Drive-In Movies

‘Round Midnight Drive-In Movies – Every Friday

February 14, 2012 – 07:07

THE SPACE CHILDREN (1958) Aliens, kids and Mystery Science Theater. “A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien’s bidding as the adults try to find out what’s happening to their unruly offspring.” If you want to skip the intro, the 60s short starts at 5:20, the movie at 20:00. Great space score by Van Cleve. New Movies, Fridays ‘Round Midnight

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Update – Links, etc.

February 8, 2012 – 09:31

Many of our Wormhole links are down. Generally, only the Deposit Files links are still working (though some of those have expired, too). Bottom line… If you can’t get something, just leave a comment – on the post please – and I’ll get to it within the next day.

QUESTION: I came across some Wupload links I had posted but abandoned. I noticed that they’re ALL still active, which is amazing (and promising). Does anyone have any tales about downloading from them? Positive? Negative?

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ASA MILBANKX

ASA MILBANKX “Angry Sun” (2012)

February 22, 2012 – 08:40


A new release from Asa Milbankx. If you enjoy gorgeous pop harmonies and music without templates, look no further. Scroll down a little to read more about him (and why we like him), or just go directly to the source and get his equally outstanding past work at Mount Valley.net. Highly recommended music from a guy that’s criminally off-the-grid but deserving of your time and attention. Listen above and get the free download (in multiple formats) HERE.

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Wormholes

The Forbidden Files #20

February 22, 2012 – 08:35

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BEATLES GEORGE HARRISON JOHN LENNON PAUL McCARTNEY RINGO STARR

THE BEATLES Back To Basics-Studio Sessions: Rubber Soul (1965)

February 21, 2012 – 10:10

Back To Basics – Studio Sessions: Rubber Soul (2011)
Volume Six… And Some Bonus Instrumentals

More gathered Beatles sessions and rarities. Like the initial volumes in this series, Please Please Me Studio Sessions, With The Beatles Studio Sessions, A Hard Day’s Night Studio Sessions, Beatles For Sale Studio Sessions & Help Studio Sessions (in the archives), this new collection fleshes out the Rubber Soul sessions. Lots of different mixes, from many sources. The instrumental bonus versions come from Rock Band and are the cleanest vocal-free versions yet. We’ll post subsequent volumes as they surface.

DISC 1
Drive My Car (RS from Take 4 V1) Rock N Roll Music (stereo) (2:30)
Drive My Car (RS from Take 4 V2) Anthology DVD (stereo) (0:20)
Drive My Car (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:33)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) (Take 1) (stereo) (2:12)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 2) (stereo) (2:29)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 3 Partial) (stereo-mono) (0:19)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 4) (2:33)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (RS from Take 1 V1) Barrett Mix (stereo) (2:18)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (RS from Take 1 V2) Anthology CD (stereo) (2:02)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (RS from Take 4 V1) Love Songs (fake stereo) (2:06)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (RS from Take 4 V2) Anthology DVD (stereo) (0:59)
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:08)
You Won’t See Me (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (3:29)
Nowhere Man (RS from Take 3 V1) Rough Movie Mix (stereo) (2:44)
Nowhere Man (RS from Take 3 V2) YS Soundtrack (stereo) (2:45)
Nowhere Man (RS from Take 3 V3) Anthology DVD (stereo) (0:19)
Nowhere Man (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:50)
Think For Yourself (Session chat) (mono) (18:59)
Think For Yourself (RS from Take 1) YS Soundtrack (stereo) (2:21)
Think For Yourself (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:23)
The Word (Unknown Take) (mono) (0:05)
The Word (RS from Take 3) Anthology DVD (stereo) (0:42)
The Word (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:55)
Michelle (Take 1 Partial) (stereo) (0:13)
Michelle (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:56)
What Goes On (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:52)

