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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Thursday, 28 March 2024
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
The Mark Three to make 'live' debut at the sold-out Mods Mayday 2024 at 229 The Venue, London, on Sunday 5th May
https://www.facebook.com/TheMarkThree
The Threads return with the 4-song 12" 'International Times' EP for a May release (Intervallum Music)
Pete Townshend's interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/3jtY2ppd11c1a7Wt/?mibextid=WC7FNe
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
MARCH OF THE MODS TO MAKE RETURN TO RYDE THIS WEEKEND
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/march-of-the-mods-to-make-return-to-ryde-this-weekend/
Pete Townshend half-speed mastered LPs to be released on 17th May
17 May 2024 sees the release of the second pair in a series of half-speed mastered studio albums from Pete Townshend, ‘All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes’ and ‘White City (A Novel)’.
These limited-edition black vinyl versions have been mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley at Close To The Edge and cut for vinyl by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios with a half-speed mastering technique which produces a superior vinyl cut and are packaged in original sleeves with obi strips and certificates of authenticity.
Pre-order your copy https://petetownshend.lnk.to/halfspeedmasters
Mod Memories Book - 'Memories from a Mod who was there' by Emma Merchant
BORN and bred in New Town, musician Dennis Siggery can tell you a thing or two about Reading and its music scene during the heady post-war Mod days.
The singer songwriter, who is still putting out albums – his 34th currently in production – has gathered together his impressions of life during the late 1950s and 1960s in his book: Mod Memories.
“Lots of books have been written about the Mod era,” he said.
“But they’re not all by someone who actually lived through it.
“I was there, and my songs played a part in the music movement.”
Dennis’s book is full of anecdotes and stories from a childhood growing up in East Reading, of his Mod beginnings as a teen, and of Reading’s music clubs and nightlife.
“I’ve tried to include lots of stories and a bit of humour,” he continued.
“I’m proud of the Mod days, proud that I was there, and part of it all.
“And I’m proud of my background.
“Growing up in the East End of Reading, the people in New Town were great.
“Yes, they could be rough, but they were honest, lovely people who looked out for each other.”
The Mod movement started in the late 1950s, when a group of young Londoners began modeling themselves on continental fashions; wearing sharp suits, and whizzing around on Italian scooters.
The Modernists, as they first called themselves, were into modern jazz, blues and R&B.
They loved music and fashion, and lived for the weekends.
“There were two kinds of Mods,” explained Dennis, “The ones that rode scooters, and the ones that didn’t.
“We were the kind that didn’t.
“We loved fashion, and spent our money on sharp clothes and vinyl records, but not scooters.”
Dennis and his fellow Mods would get haircuts at Francesco’s Italian hairdresser, on Reading’s Oxford Road, and they would pay for smart Italian suits to complete the look.
And each weekend, armed with little blue pills to keep them awake, they would take the town and city by storm in Reading’s and London’s burgeoning music clubs.
Dennis remembers buying his first pair of Levi’s from Jean Machine in Reading, and immediately bleaching them in the bath to achieve the right cool look.
Music was always his passion, but for some time, after he was married, he followed a conventional lifestyle and made a success of work.
Dennis said: ”I’ve always worked hard, and I love a challenge, but it got to the point – after we’d been married for thirty years, with a big house, and three great children – when I realised I didn’t want to do this any more.
“The challenge had gone, and I just felt I wasn’t going anywhere.”
In 1998 he returned to his first love, music, and now sings with his band Eric Street Band.
Dennis on vocals, Gordon Vaughan, on guitar and keys, Henry Smithson on bass guitar, and Adam J Perry on drums, together produce a rock’n blues sound, and are currently working on their latest as yet unnamed album, to be released around June.
“All 12 songs on it have been written by me, or co-written with Gordon – and they’re all new,” he said.
Dennis’s tracks are inspired by the people he meets, women he’s loved, things that happen in his life, and things he reads in the news.
“My songs are all stories,” he said.
“So many lyrics are just words, but I want mine to mean something.
“The Light Of Life was written about one of my friends with dementia.
“I gave the song that name because it’s exactly what happens – the condition can take the light out of your life.
