Alphabet Soup (23)

Hello, Alphabet Soup reach double u today, in the old days V and U got mixed up thats why its not double V ..World Wide Web Works Wonders. Enough of that, W it is, first up one of those larger then live bands from the past, and would you believe it the present aswell, even if time and drugs taken half the band. I'm talking The Who, the album here is not as rare as i hoped, but then it was a great package back in the day..76..little did they know the story would continue for decades.. Wolfgang Press played the enigmatic and moody role, 4AD bands are accustomed to , however they kept developping their cool side into funk with a twist and when they launched Queer they got close capturing a bigger audience, after the next step Funky Demons, they folded. Last one today, a regular prodigy, his fourth solo album will be out this year and he's not even 25. Interestingly, like one Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), he too started at a very early age , 11 to explore the world of sounds and continue to expand his musical skills with recording experiments..song writing so when in 2003 his first album got out , it reflected his work between 14 and 19 years old.... Patrick Wolf is the name...

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The Story Of The Who ( 76, 90 min ^ 193mb)

The Who are an English rock band that first formed in 1964 and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential bands in the world. They are also famed for their prowess as a live band. The primary lineup consisted of Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.

Townshend and Entwistle met while attending high school in the Shepherd's Bush area of London. In their early teens, they played in a Dixieland band together, by the early '60s, the pair had formed a rock & roll band, but Entwistle departed in 1962 to play in the Detours, a hard-edged rock & roll band featuring a sheet-metal worker named Roger Daltrey on lead guitar. By the end of the year, Townshend had joined as a rhythm guitarist, and in 1963 Daltrey gave up his guitar chores and became the group's lead vocalist. The group's sound evolved rapidly during this period, and was especially influenced not only by American acts such as James Brown, Booker T. & the MG's, and Eddie Cochran - A name change also followed, something better and more striking than the Detours was called for, and between Daltrey and Townshend thrashing it out, they settled on the Who, which confused people in conversation at first but worked great (and memorably) on posters. Within a few more months, amid all of these changes, original drummer Doug Sandom left, just as they were getting ready to cut a record. In his place, the group added Keith Moon, who had previously drummed with a surf rock band called the Beachcombers.

After a brief stint with the wrong kinda management which had them change their name to the high numbers , and pin them as mods, the Who was back and about to smash their first guitar which was a combination of accident and subsequent temperament, but intrigued the crowds which came to watch this band that dared to smash up this 'divine' apparatus. The Who rose to fame in the United Kingdom with that pioneering instrument destruction stage show, as well as a series of top ten hit singles (including the celebrated "My Generation") and top five albums, beginning in 1965 with "I Can't Explain". They first hit the top ten in the USA in 1967 with "I Can See for Miles". The 1969 release of Tommy was the first in a series of top five albums for the group in the USA, followed by Live at Leeds (1970), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), and Who Are You (1978) among others.

Keith Moon died in 1978 of pharmaceuticals, after which the band released two more studio albums, the top five Face Dances (1981) and the top ten It's Hard (1982), with drummer Kenney Jones, before officially disbanding in 1983. They reformed on several occasions to perform at special events such as Live Aid and for reunion tours such as their 25th anniversary tour (1989) and the Quadrophenia revival tours of 1996 and 1997. In 2000, the three surviving original members began to discuss the possibility of recording an album of new material. These plans were delayed following the death of John Entwistle in 2002. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey continue to perform as The Who. In 2006 they released the studio album Endless Wire, which reached the top ten in the USA and UK. There's much more to tell about the 45 years of The Who so why not check Wiki about The Who

Great Who compilation, nicely packaged, folded sleeve.inside book, the band was involved in the compilation, the Tommy part side 3 is one big highlight, consequently they (the who) thought it reason to omit quadrophenia, but plenty of highlights left on side 4, CSI these days makes plenty of use of Who's Next hits, Baba O Riley and Won't get fooled again. Part one of the compilation is sourced from the Who's Sixties albums, i had to do some remastering there but when the album starts, the Magic Bus sounds remarkbly fresh.




01 - Magic Bus (4:29)
02 - Substitute (3:46)
03 - Boris The Spider (2:28)
04 - Run, Run, Run (2:29)
05 - I'm A Boy (3:41)
06 - Heat Wave (1:56)
07 - My Generation (2:32)
08 - Pictures Of Lily (2:42)
09 - Happy Jack (2:10)
10 - The Seeker (3:10)
11 - I Can See For Miles (4:03)
12 - Bargain (5:28)
13 - Squeeze Box (2:40)
14 - Amazing Journey (4:23)
15 - The Acid Queen (3:32)
16 - Do You Think It's Alright? (0:24)
17 - Fiddle About (1:28)
18 - Pinball Wizard (2:57)
19 - I'm Free (2:38)
20 - Tommy's Holiday Camp (0:56)
21 - We're Not Gonna Take It (3:33)
22 - See Me, Feel Me (3:25)
23 - Summertime Blues (3:21)
24 - Baba O'Riley (4:57)
25 - Behind Blue Eyes (3:38)
26 - Slip Kid (4:27)
27 - Won't Get Fooled Again (8:25)

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Wolfgang Press, The - Queer ( 96 ^ 205 mb)

Formed in London in 1983, the Wolfgang Press, were one of the most mercurial talents of the post-punk era , their moody and challenging music moved between gothic noise and eccentric funk. Wolfgang Press were vocalist Michael Allen, guitarist Andrew Gray, and keyboardist Mark Cox. Allen and Cox first teamed in the group Rema Rema, which also featured Adam & the Ants alum Marco Perroni; after reuniting in the short-lived quartet Mass, the duo recruited Gray, and as the Wolfgang Press issued their cacophonous, gloomy debut LP, The Burden of Mules, in 1983.