DISC 2
Girl (Take 1 Partial) (mono) (0:17)
Girl (Take 2 Instrumental – Monitor Mix) (mono) (2:21)
Girl (Take 2 Instrumental – Mogg Mix) (stereo) (2:35)
Girl (RS from Take 2) Love Songs (fake stereo) (2:31)
Girl (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:37)
I’m Looking Through You (Take 1) (stereo) (3:16)
I’m Looking Through You (Take 4) (stereo) (2:53)
I’m Looking Through You (RS from Take 1 V1) 1,2,3,4 Mix (stereo) (2:58)
I’m Looking Through You (RS from Take 1 V2 Partial) ARVS Mix (stereo) (0:56)
I’m Looking Through You (RS from Take 1 V3) Anthology CD (stereo) (2:56)
I’m Looking Through You (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:34)
In My Life (Take 3 Partial – Alt Organ Solo V1) (mono) (1:09)
In My Life (Take 3 Partial – Alt Organ Solo V2) (mono) (Entomology) (1:10)
In My Life (Take 3 Partial – Piano Overdub V1) (mono) (0:20)
In My Life (Take 3 Partial – Piano Overdub V2) (stereo) (Moggs) (0:22)
In My Life (Unknown Take) (stereo) (0:13)
In My Life (RS from Take 3 V1) Imagine Laserdisc (stereo) (2:29)
In My Life (RS from Take 3 V2) Anthology DVD (stereo) (2:27)
In My Life (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:29)
Wait (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:18)
If I Needed Someone (RM from Take 1) Rough Mix (mono) (1:23)
If I Needed Someone (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:28)
If I Needed Someone (RS from Take 1 – Partial) LITMW Mix (stereo) (0:37)
Run For Your Life (Take 1) (stereo) (0:15)
Run For Your Life (Studio Chat) (mono) (0:29)
Run For Your Life (Take 5 Partial V1) (mono) (1:26)
Run For Your Life (Take 5 Partial V2) (mono) (Entomology) (1:26)
Run For Your Life (Unknown Take) Rockband (mono) (0:12)
Run For Your Life (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:30)

DISC 3
We Can Work It Out (Take 1) (stereo-mono) (2:01)
We Can Work It Out (RM1 from Take 2 – Single Track Vocal) (mono) (2:17)
We Can Work It Out (Take 2 – With Overdubs) (stereo) (2:27)
We Can Work It Out (RM1 from Take 2) TMOLAM (mono) (2:19)
We Can Work It Out (RS1 from Take 2) 1962-66 Vinyl (stereo) (2:16)
We Can Work It Out (RS from Take 2 V1) Japanese EP (fake stereo) (2:14)
We Can Work It Out (RS from Take 2 V2) Anthology DVD (stereo) (2:14)
Day Tripper (Take 1) (stereo) (2:09)
Day Tripper (Take 2) (stereo) (1:05)
Day Tripper (Take 3) (stereo) (3:07)
Day Tripper (Take 3 – Monitor Mix with Cleaner Guitar Solo) (mono) (2:52)
Day Tripper (RM1 from Take 3) TMOLM (mono) (2:56)
Day Tripper (RS1 from Take 3) 1962-66 Vinyl (stereo) (2:54)
Day Tripper (RS from Take 3) Anthology DVD (stereo) (2:48)
Day Tripper (Rockband Mix) (stereo) (2:56)
12-Bar Original (Pre-Take 1 – Jam) (stereo) (1:55)
12-Bar Original (Take 1) (stereo) (0:33)
12-Bar Original (Take 2) (stereo) (6:50)
12-Bar Original (RM1 from Take 2) (mono) (6:46)
12-Bar Original (Edit of Take 2) Anthology CD (stereo) (2:54)


BONUS
Drive My Car (Take 4 – Instrumental) (2:31)
You Won’t See Me (Take 2 – Instrumental) (3:24)
Nowhere Man (Take 3 – Instrumental) (2:40)
Think For Yourself (Take 1 – Instrumental) (2:19)
Michelle (Take 2 – Instrumental) (2:54)
What Goes On (Take 1 – Instrumental) (2:50)
Girl (Take 2 – Instrumental) (2:35)
If I Needed Someone (Take 1 – Instrumental) (2:25)
Run For Your Life (Take 5 – Instrumental) (2:27)

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CHAD & JEREMY

CHAD & JEREMY The Arc (1968)

