What's Spinning Tonight?

Mike · Jun 15, 2012

MylesBAstor said:
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee: Sonny and Brownie, A&M SP 4379
Peter Gabriel: Biko, Charisma CB 370-12, 45 rpm
Dusty Springfield: "The Look of Love," Classic Records, 45 rpm
Grieg: Peer Gynt, Fjeldstadt and LSO, ORG/London 110, 45 rpm
Thelonius Monk: The London Collection, V. 1, ORG/Black Lion Records ORGM-1052
Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington: The Feeling of Jazz, ORG/Black Lion Records ORGM-1050

Back in the 80s, my friend worked at Linn in Glasgow. He told me that they played Biko a lot. Powerful stuff (search youtube for some live P. G. performances, like the Mandela Day at Wembley).

MylesBAstor · Jun 15, 2012

Mike said:
Back in the 80s, my friend worked at Linn in Glasgow. He told me that they played Biko a lot. Powerful stuff (search youtube for some live P. G. performances, like the Mandela Day at Wembley).

Thanks for the note. Yes it is!

Think it's also on the Hugh Maksela album Chad reissued a while back

Mike · Jun 15, 2012

MylesBAstor said:
Thanks for the note. Yes it is!

Think it's also on the Hugh Maksela album Chad reissued a while back

I need to check out this Hugh Masekela fella.

DaveyF · Jun 15, 2012

Mike said:
I need to check out this Hugh Masekela fella.

I saw Hugh live in S.Africa a few years ago, For some reason, i kept on thinking of Miles Davis that night and Hugh just wasn't living up to that!

Nonetheless, Hugh played in front of a live orchestra and the music that night was very enjoyable. The coal train is something else heard live.

Mike · Jun 16, 2012

DaveyF said:
I saw Hugh live in S.Africa a few years ago, For some reason, i kept on thinking of Miles Davis that night and Hugh just wasn't living up to that!

Nonetheless, Hugh played in front of a live orchestra and the music that night was very enjoyable. The coal train is something else heard live.

Thanks! I remember now the tube that P.G. sings Biko. He's thanking the audience because they have sent post cards to the Government of G.B. complaining about the Apartheid regime. He's speaking to a full Wembley. He then launches into Biko, with the "business as usual" lyric. It kind of hit home to me a wee bit, as I used to attend a Friday afternoon protest outside the S.A. embassy, even if that sounds somewhat token.