All Or Nothing: The Authorised Story of Steve Marriott by Simon Spence to be released on 18 March 2021

 

Authorised by the Marriott family

Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, had a voice coveted by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and David Bowie, amongst many others.

All or Nothing, Simon Spence's oral history biography, is drawn from over 125 interviews with those who knew Marriott intimately: his wives, children, bandmates and closest friends, managers, record producers, record label bosses and his fellow musicians. Included are scores of people who have never told their story before.

From his child star beginnings to his battles with drug addiction and untimely death in a housefire, All or Nothing is a visceral and unflinching account of Steve Marriott's extraordinary and often troubling life.

Le Beat Bespoke 9 compiled by Rob Bailey of The New Untouchables - out now!

 

Dr Robert’s passion is discovering long-forgotten underground sixties club sounds and giving them a new lease of life via his DJ sets and this compilation series.

Volume 9 features unreleased acetates, an exclusive remix and obscure 45’s that you may have heard, danced or gone wild to at ‘The Mousetrap’ where the cool and curious gather for hipshakin’ fun.

All tracks on this album, in fact, the series have one thing in common which is the dancefloor firmly in mind. Like its predecessors LBB9 has been restored and mastered to the highest standard and sequences like a fast-moving DJ set with a one second gap between tracks. Original artwork by Pip!Pip! presented in a full colour package with: Artist info, bespoke images, track commentaries inside the eight page CD booklet.

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One [Deluxe Box Set] 50TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET

 

This set is a limited edition, lavishly packaged, 50th anniversary deluxe 10” book-pack of that album, containing many previously unreleased tracks and versions. Produced in association with The Kinks, with audio & visual content curated by Ray Davies. Matt laminated rigid slipcase featuring the original LP cover reproduced with foil and metallic silver finishes.

CDs x 3

3 x CDs: Original album new remaster from original HD master tapes, singles (stereo and mono mixes), B-sides, alternate original mixes, new medleys with Ray & Dave Davies spoken word commentary, new Ray Davies remixes & original session out-takes, previously unreleased session & live tape audio, instrumental & acoustic versions, previously unreleased demos & BBC material.

7” singles x 2

‘Lola / Berkeley Mews’ original Italian picture sleeve (Pye Records ‎– P 67.023). Reproduced artwork, remastered audio, black vinyl

‘Apeman’ / ‘Rats’ original Portuguese picture sleeve (Pye Records ‎– PATS 7010). Alternate audio version of ‘Apeman’, reproduced artwork, remastered audio, black vinyl

Book

Deluxe 60 page, gloss-art hardback book with extensive notes, new band quotes, rare photos and memorabilia. Includes The Kinks ‘1970 Diary’

Photos

4 x 5” sq, light card, gloss-art photos.

D2C exclusive products x 2 (free with box set orders):

7” Single: ‘Lola / Berkeley Mews’ original Danish picture sleeve (Pye Records ‎– 7N 17961). Reproduced artwork, remastered audio, clear vinyl

Badge: 1 x bespoke round metal & enamel pin badge (22mm diameter) using original album cover centre image:

The exclusive, free, 7” single and metal / enamel badge with every deluxe box set order are available only while stocks last.

WHILE STOCK LASTS

Foxton & Hastings - The Butterfly Effect

 

Hi everyone

Bruce and myself are delighted to announce we are working with the wonderful Townsend Music on our brand-new Making Music project and are proud to reveal our new album The Butterfly Effect, set for release in September 2021. As many of you know, we are usually on the road touring so studio opportunities don’t come up that often for us... nothing better than a good old pandemic to get us into the studio to lay down these great new songs!

As well as having a fantastic reputation within the music business as a direct-to-fan company, Townsend's Making Music means the artist and customer both achieve exactly what they set out to do: to make and listen to music.  Take look at the store and see for yourself the great ways you can support this project; as well as signed albums and experiences with Bruce and me, there's even a cool The Butterfly Effect plectrum set free with the bundles.