February 20, 2012 – 07:50


The Arc (1968)
Let’s Score Some Drugs

Last week we posted Chad & Jeremy’s Of Cabbages And Kings. We probably should have said why. It was one of dozens of albums that had been posted in our comments section over the years, and – before the file-sharing raid – we had planned to highlight of bunch of those hidden albums (we’ll still get to some of them). So, to make it available to everyone, I just popped in an All Music Guide review and threw it up. Alas… demand for some of Chad & Jeremy’s better music took hold, so here (as requested) is their far superior The Arc, from 1968. If Cabbages represented the downside of psychedelia (style over substance), then The Arc illustrated the genre’s promise (as an additional color palette for established styles). I still don’t have time to write this up, so you’re welcomed to in comments. This is the Japanese version with bonus mono single tracks. Since I’m still in Nilsson mode, I’ll point out the curious fate of “Sister Marie,” a Darrel Morrow tune covered by in 1968 by Chad & Jeremy, Nilsson and the Gary Usher/Curt Boettcher psych project, Sagittarius: Present Tense. Morrow must have thought he was the hottest commodity of the era with (at least) three artists clamoring for his tune. But not one of those cover versions ever made it to an album, as two were relegated to lost b-side status, and all three had to wait for the CD era to even be heard by most fans. Amazon has The Arc, as well as C&J’s 2009 re-recordings of material from this era, entitled ARK-eology.

The Emancipation Of Mr. X (2:21)
Sunstroke (4:10)
The Ark (4:52)
The Raven (1:30)
Imagination (2:48)
Painted Dayglow Smile (3:29)
Pipe Dream (3:35)
Transatlantic Trauma 1966 (3:21)
Sidewalk Requiem, Los Angeles, June 5th And 6th (3:05)
Pantheistic Study for Guitar And Large Bird (3:36)
Paxton Quigley’s Had The Course (3:20)
You Need Feet (4:32)
Painted Dayglow Smile (Mono Single) (2:32) – Bonus Track
Sister Marie (Mono Single) (3:03) – Bonus Track
You Need Feet (Mono Single) (3:00) – Bonus Track
Paxton Quigley’s Had The Course (Mono Single) (3:25) – Bonus Track

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CHAD & JEREMY

CHAD & JEREMY Of Cabbages And Kings

February 17, 2012 – 23:48

Of Cabbages And Kings (1967)

Andy Shernoff of the Dictators once wrote a song called “Who Will Save Rock and Roll?,” which featured the memorable verse “June first, ’67/Something died and went to heaven/I wish Sgt. Pepper never taught the band to play.” Maybe Shernoff was going a bit far to make a point, but the unfortunate truth is that once the Beatles released their magnum opus, it would be many years before an album that was simply a collection of great songs would seem to be enough in the eyes of the rock cognoscenti. Seemingly every act of any significance during the late ’60s made a high-gloss concept album, and Chad & Jeremy were no exception; while they had a sure knack for smart and subtle folk-influenced pop with outstanding harmonies, the times demanded more of them, and in 1967 they released their response to the Sgt. Pepper’s phenomenon, Of Cabbages and Kings. Taking its title from Lewis Carroll (whose Through the Looking Glass is quoted at the outset) and credited to Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde, Of Cabbages and Kings opens with six lushly orchestrated, self-consciously arty pop tunes, beginning with “Rest in Peace,” a smart but cheeky number in which a man who carves gravestones tells listeners just how he feels about his customers. Side one also gingerly flirts with controversy with “Family Way” (about an unwed girl who finds she’s pregnant), and allows Chad & Jeremy to ponder the sorrows of a musician’s life in “Busman’s Holiday.” If the songs are often too wordy for their own good, they confirm that Stuart and Clyde were gifted songwriters who could work outside the standard pop framework of the day, and Stuart (who orchestrated the album) was a talented and imaginative arranger who gives the material a sound that’s both rich and intimate. It’s side two where things go seriously awry; “The Progress Suite” is a wildly pretentious five-part tone poem cluttered with sound effects and voice-overs that charts the rise and fall of the modern age (or something like that), and while they manage to inject a certain amount of whimsy into the proceedings, at close to 27 minutes it goes on far too long and raises the eternal question “Sure it’s art, but is there another reason why I should care?” The trouble with the second half of Of Cabbages and Kings is that it clearly confirms Chad & Jeremy had the talent and the ability to create something more ambitious than “A Summer Song” or “Yesterday’s Gone,” but no one had the sense to rein them in once the album began to teeter on the edge of collapse. Ultimately, it’s the simpler but still adventurous first side of this album that succeeds, while “The Progress Suite” sounds like the score to a movie that wisely never got made; shut this off at the halfway point and you might think it’s a masterpiece. - The All Music Guide

