Welcome to the RPM Seven Day Soundtrack, week ending Friday 15th March 2024. And we're almost a quarter through the year already! So what's caught the ears of the collective this week...? Over to...
"Best wishes RPMers, and thanks for your tracks to date."
Poissmehe (Bachelor’s) Polka performed by Rüüt -
Kuma Fo (What They Say) performed by  Les Amazones d’Afrique -
Sensations In The Dark performed by This Is The Kit -
"Hi Everyone...Running late, so no time to chat! Here are my three for this week..."
Excerpts from Octopus (Live) by Gentle Giant -Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TQdhTA8gNc&list=RD4TQdhTA8gNc&start_radio=1
Faster Than Snakes With A Ball And Chain by Cardiacs -Â
Victoria by Shane McGowan & The Popes -Â
"Hey gang! Three Brit acts this week."
Matilda by alt-J - "Inspired by the amazing movie 'Leon'."Â
40 Days, 40 Nights by Badly Drawn Boy -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWR5n0c_9G8&list=OLAK5uy_nqsR0GgZkHa2e68Te7nc5nNCDi5DztF4M&index=6
Watching Xanadu by Mull Historical SocietyÂ
"Hi folks. Hope you're all well. Here's my 3; 1 from Ashley Harding, a Cornish singer, songwriter, fab guitarist + covers player. I'll be listening to his set at the Globe Ale House in Penzance on Sunday evening.
2 World Party tracks to commemorate the lovely talents of Karl Wallinger, who passed away last Sunday."
Ashley Harding performing To The Light -
World Party performing Ship of Fools -
World Party performing Put the Message in the Box -
https://youtu.be/udCaa-Ju3dk?feature=shared
"Take care all+ have a cracking weekend.
Cheers!"
"Thanks to all RPMers for one more round of great listening.Â
Last week we lost another great one and for those lucky enough to have seen him a sad, sad loss. Before I caught Malcolm Holcombe for the first time, I wondered how he would put his powerful songs across live on stage. To say I was blown away would be a huge understatement. I then got to thinking about similar experiences with other singer/songwriters no longer around, stretching back over 50 years."
"So here is..."
I'm Goin' Home by Malcolm Holcombe -
https://youtu.be/fJfxZ5Zf3Yo?si=PFp_Uo26OKvLB-bS&mibextid=xfxF2i
"...and finally..."
Tryin' to Start Out Clean by Willie P. Bennett -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2bHRYJXG_0c&si=cM0xY82L5rKTmNLZ
"That's All Folks."
"A bit late for week 10 but a bit early for week 11... still, might as well submit when the inspiration strikes. I read a little about a song-writer named Noel McKay recently and discovered that he sometimes writes and performs with the wonderful Brennen Leigh. Hence my first choice features the two of them on stage playing a song that made me laugh. I hope other RPMers will be amused too."
Sexist from Texas by Noel McKay and Brennen Leigh -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE40TdFrrT8
"I have not of course met our comparatively new member David, but feel I I've got to know him a little through his recent submissions to this august forum, so I'd like to dedicate this next number to him. I'm sure he'll "get it"."
Workin' on the Railroad by Elmer Fudd featuring Bugs Bunny - "be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits."
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby performed by Ira "Buck" Woods - "This is of course not a patch on Louis Jordan's original, but then you wouldn't get Tom and Jerry."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkJ0M1bUIU
"Best wishes everyone."
"Hi RPMers...March is flying by!! Here're my 3 tunes for this week."
Heat by The Bevis Frond -
Act Of God by Gossip -
The Devil Inside by Garret T Capps -
"Here are my picks for the week, with best wishes to all."
Up On Cripple Creek by The Band -
Since I Don't Have You by The Skyliners - "Appropriate title since I don't have this particular original (and scarce) single but do have others by them - one of the best 50's groups."
Wild Wolf Calling Me by Tony Joe White feat. Emmylou Harris - "From a 2006 album..."
Gnaal Funeral march by Eldrim -
Lord Help Me To Be Me by Alice Coltrane -
Ain't No Easy Way by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -Â
"This weeks three...a perennial favourite, an earworm from a live gig and a tune from a band discussed at a session... "
Rip The Calico Set performed by The Bothy Band - "Cracking set of tunes from the car CD player..."
Want To Fly Want To Flee by Sam Sweeney - "Sublime fiddler Mr. Sweeney dropped in on the Crescent, my fave York venue, earlier this week..."
Breaking The Law by Judas Priest - "Chatting with Michael, Uilleann piper and fellow banjoist at the tunes session, the topic obviously got around to classic Judas Priest songs..."
'Til Next Time...