October 5, 2003

ADDICTED TO BE LOVED

Sometimes he seemed an old-fashioned man, and on September 26th Robert Palmer died in an old-fashion way, from heart attack, aged only 54. Many remember Robert for his megahit, “Addicted To Love”, the striking video to which was re-hashed later by Shania Twain, but there was more to the British singer. Palmer was the rocker, having sung with THE ALAN BOWN SET and amazing starr-loaded formation VINEGAR JOE before going solo, and had been kept in such respect that the backing band on his 1974’s debut, “Sneakin” Sally Through The Alley” included LITTLE FEAT’s Lowell George. Then, he scored hits on and on, yet found himself brave enough to embarl on a new venture, a band called POWER STATION, that proved successful too, as well as his collaboration with UB40 on Bob Dylan’s “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”. A big-hearted man, he was – and will be – loved, and will be sorely missed.

MORE ASH TO THE FIRE

Thirty odd years on since WISHBONE ASH came to be, the interest in them is still solid, and that’s all the good reason for Andy Powell to dig into his archives and unearth a great smattering of rarities. Last year, the band released the collection called “Tracks”, which is joined now by “Tracks 2” spanning three decades, from 1972 to 2002. Looks appetizing:

1. Bona Fide
2. Mountainside
3. Faith, Hope & Love
4. Cosmic Jazz
5. Errors Of My Way
6. Phoenix
7. Ancient Remedy (acoustic)
8. No Joke
9. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
10. Time Was
11. Mercury Blues
12. Real Guitars Have Wings
13. Underground
14. Lorelie
15. FUBB
16. Ancient Remedy (electric)
17. Living Proof (acoustic)
18. Leaf And Stream
19. Sometime World
20. Blowin Free
21. Bad Weather Blues
22. Almighty Blues
23. Too Much Monkey Business
24. Steppin Out

THOSE CLEVER HEADS

To some, TALKING HEADS sound boring, to others David Byrne and his colleagues were the sound terrorists and true revolutionaries, but a box set “Once In A Lifetime”, out on November 10th, can change the minds of both fractions, providing a wonderful perspective of the band’s output, with both standard cuts and rarities. What’s there on 3 CDs and a DVD is compiled with a say from all the group members. Why not, then, try and understand why Tom Jones is a fan and chose to cover “Burning Down The House” on his acclaimed “Reload”? (The tracks indicated * are previously unreleased),

CD1:

1. Sugar On My Tongue
2. Love Goes To A Building On Fire
3. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
4. Psycho Killer
5. Warning Sign
6. Artists Only
7. Tentative Decisions
8. No Compasssion
9. Stay Hungry
10. I’m Not In Love
11. The Book I Read
12. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
13. Found A Job
14. Uh Oh Love Comes To Town (alt. version) *
15. Don’t Worry About The Government
16. New Feeling (alt. version) *
17. Pulled Up 18. A Clean Break (Let’s Work) (live)
19. Take Me To The River
20. The Big Country
21. Memories Can’t Wait

CD 2:

1. I Zimbra
2. Cities (alt. version) *
3. Life During Wartime
4. Air
5. Heaven
6. Drugs (alt. version,
feat, Robert Fripp)
 *
7. Once In A Lifetime
8. Born Under Punches
9. Listening Wind
10. Houses In Motion
11. Crosseyed And Painless
12. Burning Down The House
13. Making Flippy Floppy
14. Girlfriend Is Better
15. Slippery People
16. Swamp
17. This Must Be The Place

CD 3:

1. And She Was
2. Stay Up Late
3. Creatures Of Love
4. The Lady Don’t Mind
5. Road To Nowhere
6. Wild Wild Life
7. Love For Sale
8. People Like Us
9. Puzzlin’ Evidence
10. City Of Dreams
11. Blind
12. Mr. Jones
13. Democratic Circus
14. (Nothing But) Flowers
15. In Asking Land (“Naked” outtake) *
16. Sax And Violins
17. Lifetime Piling Up

DVD:

1. Once In A Lifetime
2. Wild Wild Life
3. Stay Up Late
4. Crosseyed And Painless
5. Burning Down The House
6. And She Was
7. This Must Be The Place
8. The Lady Don’t Mind
9. Love For Sale
10. Road To Nowhere
11. Blind
12. (Nothing But) Flowers
13. Sax & Violins

THE LAST SLAMMIN’

That’s quite strange: for almost twenty years there was no official release from Phil Lynott’s GRAND SLAM, except for the “Dedication” which appeared as a title track on a THIN LIZZY compilation; but 2002 saw the gates open, and here’s the third collection out now. “Twilight’s Last Gleaming” is said to contain the band’s very last live performances, coming mostly from the Marquee gig of December 4th, 1984. The set is rather usual yet Philo was such a great artist that it’s a worthy thing anyway. The aficionados must look for a limited edition, which comes in digipack with a bonus CD with alternative live cuts of “Nineteen”, “Crime Rate” and “Military Man” thereon.

1. Yellow Pearl
2. Nineteen
3. Sisters Of Mercy
4. Harlem
5. Breakdown
6. Here We Go
7. Cold Sweat
8. Gay Boys
9. Can’t Get Away
10. Dedication
11. Parisienne Walkways
12. Military Man

October 5, 2003

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