Thursday, March 7, 2013

David Bowie - The Next Day (NME)



Follow the link to read NME review of David Bowie's The Next Day, available next week.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Jimi Hendrix and Bastille lead new album releases (NME)



Follow the link to read more about new releases from Jimi Hendrix, Bastille and Thurston Moore's new band-Chelsea Light Moving. 

Monday, March 4, 2013

Bob Dylan's Record Store Day 2013 Release


Bob Dylan will release "Wigwam"on April 20th for Record Store Day 2013. The track first appeared on Bob Dylan’s 1970 album Self Portrait. Dylan will offer a 7” vinyl single demo of the tune for Record Store Day 2013 and the B-side will feature a previously unreleased version of “Thirsty Boots” from the forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 10. 

Sunday, March 3, 2013

On the turntable this Sunday...This Is Big Audio Dynamite



This Is Big Audio Dynamite was the debut album by Big Audio Dynamite, led by former Clash band member Mick Jones. It was released in 1985, and reached #27 in the UK and #103 in the U.S.


Track listing:
(All songs written by Jones/Letts except as indicated)

Side one 

1. "Medicine Show"   6:29
2. "Sony"   4:30
3. "E=MC²"   5:54
4. "The Bottom Line" (written by Mick Jones) 4:35

Side two 

5. "A Party"   6:40
6. "Sudden Impact!"   5:03
7. "Stone Thames"   4:05
8. "BAD"   5:54

Legacy Edition bonus tracks 

1. "Medicine Show (12-inch Remix)"   7:10
2. "Sony Dub"   4:15
3. "E=MC2 (12-Inch Remix)"   6:31
4. "The Bottom Line (12-inch Remix, Edit Version)"   7:20
5. "A Party Dub"   7:01
6. "Sudden Impact (12-Inch Mix)"   6:07
7. "Stone Thames (12-Inch Mix)"   6:18
8. "BAD (Vocoder Version)"   6:28
9. "Electric Vandal"   3:22
10. "Albert Einstein Meets The Human Beatbox"   5:35
11. "BAD (US-12-Inch Remix)"   6:16
12. "This Is Big Audio Dynamite" (7-Inch Non LP B-Side) 3:44

Personnel:

Mick Jones - vocals, guitar
Don Letts - sound effects, vocals
Dan Donovan - keyboards, photos
Leo Williams - bass, vocals
Greg Roberts - drums, vocals

Samples used on the album

Medicine Show

Sampled liberally throughout this song are sound bites from four motion pictures, three of them spaghetti westerns. This list is based on order of appearance.

"Get three coffins ready." (Clint Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)
"Who the hell is that? One bastard goes in and another comes out....I'm innocent of everything!" (Eli Wallach from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
"You makin' some kinda joke?" (A Fistful of Dollars)
"I don't think it's nice, you laughin'." (Eastwood from A Fistful of Dollars)
"Wanted in fourteen counties of this State, the condemned is found guilty of crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and contrary to the laws of this State, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards...Therefore, according to the powers vested in us, we sentence the accused before us, Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez ('Known as The Rat') and any other aliases he might have, to hang by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed." (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; "Known as The Rat" was uttered by Eastwood.)
Ennio Morricone's main theme to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
"Duck, you sucker!" (James Coburn from Duck, You Sucker!)
"I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!" (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
Laughter from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Sony

Joe Strummer crowing from The Clash song "London Calling"
E=MC²

Several samples from the cult film Performance directed by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg