Shut up !!

WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH/
UMPTEENTH UNNATURAL BLUES
JULIAN COPE
(1986 Island Records)

By request, the famous single of Julian. That's right it doesn't appear curioulsy in the anterior album of the same name. That's one of the rare single of Julian that hitted the charts, offering a welcomed highlight on the artist in the early 90's.

See the full discography of Jul' on Trampolene, a (canadian) Julian Cope's fan site.

Listen to World shut your mouth

Get the two sides

Raw sound but flamin' heroes !

THE SLIDE (live 68)

Here is a very fuzzy version of the Flamin' Groovies "The slide", taken from a rare live session of 1968.
Hope you'll enjoy this maestria of raw guitar and raunchy drums, plus a loudy bass, and that you will buy the Sneakers cd where the as much good but studio version of the song came from, or the Supersneakers one where you got the whole thing.

It's "A combination of the Sneakers indie 10" from 1968 and ten tracks from a 1968 gig at a San Francisco club. (The live material had previously been issued on the French import Flamin' Groovies '68 in the mid-'80s.*) The studio tracks from Sneakers decidedly outshine the looser, more indulgent live takes, several of which duplicate Sneakers material. It's the definitive document of their pre-major label days, though, when they fused garage rock with blues, psychedelia, and the Lovin' Spoonful, complete with historical liner notes". ~ (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide)

(*) also available in 1996 on the french CD "Groove in" (Revenge)

1984 : shhhhhhhhhht !

That's not because Soul is on Action time for some weeks that Julian has not the right to tell :

WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH !
JULIAN COPE
(Mercury 1984)

"Musician, writer, historian, and cosmic shaman Julian Cope was born in October 1957 in Deri, South Glamorgan, Wales. He was raised in Tamworth, England, and like many a young artist, suffered through academia as a perpetual outsider. In 1976, upon attending college in Liverpool, Cope found himself part of a community of musicians -- and kindred souls -- including Ian McCulloch, Pete Burns, and Pete Wylie. After various incarnations and not so amicable departures (McCulloch went on to fame with Echo & the Bunnymen), the Teardrop Explodes were formed. One of the more influential bands of the late '70s, the group delivered a volatile mix of neo-psychedelic rock and electro-pop. As the band's success grew, so did Cope's reputation for debauchery, resulting in erratic, drug-addled stage behavior that occasionally led to bloodletting. In 1983, after numerous lineup changes and legendary feuds between Cope and Zoo Records figurehead Bill Drummond, the band ceased operations.

By 1984, Cope's love of hallucinogenics -- as well as a toy car collection that occupied nearly an entire year of his life -- was at an all-time high. Despite his altered state, he released World Shut You Mouth, his solo debut on Mercury Records. An elegant collection of chamber pop and Teardrop-fueled electricity, the album divided critics and fans alike, especially upon the release of director David Bailey's macabre video for the first single, "Sunshine Playroom." (from the notes of James Christopher Monger, on Allmusic).

I'll be glad to propose later the second album "Fried" with its crazy picture sleeve included cover art of the artist in a sandbox wearing nothing but a gigantic turtle shell. And more to come... I really love what Cope is doing in music field and also his crazyness and love for the psychedelic and 70's prog music .

So you could have an eye (or two) on his super book Krautrocksampler published in 1996 by Head heritage and Kargo & Eclat in France in 2005.

See also his Krautock top 50 at Groonrick list on Rateyourmusic.

Jean-Paul is a very Soul man !

and I already talked about his excellent site Otis Redding french site dedicated to the late Otis and the Soul in France in the 60's on a previous blog (le Blog d'Hector). But you got ("gotta gotta !!...") to go have a look on it because it' s incredible and too much ! You will find all the sleeves, all the discographies, and all the Formidable Rhythm'n' blues comps !! Yes, these vinyl ones never reissued ever !!

(...) To make his day, and because we're on the scene, (like a S... Machine), let have an ear on this cool single :

Listen to Whole lotta woman


Get it

Thanks for all your work Jean-Paul !

I love this doctoress !

MILLIE JACKSON
Hurts so good/Love doctor
(Spring Records 1973)

Seventh single for Millie, and sixth for Spring Records, this A side Hurt so good is taken from the Cleopatra Jones soundtrack, and it's a great but vicious (so, so funky !) ballad. Millie knows how to make understand what she's thinking about... and it's gooood!


The album It Hurts so good has just been reissued some months ago with bonus, so let have a trip on dustygroove or elsewhere to buy it.

Hurt so good :

Squeeeeeeeeze me !!

THE DYNAMIC 7
Squeeze me part 1 & 2
(Monument 680018. French ed. 1967 ? 68 ?)

Again a rarity. No infos on this great funkgroovers in 2 parts, except these lines :

"A division of Nashville’s Monument label, Sound Stage 7 was managed by the late John Richbourg, who was also a popular disc jockey on WLAC, the Nashville radio station that brought Rhythm and Blues to the masses during the ‘50s. If he thought they had potential, Richbourg would often pick up masters from smaller labels and independent producers. This locally-recorded, horn-fed jam was just such a recording and the fact that it’s still pretty easy to pick up is evidence that it sold in good numbers. Originally in two parts, this is the uncut mix. "
(from Superfly Soul: Return Of The Hustlers /Subtitle : Super-Bad Ghetto Funk From Across The Tracks ) (Various Artists, double CD Cat. No.: METRDCD527)

CD available via Unionsquaremusic

*More infos on the Monument Label (albums only) at : bsnpubs.com

Squeeze me (Part 1) :


Download Squeeze me part 1 &2