Thursday 28 March 2024

Detail Magazine - Issue 12 Out Now!

 


The Spring issue of Detail - features on Dee C Lee, Gabicci, Ted Carroll, Eddie Piller, Jimmy Smith, Tim Vickery, Tony Briggs, Paul Smiler Anderson, Ian Moore, Radio Caroline and much much more......

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Cast announce major UK & Ireland Autumn tour

 


It’s a fine time to be Cast. The Liverpool band earned a flurry of critical acclaim as their new album ‘Love Is The Call’ matched the standard set by their classic debut album ‘All Change’. It also saw them fly up the charts in style, a #22 Official Album Chart position representing their highest position in 25 years, while it also impacted on other key charts including #3 on Independent Albums and #5 on Album Sales. Their recent tour also received rapturous receptions at packed venues across the land, with fans lapping up new songs and old favourites alike. 

With such a positive vibe so far, Cast are eager to hit the road again with shows in cities they missed during their recent tour. As a result, they’re now excited to announce details of a new seventeen-date spanning the UK and Ireland.  Tickets for the tour are on sale now. 

Cast frontman John Power says, “On our recent tour, the live set felt galvanised and freshed by the energy of the songs from the new album alongside our classic hits. I couldn’t believe how well the set seemed to run so seamlessly between all of the different songs, in fact the new stuff was getting just as loud a cheer as some of our timeless hits. The band have refound our mojo, and I can’t wait to get back on the road and do it all again this autumn!” 

Featuring fellow original members Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (guitar) and Keith O’Neill (drums), Cast’s headline tour builds upon a growing live schedule for the remainder of 2024. They’re confirmed as special guests on Liam Gallagher’s huge ‘Definitely Maybe’ arena tour, while other gigs include several outdoor shows with Ocean Colour Scene and an array of summer festivals. 

Their headline tour dates are: 

OCTOBER

3rd - Edinburgh, La Belle Angele

4th - Aberdeen, Lemon Tree

5th - Dundee, Fat Sam’s

10th - Stockport, AMP

11th - Newcastle, Boiler Shop

12th - Wrexham, The Rockin Chair

13th - Coventry, Empire

24th - Norwich, Epic

25th - Nottingham, Rock City

26th - Sheffield, The Foundry

31st - Northampton, Roadmender

 NOVEMBER

1st - Cardiff, Tramshed

2nd - Southampton, Engine Rooms

3rd - Bath, Komedia

7th - Dublin, The Academy

8th - Cork, Cyprus Avenue

9th - Belfast, The Limelight

Colchester Mod Ball 5 on Saturday 21st September

 


Small World gigs 2024

 


The Mark Three to make 'live' debut at the sold-out Mods Mayday 2024 at 229 The Venue, London, on Sunday 5th May

 

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The Threads return with the 4-song 12" 'International Times' EP for a May release (Intervallum Music)

 


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Pete Townshend's interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show

 


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Shindig Issue #150: WE ARE 30 YEARS OLD!!!



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The Specials Family - 'When The Lights Go Out' tribute to Terry Hall & John Bradbury

 


A planned brand new single paying tribute to the late great Terry Hall & John Bradbury received its world exclusive first radio airplay last week on the Trish Adudu Show on BBC Radio CWR. 

And “When A Light Goes Out” is an impressive tune indeed with a smoothly flowing & infectious reggae/ska rhythm underpinning soulful & uplifting vocals from Lynval Golding. 

Billed as The Specials Family, the recording also features Horace Panter & the rest of The Specials’ line-up from the last few years, Steve Craddock, Nikolaj Torn Larsen, Hannah Hu, Tim Smart & Kenrick Rowe. 

“When A Light Goes Out” looks set for an official release in May backed by a Roger Rivas dub of the tune & is a top notch tribute indeed to Terry & Brad! A recording of the single’s broadcast on BBC Radio CWR has already notched up almost 10,000 streams on YouTube! You can listen to it here… 

http://youtu.be/w8zvWbvsQNI

A Different World - The Holland Dozier Holland Songbook will be released on 26.04.2024

 


