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Wide Blue Yonder (album)
''Wide Blue Yonder'' is a 1987 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. As well as traditional material it features covers of " Between the Wars" by Billy Bragg and "The Rose of England" by Nick Lowe. The album is produced by Clive Gregson. Track listing # "The Generals are Born Again" (Telfer, Prosser) - 4:08 # "The Early Days of a Better Nation" (Telfer, Jones) - 3:18 # "Pigsty Billy" (Telfer, Jones, Prosser) - 3:32 # "The Oxford Girl" (Jones, Telfer) - 4:09 # "The Rose of England" (Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and New wave music, new wave, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oysterband
Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976. History Early history The band formed in parallel to Fiddler's Dram, and under the name "Oyster Ceilidh Band" played purely as a dance band at first. The name Oyster comes from the group's early association with the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent, known for the quality of its oysters. Their first album, released under the Oyster Ceilidh Band name, was ''Jack's Alive'' (1980) on the Dingles record label. Subsequent albums, as "Oyster Band" (sometimes "The Oyster Band") were released on the band's own Pukka Music label: ''English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850'' and ''Lie Back and Think of England'', followed by ''Liberty Hall'' and ''20 Golden Tie-Slackeners''. The line-up of the band changed over these albums. The first recorded line-up was: *Cathy Lesurf – vocals; *John Jones (singer), John Jones – Melodeon (organ), melodeon, vocals; *Alan Pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Folk Rock
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success of "The House of the Rising Sun" by British band the Animals in 1964 was a catalyst, prompting Bob Dylan to "Electric Dylan controversy, go electric", in which, like the Animals, he brought folk and rock music together, from which other musicians followed. In the same year, the Beatles began incorporating overt folk influences into their music, most noticeably on their ''Beatles for Sale'' album. The Beatles and other British Invasion bands, in turn, influenced the American band the Byrds, who released their recording of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" in April 1965, setting off the mid-1960s American folk rock movement. A number of British groups, usually those associated with the British folk revival, moved into folk rock in the mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooking Vinyl
Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman, while Rob Collins is managing director. The company focuses on artist service-based deals where the artist retains ownership of their copyrights. History 1986–1992 Cooking Vinyl was set up in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and distribution manager Pete Lawrence, who initially ran the business as a part-time venture out of a spare room in Goldschmidt's council house in Stockwell, South London. In 1986 Cooking Vinyl recorded an impromptu live performance around a campfire at a folk festival by the singer Michelle Shocked, on a Sony Walkman with fading batteries. One of its first releases, Cooking Vinyl released the recording as The Campfire Tapes, and it sold 250,000 copies worldwide. In 1989, the company w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Gregson
Clive James Gregson (born 4 January 1955, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England) is an English singer/songwriter, musician and record producer. He has toured in bands, provided backup for well-known musicians, and written songs that have been covered by Kim Carnes, Norma Waterson and Nanci Griffith. He is featured in Hugh Gregory's 2002 book ''1,000 Great Guitarists''. Background Clive Gregson was born and raised in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. His earliest musical influence was The Beatles in the early 1960s. It was around this time that he received his first guitar as a present from his parents, using the proceeds from the sale of his older brother's unwanted drum kit. Gregson played in a band at school but played his first professional gig with Any Trouble, the band he formed in Crewe, England with college friends around 1975. Going professional after Any Trouble signed a recording contract, Gregson has continued as a working musician. Gregson and Manx sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Outside
''Step Outside'' is a 1986 album by British folk rock band The Oyster Band. The album was the first release of Cooking Vinyl records. The album was chosen as one of the 50 best of the year in Q Magazine ''Q'' was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. '' .... Track listing # "Hal-an-Tow" (Trad.) - 4:22 # "Flatlands" (Ian Telfer) - 5:42 # "Another Quiet Night in England" (John L. Jones, Telfer) - 4:21 # "Ashes to Ashes" (Telfer, Ian Kearney, Alan Prosser) - 3:43 # " Molly Bond" (Trad.) - 4:29 # "Bully in the Alley" (Telfer, Jones) - 4:57 # "The Day that the Ship Goes Down" (Telfer, Jones) - 4:28 # "Gaol Song" (Trad.) - 3:40 # "The Old Dance" (Telfer) - 4:21 # "Bold Riley" (Trad.) - 4:16 References External linksAllmusic review [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride (Oysterband Album)
''Ride'' is a 1989 album by British folk rock band Oysterband. The album features a cover of the New Order song " Love Vigilantes". Critical reception Martin Aston, reviewer of British music newspaper ''Music Week'', called Oysterband "best band in Folk Roots last three polls" but complained that they lost a half of their roots here while making sound more modern. Track listing LP ''Side 1'' # "New York Girls" (Traditional) - 3:02 # "Gamblers (We Do Not Do That Anymore)" (Ian Telfer / Alan Prosser)- 4:24 # "Take Me Down" (Telfer / Prosser / John Jones) - 3:50 # "Cheekbone City" (Telfer / Prosser) - 5:03 # " Love Vigilantes" ( Stephen Morris / Peter Hook / Bernard Sumner / Gillian Gilbert Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 27 January 1961) is an English musician and singer, best known as the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order. Early life Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of ...) - 3:58 ''Side 2'' # "Too Late N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Wars
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second World War. The interwar period was relatively short, yet featured many significant social, political, and economic changes throughout the world. Petroleum-based energy production and associated mechanisation led to the prosperous Roaring Twenties, a time of both social mobility and economic mobility for the middle class. Automobiles, electric lighting, radio, and more became common among populations in the developed world. The indulgences of the era subsequently were followed by the Great Depression, an unprecedented worldwide economic downturn that severely damaged many of the world's largest economies. Politically, the era coincided with the rise of communism, starting in Russia with the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, at the end of World War I, and ended with the rise o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
