Seconds Of Pleasure is the only studio LP credited to the band Rockpile, but all the faithful know: wherever two or three are gathered together, Rockpile will be in their midst in all but name.
And lowe! Did it not come to pass that albums were issued bearing the names of Saint Nick or Saint Dave? But were these not the works of goodly men -- musicians all -- peaceably assembled in groups of three or four? And didst they not together make a joyful noise, and rejoice, and sing praise?
Brothers and sisters, there's no need to further belabor the point with biblical misquotes. What we have here is truckloads of Rockpile, in number if not in name. Volumes 1 and 2 gather Rockpile tracks as well as "solo" recordings credited to Nick, Dave, and Billy -- sometimes singing songs the others wrote, as if the names weren't already confusing!
Volume 3 is subtitled Plays Well With Others, and among those others are Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Bruce Springsteen, Carlene Carter, Mickey Jupp, and Elvis Costello; as well as members of Rockpile sitting in with the Stray Cats, the Refreshments, Los Straightjackets and Brinsley Schwarz!
Volume 4 is Rockpile Live in concert and on the air (although there are live tracks scattered throughout these comps), and Volume 5 contains Rockpile Rarities. Stinky has seasoned these sets with occasional interview excerpts posing questions like, "Why did albums that were done by Rockpile come out as solo albums by Dave or Nick?" and "Who wrote 'Trouble Boys'?" and "What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?" Not sure we get an answer to that last one...
All told, there's over 130 tracks here, and more than 6 hours of listening enjoyment. That's nearly twenty four thousand seconds of pleasure! Let us all praise Brother Stinky for these mighty blessings!
Rockpile V1: https://tinyurl.com/1Rockpile
ReplyDeleteRockpile V2: https://tinyurl.com/2Rockpile
V3 (Plays Well With Others): https://tinyurl.com/3Rockpile
V4 (Live): https://tinyurl.com/4Rockpile
V5 (Rarities): https://tinyurl.com/5Rockpiles
Or download all five at once: https://tinyurl.com/RockApiles
Thanks a ton for this. one of my favorite bands that, I was fortunate enough to see a handful of times.
DeleteThank you very muchly.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Thanks for gathering it all together!
ReplyDeleteA Rockpile overdose, great! Unfortunately I never saw them live, only Dave afterwards in 1982, admittedly also with a great band, incl. Geraint Watkins & Mickey Gee!
ReplyDeleteGeraint "Otis" Watkins deserves a post of his own.
DeleteHear, hear, hear!
DeleteTE SALUDO EL STINKY!!!!
ReplyDeleteMil Gracias A Todos Nuestros Amigos! (That's what it says on my Joe "King" Carrasco album.)
DeleteThe live cuts on the first two volumes were largely a way to side step two issues... In some cases it was hard to determine if enough of the band played on one of Dave or Nick’s tracks to warrant inclusion. And some songs appeared on a Nick album AND a Dave album (in different forms) & it was hard to decide which track was better or a better fit. Using a live track sidestepped BOTH issues! As they say: “Work smarter, not harder.”
ReplyDeleteIn one of the short interview clips I included, Dave threw a spanner in my works by admitting that, when it came time to record their lone record as a unit; SECONDS OF PLEASURE, there were NIck songs Dave didn’t care for, and therefore didn’t play on!
The beauty of assembling a live ROCKPILE comp is that they toured heavily, so there’s a wealth of live tracks to choose from!
- Stinky
Heard so much about the band, but have never really checked them out...that will change! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHaving learned a bit about your taste from reading the One Buck Records blog, I think you'll really enjoy Rockpile. Let us know, OBG!
DeleteHey, thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteQuite an impressive pile, Stinky -- thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who commented. This one was a pleasure to assemble! I never get tired of ROCKPILE. - Stinky
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