Its May its the Bank Holiday Weekend, Its gonna rain. To cheer you up here is another astounding mix compiled by hand using only the finest and freshest ingredients. Enjoy!
I am off this weekend to see Matt Horne and James Corden do a bit of standup and also to catch some new (gasp!!!) bands on Sunday on the NME New bands tour. I will let you know if the future is bright or not next week!
Taa Raa
Boxerbears Vol5
1) Scorpio Rising - Watermelon (First came across Scorpio Rising on MTV's 120 mins which was bizarrely hosted by 80's popster Paul King for a while. I bought this 12" and the Saturnalia 7" and that was all I ever had by the band until I tracked down a mini album on a site rather like this! Lyrics are not exactly Wordsworth but "Tune")
2) Sultans of Ping FC - Indeed You Are (I actually bought the single for Wheres Me Jumper when it came out and loved it. That was soon to be "Borrowed by a friend who for the purposes of this blog I shall call "Winnie" and it never returned! We saw them a number of times live and to this day "Winnie" would quite happily make love to Niall or morty from the band in exchange for an EP of new songs. I may indeed contact him to put together a special Sultans related mix. This is from the debut Casual Sex in the Cineplex)
3) House of Love - I don't know why I love you ( The last single I believe Terry Bikers played on before quitting the band to form Levitation. Great song which helped put them on the map in America by going to No2 in the College Rock charts. Hugely underachieving band whose back catalogue should have provided them with more success. Released in late 1989)
4) The Wendys - Pulling my fingers off ( Found out about the Wendys on a free factory records cassette on Select Magazine, a magazine which I think was the king of music magazines and should be brought back format and all. This single was fac297 was released in 1991 and produced by Ian Broudie, which should say a lot about its pop sensibilities. One album only released yet again due to poor sales and factory going bust.)
5) Eat - Shame (Brilliant single off the brilliant Epicure album. Eat should have been massive and from having read a lot about them it appeared that vocalist Ange Doolittle was shall we say a bit 'crazy' maybe that's why the potential was never fulfilled. If you haven't got the album get it!)
6) Electrafixon - Never (The band that re-united McColloch and Sargent from the Bunnymen a dark sharp fuzzy album which had great pop moments like this track. I remember going to a engagement party and finding this amongst the 80's record collection they had in the house and put it on instead of Fairground Attraction and people loved it. From the Burned album and released in 1995)
7) Kingmaker - Eat Yourself Whole (Second appearance from this band and this was one of those singles whose title was the same as the album but yet didn't appear on it! Weirdo's! This EP bridged the gap between said album and the pop crossover Sleepwalking. Fact - Loz Hardy the lead singer lived with Justine Elastica for many years following Kingmaker's break-up)
8) 808 State - In Yer Face (Techno techno techno techno, make some noise. Great tune from the Dance legends. Had this on 7" and sadly it broke in half about 10 years ago after being played and slung about so much, I still have it though!!!. Makes u want to be a DJ when you hear it up loud. From the dancemongus Ex:Cel album)
9) Luna -Chinatown (I actually only got to find out about Galaxie 500 by buying some Luna records and making the Dean Wareham link. This was a single from the early 90's and is a great example of what the bands sound is like.)
10) Morphine - Early to Bed (From their most popular album Like Swimming. Morphine used a Sax played like a guitar to great effect and it creates a strange warm sound that is almost bluesy in feel. To appreciate the band its best to listen to a whole album, but heres a nice taster)
11) Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy - Famous and Dandy (Michael Frantis band before he formed the superb Jazz/Hip Hip Outfit Spearhead. DHH were almost Public Enemy like in their style, use of samples and political lyrics, which is no band thing. Greatest Luxury is a great album and this is one of the standouts which was also a single. Fact - U2 used the 'Television the drug of the Nation' track as entrance music on the Zooropa world tour.)
12) Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin ( Their highest UK chart entry (No17) in 1993 came with this track at the tail end of the Grunge thing. I never really really loved any of the albums as an entity but if you put together a best of Dinosaur Jr album it would be a 10/10 job as they knew how to write a great rock song. Now reformed I would like to see them again, even if they all are knocking 50!)
13) The Telescopes - Celeste (Another shoegaze band as is my penchant. The Telescopes released some great singles on creation and continue to make music sporadically to this very day. I picked up one of the more recent albums on ebay and to say it was experimental was an understatement!!! Released in 1991 and never featured on an album proper)
14) EMF - Lies (Probably the least played of the singles of Schubert Dip hence its inclusion. EMF were massive for a couple of years and the trainer boots/shorts combo nearly enticed me away from my Flares and long sleeve t-shirts. Only for me to stick to pretending I was from Manchester. Great live band who sold a bizillion records in America with Jesus Jones.
15)Angry Anderson - Suddenly (Oh you shut up... if you like the above they you will know this and secretly love it. It is of course the theme tune from Scott and Charlenes wedding in Neighbours and still evokes one of those...No Charlene dont do it its me you love moments. Sniff if only Neighbours was as good now as it was then... Henry/Mike/Plain Jane/Mrs Mangle/Helen Daniels. Good Times!)
http://rapidshare.com/files/111776544/Boxerbearsvol5.zip.html
I am off this weekend to see Matt Horne and James Corden do a bit of standup and also to catch some new (gasp!!!) bands on Sunday on the NME New bands tour. I will let you know if the future is bright or not next week!
