Welcome to the RPM Record Club Seven Day Soundtrack, week ending Friday 13th October.......the 'unlucky for some' edition...? Well, not with all these good vibes around; over to....
"Hi RPMers, here’s my 3 for this week."
So Says I by The Shins -
Coles Corner by Richard Hawley -
With Care From Someone by Dillard and Clark -
"We saw the Waterboys this week in York, so here's three from Mike Scott..."
When You Go Away by The Waterboys -
This Is The Sea by The Waterboys -
Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys -
"Hi RPMers. Really enjoyed some of your amazing choices last week (thanks especially to Nina for the poetry). Here are my three from LPs I've listened to this week."
She Knows by Balaam And The Angel - "From their LP 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'. A great live band, saw them a few times in the late eighties/early nineties. Still going apparently...."
Sun Oh Son by War - "From their eponymous third LP released in 1971. (The first two albums were as backing band to Eric Burdon.) It's a bit more laid-back than some of the music they produced a few years later such as 'Me And Baby Brother' (which I think has been one of my RPM choices in the past - I'm sure Tim's skills as the RPM archivist could confirm or deny this....!)" (Week 36, to be precise, Tim.)
Birdland by Weather Report - "From the LP 'Heavy Weather' released in 1977, their most commercially successful album."
"Hi folks. Hope you're all well + thanks as ever for the marvellous music mix.
My 3 this week are by Ashley Harding, a Cornish dude I happened upon playing a solo set in The Globe, Penzance on Sunday evening to all of 6 other people. So glad I did, what a talent! I'm not the world's biggest fan of Americana, but know good music when I hear it. He was doing covers in the pub, these 3 are from his recently released album Spoon Music. Let me know what you think. Cheers!"
Got What's Mine by Ashley Harding -
Town Called Hell by Ashley Harding -
The Things We Do by by Ashley Harding -
"I Went to London yesterday and saw the ‘Chanel’ Exhibition at the V & A. Fantastic to see so many of the fabulous creations she designed between 1929 and 1971. It’s made my choices easy this week.
Have a good week everybody."
Fashion by David Bowie (Live Olympia 2002) -
Lady In Red by Chris DeBurgh -
Vogue by Madonna -
"Here's my 3 for the week, with best wishes to all. Let's give thanks for our ability in this country to go to music events and be pretty sure we can make it home safely afterwards."
Lives In The Balance by Jackson Browne - "I've picked it before but the lyrics are just as relevant today as they were in1986."
Tear Down The Walls by Davy Knowles - "Such a shame that he prefers to spend so much time playing in the states these days."
Touch Of Your Loving Hand by Stone The Crows - "Featuring two of my favourites - Maggie Bell and James Dewar."
"Sent with good wishes to the RPM collective."
No Nights Dark Enough II. infamy sings by Valgeir Sigurðsson performed by the Reykjavik Sinfonia -
Madeira River from Aguas da Amazonia by Philip Glass performed by Third Coast Percussion -
Beekeeper by Sally Anne Morgan -
"Wotcha everybody!
Thanks for all the splendid music that you have all posted over the years... The back pages of RPM have become a surprisingly useful archive to dig back into, and not just to find out whether I have posted things before. I do forget!
I did play a track from the 'Flowers in the Wildwood' album way back when the bobbly lights flashed in time with our choices at Elsing village hall. It is a compilation that I have come back to again and gain. As after a brief dalliance with Ska and New Orleans piano R&B at the end of last week, I found myself drawn to lots of country/old timey recordings from the immediately post depression era between the wars, it wasn't a surprise to find myself choosing another track from it.
It is easy to forget that the harmonies employed by some of those 'Cowboys and Gals' were certainly as sophisticated as anything that 'the swing era' produced in other genres.
I always wonder what people think of the tracks I post when my head gets turned by another musical fad. The Aaron sisters seem to need a little reassurance too..."
How'm I Doin'? by The Aaron Sisters -
Roll On Buddy by Aunt Molly Jackson -
Chinese Breakdown performed by Tommy Jackson -
"COVID is on the rise again and a surprising number of people around me have been laid low recently, so do stay safe all."
"Thanks for all the great music last week. A small respite in a dark, dark week.
This week I have been backtracking some 20 odd years to a time when the German Glitterhouse label was at it's peak."
"First up is Jon Dee Graham who has had some serious health issues of late. He says he is bearing up."
Big Sweet Life by Jon Dee Graham -
"Secondly here's Ramsay Midwood laid back and laconic to say the least."
Spinnin' On This Rock by Ramsay Midwood -
"And lastly from Brooklyn here's Timesbold..."
Knowwhere by Timesbold -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1PgozDlW2hg&feature=shared
"Back in the day Glitterhouse used to hold a weekend garden party featuring folks on their label and I was lucky enough to see all these artists over the years.
That's All Folks."
"This week, I wandered down a musical byway following the trail of a particular tune (requiring a sly Bonus Track to complete the full history) and then rounded off the week with some live music from a favourite band..."
"Listening to Across The Black River, one tune that caught my ear as something unusual from this master of Irish Music was this..."
Evening Prayer Blues performed by Kevin Burke with Cal Scott -
"Looking up the tune, I discovered Kevin's version is based upon a Bill Monroe recording from 1981 which pays tribute to his friend DeFord Bailey, the tunes composer, who had died not long before....."
Evening Prayer Blues performed by Bill Monroe -
"Here's the 1927 original, the idea behind the piece being to musically give the feel of a gospel prayer meeting."
Bonus Track - Evening Prayer Blues by DeFord Bailey -
Glastonbury Song by The Waterboys - "Second up in their set from their gig in York on Thursday, I've always liked this song since buying the Dream Harder album. With the departure of fiddler Steve Wickham (yes, I know!!), Mike Scott rather than replacing like with like has brought pianist James Hallawell into the band. Good call. It certainly gave a fresh take on old Waterboys material, solos now split between piano and Brother Paul's Hammond organ breaks. Unfortunately the evening was spoilt by yet another soundman with unsympathetic ears; way too loud and not well mixed. The before-show music played over the house PA was actually distorting!!!!! Oh dear....there's really no excuse with todays technology for this to happen..."
'Til Next Time...