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 

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

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.
Credits
Notes

Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic 
Style: Synth-pop 
Label: Virgin

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

Released:  1976  
Genre: Boogie Woogie
Style: Ragtime
Label: Manticore ‎Records 

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

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

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 

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 

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