Alex Chilton R.I.P. 1950 - 2010

Now I know how all those Michael Jackson fans feel, Alex Chilton, one of my music idols died on March 17, 2010.


This is where it started, where a 16 year old Alex Chilton was introduce to the music world as the singer of the 60's band The Box Tops.

One of my favorite stories I ever heard in rock was how a tour with The Doors changed them, especially Alex Chilton. Before that tour their management wanted to make The Box Tops like another 60's band, The Buckinghams, but after a few shows with The Doors that changed, they ditch the suits and nice clean look and became stoner hippies.

In music you're lucky if your in 1 good band, well Alex Chilton was in 2, after The Box Tops ended, he would start another that was seen as one of the most influential, Big Star.

Like I said in a post here, another in the long list of bands that should have been big back when they started, but no one paid any attention to them, overlooked by the public. And still that didn't stop them and although the voice is now gone, the music he made with The Box Tops, Big Star and his solo work will forever live on.

David Bowie - The Axeman Cometh

These studio, live, rehearsal & acetate recordings were recorded between 1971-1973







Tracks
BOWIE & RONSON AT THE T1 STUDIO, LONDON, UK. (21ST SEPTEMBER 1971)
1. The Supermen
2. Oh! You Pretty Things
3. Eight Line Poem
4. Kooks
5. Fill Your Heart
6. Amsterdam
7. Andy Warhol (False Start)
8. Andy Warhol

REHEARSALS AT THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST STUDIOS, LONDON, UK. (8TH FEBRUARY 1972)
9. Queen Bitch (Take 1)
10. Queen Bitch (Take 2)

THE 'NBC MIDNIGHT SPECIAL', USA TV BROADCAST (OCTOBER 1973)
11. Space Oddity
12. Time
13. The Jean Genie

RONSON ON VOCALS, ALTERNATIVE MIX FROM A TRIDENT ACETATE
14. White Light White Heat

ORIGINAL VERSION, NO OVERDUBS. HAMMERSMITH ODEON, LONDON, UK. (3TH JULY 1973)
15. Moonage Daydream

LIVE ON THE RUSSELL HARTY GOES POP UK TV SHOW. (17TH JANUARY 1973)
16. Drive In Saturday

BOWIE'S SOLO DEMO ACETATE RECORDED IN EARLY 1971
17. Bombers
18. Changes
19. Amsterdam
20. Kooks

THE 'MIX 1' ACETATE FROM 1973
21. Rebel Rebel

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10 Songs To Play At A New Years Party

If you are like me, anytime there's a place with drinks and music that you get an invite to, you are there.

And let me tell ya, New Years Eve, is a perfect night for drinks, music and other things.

So, here's 10 songs that should be played during any New Years Eve party.

Only thing to worry about now is getting a ride to and from the shindig.


1.Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground
You start the party with this

2.Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Brothers
This always makes me feel like dancing

3.Sittin' On My Sofa by The Kinks
The song to play after you had a few drinks

4.Stuck Here Again by L7
For people who have stoner friends

5.Domino by Van Morrison
After a little down time, this gets things going again

6.Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Great song to smoke a cigarette to

7.Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Jerry Lee Lewis
You put this on when you see a chick you like and you try to put the moves on

8.Vicious by Lou Reed
After the chick you put the moves on rejects you, you play this

9.Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones
Great sing-a-long song

10.Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground
Yeah, end the party just like you started it

Download MP3 Sister Ray by The Velvet Underground
Download MP3 Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Brothers
Download MP3 Sittin' On My Sofa by The Kinks
Download MP3 Stuck Here Again by L7
Download MP3 Domino by Van Morrison
Download MP3 Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Download MP3 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On by Jerry Lee Lewis
Download MP3 Vicious by Lou Reed
Download MP3 Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective

Where have these guys been all my life?

I watched DiG! a few days ago and since then I been listening to nothing but BJM.

This album is a great start for new listeners.

Tracks
Disc 1
1. All Around You (Intro)
2. Who?
3. When Jokers Attack
4. Servo
5. Open Heart Surgery
6. If Love Is The Drug (New Version)
7. It Girl
8. Sailor
9. Straight Up And Down
10. Anemone
11. Wisdom
12. Just For Today
13. Stars
14. Vacuum Boots
15. Prozac Vs. Heroin
16. She's Gone

Disc 2
1. Nailing Honey To The Bee
2. That Girl Suicide
3. Nevertheless
4. Evergreen
5. Starcleaner
6. Let Me Stand Next To Your Flower (Live)
7. Hide And Seek (Live)
8. In My Life
9. Mary, Please
10. Talk - Action = Shit
11. Oh Lord
12. This Is Why You Love Me
13. Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth
14. Swallowtail (Live)
15. Feel So Good
16. Fucker
17. #1 Hit Jam
18. Ballad Of Jim Jones
19. Free And Easy, Take 2
20. Stolen
21. Mansion In The Sky
22. Sue

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The Clash - D.O.A. - Demos, Outtakes, Alternates

From the first sessions for Polydor in 1976, right up to the outtake for the Janie Jones single in 1982.

