El Topo (1970)

Written, scored, starring and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

It's a baffling tale with dark pseudo-religious overtones.

This Mexican "acid Western" has become something of a cult classic.

It has some violent and disturbing content so not for the faint-hearted.

Optional subtitles included:

English, Italian, Arabic, French, German, Greek, Spanish,

Swedish, Portuguese and Portuguese (Brazil)

Others available on request.

regards

Titus

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Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (part 3)

The last DVD from this brilliant series.

I posted the others some time ago but never got around to this one.

Maybe because my copy has embedded Greek subtitles :)

This episode features artists from Berlin and Hamburg

including Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Günter Schickert,

Agitation Free, Conrad Schnitzler, A.R. & Machines and Nektar.

regards

Titus

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Lemmy - White Line Fever (2002)

Ian Fraser Kilmister's autobiography.

It's a great read especially for Hawkwind and Motörhead fans.

The book could have benefitted from more vintage photographs

but there are a few included.

This was Lemmy's favourite pic:

His holiness:

Aged four (we were all young once!):

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Titus

Beat Club

Episode 68

June 24th 1971

I don't have episode 67 (May 22nd 1971}

so if anybody can share that one I'd be very grateful.

This is an interesting edition.

John Lawton (later of Uriah Heep) fronting German band Lucifer's Friend

and ex-Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper's Warhorse with Ashley Holt on vocals.

Ashley later worked extensively with Rick Wakeman.

Wakeman had also done a brief stint in Lucifer's  Friend

so I guess that was the genesis of their collaborations.

There's also footage of Grand Funk Railroad which I think is from Shea Stadium

and a piece from the Bremer Studio Orchestra.

The section on ex-Vietnam soldiers in Sweden is a curiosity.

As a youngster I was awe struck by reports on the news.

They said things like "American troops were attacked by gorillas

who came out of the jungle". WOW!!!

I figured it out eventually.

regards

Titus

Lucifer's Friend - Ride the Sky

Warhorse - Ritual

Frumpy (feat. Inga Rumpf) - Take Care of Illusion

Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly

Mountain - Don't Look Around

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Seem s like a nice, friendly bunch.

regards

Titus

Pink Floyd

En France 1970/1971

Remastered FM/TV broadcasts.

Two French recordings which are quite short

so I thought they'd make for good bedfellows.

Working titles for the 1970 tracks are in brackets.

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Titus

Théâtre des Champs Elysées

Paris, France

January 23rd 1970

01 intro/Us and Them (The Violent Sequence)

02 Atom Heart Mother (The Amazing Pudding)

Cinq Grand sur la Deux

Abbaye de Royaumont. France

June 15th 1971

03 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

04 Cymbaline

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Quatermass

BBC sessions 1970

Remastered vinyl rip.

Medium sound quality on the Top Gear stuff but 'Gemini' is not bad.

Great Hammond-driven rock from the glory days of..erm...Hammond-driven rock.

They only made one proper album.

These recordings are taken from old BBC Transcription Service LPs.

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Titus

Top Gear - July 28th 1970

01 Black Sheep of the Family

02 Laughin' Tackle

03 Make Up Your Mind

04 One Blind Mice

Sounds of the 70s - July 14th 1970

05 Gemini

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)

The classic British fantasy comedy.

Directed by Lothar Mendes and produced by Alexander Korda.

It was adapted from a short story by H. G. Wells.

Optional subtitles are included in Arabic, French, English,

Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Italian and German.

Other languages are available on request.

I've been dabbling in creating subtitles.

The Frau Luxor says the German ones are not bad.

Be interesting to know how the others read.

I guess the job of translator has pretty much disappeared.

regards

Titus

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Roy Buchanan- American Axe Tracks Volume Ten

(Disc 1) - Rarities I

The final volume of this Roy collection is four CDs of extras/rarities.

Here is the first part.

it's probably only worthwhile for the most curious or devoted Roy fans.

The Botto tape is pretty cool though.

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Titus

Home Demos LA 1957

01 Miss Anne

02 Shuffle

03 Country Ditty

04 Blues Thing

05 Blueberry Hill

Bob Luman - Town Hall Party, LA 10/2/59

06 I Got a Woman

Bob Moore & The Temps - T-Bar, Philadelphia, 1962

07 Further on Up the Road

08 Nighttrain

09 Flight of the Bumble Bee Boogie

10 Honky Tonk

Fred Mastroni acetates, DC or Philly ~ 1963

11 After Hours

12 Sinner's Blues

13 Blues instrumental

14 Daddy Daddy (slow version)

15 Country Boogie

16 You Don't Move Me

Botto tape, Silver Dollar, Georgetown, 5/7/68

17 Ode to Billy Joe

18 My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me

19 Sunshine of Your Love

Charlie Daniels Sessions, Nashville, 1969-71

20 Jazzy Thing

Gaston Hall, Georgetown 4/26/71

21 Happy Birthday/Hey Joe

The Zito Sessions 4/71

22 Roy's Bluz

23 Sweet Dreams

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The Wicker Man (1973)

Here is the ultimate final version with all the missing segments restored.

This snail was cut from the original release:

Christopher Lee's finest moment surely.

A Pagan inspired masterpiece.

Britt as the landlord's daughter:

Trivia corner:

Both Michael York and David Hemmings were asked, and declined,

to play the role of Sergeant Neil Howie but Edward Woodward would.

regards

Titus

BTW let me know if you want subtitles in any particular language

for this or any other films on the blog and I will try to provide them.

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Colosseum

Ruisrock Festival

Turku, Finland

August 22nd 1970

Remastered FM.

