No Surrender!

Determined to keep blogging for the moment but i can see that there is a lot of change going on. The Man is definitely in the driving seat at the moment and the uploading sites are bottling it and removing millions of links. Hopefully i have enough bootlegs and out of copyright music to keep going indefinitely. So it will be interesting to see where we go from here I'm sure someone will come up with a way to beat the system very soon and i will be looking forward to that new dawn.

On a totally unrelated matter i got paid on the 21st of december which they do because of christmas this means i just did 41 days between pay days. Anyway todays the day i just got paid and already been out for a meal with mymate Sean and i'm picking up a new computer this afternoon so there should be bugger all left by the end of the week!

donna summer - lady of the night [192]

You should have seen me as a Disco Dancer but thankfully the world has been spared this apparition [thank sobriety] so now i just sit and listen to one of the genres finest exponents in here very early days!

1. "Lady of the Night"   3:58
2. "Born To Die"   3:24
3. "Friends"   3:31
4. "Full of Emptiness" 2:26
5. "Domino" 3:14 
6. "The Hostage"   4:16
7. "Wounded"   2:43
8. "Little Miss Fit"   3:06
9. "Let's Work Together Now" 3:58
10."Sing Along (Sad Song)"

Friends

crosby and nash - another stoney evening [live] [320]

Crosby and Nash after falling out with Stills and Young went on the road as a duo without a backing band and introduced the world to what we would now call Unplugged. It's got stripped down versions of CSNY classics and is quite excellent!



1. "anticipatory crowd"  0:47
2. "Déjà Vu"   5:46
3. "Wooden Ships"   5:56
4. "Man in the Mirror"  2:39
5. "Orleans"   traditional 2:23
6. "I Used to Be A King"  4:55
7. "Traction in the Rain"  4:51
8. "The Lee Shore"   4:49
9. "Southbound Train"  5:00
10. "Laughing"   4:59
11. "Triad"   6:19
12. "Where Will I Be"   5:15
13. "Strangers Room"  3:49
14. "Immigration Man"  4:10
15. "Guinnevere"    6:26
16. "Teach Your Children" 4:22
17. "exit sounds"  

http://www.wupload.com/file/2618237157/crosby_and_nash_-_another_stoney_evening_[live]_[320]_[littledarkblogger.com].rar

damned - sessions of the damned

This is it the complete Peel Sessions the Damned recorded during 1976-1984. I actully prefer some of these demos to their studio versions especially on this release ther tracks  Therapy, New Rose, Sick of Being Sick, Strecher Case Baby, and Nasty. the rest arent as good but still worth the entrance fee!

1  Stab Your Back  1:01  
2  Neat Neat Neat  2:40  
3  New Rose  2:41  
4  So Messed Up  2:29  
5  I Fall  2:11  
6  Sick Of Being Sick  2:30  
7  Stretcher Case Baby  1:49  
8  Fan Club  3:03  
9  Feel The Pain  3:34  
10  Melody Lee  2:29  
11  I'm A Burglar  3:29  
12  Love Song  2:20  
13  Looking At You  3:54  
14  I Just Can't Be Happy Today  4:41  
15  Smash It Up  4:02  
16  I'm Bored  2:23  
17  Curtain Call (Part 1)  10:26  
18  Therapy  5:01  
19  Is It A Dream?  3:26  
20  Nasty  3:00  
21  We Love You  2:34  
22  Thanks For The Night 

Neat Neat Neat

Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie!

Getting into full recovery mode and not before time. Have a bit of a pray up in the morning and get out their and be of service. Picked up a new comer guy yesterday totally off his nut but i began what will probably be a lengthy process of breaking down his denial. He thanked me for my time i assured him i got as much from the encounter as he did. keep hitting the meetings [AA and NA] no matter how toxic i find some of the people as it's me that's out of sync not them. Getting back into the habit of apologising for my behaviour if I'm out of order but getting a lot less out of order at the moment as I'm very mindful of my condition. Also supplement everything by linking in to a bit of mindful meditation throughout the day if i feel pressure or just to get in touch with my core. This is not as hard as it sounds i just mainly start to take heed and concentrate on my breathing that clears away the cobwebs and clutter and i always get very quickly a feeling of well being. I can do this on the march and usually do sometimes with the addition of a guided meditation CD!

nick drake - second grace [alternative and unreleased versions] [256]

Insomnia and Depression dogged this mans very short life and may have contributed a great deal to the overdose which killed him. He left behind 3 full length albums now considered classics and this can sit along side them it's a fine example of his talent!

