I had a major catastrophe when I was at the gym yesterday. The MP3 player had run out of gas and I was subjected to the dross which pumps out of the speakers. I must have left it on the last time I used it.
When I got home the first thing I did was charge it and I did a shuffle while this took place.
First out the hat was a bit of glam. From 1973 here is a song written by Ian Hunter and performed by Mott the Hoople. Roll Away the Stone entered the charts on 24th November 1973 and stayed there for 12 weeks peaking at number 8. I played my small part in this as I bought the single.
Something a lot more up to date for the second offering. From earlier on this this year in fact . Present Tense is taken from The Shakes the most recent album by Glasgow's Savage Mansion
Finally a song which I am much less familiar with. Along Comes Mary by The Association is taken from a compilation which has appeared here a few times before Jon Savage's 1966 - The Year the Decade Exploded. It was a top ten hit in the US but did not trouble the UK charts.
The half century Shuffle will be along next Saturday
Mott the Hoople - Roll Away the Stone
Savage Mansion - Present Tense
The Association - Along Comes Mary
NB - you very nearly got 53 Miles West of Venus by the B52's until I noticed that it had appeared on Saturday Shuffle 23
1983?
ReplyDeleteI had it right further down the paragraph!
DeleteI only discovered The Association a couple of years ago but have fallen in love with their sound. That album sounds about right - up until 1966 there were certain rules about how a band should sound and look then everything changed. Why I love the music of that era.
ReplyDeleteThat Mott track is a much loved perennial. The Association are a band really worth investigating - all 6 members contributing quality songs. For their time, they were really ahead of their time.
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