Rest In Peace
The Gentle Cold Of Dawn
Busman’s Holiday
Can I See You
Family Way
I’ll Get Around To It When And If I Can
The Progress Suite: Prologue
The Progress Suite: Decline
The Progress Suite: Editorial
The Progress Suite: Fall
The Progress Suite: Epilogue

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SUPREME COURT SWIMMING POOL Q'S

THE SWIMMING POOL Q’s The Deep End (1981/2001)

February 16, 2012 – 10:19

The Deep End (1981/2001)
It Must Have Been The Heat

It’s hard to believe this “deluxe” reissue of The Swimming Pool Q’s first album is over a decade old (and the original over 30). I still religiously pull this out 3 or 4 times a year for a listen, though… it’s hard to imagine what a newcomer might think of it these days. In their early years, late 70s/early 80s, they were a southern cult institution. Not big by any stretch, but their fan base was loyal to the Pool Rules and their live shows in dive clubs throughout Florida and Georgia were a hoot. There’s a seasoned blend in the music, made up of blues punk, new wave jitters, Beefheartian madness and a world view to make you laugh out loud. As I’ve mentioned before (Firing Squad For God), their energy and camp imagery can be pure theater and vocalist/leader Jeff Calder has knack for leaving mundane thoughts behind in your psyche (“I’ve got a Stingray, made out of fiberglass”). Give a listen to the LP version of their first 45, “Rat Bait” (I still have the Chlorinated Records 45), and the uber-weird “Stick In My Hand,” to get a sense of what a small gathering of drunken southerners have embraced for decades. This reissue is twice the original LP. I’d recommend buying it at Amazon, if only to free up computer time should you listen to it as much as I do, but it’s going for big bucks these days.

Little Misfit (4:24)
Big Fat Tractor (3:16)
Stick In My Hand (5:54)
The A-Bomb Woke Me Up (3:03)
Rat Bait (2:36)
Restless Youth (2:53)
Stock Car Sin (3:16)
Walk Like A Chicken (2:05)
Black Bug (2:55)
Overheated (3:11)
I Like To Take Orders From You (2:45)
BONUS TRACKS
Model Trains (Are Better Than Rock & Roll) (3:41)
Tussle (I Wear Glasses) (3:59)
Stingray (4:01)
White Collar Drifter (2:42)
Home-In (3:59)
Working In The Nut Plant (4:51)
Walk Like A Chicken (2:20)
Going Through The Motions (3:32)
Short Stuff (4:13)
1789 (2:22)
Building With A Clock On Top (4:00)
I’m A Q (2:53)

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Enter The Wormhole #33

February 15, 2012 – 08:40

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DARYL HALL

HALL & OATES H20 (1982)

February 14, 2012 – 11:40

H20 (1982)
In Its Day, A Five Star Album

Personally speaking, by the early 80s, I was far from a commercial music listener. After the mid-seventies sent me in search of jazz, avant-garde & world musics, and punk brought me back home to rock, I had pretty much thumbed my nose at blatantly commercial music. Like you, I still had some radio faves, of course, but those were the scant few that – dictated by odds – radio got right. Either way, the radio just wasn’t where it was at in the 80s. Which is why it surprised even me that I fell so hook, line and sinker for H2O. I already liked these guys from their earlier albums (Abandoned Luncheonette, being a fave), and their commercial viability had already been firmly established (“Sara Smiles,” among others), but the full court press at radio for H2O was something else altogether. The grooves are a tad robotic, but smooth and engaging, and the songs are immediately memorable. While Daryl Hall, simply put, is a vocal wonder. Although there’s no connection, I’ve always mentally linked this material with Robert Palmer’s radio run from a few years later – smart, sophisticated, lean & hip, all while appealing to the mass mindset. No mean feat. The bonus track version is at Amazon.

