One more trio of Rough Trade singles compilations to end the year. Volume 31 starts with four songs from a young Lucinda Williams, followed by four from James and four from Miracle Legion (with members of The Sugarcubes as guests on "Johnny's Dilemma"). The Assassins shared members with The Mabuses. The set ends with My Jealous God (RT 228).
Vol. 32 includes A.R.K. (aka A.R. Kane), Sandie Shaw, Lucinda Williams' sparkling "Passionate Kisses", The Band Of Holy Joy, and a mini-album (RTM 235) by Two Nice Girls (who cover Donna Summer, The Carpenters, Sonic Youth and the "Speed Racer" theme song).
Vol. 33 opens with little known bands Helter Skelter (my rip) and This Picture, followed by more My Jealous God and A.R. Kane, The Butthole Surfers covering Donovan, and Sudden Sway's Yves St. Raisa remixes. That brings us almost to the end of the singles discography.
A fond farewell to two of my favorite music blogs. Dr. Drunk planned his departure after completing an alphabetical survey of his extensive punk collection. AJ at Téama Ó Chártaí Breataine had no such plans; a hard drive failure decimated his music collection. Readers have encouraged AJ to continue his blog, but he hasn't responded yet. Best wishes for the New Year to music bloggers and readers everywhere.
V31 (RT 224-228): https://tinyurl.com/y8uhfe3d
ReplyDeleteV32 (RT 229-235): https://tinyurl.com/y9kg74xc
V33 (RT 236-240): https://tinyurl.com/yc7bqsoo
Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteSame to you, Paolo! 2020 was a Rough year.
DeleteLucinda Williams is the best! Thanks! - Stinky
ReplyDeleteA belated Happy New Year and many thanks for all your efforts and great music!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say thanks for the excellent Rough Trade singles discography, a magnificent piece of work. I love these label comps as they turn up sounds we'd never normally get to hear. Great blog by the way with plenty of interesting finds. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words, zipper! I love label comps too. I have one more volume of Rough Trade singles to share, coming up soon.
DeleteThe best of the years to you. I share the pity for AJs blog. Cheers
ReplyDeleteI was hoping that we could talk AJ into continuing, but three weeks have passed without a word. It's as quiet as the Oval Office over there.
DeleteKidding aside, it was clear from AJ's writing that he is passionate about the music he loves. I lost a HD full of music not long ago, and it's a shitty feeling. Thought about finding a new hobby, but couldn't resist the urge to start hunting and gathering again -- even though I've got enough music in physical formats for a lifetime of listening.
Okay, it's time for me to go all school-marm and start waggin' my forefinger at everyone. Look...back in the 90's, you'd pay $60 to get a 3-CD set of Bruce Springsteen...in the 80's, $20 for an LP of Beatles outtakes...if you're a collector in the digital age, you end up with HUGE amounts of music on your hard drive. YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO BACKUP DRIVES. No more of this wah-wah-wah, I lost my hard drive. You NEED two drives. You can get two 4 terabyte drives for less than $200.00. Yeah...it's like 3 Springsteen bootlegs and a Beatles bootleg, back in the day. Just do it, man, you need to back up everything twice.
ReplyDeleteThanks, marm! Just kidding. You're right, and it's partly because you're right that it felt so bad when my drive died. "I should have listened, should have backed it up, never thought it would happen to ME, poor little ole me ..."
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