Golden Earring - Just Like Vince Taylor b/w Radar Love (1977)

This is a fairly run-of-the-mill mid-tempo rock number. The title suggests it might be a tribute song, but it is really a song about what happened - or what didn't happen - on a night out with a girl who made the narrator feel just like Vince Taylor, or dress like him at any rate, if the reference to greased hair, leather and chains is anything to go by.

Brian Holden (1939-91) - who took the stage name Vince Taylor - was one of the countless nearly men of rock 'n' roll; he was born in Isleworth, West London, emigrated to the United States as a young boy where his father worked in the mining industry, and ended up in Hollywood through a family connection where he embarked on his ill-fated music career. He enjoyed some success in both his native England and France, but like many bigger names he turned to both alcohol and drugs, and by and large faded from sight. He died from cancer in August 1991

When this song was written, Taylor was still very much alive, although his fifteen minutes of fame was long over. A passable live version with jangling guitars and sounding anything but live was recorded as the B Side of a 1977 live version of the band's biggest hit by far, "Radar Love". 

Tracklist 

A  - Just Like Vince Taylor (3:58)

       Written-By – B. Hay, G. Kooymans 

B - Radar Love (4:41) 

      Written-By – B. Hay, G. Kooymans

Companies, etc. 

Produced For – Red Bullet Productions 

Pressed By – Phonodisc B.V. 

Published By – Dayglow Music 

Published By – Snamyook Music 

Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc B.V. 

Credits 

Producer – John Kriek 

Notes 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Hard Rock, Pop Rock 

Label: Polydor Records

Live Edited Versions

From the 2LP "Golden Earring Live" 2625 034

Catalog# 2121335

The Human League - The Lebanon b/w Thirteen (1984)

The Human League are an English electronic new wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977.
"The Lebanon" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League, released as a single in April 1984. Written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Jo Callis, it was the first single from the band's fourth album Hysteria, and was recorded at AIR Studios between 1983-1984.
The song was conceived, written and recorded at a time when the band was under considerable pressure to follow up the enormous international success of their previous album, Dare. The band had taken up residence in the £1000 a day AIR Studios; they were there a full year and were agonizing (and arguing) over every note of every track.
With its heavy use of bass and rock guitars, "The Lebanon" was a radical departure from the established synthpop sound of the Human League. Though the song does employ some keyboards, the use of guitars by the band was not lost on music critics who brought up the "no guitars rule" that the band had publicly adopted in 1981.
The lyrics were an attempt to make a statement on the Lebanese civil war which had been exacerbated by Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon of 1982. In a television interview, Human League member Philip Adrian Wright commented that Oakey's politically-charged lyrics were written specifically about the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Human League singer Susan Ann Sulley said of the song that the band "wanted to speak up for the little people" and say something about the situation in Lebanon at the time, and that the band was not trying to be political for the sake of it. The band were criticized at the time for being banal and "out of their depth".

Tracklist

A - The Lebanon  (3:45)
      Written-By – Burden, Wright

B - Thirteen (4:10)

      Written-By – Burden, Wright, Callis, Oakey

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Sound Diagrams
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Published By – 10 Music Ltd.
• Pressed By – Sonopress

Credits

• Producer – Chris Thomas, Hugh Padgham, Human League

Notes

Released: 1984

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Synth-pop 

Label: Virgin

Catalog# 106421

Keith Emerson - Honky Tonk Train Blues b/w Barrelhouse Shake-Down (1976)

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English musician and composer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before he found his first commercial success with the Nice, formerly P. P. Arnold's backing band, in the late 1960s. He became internationally famous for his work with the Nice, which included writing rock arrangements of classical music. After leaving the Nice in 1970, he was a founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), one of the early progressive rock supergroups. Emerson, Lake & Palmer were commercially successful through much of the 1970s, becoming one of the best-known progressive rock groups of the era.
In 1976, while still in ELP, Emerson also released his first solo record, the single "Honky Tonk Train Blues" b/w "Barrelhouse Shake-Down". "Honky Tonk Train Blues", Emerson's cover of a 1927 boogie-woogie piano song by Meade Lux Lewis, reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart.

Tracklist

A - Honky Tonk Train Blues
      Written-By – Meade Lux Lewis 
 
B - Barrelhouse Shake-Down
      Written-By – K, Emerson 
 
Companies, etc. 

Distributed By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Manticore Records Ltd.
Published By – Peter Maurice
Published By – Manticore Music Ltd.
Made By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.

Credits 

Design – Michael Ross
Photography By – David Montgomery
Producer – Keith Emerson

Notes

Released:  1976  

Genre: Boogie Woogie

Style: Ragtime

Label: Manticore ‎Records 

Catalog# MAN 5406

In Tua Nua ‎- Seven Into The Sea b/w Ballad Of Irish Love (1986)

In Tua Nua is an Irish rock group who achieved a measure of fame and success in both Ireland and Europe throughout the late 1980s. Their name is a phonetic spelling of the Irish An Tuath Nua, "the new tribe."
In 1986, the new look In Tua Nua played the Self Aid concert. Newly signed to Virgin Records the band released "Seven Into the Sea", one of their most popular recordings. An album Vaudeville was released in early 1987.

Tracklist

A - Seven Into The Sea  (3:49)
      Written-By - In Tua Nua

B - Ballad Of Irish Love (Voice – Pól Ó Braonáin) (4:38)
      Written-By - In Tua Nua

Companies, etc. 
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Manufactured By – TOPAC

Credits 
Design [Sleeve] – The Design Clinic
Engineer [Assistant] – Timmy Martin
Engineer [Tape Op.] – Terry Irwin
Photography By – Laurie Lewis
Producer – In Tua Nua
Producer, Engineer – Will Gosling

Notes 
Recorded at Westland Studios, Dublin.
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Alternative Rock
Label: Virgin Records

Catalog# 108381

Soul City Bunch - Philly Power Parade (part 1) b/w Philly Power Parade (part 2) (1976)

Tracklist

A - Philly Power Parade (part 1)  (2:41)
      Written-by - Moh.hammamet, Moh Sousse

B - Philly Power Parade (part 2)  (2:47)
      Written-by - Moh.hammamet, Moh Sousse

Credits
Produced-by - Power Music

Notes
Released: 1976
Genre:  Disco
Label:  Skyrocket

Catalog# 45-2274