We have been working at home and in the studio for the past few months creating some new gems: 'Rain', 'Wanted', 'She Said' and 'Loola' are tracks to look out for! Making Music allows you to be such a big part of the ongoing experience of us making this album via our Making Music Updates. Our first Update is already live, discussing the name of the album and introducing the tremendous artwork. We'll see you there!

Bruce and Russ

THE WHO 7″ VINYL BOX SET IS OUT NOW!

 

To celebrate a year of WHO, a special 7” boxset edition of the album was released in the UK on 4 December. All eleven tracks on WHO are pressed on six 7″ singles, each with their own picture sleeve. The boxset also includes the Yaggerdang remix of ‘Beads On One String’ and a special bonus CD of the recent Live at Kingston album.

Track List

A1. All This Music Must Fade
A2. Ball and Chain

B1. I Don’t Wanna Get Wise
B2. Detour

C1. Beads On One String
C2. Hero Ground Zero

D1. Street Song
D2. I’ll Be Back

E1. Break The News
E2. Rockin’ In Rage

F1. She Rocked My World
F2. Beads On One String (Yaggerdang Remix)

Bonus CD : Live at Kingston

1. Intro
2. Substitute (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
3. Squeeze Box (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
4. Tattoo (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
5. The Kids Are Alright (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
6. Break The News (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
7. She Rocked My World (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)
8. Won’t Get Fooled Again (Acoustic – Live at Kingston)

*Note: WHO: The 7″ vinyl boxset will be released in the US early 2021.

Paul Weller November/December Tour Dates moved from March 2021 - extra dates added

 

Jimmy Mack 1967 - The New Breed by John Knight available now!

 

London calling...

... and James ‘Mack’ MacKinnon and the New Breed collective are answering the call.
Touted as the teen David Bailey he and his models are setting the fashion world alight.
Effy Halloran’s disappearance haunts him and his other girlfriend Angie Thornton.
Why did the young talented fashion designer disappear after their return from New York?
Her disappearance is set for further mystery, intrigue and deception as he searches for answers.
Who is Joy Heatherington? And how will her arrival change their lives?
His search for answers in Chelsea and Soho will unearth more than he bargained for….

The third novel in JIMMY MACK 1967 Trilogy

Out Of Time book by Paul Davis

 

Jools and her friends are Mods, fanatical about Sixties culture, fashion and music. All they want to do is look sharp, have a good time and dance all night. A bizarre turn of events sets them on a course where they end up on the hit list of a notorious Dublin gangster, who's determined to destroy them all. The decisions she makes could put the ones she loves the most at risk and she may have to choose who lives. Could you? Drugs. Gangsters. Music. Murder. Mods. He's out to kill. She's out of time.

'Gangsters, Geezers and Mods' by Stephen Pennell available on Kindle from Amazon

 

Steve, Rebecca and Baggy are the products of tough upbringings in the working class inner-city district of Aston, Birmingham, in the late twentieth century. All three set out on a life of crime as teenagers, and although they are often accomplices, there is a rivalry between Steve and Baggy that stems from a minor incident in their youth. Many comical and chaotic adventures follow as they hustle their way through life, participating in the fierce conflict between Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans and interacting with the culture around them, but things become more sinister when a legendary local underworld figure enters their lives and changes things forever. When Steve’s relationship with Rebecca ends abruptly, he meets Kerri during a successful con-trick and a whirlwind romance ensues which leads to the moment that every young man dreads - the meeting with his girlfriend’s father. Meanwhile, Baggy embarks on a relationship that adds even more tension to the rivalry between the two men. Steve goes on to great success with the help of partner-in-crime Hands of Stone, before a chain of increasingly sinister events leads to the return of a figure from the past and a violent, tense finale. Who will come out on top?

THE TOUCH - King & Country EP (PICTURE DISC) 7" to be released on 12th February by Detour Records

 

DETOUR RECORDS BRINGS YOU THE NEXT

RELEASE IN THEIR VERY COLLECTABLE

PICTURE DISC SERIES

This Release Will Hit The Streets On

FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2021

<<< Pre Orders Being Taken NOW! >>>

Well here it is, the EIGHTH in the series of these very collectable '79 Classic Mod releases.

