https://youtu.be/RKeqXyY-9xA
RIP Glen Campbell. Glen and songwriter Jimmy Webb were responsible for one of the greatest pop songs ever. I’ve joked before that it’s my favourite song about telegraph poles (which it is) but that engineer up on his pylon in the middle of nowhere trying to maintain communications is one of the most poignant symbols of the human condition in a three minute tune…and Glen’s rich voice renders it perfectly without overstating the lonesomeness. Absolute class.
Category Archives: Musicians
Autumn
Latest posting on Soundcloud before Winter sets in…
Approximately 50% of this song is an E7 chord! Oh, the inspiration of the greats like R. D. D. !
New Music
I’ve settled on the final masters for the new tracks. I’m using Soundcloud to make streams of songs available and hopefully get some feedback. The songs will be on rotation with a few available at a time. To get going and blow the cobwebs away, the first track is the awesome in-your-face Parasite which is a sort of abstracted protest song.
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The audio page: http://heda.org.uk/?page_id=35
Playlist, December 2014
King Crimson – The Elements – album
Pere Ubu – The Tenement Year – album
King Crimson – Fallen Angel – Red
Pere Ubu – Turpentine! – Worlds In Collision
The Beach Boys – Long Promised Road – Surf’s Up
Medicine Head – (And The) Pictures In The Sky – The Very Best Of
The Yardbirds – You’re A Better Man Than I – The Very Best Of
The Kinks – Dead End Street – The Ultimate Collection
The Who – Join Together – Rarities 1970-73
Love Affair – Rainbow Valley – The Best Of
Gentle Giant – Funny Ways – Playing The Fool
The Monkees – The Porpoise Song – The Definitive Monkees
The Beatles – I’ve Got A Feeling – Let It Be…Naked
Gentle Giant – The Power And The Glory – album
Pixies – Greens And Blues – Indie Cindy
The Ghost Of A Sabretooth Tiger – Midnight Sun – album
Playlist, November 2014
The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine – Pure Psychedelic Rock
Grace Slick – Daydream Nightmare – That’s How It Is
Redbone – The Witch Queen Of New Orleans – The Best Of Redbone
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow – album
Pink Floyd – The Endless River – album
Grace Slick – Darkly Smiling – That’s How It Is
Lola Colt – Driving Mr. Johnny – Away From The Water
David Bowie – John, I’m Only Dancing – single
Cockney Rebel – Mr. Soft – The Psychomodo
Alice Cooper – Luney Tune – School’s Out
David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed – album
The Endless River
I’m revisiting a lot of early Pink Floyd in anticipation of the release of their final album The Endless River this month. It’s a return to the long format play-it-as-a whole approach which flies in the face of the pick and mix track sifting encouraged by digital downloading.
The photo above reminded me of certain Floyd imagery of the past and is one of the first shots in the new Alternative World 5 gallery started this week.
Playlist, October 2014
Pere Ubu – Carnival Of Souls – album
Neu! – Hallogallo – Neu!
Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye – Grace
The Black Keys – Just Got To Be – Magic Potion
Fifty Foot Hose – Red The Sign Post – Cauldron
St. Vincent – Rattlesnake – St. Vincent
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Shifting Sands – Part One
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Smell Of Incense – Volume Two
Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd – Chapter 24 – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Beatles – Anthology 2 – Disc 2
Lola Colt – Vacant Hearts – Away From The Water
The Wytches – Wire Frame Mattress – Annabel Dream Reader
The Pop Group – We Are Time (John Peel Session) – Curiosities
Goblin – Suspiria – album
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour – album
The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good And Evil – Y
The Pop Group – Trap – We Are Time
Playlist, September 2014
Goat – Hide From The Sun – Commune
Goat – World Music – album
John Kongos – He’s Gonna Step On You Again – Kongos
Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
The Wytches – Wire Frame Mattress – Annabel Dream Reader
David Bowie – After All – The Man Who Sold The World
T. Rex – The Slider – The Slider
T. Rex – Cadilac – The Slider
King Crimson – Lament – Starless And Bible Black
Amplifier – Black Rainbow – All The World’s A Stage
Joy Division – Shadowplay – Unknown Pleasures
David Bowie – Low – album
Slade – Do You Want Me – B-Sides
Jimi Hendrix – Angel – Cornerstones
The Beatles – Dear Prudence – The White Album
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child – Electric Ladyland
Gangahr – Powder – Transgressive 10
Underworld – Dirty Epic – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Neu! – See Land – Neu! ’75
Playlist, August 2014
Amon Duul II – Lemmingmania – album
Amon Duul II – Duulirium – album
David Bowie – The Next Day – album
Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heels – album
Cluster And Eno – Cluster And Eno – album
Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing – Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix – If 6 Was 9 – Axis: Bold As Love
Santana – Batuka – Santana 3
Richard And Linda Thompson – The Great Valerio – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Augustus Pablo – 555 Crown Street – The Melodica King
The Beatles – Sexy Sadie – The White Album
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music – album
Mogwai – Waltz For Aidan – Come On Die Young
Mogwai – May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door – Come On Die Young
Playlist, June 2014
Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – Salisbury Plain – Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera
The Phantom Band – No Shoes Blues – Strange Friend
David Byrne & Brian Eno – One Fine Day – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Dusty Springfield – Little By Little – The Silver Collection
The Rolling Stones – My Obsession – Between The Buttons
Yeasayer – O. N. E. – Odd Blood
Jeff Buckley – So Real – Grace
Pixies – Where Is My Mind – Surfer Rosa
Sharon Van Etten – Your Love Is Killing Me – Brand New Noise
Wire – Eels Sang Lino – Document And Eyewitness
The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier – Broken Boy Soldiers
Led Zeppelin – Dazed And Confused – Led Zeppelin 1
Bat For Lashes – Horses And I – Fur And Gold
Bird – I Am The Mountain – My Fear And Me