Welcome To My Blog

Thanks for checking the blog out... Hope it offers something a bit different every now & again. Though I come from a pseudo - Mod background (Soul & Ska in particular), I have a diverse taste in music & hope my varied posts will reflect this.

Cheers Skamanc .... I'm not after your undying gratitude, but please leave your thoughts, comments & opinions on the posts & content. I regularly up- & download material, plus buy and trade items. As such, if I have inadvertently "trodden on anyone's toes" in posting anything then please let me know & accept my apologies. Also please support the artists involved & remember that the blog is merely a pointer toward these various downloads, which are stored elsewhere. Legally, any downloads should not be retained for more than a week. So now I've told you the legal bit !

Feel free to give me a shout : waltjabsco@hotmail.com

Manchester M22, September 2016

For my kids, Dylan & Tommy. Bollocks to the ex Mrs!

Special thanks to Steve White (software), Gordon Waring (music), Shaun Robinson (artwork), Paul Buddery (DVD's / software) & Sonchey Barrett (essential technical advice!).

"Thank you" also to regular contributors Herr Pauli (Malente, Germany), Phil (Shetland), Deco Mc Dermott & Mark Pengelly of Dublin, Martin Smith (Barnet), Paul Baily (London) and Rodd (Australia).

Monday 31 October 2011

SOFT MACHINE : Henie Onstad Arts Centre, Norway, 1971. (2x CD)



I've made a start on tidying up my hard drives over the weekend and a number of gems have come to light, including this one. I don't know how many Softs fans there are out there amongst the regular visitors, though I know myself and Herr Pauli fall into that category. As such, this is dedicated to our mate Pauli...


Plenty more Soft Machine to follow, including a 1969 Lyceum gig... plus Jeff Beck, the final Bluebeat Singles (Vol 25) & loads more cross genre quality sounds!

Sunday 30 October 2011

Friday 28 October 2011

BLUEBEAT 45's Volume 24


    For Pete.



30/10/11 : new sharecode just inserted : all tested & working perfectly this end. Click on the flag as usual or directly here :

https://rapidshare.com/files/806880138/va_-_bluebeat_45s_vol_24.rar

Thursday 27 October 2011

Wednesday 26 October 2011

THE BIRDS : Collectors' Guide To Rare British Birds





Bit of a Ronnie Wood theme recently, with the Faces & Jeff Beck posts... here's a great compilation of his first outfit, West London's "The  Birds", rounding up all their surviving material. I bet there's a dusty old reel to reel live tape out there in a shed or attic but until I come across it, then this'll have to do.

I love this UK R&B / early Freakbeat sound - this is a repost from a while back but was originally on a multi artist post. Here in all its glory is the new sharecode plus a clip from youtube. 

Woody has become a bit of a tabloid icon / "dirty old man" character in the UK of late, though I think he is still a  top geezer and a total musical legend. I don't actually think it's hyperbolic to suggest he is a National Treasure... I've recently re-read his excellent autobiography & this is highly recommended to all... 


Short clip from cameo appearance in "The Deadly Bees" - 1966 film...

Sunday 23 October 2011

UP YOURS TAGGART #2

They say a picture says a thousand words.....

For all Blues, neutrals and rag haters worldwide...









THE FACES : Strawberry Pop 1970 - 1971



You can never have too much Faces material - here's a great addition to the stuff previously posted. For Martin & Pauli...

Saturday 22 October 2011

JEFF BECK GROUP : Fillmore West 24/7/68



Interesting period bootleg from the Jeff Beck group, featuring a pre - Faces Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood. This brings us nicely into a Faces bootleg from 1970-71, which will be the next post, followed by another '68 beck Band file.


Monday 17 October 2011

THE SPECIALS, Cirkus, Stockholm, 18/9/11.

No decent recordings yet from the UK dates, so here's a recent set from Sweden. It arrived as one large file (166+ Mb), so I've edited it down into 2x CD's for convenience.

CD1 Rapidshare

CD2 Rapidshare

CD1 MediaFire

CD2 Mediafire

Saturday 8 October 2011

MILES DAVIS : 20 Years Ago Today... In A Silent Way - COMPLETE !!

Miles Davis died 20 years ago today. Here is a 3x CD set of the Complete Sessions for the excellent "In A Silent Way" album (1969).

Had "Bitches Brew" on in the motor all day & am off to watch his Isle of Wight (1970) performance in a bit...

For fellow fans Herr Pauli & Mike Higgin.

CD1

CD2

CD3

The above blurb was the original text for this post, intended to go ob#n the blog 11 days ago.... I was working it up on the correct date when Virgin pulled the plug on me (yet again.. s'pose I should pay the bill eh ??) Anyway here it is in all its glory...


Friday 7 October 2011

BLUEBEAT 45's Volume 23


Sorry for the two week hiatus... No internet access until today !