The Touch began as a West London based mod revival band, active from June 1979 to February 1981, inspired by the Punk, R n B and Power Pop of the period which they were exposed to via the vibrant West London gig circuit: the Nashville, Red Cow, Greyhound and Kensington in particular.

The Touch hooked up with Valdene Records and recorded one album that for reasons unknown, was mysteriously released with the title “The Mods Lost Touch” without track titles or any other information about the band. This led to much confusion when copies of the album turned up among enthusiasts in later years, confusion that was finally sorted when Dizzy Holmes at Detour Records and Alan May of Glory Boys radio show tracked down band members in early 2018, some 37 years after the album first appeared.

“King and Country” the A side of this EP was and remains to this day one of the highlights of The Touch’s live set, an electrifying and heartfelt lament to the lost of the Great War. The B-side features their anthem to teenage frustration “In My Room”, together with a cover of Bob Dylan's “If You Gotta Go”, which remarkably features additional keyboards by Al Kooper who appeared as session man on Bob Dylan's original version from 1965! (The two tracks on the B-side were decided by the listeners on the GREAT Alan May "Glory Boy Mod Radio Show")

The original band members are Dave Vox (vocals), Nash aka Son Jack Junior (gtr/vocals), Charlie Gurney (drums) and Gerry Czerniawski (bass/ backing vocals). Gary Drewitt briefly replaced Gurney playing drums on the first album including these three tracks and at a few gigs.

In the short time that the band was initially active, they were represented by Pinball Artists. Among those they shared bills with during that great time in UK music were: The Count Bishops, Teenbeats, Long Tall Shorty, The Pleasers, Splodgenessabounds, The Mods, The Cimarons, The Satellites, The Modettes, among others.

Son Jack Jr. moved back to the UK in 2020 after living almost 25 years in the USA. During that time he established himself as a respected blues musician and released 4 critically acclaimed albums. Dave is based in Devon, and is active in the mod scene, together with his new musical venture “Blue Sky”. Charlie is still in London and plays for Deptford punk stalwarts The Phobics, and garage/RnB merchants, The Beatpack. Gerry is also still in town and has played bass for The Fixations and post-Fixations glam rockers Waving Not Drowning, and Bad Karma Beckons.

Following the band's rediscovery in 2018, the original line-up was reconvened to gig and promote the re-release of their original long-lost album released on the Paisley Archive subsidiary of Detour Records. Most recently, the band recorded a great new album of self-penned vintage and new material with Pat Collier producing, titled “Lost and Found” released on Touching Flames Records in 2019.

Son Jack Jnr - <<< Check Out The Bands Own Facebook Page >>>

<<< ONLY 300 COPIES PRESSED >>>

FEATURES

King & Country

If You Gotta Go Go Now

In My Room

BACK TO ZERO - London's Pride EP (PICTURE DISC) 7" on Detour Records

 

Well here it is, the fifth in the series of these very collectable '79 Classic Mod releases.

This time we bring you FOUR unreleased tracks from one of the earliest Mod bands from North London. They were part of the "March Of The Mods" tour in 1979 along with Secret Affair, Squire & The Purple Hearts. The band quickly recorded and released their debut single 'Your Side Of Heaven' with Fiction Records.

In 1980 the band went through several line up changes, one notable change being the departure of vocalist Brian Betteridge. Drummer Andy Moore had left shortly after the MOTM tour concluded. The vocal duties were taken up by Craig Lappin who rose to the challenge and the vacant drum stool was filled by Nick Sinclair.

The band rehearsed extensively and were soon back on the road. They recorded demos of four new songs which resulted in an offer from Satril Records and it was rumoured that Chrysalis were also interested. Having hung on for a decision and, passing on the Satril deal, Chrysalis didn’t take the band onto their roster. The band soldiered on for several months but eventually called it a day.

Fast forward 40 years and a dusty old demo tape was found and Detour ventured into the studio to try and enhance the 40 year old cassette with some modern technology. The sound was improved to the best quality possible, and even though they weren't perfect we still wanted to release these tracks as it is part of the bands history.......

