Blyth Power - A Little Touch Of Harry

UPDATE: I've re-ripped it from a different tape so the quality of this download is better. It's still from a 25 year old tape though :)

LATEST UPDATE: The Old Punk has given me some good news about this. Someone by the name of Paco has released a vinyl pressing of this classic. It's only £6 plus a bit for postage. It comes with a poster and a copy of the original booklet too. Get it here - La Vida Es En Mus.

A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night was the first release from Blyth Power. It was originally released on cassette in 1984 so the actual quality of the files is not exactly perfect.

Blyth Power are a British 'folk punk' band formed in 1983 by singer/drummer Joseph Porter, formerly of Zounds and The Mob.

Blyth Power's music shows strong influences from punk rock and folk music, and the band members have described their sound as a cross between The Clash, Steeleye Span and The Rubettes.
(text from Wikipedia)

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps mp3)...
01) Coriolanus
02) Smoke From Cromwell's Time
03) Chevy Chase
04) In The Ffucke-Masticke Room
05) Goodbye General To Lose
06) Under The Sea Wind
07) The Rookery
08) Probably Won't Be Easy
09) Hurling Time
10) God Has Gone Wrong Again
11) My Lady's Fortress Europe
12) Emmanuel
13) Some Of Shelly's Hang-Ups

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The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Here's a selection of tracks from The Brian Jonestown Massacre. They were formed by Anton Newcombe in the early 90s and he remains the driving force behind the band today. They play a number of different 'rock' genres tinged with an excellent 60's psychedelic feel. If you like this compilation then most (if not all) of their albums are available for free download from the BJM Archive site. There is more information at their wikipedia page as well as their full discography.

They were also the subject of a superb documentary called DiG! which is recommended viewing if you get the chance.

DOWNLOAD THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE COLLECTION PART 1 (TRACKS 1 TO 13)
DOWNLOAD THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE COLLECTION PART 2 (TRACKS 14 TO 26)

Here's the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) Satellite [from Give It Back]
02) Ballad Of Jim Jones [from Thank God For Mental Illness]
03) Take It From The Man [from Take It From The Man!]
04) That Girl Suicide [from Methodrone]
05) The Way It Was [from Bringing It All Back Home Again]
06) In India You [from Their Satanic Majesties Second Request]
07) Going To Hell [from Strung Out In Heaven]
08) Vacuum Boots [from Take It From The Man!]
09) Super-Sonic [from Give It Back]
10) Nailing Honey To The Bee [from Peel Sessions 1998]
11) Nothing To Lose [from Your Side Of Our Story]
12) Not If You Were The Last Dandy On Earth [from Give It Back]
13) Too Crazy To Care [from Thank God For Mental Illness]
14) You Have Been Disconnected [from Bravery Repetition And Noise]
15) Caress [from Take It From The Man!]
16) All Around You (Outro) [from Their Satanic Majesties Second Request]
17) When I Was Yesterday [from Spacegirl]
18) Servo [from Give It Back]
19) Telegram [from Your Side Of Our Story]
20) Everyone Says [from Methodrone]
21) Talk-Action=Shit [from Thank God For Mental Illness]
22) Got My Eye On You [from Strung Out In Heaven]
23) Oh Lord [from Take It From The Man!]
24) This Is Why You Love Me [from Give It Back]
25) Jennifer [from Your Side Of Our Story]
26) The Godspell According To Newcombe [from Bringing It All Back Home Again]

DOWNLOAD THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE COLLECTION PART 1 (TRACKS 1 TO 13)
DOWNLOAD THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE COLLECTION PART 2 (TRACKS 14 TO 26)

Ivor Cutler - Dandruff

Okay then... here's an album from a true eccentric. Ivor Cutler was a singer / poet / musician / writer / oddball from Glasgow in Scotland. This album was originally released in 1974 and even though I've heard a few of his other albums this is the one I know best. It contains such classics as Fremsley, I Believe In Bugs & If All The Cornflakes. Let's be honest, this isn't the kind of thing you'll be listening to everyday (respect to you if you do tho :) but every once in a while it's a lovely thing to hear.

There's a full discography/bibliography at his wikipedia page. I won't show the full track list here as there's 45 songs, view them here.

DOWNLOAD IVOR CUTLER - DANDRUFF (160kbps - 55MB)

Five Day Rain

This post is to wish my mate Leon a happy birthday :)

Here's a copy of the Five Day Rain album (Leon's dad was the keyboard player). This was originally released in 1970 and is one of the best 60s-style (hippies ;) albums you've never heard.

Five Day Rain were basically a studio band. They never toured or did any gigs but spent their time with Homegrown Music writing songs either at Grahams cottage or in the studio. The line up was Graham Maitland (keyboards/organ/Mellotron), Rick Sharpe (lead guitar), Clive Burgess (bass) and the drummer who’s name was Kim (apparently). Added to this line up was John Holbrook who was another engineer at IBC at the time of the recordings.

DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 1 - 6)
DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 7 - 14)

(following text from phrockblog.blogspot.com)
This band formed in late '68 as Iron Prophet, a heavy trio comprising Rick Sharpe, Clive Burgess and Dick Hawkes. They changed their name to Five Day Rain in early 1970 with the arrival of Graham Maitland. This is one of the rarest UK albums; just 15 copies of this album were put out but soon after someone circulated 'white label' copies of it so beware of these. The album was recorded at IBC Studios in Portland Place, London, during 1970. Some of the best albums and singles of the 60's and 70's come out of there but sadly the premises are now offices. Brian Carroll and the legendary engineer Damon Lyon-Shaw produced and mixed for their own 'HOMEGROWN MUSIC' company. Brian started as a disc cutter there, and cut the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, and 'Live at Leeds' for the Who. Damon engineered all the major LP's of the late 60's and early 70's for everyone from The Who, The Small Faces, Status Quo, Cream and the Rolling Stones & albums such as Tommy and Farewell Cream. The incredibly talented Sharon Tandy was on backing vocals, along with Lynn Maitland (hello Leon's mum :), as were Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell & Dan Peek from the band America.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Marie's A Woman
02) Leave It At That
03) Don't Be Misled
04) Rough Cut Marmalade
05) Good Year
06) Sea Song
07) Lay Me Down
08) The Reason Why
09) Fallout
[Bonus tracks from remastered album (256kbps)]
10) Too Much Of Nothing
11) Antonia
12) So Don't Worry
13) The Boy
14) Wanna Make Love To You

DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 1 - 6)
DOWNLOAD FIVE DAY RAIN (TRACKS 7 - 14)

Folk & Blues Collection

Here's a collection of some folk & blues music from all sorts of different artists. There are 21 different tracks and will fit on a CD if you want to make yourself a copy. The cover of NWA's Straight Outta Compton by Nina Gordon is worth the admission price alone ;)

DOWNLOAD FOLK & BLUES COLLECTION [130MB]

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Embryonic Journey [Jefferson Airplane]
02) Down To The River To Pray [Alison Krauss]
03) Nobody's Fault But Mine [John Redbourn]
04) 1952 Vincent Black Lightning [Richard Thompson]
05) Big Yellow Taxi [Joni Mitchell]
06) Son Of A Preacher Man [Dusty Springfield]
07) Blackwater Side [Bert Jansch]
08) Crazy Mama [J.J. Cale]
09) Dance Of The Inhabitants [John Fahey]
10) Somebody's Callin' My Name [Ry Cooder]
11) Straight Outta Compton [Nina Gordon]
12) In My Time Of Dying [Blind Willie Johnson]
13) Summertime [Santo & Johnny]
14) Relax [Leon Redbone]
15) Shake 'Em On Down [Bukka White]
16) The Way It Was [The Brian Jonestown Massacre]
17) She Likes It [Owen Hand]
18) Here Comes The Sun [Richie Havens]
19) She Moved Thru The Bizarre Blue Ragga [Davey Graham]
20) Travelling Roadside Blues [Robert Johnson]
21) Clothes Of Sand [Nick Drake]

DOWNLOAD FOLK & BLUES COLLECTION [130MB]

Blyth Power - 1986 Demos

Here's a couple more demo's from Blyth Power (this is the last one I'll be posting up... honest). They were both recorded in 1986 at the Street Level Studios. There's also some of their other demo's from 84 & 85, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's definitely worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
Demo 1
01) John O'Gaunt
02) Goodbye General To Lose
03) Lady Politic

Demo 2
04) Marious Moves
05) Father O'Brien
06) Stand Into Danger
07) Caligula
08) Bricklayer's Arms
09) The Mermaid

DOWNLOAD BLYTH POWER 1986 DEMOS

Blyth Power - 1985 Demo

Here's another demo by Blyth Power. This was recorded in 1985 in the Street Level Studios. There's some of their other demo's from 84 & 86, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
01) Ffucke-Masticke Room
02) Junction Signal
03) My Lady's Games
04) Chevy Chase
05) God Has Gone Wrong Again
06) Song Of The Third Cause

DOWNLOAD BLYTH POWER 1985 DEMO

Blyth Power - 1984 Demo

Here's an early demo by Blyth Power recorded in 1984. There are some of their other demo's from 85 & 86, as well as A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night. Just click here to see them all.

I got this recording from an excellent music blog called Kill Your Pet Puppy. If you like anarcho-punk, new wave & reggae etc. then it's definitely worth a visit and seeing what you can find.

Here's the tracklisting (128kbps mp3)...
01) Smoke From Cromwell's Time
02) Hurling Time
03) Chevy Chase
04) The Rookery
05) Ffucke-Masticke Room
06) My Lady's Games
07) Fang Over Lip
08) Me And Mr Absolutely

DOWNLOAD BLYTH POWER 1984 DEMO

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra was the creation of classically-trained guitarist, composer and arranger Simon Jeffes. Jeffes and cellist co-founder Helen Liebmann were the only core members throughout its life; a number of other musicians appeared on the PCO's six studio albums according to the requirements of particular pieces.

The Penguin's sound is not easily categorized, but has elements of exuberant folk music and a minimalist aesthetic occasionally reminiscent of composers such as Philip Glass (text from wikipedia.org).

Here's the tracklisting (256 mp3)...
01) Music For A Found Harmonium
02) Paul's Dance
03) Heartwind
04) Giles Farnaby's Dream
05) Telephone And Rubber Band
06) Beanfields
07) Perpetuum Mobile
08) From The Colonies
09) Another One From The Colonies
10) In The Back Of A Taxi
11) Air A Danser
12) Milk
13) More Milk
14) Prelude And Yodel
15) Penguin Cafe Single
16) White Mischief

DOWNLOAD PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA

Patrik Fitzgerald

Patrik Fitzgerald was an acoustic folk punker I first heard during the early days of punk. According to his my space page he is still releasing music today but here's copies of his first two singles (192kbps mp3). Both EPs were released on Small Wonder Records. The first single is pretty crackly so if anyone has any advice on removing the cracks/hisses etc. from the recording let me know please. Cheers.

The first single was released in 1977. The tracks are as follows :

01) Banging & Shouting
02) Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart
03) Work Rest Play Reggae
04) Set We Free
05) Optimism

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

The second single was released in 1978. Here's the track listing.

01) Buy Me Sell Me
02) Little Dippers
03) Trendy
04) Backstreet Boys

DOWNLOAD IT HERE