#Greensleeves Rhythm Album

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HIGHWAY RIDDIM - STONE COLD

#TBT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 HIGHWAY RIDDIM - STONE COLD Tracklist: 1. Buju Banton - Dis Mi Lady 2. Capleton - Miles 3. Chuck Fender & Fiona - Money 4. Danny English - Hang Dem 5. Elephant Man feat. Singer J - Quint it 6. Fargo Voice - Curiosity 7. Goofy - Wha Dat Star 8. Hawkeye - Who's That 9. Kiprich - Police 10. Kiprich - Ring 11. Lady G & Cutlass - Chop it Suh 12. Lady Saw - Follow Me 13. Mega Banton - Fat Gal Slim Gal 14. Monster Shock - Slippery 15. Mr Vegas & Ce'cile - Get Yuh Tonight 16. Red Rat & Psycho Kid - A Lie 17. Ricky Rudy aka Bling Dawg - Tame 18. Risto Benjie - Right Now 19. Tony Curtis & Galaxy P - Shorty 20. Ward 21 - Reverse

HIGHWAY RIDDIM – STONE COLD (GREENSLEEVES RHYTHM ALBUM #8) Tracklist: Buju Banton – Dis Mi Lady Capleton – Miles Chuck Fender & Fiona – Money Danny English – Hang Dem Elephant Man feat. Singer J – Quint it Fargo Voice – Curiosity Goofy – Wha Dat Star Hawkeye – Who’s That Kiprich – Police Kiprich – Ring Lady G & Cutlass – Chop it Suh Lady Saw – Follow Me Mega Banton – Fat Gal Slim Gal Monster…

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McCoy Tyner: A Brief Appreciation

I only found out about the passing of this great jazz pianist, on the sixth of this month of March 2020, only a couple of days ago. which is either a sign of my lack of attention to news reports, or of the general under-appreciation of a tremendous musician and improviser. Or maybe both. After all, we are very much in an ‘either/or’ world at present, and it’s always good to step outside the binary, whenever the chance presents itself. Artists like Tyner have always been sidelined when the ‘immortal’ tags are given out, but, as the title of his very first solo outing suggested, he was very much the ‘real McCoy’. And he was also one of the rapidly-diminishing number of still-living Sixties Masters (he was born in 1938), being just twenty four years old when he made his debit recording with the timeless John Coltrane Quartet (’Greensleeves’, a version of which eventually appeared on Africa/Brass), which made his name and  immortalised him in the Jazz Hall of Fame.

I have to state at this pint, that Tyner has never been one of my favourite jazz musicians. But his passing does seem to me hugely significant. As far as I know, Reggie Workman is still alive and, as such, now the last survivor of the Quartet, but it is salutary to remember that Tyner’s first solo album, The Real McCoy, was recorded just two months before the death of John Coltrane, nearly FIFTY THREE years ago. So McCoy kept the Coltrane legacy going for over half a century, a legacy that has only grown in stature throughout all those years. I can’t really give a hugely informed valediction to McCoy Tyner, but I know an important jazz musician when I hear one, and the pianist was most certainly one of these. I’ve got almost all of the Impulse! Coltrane Quartet material, partly in the form of the imposing The Classic Quartet:Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings. This eight-disc compilation is housed in a seemingly iron-clad cover, which exactly suits the tone of Coltrane’s group, which lacks little except for, perhaps, a bit of humour? I know one doesn’t go to Free(ish) Jazz for a good laff, but even Albert Ayler can occasionally be slightly light-hearted, but hey, this was well before Post Modernism. Undoubtedly spiritually uplifting, Coltrane ran the risk of being oppressive in his music’s seriousness. Many will completely disagree, I’m sure, but there is a reason why I don’t play this Quartet as much as I play Ornette’s, of around the same period.

The extra-Coltrane records that have bought me the most Tyner-related joy are his first solo disc, and the two Milestone Records doubles, recorded in 1973/4. The Real McCoy, recorded in April 1967 (arguably at the nadir of jazz’s popularity?) is a real Blue Note stomper, with Joe Henderson standing in for the soon-gone Coltrane, and Elvin Jones, also from the Quartet, forming the rest of the rhythm section, with the addition of Miles’s then-bassist, Ron Carter. This was a peer group of greats, and is one of the label’s outstanding avant recordings from the mid-sixties, a period that produced so many of them; others include the works of Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Tony Williams, Sam Rivers and Larry Young. The late Richard Cook’s biography of Blue Note goes into details about these years of 1963-7 in Chapter Nine.

The Milestone doubles consist of Enlightenment  (1973) and Atlantis (1974). I’m tempted to bracket these ‘intense-athons’ with Miles Davis’s contemporary outpourings of excess, Aghartha and Pangea, but their modus is entirely different. As well as being all double vinyl excursions, they were all sprawling live concert recordings of extended-length tracks, that took up whole sides of their vinyl versions. Tyner himself is a force of nature on these records, and his playing can be compared to Cecil Taylor’s energy and sheer ‘orneriness, and, of course, to his mentor, Coltrane, in terms of sheer massiveness of purpose and intent. Not for the fainthearted, these albums are draining, and they remind one of just how much of this quality was available for interested audiences at this oint in time.  Incantatory in form and purpos, this music still astounds if you let it, nearly fifty years on.

Others will write more about this exceptional musician, and I can console myself by thinking how much more of his music I still have to discover. And surely there is no better time than this one of self-isolation to make these discoveries in?

