It’s time for another Vinyl Junkyard special of The Little Lighthouse. In such special episodes I play almost entire LPs that I found dirt cheap somewhere laying in some bargain bin at a record store. Today’s pick is a live compilation album London R And B Sessions at Hope And Anchor. Hope and Anchor was an important live venue in London that promoted pub rock and punk bands in the late 70s. There was a well known live compilation that promoted punk rock in 1977, but there is also a lesser known album from 1980 that promoted rhythm and blues sound and featured excellent pub rock bands from that era. This lesser known album is the topic of today’s special. Kick back and enjoy cuts from this album, mixed in with some studio recordings and some info that I found about this interesting rock scene.
Hope And Anchor House Band – Just A Little Bit;
Lew Lewis Reformer – Shake And Finger Pop;
Lew Lewis – Lucky Seven;
Wilko Johnson’s Solid Senders – The Whammy;
Wilko Johnson’s Solid Senders – Blazing Fountains;
The Untouchables – I Can’t Be Satisfied;
The Bogey Boys – You Can’t Catch Me;
The Cannibals – Just For Fun;
The Pirates – Tear It Up;
The Pirates – Drinkin’ Wine Spo Dee O Dee;
Red Beans and Rice – Pucker Up Buttercup;
The Little Roosters – Disease;
The Little Roosters – Roostering With Intent;
The Blues Band – Death Letter;
The Blues Band – Diddy Wah Diddy;
The Bishops – Too Much Too Soon;
The Bishops – Taste And Try;
The Pirates – All In It Together.
Today we introduce Nikki Hill – singer from North Carolina with a special brand of passionate soulful voice and hard rocking music. Also, from Lille, France, we have a new band with Polish last names The Arrogants. Another new band is All Them Witches from Nashville with fresh sound and long songs. Our friend Kim Simpson helped Jesse Sublett (ex Skunks) on his new record. Kelley Stoltz from San Francisco has a new record too, as well as King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. Legendary power pop band from Ohio, Blue Ash recently got a nice retrospective album with previously unreleased demo songs. All of this and more in our new show today!
Today we introduce Dead Ghosts from Vancouver and Hierophants from Australia. Also from Australia, their rock’n’roll stars You Am I are back with the new record called Porridge and Hotsauce. Fred and Toody Cole from Dead Moon visited Cleveland, and we check it out. Calibro 35 from Italy, are here today with the new record as well. Ned O’Millick of Tito’s Boys from Pula, Croatia has a new solo project featuring Mike Watt on bass. Sadly, we send farewell to one the most amazing figures in New Orleans music, Allen Toussaint. He passed away on November 9th suffering from a heart-attack after his gig in Madrid.