Entertainment For Lively Minds
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Dorothy Squires: I The Chosen One
As recommended by Danny Baker on Twitter. It's on Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/track/6r0ZSGuZK2inembPy5vN00
Edit: It's now on You Tube as well:
Little Feat at Ultrasonic Studios 19/09/74
As featured on Electrif Lycanthrope here is Rock And Roll Doctor:
More in comments.
Evolution Revolution
This was mentioned in Bob Stanley's bubblegum piece in yesterday's Guardian:
"The most extraordinary bubblegum record wasn't the product of teen detectives, or whatever the hell the Banana Splits were meant to be. The Evolution Revolution were an all chimp band decked out in hippie wardrobe. On their short lived TV show, the band's music was used to communicate coded messages for APE (Agency to Prevent Evil) agents. It was riff heavy bubblegum, like The Who high on E numbers, and played at a frentic pace - presumably because even the most gullible child would notice it wasn't really chimps playing the ballads".
Bargain Alert
Lots of DVD box sets for under a tenner at Amazon including a 3 disc Old Grey Whistle Test set and a complete Black Books 3 disc set. That is all.
Out of phase Rain
After enjoying the HJH mash up posted recently I've been looking for others. In the course of this search, I found this remix of Rain, which uses the out of phase stereo effect, making a bass, vocal and overdubs only version. It's almost like a dub version.
Download bargain alert
Goldfrapp's Rocket(Richard X One Zero Remix) is available as a free download at Amazon.
Blur vs Steptoe
Credit where credit is due: Yesterday, another iain started a thread about mash ups. Ghost mentioned a mash up of Blur's Park Life and the Steptoe & Son theme. A quick Google turned it up on YouTube. I posted it on the original thread but since that is now among the back pages I thought I would repost here.
Live Stones
The Stones' Brussels Affair bootleg has been mentioned here a few times. Anyone wishing to hear what all the fuss is about can hear for themselves at Wolfgang's Vault where it is being streamed.
On the subject of Stones' bootlegs, Big O still has Liv'r Than You'll Ever Be available.
Some Audio Fly Tipping I Did Earlier
There are cover versions of all bar 2* of the HJH's songs on Spotify. Here is a playlist
*Wild Honey Pie and Piggies.
Hurry Up Harry...we're going to do some avant garde dancing
Wiki prog too much effort?
This is Metallizer. It will generate a fictional band, album, track listing and sleeve.
Here's one I made earlier:
Butchered:
Execute Your Euphoria
(2008 - META80542)
Track listing:
Defiler of Passion
Adulterated Karma
Severe Gloom
The Slayer and The Verses
Betrayed By Rapture
Between Bliss and Aggression
Behold The Blasphemy
The Cemetary of Mercy
One Billion Names of The Blasphemer
(Couldn't get the sleeve to show).
Celebrity endorsements
Ever wanted to hear The Yardbirds advertising milk shakes? Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis pushing gaspers? Wilson Pickett plugging Pepsi? Spotify is your friend! 73 vintage celebrity ads here
Here's one not included:
Unlikely Collaborations
Canned Heat and The Chipmunks:
The Beatles In The USSR
Fascinating BBC World Service documentary about the lengths people had to go to to hear The Beatles in the Soviet Union.
Listen here.
Bruce Springsteen, Winterland 1978
The entire show is available from Wolfgang's Vault.
And to think I paid £30 for a 3 LP vinyl copy of this 25 years ago.