An EP trilogy co-produced by Cocteau Twin Robin Guthrie followed in quick succession: while 1984's Scarecrow was a lighter, more streamlined affair, 1985's Water spotlighted ominously sparse torch songs, and the same year's Sweatbox explored deconstructionist pop. The Wolfgang Press' second full-length effort, 1986's Standing Up Straight, incorporated industrial and orchestral influences into the mix, while the Big Sex EP's "God's Number" offered a soulful backing chorus, a harbinger of things to come. Indeed, after 1988's hypnotic Bird Wood Cage and its leadoff single, "King of Soul," introduced strong elements of dub, reggae, and R&B.

Wolfgang Press entered the dance arena with 1991's Queer, recorded with the aid of ex-Throwing Muses bassist Leslie Langston. The result is alien funk, a collection of idiosyncratic rhythms, dark textures, and ominous grooves. , an idiosyncratic outing . The first single, a surreal cover of the Randy Newman-penned "Mama Told Me Not to Come," was a minor hit. 1995's Funky Little Demons completed the Wolfgang Press' transition into white funk; prior to its release, however, Cox exited the group's ranks. Michael Allen is now with the band Geniuser, who released an album Mud Black on the Danish Phisteria label in 2005, Andrew Gray records under the name Limehouse Outlaw and released an album Homegrown on his own label in 2003, and Mark Cox is currently working on music, but as yet, has no name for it.



01 - Birmingham (3:56)
02 - Mama Told Me Not To Come (3:12)
03 - Heavens Gate (2:28)
04 - Riders On The Heart (3:18)
05 - Question Of Time (3:44)
06 - Louis XIV (4:11)
07 - Fakes & Liars (3:01)
08 - Honey Tree (2:52)
09 - Birdie Song (1:20)
10 - Dreams & Light (2:50)
11 - Sucker (3:37)
12 - Mother Valentine (4:27)

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Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy (03 ^ 313mb)

Patrick Wolf (Patrick Dennis Apps, 1983) was born into a creative household, Wolf started his musical education with violin lessons and church choirs. He made his first Theremin at age eleven, and first began recording songs with his violin, voice, and car boot sale organs on a four-track tape recorder at age twelve. At fourteen, he joined and performed with pop art collective Minty. Two years later, he left home. During this period, Wolf earned money from busking in a string quartet and formed a group called Maison Crimineaux, a noisy trio built on destructive ethics around white noise and pop music. He also continued to write and record his own material. A Maison Crimineaux gig in Paris was attended by electronic maestro Kristian Robinson (aka Capitol K), who would then go on to release Wolf's debut album Lycanthropy.

Wolf's ongoing writing and recordings brought him to the attention of Fat Cat Records, who provided him with an Atari computer and a mixing console. During the recording of Lycanthropy, Wolf studied composition at Trinity College of Music for one year. Lycanthropy was released in the summer of 2003. It had been recorded over the eight years between 1994 and 2002. Lycanthropy (the belief that one is a wolf) begins with a wolf's howl. None of this, however, should detract from his formative compositions. Augmented by laptop, Wolf's curious stories come to fruition with his accent-thick vocals and dark, biographical lyrics. Wolf plays many instruments including harp, clavinet, harpsichord, guitar, piano, autoharp, kantele, organ, mountain dulcimer, clavichord, harmonium, accordion, theremin, ukulele, viola and violin.

The German-based record label Tomlab later released the album for America and Europe. His second album of 2005, Wind in the Wires, was released on the same label and likewise met with critical acclaim. Following the success of Wind in the Wires, Wolf signed a record deal with Loog in late 2005 and began recording his third album, The Magic Position, which featured collaborations with Marianne Faithfull and Edward Larrikin of Larrikin Love. Wolf has promoted the album with a concert tour in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. He has stated that he already has enough material for a follow-up album, and has been previewing some of it in his live shows supposedly it will be a political record sparked by his reaction to the United States during his recent tour, due for release in 2008

In a July 5, 2007 interview with the Sydney Star Observer, he confirmed his bisexuality: "My sexuality is kind of liberal. I fall in love with men and women. I guess you would call me bisexual. I like to have sex and fall in love—I don't like giving terminology for my sexuality."



01 - Prelude (1:32)
02 - Wolf Song (3:28)
03 - Bloodbeat (3:50)
04 - To The Lighthouse (4:05)
05 - Pigeon Song (3:34)
06 - Don't Say No (4:02)
07 - The Childcatcher (4:28)
08 - Demolition (6:06)
09 - London (3:54)
10 - Paris (4:46)
11 - Peter Pan (1:53)
12 - Lycanthropy (4:10)
13 - A Boy Like Me (3:29)
14 - Epilogue (2:08)


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