Cook like the Devil

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Just when you think you've seen it all, you stumble across THE FUGS on YouTube. How come I'd never seen this, or any Fugs video, before? And why isn't this stuff out on DVD?

Eighteen minutes of Ed, Ken, Tuli, and the guys. "Crystal Liaison", "I Couldn't Get High", "The Garden Is Open", "Supergirl"........ Amazing.

FUGS PART 1 - YouTube

FUGS PART 2 - YouTube

Hard-Die's Site

Wonderful. Lots to watch. Lots to read. Lots to download. And not just Beatles - for instance, "Tonight Let's All Make Love In London". Like it says, a "virtual museum". Just wonderful.

http://beatlesite.blogspot.com/

Warning: may be time consuming.

The enemy of every Muslim

"Our enemy’s friend is our enemy. Thus Paul McCartney is the enemy of every Muslim. We have what we call ‘sacrifice’ operatives who will not stand by while he joins in a celebration of their oppression. If he values his life Mr McCartney must not come to Israel. He will not be safe there. The sacrifice operatives will be waiting for him.” - OMAR BAKRI

Not since the Japanese threw him in jail for 10 days in 1980 has PAUL MCCARTNEY caused such a big international ruckus.

From the New York Times, we learn that McCartney "has refused to cancel his concert in Israel, despite threats from Islamic militants, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. The response follows comments made by Omar Bakri Muhammad, a militant Lebanese Islamic activist, in an interview that appeared in The Sunday Express of London. Mr. Bakri said, “If he values his life, Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel,” He also said: “He will not be safe there. The sacrifice operatives will be waiting for him.” In an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, another Israeli newspaper, Mr. McCartney said: “I was approached by different groups and political bodies who asked me not to come here. I refused. I do what I think, and I have many friends who support Israel.” The concert is scheduled for Sept. 25 in Tel Aviv."

They tell me "Mamunia" is an Arabic word meaning "safe haven", so here's the "Mamunia" track from the bonus disc of the 25th Anniversary Edition of BAND ON THE RUN:

BOTR 25 BONUS: MAMUNIA

And here's one for Paul - an Apple single B-side from 1970, "Vaya Con Dios" by DORIS TROY, produced by GEORGE HARRISON:

DORIS TROY: VAYA CON DIOS












Vaya con Dios, Paul.....

and Dickie Daley, too.....

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.To help celebrate the Democratic National Convention this week, and the 40th anniversary of the infamous 1968 Chicago convention, here are THE FUGS with their classic "Chicago", from their "Belle of Avenue A" LP.

According to the liner notes, "written by Ken Sanders, Country Joe MacDonald, and Ken Pine", and "originally written for the sound track of the Yippie movie about the police riots in Chicago at the Democratic Convention."

THE FUGS - CHICAGO

Okay, everybody sing along now:

"I saw the gasses floating down upon America's youth

All the world was watching the terror in the streets.

Johnny was there and Sally was there

And so was Baby Sue

Acid Bob and Clean Gene and Dickie Daley too.

I saw the look on the poor soldier's face

With his gun in the young girl's side

All the boys of Daleyland were dancing in the mace.

Johnny was there and Sally was there

And so was Baby Sue

Acid Bob and Clean Gene and Dickie Daley too.

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May you sleep in peace Mayor Daley....."

Starry Notions

Here's some great live stuff from MARY HOPKIN, recorded live in Japan in 1970:

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

IN MY LIFE

GOODBYE

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

That Harrison kid

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More photos here:

HERE COMES THE SON

Lazy Tortoise

When I posted about the Purple Chick Beatles discs a couple of weeks ago, I didn't realize what the "Lazy Tortoise" series was. But now that I know, I've got a lot of downloading to do!

According to a site that has Purple Chick tracklistings:
"Companions to the Purple Chick Series, the Lazy Tortoise compilations pick up the non-studio items, such as live, interviews, and home demos."

Looks like there is (or will be) about 50 discs in this series, so that will bring this complete Beatles audio project to just over 200 discs. Amazing. And of course, I must have them all.

