Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart b/w Our Song (1983)
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes. It is the first track and single from their eleventh studio album 90125, released in 1983. Written primarily by guitarist Trevor Rabin, contributions were made to the final version by singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, and producer Trevor Horn.
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" was released in October 1983, as the album's first single. It was a commercial success in the United States, becoming the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and its Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In 1984, the song reached No. 8 in the year-end charts in the US. The single was reissued various times throughout the 1980s and 1990s with different remix versions and B-sides. The song has been sampled by various artists including Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa and Max Graham,
Tracklist
A - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (3:50)
Written-By – Rabin, Anderson, Squire, Horn
B - Our Song (4:16)
Written-By – Rabin, Anderson, Squire, White
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music
Published By – Unforgettable Songs
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Credits
Artwork [Package Produced By] – Garry Mouat
Engineer – Gary Langan
Mastered By – RL
Producer – Trevor Horn
Notes
Release: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Synth-pop
Label: ATCO Records
Catalog# 79-9817-7
Labels: Yes
Saturday, October 29, 2016
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
Labels: Golden Earring
Friday, October 28, 2016
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
Labels: Human League
Monday, October 24, 2016
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
Labels: Keith Emerson
Sunday, October 9, 2016
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
Labels: In Tua Nua
Sunday, October 2, 2016
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
Labels: Soul City Bunch
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll High School b/w Danny Says (1980)
Tracklist
A - Rock 'N' Roll High School (3:28)
Written-By – Ramones
B - Danny Says (2:58)
Written-By – Ramones
Companies, etc.
Licensed From – WEA International
Marketed By – WEA Records B.V.
Distributed By – WEA Records B.V.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Dureco
Credits
Lacquer Cut By – C (21)
Producer – Phil Spector
Notes
Release: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
Label: Sire Records
The version of Rock'n'Roll High School playing on this single is the Phil spector version featuring in "End of the Century" and not the one featuring in the Movie Soundtrack
Catalog# WB 17.568
Labels: Ramones
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Never Be Clever b/w You Can't Beat Me (1979)
Tracklist
A - Never Be Clever (2:57)
Written-By – Lademacher, Brood
B - You Can't Beat Me (2:54
Written-By – Brood, v. Boeyen, Smid
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Ariola Benelux B.V.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ariola Benelux B.V.
Pressed By – EMI Uden
Notes
Release: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock
Label: Ariola Records
Catalog# 100.598
Friday, August 19, 2016
Kirsty MacColl - There´s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He´s Elvis b/w Hard To Believe (1981)
Tracklist
A1 - There´s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He´s Elvis (3:07)
Written-By: Maccoll, Rambow
B1 - Hard To Believe (2:19)
Written-By: Maccoll
B2 - There´s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He´s Elvis (Country Version) (3:44)
Written-By: Maccoll, Rambow
Companies, etc.
Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Credits
Photography By [Back Photo] – Alan Ballard
Photography By [Front Cover] – Chalkie Davies
Producer – Bazza
Sleeve – Rob O'Conner
Notes
Release: 1981
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Label: Polydor Records
Catalog# 2229 244
Labels: Kirsty MacColl
Monday, August 8, 2016
The Flamin´ Groovies - Shake Some Action b/w I Can´t Hide (1976)
Tracklist
A - Shake Some Action
Written-By - Jordan, Wilson
B - I Can´t Hide
Written-By - Jordan, Wilson
Credits
Producer – Dave Edmunds
Notes
Release: 1976
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Power Pop
Label: Philips Records
From the album "Shake Some Action" 9103 251.
Catalog# 6078505
Labels: Flamin´ Groovies
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