ROCKPILE Swept Into A Pile

Stinky has truly outdone himself here!  ROCKPILE Swept Into A Pile is five CD-length sets of Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Terry Williams and Billy Bremner.  "Wait a second," you might say, "There was only one Rockpile album!"  Yes and no, dear friends.  

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!