“And Mr Fat Cat was about someone I knew who’s firm went down.
“He kept his posh house and cars, but his workers didn’t get paid.”
Now a Wokingham resident, Dennis has lined the walls of his home with vinyl classics, CD’s, and pictures, in homage to the Mod era.
“I loved it,” he said.
“ I loved the clothes, the fashion, the music, and turning heads.
“They were dark days in the post war period, and we wanted to stand out.
“None of us wanted to be like our dads, dress like them, or to live the same life they had.”
Dennis says he’s never wanted to be famous, but is keen to leave something behind in his book – a record of a time and lifestyle of which he is still proud.
“I’ve had a great response to the book online, and from friends,” he said.
“But I’m never truly happy with what I’ve done.
“I’m still hoping to make that classic album, and I’ll keep pushing myself until I do.
“I’m young in my head, like Rod Stewart – old but not old.
People of Dennis’s era, with fond Mod Memories and a curiosity about Reading’s 1960s night life, should enjoy reading Mod Memories.
It’s available from Amazon books, for £6.99, or £3.99 on Kindle.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CN4YRFX8?psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
How The Kinks bemoaned the “camouflage” of the 1960s
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-kinks-camouflage-the-1960s/
From Robert Smith to Freddie Mercury: the five musicians Paul Weller hates
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-musicians-paul-weller-hates/
"AC/DC made 50 albums, but all their albums were the same. It wasn’t the way the Who worked. We were an ideas band": Pete Townshend admits he doesn't enjoy playing live with the band much anymore but still wants to release new music
https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-who-pete-townshend-acdc
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
The Modernist - The In Sound on BDQ Records
PRE ORDER RELEASE DATE 18th APRIL 2024 The Modernist B/w Our Man in Tokyo
Super limited 45 - This fab Hammond from The In Sound is a proper dance floor filler
Includes unlimited streaming of The Modernist - The In Sound
PRE ORDER via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Shipping out on or around April 18, 2024
Limited edition of 250
https://bunndebrettquintet.bandcamp.com/album/the-modernist-the-in-sound-pre-order
Studio 68 'Live At The 100 Club' 7" EP on orange vinyl (Detour)
’90s Mod legends’ electrifying live return…
This mind-blowing four-track E.P. — recorded
live at London’s iconic 100 Club in October 2023 — reminds you exactly why The
Studio 68! were tipped for stardom before their chaotic lifestyle saw the band
implode spectacularly in 1992. Featuring guest vocals on two tracks by the
incredible Dani Turner (think a modern-day Maggie Bell), this E.P. is the sound
of a band with talent to burn and a point to prove. Pinballing between soulful,
Small Faces-style electric boogaloo (‘Rolling With The Punches’), full-tilt
psychedelic rock (a rip-roaring version of classic debut single ‘Double Decker
Bus’), Hammond-heavy blues (a hypnotic ’South Of The River’) and molten,
Who-esque power pop (a feedback drenched ‘The Other Me’), this is a band reborn
and back to their, explosive, ultra-melodic best.
Comes housed in a full-colour pop-art sleeve
with ‘Orange’ labels — a nod to drummer Simon Castell’s dad's role in designing
the Apple logo for The Beatles.
Be quick, because these won’t last long!!!
FEATURES
Rolling With The Punches (New Version)
Double Decker Bus
South Of The River
The Other Me
Behind The Music With Dave Davies: 8 Overlooked Gems From The Kinks' Extensive New Compilation
https://www.grammy.com/news/dave-davies-the-kinks-interview-behind-the-hits-deep-cuts-the-journey-part-1
Weston locals share memories of warring Mods and Rockers
https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/24150744.weston-locals-share-memories-warring-mods-rockers/
How Levi’s® Became a Part of U.K. Mod Style
https://www.levistrauss.com/2024/02/11/how-levis-became-a-part-of-u-k-mod-style/
The first concert Paul Weller attended
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-first-concert-paul-weller-attended/
The resentful Kinks song Ray Davies wrote about his brother
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kinks-song-ray-davies-about-his-brother/
Far Out - Steve Marriott on the Small Faces song that “typified” the 1960s
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steve-marriott-on-the-small-faces-song-that-typified-the-1960s/
Dexys announce 3LP and 2CD 'live' album for 24th May release
Those who pre-order album bundles will also receive a setlist signed by the full live band, while stocks last.