1  Blossom Friend  2:43  

2  Betty's Blues  2:05  

3  Mayfair  3:01  

4  Day Is Done  4:23  

5  Fly  2:50  

6  Parasite  4:00  

7  Early Morning Dialogue  3:12  

8  Leaving Me Behind  3:25  

9  Saturday Sun  2:20  

10 Instrumental  1:15  

11 Instrumental  2:10  

12 Joey  5:27  

13 Hazey Jane  4:40  

14 Bird Flew By  3:00  

15 Place To Be

Leaving Me Behind

ABC - lexicon of lust [live hamburg 2nd feb 1983] [bootleg]

Unable to find the track listing for this album. i may be getting paranoid but i feel like parts of the Internet are no longer working as before. This is early 80's recorded from the soundboard so very high quality bootleg!


http://www.wupload.com/file/1915353211/ABC_-_lexicon_of_lust_[live_hamburg_2nd_feb_1983]_[bootleg].rar

oasis - live at metro chicago 12th oct 1994 [promo cd] [320]

Released as a Promo only CD this is a classic live performance by the band early in their career and for me this is as good as it gets with Oasis a really well worthwhile recording featuring all their biggest tracks!

1. Rock N Roll star
2. Columbia
3. Fade away
4. Digsy’s diner
5. Shakemaker
6. Live forever
7. Bring it down
8. Up in the sky
9. Slide away
10. Cigarettes & alcohol
11. Married with children
12. Supersonic
13. I am the walrus

Fade Away

Long Ball To No One!

Got a lot of free time at the moment and will have to spend it better than i was doing last night. At one point i was watching a man who looked like a crook trying to sell me a steam cleaner on one of those TV paid ads that come on at 2 in the morning. No danger of me buying one though as i’m a bit strange with adverts, if i see one i don’t like i make a mental note to never buy the product. Mind you i don’t buy a lot of stuff what with all the on line plundering i do. Here’s a bit of a dilemma for you to ponder; is it OK to download spiritual and self help cd’s without paying for them as i have been doing that and benefiting a great deal from some of the information. Mind you a lot of them are definitely charlatans [not the indie band] especially don’t like the over the top bull shit of people like Anthony Robbins. What i do really like is a set of cd’s by Jon Kabat Zinn called Full Catastrophe Living they are excellent. On one of these cd’s Mr Zinn talks of Ethical Living what he called obeying that which cannot be enforced.  I’m not sure if he throw this in to protect his product from pirates like me, but it had an effect as i can see that Spiritual Living is gonna be nipped in the bud by basic Dishonesty, Fear and Greed [that’s 3 of my character defects]. I think I’ll meditate on it and hope that an answer comes down the pipe that says pay for the spiritual stuff and you can still borrow [sic] the rest...somehow i doubt that will be the answer so this could be the beginning of the end for my freeloading!

eurythmics - 1984 [for the love of big brother] [192]

Soundtrack album released in 1984 to accompany the movie remake of George Orwells classic novel 1984. It portrays a horrendous future in which you're greatest enemy is those in charge a concept and life style a lot of people seem to be adapting to quite well, but not me oh no!

1. "I Did It Just the Same"   3:28
2. "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"   3:58
3. "For the Love of Big Brother"   5:05
4. "Winston's Diary"   1:22
5. "Greetings from a Dead Man"   6:13
6. "Julia"   6:40
7. "Doubleplusgood"   4:40
8. "Ministry of Love"   3:47
9. "Room 101"

Room 101

buddy holly - something special from buddy holly [192]

Although dead before i was born Buddy Holly still played a big part in my musical appreciation. I was a bit obsessed with the concept of music from beyond the grave which now sadly makes up most of what i listen to. Anyhow this album has a few tracks on it that are not on every Buddy Holly compilation!

1  Good Rockin' Tonight       

2  Rip It Up       
3  Blue Monday       
4  Honky Tonk       
5  Blue Suede Shoes       
6  Shake Rattle & Roll       
7  Ain't Got No Home       
8  Holly Hop       
9  Brown Eyed Handsome Man       
10  Bo Diddley       
11  Gone (Take 1)       
12  Gone (Take 2)       
13  Have You Ever Been Lonely (Take 1)       
14  Have You Ever Been Lonely (Take 2)       
15  Have You Ever Been Lonely (Take 3)       
16  That'll Be The Day (Promo Jingle)       
17  That'll Be The Day (Promo Jingle)

http://www.wupload.com/file/2613599572/buddy_holly_-_something_special_from_buddy_holly_[192]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

I See You Baby!

