Wings Over Philly - new link for Part 3

Here's a new link for Part 3 of WINGS OVER PHILLY. I had posted the whole show in 5 parts on Tuesday (click here), but there was a problem with part 3. So I updated with a new link to it, but that doesn't seem to be working either, so I'm trying it again. Hopefully this one will work:

www.gigasize.com/get.php/3194709147/Wings_19760514_3.mp3

The Dave Clark Five

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE was one of the most successful of the British Invasion groups.

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They had a string of American hit singles that placed them, for a time, in a league with THE BEATLES and THE ROLLING STONES.
But for some reason there are no Dave Clark Five CDs currently in print. The way I understand it, drummer Dave Clark owns the rights to the original recordings, but has yet to find a deal he's happy with. Long-overdue for induction into the Rock'n Roll Hall Of Fame, the DC5 missed out again this year when JAN WENNER stepped in following the death of AHMET ERTEGUN and stiffed them in favor of GRANDMASTER FLASH (or so they say).

Anyway, there was an official compilation CD available briefly several years ago, but it seems to be rather hard to find these days. So here is my own compilation of tracks, including a bunch of the major hits, plus a couple of personal favorites, like "Try Too Hard" and their excellent take on CHUCK BERRY's "Reelin' and Rockin'"(which I think is one of the two all-time best Chuck Berry covers - the other being The Stones' studio version of "Around And Around"). As far as I can tell, all of these tracks are from 1964 to 1966.

Here's hoping for an induction next year - they certainly deserve it!

GLAD ALL OVER

BITS AND PIECES

DO YOU LOVE ME

CANT YOU SEE THAT SHE'S MINE

BECAUSE

REELIN' AND ROCKIN'

CATCH US IF YOU CAN

TRY TOO HARD

AT THE SCENE

I'VE GOT TO HAVE A REASON

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT

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Steve Earle - Live In U.K.

Here's a 2-CD STEVE EARLE boot called "Live in U.K.", recorded in Lancashire on May 26, 2000. The show includes Steve's versions of THE BEATLES' "No Reply" and THE ROLLING STONES "Before They Make Me Run". (I had posted this version of "Before They Make Me Run" a little while back).



DISC ONE:
www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100345454/Earle_1.rar
01 Transcendental Blues
02 Everyone's In Love With You
03 Another Town
04 Taneytown
05 Hardcore Troubador
06 My Old Friend The Blues
07 Someday
08 Telephone Road
09 More Than I Can Do
10 No Reply
11 I Can't Wait
12 The Boy Who Never Cried
13 Steve's Last Ramble
14 Lonelier Than This
15 I Don't Want To Lose You Yet
16 Wherever I Go
17 Nowhere Road
18 Fearless Heart

DISC TWO:
www.gigasize.com/get.php/3194677874/Earle_2.rar
01 The Devil's Right Hand
02 Halo 'Round The Moon
03 I Feel Alright
04 Band Intros
05 The Galway Girl
06 Copperhead Road
07 All Of My Life
08 N.Y.C.
09 The Unrepentant
10 Bread
11 Guitar Town
12 Before They Make Me Run

What's Good?

"She married Ringo / and she could have had Paul....."

Sorry I haven't been posting very much lately, but I do have some interesting stuff lined up for the next week or so. And right now I thought I'd just post some of the miscellaneous things I've been enjoying recently.

First up are a couple of videos at YouTube. There's a fantastic JOHN LENNON video that I'd never seen before - its a home video of John playing acoustic guitar and singing "Dear Yoko", filmed on April 20, 1980 in Cold Spring Harbor. Absolutely wonderful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi0C3kH6TxE

This one here is my new second-favorite video. Its from 1972 (I think) - MARC BOLAN with ELTON JOHN and RINGO STARR doing "Children of the Revolution". Much fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwfrpRDBsKE

And here are a couple of MP3s that I've had in heavy rotation.