Maneater (4:33)
Crime Pays (4:32)
Art Of Heartbreak (3:44)
One On One (4:17)
Open All Night (4:34)
Family Man (3:26)
Italian Girls (3:17)
Guessing Games (3:16)
Delayed Reaction (3:59)
At Tension (6:16)
Go Solo (4:36)

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JOE JACKSON

JOE JACKSON Big World (1986)

February 13, 2012 – 08:22

Big World (1986)
Joe’s 3-Sided Live Album

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Joe Jackson was pitching his record company on a three-sided live album. A&M: So… you’re saying you want a double album? JOE: (don’t forget to read in Nigel Tufnel’s voice): No… this will be a three-sided album. A&M: There’s no such thing. JOE: Sure… it’s more than a single, and less than a double. It’s three sides. A&M: What goes on the 4th side? JOE: Are you daft? There is no 4th side. It’s three-sided! It’s better than a single and not as expensive as a double. A&M: Joe, we’ve got someone from production on the line to explain how records are… JOE: What is wrong with you people? Don’t you get it? It’s three sides! —- 32 minutes later —-  JOE: … and I want it to be live, but I don’t want to hear the audience, so we’ll tell them to be quiet during the show. A&M: Excuse us Joe, when does your contract come up for renewal? ——– All that said, if it matters, the All Music Guide calls this “one of the best and most overlooked records of Joe Jackson’s career.” Get it at Amazon.

Wild West (4:37)
Right and Wrong (4:35)
(It’s A) Big World (4:44)
Precious Time (3:23)
Tonight and Forever (2:31)
Shanghai Sky (5:10)
Fifty Dollar Love Affair (3:38)
We Can’t Live Together (5:25)
Forty Years (4:26)
Survival (2:19)
Soul Kiss (4:44)
The Jet Set (3:50)
Tango Atlantico (2:58)
Home Town (3:12)
Man in the Street (5:05)

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LEONARD COHEN MOJO PRESENTS

MOJO Presents: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (2012)

February 9, 2012 – 09:42

The Songs Of Leonard Cohen Covered (March 2012)

The March 2012 edition of MOJO Magazine carries with it this CD compilation based on Leonard Cohen’s debut LP, The Songs Of Leonard Cohen. I really can’t address the material, as I’ve never been a Cohen follower, so non-fans are on their own. Beck and some of his pals covered this same album a couple of years ago. There are some bonus tracks not associated with the original LP. The spaced “Last Year’s Man” was a standout for me, but it didn’t sound anything like Leonard Cohen (I think). Don’t forget the 118 other MOJO‘s in the archives.

FIELD MUSIC Suzanne (4:02)
EMILY BARKER AND THE RED CLAY HALO Master Song (8:33)
PALACE SONGS Winter Lady (2:43)
THE MISERABLE RICH The Stranger Song (5:57)
LIZ GREEN Sisters Of Mercy (3:52)
BILL CALLAHAN So Long Marianne (5:20)
MICHAEL KIWANUKA Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (2:49)
THE LOW ANTHEM Stories Of The Street (4:38)
CASS McCOMBS Teachers (4:37)
FATHER JOHN MISTY One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong (7:25)
DIAGRAMS Famous Blue Raincoat (4:53) – BONUS TRACK
PAPER DOLLHOUSE Last Year’s Man (4:35) – BONUS TRACK
MARC RIBOT & MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND Bird On A Wire (4:26) – BONUS TRACK
DAN MICHAELSON Avalanche (4:42) – BONUS TRACK
SCOTT MATTHEWS Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (3:41) – BONUS TRACK

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ASA MILBANKX

ASA MILBANKX “Fresher” / “Abaco” 45 (2011)
THE LATTERS Simple Shapes + Patterns (2008)

January 31, 2012 – 11:13

THE LATTERS
Simple Shapes + Patterns (2008)
Asa Milbankx Is The Reason People Endlessly Troll The Web Looking For New Music…