A long-overdue addition to Ace’s ongoing Songwriter Series, the words and music of brothers Brian and Edward Holland and their colleague Lamont Dozier were and still are the foundation on which the international success of The Motown Sound was built.
Between 1963 and 1968 Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote hit after hit for Berry Gordy’s company, their songs making stars of some of Motown’s biggest names – including but not limited to the Supremes and Four Tops. From 1969 to 1973 the trio carried on penning smashes and classics for their own Invictus/Hot Wax/Music Merchant set up, creating new stars in the Honey Cone and Freda Payne, among others.
Holland-Dozier-Holland songs have been revisited many times by all sorts of artists, and “A Different World” brings two dozen diverse names and interpretations of their repertoire, with Motown and Invictus stalwarts like the aforementioned Supremes and Tops (as well as Martha and the Vandellas, Kim Weston, the Miracles and more) sharing disc space with The Band, Brenda Lee, The Vanilla Fudge, Laura Nyro and even The Fall – just a few of the non-traditional names who reinterpret Holland-Dozier-Holland’s vison of ‘The Sound Of Young America’ in their own individual and inimitable ways.
As ever, “A Different World’s booklet is packed with label shots, copious other images and an extensive sleeve note that gives deep detail about the featured songs. It may be long-overdue, but it is an essential tribute to a stellar writing team and is well worth the wait!
1. WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO - DONNIE ELBERT All Platinum AP-2330 (1971)
2. LOVE'S GONE BAD - CHRIS CLARK V.I.P. 25038 (1966) 2.21
3. JIMMY MACK - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS “Watchout!” LP Gordy S 920 (1966)
4. DON'T DO IT - THE BAND Capitol 3433 (1972)
5. BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING - MARVIN GAYE AND KIM WESTON “Take Two” LP Tamla TS 270 (1966)
6. HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) - BRENDA LEE “Feels So Right” LP MCA 5626 (1985)
7. REACH OUT, I'LL BE THERE - GLORIA GAYNOR “Never Can Say Goodbye” LP MGM M3G 4982 (1974)
8. HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES “25th Anniversary” LP Motown 5381ML3 (Recorded 1967) (1986)
9. MEDLEY OF SOUL (I CAN'T HELP MYSELF/IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG/SOMETHING ABOUT YOU) - BIG AL DOWNING Silver Fox 11 (1969)
10. WHILE YOU'RE OUT LOOKING FOR SUGAR - THE HONEY CONE Hot Wax HS 6901 (1969)
11. THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE - THE FALL Beggars Banquet BEG 187 (1987)
12. TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) - THE ISLEY BROTHERS Tamla-T-54164 (1968)
13. YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - THE VANILLA FUDGE Atco 6590 (1968)
14. A LOVE LIKE YOURS (DON'T COME KNOCKING EVERYDAY) - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD “It Begins Again” LP Mercury 9109 607 (1978)
15. THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) - BETTYE SWANN “The Complete Atlantic Recordings” Real Gone Music CD RGM 0213 (2014)
16. NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN - HOLLAND-DOZIER FEATURING LAMONT DOZIER Invictus ZS7 1254 (1973)
17. BAND OF GOLD - FREDA PAYNE Inferno HEAT 17 (1979)
18. LEAVING HERE - EDDIE HOLLAND Motown M-1052 (1963) 2.30
19. I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD – THE FOUR TOPS Motown M-1132 (1968) 3.00
20. I THINK YOU NEED LOVE - DIONNE WARWICK “Just Being Myself” LP Warner Brothers BS 2658 (1973)
21. (COME ‘ROUND HERE) - I'M THE ONE YOU NEED - THE MIRACLES Tamla T-54140 (1966)
22. COME SEE ABOUT ME - BARBARA MASON “Yes, I’m Ready” LP Arctic ALP-S 1000 (1964)
23. HELPLESS - KIM WESTON Gordy 7050 (1965)
24. COME AND GET THESE MEMORIES - LAURA NYRO “Angel In The Dark” CD Rounder 11611-3176-2 (2001)
Stereo except *Mono

The Who’s Roger Daltrey joins Paul Weller on stage at Royal Albert Hall for TCT to perform 'So Sad About Us'

 


Paul Weller invited Roger Daltrey on stage with him last night (March 24), to perform a live rendition of The Who’s ‘So Sad About Us’.

The moment took place during the closing night event for the 2024 Teenage Cancer Trust gig series, dubbed ‘Ovation’. It was billed as “a celebration of 24 years of gigs” for the charity, and saw live performances from Weller, Daltrey, Kelly Jones, Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Eddie Vedder.

Taking place at the historic Royal Albert Hall after kicking off the 2024 concert series on Monday (March 18), soloist and former frontman of The Jam opened the night by performing an eight-song setlist.

This started with two tracks taken from his 2018 album ‘True Meanings’: starting the show with ‘Gravity’ and following on with a rendition of ‘Mayfly’. Other solo tracks included ‘Amongst Butterflies’, ‘Rockets’ and ‘Wild Wood’, as well as a performance of The Style Council’s 1985 track ‘A Man Of Great Promise’.

It was during the penultimate song of his set that Weller surprised the audience by inviting the shows’ curator Roger Daltrey to the stage for an impromptu rendition of The Who’s 1966 track ‘So Sad About Us’ – a collaboration he said they hadn’t rehearsed for.

He closed out his set by playing ‘That’s Entertainment’, which he originally shared as part of The Jam back in 1980.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-whos-roger-daltrey-joins-paul-weller-on-stage-at-royal-albert-hall-for-tct-3609005

Detail Magazine - Issue 12 Out Now!

  The Spring issue of Detail - features on Dee C Lee, Gabicci, Ted Carroll, Eddie Piller, Jimmy Smith, Tim Vickery, Tony Briggs, Paul Smiler...