Went to the Doctors yesterday he had a student sit in on my appointment [at least I hope he was a student and not a rep for a Euthanasia clinic]. All is positive for me anyway and my Doc has me pencilled in for at least another 2 months Sick Leave/ Paid Holiday. I think I need to begin looking for an exit strategy now as I wouldn't want to end up like the Brits in Afghanistan [tits up in a ditch]. No that's not for me I've begun job hunting and am pondering going back to Uni to do an MA possibly in advanced work avoidance maybe take my knowledge on the road in a series of enlightening lectures. All bullshit aside I have got myself [with help from my job] into a rare old state and its going to take lots of AA [meetings, sponsor, programme and service] to get me thinking straight and I've begun [again] meditating daily. When the Head Gasket is blown meditation is the most practical tool in the armoury as when I can derail my perceived reality [my fears and insecurities] and get in the moment you quickly realise that the moment is all there is [past gone, future unwritten] and all is hunky dory. You can achieve this in 15mins or 15 secs [works just as well]. Though simple this is not easy as the ego don't want you to look as it don't want you to catch a glimpse of the reality that the job, status, gym, possessions, running around like a headless chicken and keeping up appearances all adds up to very little and you'd be happier and healthier just chillin' in the moment. Don't get me wrong I'm definitely delving into the bargain basement of enlightenment as if it's not simple, effective and fun i'm not doing it' Good example... my favourite ever bit of Spiritual Development came from one of the Barefoot Doctors early books and a very basic discipline called “Scoopin' The Loop” [please check this out]. It has many purposes to recharge the batteries and even better for when the partner is pecking a hole in your head and the kids are making you wish you had been born sterile just “Scoop The Loop” and this Psychic Attack will be vanquished [works a treat every time]!

aretha franklin - through the storm [320]

1989 release by the mighty voiced lady failed to sell despite a big hit being provided by her duet with Elton Prawn "Through the Storm". Even having James Brown on board could not stop the album being with drawn shortly after release. Personally i blame the inclusion of Kenny G for this!

1."Gimme Your Love"  - 5:18 with James Brown
2."Mercy"- 4:05
3."He's the Boy" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:05
4."It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (duet with Whitney Houston)  - 5:37
5."Through the Storm" (duet with Elton John) - 4:20
6."Think (1989)" - 3:39
7."Come to Me" - 3:42
8."If Ever a Love There Was"- 4:30 with The Four Tops and Kenny G.

Mercy

billy idol - billy idol [remastered] [192]

First solo release from the Generation X front man is a good reflection of what direction New Wave music was going in 1982. Only got proper recognition several years later when the song ."White Wedding" became a Global hit!

1."Come On, Come On" – 4:00

2."White Wedding" (Part 1) – 4:11

3."Hot in the City" – 3:40

4."Dead on Arrival" – 3:54

5."Nobody's Business" – 4:06

6."Love Calling" – 4:48

7."Hole in the Wall" – 4:14

8."Shooting Stars" – 4:30

9."It's So Cruel" – 5:20

10."Congo Man" – 1:08

http://www.wupload.com/file/2608539532/billy_idol_-_billy_idol_[remastered]_[192]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

doors - soul in the mirror [192]

Always thought that this was an official release but found out today that it is a bootleg. Never mind thought the quality is excellent and a nice addition to anyone who is a fan of Jim Morrison and the Doors!

1.Touch Me

2.Love Me Two Times

3.Mystery Train

4.Summertime

5.When The Music's Over

6.Build Me A Woman

7.Light My Fire

8.The End

9.Roadhouse Blues.

Touch Me

Free To Do Whatever The Tell Us We Can Do!

Watched a documentary last night called Thrive [got it from this URL Thrive (2011) DVDRip x264 SayFull.mkv] it covered a lot of issues from Global Control [new world order], supression of free energy sources, banking irregularities, ufo's, control of the media, food production,  crop circles to name but a few. Now I have no expectations whilst watching programmes like this and a lot of them I find so lightweight I just turn them off after a few minutes. This one I found very interesting and plausible and will follow up some of the knowledge gleaned from the show to check its authenticity. I'm convinced and have been since the early 80's that we are being herded into a corner by the powers that be [banks controlling the money and governments controlling the use of force]. The exact purpose of this remains unclear to me but the evidence of its existence is all around from things like homeland security, identity cards, cctv surveillance, ramping up of the Terrorist threat to facilitate more erosion of our civil liberties and my favourite the laughable rubbish churned out on news and current affairs programmes. If I lived in America I think I would join one of those survivalist communes but the best I can do around these parts is grow my own fruit and veg [learning how being the key thing] stocking up on enough basic foods to last for 2 months [quite cheap and easy to store] and important to me is to borrow nothing and to take out no loans or any type of credit.You may see this as further proof of mental instability on my behalf but in my defence I would like to point out that having witnessed 30 years of State Sponsored Terrorism by the British authorities in Northern Ireland or worse still the totally ignored Sri Lanka Massacre 2009 Killing of at least 40,000 civilians I'm rightly worried about the abuse of power......anyone fancy a few home grown truths give Thrive a watch!

reverend horton heat - holy roller [320]

Jim Heath described the bands  sound as "Country Fed Punkabilly". I describe it as Psychobilly as i could not cope with another genre being added to the list. What i hear is a mixture of country, punk, big band, swing, and rockabilly, all played loud and energetically with lyrics that are often very very funny...if your a twisted f**k like me!