I first bumped into Asa Milbankx just a few weeks ago, while discussing Quadraphonic Nilsson recordings. He made an ever-so-slight sub-reference to where he posts, and after prying the address out of him, I was surprised to find this – what has quickly turned into my favorite album of the year… and it’s only February. This 2008 digital album, Simple Shapes + Patterns, released as The Latters, had me almost immediately. Milbankx’s melodicism is effortless and his faultless vocals are a wonder. He’s not a hook machine, but a nuanced pop composer who avoids the typical verse/chorus/verse structures. His material unfolds naturally, with new harmonies, different rhythmic ideas and unexplained sidetracks around every turn. All without a whiff of that self-conscious encyclopedic showboating that can undermine even some of the greatest popsters. Just the opposite, Simple Shapes + Patterns flows with a casual ease, owing a debt to McCartney’s quieter songwriting influence, with echoes of Emitt Rhodes, the Wilsons, and a few other angelic pop types. By track three, the soaring melody in “Ricochet” informed me I was officially hooked. It all makes you wonder where this guy’s been hiding out. Turns out… at an artist collective called Mount Valley, garnering a single comment per release (sometimes)… practically a buried easter-egg of musical excellence lost inside this dark vast web. I’ve had it on a loop this last weekend and have come to love every… single… minute of it. Milbankx’s work is genuinely appealing and repeated listens are guaranteed to reap rewards. BTW: The Latters is actually Milbankx, who wrote, performed and produced the entire album. Visit Mount Valley.net to get more of his work, all for free, and all criminally under-appreciated.

In the Meadow (2:36)
Tilt (3:03)
Ricochet (3:59)
Empty Wells (3:14)
Somebody Told Me (2:59)
Embassy Blues (3:06)
If There Is A Reason (2:28)
Someone’s Sleeping (4:27)
Bleu Otters (3:56)
The Blank Sea (1:30)
Naomi (2:28)
Wayward Panther I (3:11)
Wayward Panther II (2:44)

ASA MILBANKX
“Fresher” b/w “Abaco” (2011)
Outstanding new digital 45 release. “Fresher” is a gorgeously lazy shuffle that goes 3-D, with inventive harmonies coloring every measure. Great bassline by Ali A.B. If you’d told me this was a new Emitt Rhodes track, I would have believed it… if only because it betters my decades-old imaginary version. You should hear “Abaco” unfold for yourself, and don’t miss that uber-smooth instrumental break. Trust me. Once this stuff gets under your skin, the layers of vocals and instruments seem to breathe alive.
Fresher (3:06)
Abaco (2:42)

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NEIL YOUNG

Neil Young And Crazy Horse – “Horseback” 37:25 (2012)

January 29, 2012 – 21:21


Incredible. “Horseback.” January 6, 2012 – 37:25. The intro/jam sounds a bit like the riff in Pulp Fiction, during the heroin shooting scene. The music is great, but the video is shamefully anti-climatic. A sound and style that never sounds aged. That’s to Ray Orkwis for the tip.

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ROSANNE CASH

ROSANNE CASH Black Cadillac (2006)

January 24, 2012 – 20:00

FIRE SALE!
Black Cadillac (2006)
Rosanne Cash Gets The Last Word

Black Cadillac must be considered Rosanne Cash’s masterpiece. Written during and after the deaths of her father, step-mother and mother, from 2004-2006, the album’s lyrical content is ripe for interpretation and rich with unsettled scores with her father, Johnny Cash, whom she indirectly addresses throughout. Her attitude is palpable, if not exactly clear, as she tackles a wide range of what appears to be old, ongoing conversations. Maybe for the first time getting the last word. Her poetic acumen is hypnotic in “God Is In The Roses” (…and the thorns). But what makes Black Cadillac come alive is the sincerity and ease of the arrangements and musicians. The spare, dignified dialog between band and singer highlights every melody – illuminating even the soberest moments. It’s a deeply personal and credible work that reverberates throughout generations of her family’s legacy, but sounds little like that deep vast catalog of Americana music. For Cash, you can’t help but believe that this is an artistic achievement that can’t be matched, it appears so effortless. While that could turn out to be true, it has certainly sparked my interest in all of her future work. Listen to the grieving “The World Unseen,” below, along with the smoldering cool groove of “Burn Down This Town” (with an organ to die for). By the way, the final track is 71 seconds of silence to honor dad’s years on the planet. Thom Jurek wrote a thoughtful review at AMG. Amazon.


