Full throttle, no nonsense Rock ’n’ Roll - RADIO STARS rockin’ the Beeb

 

No nonsense Rock ’n’ Roll - RADIO STARS rockin’ the Beeb

Andy Ellison blowing it all out! Unreleased BBC “In Concert“ sessions

Radio Stars weren’t taken seriously by the Punk followers, but they were a unique band. Nobody in England played their blend of Rock’n’Pop, although the stressing should be on Rock. When their record releases sounded stylish and polished, their live sound was incredible. They were loud, roguish, even aggressive. Andy Ellison was a born showman who had come from John’s Children (I still have their “nude poster” on my wall) to Jet and his stage antics are not only legendary, but resulted in broken bones, open wounds, bashed elbows. No speaker or lighting rack was too high for him. That he wore skater kneecaps on stage was a result of the damages he’d done to his knees on stage. 

I accidentally came across this cassette tape in my collection, and when I gave it a play, I was blown away by the energy, the heaviness of this band. I checked for releases of the two concerts recorded here, but couldn’t find any. That’s why these two shows (which probably date from early 1978 and autumn 1978) still have to see the light of day. Here They Are.

Andy throwing light sword, Martin Gordon, Ian MacLeod, Steve Parry

Radio Stars rockin’, hollerin’, and generally blowing the roof off the studio. This is full power Rock ‘n’ Roll!

Click on “comments” for a link to the music!

 

1. GOOD PERSONALITY (1978)

2. IS IT REALLY NECESSARY (1978)

3. THE BEAST OF BARNSLEY (1978)

4. ELVIS IS DEAD BORING (1978)

5. introduction of the band  (Andy Ellison, voc, Steve Parry, dr, Ian MacLeod, gtr, Martin Gordon, b)

6. FROM A RABBIT (1978)

7. JOHNNY MEKON (1978)

8. NO RUSSIANS IN RUSSIA (1978)

9. NERVOUS WRECK (1978)

10. DIRTY PICTURES (1978)

11. RADIO STARS

12. EMERGENCY

13. WALL OF DEATH

14. GOOD PERSONALITY

15. NICE GIRLS

16. UNDERSTOOD

17. HORRIBLE BREATH

18. JOHNNY MEKON

 

 

here's the music:

https://archive.org/details/radio-stars-no-nonsense-rock

Var. Art. SOMETHINGE ELSE’S 2 - FOR THE OPEN-MINDED ONLY

 

Various Artists SOMETHINGE ELSE’S 2  -  FOR THE OPEN-MINDED ONLY

This is a special compilation, only for those people who have got a wide horizon – wider at least than the average music consumer. From African music to American Rock ‘n’ Roll, from Rai to Psychedelia, from R&B to Art Rock, from New York Night Club to Medieval Sounds it’s all here. And for my taste, this compilation is extremely listenable, one track just moulds into the next one. There’s a flow in this to the grand finale that is simply amazing. And the energy is always there. More or less this is real multicultural Rock ‘n’ Roll.

 

1.        Silence for a second or two

2.      Se eni a fe l’amo – OLATUNJI

3.      N’sel fik – CHABA FADELA

4.      Der koninc Rudolp – BOSTON CAMERATA & MOTETTEN CHOIR

5.      Old friend – THE COUNT

6.      Yesterday today – THE BITTERBLOOD STREET THEATRE

7.      Chilly necessity – ELLIOT SHARP • CARBON

8.      So long baby goodbye – THE BLASTERS

9.      Perfect world – JAMES INTVELD

10.   Requiem – LE MAT

11.     You’re my kind of climate – RIP RIG & PANIC

12.    Mind – ASIKO

13.    Nuh blame rasta – THE MINISTRY OF LOVE

14.   Demolition man – GRACE JONES

15.   Jarabi – TOUMANI DIABATE

16.    The neighborhood – JACKIE LEE

17.    Jekajosé – GASPAR-LAWAL

18.   Night clubbing – GRACE JONES

19.    Afro-we – ASIKO

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FIRE DEMONS – Power Pop (…almost ruled the world) Vol. 1: CDs

 

Well, I had to upload this post a third time, as the links were not working as they should. The titles of the tracks still don’t show on archive, I don’t know why. You’ve got to refer to the track list on the blog or the cover on archive.