1."Big Sky" – 3:07

2."Baddest of the Bad" – 2:27

3."Wiggle Stick" – 3:00

4."Big Red Rocket of Love" – 3:04

5."Bales of Cocaine" – 2:11

6."Bath-Water Blues" – 2:06

7."Lie Detector" – 3:25

8."400 Bucks" – 3:09

9."Marijuana"  – 4:49

10."It's Martini Time" – 3:15

11."Baby I'm Drunk" – 3:11

12."Where in the Hell Did You Go With My Toothbrush?" – 3:35

13."Bad Reputation"  – 2:24

14."One Time for Me" – 3:29

15."Now, Right Now" – 2:39

16."Slow" – 4:23

17."Love Whip" – 3:43

18."Jimbo Song" – 2:21

19."Big Little Baby" – 2:31

20."Cowboy Love" – 2:41

21."In Your Wildest Dreams" – 2:59

22."Eat Steak" – 2:33

23."Folsom Prison Blues" – 2:42

24."The Entertainer"– 1:14

Now Right Now

impressions - never ending impressions [192]

Another much missed huge talent Curtis Mayfield [Superfly and all that] was the songwriter with the Impressions a band best known for their 1960s string of hits, many of which were heavily influenced by Gospel music and served as inspirational anthems for the Civil Rights Movement.

1."Sister Love"

2."Little Boy Blue"

3."Satin Doll"

4."Girl You Don't Know Me"

5."I Gotta Keep on Moving"

6."You Always Hurt the One You Love"

7."That's What Love Will Do"

8."I'm So Proud"

9."September Song"

10."Lemon Tree"

11."Ten to One"

12."A Woman Who Loves Me"

http://www.wupload.com/file/2616018432/impressions_-_never_ending_impressions_[192]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

slade - slade in flame [256]

Released in 1974 at the height of Glam Rock this is one of Slades better albums. Need to qualify that as i was never a big fan and they had massive hits with other albums i don't really have much insight into what was their best albums. What i like about this album is the more Ballady [not really a word is it?] tracks especially "How Does It Feel" a really good song!

1."How Does It Feel"
2."Them Kinda Monkeys Can't Swing"
3."So Far So Good"

4."Summer Song (Wishing You Were Here)"
5."O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday"
6."Far Far Away"
7."This Girl"
8."Lay It Down"
9."Heaven Knows"
10."Standin' on the Corner"

Lay It Down

Claiming The Moral Low Ground!

They had new cups up in Starbucks yesterday plain white with an embossed logo. I pinched 3 [Venti, not so Venti and Small] and they now live in my cupboard. I get like this when I feel hard done by in life don't know if its the on going saga at work or maybe the hassles on-line at the moment or perhaps I just feel lonely. Anyway the result is pretty predictable I start taking “Five Finger Discounts” everywhere I go a bit of Shop Lifting here, not paying fares on Trains and all sorts of lamentable behaviours ill befitting of a man with 26 years recovery [surely you mean not drinking and not recovery]. I'm not adverse to stealing I would recommend it to anyone in need as if it's fine for our leaders it should be OK for the downtrodden [rationalisation of the super size variety]. The problem for me is that these behaviours are coupled with me seemingly not caring if I get caught [chronic low self esteem] which poses at least one serious issue I would be appalled if caught [false pride.. what will people think of me]. So I'm none the wiser it's somewhere in between a cry for help and just being a thieving c**t the choice is yours. Antidote for today will be to go to an AA meeting and keep my hands in my pockets the rest of the time!

avengers - avengers [224]

Very much underestimated American Punk Band. This album also known as the pink album is the closest thing to a studio album the short lived band got round to producing and is made up of EP tracks and B sides and a few tracks produced by Sex Pistol Steve Jones. The Avengers opened for the Sex Pistols at their final infamous Winterland show!

1."We Are the One"

2."Car Crash"

3."I Believe in Me"

4."Open Your Eyes"

5."No Martyr"

6."Desperation"

7."Thin White Line""

8."Paint it Black"

9."The Amerikan in Me"

10."White Nigger"

11."Uh Oh"

12."Second to None"

13."Corpus Christie"

14."Fuck You" (live)

No Martyr

rocket from the crypt - RFTC [320]

Another band which failed to achieve in sales what they definately had in talent. The band was a bit strung out at times and this album was several years in the pipe lin and i suppose  marked the beginning of the end for them!

1."Eye on You"

2."Break it Up"

3."I Know"

4."Panic Scam"

5."Made for You"

6."Lipstick"

7."You Gotta Move"

8."Your Touch"

9."Let's Get Busy"

10."Dick on a Dog"

11."Back in the State"

12."When in Rome"

13."Run Kid Run"

http://www.wupload.com/file/2621965047/rocket_from_the_crypt_-_RFTC_[320]_[littledarkblogger.com].rar

laurie anderson - big science [320]

1982 album which is best known for the 8-minute epic "O Superman". The album is minimalist and like a great deal of Laurie Anderson's work is based largely on spoken word. I don't know why i like it but i do it chills me right out!

