Craig White’s Comments (group member since Oct 04, 2017)

Craig White’s comments from the Amazon exiles group.

let's go nuts, and actually vote for a change, even though Brass dumped my 4 pointer!

5 - T.G.
4 - L.Thompson
3 - S.lits
2 - O.Jays
1 - O.V.Wright


House Of Love - East 17
How Do You Fall In Love Again - The Dogs D'Amour
Jah Loves - The Abyssinians
Peace And Love In The Ghetto - Tristan Palmer
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Saint Etienne
I Love Marijuana - Linval Thompson - 4
Love U More - ACTORS
Lack Of Love (Radio Mix) - Charles B & Adonis
Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle - 5
When Love Comes To Town - U2 feat. B.B. King
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson
That's How Strong My Love Is - O.V. Wright With The Keys - 1
Lost Without Your Love - Bread
It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
Love Und Romance - The Slits - 3
Love Train - The O'Jays - 2
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Susanna & The Magical Orchestra
Silly Love - 10cc

Roger Miller has another song?!?!? 😁

"Don't you wish you knew how to do bold???"

hmph! could if i wanted to, just don't wanna! 😁

discogs.com/release/21264835-Black-Uh... - rapidly delivered from Dub Vendor, this is the definitive version (at last), where the sound is better than it ever was, and all 7 tracks are in showcase format. perfect! you can't sit their new album beside this - it would dissolve in shame! and all wrapped up in the original artwork.
Gregory Issaccs album of the same name from the same source ordered from the same retailer.

dubvendor.co.uk/gregory-isaacs---show...

OK, VAL,

tigers by 5
saints
swans
cats
giants
suns

CHEERS, VAL 😁

i was speaking specifically about Black Uhuru, not generalising! do you really think i'm as shallow, or stupid, as to discount any music because of the colour of the musicians playing it? in reference to B.U.'s militancy in the 70s and 80s, it would be as unusual to see white men on the covers of Public Enemy or Last Poets albums either.

amazon.co.uk/New-Day-Black-Uhuru/dp/B...

all things considered, this is very poor and i'm glad i thought to hear before buying. first thing regarding the awful cover is (and i think it determines the qualty in this case) 'how do i say there's too many white men in the picture'?

not sure how this slipped by without notice,

dubvendor.co.uk/black-uhuru---showcas...

snapped up what i suspect to be Dub Vendor's last copy, and very much hoping that this, now re-mastered and containing all 7 tracks in extended showcase style, is the definitive version of what is Black Uhuru's finest album.

same showcase re-issue granted to Gregory Isaacs - may be forced to pick it up as well,

dubvendor.co.uk/gregory-isaacs---show...

p.s. new Black Uhuru album is sh*te! very poor to put out under the name!

okeedokee,

Jah Loves - The Abyssinians

https://youtu.be/pzpdCsT3epY

Peace And Love In The Ghetto - Tristan Palmer

https://youtu.be/DTpbLP3oenI

yay, Greg'ry! one of these days i'm going to have time to hear a playlist!

Reservoir Dogs.

there are two things wrong with that title!

you need a Cadbury's Caramel! 😁

this is a superb album, and i'm more than a wee bit chuffed with this,

https://www.facebook.com/attilathesto...

like, oh yeah,

amazon.co.uk/Nancy-Lee-Sinatra-Hazlew...

certainly didn't pay that for it (£13.99, free postage, Badlands thru' ebay)

If you were a vinyl record (and not one of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) in my collection when punk struck, you may have been sold, given away, or in some cases stripped of your label and glued to my ceiling! it was year zero carnage.....no survivors.............except for 3 little lonely cassette tapes, quivering in the corner, which i granted (lifelong) exemptions - Leonard Cohen's "Greatest Hits", "Spotlight On Scott Walker", and this..... borrowed, appropriated and cherished!
Why? Why did it maintain it's unlikely endurance despite being a million miles away from the frantic and revolutionary explosion of punk rock? apart from the quality of the record, it has the feel of an 'outsider' and a 'one of a kind' piece, which matched the criteria perfectly, that's what!
Thought at the time to be a strange pairing, the sublime vocals of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood complement each other in a perfectly strange, but entirely effective, series of duets. The writing and selection of covers is inspired, the playing of the famous Wrecking Crew session musicians is totally effective and in sync with the concept of the pairing......why would i even dream of throwing it away?
Out of print for way too long, here we are with a US re-issue from Light In The Attic records, (probably worthy of note that an 8 track cartridge is among the formats!), tastefully packaged with that now iconic picture of the two, effectively re-mastered, and with the inclusion of two bonus tracks from the same sessions, all damned good! Although there is nothing wasteful on show, my appreciation was (and still is) based on the brilliance of a quadrilogy of songs in the midst of the whole - 'Summer Wine' is such an evocative song, singing and playing united toward the nostalgic romantic feeling it engenders. the run of 'Jackson', the mind softening dark brilliance of 'Some Velvet Morning' and the dramatic 'Sand' (later covered by Einstürzende Neubauten) is exquisite, songs to put your life right! fans of Gregory Isaacs will appreciate the original reading of one of his most famous tunes in 'Storybook Children', others the great take on 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' - really, it's all good, and although far removed from the bulk of music in my collection, still unique and relevant, and never thrown away!

efterval.

I Want More - Can
More Today Than Yesterday - The Spiral Starecase
One More Time - Gregory Isaacs

https://youtu.be/XRiII9-JK9w

not even Tim will have any of these,

thenomen.bandcamp.com/merch

Kilmarnock outfit, sample at Bandcamp,

thenomen.bandcamp.com/music

now, here's a thing - CD by secretive local band The NoMen, two of whose number i am acquainted with, and never thought to mention that they've been a thing since 2003! (d'oh, tech!) huge catalogue of music (both on their own, and with ex Swell Maps, Phones Sportsman) and limited CDs, of which i bought this 'space' themed comp (i think i got the last 'space age luxury packaging version) - mostly avant garde psych - the bassist is Killie's biggest Pere Ubu fan, but what i've caught up with so far, pretty eclectic. most albums £3 downloads at Bandcamp,

thenomen.bandcamp.com/album/are-you-g...

thenomen.bandcamp.com/music

early,

tigers by 17
blues
dockers
lions
giants
demons

cheers, Val

"Dicke Titten" to you an' all! 😁

"Sh** Creek?"

you know it! 😁