January 23, 2012

rip johnny otis

January 21, 2012

james etta

Pt. 2 of http://uzine.posterous.com/im-etta-james … I.M. Etta James (1938-01-25 > 2012-01-20). Hey and do check Esther Phillips' 1976 version of "All the way down" here: http://uzine.posterous.com/esthers-version

January 9, 2012

sleeves without the deceased

Cool concept … record sleeves with only the living on them, the dead having been removed with some software or other … via http://liveiseedeadpeoples.tumblr.com/ [tnx4tip Eav!]

January 2, 2012

russell joyce & syd mills & barrett james' golden hair

Russell Mills recorded this James Joyce poem (from 1907's "Chamber Music", untitled poem V) with top lass Clodagh Simonds of Mellow Candle and of Fovea Hex, for his album "Undark Two: Pearl + Umbra" (1999). Syd Barrett had already recorded it somewhere in 1968-1969, for his brilliantly titled debut "The Madcap Laughs" (Harvest 1970), an lp which saw members of Soft Machine, Humble Pie and Jokers Wild contribute. More on Russell Mills here + in a future post …

January 1, 2012

lesley duncan's love song

I keep getting back to this song … do you know what I mean? Lesley Duncan (née Cox) wrote and performed the original version in 1969, while Elton John's cover version from 1970 - which also features la Duncan - has made the song famous ever since … resulting in fine versions by Dionne Warwick(e) (1971), Peggy Lee (studio version d.d. 1972), etc. (Apparently, David Bowie and John Hutchinson had already recorded a demo of this song as soon as 1968-12, later to be released on the bootleg "The Forgotten Songs Of David Robert Jones".)
http://www.lesleyduncan.net/
http://www.45cat.com/record/rca1783
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Duncan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbleweed_Connection
http://thehelplessdancer.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/lesley-duncan/
http://garbocathedral.blogspot.com/2007/10/lesley-duncan-love-song.html
http://eltonjohnallsongslist.blogspot.com/2008/06/unforgettable-people-xxi-lesley-duncan.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lesley-duncan-singer-and-songwriter-who-worked-with-elton-john-and-pink-floyd-1942138.html

December 28, 2011

pink french on floyd tv

What with all those dinosaur boxes, here's a track with the Pink Floyd sound still très pointu at the sky … ideal for midwinter … As for the Floyd flock's greed: careful with that axe, number 51 …

December 27, 2011

motherlight

Mike Bobak, Andy Jons & Wil Malone recorded "Motherlight" for the Morgan Blue Town label, who released the album in 1969. Since, the trio has been known as Motherlight … Really like their - typically 1969 - cross between psychedelia and early, primordial prog …
http://uzine.posterous.com/tag/motherlight
http://www.morganbluetown.com/#Motherlight_
http://www.allmusic.com/album/motherlight-r546745

December 20, 2011

dropped in unconditionally

Yes, the Big Lebowski classic … bùt do note: the original version is by Jerry Lee Lewis, off his "Soul My Way" lp (1967)! Mickey Newbury didn't release his own version of his song (a Jimi Hendrix favourite) until his 1968 debut "Harlequin Melodies". The First Edition's version (featuring Kenny Rogers) is from the same year. Bettye LaVette's wonderful cover version (1969) of "Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)" can be found on Trikont's first "Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country" (US-0333, 2000) v/a comp … whilst Sharon Jones' version (with the Dap Kings) dates dates from 2002 or 2004. Carcass frontman Jeff Walker's cuntry metal version dates from 2006, Supergrass' "Condition" is off 1995's "Alright / Time" single, and die Haut's is off 1988's "Headless Body In Topless Bar" lp and features Nick Cave. Got that?

December 4, 2011

the yellow machine's fading flower

Flower Machine's "Fading Yellow" series continues (beyond volume 10) … It's not clear from the liner notes whose version of "For all that I am" is the original, but it's Soulful Bowlful's, not the Creation's; Stephen Friedland aka Brute Force wrote it with one Paul Kahan. The Open Window's story, or rather Peter Schickele's, is a long and special one; this track is off the "Oh! Calcutta!" soundtrack (1969). More on Victoire Scott here, but Lazy Jack's a mystery. Hey and the Pebbles were from Antwerp in Belgium, got that?