Black Cadillac (3:45)
Radio Operator (3:22)
I Was Watching You (4:01)
Burn Down This Town (3:10)
God Is In The Roses (4:07)
House On The Lake (3:31)
The World Unseen (5:13)
Like Fugitives (3:40)
Dreams Are Not My Home (3:40)
Like A Wave (3:25)
World Without Sound (3:42)
The Good Intent (3:44)
0:71 (1:11)

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Video / Streaming (Films, Shorts, Clips)

The Guy From MegaUpload, Who May Have Inadvertently Ended File-Sharing As We Know It, Drives His Mercedes On A Golf Course.

January 24, 2012 – 18:48

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TODD RUNDGREN

TODD RUNDGREN The Todd Rundgren Radio Show (1972)

January 24, 2012 – 01:42

The Todd Rundgren Radio Show (1972)
Todd’s Hour-Long Promotional Concoction

Here’s something to listen to, anyway (DF still works today). The Todd Rundgren Radio Show is a fun, hour-long promotional LP distributed by Bearsville in 1972 to promote Todd’s Something/Anything? LP. And, like Todd’s studio work around this time period, the “radio show” is a randomized collection of music, sounds, voices and effects that has Todd telling his own history, using what sounds like his old tapes, along with more recent recordings, including stuff I’d never heard before, like an alternate studio take of “Christopher Columbus.” There’s a lot of weirdness here and it offers a rare glimpse of Todd at work during one of his creative peaks. Almost like a demo for A Wizard, A True Star, or an experimental musical biography. I looked all over for a track listing, but nobody seems to have bothered, probably because the LP includes numerous outside Rundgren productions inter-cut with snippets from advertisements to The Marx Brothers. Hear it all below, or get an original LP at Amazon for $175.00.

The Todd Rundgren Radio Show (1:00:06)

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ABIODUN OYEWOLE BILL LASWELL LAST POETS UMAR BIN HASSAN

ABIODUN OYEWOLE 25 Years (1995) &
UMAR BIN HASSAN Be Bop Or Be Dead (1993)

January 19, 2012 – 19:38

ABIODUN OYEWOLE 25 Years (1995)
UMAR BIN HASSAN Be Bop Or Be Dead (1993)
Two Solo Releases From Members Of The Last Poets… and Bill Laswell

RE-UPPED It might be a safe bet that, with the record industry the way it is, you’ll probably never again see a guy like Bill Laswell get such unlimited latitude to follow his musical muse. Those days are gone, but Laswell’s insanely large body of production work still remains. These two releases come from the mid-90s, when Laswell was working hard to resurrect the legacy of radical, 60s beat-poet rappers, The Last Poets. These two releases by Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, two of the Poets’ original vocalist/messengers, are typical of Laswell’s style – filled with all-star casts of funksters, jazzers and outsiders. Oyewole’s 25 Years features Henry Threadgill, Aiyb Dieng & Brandon Ross, among others, while Hassan’s Be Bop Or Be Dead boasts the likes of Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Buddy Miles and Anton Fier. Both discs re-explore The Poets’ late 60s radicalisms, even reworking some of the group’s original, explosive material. The naked anger of The Poets’ bongo-driven past has been transformed into a full ensemble attack fronted by wired, vocal maturity. Some of their best work. Abby & Umar are at Amazon for under a buck.


ABIODUN OYEWOLE
When The Revolution Comes (4:17)
Sample This (5:58)
Brown Sugar (5:15)
Dread Brother (6:38)
Festival (3:37)
Son’s Rising (4:11)
Brothers Working (4:11)
25 Years (5:53)

UMAR BIN HASSAN
Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution (5:24)
Am (8:00)
Bum Rush (5:31)
This Is Madness (5:28)
Malcolm (6:25)
Pop (4:42)
Love (6:09)
40 Deuce Street (3:50)
Personal Things (4:30)
This Is Madness (Metal Mix) (5:33)

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TODD RUNDGREN UTOPIA

TODD RUNDGREN Singles (1990)

January 17, 2012 – 22:10

Singles (1990)
38 A’s & B’s – Japanese Only

An imported collection, 19 Todd Rundgren singles, both A & B-sides, from 1972 to 1983. Leave it to the Japanese to make you want something before even you knew you would. Naturally, this 2CD set contains some of Todd’s best work, along with a handful of obscurities for the faithful. Not to mention two different versions of “Wolfman Jack,” which had the distinction of being a 1972 B-side and a 1974 A-side. The latter features the Wolfman himself, released at about the same time as The Guess Who’s top ten hit, “Clap For The Wolfman.” Which came out first, I don’t know. This set also contains one of my personal all time favorite songs (by anybody), “Couldn’t I Just Tell You.” The cover states that it’s remastered… in 1990. If you’re shopping for used copies, demand the 50 page Japanese-English lyric book.