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Crate Digger’s Corner: Ritchie’s Blackmore’s Rainbow (Polydor, 1975)

Crate Digger’s Corner…by DJ Musically Rich

(If you’d like to listen to a track from the album as you read, go to the end of the post to start the song)

This week in Crate Digger’s Corner I take a listen to my vinyl copy of the 1975 debut album from Ritchie Blackmore, the former (at this point in time in 1975) Deep Purple guitarist. It’s a very uneven album with plenty of highs, but unfortunately a number of lows as well. He had left Deep Purple (which he founded) after leading them into a more commercial direction as the band he founded headed from the late ‘60s into the ‘70s. With Rainbow he wanted to get back to the harder rocking (at times verging on progressive nature) of the early Mark I version of Deep Purple.

The album starts off on the right foot with the instantly recognizable, crunchy guitar riff of ‘Man On The Silver Mountain’. That would be the biggest song that Rainbow released as you can still hear that one on regularly on classic rock radio stations today. With a nice guitar solo weaved into the middle of the song, it sets the stage for something somewhat unexpected. The next three songs on side 1 don’t make the cut. ‘Self Portrait’ and ‘Black Sheep Of The Family’ are forgettable. ‘Catch The Rainbow’ is by far the biggest offender on the album. A slow ballad that plays out over nearly 7 long minutes that sounds like they were sitting around listening to Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Little Wing’ on repeat for a week before writing the song. Unfortunately, the song (at twice the length) doesn’t carry the same depth either musically or lyrically that Hendrix’s elegant song had.

Side 2 does begin to turn things around. ‘Snake Charmer’ is a charged up rocker anchored by a “wah” tinged guitar riff, great playing and a biting guitar solo. That leads to the weak point on the second side, ‘The Temple Of The King’. The song drags as it moves along at a slower mid-tempo pace which makes it feel like a long five minutes. ‘If You Don’t Like Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is a quick, fun tune, complete with a killer boogie piano solo in the middle. A solid ‘Sixteenth Century Greensleeves’  leads to the final song, a killer instrumental, ‘Still I’m Sad’. It starts off with the band revving up to full force over a driving rhythm on the cowbell. Blackmore’s guitar playing is excellent throughout this song as he leads the band to its finest moment on the album.

I don’t think Ritchie Blackmore quite lived up to getting back to his harder rocking sound overall on this debut album, however there are a number of high points that show the direction he was going. Rainbow finally found the sound they were looking for on their excellent follow-up album “Rising”. The unevenness of this album will lead this one to go into the sale pile.

Stars: 2.5/5

Available on: LP/CD/Cass/8-Trk

RIYL: Deep Purple- Burn, Dio- Last In Line, Nazareth- Hair Of The Dog, Black Country Communion- Afterglow

