Sunday, June 8, 2008

WAX LYRICAL - July


ARTIST: Mikey Dread
TITLE: Jumping Master (12")
AVAILABLE: World War III (1979)
Easy skanking from the late great Jamaican toaster.






ARTIST: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
TITLE: Trailer (45rpm)
AVAILABLE: Playback Box Set (1995)
A hidden gem from a truly great American songwriter. Unfairly relegated to the B side of the 1985 single "Don't Come Around Here No More". This was originally to have been on the abandoned concept album "Southern Accents" on which it would have fitted perfectly.




ARTIST: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
TITLE: This Years Girl (Album Track)
AVAILABLE: This Years Model (1978)

Costello's scathing attack on the trappings of fashion still resonates today, as do most of the tracks on this 1978 classic.





ARTIST: The Zombies
TITLE: Butchers Tale (Album Track)
AVAILABLE: Odessey & Oracle (1968)
There's Sgt. Pepper and then there's this. A haunting anti-war song from this psychedelic classic.
More than holds its own against anything on its more illustrious counterpart




ARTIST: Elastica
TITLE: Waking Up (45)
AVAILABLE: Elastica (1995)

Proof, if it was ever needed, that listening to too much of the Stranglers is not necessarily a bad thing!





ARTIST: Radio Birdman
TITLE: Aloha Steve & Danno (45)
AVAILABLE: Radios Appear (1978)

Get yer surf boards out!! Affectionate Hawaii Five "O" tribute from the 70's Aussie Stooges.





ARTIST: Saint Etienne
TITLE: Goodnight (album track)
AVAILABLE: Tales from the Turnpike House (2005)

Lush strings, "Smile" era choral harmonies and the lovely Sarah Cracknells hushed lullaby vocals.................whats not to like!!!




ARTIST: Neil Young
TITLE: Ordinary People (Album Track)
AVAILABLE: Chrome Dreams (2007)

18 min. epic from his latest long player............still angry after all these years!!





ARTIST: Bo Diddley
TITLE: Story of Bo Diddley (45)
AVAILABLE: The Essential Bo Diddley (2006)

A titan of rock'n'roll, everyone from the Stones onwards pay homage! The king is dead....long live the king.
Classic 1960 single, try not dancing to this!





ARTIST: Kirsty McColl
TITLE: Free World (45)
AVAILABLE: Kite (1989)

"Got to take it, got to grab it, got to get it up and shag it in this free world." Kirsty's vitriolic attack on Thatcher's Britain is just as relevant today as it ever was.......sadly missed.



-Chris Narayan-