Between the "Strawberry Lane" and "Six Plus Three" sites, I've tracked down about half of the "Lazy Tortoise" discs so far.

To make things a bit easier, here are links to individual posts at those sites with the discs:

April to August 1963

October 1963

November 1963

December 1963

From London To Paris 1964

February to April 1964

April 16-23, 1964

April 25-26, 1964

April 27 - May 30, 1964

June 3-6, 1964 - Denmark and The Netherlands

June 7-10, 1964 - Hong Kong

July 1964

Australia-New Zealand Tour Diary 1964 (4 discs)

France 1965

From Rome to Blackpool 1965

September 1965 to March 1966

From Tokyo To London 1966 (2 discs)

September 1966 to February 1967

Interviews 1968 (5 discs)

Many many thanks to "Strawberry Lane" and "Six Plus Three"! And keep 'em coming!!!

Hurricane

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More sad news - Norman "Hurricane" Smith has passed away at the age of 85.

Norman engineered all The Beatles' recordings through 1965, and had a big hit of his own in 1972 with "Oh Babe What Would You Say".

Here's a snippet from October 12, 1965 of Norman in the studio with the Beatles, while recording "Run For Your Life".

That's Norman saying "Run for your lives, you ____".

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - TAKE 1

RIP Norman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Smith

http://www.earcandymag.com/normansmith-book.htm

Ronnie

What do Muhammed Ali, George Harrison, Tony Curtis, and Prince have in common?

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Ronnie!

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I've really been enjoying Ron Wood's recent autobiography, "Ronnie". It's a great, light read with some pretty cool stories featuring lots of Woody's famous friends.

Woody writes about when The Stones were in New York in 1977 or 1978 (he seems a little unclear about some dates) and John Lennon came over for some drugs. When they got thrown out of the hotel for making too much noise, Woody, Keith, and Charlie, with John and Yoko, "moved the party to Atlantic Records".

According to Woody, "we started jamming, and the jam was taped (it's probably locked in the Atlantic vaults these days). We were going through a songbook of early soul and early Beatles catalog. We were all singing, playing, harmonizing...". But eventually John "fell asleep" (you'll have to see the book for details), and "had to be carried out." "We carried on recording without him".

Very entertaining stuff - reserve it now at your local library!

Mike Smith

What can I say that hasn't been said over these past several days? A real shame.

If you're looking for gossip, I'm sure you can find it elsewhere. Here's some music.

Enjoy the long-out-of print "History of the Dave Clark Five" (at 256 kbps).

RIP Mike.

DC5 DISC 1:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GVTUWB6S

1. Glad All Over 2. Bits And Pieces 3. Do You Love Me 4. Can't You See That She's Mine 5. Because 6. Don't Let Me Down 7. Any Way You Want It 8. Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) 9. Any Time You Want Love 10. Thinking Of You Baby 11. Whenever You're Around 12. Little Bitty Pretty One 13. Crying Over You 14. Don't Be Taken In 15. When 16. Reelin' And Rockin' 17. Come Home 18. Mighty Good Loving 19. Hurting Inside2 0. Having A Wild Weekend 21. Til The Right One Comes Along 22. Catch Us If You Can 23. I'll Be Yours My Love 24. I Am On My Own 25. I Need Love

DC5 DISC 2:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E2ZHTDR0

1. Try Too Hard 2. All Night Long 3. Look Before You Leap 4. Please Tell Me Why 5. Somebody Find A New Love 6. Satisfied With You 7. At The Scene 8. I Miss You 9. Do You Still Love Me 10. Nineteen Days 11. I've Got To Have A Reason 12. I Like It Like That 13. Over And Over 14. You Got What It Takes 15. Doctor Rhythm 16. Small Talk 17. Concentration Baby 18. Everybody Knows 19. Inside And Out 20. At The Place 21. Best Day's Work 22. Maze Of Love 23. Here Comes Summer 24. Live In The Sky 25. Everybody Get Together