IlConte
IlConte
20 feb 23

DeRank™: 35,12

The Count Bishops - Train, Train

What a band, first part - thank Rev

THE COUNT BISHOPS – Punk foam in London pubs

So you want to know which was the most badass band of the short and ephemeral pub-rock phenomenon at the end of the 70s?

Well, folks, they came from London and were called Count Bishops. Their sound was hot, blended with soul, blues, and the hard beat of Kinks and Who; they were somewhat the English equivalent of bands like Real Kids or Hysptrz, but ahead of their time.

Speedball is the famous SW1.

That is, the Penny Black of British independent music.

The birth of Count Bishops and Chiswick is concurrent and dates back to the summer of 1975 when, from the ashes of the London Chrome and after recruiting a couple of new musicians through an ad in Melody Maker, Mike Spenser and Zenon Hierowski set the pub-rock powder keg of the old band aflame inside the tanks of Count Bishops. Roger Armstrong brings them into the studio to record a dozen covers and decides to release the tracks that fit into a seven-inch while holding back the others, setting up a label through which bands like Damned and Motörhead would be passing in the next couple of years. Speedball is released on November 28 of that year, “distributed” and sold from the trunk of Armstrong’s partner’s Peugeot until the thousand copies run out. Inside are four rock ‘n’ roll covers as tight as you hadn’t heard since the days of the Downliners Sect, of which the Bishops immediately legitimize themselves as the perfect heirs.

The “leftovers” from those sessions would finally be published in the “extended” version of that fantastic single and two documents from the only studio recording of Chrome, including a cover of I Want Candy, which a few years later, with Mike Spenser having stepped down from the car to form the Cannibals, would bring the English group considerable visibility at home. The rest of the world, however, would continue to ignore one of the wonders of English pre-punk, one that, with arrogance and ruthless punkishness, would allow itself to trim the branches of the tangled prog forest to bring the English botanical garden back to the unspoiled essentiality of the early Sixties.
 
vibration
vibration
20 feb 23

DeRank™: 28,55

Slint - Tweez (1989) Full Álbum in the shadow of Spiderland
 
Geenooofficial
Geenooofficial
20 feb 23

DeRank™: 9,00

Capitan Harlock Sigla Iniziale HQ Captain Harlock has also died.
 
kyra1
kyra1
20 feb 23

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Bob Dylan - Grand Coulee Dam (Live) song by Guthrie (is it spelled this way?) dedicated to the dam. a folk bob.
 
Almotasim
Almotasim
20 feb 23

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The Big *R*Lebowski*R*, the philosophical rug that sets the tone for the room
Dean Martin - Standing On The Corner
Be careful because the subliminal message is fuck off, leave me alone and fuck you!
 
zappp
zappp
20 feb 23

DeRank™: 26,60  BarNecchi

Roma città aperta - Uccisione Pina

"Rome, Open City"
by Roberto Rossellini (1945)

#35mm
 
zappp
zappp
20 feb 23

DeRank™: 18,48

Confirmation (Remastered 1998 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Jimmy Smith (7 out of 10)
"Confirmation" from: House Party
1959 (Blue Note)

#jazzlegends
 
Stanlio
Stanlio
19 feb 23

DeRank™: 12,00  Championship

Johnny Allen Hendrix aka James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix
Ingrandisci questa immagine
Individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations.
Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working: unsatisfactory duty performance. (US Army report)

The individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations.
Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working: unsatisfactory duty performance. (US Army report)
 
Marcorock
Marcorock
19 feb 23

DeRank™: 2,80

Prima di continuare su YouTube

A must, like all the other volumes.