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IN MUSIC BANNED

*** VIDEOSS A "A Day in the Life" – The Beatles (1967) ... BBC - suggestive line, "..we’d love to turn you on..” "A Pair of Brown Eyes" - The Pougues ... BBC's Top of the Pops - a music video ban "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" – George Hamilton IV (1956) ... BBC - thought to be advertising, although the candy bar Baby Ruth was not sold in the UK "A Russian Love Song" – The Goons (1957) ... BBC - ridicules the cold war "A Theme from the Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)" – Louis Armstrong (1956) ... banned by: NYC radio, BBC - bloodthirsty words *** "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum (1967) ... Top Of The Pops - the usage of Vietnam War newsreel footage. "A Worried Man" – The Kingston Trio (1959) ... BBC - didn’t like the word “closet” being used for “cupboard”. "A-huggin' and A-chalkin'" – Johnny Mercer (1946) ... BBC /USA - offensive to fat people ** "All For You" - Janet Jackson (2001) ... Singapore - lyrics to 'Would You Mind', were too sexually explicit and not acceptable to their society "Anarchy in the UK" - Sex Pistols (1976) ... BBC - banned following their controversial appearance on the TV news programme, Today. "Annie Had A Baby" - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1954) ... banned for radio play by the FCC. overtly sexual lyrics "Annie's Aunt Fannie" - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1954) ... banned for radio play by the FCC. overtly sexual lyrics "Angels in the Sky" – The Crew-Cuts (1955) ... BBC - Thought too offensive by the head of religious broadcasting "Answer Me" – Frankie Laine (1953) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting as a "sentimental mockery of Christian prayer" "Armchair Anarchist" - Kingmaker (1992) ... BBC/others - offensive lyrics "Bomb the idiots" and "Viva Dynamite" ** "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" (1989 album) - 2 Live Crew ... USA - Southern District of Florida ruled that the album was legally obscene. B "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot (1992) ... MTV - briefly banned the outrageous video about women with big butts, and men who like them. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" – Bob Dylan (1962) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher () ... BBC - banned during Gulf War "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" – Kirby Stone Four (1958) ... BBC - "pop" version of classical piece, Alexander Borodin's String Quartet in D "Be Prepared" – Tom Lehrer (1953) ... BBC - sexually suggestive "Beep Beep" – The Playmates (1958) ... BBC - the mention of Cadillac and Nash Rambler considered advertising, also promoted dangerous driving. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" - The Beatles ... BBC - the phrase "Henry the Horse", contains two common slang terms for heroin. "Big 6, Big 7,Big 8, 10 etc" - Judge Dredd (1972-75) ... BBC - sexual references and swear words. "Big Boys Bickering" - Paul McCartney ... BBC - overtly political message "Bitch" - The Rolling Stones ... many radio stations - sexual content and outrageous title. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" – Ella Fitzgerald (1958) ... BBC - content where considered objectionable. "Be Chrool To Your Scuel" - Twisted Sister (1985) ... MTV - banned the video for excessive violence and gore "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (2013) ... YouTube - banned the music video featuring nude models. (a new video was shot with clothed models) "Bobby Brown" - Frank Zappa (1979) ... USA - sexually explicit lyrics "Bring The Boys Home" - Freda Payne (1971) ... American Forces Network - fear that it would "give aid and comfort to the enemy" "Body Language" - Queen (1982) ... MTV ... music video blatantly sexy and too racey "Boom Bang-a-Bang" – Lulu (1969) ... BBC - banned during Gulf War "Burn My Candle" – Shirley Bassey (1956) ... BBC - risqué connotations C "(Celebrate) The Day After You" – The Blow Monkeys and Curtis Mayfield (1987) ... Australia, BBC Can't Stand Losing You - The Police (1978) ... BBC - morbid content (teenager who commits suicide) Cardiac Arrest - Madness (1981) ... BBC - lyrical content, "gasping for the hot air, but the chest pain it won't go" etc "Charlie Brown" – The Coasters (1959) ... BBC - the "disgusting, delinquent word" spitball "Come Together" – The Beatles (1970) ... BBC - product placement with the lyrics "He shoot Coca-Cola" "Come Again" – Au Pairs (1981) BBC ... refers to orgasms "Cop Killer" - Body Count (1992) ... USA / New Zealand - vile messages and promoting anti-police sentiment. ”Cortez The Killer” - Neil Young (1975) ... some Spanish speaking countries/stations - criticism of one of their national heroes "Cradle Song (Brahms' Lullaby)" – Frank Sinatra (1944) ... BBC - disrespectful to classical music "Croce di Oro (Cross of Gold)" – Joan Regan (1955) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting as sentimentalisation of religion "Crazy Horses" - The Osmonds (1972) ... South Africa - "horses" is a slang term for heroin there, so it was thought to be referring to drugs. "Crying in the Chapel" – Lee Lawrence (1953) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting because it was "nauseating". "Cuddle Me" – Ted Heath ft Dennis Lotis (1954) ... BBC - lewd and suggestive D "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" - Sophie B. Hawkins (1992) ... MTV - rejected the original version of the video on grounds of erotic content. "Danny Boy" – Conway Twitty (1959) ... BBC - Conway Twitty holds the distinction of having recorded the only version of “Danny Boy” to have been banned! "Deep in the Heart of Texas" – Bing Crosby and Woody Herman (1942) ... BBC - too infectious "Devil Woman" - Marty Robbins ... Eire - adulterous theme ** "Devils and Dust" - Bruce Springsteen (2005 album) ... Starbucks, USA - concerns about adult content and his stances on corporate politics "Diggin' My Potatoes" – Lonnie Donegan (1954) ... BBC - lyrics not suitable "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" - Judy Garland ... BBC - found it disrespectful when a Facebook campaign and other anti-Thatcher camps tried do make the song a No.1 hit after the sad death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. "Dinner with Drac" – John Zacherle (1958) ... BBC - lyrics considered despicable "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" – Noël Coward (1943) BBC ... WWII reminder of Germany "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" - The Outhere Brothers ... BBC / others - shockingly explicit "Disarm" - Smashing Pumpkins (1994) BBC ... banned the song from appearing on Top of the Pops, because of the lyric "cut that little child". E "Ebeneezer Goode" – The Shamen (1992) ... BBC - drug fuelled song, "Eezer Goode..." in the chorus sounds like E's are good. "Ebony Eyes" – The Everly Brothers (1961) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "Eight Miles High - The Byrds () ... USA - drug connotations in its lyrics. ** "Electric Ladyland" - Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968 album) ... many retail stores - the cover depicted nineteen nude women lounging in front of a black background. "Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire (1965) ... BBC - on the restricted list, for its bombast; USA - "it was an aid to the enemy in Vietnam" F "F--k tha Police" - N.W.A (1988) ... USA / other countries - encouraged violence against, and disrespect for, law enforcement officers. "Fairytale of New York" – The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl (1987) - BBC/UK MTV - banned the words "faggot" and "slut" "Fat Bottomed Girls" - Queen (1978) ... Shops and Stores - the cover featured a nude woman riding a bicycle; the new version was the same image with panties drawn over the woman. "Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" - Queens of the Stone Age (2000) ... many radio stations / Wal-Mart - the lyrics list drugs: nicotine, valium, vicodin, ecstasy, marijuana, alcohol and cocaine "French Kiss" – Lil Louis (1989) ... BBC - too much heavy breathing G "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" – Bessie Smith (1933) ... BBC - unsuitable content "Girl Don't Come" - Sandie Shaw (1964) ... Because of this song although it reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, Sandy was unable to do US promotion – including a Shindig! appearance scheduled for March – due to the U.S. Federation of TV and Radio Artists refusing her a US work permit "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" – Wings (1972) ... BBC - political, references