ONE
We Gotta Get You A Woman (3:09)
Baby Let’s Swing/The Last Thing You Said/Don’t Tie My Hands (5:29)
Be Nice To Me (3:26)
Broke Down & Busted (4:35)
A Long Time, A Long Way To Go (2:15)
Parole (4:20)
I Saw The Light (3:01)
Marlene (3:56)
Couldn’t I Just Tell You (3:21)
Wolfman Jack (2:54)
Hello It’s Me (4:16)
Cold Morning Light (3:37)
Sometimes I Don’t Know What To Feel (4:18)
Does Anybody Love You? (1:34)
A Dream Goes On Forever (2:24)
Heavy Metal Kids (4:16)
Wolfman Jack (2:49)
Breathless (3:17)
Real Man (4:27)
Prana (4:24)

TWO
Good Vibrations (3:45)
When I Pray (2:58)
Love Of The Common Man (3:37)
Black And White (4:44)
Can We Still Be Friends (3:37)
Determination (3:13)
You Cried Wolf (2:33)
Onomatopoeia (1:37)
It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference (3:51)
Don’t You Ever Learn? (6:06)
Time Heals (3:34)
Tiny Demons (3:11)
Compassion (4:46)
Pulse (3:10)
Bang The Drum All Day (3:37)
Chant (4:26)
Hideaway (5:00)
Emperor Of The Highway (1:41)

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BURTON CUMMINGS GUESS WHO RANDY BACHMAN

THE GUESS WHO The Way They Were (the final Bachman tapes) + Share The Land

January 17, 2012 – 22:00



The Way They Were (1970/1976)
Share The Land (1970)
Unreleased Sessions … And A Fresh Start

NEW FILES The most successful version of The Guess Who – the American Woman line up with Randy Bachman – imploded during the recording of their follow-up release. Without missing a beat, the band recruited two guitarists, Kurt Winter and Greg Leskiw, to fill the void left by the exiting Bachman, and quickly released one of their better, and most commercial LPs, Share The Land. The change turned out to be (at least temporarily) fortuitous, as the additions improved the group’s musical dexterity, both instrumentally and harmonically. From his previous band, Winter brought along at least one killer composition, “Hand Me Down World,” and he & de facto leader Burt Cummings hit the ground running, co-writing “Do You Miss Me Darlin‘” and “Hang On To Your Life.” While it’s true that The Guess Who’s commercial focus began to splinter after this album, true fans (and a lot of Canucks) still savored the many, increasingly strange albums that would follow. We’ve got a bunch in the archives. The Guess Who’s final, unreleased 1970 recordings with Bachman sat in the can for another six years until original producer Jack Richardson polished them up for release when GW split up in 1976. I’ve never been the biggest fan of The Way They Were, as the recordings seem sonically flat compared to the bright and snappy Share The Land, but it’s still an important missing link in the band’s history. One of the songs, “Miss Frizzy,” would be reworked for GW’s 1973 album, #10. In the last decade, The Way They Were has been abandoned and disseminated as bonus tracks for various reissues. NEW NOTE: We finally stumbled on a 2010 remaster of Share The Land. Nothing spectacular, but the best one so far.

The Way They Were
Silver Bird (2:41)
Species Hawk (3:29)
Runnin‘ Down The Street (4:16)
Miss Frizzy (5:09)
Palmyra (5:48)
The Answer (3:54)
Take The Long Way Home (5:40)

Share The Land
Bus Rider (3:00)
Do You Miss Me Darlin‘ (3:57)
Hand Me Down World (3:29)
Moan For You Joe (2:42)
Share The Land (3:56)
Hang On To Your Life (4:11)
Coming Down Off The Money Bag/Song Of The Dog (3:57)
Three More Days (8:53)

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