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by Chairman Ralph
24 Feb 2023, 2:32am
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: New song from Simmo and Galen
Replies: 109
Views: 29658

Re: New song from Simmo and Galen

Works for me -- I was somewhat familiar with Galen's work before this track dropped, so in that sense, it's not a huge departure from what she's done in the past. Paul's voice is definitely the biggest surprise here -- sounds like he's worked out what to do with it. No Red Angel Dragnet-style maneuv...
by Chairman Ralph
13 Feb 2023, 1:09pm
Forum: Shouting Street
Topic: Havana 3a.m. - live unreleased
Replies: 10
Views: 7435

Re: Havana 3a.m. - live unreleased

Thank you so much Geraldmanns, it's just what i was looking For. Hope Will be more uploaded...i Like so much Havana 3am with Paul and Nigel. There's at least one more video floating around out there, which is a show from London. One notable feature is that Gus Andrews, who played trumpet on Hey Ami...
by Chairman Ralph
13 Feb 2023, 4:24am
Forum: Shouting Street
Topic: Havana 3a.m. - live unreleased
Replies: 10
Views: 7435

Re: Havana 3a.m. - live unreleased

There's the Texas Glitter and Tombstone Tales album credited to Gary Myrick and Havana 3 AM. It contains Hunger along with 13 other tracks. That's a good album, with more of a rootsier, twangier sort of vibe than the debut. But I like it quite a bit. If I recall correctly, Myrick continued the band...
by Chairman Ralph
05 Feb 2023, 8:24pm
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds
Replies: 20
Views: 2210

Re: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds

Firstly real glad all went well with your screening. Great news Yes, it was, after living in that netherworld of knowing/not knowing for months -- it was scheduled back in December, so I had ample time late at night to contemplate whatever scenarios I (didn't) want to contemplate. :mrgreen: So I'm ...
by Chairman Ralph
05 Feb 2023, 5:09pm
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds
Replies: 20
Views: 2210

Re: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds

Cheers Ralph glad you got it. Would like to read that comic/zine when finished. Good luck with it.😎👍 Thanks! I'll tap you on the shoulder when that happens. It's actually the third one I've done -- I finished one on the history of Fred Smith/Sonic's Rendezvous, which I'm preparing to send out for r...
by Chairman Ralph
05 Feb 2023, 4:59pm
Forum: Sound of the Sinners
Topic: Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)
Replies: 6
Views: 5583

Re: Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)

Go here people.
Thanks, Marky, I did just that. As for the booklet, I just decided to take pix of the full screens, and make a PDF out of that -- it won't be ideal, but it'll have to do, until I get my hands on the actual booklet itself.
by Chairman Ralph
05 Feb 2023, 4:49pm
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds
Replies: 20
Views: 2210

Re: Wake Up EP + Billy Bragg & Freinds

Listening to this earlier made me feel quite sad. Not that the music isn't fantastic but that we seem to have learned nothing from past events. NHS, postal workers, train drivers, fire fighters all striking for better conditions. Support them if you can people. Kick out the Tories! Thanks, Marky! F...
by Chairman Ralph
23 Jan 2023, 2:25pm
Forum: Sound of the Sinners
Topic: Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)
Replies: 6
Views: 5583

Re: Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)

I would like a copy of it my self. I've got a couple of copies of Wake Up fanzine in my archive but unfortunately not this one. It's on YouTube with a link to the booklet. The booklet is available to read and share but I can't download it either. Yes. that's the one, all right. I don't really under...
by Chairman Ralph
22 Jan 2023, 5:52pm
Forum: Sound of the Sinners
Topic: Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)
Replies: 6
Views: 5583

Wanted: WAKE UP Miner's Benefit EP+Booklet (1987)

WAKE UP NO. 8.jpg Back with another (potentially) big ask: does anybody have a copy of this EP that they could upload? I've spotted one copy on eBay for $40, which is way too much for my blood. Also, there was a 40-page booklet that came with it -- I'd really be interested in getting ahold of that,...
by Chairman Ralph
03 Jan 2023, 2:45pm
Forum: Capital Radio
Topic: RIP Terry Hall
Replies: 48
Views: 3918

Re: RIP Terry Hall

As much as any ska fan would have loved a straight up sequel to the first album, I really respect Dammers' push from the Bad Manners cliché. And I love Bad Manners. Some band members said, as a criticism, that they were going from With the Beatles to Sgt Pepper's without doing Rubber Soul. What a g...
by Chairman Ralph
03 Jan 2023, 2:19am
Forum: Capital Radio
Topic: Replacements Poll
Replies: 16
Views: 1559

Re: Replacements Poll

I voted for Don't Tell A Soul. I love the way the songs sound on the Dead Man's Pop release. Haven't heard that release, but wouldn't be hard to see it as a vast improvement --as I've written elsewhere, DTAS has great songs that are just strangled by production gloop. All those hot and trendy touch...
by Chairman Ralph
02 Jan 2023, 9:47pm
Forum: Capital Radio
Topic: RIP Terry Hall
Replies: 48
Views: 3918

Re: RIP Terry Hall

Great clips -- great quality! And, of course, you can't beat those songs, though I think they were still finding ways to stay relevant. I loved their reworking of Prince Buster's Ten Commandments -- that was truly an inspired stroke! So was their last album, Protest Songs: 1924-2012 . Here are some ...
by Chairman Ralph
25 Nov 2022, 12:13am
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: RIP Keith Levene
Replies: 69
Views: 7154

Re: RIP Keith Levene

Hello, Thanks! I'm listening now. The sound is pretty good - it's very good early PIL sound. Great, glad it worked out! Now that you've heard it, I think you can imagine why I felt so let down by what happened a couple years later. Though, in a sense, the triumph of Album more than made up for that...
by Chairman Ralph
25 Nov 2022, 12:10am
Forum: Lost in the Supermarket
Topic: Waking Up rip?
Replies: 5
Views: 6540

Re: Waking Up rip?

Does anyone have a good quality rip of 'Waking Up'? I tried playing my vinyl copy and it's pretty knackered and am wary about looking for another copy. I looked for a cd, but couldn't see a copy available. I bought it when it came out originally, though I haven't played it in a long time. There see...
by Chairman Ralph
23 Nov 2022, 9:56pm
Forum: The Last Gang
Topic: RIP Keith Levene
Replies: 69
Views: 7154

Re: RIP Keith Levene

Hello, I'm curious about the Live in Pasadena bootleg you mentioned. Is that easily found? Is it PIL or Keith Levene or some other concoction? Thanks! Sure! This show features the post-Wobble era lineup, so -- you have John, and Keith, plus Wobble's successor, Peter Jones, and the ubiquitous Martin...