to Northern Ireland. "Glad to Be Gay" – Tom Robinson Band (1978) ... BBC - refernces to the gay community "Gloomy Sunday" – Billie Holiday (1941) ... BBC - just.. bad taste! "God Bless the Child" – Billie Holiday (1942) ... BBC - unsuitable for broadcast because of its title - prayers in popular music were not allowed. "God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys (1966) ... Some USA radio stations - deemed as blasphamy having a pop song with God in the title. Because of this, it was released as the B-side of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" in the United States. In other countries, "God Only Knows" was the single's A-side. "God Save the Queen" – Sex Pistols (1977) ... BBC - vulgar and offensive Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks (1999) ... Some radio stations - stirred controversy for its take on spousal abuse and banned by several male radio programmers. "Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis () ... Some radio stations - sexual innuendoes "Green Jeans" – The Flee-Rekkers (1960) ... BBC - mutilation of the classics, "distortion of melody, harmony and rhythm" "Greensleeves" – The Beverley Sisters (1956) ... BBC - mutilation of the classics, "distortion of melody, harmony and rhythm" "Guess Things Happen That Way" – Johnny Cash (1958) ... BBC - objected to by head of religious broadcasting "Gypsy Roadhog - Slade (1977) ... BBC - references to drugs H "Hall Of The Mountain King" - Nero & The Gladiators (1961) ... BBC - the banning of pop versions of classical tunes policy. "Have a Whiff on Me" – Mungo Jerry (1971) ... BBC - drug references "Hard Headed Woman" – Elvis Presley (1958) ... BBC - religious theme, BUT it could be played, only with special permission "He" – Al Hibbler/Robert Earl (1955) ... BBC - objected to by the head of religious broadcasting as being solely for commercial gain. "He Bought My Soul At Calvary" - Jo Stafford (1951) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting as a 'misguided' presentation of the Gospel "Hi, Hi, Hi" – Wings (1972) ... BBC - explicit sexual lyrics "High Class Baby" – Cliff Richard and the Drifters (1958) ... BBC - considered to be advertising Cadillac cars "Hold My Hand" – Don Cornell (1954) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting, a girlfriend cannot be compared to the "kingdom of heaven" **"Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)" - Marilyn Manson (2000 album) ... many retail stores - refused to stock the album, the cover art, depicting Manson on a crucifix "Homosapien" - Pete Shelley (1982) ... BBC - banned because of the line "Homo superior in my interior" "Honey Hush" – The Rock and Roll Trio/Johnny Burnette (1956) ... BBC - sexual lyrics and promotes violence. "Honey Love" – Dennis Lotis (1954) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting, lewd and suggestive "Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers (1957) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting "Honky Tonk Angel" - Cliff Richard (1975) ... Cliff found out a "honky tonk angel" was a hooker he withdrew the record. "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" – Frank Sinatra (1956) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting, lewd and suggestive "House Of The Rising Sun" - Josh White ... BBC - lyrics about prostitution I "I Am the Walrus" – The Beatles (1967) "I Can't Control Myself" – The Troggs (1966) ... BBC - sexual reference "I Hear the Angels Singing" – Frankie Laine (1954) "I Leaned on a Man" – Connie Francis (1957) "I Want To Be Evil" – Eartha Kitt (1953) ... BBC - title and content where considered objectionable. "I Want You to Be My Baby" – Annie Ross (1956) "I Want Your Sex" - George Michael (1987) ... BBC - banned between the hours of 5:50am-9pm "I Went to Your Wedding" – Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1953) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" – Bing Crosby (1943) "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" – Perry Como (1949)/Ken Dodd (1963) ... BBC - "pop" version of a classical piece, Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu. "I'm Nobody's Baby" – Frankie Howerd (1948) "Imagine" - John Lennon (1971) ... BBC - banned during the Gulf War "In the Air Tonight" – Phil Collins (1981) ... BBC - banned during the Gulf War "In the Beginning" – Frankie Laine (1955) ... BBC - objected to by the head of religious broadcasting "In the Hall of the Mountain King" – Nero and the Gladiators (1961) "Invisible Sun" – The Police (1981) ... BBC - due to the content of the song, violence and turmoil in Northern Ireland "It Is No Secret" – Jo Stafford (1954) "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" – Kitty Kallen (1962) "It Would Be So Nice" – Pink Floyd (1968) "I've Come of Age" – Billy Storm (1959) J "Jackie" – Scott Walker (1967) ... BBC - refers to "authentic queers" "Je t'aime... moi non plus" – Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (1969) ... BBC - sexual references "John and Marsha" – Stan Freberg (1950) ... BBC - sexual, too suggestive "Johnny Remember Me" – John Leyton (1961) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "Jungle Fever" – The Chakachas (1972) ***"Justify My Love" - Madonna (1990 video) ... MTV - sexual content . K "Keep Me in Mind" – Lita Roza and Al Timothy (1955) "Killing an Arab" – The Cure (1979) ... BBC - banned during the Gulf War "Kodachrome" – Paul Simon (1973) ... BBC - would not play the trademarked name. L "La Petite Tonkenoise" – Josephine Baker (1930) "Lazy Mary" – Lou Monte (1958) ... BBC - Italian lyric deemed objectionable "Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-Las (1964) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "Let the People Go" – McGuinness Flint (1972) "Let's Spend the Night Together" – The Rolling Stones (1967) ... BBC - encourages promiscuity "Light a Candle in the Chapel" – Frank Sinatra (1942) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting, the song was "so nauseatingly sentimental that it debased the Christian religion". "Light My Fire" – Jose Feliciano (1968) ... BBC - banned during the Gulf War "Lili Marleen" – Lale Andersen (1939) "Little Star" – The Elegants (1958) ... BBC - objection by head of religious broadcasting to use of God in a pop song. "Louie Louie" - Kingsmen (1957) ... Indiana USA declared it pornographic "Lola" – The Kinks (1970) ... BBC - banned for advertising coca cola, until they changed the lyrics. "Louie Louie" - The Kingsmen (1963) ... USA - FBI investigation supposed obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that ended without prosecution. "Love for Sale" – Cole Porter (1930) / Ella Fitzgerald (1956) ... BBC - sexual references, prostitution. "Love Is a Word" – Alma Cogan (1965) "Love Is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia (1956) ... BBC - the line "love is money in the hand" would encourage prostitution "Love to Love You Baby" – Donna Summer (1975) ... BBC - too much heavy breathing, grunts and groans. ** "Lovesexy" - Prince (1988 album) ... Shops around the world - nude photo of Prince on cover "Lovin' Machine" – Wynonie Harris (1951) ... BBC - crude implications associated with a "lovin' machine" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – The Beatles (1967) ... BBC - drug refernces M "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (1959) ... banned by: NYC radio, BBC - bloodthirsty words "Made You" – Adam Faith (1960) ... BBC - sexual references "Maggie May" – The Vipers Skiffle Group (1957) ... BBC - song is about a prostitute "Maybellene" – Chuck Berry (1955) "Mighty Mighty Man" – Bobby Darin (1958) "Minnie the Moocher" – Cab Calloway (1931) "Miss Morse" - Pearls Before Swine (1967) ... USA radio - Tom Rapp was singing F-U-C-K in Morse code "Miss You" – Bing Crosby (1942) ... BBC - The War Office felt that it too sentimental and might lower morale at home "Monster Mash" – Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (1962) ... BBC - it was offensive and in poor taste. "Moonlight Love" – Perry Como (1956) ... BBC - mutilation of the classics, took it’s melody from Debussy "My Christmas Prayer" – Billy Fury (1959) ... BBC - religious grounds. "My Friend" – Eddie Fisher (1954) "My Friend Jack" – The Smoke (1967) "My Generation" - The Who (1965) ... BBC - initially refused to play the song because it might offend people who stutter. "My Little Ukulele" – Joe Brown and The Bruvvers (1963) ... BBC - "too rique" N "Night of the Vampire" – The Moontrekkers (1961) "Ninety-Nine Years (Dead or Alive)" – Guy Mitchell (1961) "Nobody Loves Like an Irishman" – Lonnie Donegan (1958) ... BBC - Line about the Quran deemed to be offensive to Muslims