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Not Half- The regret of the lost cassette tape from way back when
One of my minor regrets, as my past becomes my archive is that I remember recording The Saturday Rock show with Fluff Freeman on BBC Radio 1 circa January 1977 because they were going to play tracks from the then new David Bowie LP; Low.
Now I had a paper round to do such was my youthage at the time so I set off a C120 Agfa color cassette to return to have my musical muscles stunned by the five end to end tracks that Fluff played: Speed of Life, Breaking Glas, Sound & Vision, Warszawa & Subterraneans.
Fluff sounded a tad stunned at the end of that little lot and I now regret losing that cassette. I think my cassette was a decidedly 70s purple hue.
Fripp And Grid
This is a bit of a surprise. Robert Fripp (King Crimson plus iconic solo work and collaborations with Brian Eno and David Bowie amongst others) and an ambient album with The Grid (Dave Ball of Soft cell and Richard Norris) which also comes with a surround mix on DVD-A.
Hoff Keeps Swinging
Having listened along to Bowie’s Earthling album last night for TimsTwitterListeningParty I then found myself looking at the discography for drummer Zack Alford, who played on the album.
Somehow Susanna Hoffs’ cover of Bowie’s Boys keep swinging had completely passed me by (I’m not saying it’s good. Your opinion may differ).
The Art of Last feat. Last The Whole Night Through & Long
My late Dad was not greatly into music. It sounds damming to follow that up by saying that he loved a bit of James Last.
I reappraised my youthful dismissal of Mr Last after seeing a documentary made towards the end of his life that showed he was serious about music with a wry sense of humour to boot.
His album covers delight and amuse me from 60s modernity through to 70s kitsch. They stand up on their own today and are as much part of the James Last canon as his recordings and live concerts.
Take Last the whole night through. The 1968 cover is a generic 60s party artwork…
whilst a later play on similar wording from the 70s is a pure example of how Last’s laid back band leader image was featured in his album covers…
Snakefinger’s Model
The much missed Snakefinger covering Kraftwerk’s The Model…
Up the hill backwards 