Podcast 5

Well here is number 5 with this weeks choice The Black Crowes and related. Chris & Rich Robinson are the two brothers in the band and this is them on their accoustic tour doing Gene Clark's Polly. Marc Ford, the guitarist from the band, Medicine Time is taken from his latest album Weary and Wired.
I hope you enjoy this weeks selection.

Wiser time - The Black Crowes
Chardonnay - Cerys Matthews
Mother Of Pearl - Nellie McKay
O Brother Ray - DJ Zebra
Polly - Chris & Rich Robinson
Marigold - Nirvana
Thin Air - Pearl Jam
Moonchild - Chris Cornell
Medicine Time - Marc Ford
Club Foot - Kasabian
Open Water - Thrice
Bitter End - Nine Black Alps
Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye - The Black Crowes
My Heart's Killing Me - The Black Crowes
When The Cold Wind Blows At The Dark End Of Night - Chris Robinson & The New Earth Mud

Download here: Popcast 5

Popcast 4

The Doors - The End

Thanks to one and all for your support last week so here is number 4. This month it is The Doors who get the treatment of flavour of the week.
In May 1967, The Doors made their television debut by recording a version of "The End" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) at their Yorkville Studios in Toronto. It remained unseen since its original broadcast until the release of The Doors Soundstage Performances DVD in 2002. This is the video above.
For the first track on the Popcast I managed to mix in the start of The Doors film with a mash up by DJ Zebra, who is French and he uses a Noir Desire song along with Riders on a Storm. Also look out for Jacob Golden who was a find by my Dad and a good one too.

1. Jim Nous Portera - DJZebra
2. An End Has A Start - Editors
3. Detroit 442 - Blondie
4. Leave It Alone (Radio Edit) - Operator Please
5. The Movie - The Doors
6. Wild Child - The Doors
7. Out Come The Wolves - Jacob Golden
8. Run Rabbit, Run - The Hoosiers
9. Buick Mackane - T Rex
10. Lord Don't Slow Me Down - Oasis
11. Gloria - The Doors
12. Choo Choo - Artic Monkeys
13. Floating Away (In the Bath Tub) - Toploader
14. Pictures of Matchstick Men - Kasabian
15. How Will I Know - The Lemonheads
16. Whiskey, Mystics And Men- The Doors
17. Ghost Song- The Doors
18. Indian Summer- The Doors
19. When The Music's Over- The Doors

Download Here: Popcast 4

Pops And Scratches Popcast 3

OK now I have cut the crap out (My voice), also I have moved back to my home and this is where I will stay. I started out here a while back doing albums of a certain theme so this is almost full circle for me to return here doing albums like this again.
Still the same format as before with an artist of the week music I like, but no speaking from me so that I can just let the music do the talking (my voice sounded shit recorded anyway, I am no Tommy Vance!).
I hope you enjoy this and the artist of the week is Radiohead.

1. Anyone Can Play Guitar - Radiohead
2. Go - Pearl Jam
3. 4-Day Weekend - The Bluetones
4. In My Darkest Hour - Sister
5. Kill The Director - The Wombats
6. Climbing Up The Walls (Zero 7 Mix) - Radiohead
7. Big Brother - David Bowie
8. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeleton - David Bowie
9. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr
10. Allison - Pixies
11. Everything In It's Right Place - Radiohead
12. Tranquilize - The Killers (Feat. Lou Reed)
13. Never Ending - Wood
14. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
15. Going To A Town - Rufus Wainwright
16. El President - Drugstore (Feat. Thom Yorke)
17. Lull - Radiohead
18. Reckoner - Radiohead
19. Blow Out - Radiohead

Download here: Popcast 3

Pops and Scratches Podcast 1

I have got bored with all of the deleting that had been going on latley and I was getting messages off people requesting me not to post this that and the other so I have decided to do something that I was wanting to do for a long time. This is the first of many Podcast where I will be sharing music that I have found or I just like. It will be posted once a week and I hope that you will enjoy it.
http://popsandscratchespodcast.blogspot.com

The Sleeping Years

I inadvertently found this website and thought that I should share it with you. Please take the time to listen to this beautiful music. Dale sorry and hope this is OK.

Listen and download here: Sleeping

A-ha - Scoundrel Days

This is one of my most played albums ever. Yip I know that it is A-ha but they are better than you think and they will suprise you. This I bought when I was a young lad and I remember playing it on my walkman. I was cool back then but this is still cool and Coldplay have said that A-Ha are a huge influence on their sound.
Try it you might like it. Go on.

1. Scoundrel Days
2. Swing Of Things
3. I've Been Losing You
4. October
5. Manhattan Skyline
6. Cry Wolf
7. Looking For The Whales
8. Weight Of The Wind
9. Maybe Maybe
10. Soft Rains Of April

Download Here: Days

The Beloved - Hello

Check out this great site and here is Hello from my previous post.