1."From the Air" – 4:29

2."Big Science" – 6:14

3."Sweaters" – 2:18

4."Walking & Falling" – 2:10

5."Born, Never Asked" – 4:56

6."O Superman (For Massenet)" – 8:21

7."Example #22" – 2:59

8."Let X=X/It Tango" – 6:51

Sweaters

I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it!

Don't panic folks as those budding Capitalist's who run the Upload Facilities dash for cover [Fileserve, Filesonic, etc etc etc] and try and hide from the Man they aspire to be. Who would have thought they would be so spineless [me for one] they took all the money gladly and now pretend to be squeaky clean and shutting down accounts of the people who paid to use their wretched services [nice one]. Some are still showing backbone as far as i know Wupload, Rapidshare and Mediafire are still going strong. I like to see it all as another evolutionary step and look forward to the challange of finding ways to continue blogging!

shebeen - do you really think it's over

Right in your dial Songs of Resistance. Just what the Doctor ordered on this day when our liberties are under attack as never before. So all together now "Ooh Ah Up The Ra Sing Ooh Ah Up The Ra"!

1. Foggy Dew
2. Dying Rebel (live)
3. Back Home In Derry
4. Boys Of The Old Brigade/Take It Down (live)
5. Song For Ireland  
6. Billy Reid (Remember His Name)
7. Let The People Sing/This Land Is Your Land (live)
8. The Songbird  
9. Loughgall Martyr's (live)
10.Song For Marcella
11.Athenry/Garvaghy Road (live)

http://www.wupload.com/file/1915933626/shebeen_-_do_you_really_think_it's_over_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

altered images - bite...plus [320]

The very sexy Clare Grogan still does it for me [Kristine Kochanski in Red Dwarf...i need to lie down after that flashback]. This is the bands final album from 1983. Its what I'm going to call Jangle Pop [i think i heard that somewhere] and very good in a light hearted sort of way!

1  Bring Me Closer

2  Another Lost Look

3  Love To Stay 

4  Now That You're Here

5  Don't Talk To Me About Love

6  Stand So Quiet 

7  Change Of Heart

8  Thinking About You

9  Surprise Me

10  I Don't Want To Know

11  Last Goodbye

12  Bring Me Closer [Dance Mix]   

13  Don't Talk To Me About Love [Extended Version] 

14  Love To Stay [Dance Mix]

Last Goodbye

soundtrack - rocky horror picture show [25 years of absolute pleasure] [192]

Here's one for all you folks [like your's truly] who like to dress up in woman's clothes from time to time. I used to get dressed up and go and watch this with a friend of mine. He was not content with the experience and is now a she!

1. Science Fiction/Double Feature

2. Dammit Janet 

3. Over the Frankenstein Place

4. Time Warp

5. Sweet Transvestite

6. The Sword of Damocles

7. I Can Make You a Man

8. What Ever Happened to Saturday Night

9. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)

10. Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me

11. Once in a While 

12. Eddie's Teddy 

13. Planet, Schmanet, Janet

14. Rose Tint My World

15. Don't Dream It Be It

16. Wild and Untamed Thing

17. I'm Going Home

18. Super Heroes

19. Science Fiction/Double Feature (Reprise) 

Don't Dream It Be It

It Puts The Lotion In The Basket!

One thing i have never understood about Serial Killers is how uptight they get at the suggestion that they have been eating their victims. They don't seem to mind owning up to biting, inserting, strangling or cutting but any mention of eating and they become strangely silent. Whats the point of this insight i hear you ask and to be honest I'm not sure myself other than to say that i survived an attack by a serial killer [killers] in 1979 and as far as i am aware at least 29 others were not so lucky during this series of horrific attacks [plenty of cutting and strangling not sure about the other elements].I really would have liked an explanation to what it was all about but both killers are now dead and permanently silent. Now you know one of my claims to fame an event which at the time made me feel that I was living a charmed life just by my very survival without any physical injury. Now I see the long shadow that was cast that day and remain as baffled by the event as ever and by the simple good fortune that a slight unconscious movement by myself [a matter of inches] was the difference between death and what we have now. A guy who's workshy, selfish, cynical, hurt, depressed but also honest, empathetic, loyal, humorous and now a blogger. Guess I would love to blame a lot of stuff on a couple of wankers who blighted lives but doubt very much that the ex wife would buy it and neither do I really as all I learned that day is always face who ever you are talking to at least until they are out of sight, never turn away as that's their cue to attack and for f**ks sake don't take yourself so seriously!



rick springfield - working class dog [320]

Huge selling album from 1981 which i always liked especially for the single Jessie's Girl. I learned today courtesy of Wiki that he is in fact Australian and not American as i always thought...so there you go!

