The Geoff Love Sound - Banjo Movie Parade

And sticking with the banjos, here's Mr Love jumping on the bandwagon as Britain officially goes banjo mad in the 70s.. Deliverance was very popular of course and there was the fondly remembered chocolate bar which XYZ has mentioned, but I didn't like the red ones.



Banjo Movie Parade 68Mb

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Big Ben Banjo Band - Big Ben Strikes Again

Here's Norrie Paramor with his Big Ben Banjo Band for your enjoyment, but there are other instruments too so don't worry.


Big Ben had to leave the band eventually as it only knew one tune, and could never fit in a studio - making it available only for live work - in the Westminster area.

Big Ben Strikes Again 72Mb

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Boney M

Time for an offering or three from producer Frank Farian, in the form of Boney M. A band name inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte (sort of), and a band composed of two singers and two mutes.

Farian kept Bobby Farrell's and Maizie Williams' vocal chords in a safe deposit box under the terms of their contracts, in the Vokalsbank in Germany.

He then underwent an operation to perfect his falsetto, and the resulting material put into his throat to graft on a second larynx. Afterwards becoming highly skilled in the art of throwing his voice so the band could do live performances..

Due to interest over which versions these are, I have included the catalogue numbers -

Take the Heat Off Me '76 K50314 68Mb
Love For Sale '77 SD19145 78Mb
Nightflight to Venus '78 K50498 84Mb

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Fairground Fantasia in Stereo

Roll up! Roll up! A little tip for those who don't merely look at the pictures - you need to get this, as this contains 'Over the Waves' which is the one tune most people will think of when they imagine a fairground..

I like to think of them more as 'unfairgrounds', being full of local chavs charged over the odds for low-quality confectionery and weak centrifugal forces, but maybe I'm just an old git.

Fairground Fantasia in Stereo 76Mb

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The Secret Record of Adrian Mole aged Thirteen and Three Quarters

Sept 12, 2009

Sat around picking my nose and ripping crap records. One of them sounded like the dog had dragged it out of the coal shed, but it sounded lovely on Bert Baxter's gramophone when I tried it, I probably got that idea because I'm an intellectual.

Some of the tracks are truly appalling, and others fill me with such angst - such as 'Sorry, Gotta Do It' with its synth-punches Barry Kent throws (thank goodness I have my poetry). I don't know where the original Ian Dury theme got to, the last I heard it was here.

I'm glad I got the beetroot juice off the cover after bumping into a half-empty jar on Bert's sideboard, I thought some had splashed on my face as well. But just my luck - more spots!

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Adrian Mole - The Musical 70Mb

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Niner Livin'

Here's a quick upload to mark the anniversary of America's Reichstag fire - and it may be just up for a couple of weeks because this isn't a political blog.

But sometimes music is political. I made this album a while back, it's a mix of techno and broken beats with lots of synths and lots of evidence that the official story is just that - a story.

These tracks hold primary evidence that all is not right - like FDNY firemen in the south tower at the time of the collapse, describing 'two isolated pockets of fire' or in the firestation talking about the appearance of a demolition - on the actual day.

Also includes an EP about persuasion/propaganda - and also a track about the 'liquid bomb plot' which was in the news recently when the protagonists were found guilty of being able to mix hydrogen peroxide-based explosives in an aeroplane toilet within twenty four hours, and without knocking themselves out on the fumes during the process.

So if you see yourselves as individuals (likely if you visit blogs like this!) then listen and have a think - the implications aren't nice and you'll be tempted to ignore this and attack me as if you were a resident in Plato's cave. Please don't.

Niner Livin & Company 88Mb

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The BBC 1922 - 1972

Now for another 50th anniversary record (and re-up)- this time it's the BBC, the oldest broadcaster in the world. Set up in 1922, its remit under its Royal Charter is to -

'be entirely independent of any private or governmental influence. It is thereby required to be free from both political and commercial influence and answer only to its viewers and listeners.'

Hmmm..

Anyway here's the record (with a bit of WWII as well naturally enough), saluting the organisation which brought us Neighbours, The Teletubbies, hours of bloody cricket, Big Break, Andi Peters, Mr Blobby, hours of bloody snooker, The Archers, etc.






The BBC 1922 - 1972 158Mb

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