And finally...

...if time is kind i get a chance to update this hive of inactivity.  Sorry i've not posted for so long but I've been incredibly busy.  Here's some songs for you.

Serge Gainsbourg - Initials BB



I recently Johann Sfar's "Gainsbourg" Biopic.  Thought it was somewhere between OK and Good, but i hope it reveals the wonderful oeuvre of Gainsbourg's music to the english speaking world.  This paean to Brigitte Bardot is one of my faves.  The arrangement and production is so ace - i think the chorus is nicked by Dvorak(a lot of gainsbourg's music was inspired by classical tunes).  This is taken from French TV.

Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music / Music Lover



I recently encountered a great bootleg of sixties seventies S&FS shows and i think this version is on there.  I also had great time dancing to this tune whilst in Berlin.  Unbeatable.

Eddie & Ernie - Bullets Don't Have Eyes



This is one of my favourite soul tunes.  Eddie & Ernie were a soul singing duo based in Phoenix, Arizona.  They also wrote "Outcast" which is one of my favourite tunes by The Animals.The intro would make a great sample.  Not released at the time - and why not? Reissued on a compilation called "Lost Friends", which contains most of the duos work. 

Public Image Limited - Poptones/Careering



This always makes me smile.  PIL's performance is from American Bandstand, 1980.  True rock history.  Unbelievable that this ended up on prime time TV.  If you know of John Lydon from his antics with The Sex Pistols and selling cheese, you only know half of the story.  Pil, to me, maybe not to history, are the more significant half...well, the early stuff.  Both these tracks are off Metal Box, their second album(and last with the classic lineup of Keith Levene, Lydon, Martin Atkins and Jah Wobble) and one of the most groundbreaking albums of its time.  I still can't believe the record was made in 1979.  It still sounds like the future.  Get it now.

Bhundu Boys - Manhenga



Another incredibly groundbreaking group, this time from Zimbabwe.  This is on the album "Shabhini" which is by far their best album, which can be found on the "Shed Sessions" Double CD.

E.S.G. - Dance



These girls from the Bronx are kind of some weird mirror opposite of PIL in some respects.  They're minimal disco music is something entirely their own but it's been imitated much since, never bettered.  Great Saturday night music, whatever planet you're on. 

Bettye Lavette - Let Me Down Easy



A sucker punch of Southern Soul which i heard on a Mississippi Records cassette. 

Shirley Ellis - The Name Game



Fun tongue twisting number,famous on the Northern Soul Circuit.  Shirley also recorded two other stone classics "The Clapping Song" and "Soul Time"...maybe they'll appear here later...

Rosco Gordon - Booted



Rosco Gordon isn't a well known name outside the world of R&B collectors - but he was very influential in the field of Jamaican Ska.  This homicidal number dates from 1952, recorded by Sam Phillips in Memphis and was released on Chess Records.

Alemayehu Eshete - Tchero Adari Negn


Ethiopian Funk next.  From the awesome Ethiopiques Series.

That's all for now.( x