Various Artists - From Czech Electronic Music Studios

 

Supraphon 1974

01 Zbyněk Vostřák - Scales Of Light
02 Miloslav Ištvan - Isle Of Toys
03 Václav Kučera - Two Parts From The Kinetic Ballet 2) The Labyrinth
04 Václav Kučera - Two Parts From The Kinetic Ballet 3) The Spiral

For anyone that is interested; here is a tasty slice of Czech Musique Concrète.

Manfred Hubler and Sigi Schwab - Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party

 

Crippled Dick Hot Wax 1995

01 Droge CX 9
02 The Lions and the Cucumber

03 There's No Satisfaction

04 Dedicated to Love

05 People's Playground (Version A)

06 We Don't Care

07 People's Playground (Version B)

08 The Ballad of a Fair Singer

09 Necronomania

10 Kamasutra

11 The Message

12 Shindai Lovers

13 The Six Wisdoms of Aspasia

14 Countdown to Nowhere

During the initial lockdown of March to June 2020, I embarked on several film seasons; some with friends, some alone.

One of the most fun was the films of Jess Franco, specifically with the late actress Soledad Miranda.

While watching the seminal 1970 classic 'Vampiros Lesbos', I remembered how wonderful the soundtrack by Manfred Hubler and Sigi Schwab was.

Parts of the soundtrack were used in other Franco films, notably 'She Killed In Ecstasy' and 'Eugenie de Sade'.

The soundtrack wasn't issued at the time of the films release and this Crippled Dick Hot Wax pressing comes from 1995.

James Blackshaw - Miscellania

 

Self made compilation 2017

01 No Ghosts
02 River of Heaven
03 Spiralling Skeleton Memorial (Live)
04 The Broken Hourglass
05 Cross
06 Are You Alright? (Chump Change)
07 Between Tides

Here's a round up of hard to find, non album Blackshaw tracks. Makes for a good 30 minute EP. The tracks are from:

No Ghosts - taken from the Various Artists album 'Gold Leaf Branches', Digitalis Recordings, 2005.

River of Heaven - taken from the Various Artists album 'Imaginational Anthem (Volume Two)', Tompkins Square, 2005.

Spiralling Skeleton Memorial - taken from the Various Artists album 'A Raga For Peter Walker', Tompkins Square, 2005.

The Broken Hourglass - taken from the Various Artists album 'The Garden of Forking Paths', Important Records, 2008.

Cross - taken from the Various Artists album 'Young God Amazon Sampler',  Young God Records, 2010.

Are You Alright? (Chump Change) - by Blackshaw, Wood, Wood & Tomlinson. Taken from the Various Artists album 'Benefit For The Recovery In Japan', Antiopic, 2011.

Between Tides - by Roger Eno, remix and collaboration with Blackshaw. Released on 'Greater Lengths', All Saints, 2014.

Spectrum - Undo The Taboo

 

Silvertone Records 1994

01 Undo The Taboo
02 In The Fullness Of Time
03 Turn The Tide (Sub-Aqua)
04 Go To Sleep

The first (and only) single release from the 'Highs, Lows And Heavenly Blows' LP. This period also marks the end of Sonic's / Spectrum's time with Silvertone Records. 

Various Artists - Autumn 2020

 

01 James Blackshaw - Gate of Ivory
02 Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network - Ballet of Apes
03 Pye Corner Audio - Magnetic Acid Part One
04 Country Joe & The Fish - Section 43
05 Valium Aggelein - Triumph Of The Metal People
06 Sandro Brugnolini - Vortice
07 Saffron - Vision is a Lonely Word
08 Robert Hermel - Industrie Spatiale
09 Craven Faults - Deipkeir
10 Bulbils - New Island
11 Andrew Wasylyk - Dreamt The Breakers Spill
12 Zbynek Vostrak - Scales Of Light
13 Ennio Morricone - Bambole

New mixtape for your pandemic times.

Country Joe And The Fish - Country Joe And The Fish E.P.

 

Rag Baby Records 1966

01 Bass Strings

02 Thing Called Love

03 Section 43

I don'y always like the music of Country Joe, but I've always been interested in their idea of using records as propaganda and promotion of counter culture ideas.

This E.P. (their second release) became legendary in San Francisco and was sold for $1 a copy. Despite it's cottage industry origins, it appeared in underground record shops in New York and London.

Moving away from folky protest, the band move into bay area psychedelia.

Spiritualized Electric Mainline - Lay Back In The Sun

 

Dedicated 1995

01 Lay Back in the Sun
02 The Slide Song
03 Spread Your Wings (Instrumental)
04 Lay Back in the Sun (Instrumental)

The final release from the Pure Phase / Electric Mainline period of Spiritualized.