01. Hello
02. Hello (Honky Tonk)
03. Hello (Godfrey's Tonic)
04. Hello (Dolly)

Download here: Hello

The Beloved - Happiness

Among the first wave of British indie bands to trade in their tunnel- vision guitars for a more expansive dance sound after the acid house revolution, The Beloved were well ahead of the pack in their new direction. Jon Marsh's inspired use of Balearic beats, house synthesisers and lush harmonics are welded together by subtle guitars Not for nothing has "The Sun Rising", all glistening keyboards, backwards guitar and dazed, ethereal vocals, achieved near-mythical status. This is the sound of a craftsman taking the simplistic acid motif and honing it, decorating it, trying to make the perfect indie-dance hybrid and succeeding nearly every time. The daisy age lyrical gloss is never too syrupy; the hippy sentiments are more loved-up than cracked up and make this feel-good album feel even better. All that and they even manage to rhyme "Jean-Paul Sartre" with "Jeffrey Archer". --Ben Clancy

1. Hello
2. Your Love Takes Me Higher
3. Time After Time
4. Don't You Worry
5. Scarlet Beautiful
6. Sun Rising
7. I Love You More
8. Wake Up Soon
9. Up Up And Away
10. Found

Download here: Happiness

Happy Mondays - Pills n Thrills and Bellyaches

"Your twisting my melon man" Classic album so chilled out.

Track listing
1. Kinky Afro
2. God's Cop
3. Donovan
4. Grandbag's Funeral
5. Dennis And Lois
6. Bob's Yer Uncle
7. Step On
8. Holiday
9. Harmony

Album notes
Happy Mondays: Shaun Ryder (vocals); Mark Day (guitar); Paul Davis (keyboards, programming); Paul Ryder (bass); Gary Whelan (drums); Bez.Additional personnel: Rowetta (vocals); Tony Castro (percussion); Simon Machan (programming).From the opening bars of this near-masterpiece, the Madchester generation was defined, celebrated, and perhaps laid to rest. Combining the best elements of their earlier releases--stolen riffs, howling in a whisper, being generally rude and obnoxious yet somehow entirely endearing, the Happy Mondays created the ultimate sex, drugs, and rock & roll package. With the acoustic strumming of the LaBelle rip-off "Kinky Afro," PILLS 'N' THRILLS' scene is set. In "God's Cop," Ryder pontificates about the ease of drug procurement, from his position as a rock star with a mobile phone. From here all hell breaks loose. There's the song for Donovan Leitch (complete with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel's most famous lyric inserted for good measure), and "Bob's Your Uncle," the track for the ladies, where a foursome is conducted on Ecstasy. Right, Shaun. The highlight of PILLS'N'THRILLS (and perhaps of Happy Mondays' career in general) is the hit "Step On." Much more than an album for people who like some music with their drugs, PILLS'N'THRILLS is one of the coolest records ever made.

Download Now: Bellyaches

Ride - Box Set

OX4 The Best of...

1. "Chelsea Girl"
2. "Drive Blind"
3. "Like a Daydream"
4. "Taste"
5. "Dreams Burn Down"
6. "Vapour Trail"
7. "Unfamiliar"
8. "Leave Them All Behind"
9. "Twisterella"
10. "OX4"
11. "Birdman"
12. "From Time to Time"
13. "How Does it Feel to Feel"
14. "I Don't Know Where it Comes From"
15. "Black Nite Crash"

Download Here: OX4

Live at Reading Festival 1992

1. Leave Them All Behind
2. Taste
3. Not Fazed
4. Sennen
5. Like A Daydream
6. Twisterella
7. Time Of Her Time
8. Nowhere
9. Vapour Trail
10. Seagull
11. Close My Eyes
12. Mouse Trap

Download here: Live Reading Festival

Firing Blanks

1. Something's Burning
2. Chelsea Girl (4 track demo)
3. Blue & Everybody Knows
4. Dreams Burn Down dub
5. She's So Fine
6. New Age
7. Tongue Tied
8. I'm Fine Thanks
9. Xmas Song
10. King Bullshit
11. Smile (4-track version)
12. Welcome To Paradise
13. BarneyS

Download here: Firing Blanks

EMF - Stigma

I used to blast this album out it was great. Put it on loud in your car with the windows down. Ah the follies of youth.

The name "EMF" officially stands for "Epsom Mad Funkers," but there are unofficial alternatives, such as "Every Mother's Favourite," "Eat My Foetus," "Ever Music Forever," "Eat More Fruit", "Easy Mother Fuckers", "English Mother Fuckers," and "Ecstasy Mother Fuckers" (the last of which occurred in a track called "EMF", a live version of which featured on the B Side of the single "Unbelievable").

