Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 11 September 2011 CE ♥
Sep 11, 2011, 09:49
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm
The tent poles of my favourite Hawkwind era. Seeing Calvert fronting them at Cardiff Castle in support of Quo is a favourite memory from my youth. That was pretty much the gig that marked the end of the Pre-Punk era for me. Wasn't long after that we were reading about the 100 Club Punk Festival and joining the dots back to existing favourites like the Feelgoods, "Howlin Wind" and Patti Smith etc.
John Martyn - One World Deluxe Disc 2
Great live tracks and an alternate version of One World
Grace Jones - Hurricane Dub
The dub version of her criminally overlooked studio album. Has the same cold, hard edged quality as Black Uhuru's Dub Factor from way back.
George Faith - To Be A Lover
Is to reggae and the Lee Perry catalogue what Future Days is to Can and Krautrock. Dismissed at the time for being too soft for hard times. Wrong. Faith sounds blissfully all at sea and so it is the perfect soundtrack to romantic discombobulation.
The Dynamics - Miss You from Version Excursions
Corking version of the last really great Stones single with my favourite kind of stop-go disco reggae bass line.
These all sounded great too
Can - Soundtracks
Can - Future Days
Man - Back Into The Future & Complete Roundhouse
Man - Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day
Burning Spear - Man In The Hills
These didn't
John Martyn - The Church With One Bell
John Martyn - On The Cobbles
John Martyn - The Tumbler
John Martyn - London Conversation