7-Inch History – ELVIS COSTELLO 1978
6 August 2022
Artist: Elvis Costello
Single: Pump It Up!
Released: May 1978
Elvis pumps it up…
ELVIS COSTELLO: Discography
6 August 2022
Artist: Elvis Costello
Single: Pump It Up!
Released: May 1978
Elvis pumps it up…
ELVIS COSTELLO: Discography
Great 7″ inches/sleeves/vinyl from the past
2 August 2022
‘Do It Again’ by STEELY DAN
The duo’s debut single released
50 years ago next November.
Score: #6 in the US and Canada.
The song was credited on the sleeve as a traditional
song even though it was written by Becker/Fagen.
Fagan said: “You should never believe anything it ever says
on a Steely Dan record. It’s mostly a bunch of lies and bullshit
that we write just to confuse the listener.”
The lyrics are sung to a man who is addicted to nightlife. His addictions
include sex (hence a prostitute’s street on the front sleeve) and gambling.
The narrator describes the man’s addictions and the consequences of his
actions but emphasizes that he goes “back, Jack, do it again“, implying
that it is an addiction.
In the mornin’ you go gunnin’ for the man who stole your water
And you fire ’til he is done in but they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all singin’ as they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn’t hangin’ and they put you on the street
You go back, Jack, do it again, wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round
You go back, Jack, do it again
STEELY DAN: Bio – Discography
17 August 2021
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song
And a celebration
(from the song Woodstock
by Crosby, Stills Nash And Young)
Despite the awful weather, the mud, the drug casualties, the lack of enough food and drinks, the chaos, and the whatever mindset some great stuff happened on that small stage. Here are three mad moments…
– JEFFERSON AIRPLANE –
– TEN YEARS AFTER –
– COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH –
“If you can remember attending the festival
it means that you weren’t there…
11 August 2021
Heavy blues rock giants LED ZEPPELIN played their
last ever UK concert on 11th August 1979 – 42 years
ago today – on the gigantic and legendary green fields
of Knebworth.
What a supporting cast!
the historic concert in full…
LED ZEPPELIN: Facebook
2 November 2020
This day in 1967 Cream came up with
their 2nd album Disraeli Gears…
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CCR
On 2 November 1969 Creedence Clearwater
Revival dropped third LP Willy And The Poor Boys
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THE POLICE
The Police unleashed their debut
album Outlandos D’Amour on
2 November 1978…
Top singles from the past…
19 September 2020
Band: The Verve (Wigan, Greater Manchester)
Active: 1990–1999, 2007–2009
Single: History
B-sides: Back On My Feet Again, On Your Own (acoustic)
and Monkey Magic (Brainstorm remix)
Released: 18 September 1995 – 25 years ago
Score: #23 in the UK
Album: A Northern Soul
Sing it, Richard…
THE VERVE: Facebook
20 June 2020
Band: The Verve (Wigan, UK)
Active: 1990–1995 / 1996–1999 / 2007–2009
Album: A Northern Soul – second LP
The title is a reference to the popular soul
movement in Britain during the 1970s.
Released: 20 June 1995 – 25 years ago today
Score: No 13 in the UK
NME wrote: “A knife-twisting snapshot of a band on the brink… The Verve
exude such a sense of astounding self-belief that they can almost convince you
that even their more nonsensical moments should be cast in gold, carved in
stone and treated with the utmost artistic respect.”
Keywords: Drugs in motion, towering anthems, doped reveries,
Richard ‘Mad’ Ashcroft, handclaps by Liam Gallagher on ‘History
Key tracks: A New Decade / History / On Your Own / Life’s An Ocean
– HISTORY –
– ON YOUR OWN –
Full album…
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THE VERVE: Facebook – All Albums
31 December 2019
DAVID BOWIE played a semi-acoustic version of his massive hit SPACE ODDITY
that was broadcast on the New Year’s Eve TV Show of comedian Kenny Everett
40 years ago today, on 31 December 1979.
Here’s the special performance…
DAVID BOWIE: Facebook
18 December 2019
48 years ago today, on 18 December 1971, legendary glam rockers T.REX scored their first No 1 album in the UK with their sixth release ‘ELECTRIC WARRIOR’. The LP was a huge hit as it became the best-selling longplayer of that year in Great-Britain. Here are the two successful singles off the record…
– GET IT ON –
(No 1 on the UK Singles Chart)
– JEEPSTER –
(Peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart)
Album in full here…
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T.REX: Discography
14 December 2019
Legends THE CLASH released LONDON CALLING, their best album – a double one – on
14 December 1979, 40 years ago today. A monumental record with the band mixing a
lot of different musical genres such as reggae, rockabilly, ska, New Orleans R&B, pop and lounge jazz. Lyrically, the songs were about social issues like inequality, unemployment, racial conflicts, drug abuse and our climate’s ugly future. The final result was a bold, multi-faceted and overall astonishing achievement. The double longplayer scored big time, worldwide, with sales of over five million copies.
Three of the many highlights…
– LONDON CALLING –
– GUNS OF BRIXTON –
– CLAMPDOWN –
(Live version)…
THE CLASH: Facebook
Album in full…
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THE CLASH: Facebook