British Invasion Playlist January 12th 2014
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The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed- Up to Our Hips (Beggar’s Banquet Records) March 1994
Rolling Stones - Who's Been Sleeping Here? – Between The Buttons
The Easybeats- Made My Bed Gonna Lie In It- Friday On My Mind (Capitol) 1966
David Bowie - -Let Me Sleep Beside You – 1967
Kinks- Sleepwalker – Sleepwalker `77
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The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year - Odessey & Oracle CBS 1968
Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl - This Years Model
Shel Naylor- One Fine Day- single, Mar. ‘64
The Dave Clark Five- Best Day’s Work- flip of “If Somebody Loves You,†July ‘69
Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – Singles Going Steady EMI 1978
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1969, Led Zeppelin's debut album was released in the UK. Recorded at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, the album took only about 36 hours of studio time to complete at a cost of just £1,782, most of the tracks being recorded 'live' in the studio with very few overdubs. The album spent a total of 71 weeks on the UK chart.
Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times (Page)
The Yardbirds -Stroll On -Blow Up MGM SDTK 1966 (Page/Beck)
Cream -Tales Of Brave Ulysses (BBC Sessions)- Disraeli Gears 1967 (Clapton)
Jeff Beck Group – Ain’t Superstitious - Truth 1968
Led Zeppelin – Communication Breakdown - I
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Donovan- The Trip- Sunshine Superman, Aug. ‘66
Marc Bolan- The Third Degree, Single only Decca 1966
Nirvana- Rainbow Chaser- (Island) single, March ‘68
The Pretty Things - She’s a Lover- Parachute, Harvest June 1970
The Small Faces- Up the Wooden Hills of Bedfordshire- Small Faces, Immediate Records 1967
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1964, The Beatles appeared on the ATV show Sunday Night At The London Palladium performing ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘Money’ and ‘Twist And Shout’. The compare for the evening was Bruce Forsyth. When The Beatles appeared on this show on October 13, 1963, their fee had been £250, now, just three months later, their fee was £1,000….and speaking of $$$
The Beatles – Money (That’s What I Want) – With The Beatles
The Beatles – Baby You’re a Rich Man – MMT
George Harrison – Living In The Material World – Living In The Material World
The Beatles – You Never Give Me Yer Money – AR
John Lennon –Tight A$ - Mind Games Apple 1973
The Beatles – Taxman - Revolver
1977, EMI Records issued a statement saying it felt unable to promote The Sex Pistols records in view of the adverse publicity generated over the last two months:
Sex Pistols – EMI Don't judge a book just by the cover Unless you cover just another And blind acceptance is a sign Of stupid fools who stand in line- Like E.M.I.
Graham Parker – Mercury Poisoning I got a dinosaur for a representative, It's got a small brain and refuses to learn Their promotion's so lame, They could never ever take me to the real ball game Listen, I ain't a pet, I ain't a token hipster in your Monopoly set. I've got Mercury poisoning. It's fatal and it don't get better!
Nick Lowe - They Called It Rock- Jesus of Cool (Stiff) 1978
The Clash - Complete Control – Single US 1st They said we'd be artistically free when we signed that bit of paper They meant let's make a lotsa money and worry about it later I'll never understand Complete control, lemme see your other hand I don't trust you, so why should you trust me?
Blur- Country House
The Strypes – What A Shame
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Rolling Stones - Citadel
Kinks– David Watts
Hollies – Kill Me Quick
Sands – Listen To The Sky
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2001, British Airways staff complained about Oasis singer Liam Gallagher after he had grabbed a stewardess' bottom, refused to stop smoking and threw objects around the cabin during a flight from London to Rio De Janeiro.
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Oasis – Stay Young – The Masterplan 1997 Epic
Beady Eye – The Roller
Slade – When The Lights Are Out
Miles Kane w/ Paul Weller – You’re Gonna Get It – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Mick Ronson – White Light/White Heat
Faces – Ooh La La – Ooh La La 42
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Americans’ who wish they were Brits
1951, Born on this day, Chris Bell, guitarist, Big Star. Bell was killed in a car accident on 27/12/78 Barry Livingston – Radio City/3rd
Chris Bell – I Am The Cosmos – Single
The Byrds - Thoughts And Words (Chris Hillman) - Younger Than Yesterday
The Red Button – As Far As Yesterday Goes - As Far As Yesterday Goes
Flamin` Groovies – Yes It’s True – Groovies Grestest
Big Star- In The Street - #1 Record (Ardent) 1972 47
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Last Of The Teenage Idols – Next 1973 48