Monday 31 October 2011

Arctic Monkeys - Top Marks For Not Trying

I had a bit of Arctic Monkeys stuff knocking about that wasn't really worth posting by itself as there was only 5 or so tracks in each collection, so I cobbled them together to form this compilation, similar to the Proud Mary album I made a while back. This and Beneath The Boardwalk cover all the material never officially released up until 2008, although I'm not sure any other songs have surfaced since then anyway. This is made up of the Favourite Worst Nightmare Demos, the songs on the Covers Mixtape that were not officially released, and three other unreleased tracks that have never really been compiled anywhere: Wagon On The Way To The Stripey Tent, Put Me In A Terrorpocket and Sandtrap. All the tracks here are from around the Favourite Worst Nightmare era, hence the band logo used in the artwork I made. Basically, think of this as Beneath the Boardwalk part 2. This is exclusive to the blog, and in my humble opinion very much worth a download to help complete your Arctic Monkeys collection. Link is my own.

Tracks 1,5 and 11 ripped from various Youtube videos.
Tracks 2,4,6,7,8 and 12 from Favourite Worst Nightmare Demos.
Tracks 3,9,10 and 13 from the Covers Mixtape.

Wagon On The Way To The Stripey Tent
Teddy Picker (Demo)
Love Machine (Girls Aloud Cover)
The Bad Thing (Demo)
Put Me In A Terror Pocket (Live)
Balaclava (Demo)
Fluorescent Adolescent (Demo)
Brianstorm (Demo)
You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse Cover)
Take It Or Leave It (The Strokes Cover)
Sandtrap
Do Me A Favour (Demo)
Diamonds Are Forever

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ya78g00ln7i3hz1

Sunday 30 October 2011

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 2011-10-23 - Live At The Olympia, Dublin

This is the first ever gig played by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, and as a result is a worthwhile addition to anyone's collection, for the historical significance if nothing else. The 20-song setlist (which has been played at every gig so far) does not disappoint, with a healthy dose of Oasis classics amongst his excellent new songs. There is also a brilliant unreleased song played called Freaky Teeth, although it isn't clear if this will ever be released officially. Until then, this will have to do! This recording is admittedly not the best quality (the best of the three gigs available online is Edinburgh, which will be posted either here or on Pick A Part That's new in future), however as I said it's still worth a download just to say you have it! The gig was originally recorded and put on Youtube by Johnky, although ordahlen converted the audio to MP3 and posted a link, which is how I got hold of it, so credit must go to both of them. The excellent artwork was done by JohNLiaM, although the link here is my own.

(It's Good) To Be Free
Mucky Fingers
Everybody's On the Run
Dream On
If I Had A Gun...
The Good Rebel
The Death Of You And Me
Freaky Teeth
Wonderwall (Acoustic)
Supersonic (Acoustic)
(I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
AKA... What A Life!
Talk Tonight (Electric)
Soldier Boys & Jesus Freaks
AKA... Broken Arrow
Half The World Away
(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach
Don't Look Back In Anger (Acoustic)
The Importance Of Being Idle
Little By Little

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nlkkqlpfalkpcxp

Sunday 23 October 2011

Shed Seven - One Hand Clapping: The Unreleased Demos 2001-2003

Shed Seven were a much-maligned band from the Britpop era, but (surprise surprise) I like them. They had some great songs, especially on their last album, Truth Be Told. This came out a few years after they split (although the band has now reformed and is touring) and the songs here probably would've gone on to make up their 5th studio album. This was officially released, but in very small quanitities, making it pretty rare. Good collection of songs, worth a download. Link is my own.

No One Wants To Know You When You're Down And Out
Jeckly and Hyde
Alarm Bells
Some People
A Love Song For A Mermaid
I Got Music
Sad Song #32
Wake Up Dead
Country Pub (Stay Til Morning)
Pages
Why Can't I Be You (Demo)
Hanging On The Outside (Live)
No One Wants To Know You When You're Down And Out (Live)
Love Song Land

http://www.mediafire.com/?yd92ql8kiwvpcwa

Friday 21 October 2011

Embrace - 2000-05-29 - Live At The Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

I'm a big fan of Embrace, but live stuff is rarer than rocking horse shit; I only have two gigs, both from 2000. This gig would've been promoting Drawn From Memory, their excellent second album. No clue where I originally got this as had it for a couple of years now. The sound quality here is very good and the setlist is exceptional, although I am biased as I much prefer their earlier stuff. Link and artwork are both my own. This is worth a download as hey, you're not gonna find many other Embrace bootlegs!

New Adam, New Eve
You're Not Alone
The Love It Takes
My Weakness Is None Of Your Business
Come Back To What You Know
Hooligan
I've Been Running
Yeah You
Liar's Tears
Save Me
The Good Will Out
Brothers And Sisters
3 Is The Magic Number
Retread
Fireworks

http://www.mediafire.com/?76775ylce3nwmby

Thursday 20 October 2011

The Stone Roses - 1989-06-03 - Live At The Walsall Junction

With the news the Roses are reforming the other day, it'd be rude not to post something by them! So here is another classic 1989 gig, from just before the legendary Empress Ballroom show (which can also be found on this blog). Indeed, some people prefer this show to the Blackpool one. This is quite a well-known boot but I couldn't find it anywhere so had to rip the audio from Birtles20's excellent youtube channel, check it out at http://www.youtube.com/user/Birtles20 Sound quality is excellent and the band are on great form, so this comes recommended. The the link is mine but found the artwork on Google so not sure whose it is, just chopped it down to fit in iTunes.
  1. I Wanna Be Adored
  2. Sally Cinnamon
  3. Elephant Stone
  4. Waterfall
  5. Going Down
  6. Made Of Stone
  7. Standing Here
  8. Where Angels Play
  9. Shoot You Down
  10. She Bangs The Drums
  11. I Am The Resurrection
 http://www.mediafire.com/?6asf4p6fnqtc9y6

Saturday 15 October 2011

Stereophonics - 2010-02-20 - Live At The Winter Olympics, Vancouver

Taken a while to get round to posting anythig by the 'Phonics, but live stuff is hard to come by as the Word Gets Around forum seems to be closed. I have a couple of gigs which I will upload in future, but decided to do this one first as never seen it anywhere else. I found this on soulseek in flac form ages ago, and converted it to mp3. Sound quality is excellent, think this may have been an official broadcast although not sure. Link and artwork are my own.

Live 'N' Love
I've Got Your Number
A Thousand Trees
Uppercut
Stuck In A Rut
Superman
Just Looking
Innocent
Maybe Tomorrow
The Bartender And The Thief
Could You Be The One
She's Alright
Local Boy In The Photograph
Dakota

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?pl3mebjmgfp87w3

Thursday 13 October 2011

The Real People - 1998 Demos

This excellent collection of demos is just one of the many I own, more of which will be posted in future. However this is probably my favourite collection of demos, up there with '97 (already posted) and '99 (will be posted in future!). Had this for a long time and listened to it many times, and I'm confident that had these songs been officially released as an album it would be up there with my all-time favourites. Sound quality is pretty good, better than the 1997 demos. Strongly recommended to anyone. Link and artwork are my own.

The Answer
Dead Sea
Dreaming of Tomorrow
Lazy Horse
Ocean Child
One Of These Days
Raised In Sunshine
Soul Survivor
Time
The Vicar
Weekend
When Tomorrow Comes

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ac2tr6al4c1t2no