Thursday, July 30, 2020

[ Missing from FBS ] Grand Duchy: Rare & Popular

Bands from the "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" aren't very well known outside the small country, even Luke Haas, musician, comic-author, did his best to write the history of Luxembourg's Rock & Roll in (afaik) two books. I purchased the first one at the end of the 80ies in a local german grocery, but, you know: books. Someone's says "Oh, beautiful book, can i take it with me to read it at home?", and then they disappear ...

I had the chance to meet Luke Haas at the yearly comic-festival at Contern, where he sold me a copy of the "Lëtzebuerger Rocklexikon II". Rock is always kind of histories to tell and Luke did a great job in collecting an archive for these bands. He died some years ago but his work has survived him.

Thierry Van Werveke

First I saw Thierry in "Troublemaker", a small independent movie from Luxembourg about two guys, leaving prison, starting instantly new robberies, getting catched by the police, going to jail, leavin' it, starting a bank robbery and so on ... a wild and really funny circle of jail & robbery, troubles & shootings through that small & beautiful country. I instantly became a fan of the actor and the musician.

He then became famous in germany as an actor in some popular movies like "Knocking On Heaven's Door" (he's the perfect actor for troublemaking punks ...). But then, at the age of 50, he suddenly died in 2009. He didn't need a doctor - he knew, what was wrong with him.

Thierry was at his best singing in his Lëtzebuerg dialect, somewhere between Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg & Tom Waits. A great and unforgotten artist.

On the rare and never that popular side of the country, there are two rare CD's in the archives. The first is a copy from a friend (burning CDs for friends became popular those days) of the band "Galileo"

Galileo (LUX) - V

There's no further information on this record, Google isn't really my friend and given that there's a european satellite project sitting in Luxembourg called "Galileo"... yep, no further information on that. "V" may be a hint, that there are maybe records from "I-IV" ...

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Sleepwalk - Fir Wat?

"Fir Wat?" is luxembourgish dialect for "Why". This EP reached a certain popularity (in Luxembourg ... and, surprise, in my wife's record collection)

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If visiting Luxembourg, don't miss "The Family Of Man" ...

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Roots At The Beep

The Major has some strange habits. Like recording Gideon Coe and Marc Reilley on BBC as WAV, cutting all the live stuff, coding the tracks to .FLAC and .MP3 and storing them well sorted in his archives at the "Hermetic Garage". A very strange habit, yep, but there has always to be the one crazy guy doing this strange work so you can profit from it in downloading the results here.

As the Major loves Reggae Music since a mystic moment in the year 1975 at the town, where Nostradamus once lived (Salon de Provence in the South of France, where as we know "all the ladies love to dance") when an old french hippie played this "War ina Babylon" longplayer while juggling virtual crepes ... so lets start with a nice collection of roots music from the Beep

Hail JAH,

Rasta Far I

Emper-I

Selassi-I

King Of King

Lord Of Lords

Conquering Lion

Of The Tribe Of Judah!

Aswad

Black Slate

Burning Spear

Culture

Dreadzone

Isaacs & Roots Radics, Gregory

Johnson, Linton Kwesi

Mad Professor

Marley, Bob

Mickey Dread

Misty In Roots

Osbourne, Johnny

Prince Far I

Ranking Ann

Steel Pulse

Tippa Irie

Tosh, Peter

Twinkle Brothers

Wailing Souls

pw: mghg

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Who Are You?

A story is told that, early in his ministry, a delegation of seekers came to Prince Gautama, to sit at his feet and to receive his words of wisdom. They were very impressed by all that the somewhat mysterious young man had to say, until one of them finally asked the prince, “Who are you, anyway? Are you a god?”

“No,” the prince is said to have replied.
“Are you a saint?” asked another.
“No,” the prince replied.
“Are you a prophet?”
“No, not a prophet.”
“Well, then,” all the pilgrims cried at once, “who are you, then?”
And very calmly, the story goes, the Buddha replied: “I am awake.”

