Welcome to the RPM Record Club Seven Day Soundtrack, week ending Friday 26th July 2024....a possible Olympian edition? Let's see...over to...
"Something from Jack White's new album..."
Track 3 by Jack White -
"This week I've chosen tracks I heard on 6 Music recently."
Wine on Venus by Grace Bowers and Hodge Podge -
The Open Road by Black Country Communion -
Shine On Moon by Lightning Hopkins -
"Here are my three for the week. Enjoy!"
Violin Concerto No. 2, Second Movement by Prokofiev - "This Oistrakh recording is so serene, yet powerful."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQUvGBat5FM&ab_channel=cleopatra11
Reggae Tune by Andy Fairweather-Low - "What was it about the 70s that made white musos think they could play reggae? Unlike Clapton's execrable 'I shot the sheriff', at least AFL wrote this song himself. (But reggae it ain't.)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEe0ap2UtY&ab_channel=AndyFairweatherLow-Topic
Rose of Allandale by Martin Simpson - "More sweet and gentle music to bookend the reggae. We saw Martin Simpson a few years back in Aylsham (with Tony Hall his support act). That magical night lives on in my musical memory."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ngby-JUm4&ab_channel=MartinSimpson-Topic
"Au revoir, mes amis."
"Wishing all RPMers a brilliant summer, now it’s stopped raining for a bit…one from me this we as we're just off to Cambridge Folk Festival..."
Waiting For The Great Leap Forward by Billy Bragg -
"Hi folks. Here's my 3, all classical this week."
Little Serenade by Ernest Tomlinson played by New England Orchestra -
Lullabying by John Barry played by English Chamber Orchestra -
Limu, Limu, Lima arranged for piano by Schindler played by Lang Lang -
https://youtu.be/fo7KwpMrPnU?feature=shared
"Have a great weekend, folks.
Cheers!"
"This week there's Lubbock On Everything."
Gimme A Ride To Heaven by Terry Allen - "The original version was on his "Bloodlines" album, which was credited to Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band."
I Had My Hopes Up High by The Flatlanders - "Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpirK3IvTBM
There's Your Trouble by The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) - "Natalie's dad, Lloyd Maines, can be seen in the other two videos."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05d2VwryTAA
"When the weather is a bit miserable I need something to brighten my days so I have some easy peasy, no contest moody day choices..."
Preachin' Blues by Larkin Poe -
All Along the Watchtower by The Paperboys -
Plastic Hamburgers by Fantastic Negrito -
"Hi RPMers, I hope you're all keeping safe and well. My three choices are all songs from a couple of gigs that I played last weekend. The first track was with Don't Spook The Horse at Blakeney Harbour Room on Saturday night. The other two were from a gig with The A13 Allstars at Plantation Garden, Norwich on Sunday afternoon. A good time was had by all!"
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse -
Beauty Way by Eliza Gilkyson -
Down By The Water by The Decemberists -
"Here;s my 3 for the week. Thought about selecting something to mark the passing of both John Mayall and Abdul "Duke" Fakir this week but decided to stick with the 3 I'd already selected. Best wishes to all you RPMers..."
Crawling From The Wreckage by Dave Edmunds & Rockpile -
Soulful Dress by Sugar Pie DeSanto -
Rambler Gambler by Linda Ronstadt -
"Hi everyone............. hope you are all OK? Rest assured, I do 'tune in' every week to keep an eye on things, but time pressures still persist. Anywaze, here's a tribute (probably not the only one) to John Mayall............ 90 years well lived!!!
And so, another legend relocates to that great studio in the sky:
It's a sad goodbye to perhaps England's most respected (but apparently not most respectable) blues musician, John Mayall.
First up, a little scene setting for those perhaps lucky enough to have seen him in the mid to late sixties (Hi Piers!!) during which time he signed up a triumvirate of young lead guitarists who went on to define British blues of the late sixties/early seventies. Living out in the sticks in Harworth, we were around 12 miles from Doncaster (hardly a hotbed for down home blues ), thirty five miles from Nottingham's Dungeon Club and twenty five miles from Sheffield, home to the (King) Mojo, Black Cat, Esquire, Heartbeat and several others. Late night transport from Donny ceased around ten past ten and, as for Nottingham and Sheffield, unless you were willing to catch the 'milk train' home early the next day, you may as well have waited for a lift from Buzz Aldrin and Co!!. Another problem was...... who was playing at these clubs? Our local papers were the Donny Free Press and the Worksop Guardian, neither of which gave any advance notification of upcoming gigs.... even if there were any. I can't remember the NME, MM etc. publicising gigs in Nottingham or Sheffield clubs (and I bought both mags religiously during the sixties) and so, many of the sixties legends who played at these clubs did so without our knowing who, where or when. Sheffield's Star evening paper had begun publishing a weekly pull out of gigs, and entertainment in general, even before Liverpool's legendary Merseybeat but that was only distributed in Sheffield and its relatively local area. Indeed, it would be the early seventies before The Star would begin to appear in our local paper shops, and even then you had around a thirty minute window to buy it before the shop shut at 5pm!! So, other than package tours to Donny Gaumont and gigs at the Top Rank (I still can't remember how we got tickets for the Stones, DC5, Hollies, Small Faces etc!!!) most of the top groups passed us by.
