Real name: Christa Päffgen / Although Dylan first wrote this in 1964, it was not commercially released till the 1985 'Biograph' 3-LP retrospective // Click on Link above, left to read an in-depth article on her
HTRK, pronounced as 'hate rock', was formed in Melbourne in 2003 as a trio, with vocalist Jonnine Standish, bassist Sean Stewart (died 2010) and guitarist Nigel Yang.
[Recorded in Paris, RDF Broadcast] • (Nov 21, 1947)
Comment:
Also titled 'Improvisation No. 5' // * "RDF" = "Radiodiffusion Française", a French public institution responsible for public service broadcasting. It was created in 1944 as a state monopoly.
On the CD cover, billed as 'The Gaylettes Featuring Judy Mowatt', BUT on the track listings, billed as 'The Gaylettes Featuring Judy Mowatt' //
Click on the link above, left, to view the original Jamaican single.
Time:
6:07
Artist:
Django Reinhardt [Billed on original single as 'Django Reinhardt And Stéphane Grappelli']
Langford was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, and is a Welsh-born musician and artiste who is presently based in Chicago. He is the younger brother of science-fiction author and critic David Langford. He was originally the drummer for The Mekons when they formed at the University of Leeds in 1977, but he later took up the guitar as other band members left. // Click on the Link above, left to view the CD
From Melbourne, Australia; originally intended to be a Blondie cover band // // Click on the link above, left, to view the single, which is limited to 150 copies
... From Melbourne, Australia. / Click on the link above, left, to view the original release; a pressing limited to 250; includes printed lyric insert and Rack Off Records sticker
* - Long considered an exemplary compilation, the album "The Kinks Kronikles" was ranked #232 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 greatest albums of all Time"; one of the few compilations on the list. / Click on the link above, left, to view the original English single
The song's first line was used as the title of the book "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991", by Michael Azerrad. // Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 77 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". /// AcclaimedMusic.net ranked the album the 305th most acclaimed album of all time. + According to "American Hardcore: A Tribal History" (Steven Blush), this album was, along with Husker Du's 'Zen Arcade', "either the pinnacle or downfall of the pure hardcore scene. Watt later commented that it was the "best album I ever played on".
Click on the link above, left, to read WAY MORE about this song and when The Mountain Goats covered it live, than anyone should spend time figuring out ...