A suivre 1978

Métal Hurlant 1975

Monday, July 27, 2020

Ajoyo

Can't say this was love at first sight, but ... giving the record a second listen pushed me over the cliff and made me fly. Well, it's more than (my first impression) just another try to re-invent classic 80ies jazzrock stuff, and yeah, sometimes advertisements don't lie

AJOYO is born from the vision of French-Tunisian multi-instrumentist Yacine Boularès. It is a melting pot of African traditions, jazz and soul. More than music, it is a joyful afro-beat ceremony, an experience that bonds the musicians with their audience. AJOYO sings in the name of Tony Allen, Oum Kalthoum, Charlie Parker, Donny Hathaway…

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Snoid Studios on sundays: Learning from the master

the major flying free

illustration by Snoid Studios

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Finally, they wear badges

vs. the anarchistic evil enemy

Hinterwald has left the building

and Major Grubert is going "solo", opening his "hermetic garage"

Lads & gents, it has been a great pleasure and an unexpected honour being part of the "Voodoo Wagon" & the "Floppy Boot Stomp"-crew, but having 111+ posts here, the time has come to say goodbye and doing one more of my own things.

This is maybe a little bit like Mick Taylor leaving the Rolling Stones making place for Ronnie Wood ;)

As for years before I entered these wonderful rooms I'll stay as a hardcore fan & friend of "the band" - but I want to do things the way I like to handle them, no boundaries in the size of a post ie. and all in all more spontaneously, ignoring (even only projected) expectations of a big audience, more focused on my own little hinterwald universe, mixed with comics and other stuff I'm interested in.

I hope the boss will add my new blog to the blogroll as I'll do it on my "Hermetic Garage" so we can keep staying in touch.

Stay safe & at home, folks, take care of yourself & your friends and family. Bye bye.

Peter Green is dead

Play some blues?

Tolyqyn

yep, that's a viola

no words ...

enjoy!

ina covid style: Ziggy Marley’s plays Bob Marley Classics

‘Roots, Rock, Reggae’
‘War/No More Trouble’
‘Get Up, Stand Up’
‘Top Rankin’’
‘We And Dem’
‘Rastaman Vibration’
‘Coming In From The Cold’
‘One Love’
‘Exodus’
‘Redemption Song’
‘Small Axe’
‘Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)’

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No one can see the tears rolling over my face while he did that.

plus: a well cut version

.m4a -> .wav -> .flac

(this is not a "real" .flac,

just trying not to lose quality

in re-encoding the source to .mp3)

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pw: fbsvw

more of those love-songs

Like to have some ecstasy with XTC? (Vol 2: 1980's)

XTC always and from the beginning on were one of the favourite bands in the so called "Hinterwald Scene" (the Püttlingen section, where we also loved The Clash, The Talking Heads and tons of Reggae - the Köllerbach section was more into Westcoast and also Reggae).

When we met on fridays after our PAV ("Püttlingen Alternative Verstaltungsgruppen" = Alternative Event Organizing Groups Of Püttlingen) where we planned cinema or concert evenings ect, we knew what would be played as records in kinda ritual while the joint was jumping & going round and round: The Dead "Terrapin Station", The Tubes "Remote Control", Boomtown Rats "The Fine Art Of Surfacing", Max Romeo "War ina Babylon", The Clash "London Calling" and XTC "Drums & Wires" ...

Well I know "Terrapin" has to be some kind of sacriledge to a deadhead, but there was this guy, klaus, he became a taxman later on, always levitated while listening to it - and we enjoyed watching him doing so ;)

Those days are gone forever, over and over again, oh yeah ...

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1980-01-30 FM Paradise Rock Club, Boston

01 homo safari

02 beattown

03 real by reel

04 when you're near me I have difficulty

05 life begins at the hop

06 the rhythm

07 meccanik dancing

08 ten feet tall

09 helicopter

10 this is pop

11 battery brides

12 crowded room

13 complicated game

14 making plans for Nigel

15 encore break

16 radios in motion

17 are you recieving me

18 encore break 2

19 outside world dance band

20 statue of liberty

21 announcer wrap up

1980-02-25 Old Waldorf, San Francisco, USA

01 Beatown

02 Real By Reel

03 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

04 Life Begins at the Hop

05 The Rhythm

06 Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)

07 Heatwave

08 Scissor Man

09 Ten Feet Tall

10 Helicopter

11 This is Pop

12 Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)

13 Instant Tunes

14 Crowded Room

15 Are You Receiving Me

16 Complicated Game

17 Making Plans For Nigel

1980-12-02 Roslyn

01 Intro ~ Outside World

02 Life Begins At The Hop

03 Helicopter

04 Love At First Sight

05 Respectable Street

06 No Language In Our Lungs

07 Meccanik Dancing ( Oh We Go )

08 This Is Pop

09 Scissor Man

10 Towers Of London

11 Real By Reel ~

12 Battery Brides

13 Living Through Another Cuba ~

14 Generals And Majors

15 Making Plans For Nigel

16 Crowd

17 Crowded Room

18 Are You Receiving Me

1980 BC University - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

01 Bushman President (Homo Safari No. 2)

02 Beatown

03 Real by Reel

04 When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty

05 Life Begins at the Hop

06 The Rhythm

07 Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!)

