Stylish

Tired of all the records that fill up your house, and long for a total surrender to mp3s? Don't forget all the stylish covers you probably own. Through Mapsadaisical (a stylish blog if there is one!) I found Hard Format, that focuses on design in music. That made me look through the second rows in my shelves, and I came up with Therapy? who issued a couple of nice singles called "Die Laughing" (1994) (yes the cover laughs a scary movie like laughter!) and the double "Diane" (1995).
And since this blog is supposed to be about Wyatt-related stuff, let's not forget a lot of beautiful covers from him and Alfreda Benge either! How about "comicopera" (the double vinyl!) and "EPs" for starters.

Jazzloops and The Stolen Hour

Finally I ordered the Hugh Hopper records with Robert Wyatt, issued by Burning Shed: "Jazzloops" (2002) and "The Stolen Hour" (2004). The last one is in cooperation with Matt Howarth, and the CD contains a cartoon (see screenshot). Wyatt collectors may be interested in the Burning Shed Sampler no. 3 (picture), that you get for free when ordering. This one contains one track from "The Stolen Hour", where Wyatt plays his cornet. What do you call Hopper's music on these records? I suggest "ambient jazz rock".

King Suckerman

Of all George Pelecanos’ books ”King Suckerman” (“The one about the pimp”) is the wildest when we’re talking music references. This guy is so keen on music, that his book “Hard Revolution” even got a soundtrack! King Suckerman is not the best book by Pelecanos, but I still re-read it this Christmas, and listed artists and band names (Get a life? Who?). I bet I missed some, or misunderstood some slang, but feel free to correct me (and please list all the movie references too, while you’re at it). I think the only book mentioned is Iceberg Slim’s “Pimp”. The scene here is Washington in the 70s, in an area smelling soul and funk.
Atomic Rooster
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Philip Bailey
BB King
Bee Gees
Big Star
Pedro Bell (Funkadelic)
Edwin Birdsong
Blue Oyster Cult
Bobby Bennett (DJ?)
Bootsy Rubber Band
Jim Capaldi (Traffic)
Chuck Berry
Creative Source
Elvin Bishp
The Blackberries
Brothers Johnson
James Brown
Larry Brown
Can
Captain Beefheart
Jimmy Castor Bunch
Ray Charles
Chi-Lites
The Commodores
Miles Davis
Deep Purple
Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult)
Rick Derringer
Earth, Wind & Fire
El Chicano
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Four Tops
Funkadelic
Marvin Gaye
J. Geils Band
Genesis
Lowell George
Gong
Larry Graham
Graham Central Station
Grand Funk
Grateful Dead
Al Green
Isaac Hayes
Heart
Jimi Hendrix
Horny Horns
Hoy Chocolate
Hues Corporation
Humble Pie
The Isley Brothers
John Kay (Steppenwolf)
Eddie Kendricks
Chaka Khan
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Eddie Levert (O’Jays)
Levi Stubbs
Lightning Licks (=George Johnson, Brothers Johnson)
Litle Feat
Bill Lordan (m Robin Trower)
Lynnard Skynnard
Mahogany Rush
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush)
Curtis Mayfield
John McLaughlin
Harold Melvin and the Blue Niles
Buddy Miles
Van Morrison
Mott the Hoople
Muddy Waters
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Ohio Players
O´Jays
Danny O´Keefe
Maceo Parker (James Brown)
Parliament
Teddy Pendergrass
Pink Floyd
P-Funk
Bonnie Raitt
Ritchie Blackmore´s Rainbow
Eugene Record
Rhythm Heritage
Rolling Stones
Levi Stubbs
Todd Rundgren
David Sancious
Santana
Gill Scott-Heron
Ravi Shankar
Bruce Springsteen
Staple Singers
Starchild
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Sly Stone
The Stylistics
Tavares
Temptations
Russel Thompkins
Thunder Thumbs (=Louis Johnson, brothers Johnson)
Tower of Power
Traffic
Robin Trower
Rolling Stones
Uriah Heep
William De Vaughn
Fred Wesley (m James Brown)
Barry White
Edgar Winter
Johnny Winter
Stevie Winwood (Traffic)
Stevie Wonder

Driver's Seat

Peter Blegvad performs "Driver's Seat" live, I don't know where or when. Blegvad is so good a storyteller and songwriter, like in this song. "Driver's Seat" is on "Just Woke Up"

New comment on YouTube:"Renfrew Ferry 1996. Peter was supporting Tom Robinson".

Steve Hillage

Since it's hard to get some good advice, I better offer it myself! Steve Hillage is well worth a listen. Personally I'm more familiar with his solo albums from the 70s, and his work with Gong, but he's obviously been involved in a whole lot of other stuff, like The Orb and System 7. Read more about Hillage at Calyx (Musicians) and in Wikipedia. The solo albums have been remastered and reissued this year. I vote for "Fish Rising"

Sounds of spring 2008

New records to look out for next spring:
Box: Studio 1 (artists from Rune Grammofon)
Sunn O)): Domkirken (live from a church concert in Bergen)
The Thing: Now and forever (Box, with live recording with Thurston Moore)
Trinacria (Enslaved + Fe-Mail)
Nils Petter Molvær: Re-Vision (another remix from Molvær)
Scorch Trio
Puma

So this was Christmas?

Only the memory left of those elegant Christmas breakfasts!