O "(Oh) Pretty Woman" - Van Halen (1982) ... MTV aired the video very sparingly - too racey and distasteful "Old Man Atom" – The Sons of the Pioneers (1950) ... BBC - Controversial topics such as the atom bomb "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" – Jimmy Wakely (1948) ... BBC - encouraged adultery "Open Your Box" - Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band (1970) ... BBC - banned because of the line "Open your legs" "Original Prankster" - The Offspring (2000) ... HMV stores - refused to stock the record after the band decided to give the track away as a free download on their official website, prior to it's release. P "Paper Doll" – The Mills Brothers (1943) ... BBC - theme of feminine unfaithfulness. deemed unacceptable during war time. "Peaches" – The Stranglers (1977) ... BBC - too "woman baiting" "Peaceful Street" – Ernest Butcher (1936) **"Permission To Land" - The Darkness (2003 album) ... Wal-Mart - the album sleeve featured a woman's bottom. "Plastic Jesus" - King Earl Boogie Band ... BBC - on grounds of blasphemy. "Please No Squeeza da Banana" – Louis Prima (1963) Q R "Radio Times" – The BBC Dance Orchestra (1935) "Randy Scouse Git" - The Monkees (19--) ... BBC - title was "actually somewhat taboo to the British audience" it was re-released as "Alternate Title" "Reefer Man " - Fats Waller () ... BBC - drug references "Relax" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) ... BBC - sexual references "Rock You Sinners" – Art Baxter and His Rock 'n' Roll Sinners (1958) "Rockin' Through The Rye" - Bill Haley and His Comets (1956) ... BBC - the song went against traditional British standards and used 50's hip slang. "Rum and Coca-Cola" – The Andrews Sisters (1945) ... BBC - advertising Coca -Cola ”Rumble” - Link Wray (1959) ... USA certain stations - although an instrumental the title was thought too suggestive of teen violence. S "Sad Affair" – Marxman (1993) ... BBC - contains IRA slogan "Saturday Nite at the Duckpond" – The Cougars (1963) ... BBC - "pop" versions of a classical piece "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" – Deanna Durbin (1943) "Send Me to the 'lectric Chair" – George Melly (1953) "Shall We Take a Trip" – Northside (1990) "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" – Johnny Messner (1939) "She Was Only a Postmaster's Daughter" – Durium Dance Band (1933) **"Sheryl Crow" - Sheryl Crow (1996 album) ... Wal-Mart - The song "Love Is a Good Thing" contains the lyrics "Watch out sister, watch out brother, watch our children while they kill each other with a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores". "Sincerely" – Liberace (1955) ... BBC - "Sixty Minute Man" – The Dominoes (1951) ... BBC - sexually suggestive "Song of India" – Tommy Dorsey (1938) ... BBC - because it was based on a classical work, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko. "So What?" – Anti-Nowhere League (1981) ... BBC - obscene, contains the word fuck countless times, references to drugs, bestiality and STIs. "Soldier" – Harvey Andrews (1972) ... BBC - lest feelings be exacerbated in the nationalist community of Northern Ireland, or the British public be incited to attack innocent Irish people. The Ministry of Defence still advises British soldiers not to sing the song in pubs "Somebody Up There Likes Me" – Perry Como (1956) ... BBC - head of religious broadcasting objection . "Spasticus Autisticus" - Ian Dury (1981) ... BBC - deemed the lyrics offensive "Statue of Liberty" – XTC (1978) ... BBC - the lyrics "In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt". 'Star Star' - Rolling Stones (1973) ... BBC - it contained the word "Star-fucker" in the chorus a dozen times. "St. Therese of the Roses" – Malcolm Vaughan (1956) ... BBC - head of religious broadcasting felt it was contrary to Catholic and Protestant beliefs "Stranger in Paradise" – The Four Aces (1953) ... BBC - "prohibited from broadcast due to unacceptable performance" disrespectful to the classics. "Street Fighting Man" - Rolling Stones (1968) ... several radio stations in Chicago, IL. - Authorities feared it might incite public disorder. "Such a Night" – Johnnie Ray (1954) ... BBC - lewd and suggestive "Summer Smash" – Denim (1997) ... EMI self-banned - the planned release date was in the same period when Princess Diana died by a car crash. T "Teen Angel" – Mark Dinning (1959) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "Teenage Prayer" – Gale Storm (1955) "Tell Laura I Love Her" – Ray Peterson/Ricky Valance (1960) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "Terry" – Twinkle (1964) ... BBC - death song, too morbid. "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" - The Beatles ... Spain/USA various radio stations - mention of crucifixion offended radio listeners. "The Battle of New Orleans" – Johnny Horton (1959) "The Blue Danube" – Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1945) ... BBC - takes liberties with a serious work of music "The Christening" – Arthur Askey (1943) "The Cover of Rolling Stone" – Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (1973) "The Deck of Cards" – T. Texas Tyler (1948) "The Devil Is a Woman" – Herb Jeffries (1957) "The Foggy, Foggy, Dew" – Peter Pears (1950) "The Garden of Eden" – Frankie Vaughan (1957) ... BBC - song is "fairly blasphemous" "The Heel" – Eartha Kitt (1955) "The Man with the Golden Arm" – Eddie Calvert (1956) ... BBC - although it's an instrumental, the BBC objected to the sordid nature of the film!! "The Mocking Bird" – The Four Lads (1952) "The Monster Mash" - Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (1962) ... BBC - too morbid *** "The Next Day" - David Bowie (2013 video) ... Youtube (temporarily) - its graphic content "The Old Dope Peddler" – Tom Lehrer (1953) "The Reefer Song (If You're a Viper)" – Fats Waller (1943) "The Sabre Dance" – Woody Herman (1948) "The Shag (Is Totally Cool)" – Billy Graves (1958) ... BBC - the shag is a dance, but also it is slang for sexual intercourse "The Silver Madonna" – Kirk Stevens (1957) "The Sky" – Petula Clark (1957) "The Story of a Starry Night" – Glenn Miller (1954) ... BBC - distorted representation of the original Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony "The Story Of My Life" - Alma Cogan (1958) ... BBC - too morbid, refers to death "The Story of Three Loves" – Ray Martin (1957) "The Test of Time" – Robert Earl (1959) "The Tommy Rot Story" – Morris & Mitch (1957) "The Unbeliever" – Guy Mitchell (1957) "The Voice in My Heart" – Eydie Gormé (1958) "The Winker's Song" - Ivor Biggun (1978) ... BBC - sexual references "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" – Napoleon XIV (1966) "Three Stars" – Ruby Wright (1959) "Til the Following Night" – Screaming Lord Sutch (1961) "Till the End of Time" – Perry Como (1945) "Ting Tong Tang" – Ken Platt (1958) "To Keep My Love Alive" – Ella Fitzgerald (1956) "Toll the Bell Easy" – Les Hobeaux (1957) "Too Drunk to Fuck" – Dead Kennedys (1981) "Tribute to Buddy Holly" – Mike Berry and The Outlaws (1961) U ”Unknown Soldier” - The Doors () ... USA - political, the song’s anti-war stance. "Urban Guerrilla" – Hawkwind (1973) V W "Wake Up Little Suzie" - Everley Brothers ... USA certain stations - would influence and corrupt teenagers. "Walk Hand in Hand" – Tony Martin (1956) ... BBC - religous reasons, disrespectful to God. "We Call It Acieeed" – D-Mob (1988) "We Can't Let You Broadcast That" – Norman Long (1932) ... BBC - made fun of the BBC's policies of 'banning' recordings "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" – Heaven 17 (1981) ... BBC - concerns by Radio 1's legal department that it libeled Reagan. "We Have to Be So Careful" – The Beverley Sisters (1953) ... BBC - because it ridiculed BBC policy "We Will All Go Together When We Go" – Tom Lehrer (1959) "Wet Dream" – Max Romeo (1969) ... BBC - due to its lyrics which are of an explicit sexual nature "When I'm Cleaning Windows" – George Formby (1936) ... BBC - Sexual innuendo, too racy, "A disgusting little ditty" "Whoa Buck" – Lonnie Donegan (1959) "With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock" – George Formby (1937) "With My Little Ukelele in Hand" – George Formby (1933) "Woman Love" – Gene Vincent (1956) ... BBC - lyrics offensive and can't be understood. "Work With Me, Annie" - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (1954) ... banned for radio play by the FCC. overtly sexual lyrics "Worried Man" - Kingston Trio (1959) ... BBC - didn’t like the word “closet” being used for “cupboard”. X Y "You'll Get Yours" – Frank Sinatra (1956) *** "You're All I Need" - Mötley Crüe (1987 video) ... MTV - because of the level of violence.

