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Nick Cave And PJ Harvey Henry Lee Single Cover

22/4/17 – Nick Cave And PJ Harvey – Henry Lee – 1996 / Dick Justice – Henry Lee – 1927 / Judy Henske – Love Henry – 1963

From an unlikely duet with Kylie Minogue to a likely one with PJ Harvey, both songs come from the Murder Ballads album released by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds in 1996. Henry Lee was the second single off the album after Where The Wild Roses Grow, the duet with Kylie. The song is a traditional […]

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16/11/16 – Mose Allison – November 11 1927 – November 15 2016 / I Don’t Worry About A Thing – 1962/ Parchman Farm – 1958 / Look Here – 1964 / I’m Smashed – 1969 / Blues Breakers – Parchman Farm – 1966 / The Clash – Look Here – 1980 The Who – Young Man’s Blues Live – 1970

As Jazz lovers struggle with Rock and vice versa, Mose Allison managed to stay out of the genre wars by inventing his own style that incorporated Jazz and Blues with real songs, virtuoso playing, meaningful lyrics, memorable melodies, humour, seriousness –  Allison had it all covered. When The Who released Live At Leeds they included […]

Marianne Faithful listening to records in the sixties

16/4/16 – Rain Falls Like Tears On Record Store Day – 2016 / Bix Beiderbecke – I’m Wondering Who – 1927

Christmas comes but twice a year and the familiarity of men sporting beards carrying sacks has you wondering if the black vinyl maybe coloured by soot. Queueing at the crack of dawn for the exclusive, limited edition vinyl, numbered gatefold that you may already have in your collection but not in this pristine condition with […]