1. "They're Here"
2. "Arizona"
3. "It's You That Leaves Me Dry"
4. "Never Know"
5. "Blue Highs"
6. "Inside"
7. "Getting Through"
8. "She Bleeds"
9. "Dog"
10. "The Light That Burns Twice As Bright"

Download Here: Stigma

Tim Burgess - I Believe

The standout track on the album is "Be my Baby", which is a cracking accoustic track from Burgess which picks the album up after the slow dirge, "We all need love". Another poor track is "Spend a night with you", which is a dull piece which should really have been left in the recording studio. Tracks "Years ago", "All I ever do" and "Say Yes" are good additions to the album, with the latter being an upbeat singalong.

1. I Believe In The Spirit
2. Held In Straps
3. Only A Boy
4. We All Need Love
5. Oh My Corazon
6. Be My Baby
7. Years Ago
8. Say Yes
9. Spend The Night
10. Po’ Boy Soul
11. All I Ever Do

Download here: I Believe

Inspiral Carpets - Revenge of the Goldfish

I love the power of this, their third, album. It has some belting tracks. I think the balance of the whole album is just amazingly well done.

The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate. Their sound is based around psychedelic keyboards and jangly shaped guitars.

1. "Generations" (2:44)
2. "Saviour" (3:36)
3. "Bitches Brew" (3:43)
4. "Smoking Her Clothes" (3:36)
5. "Fire" (3:24)
6. "Here Comes The Flood" (3:50)
7. "Dragging Me Down" (4:30)
8. "A Little Disappeared" (2:48)
9. "Two Worlds Collide" (4:25)
10. "Mystery" (3:12)
11. "Rain Song" (4:42)
12. "Irresistible Force" (2:53)

Download here: Revenge of the Goldfish

Teenage Fanclub - Neil Jung

More from the Fannies to come... I think!

1. Neil Jung (Blake) 4:51
2. Traffic Jam (Blake)3:16
3. Hi-Fi (McGinley) 2:11
4. I Heard You Looking (Hubley/Kaplan/McNew) 12:43

Download here: Jung

Oasis - Let There Be Love

1. "Let There Be Love" - 5:31
2. "Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)" - 1:58
3. "Rock 'n' Roll Star" (live at City of Manchester Stadium – 2 July 2005) - 7:47

A demo for the track was recorded during demo sessions for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. A bootleg of these demo sessions was leaked onto the Internet in early 2000. This track was given the unofficial title "It's A Crime" on many bootlegs as the track was unknown and unreferenced anywhere before then. The album version of the song is structurally almost exactly as the same as the demo with a slight change in melody in the part that Noel sings. The lyrics to the chorus remains intact, but the verses and bridge have totally rewritten lyrics.
The single version of the song omits the second verse and chorus.
A second, Noel-sung demo was released on the "Let There Be Love" DVD single. It has the same lyrics as the album version, and in fact the album version takes some elements from the demo such as the piano. It was probably recorded sometime in 2003 or 2004, prior to the main Don't Believe the Truth recording sessions.

Download here: There Be Love

Oasis - Don't look Back in Anger

1. "Don't Look Back in Anger" - 4:48"
2. "Step Out" (Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/Moy) - 3:40
3. "Underneath the Sky" - 3:20
4. "Cum on Feel the Noize" (Holder/Lea) - 5:09

Noel said of the song, "[It] reminds me of a cross between 'All the Young Dudes' and summat the Beatles might've done." Of the character "Sally" referred to in the song he commented, "I don't actually know anybody called Sally. It's just a word that fitted, y'know, might as well throw a girl's name in there. It's gotta guarantee somebody a shag off a bird called Sally hasn't it?". Noel claims that the character "Lyla", from Oasis' 2005 single is the sister of Sally. In the interview on the DVD released with the special edition of Stop the Clocks, Noel also revealed that a girl approached him and asked him if Sally was the same girl as in Stone Roses' track "Sally Cinnamon". Noel replied that he'd never thought of that, but thought it was good anyway.
Noel admits that certain lines from the song are lifted from John Lennon: "I got this tape in the United States that had apparently been burgled from the Dakota Hotel and someone had found these cassettes. Lennon was starting to record his memoirs on tape. He's going on about 'trying to start a revolution from me bed, because they said the brains I had went to my head.' I thought 'Thank you, I'll take that'!" "Revolution from me bed" most likely refers to Lennon's infamous bed-ins in 1969, both in the quote and in the song. The piano during the intro of the song highly resembles Lennon's "Imagine". Like many other popular songs, the chord progression for both the verse and the chorus are based on the classical piece Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel. The songs only differ slightly at the end of each phrase. Gallagher also admits that he was under the influence of substances when he wrote the song, and to this day he claims he does not know what it means.
The song has become a favourite at Oasis' live performances. Noel encourages the crowd to sing along and often keeps quiet during the chorus, allowing the fans instead to sing along while he focuses on his guitar playing. The volume of crowd noise that usually descends on the chorus at concerts is easily audible on the rendition of "Don't Look Back in Anger" on Familiar to Millions.
In a 2006 radio interview, Liam Gallagher said that it was he who came up with the line "so Sally can wait" as Noel was struggling with that particular line at the time. (Bootlegs of demos of the song feature Noel singing 'Crowley' — as in Aleister Crowley — rather than 'Sally' so there may be some truth in Liam's claim.) Noel confirms this on the bonus DVD, entitled Lock the Box, released with the Stop the Clocks retrospective album. In the interview with Colin Murray, Noel admits, "I was doing it in the sound check and the so Sally bit, I wasn't singing that...and he [Liam] says, 'Are you singing so Sally can wait?' and I said, 'No.' and he said, 'Well you should do.'"

