Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Yardbirds, the British band who gave rise to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. From rave-ups at the Marquee, via psychedelic sonics, all the way to Led Zeppelin. “Pop group are you? Why you got to wear your hair long?”
https://www.uncut.co.uk/publications/special-issues/the-yardbirds-ultimate-music-guide-142030/
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The Rain Parade LA’s early ’80s psyched guitar heroes go back on the road.
The Master’s Apprentices The second half of our exclusive story of the shape-shifting Aussi rockers.
The Sonics The first? The wildest? The best? The Northwest legends who blew garage-punk wide open and created a sonic template and a legacy that will never die.
Nuggets Inside Elektra Records’ game-changing 1972 compilation in the words of those who were there.
Two of the finest UK Rhythm 'n' Blues bands on
one incredible bill.
Nine Below Zero released their classic debut LP 'Live
at the Marquee' in 1980, the band kept the momentum going with 'Don’t
Point Your Finger' in 1981 before releasing their third and final LP
on A&M Records, 'Third Degree' (1982).
Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The
Kinks around the time of this LP and also appeared on 'The Old Grey
Whistle Test', and 'The South Bank Show'.
Dr. Feelgood formed on Canvey Island in Essex in the early 1970’s and
have enjoyed a string of hit singles in many countries including 'Milk &
Alcohol', 'Down at the Doctors', 'Roxette', 'She’s a Wind Up' and 'See
You Later Alligator'.
The current line-up of Dr. Feelgood is led by their drummer Kevin Morris, and features Gordon Russell on lead guitar, Phil Mitchell on bass and charismatic vocalist, Robert Kane.
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DETOUR RECORDS
Brings you one of the MOST important and
overlooked bandS from the 1979 Mod Revival period.
First time EVER to be pressed on vinyl
Released Date : FRIDAY 27th FEBRUARY
2023
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Detour Records are
extremely proud to present to you one of the most long awaited and highly
anticipated releases to ever grace the label.
Formed in late 1978
by the Burke brothers along with friends Martin Wilson and Steve Martinez, The
Directions have gone down in Mod folklore, and now we present to you their
entire Studio recorded output on vinyl for the VERY FIRST time!!! This MUST
have release comes housed in a beautiful GATEFOLD sleeve and features 25 tracks
in total. YES, THREE more than the CD version as the band found three more
alternate versions!
The band hailed from
the ‘Goldhawk Road’ area in Shepherd’s Bush, London, an area synonymous with
60’s Mod legends The Who. Taking their name from one of their early songs, the
band hit the London gig circuit, starting at The Trafalgar and moving on to the
famous Greyhound in Fulham.
In 1979 the band
released their one and only single, the infamous ‘Three Bands Tonite’ on their
managers ‘Tortch’ label. 2000 copies of this single were pressed, but 800 got
destroyed in a flood in their managers office, making this one of the most
collectable releases of the Mod Revival era, they also had two tracks featured
on the excellent Eddie Piller's ‘Beat Generation & The Angry Young Men’
compilation album.
The band called it a
day in the early 80’s, with them evolving into ‘Big Sound Authority’ minus John
the Vocalist, but their name has lived on in the hearts and minds of Mods
everywhere, and now we give you everything you’ve ever dreamed of.... 25
tracks, featuring the great single tracks, the compilation appearances and 21
TOTALLY unreleased studio tracks on vinyl, this is a truly ESSENTIAL release,
get it now!
FEATURES
Three Bands Tonite
(Single Version)
Weekend Dancers (Alternate
Version)
Till the end of the
day
My Destiny
Suicide Pact
Dads been nicked
again
Back in my arms again
Weekend Dancers
Plenty of Time
Vinny
On the train to my
girl
Three bands Tonite
Dangerous Times
What goes on
Lonely without you
When tomorrow Comes
It maybe too late
She's Gone
Some Boys (Alternate
Version)
If you’ve ever been
hurt by me
Ellesmere street
Some Boys
Girl you'd better
hide
The heart of the City
Should have known
Better
Secret Affair released their debut single ‘Time For
Action’ in 1979 (the first of three UK Top 40 hits) along with ‘Let Your
Heart Dance’, ‘My World’, and ‘Sound Of Confusion’. They
became one of the biggest groups of the Mod Revival selling out venues around
the UK and releasing the essential LP’s ‘Glory Boys’, ‘Behind Closed Doors’
and ‘Business As Usual'
’So Cool’ is a 2CD thirty-four song
anthology from their very first recordings at the historic ‘Mods Mayday’
event in May ’79 up to their anthemic 2016 take on Frank Wilson’s
Northern soul classic ‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’, curated by Acid
Jazz Records’ founder Eddie Piller.
Squire were one of the original Mod Revival bands who released two singles on Secret Affair’s I-Spy record label ‘Walking Down The Kings Road’ and ‘The Face of Youth Today’. Fronted by vocalist/guitarist Anthony Meynell, Squire continued to release melodic 60’s influenced music including the incredible 1983 ‘…Get Smart’ LP.
Dance Craze is being released on DVD/Blu Ray for the first time ever on 24 March 2023 plus 3LP & 3CD box set Deluxe Edition of the previously unreleased 27 song film audio soundtrack
You can pre-order here now - https://twotone.tmstor.es/
Dance Craze offers a vivid, immersive snapshot of the 2Tone era, through performances by The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners and The Bodysnatchers.
The Soundtrack: through 2Tone Records/ Chrysalis Records and available as a Deluxe Edition 3LP vinyl or 3CD box set with the full film audio soundtrack along with the 1981 original soundtrack album.
The Film: newly restored by the BFI from original film materials and being released on Blu-ray and DVD. Featuring brand new Dolby Atmos sound mix supervised by Jerry Dammers and Dermot James (Chrysalis Records).
Terry Hall, the frontman of socially conscious ska band The Specials, has died at the age of 63.
Known for his dour image and sharp wit, the singer found fame in the 1970s and 80s with hits like Ghost Town, Gangsters and Too Much Too Young.
He left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow-bandmates Neville Staple and Lynval Golding, scoring another run of hits.
The singer died after a brief illness, The Specials said in a statement.
"Terry was a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls," they wrote.
"His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humour, the fight for justice, but mostly the love.
"He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him and leaves behind the gift of his remarkable music and profound humanity."
In a separate message, Staple told the BBC he had learned of his friend's passing as he landed in Egypt for a holiday with his wife.
"It's really hit me hard," he said. "We fronted The Specials and Fun Boy Three together, making history.
"Terry, he surely will be missed."
Jane Wiedlin, co-founder of band The Go Gos who co-wrote the band's hit Our Lips Are Sealed with Hall, said he was a "lovely, sensitive, talented and unique person".
"Our extremely brief romance resulted in the song Our Lips Are Sealed, which will forever tie us together in music history."
Singer Elvis Costello described Hall's voice as "the perfect instrument for the true and necessary songs on The Specials".
"That honesty is heard in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow," he said.
The band asked for respect for Hall's family's privacy. No cause of death was shared.
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