Gary Clail’s Tackhead Tape Time

This album features Gary Clail ranting over an astonishingly industrial soundtrack produced by the mighty Tackhead.
Gary Clail is a singer/rapper/ranter and producer,probably best known for performing the theme for the tv show Snub and for his work with the On-U Sound record label.
Tackhead’s members,Skip Macdonald,Doug Wimbish and Keith Leblanc had been the house band at Sugarhill Records and played on such seminal tracks as ‘The Message’ and ‘White Lines’.Joining forces with On-U Sound Records,the band played together and individually on many of the On-U releases,such as material from African Headcharge,The Strange Parcels and Little Axe.
This release has twisted dub versions of Tackhead tracks,ranted over by Gary Clail,extensively reworked,remixed and sample heavy,it can sometimes be a difficult listen as there is so much going on,but a rewarding one if this is your thing.
Mind At The End Of The Tether
Half Cut Again
Reality
M.O.V.E.
Hard Left
Get This
Man In A Suitcase
What’s My Mission Now ? (Fight The Devil)
This is from cassette as i think the cd was only released in Japan,Goldwaved to the max,two files-one for each side
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Bedlam Ago Go-Live

A short live set from Bedlam Ago Go.These guys are the sort of band that defy description in some ways,their output suggets influences that are all over the place,and in turn,you can hear echoes of their sound in many other bands.It’s like council estate ragga/hip hop/reggae with a side order of The Ruts.Sadly they didn’t last,a handful of singles and a superb album,Estate Style Entertainment.
This live set was originally on Radio 1 i thnk,the album was released in ’98 so i suspect this is from around then,transfered to mp3 and cleaned up somewhat with Goldwave.
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Tattooed Type by Dave Groves

A good friend of mine is doing a guest slot on the Wayne Simmons blog .Wayne Simmons writes horror/zombie books and you can find a load of his own stuff,including book reviews on his blog.
Dave Groves however,is doing a superb guest slot on tattoos and tattooing…Part 1 ,Part 2 Part 3

Massive Attack-Radio 2 Session

A Massive Attack live session,originally broadcast on the warm kitten’s show on Radio 2,2006(includes an ‘interview’ with Del Naja)
Tracklist:
Unfinished Sympathy
Teardrop
Live With Me
Black Milk
Inertia Creeps
It’s all one file,you want the tracks seperated,you’ll have to do it yourself i’m afraid
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Stan Freberg-St George And The Dragonet

I heard this years ago somewhere,and kinda forgot about it,then it popped up on the radio last night at work.It was on Mc Desmo’s Radio 2 show,The Music Goes Round.A superb show,very eclectic,and worth a listen if you are interested in Jazz,Big Band’s and the like.

I love the humour of this,the lines between St Goerge and his boss about the .45 crack me up,also the line about the knave and the stolen tarts raises a smile every time

Plight And Premonition-David Sylvian and Holger Czukay

A two track release from David Sylvian,former frontman for Japan and ex Can member,Holger Czukay.Both tracks are heavily treated and edited,both instumental,both are usually described as chill out type stuff,but i feel they are more film soundtrack orientated.
1 “Plight (The Spiralling of Winter Ghosts)” – 18:30
2 “Premonition (Giant Empty Iron Vessel)” – 16:21
This was the first of two collaborations between the two,the other is called ‘Flux And Mutability’.
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Edit:forgot to say this has been transferred from cassette(yep,i’m that old school)and cleaned up with Goldwave,listenable,not perfect

You Have Been Warned:We Are Reasonable People-Blech Cassette Mix

This is one of the cassette only versions of the famous Blech mix,released by Warp Records.There are two cassette versions,and to be honest i have no clear idea which one this is,my memory is not what it was!!.Both feature Warp artists,one was an official Warp release,the shorter version was given away free with Wax Magazine.
You can find the tracklistings for both at Discogs and you can sample the delights of this superb mix here.
Oh,and if you ever run across a decent copy,it’s worth about 25 quid!

Holy Ghost-Live @ Dogma

A short but sweet set from the mighty Holy Ghost,live @ Dogma Edinburgh in 2002.
Holy Ghost were a popular Tresor act,releasing two excelent albums and a slew of singles.This set comes from very late in their career,i’m a little unsure quite how “live” this set is,but it’s a stonker,if you like your techno with Elvis impersonators,then this is the set for you!
Dogma was a superb techno club that ran in Edinburgh between 2000 and 2005,featuring a wide array of artists and dj’s from right across the techno spectrum,their residents werent half bad either!!

The War Game

When i was fifteen,i saw Threads on the tv,a stark and brutal look at the prelude and aftermath of a nuclear attack on the UK.It scared me senseless at the time,and is still a powerful,if somewhat depressing piece of work.
However,Threads owes a massive debt in style and substance to The War Game.Written by Peter Watkins,in his trademark docu-drama style,The War Game is even now still pretty hard hitting and was banned from the Beeb until the eighties.Primarily it would seem because it showed how unprepared the goverment was for such an attack,and in particular for two scenes where armed police execute looters and shoot hopeless medical cases.Both events that Watkins quite rightly said would be realistic and therefore refused point blank to edit out.As a result The War Game was banned by the BBC and Watkins took his considerable talents abroad and hasn’t made a film in the UK since.It’s also worth pointing out that the Beeb retained the rights to the film,and although it has since been released both here and in America,Watkins has recieved no income at all from the film.
It’s a superb piece of work,and well worth a look,it was a notable influence on both Threads here,and perhaps less so on The Day After in the States.
I am endlessly fascinated by this sort of thing,and love browsing through Subterranea Britannica for buildings from that sort of era.You can find a detailed and very lengthy report on SubBrit on the civil defense plans for the UK,written at around the same time The War Game was filmed,it provides valuable background information.

The Screaming Blue Messiahs

The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a sort of blues driven rock band with some punky influences and a love of Americana,formed in the early eighties they recorded a few brilliant albums and split.Despite major label releases,extensive touring,critical acclaim and the endorsement of no less than David Bowie,hardly anyone has ever heard of them.I can clearly remember Bowie being interviewed on the tv around the time of his Glass Spider tour saying he though The SBM’s were the best thing since sliced bread.
The most distinctive thing about them is the frontman,Bill Carter’s guitar style,he plays without a pick,but not like say,Mark Knoffler,Carter plays with such aggression that it wasnt uncommon to see his guitars with splatters of blood.Coupled with his bluesy ,feedback laden sound,backed by the solid wall of noise produced by bass player Chris Thompson and drummer Kenny Harris,The Messiahs were a fearsome live band,who always seemed on the verge of disentegrating into a brawl,they were almost dangerous.
Check out this superb live version of ‘Sweetwater Pools’,i have no idea how he gets some of those sounds out of that guitar,even when he bangs it accidently into the mike stand it sounds amazing…also,check out the two girls in front of the stage losing it!!

They still have a website ,where you can find details of their records,all their albums are great,but i would suggest Bikini Red is the place to start.