Thursday 31 May 2012
Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - June 2012
They recorded at one time for ODE records which was the
label, that this brilliant version of a rock classic , was recorded on...
MERRY CLAYTON – GIMME
SHELTER
Rolling Stones into the Rolling Stones. Better than the
original? Possibly yes!
LITTLE RICHARD –
BROWN SUGAR
Little Richard recorded on Okeh records - as did Billy
Stewart, who covered Doris Day's "Secret Love"
BILLY STEWART -
SECRET LOVE
Doris Day came from that era of the so-called
"girl singer" ,movement pre Rock n Roll, — Doris Day, Kay
Starr, Patti Page ( who Groove Armada sampled ) & my favourite of
them Peggy Lee
PEGGY LEE -
SITTIN' ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY
As sampled by the Beastie Boys on ‘Check it ou’t, another
Beasties sample on ‘Hold it Now’, and heralding the upcoming Go-Go revival!
Trouble Funk featured on the GTA Vice City ost as part
of the playlist for Wildstyle radio.
From the GTA series, San Andreas to be precise, comes this:
HUMBLE PIE - GET
DOWN TO IT
With the incomparable east london legend Steve Marriot
on the vocal...this is a reworking from a few years ago of the brilliant Small Faces ...
LACK OF AFRO -
FEAT. STEVE MARRIOTT "TOUCH MY SOUL"
Small Faces links keep on coming,
RONNIE LANE – THE
POACHER
Ronnie moved out to Texas, where he formed an American
version of his "Slim Chance" band, members of which
included: Alejandro Escovedo (whose niece was Sheila E ! - who
is still hot now) and his brother, was Coke Escovedo.
COKE ESCOVEDO - I
WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING -
Written by Johnny Bristol who produced lots of the later
stuff on Motown
THE SUPREMES – BAD
WEATHER
It’s raining Georgie
SHORTY FEATURING
GEORGIE FAME - SOMEBODY STOLE MY THUNDER
Georgie Fame recorded a track called
"Rosetta" with ex-Animals keyboard player, Alan Price of The
Animals 1966, whose hit "Inside looking out", although covered by
many, was only bettered by one
GRAND FUNK
RAILROAD - INSIDE LOOKING OUT
Grand Funk Railroad's producer in the early 70's was Todd
Rungdren......
TODD RUNDGREN -
I SAW THE LIGHT
Todd Rundgren’s original band
THE NAZZ - OPEN MY
EYES
Stewkey & Mooney, from The Nazz, played together in a
band called "Fuze" - that later became Cheap Trick, no less.
CHEAP TRICK - I
WANT YOU TO WANT ME
Friday 4 May 2012
Corridor of Uncertainty Radio - May 2012
1. Beastie Groove – Beastie Boys (Rock Hard, Def Jam, 1985)
2. EL-P - Deep Space 9MM (Fantastic Damage, Definitive Jux, 2002)
From the same label and year
3. RJD2 vs MosDef vs Common - Ghostwriter (Ghostwriter Definitive Jux, 2002)
There’s a ghost in our house
4. Ghostpoet – Liiines (2011)
The piano chords' progression in Ghost Poet's track is extremely similar to "Love will tear us apart" So here’s a beautiful cover version of the Joy D song:
5. Susanna and The Magical Orchestra - Love will tear us apart - (Melody Mountain, Rune Grammofon, 2006)
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra are a Norwegian electronica and jazz duo, formed in 2000. Also from Norway and also a great cover version
6. Kings of Convenience - Free Fallin' (Live) - (Failure, Source, 2001)
Free fallin' original by Tom Petty from the album Full Moon Fever.....leads us not to "Moon "Fever but this cover of the Cat Stevens choon "Moon"shadow”
7. LaBelle - Moon Shadow (Moon Shadow, Warner Bros, 1972)
From the album, "The Black Madonnas have taken over the moon", comes the ball breakin,
8. The Black Madonnas - Theme to the Black Madonnas (The Black Madonnas have taken over the moon, Trunk, 2005)
Black is black
9. Hugo Strasser - Black Night (Und Sein Tanzorchester - Tanzhits ´71, 1971)
Big up the clarinets
10. Benny Goodman - One O'clock Jump (RCA, 1959)
One is the magic number
11. KRS-One - Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Jive 1997)
Back to my old school
12. Boogie Down Productions – Poetry (Criminal Minded, 1987)
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