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Are You Too Busy To Achieve Wellness?

Are You Too Busy To Achieve Wellness?

Busy, Busy, Busy, Are You Too Busy To Achieve Wellness?

It’s time to slow down when you are too busy to achieve Wellness. You wake up early and rush to get ready for work. Then sit in the car and drive through heavy traffic to get to work. You arrive already stressed and tired. Once at work you sit at your desk all day. You drink too much coffee to stay awake. The air in the office is stale. You…

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Gunman - Michael Prophet (Down In Jamaica box set) by VP RECORDS To celebrate the digital release of the Down In Jamaica: 40 Years Of VP Records collection on streaming platforms (December 6, 2019), we highlight Michael Prophet's 1981 classic, "Gun Man" aka "Gunman." "Gunman" is an enduring foundation dancehall rhythm, spawning more than 70 versions through the years. Most recently it was a partial inspiration for the "Rock And Groove" riddim from Protoje's Indiggnation Collective, featuring Naomi Cowan, Lila Ike, Sevana, and Jaz Elise. Michael Prophet's self titled album was released first on Greensleeves (GREL 27) in 1981 then on VP as Gun Man (VPRL 27) in 1983. This was during the period that some Greensleeves and VP catalog numbers were coordinated. VP released the 12 inch single of "Gun Man" in 1981 (VPRD 80), both in the US and Jamaica. Producer Henry Junjo Lawes had a long and fruitful relationship with both VP Records and Greensleeves Records, coordinating dozens of releases between the two labels during his peak years of 1979-1984. His prolific output is a key to understanding reggae, dancehall, and dub in the early 1980s. https://ift.tt/2LusdxI https://ift.tt/1sgi4T8 December 06, 2019 at 12:14PM

