Archive for the ‘beefheart’ Category
- Christmas documentary: Teenage dreams so hard to beat
You’ve gorged yourself on food, now sit back, relax and have a glass of your favourite tipple while listening to this documentary which celebrates the life and work of John Peel. Presented by Jarvis Cocker, it was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 1 shortly after John’s death in 2004. It features contributions from artists such as Led Zeppelin, Billy Bragg, Pink Floyd, Ash, Orbital, the Cure and Captain Beefheart.
Learn more here.
Happy Hols, I’ll return soon with the rest of the 2009 Festive 50.
- The Complete Beefheart Sessions:1968
Due to a me-based cockup, the tracks have been uploaded seperately, so you’ll need to download them one at a time. It’s worth it, honestly.
04/02/1968 (recorded)
-Sure ‘Nuffn’ Yes I Do
-Yellow Brick Road
-Abba Zabba
-Electricity
LINE UP
Captain Beefhart (Vocals)
John French (Drums)
Alex St. Clair (Lead Guitar)
Jerry Handley (Bass)
Jeff Cotton (Guitar)
12/05/1968 (recorded)
-Safe As Milk
-Beatle Bones ‘N’ Smoke’N’ Stones
-Kandy Korn
-You Gotta Trust Us
LINE UP
Captain Beefhart (Vocals)
John French (Drums)
Alex St. Clair (Lead Guitar)
Jerry Handley (Bass)
Jeff Cotton (Guitar)
Mistakes are all mine and will no doubt be cleared up by those kind enough to leave comments.
- A ghost at the feast: The Magic Band at Maida Vale, 7th July, 2004
You wait for ages then two posts come along at once. By the way, it’s my youngest son Ozan’s first birthday today, so leave a comment or he’ll be very grizzly.
A bunch of old men in 2004
Legend has it that Peel was initially sceptical about this reformed Magic Band but, having played a live recording of the band recorded at an All Tomorrows Parties festival on his show some time in 2003, he found himself so overcome with emotion that couldn’t speak and had to play a record to regain his composure. A year or so later the band did a live session for Peel.
Track list:
Diddy wah diddy
Circumstances
Hit a man
Rockette Morton bass solo
Steal softly through sunshine
Abba zabba
My human gets me blues
Alice in blunderland
Hair pie bake 4
The evening bell
Electricity
The floppy boot stomp
Mirror man
Moonlight on Vermont
Bug* eyed beans from Venus
Glaring errors to be rectified, as ever, in the comments section below.
Length: 63 mins
File size: 76 mb
*As noted on the BBC website which is absolutely jam-packed with lack of information.
- Sgt Pepper must die!
Please take a look and see if you agree with me, here are the classics that are discussed:
Tupac Shakur, All Eyez On Me: Nominated by Mark Ronson, producer
Nirvana, Nevermind: Nominated by Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds: Nominated by Luke Pritchard of the Kooks
The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses: Nominated by Eddie Argos of Art Brut
The Strokes, Is This It: Nominated by Ian Williams of Battles
Television, Marquee Moon: Nominated by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand
The Beatles, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: Nominated by Billy Childish, prime mover of British garage rock
Abba, Arrival: Nominated by Siobhan Donaghy, former Sugababe turned solo artist
Arcade Fire, The Neon Bible: Nominated by Green Gartside of Scritti Politti
The Doors, LA Woman: Nominated by Craig Finn of the Hold Steady
The Smiths, Meat Is Murder: Nominated by Jackie McKeown of 1990s
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica: Nominated by Peter Hook, ex- New Order and Joy Division
Read the full article here.
- The penultimate Top Gear Show, September, 1975
It’s a really hot day here today, and I think the heat’s gone to my brain, as I’ve done, quite frankly, a pretty poor job of transcribing the track listing for this one. Lots of help needed filling in the gaps.
Track listing
-The Faces – Stay with me (from a 1971 session)
-Steeleye Span – A Buddy Holly song whose name escapes me (from an unidentified session)
-Lindisfarne – your guess is undoubtedly going to be much better than mine (track introduced but fades out after a few seconds)
-Family – The Cat and the Rat (track fades in during the last few seconds)
-Roxy Music – Peel mentions the lineup in great detail but neglects to tell us what the track is called (from a 1972 session)
-Syd Barrett – Gigolo Aunt
-Steeleye Span – First minute of the track only
Peel sounds great on this one, really strait-laced. I guess he was still in full ‘this is a public service broadcast’ mode at this time. I wonder if he did his programs like this to give the music he was playing more credibility. Shame he’s not around for me to ask him.
Download the washy mediumwave extravaganza here.
Like many of you other crazy Peel obsessives, I’ve got the final Top Gear show, too. For the sake of those who don’t yet have it, I’ll be posting it sometime next week.
Thanks to the anonymous contributor who has filled in the gaps in my fairly poor effort to supply a track listing.