During the recording of "Double Fantasy", CHEAP TRICK was brought in to record John's "I'm Losing You" and Yoko's "I'm Moving On". Those versions weren't used on the finished LP, but "I'm Losing You" ended up on the "John Lennon Anthology". Here's "I'm Moving On", from the bootleg "Double Fantasy - Working Version":

I'M MOVING ON - (CHEAP TRICK VERSION)

This is a real odd item. Its FRANK SINATRA singing "Maureen Is A Champ", an ode to RINGO STARR's wife MAUREEN, to the tune of "The Lady Is A Tramp". The story is that it was done for her birthday in 1968 and was actually the first (and very limited) Apple acetate. The new lyrics were written by SAMMY CAHN, and that's BILL MILLER on piano.

MAUREEN IS A CHAMP - (FRANK SINATRA)

And finally, if you haven't already, go check out the "Classic Rock In The Refectory" photo sections at the University of Leeds website. Lots of great photos from some of the shows held there in 1970 and 1971, including the ROLLING STONES, THE WHO, and others.

CLASSIC ROCK - LEEDS UNIVERSITY

Wings Over Philly

I had hoped to post this yesterday for the 31st anniversary, but what the heck, better late than never.

It's an audience recording of PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS, live at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, May 14th, 1976. This is ripped from an old bootleg cassette, and broken into five files. Anyone have artwork for this one? I wasn't able to find any.....

www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100970171/Wings_19760514_1.mp3

www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100939377/Wings_19760514_2.mp3

www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100347572/Wings_19760514_3.mp3

www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100899656/Wings_19760514_4.mp3

www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1100885944/Wings_19760514_5.mp3

UPDATE: The link to part 3 has been fixed.

Wings Over Toronto

I'll be posting a WINGS show soon, but in the meantime, MACCA BELGIUM has the complete show from Maple Leaf Garden, Toronto, 31 years ago today - May 9th, 1976:

MACCA BELGIUM - WINGS - TORONTO '76

Happy Birthday Rick Nelson

Born May 8th, 1940, today would have been RICK NELSON's 67th birthday.

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Here's PAUL MCCARTNEY's great version of "Lonesome Town", from the LINDA MCCARTNEY tribute at the Royal Albert Hall, London, April 10th, 1999:

LONESOME TOWN - PAUL MCCARTNEY

And here's Rick with the STONE CANYON BAND (featuring RANDY MEISNER on bass) with his classic "Hello Mary Lou", live at The Troubador in 1969:

HELLO MARY LOU - RICK NELSON LIVE 1969

New Lennon boot!

"Not a hoax!"
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Yes, its true - a new JOHN LENNON bootleg! Just when you thought the well had run dry, here comes another heapin' bucketful, sploshin' all over your shoes.

Its a 2-disc bootleg from Yellow Dog called "It's Gonna Be Alright", featuring more than two hours' worth of previously unheard stuff from the sessions for the 1970 "Plastic Ono Band" LP with John, Ringo, Klaus, and of course, PHIL SPECTOR. There are a few rough mixes, some rehearsals, and nice big chunks of session tapes. I don't know how these recordings got out at this point in time, but I'm sure glad they did. The sound quality is excellent - this really is some beautiful stuff, and a must-have for Lennon fans. And its very very cool to hear "Love" being rehearsed with Ringo and Klaus!

I'm sure that if you hunt around a bit, you can find it at a higher bitrate, but here it is as I downloaded it, at 128 kbps:
www.gigasize.com/get.php/1304508/Its_Gonna_Be_Alright_1.rar
www.gigasize.com/get.php/1305072/Its_Gonna_Be_Alright_2.rar
And many many thanks to the original uploader.

Here are links to the BOOTLEG ZONE pages with artwork, track listings, and some details:

BOOTLEG ZONE - ITS GONNA BE ALRIGHT 1
BOOTLEG ZONE - ITS GONNA BE ALRIGHT 2

re-ac-tor

Keef

Mahoney's Last Stand

Here's one I'd been hoping would turn up: the out-of-print "Mahoney's Last Stand" soundtrack by RON WOOD and RONNIE LANE, with bonus tracks! A great LP from 1976, which also features an appearance by IAN STEWART.