So here you are..... You can now hear the four tracks as they were recorded back in 1980!

Once again, ONLY 300 copies are pressed so be quick it you want a copy!

FEATURES

London’s Pride

Names and Rocks

I Could be Dreaming

So Young

Ready, Steady, Go! The Weekend Starts Here: The Definitive Story of the Show That Changed Pop TV

 

Ready, Steady, Go! mirrored the cultural upheaval and spirit of youthful optimism that gripped Britain in the mid Sixties. Within weeks of its debut in August 1963 the show became an essential television ritual for the newly confident British teenager setting trends and becoming a barometer for pop culture. This bold new approach was perfectly embodied in RSG!s 'stylist' presenter, Cathy McGowan, whose natural demeanor directly connected with the show's target audience.

Ready, Steady, Go! ran for three and a half years, its demise in 1966 coinciding with the loss of pop's innocence. Within that time RSG! set a blueprint for music presentation and production on British television that resonated over the following decades.

Ready, Steady, Go! was the only pop show on TV where anything went as far as performance, fashion and attitude were concerned. The programme attracted and presented the era's most important musical names - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Otis Redding, etc. - as well as providing then unknowns like Donovan, David Bowie and Jimi Hendrix with their first, invaluable small screen exposure.

Ready, Steady, Go! has never been documented at length before until now. Through exclusive first-hand accounts, exhaustive research, and unseen photographs and rare memorabilia, Ready, Steady, Go! is fully examined from quintessential Swinging London accessory to its iconic status as the most influential popular music programme in British television history.

'Staring at the Rude Boys' - 3-CD Box Set available to pre-order from Amazon

 

DISC ONE:
1. LITTLE BITCH – The Specials
2. BED & BREAKFAST MAN – Madness
3. GIVE IT TO ME NOW – The Merton Parkas
4. RICH AND NASTY – Ded Byrds
5. SKA FEVER – Judge Dread
6. BIG EXPENSE, SMALL INCOME – The Tigers
7. BALLAD OF ROBIN HOOD – The Charlie Parkas
8. ROUGH RIDER – DiVersion
9. POISON IVY – The Lambrettas
10. STREET FEELING – The Selecter
11. PHOENIX CITY – Rockers Express
12. McARTHUR PARK – The Burtons
13. ELVIS SHOULD PLAY SKA – Graduate
14. DON’T PANIC – Max Headroom & The Car “Parks”
15. INNER LONDON VIOLENCE – Bad Manners
16. PLAY MY RECORD – Arthur Kay’s Originals
17. SPYDERMAN – The Akrylykz
18. PIED PIPER – Red Roll-On
19. MODERN LOVE – Indicators
20. WE ARE THE GANGSTERS – The Gangsters
21. SHOOTING – The Thrillers
22. LOFASKA – Reluctant Stereotypes
23. LET’S DO ROCK STEADY – The Bodysnatchers
24. SOUTH COAST RUMBLE – The South Coast Ska Stars

DISC TWO:
1. BIG FAT MAN – Laurel Aitken
2. WHINE & GRINE / STAND DOWN MARGARET – The Beat
3. I WAS WRONG – The Rimshots
4. ACCIDENT – The Viewers
5. STOP THAT BOY – Wide Boys
6. SEA CRUISE – Rico
7. TOM HARK – The Piranhas
8. RUDE BOY TRAIN – Desmond Dekker
9. BLUE LAGOON – The Ammonites
10. PARTY GIRL – The Skavengers
11. HOUSEWIVES CHOICE – MP’s
12. JEANIE – The Resistors
13. BREAKING UP NEW GROUND – The Parrots
14. THE ODD MAN OUT – Teenage Filmstars
15. ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD – The A.T.’s
16. CHARACTER CHANGE – Machine
17. PINK SLIPPERS – The AK Band
18. ARE YOU WIV – Tich Turner’s Escalator
19. NEVER GONNA LOSE ME – Sax Maniax
20. NO ONE LIKE YOU – The Originals
21. DREAD IN MY BED – The Odds
22. EXPLAIN – The RB’s