However, by the late sixties/early seventies, friends had cars, the last Donny bus back was later (10.50pm)and, lo and behold, in an emergency, there was a late bus from Sheffield to Worksop (11.15pm) and a taxi home from there, so the City Hall, Black Swan etc became viable.
Early 1971 saw yours truly and several workmates take in Mayall (bet you thought I'd never get to the point!!??) at the City Hall with his groundbreaking 'Turning Point/Empty Rooms' drummerless band and a jolly good time was had by all. A few months later I was approached in the Game Cock by a gorgeous young girl, who I had spent some considerable time teasing a couple of years earlier when she worked at the same factory, who asked if I wanted to go to a gig with her? Playing it cool (ahem.... ) I casually asked who was playing. 'John Mayall' was the reply. 'Just seen him a couple of months ago' I said, 'but I'll see if I can get tickets?' 'No need, I've already got some' came the surprising response....... and that, dear readers, is how I was (willingly) snared almost exactly 53 years ago!!!!
So, back to Mayall, and here's three tracks from his earlier albums."
'When I'm gone' from 'Mayall plays Mayall, Live at Klooks Kleek'. Released March 26th 1965. Decca label -
"A much under-rated album which, to my mind, sums up the mod era equally as much as the (earlier) 'Georgie Fame Live at the Flamingo' album. The soon to depart Roger Dean (and a big hello to Eric 'Slowhand' Clapton) is on guitar, ably supported by Hughie Flint (later of McGuinness Flint fame) and John McVie (of no-hopers LA band Floatwood Muck)."
'Broken Wings' from 'The Blues alone'. Released November 1967. Ace of Clubs label -
"A (mainly) solo effort from John, strangely relegated to Decca's 'cheapo cheapo' label, despite the commercial success of his earlier Clapton/Green recordings. Again, an under-rated goodie which I heartily recommend to sixties blues fans."
'Fly Tomorrow' from 'Blues from Laurel Canyon' Released November 1968. Decca label -
"Taken from possibly my favourite Mayall album, here's Mayall and new recruit Mick Taylor extolling the delights of what would become the epicentre of the 'singer songwriter' locale. Mayall would relocate to the Canyon for around ten years in 1969 whilst Taylor would fade into obscurity after a maelstrom few years with the Strolling Bones. Pity this line-up didn't stay together longer!!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGK2RXgbGqw
"Keep well."
"Happy Democrats-Coming-To-Their-Senses-At-Last Week to all RPM ers.
Awaiting the release of Joe Ely's new album next week I had a day trawling some of his critically less appreciated stuff."
My Baby Thinks She's French by Joe Ely -
"For no apparent reason, I spent much of the rest of the week listening to Steve Goodman."
My Old Man by Steve Goodman -
"...and then, sadly, Another Man Done Gone."
Ramblin' On My Mind performed by John Mayall with Eric Clapton -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dV7uGeqw9TA&si=D_QkkLPARXJ4q6r0
"That's All Folks."
"Hi RPMers, hope all is good with you. Here’s my 3 this week."
Back of my Hand by The Jags -
Half The World Away by Oasis -
"The weekly three that wouldn't leave me be..."
Brand New Morning by Magnum - "Title track from the 2004 album, post the Hard Rain band diversion, which saw Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley getting their proper band back on course again. Top stuff."
Sportsman's Hornpipe performed by Spiers and Boden - "Here's the lads original interpretation of this English Trad classic from the 'Tunes' album...rather than the re-recorded 'The Works' version, that is."
NO_NAME_A_04 by Jack White - "Brilliant new album from JW which has no title, hence No Name...which is kinda like a title really, isn't it?? Here's the untitled (of course) track 4."
'Til Next Time...