Issue #401

MAY 2012

MAY 2012

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MIKE JOYCE ON A NEW SMITHS DISCOVERY. ELOY ‘GERMANY’S PINK FLOYD’. MADNESS SPEAK SKA!

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TING TINGS Doing it for the kids
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE Coincidence and likely stories
DEEP PURPLE Joe Lynn Turner prizes his culinary skills
MADNESS Talking sense with Chrissy Boy and Lee Thompson
COCKNEY REJECTS Blowing bubbles with the Oi! polloi
ELOY Frontman Frank Bornemann’s silent cries and mighty echoes
COVER STORY: THE BEATLES Fifty years of pleasure from Please Please Me; The Eggman cracks one off over some books
Archers Of Loaf Vee Vee
Axe Axeology 1979-2001
Bill Doggett Honky Tonk Popcorn
Bill Nelson The Practice Of Everyday Life
Bo Diddley The Black Gladiator
Brewer & Shipley Down In LA
Colosseum II Strange New Flesh
Cradle Of Filth Midnight In The Labyrinth
Damon Albarn Dr Dee
Demented Are Go! Welcome Back To Insanity Hall
Dr Feelgood All Through The City (With Wilko 1974-1977)
Ebo Taylor Appia Kwa Bridge
Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra
Extra Life Dream Seeds
Fela Kuti Live In Detroit 1986
Fish Internal Exile
Grand Prix Samurai
Holly Golightly Featuring The Brokeoffs Long Distance
Humble Pie On To Victory/ Go For the Throat
Ian Anderson Thick As A Brick 2
Indians In Moscow Indians In Moscow
Jack White Blunderbuss
James Yorkston Moving Up Country: 10th Anniversary Edition
Jerry Lee Lewis A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis
Jim Capaldi Short Cut Draw Blood/ The Contender (Daughter Of The Night)… Plus
Jimmy Campbell Troubadour: Lost Recordings 1965-1991
John Jacob Niles The Boone-Tolliver Recordings
Kenickie Get In
Kenny ‘Dope’ Presents The Bucketheads All In The Mind: Deluxe Version
Kevin Coyne Nobody Dies In Dreamland: Home Recordings From 1972
Krzysztof Penderecki & Jonny Greenwood Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima/Popcorn Superhet Receiver/ Polymorphia/48 Responses To Polymorphia
KS Chithra KS Chithra With Ilaiyaraaja
Laing, Hunter, Ronson, Pappalardi The Secret Sessions
Le Super Borgou De Parakou The Bariba Sound
Loudon Wainwright III Older Than My Old Man Now
Madness Forever Young: The Ska Collection
Mantronix King Of The Beats: Anthology 1985-1988
Marthas & Arthurs The Hit World Of…
Morrissey Viva Hate: Special Edition
Mystery Jets Radlands
Napalm Death Scum
Nirvana Feels Like The First Time
Norah Jones Little Broken Hearts
Omnia Opera Omnia Opera/Red Shift
Paul Brady Dancer In The Fire: A Paul Brady Anthology
Phil Manzanera & Anna Le ’Nth Entities
Porter Ricks Biokinetics
Prong Carved Into Stone
Richard Hawley Standing At The Sky’s Edge
ROB Make It Fast, Make It Slow
Robert Fripp, Andrew Keeling, David Singleton, Metropole Orkest The Wine Of Silence
Rocky Hill Lone Star Legend
Rufus Wainwright Out Of The Game
Santana Anthology ’68-69: The Early San Francisco Years
Sheriff Sheriff
Stevie Ray Vaughan The Fire Meets The Fury
T.Rex Electric Warrior: Deluxe Edition
The Albion Band The Vice Of The People
The Allman Brothers Band A&R Studios: New York 26 August 1971
The Civil Wars Barton Hollow
The Cult Choice Of Weapon
The Funkees Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro- Rock Exponents 1973-77
The Move Live At The Fillmore 1969
The Proclaimers Like Comedy
The Radiators From Space Sound City Beat
The Sweet Ballroom Blitz: The Anthology
The Time & Space Machine Taste The Lazer
Ty Segall & White Fence Hair
Various Artists Da Doo Ron Ron: More From The Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry Songbook
Various Artists Giant Single: The Profile Records Rap Anthology
Various Artists John Cale: Conflict And Catalysis: Productions And Arrangements 1966-2006
Various Artists The Journey Is Long: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
Various Artists Sorrow’s Children: The Songs Of SF Sorrow
Volcano The Bear Golden Rhythm/Ink Music
Wilco & Billy Bragg Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
Willy DeVille Willy DeVille In New Orleans
Zapp Zapp
’Til Tuesday Voices Carry
Alter Bridge Live At Wembley
BB King Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011
Dinosaur Jr Bug: Live At The 9:30 Club - In The Hands Of The Fans
John Martyn One World… One John
Various Artists Blank City
Various Artists Strange Fruit: The Beatles’ Apple Records
Buddy Guy When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy With David Ritz
Carole King A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King
Coltrane Coltrane by Paolo Parisi
Neil Young Neil Young: A Life In Pictures by Colin Irwin
The Animals Animal Tracks: The Story Of The Animals: Newcastle’s Rising Suns by Sean Egan
Various Artists Dance Craze by Garry Bushell
Various Artists Ghosts Behind The Sun: Splendor, Enigma & Death (Mondo Memphis, Volume One) by Tav Falco
Various Artists The History Of The NME by Pat Long
Various Artists Keyboard Presents The Evolution Of Electronic Dance Music by Peter Kirn (Ed)
Various Artists The Twang Dynasty by Deke Leonard
Will Oldham Will Oldham On Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy by Will Oldham, Edited By Alan Licht
Florence & The Machine Bournemouth BIC (4th March, 2012)
Hard-Fi London Hard Rock Café (27th March, 2012)
Joan Baez Oxford New Theatre (19th March, 2012)
Judas Priest, Lamb Of God Singapore Fort Canning Park (20th February, 2012)
Judie Tzuke London Islington Union Chapel (23rd February, 2012)
Mark King & Friends London Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (1st March, 2012)
Michael Rother Brisbane Zoo, Australia (15th March, 2012)
Rock Of Ages London Shaftesbury Theatre (2nd March, 2012)
Simple Minds London Camden Roundhouse (2nd March, 2012)
South By South West Festival Austin, Texas, USA (13th March, 2012)
Sting Manchester Apollo (16th March, 2012)
The Producers London Shepherd’s Bush Bush Hall (1st February, 2012)
Van Morrison Brighton Dome (3rd March, 2012)
D’oh! D’oh! N Herring
Editor’s Letter Ian McCann
Letter Of The Month Graham Scaife, ex-Keighleyite
My Jug Hell Laurence Bell-Brown
Soul Stash Ian Clark