Progglådan Box C: Folkprogg & Sjungande låtskrivare

(folk progg & singing songwriters)

CD 310

Vargavinter/Margareta Söderberg med Arbete och Fritid

The last CD from the third box set.

Vargavinter - literally 'Wolf Winter',

A term used to describe a particularly harsh winter with heavy snowfall.

They were apparently something of a Swedish folk supergroup

although you wouldn't know it

judging by the lack of info/photos available on the world wide web.

Here's some of the band:

They incorporate a range of 'world music' with a notable Indian influence.

Overall, I found it very enjoyable.

Songstress Margareta Söderberg teams up with Arbete och Fritid

for the second half of this CD. Not much documentation regarding her either.

The first two tracks have a trad/pastoral folk feel.

Track 3 is a stormer! I'd describe it as avant chamber music.

The last song continues in this more ambitious style

with a fabulous Edith Piaf-esque vocal performance. 

regards

Titus

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box-set artwork

Another from Gary Larson.

regards

Titus

Motörhead

Paris Theatre, London

May 16th 1979

Reposted from November 2023

I went to my first 'proper' gig on June 6th 1977.

It was Hawkwind at the Preston Guild Hall.

Opening band was Motörhead.

Phil Taylor had a broken wrist.

The roadies gaffer taped the drumstick to his hand between each song.

I recall going to look at the T shirts etc. at half-time and realised I was half deaf

...with ringing in my ears.

Happy days and I still have the, rather bland, ticket:

This is a very good quality slice of early Motörhead.

regards

Titus

01 Stay Clean

02 No Class

03 White Line Fever

04 I'll Be Your Sister

05 Too Late Too Late

06 (I Won't) Pay Your Price

07 Capricorn/Limb From Limb

bonus: John Peel session

September 25th 1978

08 Louie Louie

09 Tear Ya Down

10 I'll Be Your Sister

11 Keep Us On The Road

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Iron Maiden

Nakano Sunplaza

Tokyo, Japan

May 24th 1981

Remastered FM.

One for all the Maidenheads (a.k.a. Hy-Men)

The first time I encountered Iron Maiden they were opening for Judas Priest around 1979.

The only song we'd heard was Sanctuary.

I wasn't a huge fan but I saw them a couple more times 80/81.

I've never seen them with Bruce Dickinson.

I did see Bruce once with Samson though.

Paul Di'Anno was much better IMO. Here he is fronting the band

four months before his back-stabbing, so-called, bandmates sacked him. :)

Regardless of who's singing Iron Maiden make lifeless music with no soul.

It's just about gritting your teeth and getting through it

under the pitiful delusion that playing it faster will make it better.

I knew what the "guitar solo" would sound like before I heard it.

We already have Ace Frehley thanks.

Having said that, I quite enjoyed it as nostalgia.

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Titus

01 Wrathchild

02 Purgatory

03 Sanctuary

04 Remember Tomorrow

05 Another Life/drum solo

06 band intros/Genghis Khan

07 Killers

08 Innocent Exile

09 Twilight Zone

10 Strange World/Murders in the Rue Morgue

11 Phantom of the Opera

12 Iron Maiden

13 Running Free

14 Transylvania/guitar solo

15 Drifter

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The Stalls of Barchester (1971)

Vintage BBC, so British it's almost painful.

Based on the story 'The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral' by M. R. James

with an introduction by Christopher Lee.

It stars Robert Hardy as Archdeacon Haynes of the fictional Barchester Cathedral,

whose mysterious death is investigated 50 years later by the scholar Dr. Black (Clive Swift)

First aired on BBC1 on December 24th 1971.

regards

Titus

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Arc de Trump.

Is it too late to submit my design?

How about a referendum?

Let the people decide.

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Titus

A trip down memory lane...

"The name of this band is Twisted Fucking Sister"

I recall Dee Snider announcing as they launched into their 'legendary' set

at the 1983 Donington Monsters of Rock festival.

Can't say I was much into their music but Dee was funny.