Download here: Anger

Oasis - Don't Go Away

Sad Song is such a cool tune and if I am right Noel wrote it on the train on the way to the studio.

1. "Don't Go Away"
2. "Cigarettes & Alcohol" (Live from GMEX, Manchester, December 14, 1997)
3. "Sad Song"
4. "Fade Away" [Warchild version]

The song, according to Noel, is about losing someone close and it was written when his mother, Peggy, was hospitalised and suspected of having cancer. His mother did not have cancer, but the experience gave Noel the idea to write something "quite bleak." It has also been claimed that rhythm guitarist Bonehead requested Noel write a song along those lines after the death of his own mother. The line "Cold and Frosty Morning" appears to have been lifted from the Kinks' "Dead End Street".
Liam Gallagher claims to have cried whilst recording the song, as a result of dwelling on "a certain thing". He said, in a 1997 interview, "I just thought 'fuck that, I can't be singing this song' and I had to go away and sort meself out". Listening back to the song he admits to being very proud of his vocal performance.

Download Here: Don't Go

Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?

1. "D'You Know What I Mean?" - 7:22
2. "Stay Young" - 5:06
3. "Angel Child" (demo) - 4:28
4. "Heroes" (David Bowie/Brian Eno)- 4:09

The song also shows more of Noel's influences. While the lyrics may seem inane and banal, references are included to Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and it must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back cos you know what you may see"). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "Bugger All", "Pork Pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."
However, despite the critical coldness to the A-side, one of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.
The song also shows more of Noel's influences. While the lyrics may seem inane and banal, references are included to Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and it must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back cos you know what you may see"). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "Bugger All", "Pork Pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."
However, despite the critical coldness to the A-side, one of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.The song also shows more of Noel's influences. While the lyrics may seem inane and banal, references are included to Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and it must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back cos you know what you may see"). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "Bugger All", "Pork Pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."
However, despite the critical coldness to the A-side, one of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.
The song also shows more of Noel's influences. While the lyrics may seem inane and banal, references are included to Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and it must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back cos you know what you may see"). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.
The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "Bugger All", "Pork Pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."
However, despite the critical coldness to the A-side, one of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.

Download here - D'you Know

Oasis - Whatever

This is one of the greatest singles ever released, in my opinion of course.

1. "Whatever" - 6:21
2. "(It's Good) to Be Free" - 4:18
3. "Half the World Away" - 4:25
4. "Slide Away" - 6:31

"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of Christmas #1, 1994. It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever"'s success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever,' one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."


Download here - Whatever

Kula Shaker - Tattva

CD KULACD3
1. Tattva
2. Dance In Your Shadow
3. Moonshine
4. Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)

CD KULACD3X
1. Tattva On St.George's Day
2. Dance In Your Shadow
3. Red Balloon (Vishnu's Eyes)

Download here: Tattva

Oasis - Hindu Times

Sorry there has been a lack of post but seeing we have had some great weather I have been making the most of it.
Here we go again

This is really for the Just Getting Older track which is fantastic

1. "The Hindu Times" - 3:53
2. "Just Getting Older" - 3:17
3. "Idler's Dream" - 2:57
   

Download here: Hindu

Kula Shaker - Hey Dude

Drop in the Sea is a great track and well worth getting this for.

CD 1
1. Hey Dude
2. Troubled Mind
3. Grateful When You're Dead (BBC session)
4. Into The Deep (BBC session)

CD 2
1. Hey Dude
2. Tattva (BBC session)
3. Drop In The Sea
4. Crispian Reading From The Mahabarata (BBC session