Taa Raa
Boxerbears Vol5
1) Scorpio Rising - Watermelon (First came across Scorpio Rising on MTV's 120 mins which was bizarrely hosted by 80's popster Paul King for a while. I bought this 12" and the Saturnalia 7" and that was all I ever had by the band until I tracked down a mini album on a site rather like this! Lyrics are not exactly Wordsworth but "Tune")
2) Sultans of Ping FC - Indeed You Are (I actually bought the single for Wheres Me Jumper when it came out and loved it. That was soon to be "Borrowed by a friend who for the purposes of this blog I shall call "Winnie" and it never returned! We saw them a number of times live and to this day "Winnie" would quite happily make love to Niall or morty from the band in exchange for an EP of new songs. I may indeed contact him to put together a special Sultans related mix. This is from the debut Casual Sex in the Cineplex)
3) House of Love - I don't know why I love you ( The last single I believe Terry Bikers played on before quitting the band to form Levitation. Great song which helped put them on the map in America by going to No2 in the College Rock charts. Hugely underachieving band whose back catalogue should have provided them with more success. Released in late 1989)
4) The Wendys - Pulling my fingers off ( Found out about the Wendys on a free factory records cassette on Select Magazine, a magazine which I think was the king of music magazines and should be brought back format and all. This single was fac297 was released in 1991 and produced by Ian Broudie, which should say a lot about its pop sensibilities. One album only released yet again due to poor sales and factory going bust.)
5) Eat - Shame (Brilliant single off the brilliant Epicure album. Eat should have been massive and from having read a lot about them it appeared that vocalist Ange Doolittle was shall we say a bit 'crazy' maybe that's why the potential was never fulfilled. If you haven't got the album get it!)
6) Electrafixon - Never (The band that re-united McColloch and Sargent from the Bunnymen a dark sharp fuzzy album which had great pop moments like this track. I remember going to a engagement party and finding this amongst the 80's record collection they had in the house and put it on instead of Fairground Attraction and people loved it. From the Burned album and released in 1995)
7) Kingmaker - Eat Yourself Whole (Second appearance from this band and this was one of those singles whose title was the same as the album but yet didn't appear on it! Weirdo's! This EP bridged the gap between said album and the pop crossover Sleepwalking. Fact - Loz Hardy the lead singer lived with Justine Elastica for many years following Kingmaker's break-up)
8) 808 State - In Yer Face (Techno techno techno techno, make some noise. Great tune from the Dance legends. Had this on 7" and sadly it broke in half about 10 years ago after being played and slung about so much, I still have it though!!!. Makes u want to be a DJ when you hear it up loud. From the dancemongus Ex:Cel album)
9) Luna -Chinatown (I actually only got to find out about Galaxie 500 by buying some Luna records and making the Dean Wareham link. This was a single from the early 90's and is a great example of what the bands sound is like.)
10) Morphine - Early to Bed (From their most popular album Like Swimming. Morphine used a Sax played like a guitar to great effect and it creates a strange warm sound that is almost bluesy in feel. To appreciate the band its best to listen to a whole album, but heres a nice taster)
11) Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy - Famous and Dandy (Michael Frantis band before he formed the superb Jazz/Hip Hip Outfit Spearhead. DHH were almost Public Enemy like in their style, use of samples and political lyrics, which is no band thing. Greatest Luxury is a great album and this is one of the standouts which was also a single. Fact - U2 used the 'Television the drug of the Nation' track as entrance music on the Zooropa world tour.)
12) Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin ( Their highest UK chart entry (No17) in 1993 came with this track at the tail end of the Grunge thing. I never really really loved any of the albums as an entity but if you put together a best of Dinosaur Jr album it would be a 10/10 job as they knew how to write a great rock song. Now reformed I would like to see them again, even if they all are knocking 50!)
13) The Telescopes - Celeste (Another shoegaze band as is my penchant. The Telescopes released some great singles on creation and continue to make music sporadically to this very day. I picked up one of the more recent albums on ebay and to say it was experimental was an understatement!!! Released in 1991 and never featured on an album proper)
14) EMF - Lies (Probably the least played of the singles of Schubert Dip hence its inclusion. EMF were massive for a couple of years and the trainer boots/shorts combo nearly enticed me away from my Flares and long sleeve t-shirts. Only for me to stick to pretending I was from Manchester. Great live band who sold a bizillion records in America with Jesus Jones.
15)Angry Anderson - Suddenly (Oh you shut up... if you like the above they you will know this and secretly love it. It is of course the theme tune from Scott and Charlenes wedding in Neighbours and still evokes one of those...No Charlene dont do it its me you love moments. Sniff if only Neighbours was as good now as it was then... Henry/Mike/Plain Jane/Mrs Mangle/Helen Daniels. Good Times!)
http://rapidshare.com/files/111776544/Boxerbearsvol5.zip.html
1 comment:
Hi Jimbop.Great site mate.Thanks for your mixes.Keep up the good work.
Cheers
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