Tag: Robert Wyatt
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The Sound Makers
Fascinating audio from a 1963 BBC “Sound’ Documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The fact it’s on vinyl is because the BBC transcribed many of their works onto vinyl for safe-keeping and future re-use – the B-side is actually repeats of the A-side. It’s a fascinating look at the early Workshop, and features Desmond Briscoe,…
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You’ll never work in television again
A friend posting the infamous Orbital video lead to a journey into those musical moments where bands not only rebelled, refused to do as they were told, or just plain failed and created classic moments of TV. In the case of Orbital – Chime this is where a dispute over miming lead the Hartnoll brothers…
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RIP Kevin Ayers
Just heard the sad news about the death Kevin Ayers, formerly of Soft Machine and many genius solo albums…(17 in fact – only listened to a few of them!). Here he is in 1972 performing one of my favourite tracks of his, May I? with The Whole Band on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Unofficial Anthems 5 & 6: Shipbuilding & Pills & Soap
When is an anthem not an anthem? If it says something profound and isn’t upbeat, is it an anthem? Ferry Cross the Mersey, Swing Low, even that terrible Elgar mess are all slow and meaningful and they’re anthems? (well maybe not the rugby ones, unless actions are also conferred LOL). I think Shipbuilding, written by…
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Take a strange seemingly unrelated chance
I wasn’t aiming to post about this again, but a strange hop skip and a jump from a current news item back to music I am currently listening to (and featured on the last but one show) like a musical consequences… OK Exhibit A – this quirky funk/electro single by Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn,…
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RC 168: Rewind to the 80’s Part 2
Let’s go back to the 1980’s; where the hair was crap, the jobs were piss poor, gadgets silly and the music was not bad. The TDK AR90s were far better y’know (72Mb, 90 mins) South Central – Kerosene (Big Black Cover from Buffet Libre – Rewind) Pete Shelley – Homosapien Dalek I Love You –…