Side A (Act 1: Getting Honest)
- The One That Loves You
- It’s Alright Kevin (Manhood 2023)
- I’m Going To Get Free
- Coming Home
Side B (Act 2: Attitude To Women)
- The Feminine Divine
Side C (Act 3: The Relationship)
- My Goddess Is
- Goddess Rules
- My Submission
- Dance With Me
Side D (The Concert: Part 1)
- Soon/Plan B
- I’ll Show You
- All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Side E (The Concert: Part 2)
- Until I Believe In My Soul
- Free
- Come on Eileen
Side F (Encore)
- Geno
- Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
- Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
- Carrickfergus
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
BREAKING NEWS: The Mark Three to play the IPO Festival at The Cavern, Liverpool, on Sunday 2nd June
5.15pm The Cavern Pub
7.00pm The Cavern Club
THE CLIQUE - "Preservation Society" BOX SET to be released by Detour on Monday 25th March 2024
"Detour
Records"
Come and CELEBRATE our 100th LP release
with us and what a release it is. This is a PURE CLASSIC from a band that were
huge and were our BIGGEST seller on the label and should have gone on to bigger
things but sadly didn't fulfill their dreams. They came so close and were
courted by Bjorks record label 'One Little Indian' but it wasn't to be..
I can't believe that we have finally got this release
out, many many years in the planning and hurdles to jump but we did it!
This is one of "Detour Records" proudest
moments....Not only was the Clique the biggest sellers on the 'Detour Records',
BUT this
is our 100th
LP release on the label and what a release to celebrate this milestone and we
have pushed the (Ropey old) boat out and made something very special as each
box set comes with a set of five different postcards, poster and comes housed
in a very stylish hand numbered box.
35 years after London modsters The Clique burst onto the
music scene and 25 years after the final Clique EP was released, Detour Records
and the band are proud to present a vinyl box set anthology of their music.
The Clique were prolific throughout the late 80s and 90s,
constantly gigging in London, up and down the UK and over in Europe.
It wasn’t just their music that made them stand out from
their contemporaries but also their impeccable and stylish dress sense.
This box set collection includes many alternate
recordings to previous releases and some unreleased tracks. Through the 3
albums you can track the musical progression of one of the 90s mod scene’s most
distinctive bands; from their early obscure beat covers through to their own
self written tracks, some of which have since been covered and released by
other bands.
DETOUR RECORDS Would like to thank
all the band members who played their part in this very special band that is
closed to our heart and all the photographers who allowed us permission to use
their photos.
Lastly I would like to thank Dom who spent many hours
doing all the artwork and to his wife Claire
who was the driving force and went above and beyond in keeping this release on
track and drawing it all together.
FEATURES
Ground Ginger
Leaving Here
Crying Days
Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu
Looking Back
Take her Anytime
The Whole Night Through
Where Did I go Wrong?
It's My Pride
Why Do I Cry
1--2--5
The Quest
Reggie
She Doesn't Need You Anymore
Anything You Want (Alternate Version)
JPs Little Ditty
Dormouse (Alternate Version)
Baby Never Say Goodbye
Crawling Up A Hill
The Memphis Train
Rackin' My Mind
Crying Days (Alternate Version)
Looking Back (Alternate Version)
Gonna Make You Mine (Alternate Version)
Where Did I go Wrong (Alternate Version)
Mrs Applegate
Anything You Want
Bareback Donkey Riding (Alternate Version)
Security
Crystal Ball
Tortoise (Alternate Version)
I Can See Waves/Ropey Old Boat
Save Me (Alternate Version)
Fish Down Ginas
I Need you
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
After Five
Hangin' Around Your Door
Million Miles
Come to Play
Hello Sunshine (Alternate Version)
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The Specials last ever filmed concert (at Coventry Cathedral) on Sky Arts at 9pm today
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