 

So the same again:

FIRE DEMONS – Power Pop (…almost ruled the world) 

Vol. 1: CDs

 

Finally here it is! I’ve been promising to upload this to some people… The Power Pop compilation #1 – the last remaining part of the double CD Power Pop compilation mosaic.

When I began to compile this double CD, it was a way of starting to get my Power Pop albums compiled and come to terms with what I’ve been collecting for years. 

 

For #1 it was the CDs, and you’ll find one track per album only which has always been the masterplan – you’ve got to detect the rest yourself.  

 

Ask me for a favourite track and I’d point my finger at MONSTERS UNDER THE BED’s “Fingerbone”. It just perfectly sums up everything that Power Pop means. But each and every track on this double album would be a worthwhile contender. 

 

 

I’m a German guy and it’s always been a mystery to me, why German bands could not do Power Pop, with the rare exception, it always came out as Middle Of The Road Pop music or what we call “Schrammelpop”. They never had the guitars and the backing vocals that defined Power Pop. And they’d never come up with a chorus like in THE HIPPYCRICKETS “Matter Of Time” or SPINNING JENNY’S “Daisy’s Young”.

 

01 THE LONELY BOYS Genius Gone Wrong

02 THE ROOKS Vows

03 THE BOORAYS Trail Of Soul

04 THE BLUE AEROPLANES Streamers

05 THE CHEVELLES Another Girl

06 THE SUN SAWED IN ½ Memyself&eye

07 THE SEX CLARK FIVE Gothic Go Ahead

08 THE STEPPES Think I’ll Go

09 THE DWIGHT TWILLEY BAND No Resistance

10 THE HIPPYCRICKETS Matter Of Time

11 ICECREAMHANDS Angel Inside

12 THE JIGSAW SEEN Fiddlesticks

13 THE ROOKS Reasons

14 KEN SHARP Wrecking Ball

15 THE SUN SAWED IN ½ Fall

16 MYRACLE BRA The Seeds Keep Growing Faster

17 SPINNING JENNY Daisy’s Young

18 BOBBY SUTCLIFF Warning Bells

19 SENZABENZA Hey Girl

20 THE SHAZAM Sweet Bitch

21 THE CHAMBERDEACONS Weird

22 THE GREEN PAJAMAS Matilda

23 SPODEE O’DEE I Guess I’ll Run

24 MARTIN LUTHER LENNON Armageddon Surfer Girl, Rock On    

 

 

CD2

01 THE RECORDS Edges Of A Dream

02 DWIGHT TWILLEY Don’t You Love Her

03 RICH ARITHMETIC A Mark: A Writer/Bachin It

04 THE TIME LODGERS Slanted? Oh Yeah!!!

05 MATERIAL ISSUE There Was A Few

06 SUPERSCOPE Reflection

07 HEAVENS TO MURGATROID Hannah The Palindrome    

08 THE BLOW POPS Everyday Clyde

09 JACKETHIVE A Short Song

10 CHARIOT What If I Run Out Of My Pills?

11 MONSTERS UNDER THE BED Fingerbone

12 GREG SWANN Last Time

13 THE ROOKS House Of Fortune

14 SHANE FAUBERT It Won’t End With Me

15 SHACK Walter’s Song

16 THE CHEEPSKATES Take It Easy

17 SMART BROWN HANDBAG Mine

18 THE MOCKERS Life Begins (Whenever You Go Away)

19 DWIGHT TWILLEY Oh Carrie

20 WHITEOUT U Drag Me (Version)

21 BRONCO BULLFROG Greenacre Hill

22 PYRAMIDIACS Too Far Away

23 THE JENNYS Pop My Heart