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 Deleagle  "Bubba's bar 'n' grill" 01 Sep 20 4.39pm |
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Originally posted by mr. apollo
Here's the other one you've been asking for.. Om Mani Padme etc.. Dalai Lama - Inner World Blimey, I'd forgotten about them, cheers
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mr. apollo  Somewhere in Switzerland 02 Sep 20 9.51am |
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Kate Nash - Yesterday Was Forever 1. Life In Pink Download [Link]
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mr. a is liking this band We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls 1. It's Thunder and It's Lightning
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 03 Sep 20 8.41am |
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Shirley Collins - Heart's Ease 01 - The Merry Golden Tree Download [Link]
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 03 Sep 20 11.15am |
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Today's bonus grab it.. The Mothers - Fillmore East - June 1971 01. Little House I Used To Live In Download [Link]
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BlueJay  UK 04 Sep 20 12.11am |
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Originally posted by mr. apollo
Here's the other one you've been asking for.. Om Mani Padme etc.. Dalai Lama - Inner World 1. One of My Favorite Prayers Download [Link] Interesting choice
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. Will give this a listen. Fitting for the times we're in. Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 04 Sep 20 6.13am |
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Stonking stuff
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 04 Sep 20 3.17pm |
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Radio 1's Live Lounge, Vol. 6 01. The A Team Download [Link]
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| BlueJay UK 05 Sep 20 1.34am |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Excellent stuff with the 'Live Lounge' Mr A, bit cheeky in know, but, are the other 5 Vols available too? Another one I've nabbed. I'm running of of space here. Can we have a competition to win a hard drive
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 05 Sep 20 11.36am |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Excellent stuff with the 'Live Lounge' Mr A, bit cheeky i know, but, are the other 5 Vols available too? Edited by eagleman13 (05 Sep 2020 8.03am) Very cheeky, V.A. Radio One Live Lounge 2 01 - Times Like These
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 06 Sep 20 10.12am |
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Blue Oyster Cult - 45th Anniversary - Live in London 01. Transmaniacon MC Download [Link]
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 06 Sep 20 3.02pm |
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Sorry to be a Mardy-Moo, but is there any chance of a Blue Oyster Cult stoooodio "Best Of" ? Many Thanks FH
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 07 Sep 20 1.14pm |
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The Essential Blue Oyster Cult 01. Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll Download [Link]
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 09 Sep 20 12.19pm |
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Cheers Mr A
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 09 Sep 20 2.20pm |
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The Black Eyed Peas - Translation 01. RITMO (Bad Boys For Life) Download [Link]
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| mr. apollo Somewhere in Switzerland 13 Sep 20 4.10pm |
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Originally posted by Deleagle
With the legend that is Marc Bolan's 43rd With Angel Headed Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex as our featured Album of the Week, celebrate two artists we lost too soon - T. Rex' Bolan, the boogie glam superstar whose life was cut short by a 1977 car crash, and album producer Hal Willner, who we lost to the Corona virus in April. Marc Bolan worked for years to become a star - arriving on the scene around 1965, just in time to hopscotch from psych pop with John's Children to spaced out hippie folk as leader of Tyrannosaurus Rex, before shortening the name and simplifying their sound to become one of England's most popular artists of the '70s, fronting T. Rex as they scored hits like Jeepster, Telegram Sam, Metal Guru, and his only US hit, Bang a Gong. Rivaling his frenemy David Bowie for the first half of the decade, "T-Rextasy" took England by storm, and while the punks, ego, and indulgences kicked Bolan off his pedestal by '76, he appeared poised for a comeback when he died in September 1977, leaving behind a young son and wife (Gloria Jones - US soul singer who released the original version of Tainted Love) - along with a clutch of songs and a sound that have inspired generations of rockers ever since. With his whimsical rhymes and "car and guitar as girl and star" metaphors, covering a T. Rex song is like a right of passage for thousands of musicians. But it's the twist on Bolan's songs that makes Angelheaded Hipster such an interesting collection. Producer Hal Willner, who made a jump from doing music for Saturday Night Live to producing albums by the likes of Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful, and Lucinda Williams, while also gaining a reputation for his skill at crafting compilations and tribute albums, organizing an eclectic stable of artists to cut everything from tributes to Kurt Weill, Leonard Cohen, Charles Mingus, and even Pirate Songs (you haven't lived til you've heard Bono sing a sea shanty). For the T. Rex tribute Willner invited some of his usual contributors - from U2 (with Elton John on piano) to Lucinda Williams, Todd Rundgren, David Johanson, Nick Cave, and Gavin Friday, but also added in curveballs - like Peaches, Kesha, Father John Misty, Sean Lennon, King Khan, Gaby Moreno, and even Nena - of 99 Luftballoons. The results are dizzying - and pushes Bolan's music into directions he never explored. Instead of taking the songs modern or rocking, a lot of the performances bring an almost stately quality - there's definitely more vibes and stand-up bass than I expected! Not unlike the early Velvet Underground songs of Willner's old friend Lou Reed, the childlike simplicity of T. Rex songs opens up limitless possibilities, and that's what makes Angel Headed Hipster such an enjoyable tribute record. The album veers from Kesha and Joan Jett rocking out to U2 taking us to New Orleans, Peaches to the disco, Todd Rundgren channeling Bill Murray's lounge singer, from delicately sweet performances from Devendra Banhart and Father John Misty, and dramatic readings from Soft Cell's Marc Almond and Nick Cave. Not every reinvention works, but enough do to make this final project of Willner a joy to listen to, and illustrates how much more there was to Marc Bolan's songs than what appeared at the surface. Various Artists - Angel Headed Hipster Ballrooms of Mars Download Edited by mr. apollo (13 Sep 2020 4.15pm)
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