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Greensleeves Rhythm Album #50: Marmalade (Vinyl Side E, Bonus Part)

Cranky Kong, Kremmurd, Dirk McShooter & Shifu Banton

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HEATWAVE RIDDIM - ANNEX PRODUCTION

HEATWAVE RIDDIM - ANNEX PRODUCTION 2001 Tracklist: 1. Beenie Man - Forget you 2. Buccaneer - Gal you Make it 3. Capleton - Forward Inna Dem Clothes 4. Capleton - High Grade 5. Ce'cile - Tell Lie 6. Danny English - We No Like Spy 7. Determine - Don't Be 8. Dice & Galaxy P - Nuh Ask Me, Me Nuh Know 9. Elephant Man - Get to the Point 10. Harry Toddler - We No Like 11. Hawkeye - Long Time 12. Kiprich - Love That Thing 13. Lexxus - Bounce a Gal 14. Madd Anju - Me Only Want Some Pum Pum 15. Merciless, Lexxus & Elephant Man - We Say 16. Mr Vegas - Hard 17. Nitty Kutchie - How Them Gonna Stop Me 18. Roundhead & General B - Gal Fi Get Money 19. Sizzla - Woman Dem a Fi Me 20. Sqj - One Time Gal

HEATWAVE RIDDIM – ANNEX PRODUCTION 2001 (GREENSLEEVES RHYTHM ALBUM #9) Tracklist: Beenie Man – Forget you Buccaneer – Gal you Make it Capleton – Forward Inna Dem Clothes Capleton – High Grade Ce’cile – Tell Lie Danny English – We No Like Spy Determine – Don’t Be Dice & Galaxy P – Nuh Ask Me, Me Nuh Know Elephant Man – Get to the Point Harry Toddler – We No Like Hawkeye – Long Time Kiprich – Love…

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New Post has been published on http://tropicalfete.com/2017/12/22/top-ten-reggae-reissues-of-2017-from-vp-greensleeves-records/

Top Ten Reggae Reissues of 2017 from VP & Greensleeves Records

TOP 10 REGGAE

REISSUES OF 2017

#10

Total Reggae Special Request

    Various Artists A 2CD set rounding up 40 essential sound bwoy anthems including much in demand boom shots from Johnny Osbourne, Cocoa Tea, Sugar Minott and many more.

  Whether you clash in your bedroom or clash in the arena Total Reggae: Special Request is all the DJ ammo you will need to dust any opposition.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://VA.lnk.to/TRSpecialRequest

      #9

Total Reggae Greensleeves

    Various Artists A 2CD collector’s series of 40 essential reggae anthems. Celebrating Greensleeves’ 40th anniversary.

  The selection ranges from Alimantado to Alborosie. From the dancehall dominance of ‘Junjo’ Lawes, King Jammy & Gussie Clarke to the outernational success of hits like “Oh Carolina”.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://GRNSLVS.lnk.to/TotalReggae40

      #8

Striker Showcase

    Jackie Mittoo Striker Showcase finds Jackie Mittoo re-visiting much of his Brentford Road past for producer Bunny Lee, classic 70’s recordings that proved extremely popular in the rockers era.

  This re-mastered 2CD set collects together three classic Jackie Mittoo albums (Showcase, Keyboard King & Hot Blood) and fleshes them out with extra choice cuts.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://lnk.to/StrikerShowcase

      #7

African Dub Chapter Two

    Joe Gibbs & The Profesionals Classic 1977 production from “The Mighty Two” Errol Thompson & Joe Gibbs.

  Featuring Joe Gibbs house band, The Professionals, featuring Tommy McCook & Dirty Harry.

  This title is part of the wider celebration of classic reggae released in 1977.

  This is Chapter Two of a five part series.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://VPRecords.lnk.to/AfricanDubChapterTwo

      #6

King David’s Melody

    Augustus Pablo A classic Augustus Pablo collection from the golden age of Rockers.

  This album contains remastered melodica masterpieces and deep dubs all built on Augustus Pablo’s signature rock solid drum and bass foundations.

  The CD features 20 tracks including five dubs never before presented on CD.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://lnk.to/KingDavidMelody

      #5

Lamb’s Bread

    Sylford Walker Sylford Walker’s heart stopping 70’s recordings for Glen Brown are rightfully regarded as holy relics of reggae.

The Lamb’s Bread album gathers up these classic sides and once again makes them available to the roots disciples.

  Mixed by King Tubby at King Tubby’s, recorded at Randy’s, Channel One, Federal & Harry J’s with Jamaica’s finest musicians on board (Flabba Holt, Family Man, Carlton Barrett, Tommy McCook).

  The CD remastered reissue also includes Welton Irie’s top-ranking ‘Ghettoman Corner’ set riding many of the deep roots rhythms (‘Slaving’, ‘Glen Brown at Cross Roads’, Cleanliness is Godliness’) as featured on the Sylford Walker boomshots.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://lnk.to/LambsBread

      #4

Good Vibes

    Horace Andy Ten tough disco mixes – vocal and dub – with Horace at the peak of his late 70’s form.

  Originally complied for Blood and Fire “Good Vibes’ is remastered with new artwork and updated sleeve notes by the original compiler, Steve Barrow.

  “A vital purchase for any serious Andy fan”

– John Masouri: Echoes Magazine

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://17NP.lnk.to/HoraceAndyGoodVibes

      #3

Africa Must Be Free

    Hugh Mundell Awarded a five star review by Rolling Stone magazine on it’s original 1978 release, ‘Africa Must Be Free By 1983’ was met with great acclaim and has gone on to be one the most sought after of all roots reggae classic albums.