Download Here:
Hey Dude CD1
Hey Dude CD2

Blur - Parklife CD2

Wikipedia say:
"Parklife" is a song by Blur. It is the title track of their 1994 album Parklife. When released as the album's third single, "Parklife" reached #10 in the UK singles chart. The song has spoken verses, narrated by actor Phil Daniels, who also appears in the song's music video.
A number of newspaper articles about the young middle classes' adoption of Estuary English - a phenomenon of which Blur's frontman Damon Albarn was a prominent example - appeared during the single's chart run, including one in The Sunday Times on the day the song entered the singles chart (although Daniels's accent is closer to Cockney).
The song played a part in Blur's supposed feud with fellow Britpop band Oasis when, at the 1996 BRIT Awards, the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, taunted Blur by singing a drunken rendition of "Parklife" (with Liam changing the lyrics to "Shite-life"). The members of Oasis were collecting the "Best British Album" award, which both bands had been nominated for.
The song's video features Daniels as a smarmy double glazing salesman, with Albarn as his assistant and the other band members appearing as various characters from the song. At one point, Albarn is impressed to see a man carrying a placard reading "Modern Life Is Rubbish", the title of Blur's previous album; on the reverse is written "End of a Century", the title of their subsequent single from Parklife.
The song is still very popular today, with occasional radio plays and regular appearances on music television, in shows such as "The Best of... 1994" on The Vault.
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Parklife" at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.

1. "Parklife"
2. "Beard"
3. "To The End" (French version)

Download here: Parklife

Blur - Girls and Boys

Wikipedia say:
"Girls & Boys" (or "Girls and Boys") is a song by British rock band Blur and is the lead track on their third album, Parklife. It was released 7 March 1994 as the first single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Charts (see 1994 in British music). The single was the band's first Top 5 hit.
Lead vocalist Damon Albarn's withering putdowns of trendy pansexuality and aimless hedonism satirise the party culture in the UK, where groups of youths go on holiday to places like Faliraki and Kavos with the sole intention of getting drunk in the local night-clubs. Ironically, it was a huge hit among them, as the electro-pop noise imitated by Graham Coxon gave it regular play among the clubs.
The single release also includes a remix of the track by Pet Shop Boys, who later covered the track live on tour in 1994.

1. "Girls & Boys"
2. "People In Europe"
3. "Peter Panic"

Download here: Girls and Boys

Revolver - Venice

This has one of my favourite cover versions, Since Yesterday was done by Strawberry Switchblade originally, this is such a great cover.

1. Venice

2. Red all Over

3. Since Yesterday

Download Here: Venice

Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough

Kickabout is a strange instrumental but quite catchy too.

1. Ain't That Enough (Love) 3:45
2. Kickabout (TFC) 3:38
3. Broken (Blake) 5:16

Download here: Enough

Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction

Again a great cover of the Pixies classic.

1. I Need Direction (Love) 4:14
2. On This Good Night (Love) 3:52
3. I Lied (McGinley) 3:44
4. Here Comes Your Man (Black Francis) 3:02

Download Here: Direction

Starsailor - Fever

Starsailor's first single. I think that this band are fantastic and this is a great start to thier career. Check the second album out.

'Fever', the band's first single, was released in early 2001. The song, and its two B-Sides 'Love Is Here' and 'Coming Down' were cut from a demo recording session in the Summer of 2000. All three tracks went on to feature on Starsailor's first album 'Love Is Here', but the latter two were re-recorded.

1. Fever (Demo version)
2. Coming Down (Demo version)
3. Love Is Here (Demo version)

Download here: Fever

Supergrass - Richard III CD1

Just a great Pop/Rock single by a great band.

01: Richard III
02: Sometimes I Make You Sad
03: Sometimes We're Very Sad

Download Here: Richard III CD1

Supergrass - Going Out

Super Supergrass again.

01 Going Out
02 Melanie Davis
03 Strange Ones (live)

Download here: Going Out

Supergrass - Mansize Rooster

"Mansize Rooster" was the second single to be taken from the Britpop band Supergrass' debut album I Should Coco. It reached #20 in the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for three weeks.

01 mansize rooster

02 sitting up straight

03 odd?

Download Here: Mansize

Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz

"Caught By The Fuzz" was the debut single (not including the two limited edition Backbeat Records releases) of Britpop band Supergrass. It was written around the true-life incident of leadsinger Gaz Coombes being arrested for being caught smoking cannabis in his youth. The single reached #43 in the UK Singles Chart and was only on the chart for two weeks.
It was used as the closing theme tune of the 2007 movie, Hot Fuzz, and features on the official soundtrack.

1. "Caught By The Fuzz" - 2:17
2. "Strange Ones" - 3:39
3. "Caught By The Fuzz (Acoustic)" - 3:02

Download Here: Caught By The Fuzz

The Shamen - Move Any Mountain

I thought I would put this on because this was such a huge tune at the time and I wanted to some differant music up here too. Granted I could have picked a better one than this but it is a start.

1. Beat Edit

2. Landslide Mix

3. F2 Mello Mix

4. Mountains In The Sky Mix

Download here: Progen 91

Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain

In his book 31 Songs, Nick Hornby names Songs From Northern Britain as one of his favourite ever albums. He names the introduction to the book after "Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From", and also praises "Ain't That Enough".