1. "Love Is Alright Tonite"   3:28
2. "Jessie's Girl"   3:14
3. "Hole in My Heart"   3:12
4. "Carry Me Away"   3:01
5. "I've Done Everything for You" (Sammy Hagar) 3:17
6. "The Light of Love"   2:43
7. "Everybody's Girl"   2:59
8. "Daddy's Pearl"   2:37
9. "Red Hot & Blue Love"   2:57
10."Inside Silvia"

 

Carry Me Away

bananarama - twelve inches of bananarama [192]

Collection of 12" remixes of Bananarama songs by the likes of George Michael, Fun Boy Three and regrettably Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Spanning the years 1982 to 1991, many of which are appearing on compact disc for the first time. At first i thought this album was called 12"'s for Bananarama!

1."Really Saying Something" (Extended Mix) — 4:02
Remixed by Fun Boy Three
2."Shy Boy" (12" Mix) — 5:53
3."Cruel Summer" (The Digital Mix) — 6:03
4."Venus" (Extended Club Mix) — 7:23
Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
5."More Than Physical" (Garage Mix) — 8:48
Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
6."A Trick of the Night" (The Number One Mix) — 8:18
Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
7."I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) — 5:54
Remixed by Stock, Aitken & Waterman
8."Love, Truth and Honesty" (Hot Power 12") — 9:17
Remixed by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow
9."Nathan Jones" (12" Mix) — 5:12
10."Only Your Love" (Youth & Thrash On the Mix) — 6:33
Remixed by Martin Glover & Kris Weston
11."Preacher Man" (Shep's Club Mix) — 7:19
Additional Production & Remix by Shep Pettibone
12."Tripping on Your Love" (George Michael's Metropolis Mix) — 3:37
Remixed by George Michael

http://www.wupload.com/file/2613463497/bananarama_-_twelve_inches_of_bananarama_[192]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

smiths - complete peel sessions [1983-1986]

I Believe this album contains the best work the Smiths ever did Live, as lets face it the weren't the worlds greatest live act. All that a side this is excellent it's a new take on classic tracks and i always love that. The version of "Miserable Lie" contained here is quite frankly superb!

1. Reel Around The Fountain
2. What Difference Does It Make?
3. Handsome Devil
4. Miserable Lie
5. This Charming Man
6. Still Ill
7. Back To The Old House
8. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
9. Rusholme Ruffians
10. Nowhere Fast
11. William, It Was Really Nothing
12. Is It Really So Strange?
13. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
14. London
15. Half A Person

Nowhere Fast

Man Overboard!

Really enjoying my 9 week rest from work. I've been hitting 4-5 AA meetings a week, reading some great books I'm halfway through Irvine Welsh's book “If You Liked School You'll Love Work” [great title].Walked about 7 miles yesterday afternoon just for the hell of it. Popped into a couple of Internet cafes [high speed] downloaded heaps of films and music to blog and for myself. Also been getting tickets to a few plays and have started building a bit of an active social life. Next step will be to begin stalking some lucky lady I did get a couple of nice smiles from a woman Wednesday night named Maria I never seen her before which is promising.All in all I ain't got nothin' to complain about. I feel as free from responsibility as an Italian Cruise Ship Captain!

billy joel - turnstiles [256]

1976 album for some reason the theme seems to be New York with three of the songs being about that fine city  "Summer, Highland Falls", "New York State of Mind" and "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)". As usual its all pretty smooth stuff!

1."Say Goodbye to Hollywood" – 4:36
2."Summer, Highland Falls" – 3:15
3."All You Wanna Do Is Dance" – 3:40
4."New York State of Mind" – 5:58
5."James" – 3:53
6."Prelude/Angry Young Man" – 5:17
7."I've Loved These Days" – 4:31
8."Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" – 5:12

All You Wanna Do is Dance

marcia griffiths - marcia griffiths at studio 1 [256]

Lady known as "The Queen Of Reggae" and one listen will let you know why. Best known as part of the duo "Bob and Marcia" with Bob Andy she was also a member of the "I Threes" Bob Marley & the Wailers backing group. Released on Legendary Studio 1 label so quality all the way through!

1. Truly
2. Always Together
3. Melody Life
4. My Ambition
5. Let Me Hold You Tight
6. Words
7. Mark My Word
8. Tell Me Now
9. Feel Like Jumping
10. Let Me Be Yours
11. Send Me Your Loving

http://www.wupload.com/file/2608477027/marcia_griffiths_-_marcia_griffiths_at_studio_1_[256]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

mott the hoople - hoople [320]

Great album from 1974 containing to Glam Rock classics "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" and "Roll Away the Stone" both penned by the tremendous Ian Hunter.

