Yankee act on Factory, halfway between Throbbing Gristle and Be Music … For an introduction, check the "1980-82 Collected" cd on Acute (ACT008, 2006) which features quite a bit of unreleased work from 1981-1982.
http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/blog/New_York_Noise_legends_Ike_Yard_return
http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/stuart-argabright-of-ike-yard-talks-to-popcorn-youth/
http://blog.bleep.com/2010/10/21/bleep-interviews-stuart-argabright-ike-yard/
http://everythingischemical.blogspot.com/2011/01/eics10qs-wike-yard.html
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ike-yard/1980-82-collected.htm
http://desire-records.blogspot.com/2010/07/ike-yard-nord.html
http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/12/ike-yard-return-with-nord/
http://www.phisteria.com/phi020.html
http://cerysmaticfactory.info/ike_yard.html
http://myspace.com/ikeyard

After the legendary This Heat came Camberwell Now … again featuring Charles Hayward, accompanied by Trefor Goronwy & Stephen Rickard and, in 1986, Maria Lamburn. Their complete works can be found on one fine cd (DUP0022) via ReR Megacorp or Locus Solus aka Recommended Japan: "All's Well (The Complete LP, EPs Collection: Meridian, The Ghost Trade, Greenfingers)". Recorded 1982-1986, remastered 2006. Two tracks are missing, though: "Trade winds" and "For those in peril on the sea". But we get a remake of "Splash", viz. "Resplash" (off Sub Rosa's "Myths 1 - Instructions For Survival" v/a compilation), and "Daddy needs a throne" off the "Ritual Magnetic North" v/a K7 tape on Touch.

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?

Silly … but since we'd already posted this one … here goes! Hey and while you listen to that brand new "Love will tear us apart" cover version by June Tabor & Oysterband (off "Ragged Kingdom", Topic 2011), or Bis's interpretation (2002), or to two more Curtis & co covers by My Robot Friend (2006) & Tortoise (1995) … well, do check Kapetank's two other nods to to Joy Division, Peter Saville and Chris Mathan's CP1919 pulsar sleeve for "Unknown Pleasures" won't you?
http://kapetank.tumblr.com/post/3102166266
http://kapetank.tumblr.com/post/6278563909/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
http://adamcap.com/2011/05/history-of-joy-division-unknown-pleasures-album-art/
http://joydivisionunknownpleasures.blogspot.com/2011/09/front-cover-image-comes-from-edition-of.html
http://testpressing.org/2011/07/tony-wilson-and-peter-saville-in-conversation/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder
http://homepage2.nifty.com/truefaith/tosq/petersaville/1985-1989.html
http://paulstolper.com/gallery/img.php?id_img=207
http://ricardocabello.com/blog/post/640
http://www.joydiv.org/covers.htm
http://www.joydiv.org/up.htm

Hard to find info on Dave Hamilton on the web that isn't already on Ace's site - or picked from the booklets to their releases ...
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=8719
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7331
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=4653
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=4747
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=1033
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=1012

I.M. guitar master Bert Jansch (1943-11-03 > 2011-10-05). Didn't die of an overdose. Incidentally, "Blues run the game" (also covered by Nick Drake) was originally written & recorded by Jackson C. Frank.
http://www.bertjansch.com/
http://workandworry.com/?p=995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Jansch
http://www.dragcity.com/artists/bert-jansch
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/05/bert-jansch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15179959
http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/10/bert_jansch_a_tribute.html
http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/10/farewell_bert_jansch_1943_2011.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8808301/Bert-Jansch-guitar-wizard-dies-aged-67.html

Brian Auger on French tv in 1968, and Les DeMerle in the same year, off his "Spectrum" lp (just reissued on Get On Down). Wonder who was the first to see a jazz adaptation in this song. And to boot: two more Beatles covers, from France, off 2006's "La France Et Les Beatles Vol. 2" v/a cd on Magic (who have an impractical site). And see also: http://uzine.posterous.com/a-dauner-in-the-life

Almost forgot to publish this after I'd announced that I'd post some more on Leiber & Stoller & Spark records, but now with the sad news of Mr Leiber's parting ... here's a reminder of some of Leiber & Stoller's brilliant producing & songwriting skills, and of that exquisite autobiography by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller with David Ritz: "Hound dog - the Leiber & Stoller autobiography" (Simon & Schuster 2009-06, ISBN 9781416559382). At the publisher's site, you can browse the book ... may I suggest reading Randy Poe's appendix, where he argues (convincingly) that L&S practically invented rock 'n' roll? (And keep an eye out for more on their magic partnership - it's like Tex Avery making music - with the Coasters in a future post.)
http://www.leiberstoller.com/
http://spoonercentral.com/RS/Brill.html
http://uzine.posterous.com/tag/brillbuilding
http://www.spectropop.com/hleiberstoller.html
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Leiber+%26+Stoller
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=xktk2zpqhy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jerry_leiber.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Windolf-t.html
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_with_mike_stoller.shtml
http://www.audioholicmedia.com/music-history-101/leiber-and-stoller/
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=747
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=421
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7333
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7485
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=MWS101014
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=CCM20012
http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/08/a-tribute-to-prolific-pop-songwriter-jerry-leiber.html

A Love cover from 1996-10, off "Forever Changes" (Elektra 1967). After "Painter man" (Farian, Farian) by Boney M (1978, originally by the Creation, 1966), surely thé most ludicrous 'dance' interpretation of a sixties gem. Curious for that 1969 live version by Episode Six too, actually ... Hey and if you're into this kind of Eurotranshe, rather than into 'straight' covers such as Calexico's, do check out "Graviteen dream" by Orange Blue as well ... Trrrrr!!
http://myspace.com/431007130
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Vision
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Double+Vision
http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=153
http://www.rhino.com/article/notes-loves-forever-changes
http://www.elektra60.com/member/i/1865606/

Alongside Pas de Deux and BeNe GeSSeRiT (see yesterday's post), the eight track "Belgian Wave & Pop Songs From The 1980's" v/a compilation lp (Popwave 01) also features tracks by Kaa Antilope, Vitor Hublot and Subject … "Cardiocleptomanie" (Brabant, 1983, video by Walter Verdin) can also be found on "The Hidden Tapes - A Compilation Of Minimal Wave From Around the World ‘79-‘85" (Minimal Wave v/a lp cat. no. MW030, rel. 2011-05-17) … "Aller simple" (Hainaut, 1983) was already featured on 2006's "Bipp (French Synth-Wave 1979/85)" v/a comp (Born Bad 002).
http://rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=59498
http://www.wallysgrooveworld.com/wgwShop/products-view.php?productid=150549
http://minimalwave.com/articles/article/mw030-v-a-the-hidden-tapes-lp-coming-soon
http://minimalwave.com/releases/release/the-hidden-tapes/