Police asked Snider to limit his F-word usage to sixteen.

Asked subsequently why he'd exceeded that limit,

he explained he hadn't realised that 'motherfuckers' would be included.

How the hell did they decide sixteen was the most they could tolerate?

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Titus

Minutemen

The Music Machine

Santa Monica, CA

January 9th 1985

Remastered audience recording.

49 minutes/27 songs.

Worse than doing the bloody Ramones!

D. Boon was the real deal.

Minutemen conquer the world:

This was a benefit event for "Nuclear Nomads".

I'm not sure what that was.

The announcer mentions a documentary.

There's a 2023 film/documentary of the same name

but that is unconnected as far as I can tell.

Can anyone shed light on this?

I couldn't find much about the venue either.

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Titus

01 intro/One Reporters Opinion

02 Retreat

03 The Big Foist

04 Toadies

05 Corona

06 Beacon Sighted Through Fog

07 The Only Minority

08 God Bows to Math

09 Please Don't Be Gentle with Me

10 The Glory of Man

11 Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?

12 Mutiny in Jonestown

13 Mr. Robot's Holy Orders

14 Don't Look Now

15 Anxious Mo-Fo

16 Instrumental

17 The Anchor

18 Ack Ack Ack

19 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

20 This Ain't No Picnic

21 Dream Told by Moto

22 Cut

23 Little Man with a Gun in His Hand

24 History Lesson part II

25 The Red and the Black

26 Lost 

27 Green River

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2126 update:

Trump in "excellent" health claims Whitehouse insider.

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Titus

Stephen Davis

Hammer of the Gods (1985)

First released in 1985, updated in 1995 and again in 2005.

This is one of the best books I've read about Zep.

Some interesting photos are included.

The picture above was taken in 1974.

Jimmy Page is not visible but he's somewhere behind Robert Plant'

Fifteen year old Lori Maddox is seated at the far right next to Bonzo.

"This was typical of the kind of photograph

the band didn't want their wives to see"

Is Page mentioned in the Epstein files?

Percy Plant looks out over Hollywood and shouts "I am a Golden God!":

The author pulls no punches and I expect the band were less than pleased.

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Titus

Pink Floyd

The World's Greatest Albums

Atom Heart Mother

A documentary about the making of the album.

Quite a lot from genius/madman Ron Geesin

who tries to claim as much credit as he can.

Ron's hubris is eclipsed by the bunch of 'modern' production 'experts'

who pontificate with 20/20 hindsight.

Funny how the songs 'If' and 'Summer '68' are ignored.

These songs were pieces by Waters and Wright respectively

so I assume they refused permission to use them.

Worth a watch.

regards

Titus

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Beat Club

Episode 70

August 9th 1971

This episode has interesting historical footage of the preparation/organisation

of a free festival with clips of the performers Out of Focus, Embryo and Amon Düül II.

Good to see the home-grown bands featured here.

I think Germany neglected it's own artists

and were maybe too anglophile for their own good.

Deutsch bands often received more initial interest in the UK.

Another excellent episode.

Beggar's Opera keyboardist Alan Park is really good.

He had a brief spell with 10cc in 1995.

My gold star, however, goes to Weather Report.

Does Dom Um Romão bring that table with him do you think?

regards

Titus

Emergency - Times Passed By

Can - Paperhouse

Weather Report - Waterfall

Beggar's Opera - Raymond's Road

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Roy Buchanan

American Axe Tracks

Volume Three - Stepping Into The Light 1971-1972

Reposterd from Noverber 2024

More early Roy.