1."The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:26

2."Marionette" – 5:08

3."Alice" – 5:20

4."Crash Street Kidds" – 4:31

5."Born Late '58" – 4:00

6."Trudi's Song" – 4:26

7."Pearl 'N' Roy (England)" – 4:31

8."Through the Looking Glass" – 4:37

9."Roll Away the Stone" – 3:10

Crash Street Kidds

Avast You B******s

Goodbye Megaupload old friend you supplied me with lots of Films and good music over the years. They are trying to darken your name by claiming you were hosting uncopyrighted material please say this is not true and fight to have this slur removed from your proud name. Did anyone else notice that the Megaupload site was seriously playing up for several weeks before its closure, i had virtually stopped using it as it was crashing my computer [surely you mean someone else's computer] every time i tried to download a file!

king tubby - at the controls [256]

Much missed Dub King strutting his stuff here on these Mixes and Dubs mostly by his band the Aggrovators done with his own well capable hands. Seriously if you know nothing about King Tubby you should definitely check him out as for one he is credited as being the inventor of the remix!

1 Aggrovators, The –  A Rougher Version  3:02  
2 Aggrovators, The –  The Jehovah Version  3:25  
3 Aggrovators, The –  A Harder Version  3:25  
4 Observers, The –  Dubbing With The Observer  2:37  
5 Aggrovators, The –  A Confusing Version  2:30  
6 Dirty Harry* & Aggrovators, The –  The Poor Barber  3:08  
7 Aggrovators, The –  Life Time Dub  2:49  
8 Chinna* & Aggrovators, The –  A Come Version  3:03  
9 Horace Andy & Aggrovators, The –  A Better Version  3:27  
10 Observers, The –  Jam Down  3:15  
11 Tommy McCook & Aggrovators, The –  Bongo Man Dub  3:27  
12 King Tubby –  Psalms Of Dub  3:01  
13 Aggrovators, The –  A Rude Dubwise  3:00  
14 Aggrovators, The –  The Baddest Version  3:22  
15 Aggrovators, The –  A Roots Version  3:05  
16 Augustus Pablo & Aggrovators, The –  More Warning  3:11  
17 Aggrovators, The –  A Serious Version  3:31  
18 King Tubby –  Watchman Dub  3:26  
19 King Tubby –  Shank I Dub  3:29  
20 Soul Syndicate, The –  This Is The Greatest Version  2:57  
21 Aggrovators, The –  This Is The Hardest Version  2:41  
22 Aggrovators, The –  A Ruffer Version 

Skank I Dub

live [aka public affection] - death of a dictionary [320]

Cassette only release from 1989 from the time before the band changed their name and became Live. Its good solid stuff if you like American Indie music. Other than "Good Pain", the remainder of the songs are still only officially available on this cassette!

01. Savior For A Day
02. Who Put The Fear In Here?
03. Good Pain
04. Morning Humor
05. Paper Flowers
06. The Hands Of A Teacher
07. Sister
08. Raising A Man
09. Libra
10. Ball & Chain

http://www.wupload.com/file/2605695077/live_[aka_public_affection]_-_death_of_a_dictionary_[320]_[littledarkblogger.blogspot.com].rar

motorhead - gonna make your ears bleed [bootleg] [320]

Very high quality Soundboard recording of these Rock Legends. The first 8 tracks were recorded live at Irvine Meadows California March 28 1992 and the rest at Kaatsheuvel, Holland, April 1 1986. At least this post will remain if the "Man" shuts the rest down. Long live Lemmy!

1. Dr. Rock
2. I'll Be Your Sister
3. No Voices In The Sky
4. Just 'Cos You Got The Power
5. Going To Brazil
6. The One To Sing The Blues
7. Killed By Death
8. Ace Of Spades
9. Deaf Forever
10. Bite The Bullet / Built For Speed
11. Mean Machine
12. Overkill
13. Nothing Up My Sleeve
14. Metropolis
15. Jailbait
16. Killed By Death

Bleeding Ears

Help I Needed Yesterday But Hoped It Wouldn't Come Until Tomorrow!

It's my AA birthday today just like the Queen I now have two each year. Anyone who reads this stuff that I write well knows that I'm very opinionated on many subjects like Ireland, Socialism, Football and much much more. All pales into insignificance when it comes to my love for Alcoholics Anonymous which has given me 26 years of recovery. Believe me that AA is not about drinking it's about living free from the merciless obsession with alcohol. My 3 main things in life back in the day where drinking, getting over drinking and waiting to drink that believe it or not was a full time job with no rest or mercy. So I'm free [happy and joyous at times] and my primary purpose is to stay free and help others to achieve that freedom.

tim hardin - tim hardin 3 [live in concert 1968] [256]

Much missed Folk Singer dead at 39 from a Heroin Overdose was in good voice on the night this album was recorded and it is a good testiment to Tim Hardins ability as you are likely to find. Just slip the shoes off get your feet up and enjoy this great performance!

