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David Bowie “Bowie Now”

sfilzen — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:46:43 +0000

David Bowie “Bowie Now” 1978/2018. Today, January 8th, is David Bowie’s birthday (b. 1947, d. 2016). Bowie Now is a Record Store Day 2018 exclusive release on white vinyl and a reissue of a rare Bowie promo-only comp of tracks from Heroes and Low, recorded in Berlin. From Low, recorded in ‘76 and released in ‘77, are the tracks “Breaking Glass,” “Speed of Life,” “What in the World” (love that one!) and “Weeping Wall.” The remainder of the songs come from 1977′s Heroes, a couple of which are co-written by Bowie and Brian Eno including the deeply ambient and experimental “Neuköln” (the liner notes describe it as “an area in Berlin where Turks live in very bad ghetto conditions…an isolated community unnervingly and vividly surreal…instrumental impression…Eastern sounds…Bowie blows outrageous sax, jazz riffs above [Robert] Fripp and Eno’s glacial overture of rising chords) and “The Secret Life of Arabia.” I especially like two other tracks from Heroes: the complicated, densely rocking “Joe the Lion” and “Blackout,” which is ambient and dissonant yet funky with get-down beats and pop-hook guitars.

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Record Store Day 2018

sfilzen — Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:32:58 +0000

Record Store Day haul (so far. taking a break for a couple of hours to attend the kid’s violin recital this afternoon): Duran Duran, The Cure, David Bowie, The Stooges and Tom Waits plus three local Milwaukee 7″ releases: Brain Bats, Abby Jeanne and Guerrilla Ghost.

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The Stooges “No Fun” and The Black Keys “No Fun”

sfilzen — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 20:21:18 +0000

The Stooges “No Fun” and The Black Keys “No Fun” Record Store Day exclusive, limited edition on colored marbled vinyl, 2013. Today is a twofer: It’s Iggy Pop’s 70th birthday (!!!!) and it’s just one day ‘til Record Store Day 2017. “No Fun” was first released by The Stooges on their debut eponymous album in 1969, an album now considered a breakthrough classic and it has been listed on many Best Of’s over the years. The Black Keys covered “No Fun” in 2002 and it appeared first on the vinyl version of their debut The Big Come Up and then again on the CD single for “The Moan” in 2004. (“The Moan” came out on a vinyl 7″ in 2002 with the B-side “Have Love Will Travel” – one of my favorite Black Keys tracks and video I’ve linked here is from a small show at the High Noon Saloon in Madison, WI in 2004). The Black Keys cover of “No Fun” is less gritty but, shockingly, even more lo-fi than the Stooges’ version. The extreme lo-fi quality was probably not entirely planned; Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded The Big Come Up in Carney’s basement on two cheap mics from eBay and an 8-track tape recorder.

No fun my babe
No fun
No fun my babe
No fun
No fun to hang around
Feelin’ that same old way
No fun to hang around
Freaked out for another day
No fun my babe
No fun
No fun my babe
No fun
No fun to be alone
Walking by myself
No fun to be alone
In love with nobody else
Well maybe go out, maybe stay home
Maybe call Mom on the telephone
Well c’mon, well c’mon
C’mon c’mon
Now Ron, I say Ron
C’mon and lemme hear you tell em
Lemme hear you tell em
Now I feel
I say lemme hear you
Tell em how I feel, yeah, my man
No fun to be alone
It’s no fun to be alone
Hang on
Don’t you lemme go
It’s no fun to alone
To be alone

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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “She’s On It-Jack the Ripper”

sfilzen — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:09:44 +0000

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “She’s On It-Jack the Ripper” b/w “Audio Vacation” 2014, Record Store Day limited edition release on JSBX Recordings. I’m spinning another RSD gem in anticipation of this upcoming weekend’s event: today it’s JSBX’s cover/mashup of the Beastie Boys’ “She’s On It,” which first appeared on the soundtrack to Krush Groove back in 1985 and then again later on several Beastie comps, and Link Ray’s 1961 single “Jack the Ripper,” which hit #64 on the charts. It’s a genius combination full of JSBX noise, stomp and swagger. Side B is a JSBX original, “Audio Vacation,” a noise-rock experimental cacophonous track that, to my knowledge, is only available on this 12″ single; I couldn’t find a link to the audio anywhere on the web.

Run off grooves: Side A = RIP MCA Side B = the next level, the new sound

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Record Store Day 2016

sfilzen — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 19:18:00 +0000

Record Store Day is one of the best days of the year, up there with Christmas and birthdays. My favorite local record store, Rush Mor, had great RSD16 picks, including the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion exclusive, but also put some oldies-goodies out for the occasion.

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