DISC THREE:
1. 2-6-5-8-0 – Kim Wilde
2. MY FAVOURITE BAND – The Lemons
3. REGGAE ON THE RADIO – The Papers
4. 21 GUNS – 21 Guns
5. DAMBUSTERS MARCH – JJ Allstars
6. SKA’D FOR LIFE – The Ska-Dows
7. MOUTH AND TROUSERS – Splodge
8. PLASTIC GANGSTER (I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU) – Plastic Gangsters
9. OH – Case
10. MAD ABOUT YOU – Laurel Aitken & The Potato 5
11. ALL OR NOTHING GIRL – The Larks
12. FOREST HILL SKA – Forest Hill Billies
13. SHEILA – Burial
14. COME INTO MY PARLOUR – Skin Deep
15. SKINHEAD LOVE AFFAIR – Busters Allstars
16. KING HAMMOND SHUFFLE – King Hammond
17. SKADANSK – Mark Foggo’s Skasters
18. DAVE AND MARY – The Hotknives
19. POUND TO THE DOLLAR – Maroon Town
20. THE UNDERTAKER – The Loafers
21. STAY WHERE YOU ARE – The Deltones
22. BLIND DATE – The Riffs
23. RUKUMBINE – Ska Boom
24. RUDE BOY SHUFFLE – Rude Boys

'Halcyon Days' Mod/Freakbeat Box-Set available now from Amazon

 

Product description

• Strawberry is a new Cherry Red imprint. Picking up where the mighty RPM Records have left off, Strawberry will shine a light on collectible 60s and 70s recordings, from themed compilations to single artist anthologies and occasional album reissues.

• Halcyon Days is inspired by RPM’S bespoke compilations Looking Back, Keep Lookin’ and Night Comes Down. It charts the development of mod friendly beat music across three CDs from the jazzy R&B of Chris Farlowe, Duffy Power with Graham Bond and Zoot Money that opens disc one through horn laden Brit soul from Jimmy James, Geno Washington and The Richard Kent Style, ska from Mickey Finn & The Blue Men, girl group pop from The Chantelles and fuzz drenched freakbeat from The Pretty Things and The Worrying Kynde. On disc three the influence of psychedelia becomes apparent on offerings by Jason Crest, July and Dantalian’s Chariot.

• Bands featured include The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Creation, The Action, The Artwoods, John’s Children, The Spencer Davis Group, Brian Auger & The Trinity and The Fleur De Lys.

• There are early singles from future super stars David Bowie and Rod Stewart plus early recordings from Jimmy Page with Mickey Finn & The Blue Men and alongside Jeff Beck in The Yardbirds, Steve Howe in The In Crowd, Greg Lake in The Shame and Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker in The Graham Bond Quartet. Mick Fleetwood drums for The Bo Street Runners, future Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore backs Heinz, his Purple bandmate Jon Lord is organist in The Artwoods, Rolling Stone Bill Wyman produces The End and Denny Laine later to join Paul McCartney in Wings sings with The Moody Blues.

• Producer Mike Hurst opens his archives allowing us to include freakbeat nuggets from The Australian Playboys, The Human Instinct, The Favourite Sons, Double Feature and The Oscar Bicycle plus orchestrated pop gems from the soulful Truly Smith, psychedelic The Alan Bown!, Swedish mods The Tages and dramatic singing twins Paul & Barry Ryan.

• First time on CD rarities include British R&B, soul and mod beat tracks from The Athenians, The Fingers, The Candy Dates, Barney J. Barnes & The Intro, Kevin ‘King’ Lear, Dorian Gray, Barry St. John, Ray French, Laris McLennon and Sleepy plus there are previously unissued recordings by The SW4, The Union and The Trendbender Band.

• Includes a booklet with track by track annotation, crammed full of rare pictures including gig posters, sheet music and band photos.