1."The Lady Came from Baltimore" – 2:40

2."Reason to Believe" – 2:42

3."You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" – 4:27

4."Misty Roses" – 4:47

4."Turn the Page" – 3:21 [*]

5."Black Sheep Boy" – 2:15

6."Lenny's Tune" – 6:57

7."Don't Make Promises" – 4:10

8."Danville Dame" – 6:29

9."If I Were a Carpenter" – 3:41

10."Red Balloon" – 3:33

11."Tribute to Hank Williams" – 4:03

12."Smugglin' Man" – 3:43

Smugglin' Man

goo goo dolls - let love in [160]

Not my favourite album of these guys that would be "Dizzy Up The Girl" but still i do like this especially "Better Days" and the Supertramp cover "Give A Little Bit"!

1."Stay with You"– 3:56
2."Let Love In"  – 5:00
3."Feel the Silence" – 3:50
4."Better Days" – 3:33
5."Without You Here" – 3:49
6."Listen" – 3:11
7."Give a Little Bit"– 3:35
8."Can't Let It Go" – 3:53
9."We'll Be Here " – 3:29
10."Strange Love"  – 3:35
11."Become" – 4:08

Feel The Silence

beatles - cpl salt's secret sewing circle society [192]

Quality Beatles bootleg with different mixes of very well known songs. I can't get enough of the Beatles so much quality is on display here it knocks my old socks off. I really like this!

01 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

02 With A Little Help From My Friends

03 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

04 Getting Better

05 Fixing A Hole

06 She's Leaving Home

07 Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

08 Within You Without You

09 When I'm Sixty-Four

10 Lovely Rita

11 Good Morning Good Morning

12 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

13 A Day In The Life

14 Penny Lane

15 Strawberry Fields Forever

http://www.wupload.com/file/2619830687/beatles_-_cpl_salt's_secret_sewing_circle_society_[192]_[littledarkblogger,com].rar

It Is Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees!

Surely it can't just be me who watches the news as working class people are turfed out of their jobs and frequently homes. As they systematically have their rights removed whilst those in charge continue to prosper at their expense. Worst of all barely a murmur from the masses in America, UK [more interested in the results of x factor than their own well being] or anywhere outside of Greece [riot on lads]. I'm from Belfast I can see the disillusioned looks among the proud Republican People who like me must be thinking is this really the outcome of 30 years of armed struggle, a couple of  new Malls and Hotels we can't afford to go to and the outside chance of a mortgage [on a house which the “Man” can repossess to make more money for himself], and not a sniff of a descent  job. Unlike most peoples we have tasted freedom [and can't get over the feeling] and I suspect brave men and women will soon be resisting this state of affairs. At the forefront will be the visionary, a Warrior/Poet like Bobby Sands or further back in time the man who left us these final words.

“Where all your rights become only an accumulated wrong; where men must beg with bated breath for leave to subsist in their own land, to think their own thoughts, to sing their own songs, to garner the fruits of their own labours.... then surely it is a braver, a saner and truer thing, to be a rebel in act and deed against such circumstances as these than tamely to accept it as the natural lot of men”.

Sir Roger Casement

As powerful now as it was in 1916 orated from the dock before his execution for treason. All I'm saying is don't give up without a fight!

david axelrod - auction [320]

Released in 1972 this album is an anti slavery themed piece [did slavery not get abolished 100 years before this...not round here mate]. Anyway its good stuff as he is a fine musician and lays off the religion overdose for this album!

1  Oh! Freedom  1:20  

2  The Auction  6:43  

3  Sympathy  5:43  

4  Freedom  4:29  

5  The Leading Citizen  5:08  

6  The Debt  4:19  

7  Be Proud-My Race  4:43  

8  Oh! Freedom 

The Auction

bangles - all over the place [192]

1984 debut and superior to future much more commercially successful albums by them. This though is their high point for me. I remain a sucker for quality female vocalists and this lady Hoffs is rather good!

1. "Hero Takes a Fall" 2:54
2. "Live" (cover of The Merry-Go-Round, 1967)  2:36
3. "James"     2:36
4. "All About You"    2:26
5. "Dover Beach"    3:48
6. "Tell Me"   2:15
7. "Restless"   2:41
8. "Going Down to Liverpool" 3:41
9. "He's Got a Secret"     2:42
10 "Silent Treatment"     2:07
11."More Than Meets the Eye"


Silent Treatment

big star - #1 record [160]

Much missed Alex Chiltons bands 1972 release one of to few by the band is still for me a classic. I just have to listen to "Thirteen" [as indeed i was when this was released] and I'm right back there in all the glorious emotional pain of youth!

1.  Feel  3:34  
2.  The Ballad Of El Goodo  4:21  
3.  In The Street  2:55  
4.  Thirteen  2:34  
5.  Don't Lie To Me  3:07  
6.  The India Song  2:20  
7.  When My Baby's Beside Me  3:23  
8.  My Life Is Right  3:08  
9.  Give Me Another Chance  3:27  
10.  Try Again  3:31  
11.  Watch The Sunrise  3:45  
12.  ST 100/6 

http://www.wupload.com/file/2627187427/big_star_-_#1_record_[160]_[littledarkblogger.com].rar