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Merry Christmas from Spring Park

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Spring Park Motel, everyone's favourite band around London, have released a Christmas song called Frosty, Me & Jim Beam which is available now from soundcloud.com

Frosty Me & Jim Beam by Spring Park Motel

Take a listen and pass on some Christmas cheer!

Christmas records

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Bob Dylan has a new album of Christmas songs called Christmas in the Heart

Also there's a The Beatles Christmas Pack: Limited Edition

But our favourite is The Muppet Christmas Carol

Merry New Year!

1977 Who concert released on DVD

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The Who - At Kilburn 1977 + Live at the Coliseum is the title of a newly released DVD. On December 15, 1977, The Who performed before a select invited audience at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn, North London, to record a concert for Jeff Stein's film, The Kids Are Alright, which turned out to be one of the last live performances by drummer Keith Moon. Only a few clips of this concert made it into the film. The Coliseum concert dates from 1969 and features songs from Tommy, which didn't make it onto film till 1975.

Ken Russell directed the film of Tommy and it featured a host of performers including Elton John, Ann-Margret and Tina Turner as the Acid Queen. It was filmed in the Lake District and Portsmouth. I remember the filming and the news that the pier in Southsea had burnt down, which features in the closing seconds of the film. This brought some animosity at the time because of the way the film had disrupted the town.

The DVD features songs from Tommy as well as a host of favourites including Can't ExplainSubstitute, Baba O'Reilly (Teenage Wasteland)Pinball Wizard, My Generation and Won't Get Fooled Again


AC/DC video as Excel spreadsheet

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Legendary rockers AC/DC are back touring (sold out in the UK already) and have a new album out - Black Ice .
They also have a single out called "Rock 'n' Roll Train" which has the unique claim to fame of having the first video in an Excel spreadsheet. Get the spreadsheet here: www.acdcrocks.com/excel
or watch it here:


The Clash Live at Shea Stadium

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Finally released on CD (also on DVD) - The Clash, opening for The Who on their farewell tour of the US, played two nights at the legendary Shea Stadium (12th & 13th Oct 1982). They had recently released the Combat Rock album, and the singles ?¢‚Ǩ?ìRock The Casbah?¢‚Ǩ? and ?¢‚Ǩ?ìShould I Stay Or Should I Go?¢‚Ǩ? were enjoying mass audiences via MTV and radio airplay.

1. Kosmo Vinyl
2. London Calling
3. Police On My Back
4. Guns Of Brixton
5. Tommy Gun
6. Magnificent Seven
7. Armagideon Time
8. Magnificent Seven
9. Rock The Casbah
10. Train In Vain
11. Career Opportunities
12. Spanish Bombs
13. Clampdown
14. English Civil War
15. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
16. I Fought The Law

See The Clash also played Shea! on their website

Grantura - In Dreams And Other Stories

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Grantura's debut album is finally released today. It includes the singles 'Waves', 'In Dreams' and 'Down From The Mountain'. The band have been featured on Bob Harris's show on Radio 2, Marc Riley on 6 Music among others.

"This comes as close to the sound of the Californian cosmic cowboys as any group from "south-east London via the lowlands of Lincolnshire" has any right to get. There are echoes of the Byrds, the Dillards, the Clarks and the Burritos, but the best thing of all is that the whole thing manages to smell as much of real ale and cider as it does of whisky sours." - Simmy Richman, The Independent

Gigs on 2nd October at the Betsey Trotwood, London and Buffalo Bar, 20th November.

www.myspace.com/grantura

Grantura on last.fm

Glen Campbell covers Foo Fighters and more

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US country star Glen Campbell's new album, Meet Glen Campbell is a covers album featuring songs by Foo Fighters, Travis, John Lennon and Green Day. Like the songs we made to be sung that way. I know an alt-country band that does a wicked cover of Sweet Child Of Mine. Shouldn't work, but it does

"As I write this, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m listening to the most extraordinary few minutes of music I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve heard all year." says Mark Edwards in The Times.

Check out his review of the album

New Metallica album

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Death Magnetic is the upcoming ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is scheduled for release on September 12, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records.

The album will also be the band's first to feature current bassist Robert Trujillo, and the first to be produced by Rick Rubin. It will also be their first studio album released through Warner Bros., although they still remain with Warner Music Group, which also owns Elektra Records, the band's previous label.

The album will be promoted by the preceding single "The Day That Never Comes", released in August.

The album comes in Standard Edition or the Box Magnetic Death In A Coffin Edition available as a pre-order from Amazon (release date 12th September).

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