1. Start Again (Blake) 3:11
2. Ain't That Enough (Love) 3:42
3. Can't Feel My Soul (McGinley) 3:12
4. I Don't Want Control Of You (Blake) 3:08
5. Planets (Blake/MacDonald) 2:50
6. It's A Bad World (McGinley) 4:20
7. Take The Long Way Round (Love) 3:25
8. Winter (Blake) 3:46
9. I Don't Care (McGinley) 3:06
10. Mount Everest (Love) 5:15
11. Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From (McGinley) 3:29
12. Speed Of Light (Love) 3:53

Download Here: The North

Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix

Great Teenage Fanclub album. I saw them live on this tour and they were great, but I think I have already mention this.. blah blah blah...

1. About You (McGinley) 2:41
2. Sparky's Dream (Love) 3:17
3. Mellow Doubt (Blake) 2:42
4. Don't Look Back (Love) 3:43
5. Verisimilitude (McGinley) 3:31
6. Neil Jung (Blake) 4:48
7. Tears (Blake) 2:43
8. Discolite (Love) 3:07
9. Say No (McGinley) 3:12
10. Going Places (Love) 4:28
11. I'll Make It Clear (Blake) 2:33
12. I Gotta Know (McGinley) 3:27
13. Hardcore/Ballad (Blake) 1:48

Download Here: Grand Prix

Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows

This is my favourate Fannies song, Everything Flows. just amazing.

1. Everything Flows (Blake) 5:12
2. Primary Education (Blake) 2:50
3. Speeder (Blake/McGinley) 1:36
4. Don't Cry No Tears (Neil Young) 2:30


Download Here: Everything

The Animalhouse - Ready to Receive Promo (Single)

Sorry not much to say here nor can I find a cover. So crappy cover and no playlist, my standard will improove I promise.

Download here: Ready to Receive Promo

Kula Shaker - K

This is by far one of my favourate albums ever. Just listen to it and judge for yourself.

The Britpop quartet Kula Shaker appears to have raided the closets of its favourite bands in the making of its debut album. K contains a bluesy, retro ambience very much like The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. The full-throttled guitars sound like those of Oasis. And a hefty dose of Hindu mysticismruns rampant throughout--a la Cornershop.But Kula Shaker manages to make something original of all those borrowed parts. Rising above its influences, Kula Shaker creates a niche of Britpop in which transcendence is the goal. Amidst theblues-drenched guitars and the Hindi chanting, the band is hard at work building something spiritual and sensual. Kula Shaker isn't afraid of a tamboura, using the exotic instrument on several tracks. Nor is it afraid to be linked with theGrateful Dead, eulogising that band in the track "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There". But Kula Shaker is no freewheeling "jam" band; there's a precision to the musicianship on this record that cannot be ignored.

1. "Hey Dude" – 4:10
2. "Knight on the Town" – 3:25
3. "Temple of Everlasting Light" – 2:33
4. "Govinda" – 4:57
5. "Smart Dogs" – 3:16
6. "Magic Theatre" – 2:38
7. "Into The Deep" – 3:49
8. "Sleeping Jiva" – 2:02
9. "Tattva" – 3:46
10. "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" – 5:42
11. "303" – 3:08
12. "Start All Over" – 2:35
13. "Hollow Man Parts 1 & 2" – 6:10 (plus 0:12 hidden track after – 13:04 silence)

The cover art (by comic-book artist Dave Gibbons) consists of various images related to the letter K, including: John F. Kennedy, Lord Kitchener, Karl Marx, Gene Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Ken Dodd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Krishna, King Kong, 2 Knights (a pair of Keys on one of them), a Kettle and Rudyard Kipling's book Kim.

Download here: K

Michael Palin - Around the World in 80 Days The Full Set.

Here is the whole series.
Synopsis:
In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. This fascinating and humorous account tells the story of his travels: from Venice on the back of a rubbish barge to the Pyramids on a camel. Read by the author. Now with added music.

Download here:
Around the World in 80 Days part 1
Around the World in 80 Days part 2
Around the World in 80 Days part 3
Around the World in 80 Days part 4
Around the World in 80 Days part 5
Around the World in 80 Days part 6
Around the World in 80 Days part 7
Around the World in 80 Days part 8

Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol II

I am so sorry to you all who downloaded this and found it was the first volume. Here is the second. Again sorry. ;-)
Amazon says:
Cigarettes and Alcohol, the title of the 1994 Oasis hit, is undoubtedly an apt title for this album, which emphasises the laddish, rocky bands that predominate over 2CDs. It opens with 'Cum on feel the Noize[sic]', a typical, loud Oasis(ish) tune. The album also includes contributions from The Jam, The Clash, MSP, Thin Lizzy, Slade etc. Most of the album maintains a high tempo, high velocity sound, although there are notable omissions and strange choices. Crowded House's 'Don't Dream It's Over', although a decent song, certainly doesn't belong here. Likewise, the appalling JJ72 shouldn't feature. Amazingly, neither The Who nor Led Zeppelin are present at all. Mind you the album manages to squeeze 35 years of (generally) high-quality music onto the double album, from Mott the Hoople, up to Wheatus. Britpop features strongly, but there are representations from the 70s,80s and 90s. My verdict? Worth buying, if only for 'Whiskey in the Jar'