I did some volume levelling and a bunch of other fixes

but the quality varies throughout.

regards

Titus

1971 July - Johnny Otis outtakes

01 Johnny's Shuffle

02 Sweet Home (L.A.)

03 Goin' Down Slow

04 Johnny's Boogie

05 Bye Bye Baby

1971 July - Merle Haggard outtakes

06 Merle Haggard introduction

07 Swing Blues #1 or #23

08 Travelin' Blues

1971 July - Mundell Lowe outtakes

09 Misty

10 Farther Along

1971 - Esther Mae Scott

11 Golden Bells

1971 October - Crossroads, Burlap Bag sessions

12 Funny How Time Slips Away

1972 January - Vibrations TV show

13 Malaguena  9:35

1972 June - Carnegie Hall

14 Harold Lowder introduction

15 Color Him Father

16 Together Again

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This one is definitely in my top ten Gary Larson cartoons.

regards

Titus

Blue Öyster Cult

The Back Room

Austin, Texas

December 16th 1988

Remastered audience recording.

Another show from the Imaginos tour.

Not the greatest sound as, at times, it waxes and wanes

and the bass guitar is very low in the mix.

They are obviously having problems with the underpowered P.A.

Despite the issues it has an interesting mix and you can

really hear the guitar and keyboard  parts once it settles down.

Certainly has it's moments if you're a fan.

There was a cut/tape flip during the drum solo in Godzilla

which I have patched to make it less noticeable.

The taper did not record the full encore break either

so I patched and smoothed out that out a bit.

No stone left unturned!

regards

Titus

Disc 1

01 intro/R U Ready 2 Rock

02 Dominance and Submission

03 ETI

04 I Am the One You Warned Me Of

05 Buck's Boogie

06 Astronomy

07 Take Me Away

08 (Then Came) The Last Days of May

09 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

Disc 2

01 Joan Crawford

02 Burnin' for You

03 Godzilla

04 (Don't Fear) The Reaper

05 Golden Age of Leather

06 The Red and the Black

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Roy Buchanan

American Axe Tracks Volume Ten (Disc 4) - Rarities IV

The final CD from the series.

Roy's last home demo is quoted as being recorded

on the day he died which seems a bit weird:

According to his agent and others, Buchanan was doing well,

having gained control of his drinking habit and playing again,

when he was arrested for public intoxication after a domestic dispute.

He was found hanged from his own shirt in his cell on August 14th 1988

in the Fairfax County, Virginia, Jail.

The click when Roy turns the tape recorder off for the last time

has more than a little poignancy.

Coincidentally Robert Calvert died on the same day.

regards

Titus

 

Somewhere in concert, 77-78

01 Lay Lady Lay/Roy's Bluz

Mercury Cafe, Denver 12/83

02 Lonesome Fugitive

03 Blue Christmas

Jonathan Swift's, Cambridge 10/24/84

04 Drinkin Wine

Lonestar Cafe, New York City 3/13/85

05 Kansas City

The Bayou, Washington DC 3/17/85

06 Hot Cha

Club Saba, Washington, DC 7/22/85

07 Heavy Blues

Metro Caberet, Chicago  7/28/85

08 Messiah

The Vinnie tape 1987

09 25 Miles

Nightstages, Cambridge 1-20-88

10 Honky Tonk

Saxo Movie Soundtrack early 1988

11 I Can't Touch You Now

Custom Made Video early 1988

12 Minor Changes

Water Street Station Torrington,Ct 5/5/88

13 Ohio

The Bayou, Washington DC 5/19/88

14 Can't Judge a Book

15 When a Guitar Play the Blues

Home Demos dates unknown

16 Twangy Song

17 Upbeat Solo

18  My Sonata

19 Doodling Around

Home Demo 8/14/88

20. Roy's Last Song (Full Circle)

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The Chameleons 

Zeche

Bochum, Germany 

October 21st 1986

Reposted from August 2021

Another band from the 80s that are well worth a mention.

This is a remastered soundboard (I think radio) recording.

Still not great but hopefully improved.

Not too sure about the Bowie cover.

Sounds a bit shambolic/out of tune to my sensitive ears.

Chameleons were a Manchester 'indie' band

who, perhaps, didn't quite get the recognition they deserved.

From The Smiths to Happy Mondays/Oasis etc.,

they were all influenced by The Chameleons' wall-of-reverb guitar style.