The sound quality is excellent in these recordings.

The ultimate collection of Clash rarities and no collection is complete without studio chatter in the background.

Disc 1
Polydor Demos:
1. Career Opportunities
2. White Riot
3. Janie Jones
4. London's Burning
5. 1977

Micky Foote Demos:
6. Preamble
7. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
8. London's Burning
9. White Riot [take 1]
10. White Riot [take 2]
11. Career Opportunities
12. 1977
13. Janie Jones [instrumental]

Film Soundtrack Demos:
14. Heartbreak Hotel [take 1]
15. Heartbreak Hotel [take 2]

Promo Video Shoot:
16. 1977
17. White Riot
18. London's Burning
19. 1977 [alternate mix]
20. White Riot [alternate mix]

Elisabethan Suite Outtake:
21. What's My Name

Rude Boy Rehearsal:
22. Garageland

Rock Against Racism track:
23. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

Alternate Mixes:
24. Clash City Rockers
25. The Prisoner

B-Side Outtakes:
26. 1-2 Crush On You
27. Pressure Drop
28. The Prisoner

British TV Outtakes:
29. Clash City Rockers
30. Tommy Gun
31. Israelites

Disc 2
'Rope Demos:
1. All The Young Punks
2. Safe European Home
3. Drug-Stabbing Time
4. Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
5. Stay Free
6. Groovy Times
7. Last Gang In Town
8. Ooh Baby Ooh (It's Not Over)
9. One Emotion

'Rope Outtakes:
10. All The Young Punks
11. Stay Free

London Calling era soundcheck:
12. Baby Please Don't Go
13. Roadrunner

London Calling rehearsal:
14. Mona
15. You Can't Judge A Book

London Calling Outtake:
16. Revolution Rock [instrumental]

Sandinista! Outtakes:
17. King Of The Road
18. Blonde Rock And Roll
19. Louie Louie

Combat Rock Outtakes:
20. Know Your Rights
21. Overpowered By Funk (instrumental)

Combat Rock Alternate Mix:
22. Cool Confusion

Janie Jones Demo:
23. House Of The Ju Ju Queen

Joe Strummer Unreleased Song:
24. In The Pouring Rain

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Syd Barrett - Have You Got It Yet? Volume 1 v2.0 (FLAC)

This collection of rare Syd Barrett and Barrett-era Pink Floyd tracks were put together by a group of fans who call themselves "the Madcaps Laughing group" over on Yahoo.

FLAC-formatted files, so be sure you have a player that can play them.

Disc 1
1. Lucy Leave (May/June? 1965)
2. King Bee (May/June? 1965)
3. Green Onions (17Dec67 "Tomorrow's World" BBC-TV)
4. Int Overdrive (31Oct66 demo 1st gen)
5. Interview + Int Overdrive (Dec66, CBC)
6. Matilda Mother (20Jan67 UFO)
7. Int Overdrive (20Jan67 UFO no voiceover)
8. Let's Roll Another One (22Jan67 rehearsal)
9. Instrumental (22Jan67 rehearsal)
10. Arnold Layne (28Jan67 acetate)
11. Candy And A Currant Bun (28Jan67 acetate)
12. instrumental (24Feb67 UFO prob "Interstellar")
13. Pow R. Toc H. (14May67 "Look Of The Week" BBC-TV)
14. Astronomy Domine (14May67 "Look Of The Week" BBC-TV)
15. See Emily Play (21May67 acetate, alt ending)
16. Emily edit piece (16rpm, looped 5x)
17. Set The Controls (08Aug67 mono)

Disc 2
1. In The Beechwoods (19Oct67)
2. VegMan (11Oct67, mixdown May68)
3. VegMan jam (09-11Oct67 mixdown May68)
4. Untitled, take 7 (04Sep67 1st gen)
5. Remember A Day (12Oct67 mono)
6. Scream Thy Last Scream ( 07Aug67 Jenner 1974 mix)
7. Vegetable Man (11Oct67 Jenner 1974 mix)
8. Reaction In G (1967, b'cast 26Apr69 Beat Club, German TV 1stGen)
9. The Scarecrow (25Sep67 BBC 1stGen)
10. The Gnome (25Sep67 BBC 1stGen)
11. Matilda Mother (25Sep67 BBC 1stGen)
12. Flaming (25Sep67 BBC master)
13. Set The Controls (25Sep67 BBC master)
14. Reaction In G (25Sep67 BBC master)
15. Scream Thy Last Scream (07Aug67 Jones 1987 mix)
16. Vegetable Man (11Oct67 Jones 1987 mix, from "What Syd Wants")
17. Jugband Blues (24Oct67 mono)
18. Flaming (02Nov67 Tower mono 45)
19. Set The Controls (18Feb68 Belgian vid mix)
20. Vegetable Man (20Dec67 BBC 1stGen)
21. Scream Thy Last Scream (20Dec67 BBC 1stGen)
22. Jugband Blues (20Dec67 BBC 1stGen)
23. Pow R. Toc H. (20Dec67 BBC 1stGen)
24. Tomorrow's World instrumental (17Dec67 BBC-TV)