Here's the page at RAMBLER'S PLACE (or is it THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW?):

RON WOOD AND RONNIE LANE - RAMBLER'S PLACE

And thanks to jagger72 for the heads up!

Illustration by John Youssi

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Here's a great illustration by JOHN YOUSSI. I don't know what magazine this came from (maybe CIRCUS or CREEM - anyone know for sure?), but it accompanied an excerpt from TONY SANCHEZ's memoir "Up And Down With The Rolling Stones", so I'm assuming its from 1979.

Click to enlarge.

2007 Magazine of the Week #15

This week we take a quick look at the April 1988 issue of MUSICIAN magazine, with a JOHN LENNON cover story by SCOTT ISLER.

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The Lennon story is mainly about the upcoming "Lost Lennon Tapes" radio series. Isler gives us the run-down on some of the tapes and previously unreleased recordings that would likely be heard on the radio show.

Here's a little excerpt that is still tantalizing, even 19 years later:

"A two-note electric guitar ostinato over a rippling bass tone creates a musical ebb-and-flow. This is not a solo tape. "I can hardly raise my head / I'm lying in my lazy bed / I haven't got a care." The ethereal, high-pitched voice - over wordless falsetto backing - comes from the land of tangerine trees and marmalade skies. The tempo is that of molasses. "Everybody's rushing 'round but me / I'm dreaming." These are THE BEATLES performing "Lullabye For A Lazy Day", a song you've never heard. And you won't hear it on The Lost Lennon Tapes either. Official co-writer Paul McYou-Know-Who is unlikely to give clearance to allow the finished (but not incredible) song to be broadcast. This one is truly lost."

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And as usual with Musician Magazine, there's plenty of other cool stuff in here too: particularly "ROBYN HITCHCOCK - On The Trail Of The Gelatinous Blindfish", a great interview in which we get the basic Hitchcock story, from his days with THE SOFT BOYS up through his new "Globe Of Frogs" LP.

Meet Elton John!

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The year was 1976:

"CREEM Celebrates The American Revolution With A ROCK REVOLUTION CONTEST!"

Readers were invited to "tell us in 25 words or less, 'just what is Rock 'n' Roll anyway?'".

The Grand Prize - "A Trip To England To Meet Elton John!"

At The Speed Of Sound

Before They Make Steve Run

If anyone deserves to cover "Before They Make Me Run", it's STEVE EARLE.

Hey wait a minute.....!

No, no, that's a compliment! Honest!

Here's the legendary Earle from May 26, 2000, closing the show with a great live version of the song. And check out those guitars!

BEFORE THEY MAKE ME RUN - STEVE EARLE

Leon and Mary Russell

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For some reason, not all of LEON RUSSELL's old LPs have been released on CD. For instance, the two "Leon and Mary Russell" LPs: "The Wedding Album" from 1976, and "Make Love To The Music", from 1977.

I recently got my hands on a nice clean vinyl copy of "Make Love To The Music", which I had never heard before. Its a fun LP, with lots of vocal interplay. A couple of the tracks are in the then-emerging disco sort of style, and there's also some nice classic Leon piano type stuff. Overall, very enjoyable. Here's my rip:

www.gigasize.com/get.php/1159815/MLTTM.rar

1 Easy Love
2 Joyful Noise
3 Now Now Boogie
4 Say You Will
5 Make Love To The Music
6 Love Crazy
7 Love Is In Your Eyes
8 Hold On To This Feeling
9 Island In The Sun

.....so does anyone have "The Wedding Album" to share?

2007 Magazine of the Week #14

TROUSER PRESS #27, the April 1978 issue.

Its got a great cover story on PETE TOWNSHEND by DAVE SCHULPS. Townshend goes on and on about how THE WHO is never going to tour again.

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Also in this issue, DEVO, NICK GILDER, and "A Power Pop Primer".

Record reviews include BLONDIE, WIRE, STATUS QUO, and THE RUTLES.

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