08 Scissor Man

09 Heatwave

10 Helicopter

11 This is Pop

12 Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian)

13 Instant Tunes

14 Crowded Room

15 Are You Receiving Me

16 Complicated Game

17 Making Plans for Nigel

18 Outside World

19 Dance Band

20 Statue of Liberty

1981-04-17 Cherry Hill NJ - Emerald City

01 Intro

02 Reel By Reel

03 Life Begins At The Hop

04 When You're Near Me I Have

05 Respectable Street

06 Sgt. Rock (is going to hel

07 No Language In Our Lungs

08 Ball And Chain

09 Paper And Iron

10 Love At First Sight

11 Roads Girdle The Globe

12 Scissor Man

13 Towers Of London

14 Burning With Optimism's Fl

15 Making Plans For Nigel

16 Living Through Another Cub

17 Generals And Majors

18 DJ Commentary

19 This Is Pop

20 Helicopter

21 DJ Commentary 2

22 Statue Of Liberty

23 Outside World

24 Closing Remarks

1982-02-10 Rockpalast

01 Respectable Streets

02 Towers Of London

03 Runaway

04 Jason and The Argonauts

05 Burning With Optimism Flame

06 Snowman

07 Ball and Chain

08 Sgt Rock Is Going To Help Me

09 No Thugs In Our House

10 Senses Working Overtime

11 Making Plans For Nigel

12 Living Through Another Cuba

1982-03-07 Ancienne Belgique - Brussels

01 Runaways

02 Jason And The Argonauts

03 Snowman

04 Ball And Chain

05 Senses Working Overtime

06 All Along The Watchtower

07 Towers Of London

08 Making Plans For Nigel

09 Living Through Another Cuba - Generals And Majors

10 Real By Reel

1989-05-15 Boston-Kings For A Day

01 intro~Scarecrow People

02 Medley Senses Working Overtime + Grass + Love on a Farmboy's Wages

03 King for a Day

04 interview

05 Mayor of Simpleton

06 intro

07 Medley Great Fire + Dear God + Big Day

08 outro

09 intro

10 Scarecrow People

11 intro

12 Medley Senses Working Overtime + Grass + Love on a Farmboy's Wages

13 intro

14 Blue Beret

15 intro

16 Medley One of the Millions + Pink Thing + Garden of Earthly Delights

17 intro

18 Mayor of Simpleton

19 intro

20 King for a Day

21 outro

1989-05-22 WXRT 93 FM - Chicago, Illnois

01 Talk

02 Scarecrow People

03 Talk

04 Great FireDear GodBig Day

05 Talk

06 Talk

07 Blue Beret

08 Talk

09 Senses Working OvertimeGrassLove On A Farmboy's Wages

10 Talk

11 King For A Day

12 Talk

13 Mayor of Simpleton

1989 Acoustic Radio Tour !!!

01 Intro Dialogue

02 Scarecrow People

03 Dialogue 2

04 Mayor Of Simpleton

05 Dialogue 3

06 Senses Working OvertimeGrass

07 Dialogue 4

08 Blue Beret

09 Dialogue 5

10 Great FireDear GodBig Day

11 Dialogue 6

12 King For A Day

13 Dialogue 7

14 One of the Millions medley

15 End Dialogue K.R.O.Q.

16 Intro Dialogue on K.I.S.S.

17 King For A Day

18 End Dialogue on K.I.S.S.

1990 Explode Together

01 Dance with Me, Germany

02 Beat the Bible

03 A Dictionary of Modern Marriage

04 Clap Clap Clap

05 We Kill the Beast

06 Commerciality

07 The Day They Pulled the North Pole Down

08 The Forgotten Language of Light

09 Steam Fist Futurist

10 Short Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)

11 Cairo

12 The Rotary

13 Madhattan

14 I Sit in the Snow

15 Work Away Tokyo Day

16 New Broom

A billion Thanks to all the original posters!!

pw: fbsvw