What Are You Listening To?

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P.P. Arnold = The Best Of

been listening a bunch to her recent live album so this collection of her 60s Immediate Records output was a nice find

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You mean P.F. Arnold? I thought it was a man….

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Definitely P. P. Arnold she started her career as a Ikette before moving to London to peruse a solo career and sing backup.   Her 60s solo output was primarily covers.

I had never read her bio but some fun tidbits

 She was briefly romantically involved with Steve Marriot and sang backup on "Itchycoo Park" and "Tin Soldier

she was featured backup vocalist on Sledgehammer and worked with the KLF "What Time Is Love?", "3 A.M Eternal")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._P._Arnold

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Calibro 35 - Momentum

by law when in Milan one must track down and buy a Calibro 35 album.  and had the trip not been planned so far in advance,  I could have seen Calibro 35 live in a city near Milan.  But, in the end it would  have required packing up and going to another city for one night that makes my better half grumpy.

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It’s really fun seeing shows in other countries


Anywho

Pulp- This is hardcore

My favorite of theirs…not sure why

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We actually got to see a bit of concert while there.  We were eating a lovely meal over by the fish market in Venice listening to what we thought was a group of buskers doing vintage jazz.  After a short break another group started doing raucous early Beatles covers.  Turns out they were holding a festival/charity event in one of the buildings.   Got a nifty t=shirt out of the deal.

I  also check off the "heard a street busker doing a cover of Imagine" off the overseas travel bingo card.

Now listening to "The World Of Keith Haring" compilation, released by Soul Jazz so you know it's expertly pulled together. Loads of early 80s Electro, Disco, Funk, New Wave, etc 

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Diving into "New Guitars In Town - Power Pop 1978-82" 75 tracks 75 bands.

It's a Cherry Red compilation and I'm not sure i would categorize some of these strictly power pop.  i.e Elvis Costello, Boomtown Rats, The Jam, etc

It's one of those collection with a mixture and familiar and less known bands.  Lots of names I didn't recognize at first glance i.e. The Pleasures, No Sweat, Salford Jets, Zoots Alors, Titch Turner's Escalator.

Picked this one of up in Balogna at small specialty show that mainly stocked punk releases, but they did have a Northern Soul Keep The Faith t-shirt in the window so it was worth a visit.  Got one of those t-shirs of course.

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I'm guessing they choose Power Pop as a way to groups those bands that fell in that grey area of not being either strictly punk or new wave, regardless it's a tasty collection and they tracked down some really rare singles for it. i.e.  The Deaf Aids, The Gross Club and Protege

they also went with lesser known tracks by The Records or The Jags

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VH-VH


Was up late reading the chapter about the recording of this album in Van Halen Rising. Probably the best description of that miracle we will ever get. Templemann (producer), Lannde (engineer), the band members etc all chime in. One of the best debut albums in history without a doubt. It’s funny reading in the book how it took Roth years to work - more like worm- his way into the band. He couldn’t sing and Eddie and Alex loathed him. But he persisted, got in and proved everyone wrong. Templemann says that when he first saw and signed VH all he cared about was Eddie and he thought Roth sucked and thought of replacing him with Hagar!! This was back in 1977. But Roth proved him wrong and Ted eventually realized all that Roth brought to the band. Over and over and year after year Roth just proved everyone wrong. That’s some real self belief!

[Justin Tonation]

It's a Cherry Red compilation and I'm not sure i would categorize some of these strictly power pop.  i.e Elvis Costello, Boomtown Rats, The Jam, etc

It's one of those collection with a mixture and familiar and less known bands.  Lots of names I didn't recognize at first glance i.e. The Pleasures, No Sweat, Salford Jets, Zoots Alors, Titch Turner's Escalator.

That's very typical for Cherry Red and I love them for it. They take wide views of genre so that they don't strictly define it and miss out on the grey stuff. Their comps tell stories as well as histories.

And they dig incredibly deep; lots of stuff sourced from vinyl. On the (highly recommended) "British Mod Sounds of the 1960s" 4CD set, there's a track so obscure that they didn't have the artist name, so they invented one for them! (Wish I could remember which track). The comp begins with The High Numbers "I'm The Face", of course. Track 4 is Tom Jones "Chills And Fever", one of his earliest singles and randy af.

