey (Drums)
Simon (Templar) Bloomfield (Bass)
Dickie Fusco (Percussion)
Pete Harris (Organ)

14-04-1982 (source unclear)
Nobody raves about the salt in the ocean
Style in full swing
Bend an elbow lend an ear
Get Up

LINE-UP
Same as above (?)


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Boots for Dancing 12" E.P. (1980)

Y'know Jo Callis (Rezillos / Shake / Human League / Swalk/ Feargal Sharkey) has at least one more band and one more style on his resume. The band in question is Scottish post-punk-funksters, Boots for Dancing and while Callis isn't on this high tension EP from 1980, he and some other ex-Rezillos will soon be walking into the picture:




So what do you make of Boots for Dancing's take on post-punk? Leave us a comment.

Speaking of comments that's where the link for the Boots for Dancing EP can be found.

Lords of the New Church: Paralyzed (Plus video of a 1983 concert!!)

In one of those towering, epic posts I seem driven to write I asked, "What hath the Lords of the New Church wrought?" (Take it all in HERE). Ever since, I've been waiting to find an excuse to share this live show from the early 1980's and this post over on MetaFilter was the final push.
(MRML's mess of Lords posts can be found HERE.)


This 36 minute Lords of the New Church concert recorded for Spanish TV was liberated from the studio and then uploaded to YouTube (I believe...) by the user known as kigonjiro. Bless all involved


To watch the whole show in order go HERE

Let us know your take on The Lords!

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The Rezillos: Complete Radio Sessions (1977-2009)

Oh yes The Rezillos (way more HERE) live, as these more recent sessions, attached to the much older ones, ably prove. Speaking of the latest incarnation of the band, here's the video for their 2009 single, "No. 1 Boy"



Despite its spiffy design and good sound quality this a bootleg but a damn impressive one!


Speaking of those oh-so-encouraging comments, that is the place wherein you will find the Radio Sessions link.


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V.A. Teenage Treats Vol. Seven (1977-1982)

(Alas, Roberto's supply of killer cover scans is done - and the images have grown dire - so if anyone has ANY kind of scans for T.T. V.'s 7-9* let me know!!)

* I've got a decent front for #10 now!

Here's a new series (well, the late 1990's, really and even then...), consisting of ten volumes that explore the seedy underbelly of the already seedy underbelly that was British punk rock in the late seventies and early eighties.



Highlights of this more eclectic volume - this punk is often hyphenated by the words mod, pop and post - may (or may not - taste in seedy underbellies varies widely) might include Autograph, Trainspotters and Iceland's Fraebbblarnir:



* Rejected (Daleks, 1980, from only 7")
* Rock Stars (Numbers, 1979, from only 7")
* False Death (Fraebbblarnir, Iceland, 1979, from 2.7")
* Art Nouveau (Bodies, 1979, from only 7")
* 50% Reduction (News, 1980, from only 7")
* Snake's Song (Shish, 1980, from only 7")
* Respectable Men (Dave Bishop, 1978, from only 7")
* Insanity (Buzz, 1979, from only 7")
* Hiring The Hall (Trainspotters, 1979, from 2.7")
* Merched Dan 15 (Y Trwynau Coch, 1978, from 1.7")
* On The Beach (Da Biz, 1980, from only 7")
* While I'm Still Young (Autographs, 1978, from only 7")

Comments are what keep the rarities flowing...

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Speaking of those rarity-fueling comments, that is the section where you will find the Teenage Treats # 7 link.