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The Rolling Stones - Only When It's Frozen

A collection of rare stereo mixes that are better than the 2003 Abkco releases.


Rolling Stones fans must hear these recordings to believe.

Tracks
Aftermath
Mother's Little Helper
Paint It Black
Stupid Girl
Lady Jane
Under My Thumb
Doncha Bother Me
Think
What To Do
Flight 505
High And Dry
Out Of Time
It's Not Easy
I Am Waiting
Take It Or Leave It
Going Home

Bonus Tracks
Paint It Black
Lady Jane
Sad Day
Long Long While
Ride On Baby

Presented In Stereo
Intro
19th Nervous Breakdown
If You Need Me
Empty Heart
2120 South Michigan Avenue
Confessin' The Blues
Around And Around
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Time Is On My Side
Heart Of Stone
The Last Time
Get Off Of My Cloud
Satisfaction
It's All Over Now
Play With Fire
Tell Me Baby
Down The Road Apiece
Meet Me In The Bottom
Brian's Blues
I Can't Be Satisfied
Don't Lie To Me
Look What You've Done
Looking Tired
What A Shame
I Can See It

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The Rolling Stones - Could You Walk On Water 65/66

Another collection of tracks that were suppose to be release, but got rejected by the Stone's label Decca.

These recordings have been remastered and the sound is up there with the best official Rolling Stones releases, even better some fans say.

Disc 1: Could You Walk On Water
1. 19th Nervous Breakdown
2. Sad Day
3. Take It Or Leave It
4. Think
5. Goin' Home
6. Mother's Little Helper
7. Sittin' On A Fence
8. Don't You Follow Me
9. Ride On, Baby
10. Looking Tired
11. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
12. Stupid Girl
13. Lady Jane
14. Flight 505
15. High And Dry
16. Out Of Time
17. It's Not Easy
18. I Am Waiting
19. What To Do
20. Long, Long While
21. Who's Driving Your Plane

Disc 2: Big Hits...
1. Time Is On My Side
2. Heart Of Stone
3. Heart Of Stone #2
4. The Last Time
5. Play With Fire
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
7. Get Off Of My Cloud
8. As Tears Go By
9. 19th Nervous Breakdown
10. Paint It Black
11. Under My Thumb
12. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow?
13. Let's Spend The Night Together
14. Ruby Tuesday
15. Jumping Jack Flash
16. Street Fighting Man
17. Honky Tonk Women
18. You Can't Always Get What You Want

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The Rolling Stones - Necrophilia 1972

From what I read, these recordings were suppose to be release, but Andrew Loog Oldham and Allen Klein got into a disagreement over which tracks would appear on the album, so it never happen.

The follow up to "Hot Rocks" would have been this, what you are about to hear.

Tracks
1. Out of Time
2. Don't Lie to Me
3. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby [Standing in the Shadow]
4. Think
5. Hear It [Instrumental]
6. Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind
7. Aftermath [Instrumental]
8. I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys
9. Andrew's Blues
10. Pay Your Dues
11. Let the Good Times Roll
12. Heart of Stone
13. Each & Every Day of the Year
14. [Walkin' Thru the] Sleepy City
15. Try a Little Harder
16. Blue Turns to Grey
17. We're Wastin' Time

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The Rolling Stones - Itchy Fingers 69/70

"Let it Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers" are two of the best albums The Rolling Stones ever made.

Well, in this collection, you get outtakes from both the "Let it Bleed" and "Sticky Fingers" sessions.

Tracks
1. Gimme Shelter
2. Honky Tonk Woman
3. Country Honk
4. I'm Going Down
5. I Don't Know Why
6. Jivin' Sister Fanny
7. I Don't Know The Reason Why
8. You Gotta Move
9. I Got The Blues
10. Wild Horses (Version 1)
11. Wild Horses (Version 2)
12. Wild Horses (Version 3)
13. Brown Sugar (Version 1)
14. Brown Sugar (Version 2)
15. Brown Sugar (Version 3)
16. All Down The Line (Version 1)
17. All Down The Line (Version 2)
18. Cocksucker Blues (Version 1)
19. Cocksucker Blues (Version 2)

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