Disc: 1
1. Cum on feel the noize - Oasis
2. Should I stay or should I go - The Clash
3. Town called malice - The Jam
4. Stay with me - The Faces
5. Rocks - Primal Scream
6. All day and all of the night - The Stranglers
7. Do or die - Super Furry Animals
8. You stole the sun from my heart - Manic Street Preachers
9. Little respect - Wheatus
10. Cool for cats - Squeeze
11. Baggy trousers - Madness
12. Too much too young - The Specials
13. Connected - Stereo MCs
14. Hallelujah - Happy Mondays
15. Blue Monday - New Order
16. Unbelievable - EMF
17. The only one I love - The Charlatans
18. Sunny afternoon - The Kinks
19. All the young dudes - Mott The Hoople

Disc: 2
1. Have a nice day - Stereophonics
2. The riverboat song - Ocean Colour Scene
3. Lazy Sunday afternoon - The Small Faces
4. Don't let me down gently - The Wonderstuff
5. Save tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
6. Come back to what you know - Embrace
7. Don't dream it's over - Crowded House
8. Achilles heal - Toploader
9. Snow - JJ72
10. Everybody's happy nowadays - Buzzcocks
11. Love removal machine - The Cult
12. Another girl, another planet - The Only Ones
13. Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy
14. What a waste - Ian Drury
15. 'Coz I luv you - Slade
16. Baby I love you - Ramones
17. Lucky you - The Lightning Seeds
18. This charming man - The Smiths
19. Here's where the story ends - The Sundays
20. 19-2000 - Gorillaz


Download here:
Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol. 2 disc 1
Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol. 2 disc 2

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Elastica - Waking Up

The Boo Radleys - Lazarus

I just thought I would put this on as it is a good song.
Check out the Reading performance, I was there...

1. Lazarus
2. At The Sound Of Speed
3. Let Me Be Your Faith
4. Petroleum

Download here: Lazarus

Supergrass - Lenny

I remember hearing this on the Mark and Lard show and they extended the start to well over 3 minutes, or at least it felt that long, and and I thought that the CD was jumpiung and they did not realise.

01: Lenny 02:42

02: Wait for the Sun 04:09

03: S.E.X 02:35

Download Here: Lenny

Kula Shaker - Govinda

I love this band and there will be a lot more to come.

Govinda was the band's fifth single, released in the UK on 11th November 1996 where it reached #7. Like all the band's first 6 singles, it was reissued in the UK on 28th July 1997 with the same catalogue number as the first release. Govinda was not released as a single in Japan.

CD 1
1. Govinda
2. Gokula
3. Hey Dude (Live at the London Astoria)
4. The Leek

CD 2
1. Govinda, Hari & St. George
2. Gokula
3. Govinda (Monkey Mafia Pigsy's Vision)
4. Govinda (Monkey Mafia Ten to Ten)

Download here:
Govinda CD1
Govinda CD2

Animalhouse - Animal

Here is a Ride related entry.
Mark and Loz were involved in this band. They were good but not fantastic. The singles are now going for a wee fortune on E-Bay and the like.

1: Animal
2: Sodium Glow
3: Essence

Download here: Animalhouse - Animal

The Charlatans - Us and Us Only

I think that this is such an under-rated album please read this review from Amazon.

Quavering Hammond organ? Check. Sixties-throwback guitar riffs? Check. Climbing bass lines? Check. Ecstasy-blessed dreamscape that branded nearly all music coming out of Manchester, England, in the early '90s? Check again. With each new album, the Charlatans peel away the layers of hypnotic haze that enveloped their landmark debut, Some Friendly. Us and Us Only, their sixth studio release, reveals the core of the band's influences with greatest clarity. The opening track, "Forever," lives up to its name, an epic seven-and-a-half-minute free-wheeling tributary of free-association psychedelia. But after that, the jams are lifted nearly verbatim out of the Rolling Stones' proverbial songbook. The reigning "Madchester" champs don roots-rocker hats, as lead singer Tim Burgess occasionally works in his best Bob Dylan impression, the wah-wah gives way to twangy hooks, and piano and harmonica fill out melodies. Us and Us Only is an archetypically derivative album; but the honesty in its production has resulted in the Charlatans' most enduring collection. --Beth Massa

1. "Forever" – 7:25
2. "Good Witch/Bad Witch 1" – 0:51
3. "Impossible" – 5:04
4. "The Blonde Waltz" – 4:31
5. "A House Is Not A Home" – 4:50
6. "Senses (Angel On My Shoulder)" – 4:45
7. "My Beautiful Friend" – 4:32
8. "I Don't Care Where You Live" – 2:55
9. "The Blind Stagger" – 4:56
10. "Good Witch/Bad Witch 2" – 3:23
11. "Watching You" – 5:35

Download here: Us and Us Only

RIP Lee Hazelwood

I just heard about this so I thought I would upload a few of my favoute albums of his. I loved all of his stuff and for some reason every time I listen to his music I say to myself that I should not like this stuff although it keeps on drawing me in.

