If You See What I Mean… | Musical notes.

Mighty Organ – Top Ten Reggae Organ Classics

Aug 17 • 39635 Views • Comments Off on Mighty Organ – Top Ten Reggae Organ Classics

In 1968, when the rest of the world were feeling the summer of love, Kingston Jamaica was bubblin’ hot. The choppy organ sound that had long been a bit-player in the ska and rock steady scenes had taken a new turn to emerge as a central anchor for
Where Did Our Love Go?

Aug 13 • 8904 Views • Comments Off on Where Did Our Love Go?

As a child I was spoilt rotten by beautiful women. It’s true. The glamourpusses on TV – Shirley Bassey, Diana Ross, Martha Reeves – were just like my mum and her fabulous sisters, still teenage or thereabouts. All makeup and powder and
Crown Prince Dennis Brown

Aug 10 • 10428 Views • Comments Off on Crown Prince Dennis Brown

Around 79-80 all the biggest reggae sounds came on big thick disco 45s. 12″ sized vinyl on the first flight from Jamaica that tended to featured a hit song (not infrequently a re-cut of a rocksteady hit everyone in Jamaica knew well), mixed to a wicked
Motorhead – 1916

Aug 5 • 9114 Views • Comments Off on Motorhead – 1916

Commemorating the great war in song is a serious business, and yet it’s the heartfelt works that spring to mind on the anniversary. Lemmy Kilmister was and still is one of British rock’s legend outsiders. Never taken seriously by critics, he was
Shipbuilding

Jul 30 • 4521 Views • Comments Off on Shipbuilding

The song Shipbulding came at us quite literally out of left field. Written by a singer still struggling to to shake off a superficial “angry brainic” persona – Elvis Costello – in response to a complicated political war.
Whole Lotta love

Jul 27 • 3739 Views • Comments Off on Whole Lotta love

As a kid living in a coalfield backwater and getting into punk rock there was a big local problem. Everyone else. At 15 it was clear that all my musically-inclined peers were into traditional long haired rock, and Led Zeppelin were, at the time, considered

What do I know about… Old School

Aug 2 • 4963 Views • Some subjects are stepping stones, and Old School – rap and hip-hop from the day – helped step me up. I
What do I know about… Yorkshire.

On 1st of August it is Yorkshire Day; when we celebrate the auld county. Eons ago I ran a website
What do I know about… The Vox Continental

The Vox Continental is quite simply the king of keyboard cool. It’s a transistor-based combo
What do I know about… Dub

I’ve been into dub forever. Never mind all that talk of transplanted psychedelia, it was all

Mighty Organ – Top Ten Reggae Organ Classics

Aug 17 • 39635 Views • Comments Off on Mighty Organ – Top Ten Reggae Organ Classics

In 1968, when the rest of the world were feeling the summer of love, Kingston Jamaica was bubblin’ hot. The choppy organ sound that had long been a bit-player in