Part of the Sun Records studio band., in particular behind Jerry Lee Lewis {" Whole Lotta Shalkin' "/ His _actual_ name was "Roland JaNes", but listed as "JaMes" on his two singles; click on Link to view the single and confirm this
Historic live recordings from the Holland Pop Festival held in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on June 26th - 28th, 1970. The attendance was 100,000 - 150,000. // This song was previously recorded by the group on their "Live" LP, (Philips, 1969 - yes, it was released in the US) from a concert at the Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf. // Click on Link above, to view the track listing of the live festival
Historic live recordings from the Holland Pop Festival held in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on June 26th - 28th, 1970. The attendance was anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000. // This song was previously recorded by the group on their 'Surrealistic Pillow' LP (RCA, Feb 1967) //
Click on Link above, to view the track listing of the live festival
Historic live recordings from the Holland Pop Festival held in the Kralingen neighbourhood of Rotterdam, on June 26th - 28th, 1970. The attendance was anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000. // This song was first recorded at the time of the 1971 LP 'Future Blues', but not released // Click on Link above, to view the track listing of the live festival
... The group included "Punky" Meadows, later of The Cherry People, then Angel!, and were from Washington, DC // The label was jazz great Lionel Hampton's / Click on Link above, to view the original single
"'Coming Up Tough' is about a family member of mine who ended up going to prison at very young age for over 20 years," says Charlie, adding, "He went in as a kid and spent most of his life in the system. Where’s the justice in that? You come out and have to prove yourself to a world that shut you away – what chance do you have? There’s no attempt at actual rehabilitation, no empathy, just a cage to be forgotten about. I wanted the song to feel like a snowball effect. The character gets thrown out of his house at first and it feels almost juvenile, but then as it progresses you realize the real trouble he’s in. And too often once you’re in trouble you can’t get out.”
"London Calling" was listed in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" at #8, 2003. The last of 35,000 volunteer International Brigade fighters from the Spanish Civil War Josep Almudever recently died - Click on Link above, to read an article on this
Melbourne, Australia based doom and experimental metal duo // "Gas Lit is our fight for Indigenous Sovereignty, Black and Indigenous Liberation, Water, Earth, and Indigenous land given back. Gas Lit is fighting against the dispossession of our people, land, water, and spirit. Gas Lit is a call to transformation and freedom. Gas Lit seeks to make a contribution to undermining and destroying the white supremacist colonial framework."
Swlabr stands for "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow." The album title "Disraeli Gears" came from the Cream roadie Mick Turner saying that, when he meant to say "derailleur gears" when he was discussing bicycles.
