MUSIC… live and recorded – my musings on soul, funk, jazz, reggae, blues, rock, punk, prog, ambient… everything I like really!
Pictured: Roy Harper with Nick Harper onstage 2025.
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My Groovy 45’s No.5: Stagger Lee by Wilson Pickett
Stagger Lee by Wilson Pickett: this should be a movie: a man takes another man’s stetson hat and is shot dead. True story from 1895 and a great song recorded so many times by artists from Taj Mahal to Neil Diamond. I own 5 versions that I know of!
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My Groovy 45’s No.4: Sly & the Family Stone
#4 in my series of Groovy 45’s from what remains of my DJ singles collection from the 1970s and early 1980s. This would get them on the dance floor!
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Of all the hugely underrated British music artists…
I have enjoyed a great day of listening to music on my HiFi, mostly records but also a bit of streaming too. Whilst on a nostalgia streak I was reminded of the excellent and underrated Graham Parker.
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My Groovy 45’s No.2: Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison
My second featured 45 from my collection is the first chart-topping version of a 1952 song written by Leiber & Stoller. Back in the days when R&B was raw and ballsy…
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My groovy 45’s: ‘What’ by Judy Street
Very few singles from my days as ‘Funky Genghis’ survive, but some did – and still sound great today! This is ‘What’ by Judy Street, which will be known to most for the 1982 synth version by Soft Cell.
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Gordon Giltrap free gig; GeogAss festivities… & lectures!
Friday, 20th. February 1976… a good day with a free lunchtime gig – Gordon Giltrap – and a GeogAss party in the evening. Some thought-provoking lectures too – that still have relevance today!
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Bandy Legs, Medicine Head & Loschian Models – a perfect day for a student
Pretty much a perfect day – for me as a student in London in 1976. Morning and afternoon lectures, lunchtime and evening gigs, plenty of beer – all for £2.91!
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Morning exam; evening gig – Kursaal Flyers & Eddie and the Hot Rods for 85p!
Fifty years ago: after a harrowing exam it was good to make it to the Marquee in London’s Soho for a gig – two bands for 85p!
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So, where did Syd Barrett get the idea to call his new band ‘Pink Floyd’?
You may never have heard of Pink Anderson, but you will certainly know Pink Floyd. What is the connection between the two?
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The Leyton Buzzards: Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees.
The Leyton Buzzards were a minor punk/new wave band but they did some good stuff – and they headlined a Rock Against Racism gig at the LSE.
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads were hoping for a No.1 with Sueperman’s Big Sister – but it wasn’t to be…
Ian Dury & The Blockheads were hoping for a No.1 with the 100th single on the Stiff Records label – but it was a flop. I can see why. The ‘b’ side was good though…
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UFO/No Sound Is Too Taboo – a superb album you will not find on streaming services
Some of the best albums are not available on streaming services – No Sound Is Too Taboo is one of them and is not only excellent but certainly lives up to its name.
Colin Anderson 