[Justin Tonation]

VH-VH


Was up late reading the chapter about the recording of this album in Van Halen Rising. Probably the best description of that miracle we will ever get. Templemann (producer), Lannde (engineer), the band members etc all chime in. One of the best debut albums in history without a doubt. It’s funny reading in the book how it took Roth years to work - more like worm- his way into the band. He couldn’t sing and Eddie and Alex loathed him. But he persisted, got in and proved everyone wrong. Templemann says that when he first saw and signed VH all he cared about was Eddie and he thought Roth sucked and thought of replacing him with Hagar!! This was back in 1977. But Roth proved him wrong and Ted eventually realized all that Roth brought to the band. Over and over and year after year Roth just proved everyone wrong. That’s some real self belief!

Hard to believe that Ted Templeman is one of the guys in this band (I think he's the guy on the far left holding the light pole).

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It's a Cherry Red compilation and I'm not sure i would categorize some of these strictly power pop.  i.e Elvis Costello, Boomtown Rats, The Jam, etc

It's one of those collection with a mixture and familiar and less known bands.  Lots of names I didn't recognize at first glance i.e. The Pleasures, No Sweat, Salford Jets, Zoots Alors, Titch Turner's Escalator.

That's very typical for Cherry Red and I love them for it. They take wide views of genre so that they don't strictly define it and miss out on the grey stuff. Their comps tell stories as well as histories.

And they dig incredibly deep; lots of stuff sourced from vinyl. On the (highly recommended) "British Mod Sounds of the 1960s" 4CD set, there's a track so obscure that they didn't have the artist name, so they invented one for them! (Wish I could remember which track). The comp begins with The High Numbers "I'm The Face", of course. Track 4 is Tom Jones "Chills And Fever", one of his earliest singles and randy af.

is the Mod collection on Edsel/Demon?  and since it's compiled by Eddie Piller the man guy behind Acid Jazz this is going to be good...  now finding a copy should be fun.

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My last pickup was The Northern Soul Scene which collects late 60s British Soul released on Decca that later were played in the clubs. 

I'm sure I've had heard some of these in other compilations, but will never tire of hearing The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartbreak

[Justin Tonation]

It's a Cherry Red compilation and I'm not sure i would categorize some of these strictly power pop.  i.e Elvis Costello, Boomtown Rats, The Jam, etc

It's one of those collection with a mixture and familiar and less known bands.  Lots of names I didn't recognize at first glance i.e. The Pleasures, No Sweat, Salford Jets, Zoots Alors, Titch Turner's Escalator.

That's very typical for Cherry Red and I love them for it. They take wide views of genre so that they don't strictly define it and miss out on the grey stuff. Their comps tell stories as well as histories.

And they dig incredibly deep; lots of stuff sourced from vinyl. On the (highly recommended) "British Mod Sounds of the 1960s" 4CD set, there's a track so obscure that they didn't have the artist name, so they invented one for them! (Wish I could remember which track). The comp begins with The High Numbers "I'm The Face", of course. Track 4 is Tom Jones "Chills And Fever", one of his earliest singles and randy af.

is the Mod collection on Edsel/Demon?  and since it's compiled by Eddie Piller the man guy behind Acid Jazz this is going to be good...  now finding a copy should be fun.

Yes, Edsel (I often mix up Edsel and Cherry Red). That fake name track was originally on an Acid Jazz comp with the same fake name.

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My last pickup was The Northern Soul Scene which collects late 60s British Soul released on Decca that later were played in the clubs. 

I'm sure I've had heard some of these in other compilations, but will never tire of hearing The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartbreak

was curious to hear TNSS album...spotify only has 6 of th 25 songs streaming
https://open.spotify.com/album/67UoZsODIDU1g4gN1uJmSk#_=_

youtube people have made playlists of the whole thing, so will dig there
https://youtu.be/4NaaW3xXTTc?si=ET-Kyik62lmZqELI



also that Flirtations song is a banger and had heard before, but nice to put a name to a song


which lead youtube to this tdc of Hermanos Gutiérrez...very good stuff and they will be at the Lincoln on 9/25
https://youtu.be/wTqCthvtL8k?si=6mMOgaG32shj-V-b