My fandom was cemented with the song 'View from a Hill'. (not performed here)

Great track which took it's ttitle from an M.R. James story 

so I felt they were, at least on some level, soulmates.

regards

Titus

  

01.Swamp Thing

02.Mad Jack

03.A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days

04.Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)

05.Less Than Human

06.Paradiso

07.Home Is Where the Heart Is

08.Soul in Isolation

09.Second Skin

10.Pleasure and Pain

11.Caution

12.Splitting in Two

13.Don't Fall

14.John, I'm Only Dancing

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Number 13 (2006)

A short adaptation of a spooky tale written by M. R. James.

First broadcast by BBC4 on December 22nd 2006.

Very nicely done with just the right amount of understated tension.

A brooding slow-burner :)

regards

Titus

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Trump first threatened to target Iran's civilian infrastructure on March 21st

saying the sites would be hit in 48 hours if no deal was made.

He's backed away and extended the deadline several times,

citing what he described as successful talks.

Each time he does this the markets fluctuate.

The inner circle seem to know in advance when to buy and when to sell.

Taco is available for children's parties.

Don't leave them alone with him.

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Titus

Hatfield & The North

Delfina's Farm

Little Bedwyn

Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK

1974

Remastered audience recording.

This was recorded at a private party.

The exact date is unknown.

Dave Stewart - keyboards

Phil Miller - guitar

Pip Pyle - drums

Richard Sinclair - bass/vocals

I have no idea who is playing saxophone.

Medium quality but worth a listen.

Lots of chatting, but hey, you're invited to the party!

The tape is a bit chewed up for the first couple of minutes

but it improves after that.

regards

Titus

part 1

Your Majesty is Like a Cream Donut

Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)

Shaving is Boring

Licks for the Ladies

Bossa Nochance

Big Jobs (By Poo & The Wee Wees)

part 2

Fol de Rol

Prenut

Calyx

Son of There's No Place Like Homerton

Aigrette

The Yes No Interlude

Fitter Stoke Has a Bath

Blane

Lything & Gracing

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Such a distasteful soundbite.

It trivialises the consequences

If American “boots on the ground” was defined

by actual boots on real ground, then it would be safe to say

that the USA is currently engaged in a worldwide deployment.

America has bases in over 80 countries around the globe.

In the carnival-mirror world of Washington bureaucracy,

language is used to obscure the facts rather than communicate

the presence and role of US troops abroad.

regards

Titus

Steeleye Span

The Quiet Knight

Chicago, IL

October 19th 1976

Remastered WXRT-FM broadcast.

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Titus

01 Gaudete

02 Black Jack Davy

03 Hard Times of Old England

04 The Twelve Witches

05 Orfeo/Nathan's Reel

06 The Wife of Ushers Well

07 The Brown Girl

08 Cam Ye o'er frae France

09 The Black Joke/Sligo Maid

10 All Around My Hat

11 The Mason's Apron

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Quest for Fire (1981)

This Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation

of the 1911 Belgian novel The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny.

Allegedly set in the Paleolithic era or Old Stone Age(s) :)

It's historical accuracy is more than debatable.

Who cares?...it is a classic.

They don't talk, just grunts, so no need for subtitles.

Special language forms were created by novelist Anthony Burgess,

while patterns of movement and gesture were developed

by anthropologist Desmond Morris.

You gotta start somewhere :) (cartoon by Gary Larson)

regards

Titus

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USA - Epic Fury

Israel - Roaring Lion

Iran - Fateh Khyber (Conquest of Khyber)

In reference to the 628 CE Battle of Khyber

when Muslim forces conquered a heavily fortified settlement.

The first two sound like war comics I read as a boy:

The elite Curry Corps had a fierce reputation

There was a time when these military codewords were meant to be top secret.

That was kind of the point.

Now they are akin to corporate brand names.

Pete Hegseth was caught masturbating over this one

I've been thinking of launching my own offensive: Operation Prog.

I'm gonna Moog them all back to the Stone Age (a.k.a. early 70s)

An early version of Brokeback Mountain

Trump actually said "Stone Ages".

He never misses a chance to fuck up.

regards

Titus