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Yes, a great listen


Solid gold

Thanks for alerting us

A chunk of Brinsley with your brunch? I think so.

Thanks David

I was lucky enough to see him with Graham Parker & The Rumour and Ducks Deluxe. I never saw the eponymous band but still have a copy of the golden greats album.

I didn’t see him with Ducks Deluxe, but did see him multiple times, with gum-chewing rhythm machine Mister Martin Belmont alongside him in Graham Parker and the Rumour.

I always say that the Rumour was probably the only band I ever wanted to be in. I last saw the Rumour in October 13 (Glasgow), then May 14 (Birmingham). When the opening riff of Fool’s Gold rang out to introduce the Glasgow show, I was near to tears.

They are certainly high up on my list of all-time favourite acts.

Coincidentally it was only the other week (I know, I know) that I discovered the wonder of Squeezing Out Sparks. Really great stuff - punchy and sparse production, perhaps the closest GP got to making a new wave album? No brass either, which works well.

Squeezing Out Sparks is a terrific album, as all GP’s albums are, but I always go back to Heat Treatment, the first that I owned, when I need a GP fix. It’s one of those records of which I know every lick, tick, note, and nuance. I make no apology to my colleagues in Adam Smith hall of residence for introducing it to them at all hours of the day in the first half of 1977.

As far as the Brinsleys are concerned, I updated my collection and replaced the lost, stolen, ‘borrowed��, and worn-out components with this box set probably about 8 years ago.



Probably on eBay these days for a few glass beads.

SURRENDER TO THE RHYTHM. You know it makes sende.

Surrender indeed


You're an inspiration David

Thanks, Nigey. Even if I can’t spell “sense��?

On this forum, everything’s a miracle to me.

Brand new, and already seeming like a sure-shot to top my Best Of 2023 list...



Full album due in mid-May. On the strength of this track, it seems well worth looking forward to. Definitely a Nancy & Lee thing going on, but it goes much deeper than just that.

Hellz to the yeah



That's a great little ditty

Thanks Mark. Not heard about this collab until reading your post. Can't get Lonely Town out of my head

More here...

Same here... Lonely Town felt like a well-worn old favourite even before its maiden listen had finished, and it’s kept going through my head since.

I’d known about the forthcoming album for a few weeks, but my expectations weren’t anywhere near as high as they are now, after hearing Lonely Town.

And thanks for the article -- it’s a good ’un, and really nice to see that there’s still room out there for music like this.

Power pop, a 900-page novel, and Mari Wilson (“My ambition? To own the complete Tupperware collection…��) referenced?

Very interesting.

Thanks David


The Story of John Nightly sounds intriguing

I just finished.....



Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (1969)

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Nik Cohn



I was a little disappointed....

/review/show...

3/5

Nigeyb wrote: "I just finished....."

It may be one of those rare instances where I have what might come across as an American bias, but for my money, “rock journalism�� didn’t hit its stride until the 1970s, via Creem Magazine, courtesy of writers like Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Richard Meltzer and a few others. Their writings truly hold up to this day, and there are anthologies available from each.

I tend to agree. The Bangs stuff I've read in a few comps is great.


I also love, from the UK perspective, Morley, Penman, MacConie...

And the greatest music books of all time are of course Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley and Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

Although, that said, the Stanley Booth book on the Stones, Heroes and Villains (Beach Boys), The Dark Stuff (Nick Kent), Stuart Cosgrove's soul books (which I have yet to read but understand are ace) may well have something to say about that

I like Nick Kent’s writings, a lot, but a lot of the UK journos that you mentioned came after the high point of Creem’s reign. The articles in Creem were lightyears ahead of the articles in Rolling Stone.

That being said, Stuart MacConie’s Cider With Roadies remains right up there with my favourite rock books.

If you’ve not read Hellfire by Nick Tosches, you need to. Personal issues aside, it might be the finest music bio ever.

Noted


Thanks Mark

It's another one I've been meaning to read for eons

It pains me to say, but it’s very, very good. You’ll love it, I’m certain.

I have no doubt


Thanks Mark

New albums today from The Cure and Peter Perrett


The Gods are smiling on us