I think I first heard of him not too long ago, three years ago on BBC Radio Two. I have bought so many of his albums since then and I just love the style of the sound and production.

I have uploaded a few of the things that I have downloaded over the years and I hope that you fall in love with his stuff the way that I do.

Download here:
Nancy and Lee
Love And Other Crimes
Fridays Child
45rpm
13

The Wonder Stuff - Never Loved Elvis

I forgot how good this album was until I dusted it down and ripped it. There are some fantastic album tracks here. The singles are class too.

1. "Mission Drive"
2. "Play"
3. "False Start"
4. "Welcome to the Cheap Seats"
5. "The Size of a Cow"
6. "Sleep Alone"
7. "Donation"
8. "Inertia"
9. "Maybe"
10. "Grotesque"
11. "Here Comes Everyone"
12. "Caught in My Shadow"
13. "38 Line Poem"

Never Loved Elvis is the third album by The Wonder Stuff. from June 1991. Guest musicians on the album include Kirsty MacColl and Linda McRae.
The song "Mission Drive" was inspired by Wonder Stuff singer Miles Hunt's fall out with best friend and former flatmate Clint Mansell of Pop Will Eat Itself.

Download here: Elvis

Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol. 2

Amazon says:

Cigarettes and Alcohol, the title of the 1994 Oasis hit, is undoubtedly an apt title for this album, which emphasises the laddish, rocky bands that predominate over 2CDs. It opens with 'Cum on feel the Noize[sic]', a typical, loud Oasis(ish) tune. The album also includes contributions from The Jam, The Clash, MSP, Thin Lizzy, Slade etc. Most of the album maintains a high tempo, high velocity sound, although there are notable omissions and strange choices. Crowded House's 'Don't Dream It's Over', although a decent song, certainly doesn't belong here. Likewise, the appalling JJ72 shouldn't feature. Amazingly, neither The Who nor Led Zeppelin are present at all. Mind you the album manages to squeeze 35 years of (generally) high-quality music onto the double album, from Mott the Hoople, up to Wheatus. Britpop features strongly, but there are representations from the 70s,80s and 90s. My verdict? Worth buying, if only for 'Whiskey in the Jar'

Disc: 1
1. Cum on feel the noize - Oasis
2. Should I stay or should I go - The Clash
3. Town called malice - The Jam
4. Stay with me - The Faces
5. Rocks - Primal Scream
6. All day and all of the night - The Stranglers
7. Do or die - Super Furry Animals
8. You stole the sun from my heart - Manic Street Preachers
9. Little respect - Wheatus
10. Cool for cats - Squeeze
11. Baggy trousers - Madness
12. Too much too young - The Specials
13. Connected - Stereo MCs
14. Hallelujah - Happy Mondays
15. Blue Monday - New Order
16. Unbelievable - EMF
17. The only one I love - The Charlatans
18. Sunny afternoon - The Kinks
19. All the young dudes - Mott The Hoople

Disc: 2
1. Have a nice day - Stereophonics
2. The riverboat song - Ocean Colour Scene
3. Lazy Sunday afternoon - The Small Faces
4. Don't let me down gently - The Wonderstuff
5. Save tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
6. Come back to what you know - Embrace
7. Don't dream it's over - Crowded House
8. Achilles heal - Toploader
9. Snow - JJ72
10. Everybody's happy nowadays - Buzzcocks
11. Love removal machine - The Cult
12. Another girl, another planet - The Only Ones
13. Whiskey in the jar - Thin Lizzy
14. What a waste - Ian Drury
15. 'Coz I luv you - Slade
16. Baby I love you - Ramones
17. Lucky you - The Lightning Seeds
18. This charming man - The Smiths
19. Here's where the story ends - The Sundays
20. 19-2000 - Gorillaz

Download here:

Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol. 2 disc 1

Cigarettes and Alcohol Vol. 2 disc 2

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Read By Roald Dahl

Here is a special treat. This is my favourate book ever and it is read by Roald himself.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by Welsh author Roald Dahl. This story of the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka, and is often considered one of the most beloved children's stories of the 20th century.
Read the rest of this here: Wikipedia

Download here:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Part 1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Part 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Part 3

Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt

When they did this live at Newcastle Riverside they had to restart it twice because Blake kept laughing every time he started to whistle. Great gig, great song.

1. Mellow Doubt (Blake) 2:44
2. Getting Real (Love) 2:03
3. Some People Try To Fuck With You (Blake) 2:32
4. About You (acoustic version) (McGinley) 2:48

Download here: Mellow Doubt