  The dub companion mixed by Prince Jammy at King Tubby’s featured, as well as dubs from the vocal album, a searing cut to ‘Great Tribulation’, entitled ‘Western Kingston Style’ along with ‘Sufferer Dub’ a version to Pablo’s ‘Sufferer’s Choice’.

  Re-mastered and re-sequenced ‘showcase style’ the album is a fitting testament to two titans of reggae that were taken from us far too soon.

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://GRNSLVS.lnk.to/AfricaMustBeFree

      #2

Two Sevens Clash 40th Anniversary Edition

    Culture 40th anniversary edition of the classic ‘Two Sevens Clash’ album now expanded to

2 CD or 3 LP set including 12” disco mixes, DJ cuts and dubs.

  ‘Two Sevens Clash’ from Culture was the must-have reggae accessory for any self-respecting music fan back in that long hot summer of ‘77. Loaded up with hit anthems like “See Them A Come”, “I Am Not Ashamed”, “Natty Dread Taking Over” and the prophetic title track.

  “One of the 50 coolest records ever made” – Rolling Stone

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://17NP.lnk.to/2-7s

      #1

Heart of the Congos 40th Anniversary Edition

    Congos This deluxe 3CD edition is the first to feature the now almost impossible to find, original mix of the album, unavailable since producer Lee Perry withdrew the set in 1977.

  Also included, together with the more well-known mix, are dubs, disco mixes, seven and twelve inch versions and ‘Don’t Blame It On I’ an overlooked previously unreleased track unearthed, too late to include on the Blood & Fire release, by Steve Barrow and David Katz in 1997.

  20 years after the release of Blood & Fire’s outstanding but now deleted ‘Heart Of The Congos’ reissue, VP /17 North Parade released this now definitive 2017 remastered 3CD edition put together with both respect and gratitude to that illustrious antecedent

  Available in your record store & online

Stream or download:

https://17NP.lnk.to/HeartCongos

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Greensleeves Rhythm Album #90 - Set Mi Free

Greensleeves Rhythm Album #90 – Set Mi Free

Volume 90/90: Greensleeves Rhythm Album #90 – Set Mi Free

“Greensleeves Rhythm Album #90: Set Mi Free” is the 90th album of the Greensleeves Records‘ rhythm album series.

This volume, released in 2009, was produced by Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor for Heart Of Love Productions. It features Mavado “House Cleaning”, Elephant Man “Gal Waah Wi”, Vybz Kartel “Love Dem”, Assassin “Hand To Mouth”, and…

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPd9ydh2pxs)  Published on 3 Jun 2016The title of this set by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond refers to his having placed first once again in the alto chair in the Downbeat poll. Released in 1959, First Place Again is the result of an unexpected gathering of the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet : Percy Heath and Connie Kay, and Jimmy Giuffre 3 guitarist Jim Hall. The four musicians were all unexpectedly at home in New York and took full advantage of cheap, after-hours recording studio time to play out this set of standards and a pair of newer tunes, John Lewis' great blues, "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West," and "East of the Sun (and West Of The Moon)," from a Princeton University theater work. The rest, including a fine reading of "Greensleeves," which is short and tight here, Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick out of You," J. Fred Coots' "For All We Known," "You Got to My Head" — another Coots' tune — and Sammy Cahn's "Time After Time," are done with an airy, amiable vibe, especially the work between Hall and the rhythm section, which is full of counterpoint and sharp accents. Desmond, of course, being at that time the king of melodic improvisation on the alto — with the possible exception of Art Pepper's ascendancy — is in fine form. His whimsical, breathy, dry tone is sharp, on the spot, and full of ideas as he quotes from a vast number of tunes. This is a thoroughly enjoyable and relaxed set if ultimately unmemorable. [Though the album was first released under the title First Place Again, it was reissued by the Discovery label in 1986 under the title East of the Sun. The track listing was the same, though the running oder was shuffled.] Thom Jurek Source :www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=4746063&style=music&fulldesc=T Tracks 1 I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter) 2 For All we Know (Coots, Lewis, Feist) 8:36 3 2 Degrees East, 3 Degrees West (Lewis) 14:05 4 Greensleeves (trad.) 22:25 5 You Go to my Head (Gillespie, Coots) 24:30 6 Eats of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (Browman, Rachel) 32:00 7 Time after Time (Cahn, Styne) 37:45 * Personnel Paul Desmond - as Jim Hall - g Percy Heath - b Connie Kay - dr Recorded in New York ; September 5, 6 & 7, 1959

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Cranky Kong - Ape of a War (Marmalade Riddim 2004)

Dirk McShooter - Freaky Pals (Marmalade Riddim 2004)

Kremmurd - Tingtana (Marmalade Riddim 2004)

Dirk McShooter - Pick Any Weaponz (Marmalade Riddim 2004)

Shifu Banton - 8000 Watts (Marmalade Riddim 2004)

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LATINO/BOASY GAL RIDDIM - M-PHATIC

LATINO/BOASY GAL RIDDIM – M-PHATIC

LATINO/BOASY GAL RIDDIM – M-PHATIC (GREENSLEEVES RHYTHM ALBUM #6) 2000 Tracklist: Capleton; Moses I – Crazy Looks Buju Banton – Be My Love Tonight Beenie Man – Ring Pon Finga Saba and Cecile – Girls Fi Get Love Elephant Man ft Beenie Man – Mama Lady Saw – No Need Red Rat – One More Girl Cutty Ranks – Looney Danny English ft Egg Nog – Wah Dis God Heather Cummings – Hanky Panky Professor Nuts –…