Best copy on the net or your money back!

Bonny Finnish lasses chilling out at the festival:

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Titus

01 Rope Ladder to the Moon

02 Downhill and Shadows

03 Lost Angeles

04 The Machine Demands a Sacrifice

     /drum solo/Walking in the Park

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Blackmore's Night

Greenwich Odeum

East Greenwich, RI

April 10th 2025

Audience recording taped by the very talented Farve4.

I'm just passing this on for Andy or anyone else who may be interested.

It's the opening night from last year's Us tour:

I'll have a look at some older shows soon 

All I did here was make the CD covers.

I was waiting for 'Stargazer' LOL.

Can you tell I'm a bit out of my comfort zone here? :)

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 God Save the Keg

02 Cartouche

03 Darkness/Dance of the Darkness

04 Under a Violet Moon

05 The Temple of the King

06 Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus

07 World of Stone

08 Promise Me

09 Unsung Hero

Disc 2

01 All the Fun of the Fayre

02 Renaissance Faire

03 Allan Yn N Fan/Minstrels in the Hall

04 Ghost of a Rose

05 Wind in the Willows

06 Home Again/Hava Nagila/Drink Drink Drink/The Happy Wanderer

07 Midwinter's Night/Dandelion Wine

08 A Whiter Shade of Pale

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The City of Lost Children (1995)

A twisted vision of a surreal dystopian future.

Chock-full of ideas that will get you thinking!

This copy has optional audio, subtitles, and DVD cover scans

in both French and English.

Aren't I good to you? :)

regards

Titus

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Night of the Guitar - Live! (1989)

Reposted from December 2022

After posting the Wishbone Ash, with a guest appearence

from Pete Haycock, my mind was drawn to this.

Quite neglected, I feel, because the guitar line- up is amazing.

It was recorded during a short tour in November 1988.

These are my remastered mp3s.

There is video footage around which I haven't seen

although I've read bad reviews re the quality.

Leslie West wins the loudest/buzziest amp award.

Man of the Match? - probably Alvin Lee by a whisker.

It's a cornucopia of hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills and thrills!

Our axemen:

Pete Haycock/Alvin Lee/Andy Powell/Ted Turner/Leslie West

Randy California/Robby Krieger/Steve Howe/Steve Hunter

All excellent for me but surely there aren't many visitors here

who don't have interest in at least one of these musicians?

with:

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Derek Holt

Bass, Keyboards – Livingstone Brown

Drums – Clive Mayuyu

Guest – Stewart Copeland

Keyboards – Chris Bucknell

MC – Miles Copeland

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Titus

01 Pete Haycock – Dr. Brown I Presume

Written by – P. Haycock*

02 Steve Hunter with Pete Haycock – The Idler

Written by – S. Hunter

03 Pete Haycock with Steve Hunter – Lucienne

Written-By – P. Haycock

04 Randy California with Steve Hunter – Groove Thing

Written by – R. California

05 Randy California – Hey Joe

Written by – William Roberts

06 Robby Krieger with Steve Hunter – Love Me Two Times

Written by – Doors

07 Ted Turner with Andy Powell – The King Will Come

Written by – Wishbone Ash

08 Leslie West – Theme From An Imaginary Western

Written by – Bruce, Brown

09 Steve Howe – Clap Medley

Written by – S. Howe

10 Steve Howe with Pete Haycock – Wurm

Written by – S. Howe

11 Alvin Lee – No Limit

Written by – Lee, Hubbard

12 Alvin Lee – Ain't Nothin' Shakin'

Written by – Colacrai, Fontane, Gluck, Lambert

13 Steve Howe/Andy Powell/Randy California/Pete Haycock/Robby Krieger

– All Along The Watchtower

Written by – B. Dylan

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KRAAN

Aladin

Bremen, Germany

March 13th 1980

Remastered FM.

The second disc is from a different/better source.

They released a version of this last year which is on bandcamp

but I don't know how it compares to my copy.

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 Yaqui Yagua

02 Far West/Borgward

03 Berg und Tal

04 She's Gone

05 Hallo Ja Ja I don't know

Disc 2

01 Almrausch

02 Let it Out

03 Vollgas Ahoi

04 Nam Nam/Silky Way

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regards

Titus

Alice (Něco z Alenky) 1988

By far my favourite film adaption of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

A Czech production written and directed by Jan Švankmajer.

It isn't particularly faithful to the book but it captures the darkness perfectly.

I have included optional subtitles in Arabic, English, French, Greek and Spanish.

regards

Titus

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Steeleye Span

Octagon Theatre

Yeovil, England

March 24th 1995

Remastered FM.

Medium quality.

regards

Titus

01 The Fox

02 We Poor Labouring Me

03 Black Jack Davey

04 Harvest of the Moon

05 My Johnny was a Shoemaker

06 Seagull

07 Twa Corbies/The Water is Wide

08 The Elf Knight

09 Thomas the Rhymer

10 All Around My Hat

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The Steve Howe Guitar Collection (1994)

This is excellent if you have any interest in guitars.

The book measures approximately 10 x 13 inches (25 x 33cm)

and it is printed on very high quality paper.

There are several pages that open out to form beautiful triple-page layouts:

We get the usual Gibsons and Fenders etc. as you'd expect.

All exquisite in their own right but Steve's hoard

of weird and wonderful instruments goes much further than that.

Here's a few scans:

I wonder what will happen to them all when Steve is gone?

BTW  you can click on any picture in a post

to view all the images as a slideshow which, in some cases, is bigger/better.

(Apologies if you've already figured that out)

regards

Titus