Makin' Time reissue classic 'Rhythm and Soul' album on Acid Jazz

 

Tracklisting:

Take What You Can Get
Feels Like It’s Love
Here Is My Number
Only Time Will Tell
Did I Tell You
Honey
I Gotta Move
Where The Rhythm Takes You
Every Single Day
The Girl That Touched My Soul
I Know What You’re Thinking
Stop This Cryin’ Inside

Secret Affair reissue 'Behind Closed Doors' on Heavy Soul! Records with bonus tracks on heavyweight purple vinyl

 

SECRET AFFAIR
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Heavy Soul Records, under license from Sony
ROR121
 
**OUT NOW**
 
Wow - Heavy Soul has been awarded the prestigious award of officially reissuing, with full approval of the band, the classic second LP from the original 'Glory Boys' SECRET AFFAIR

On heavyweight Purple vinyl with TWO extra tracks added (the b-sides to the two singles from the LP - "So Cool" and "Take It Or Leave It"), this limited to 300 copies coloured vinyl is a welcome repress of what was a transitional album from the band.

Spawning two hits with 'Sound Of Confusion' and the anthemic 'My World', this took the band from the height of the Mod Revival to a widely accepted set of musicians who proved that the scene wasn't a total fad.

Essential LP by this fantastic band

Heavy Soul Modzine No 51 Out Now!!! The first 75 come with The Deep Six's 'All Our Yesterdays' EP as a Christmas present from the band.

 

HEAVY SOUL Modzine
Issue 51
  
Whoop Whoop - issue 51 is here!!!!!
Planning on more regular zines in 2021 - seems the more time at home means less productive fanzine production weirdly
What's in this one then....
Interviews with:
Acid Jazz sensation KEVIN FINGIER
Doug and Amanda Sanders from THE LAMBRETTAS
Cambridge Psychedelic Soulsters THE SOUND OF POP ART
Brighton noise-makers DIRT ROYAL
what bands have been up to in Lockdown
From German, top collector DIETMAR HAARCKE
and last, but definately not least THE VERAS
Plus many ARTICLES like:
New releases on 7" and LP/12"
eBay Spy - the latest big wallet-burners
Jason Disley on the Paisleylook
Weller, The Jam, Style Council, Funk LPs, 2-Tone, Squire
Also - the 25 track CD featuring big 60s Club Sounds

Buzzcocks to re-release their classic singles as a 7in boxset

 

The Buzzcocks complete run of seven-inch singles released on UA by the classic Shelly-Diggle-Garvey-Maher line-up is being re-released in a boxset.

Starting with Orgasm Addict and ending with Running Free, all the singles have been remastered from the original tapes and come in the original Malcolm Garrett-designed sleeves. The box also contains a 36-page booklet.

The snag lies in the price – a hefty £150. Understandably, many fans have voiced concern, though the band have pointed out that the set is not cheap to produce in relatively small numbers.

Those who still have lovingly-cared-for original singles will probably baulk at shelling out, but you can bet this finds its way onto the Christmas lists of quite a few dads and grandads of a certain age…

Buzzcocks: Complete UA Singles 1977-80 7in boxset is released on 15 January 2021 and can be pre-ordered from Domino Records.

Tracklisting:

1. Orgasm Addict/What Ever Happened To?
2. What Do I Get?/Oh Shit!
3. I Don’t Mind/Autonomy
4. Love You More/Noise Annoys
5. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)/Just Lust
6. Promises/Lipstick
7. Everybody’s Happy Nowadays/Why Can’t I Touch It?
8. Harmony In My Head/Something’s Gone Wrong Again
9. You Say You Don’t Love Me/Raison D’Etre
10. Are Everything/Why She’s A Girl From The Chainstore
11. Strange Thing/Airwaves Dream
12. Running Free/What Do You Know?

The Len Price 3 - The Strood Recording Company EP On 7” Vinyl - Available to Pre-order via ebay

 

Telford March of the Mods (featuring The Electric Stars, The Deep Six, The Kite Collectors, The Laynes etc.) moves date to Saturday 17th April

 

'Albert's Home For Discerning Modernists' featuring The Deep Six review in Shindig! Magazine issue 111