The Big Takeover Show – Number 442 – July 10, 2023

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DJ Jack Rabid
The Nerves – Hanging on the Telephone (The Nerves EP) 1976; R.I.P. singer/songwriter Jack Lee (1952-2023), age 71
Blondie – Hanging on the Telephone (live at The Hammersmith Odeon, 1980) Nerves cover
Whiffs – It’s Not Over (Scratch ‘n’ Sniff) new
2nd Grade – Cover of Rolling Stone (Easy Listening) 2022
Teenage Fanclub – Tired of Being Alone (Nothing Lasts Forever) brand new
The Lost Tapes – Secrets (Crossing Towns EP) brand new
The Groundhogs – Soldier (Thank Christ For the Bomb) 1970; R.I.P. singer Tony McPhee, (1944-2013), age 79
Manfred Mann – It’s So Easy Falling (Mighty Garvey!), 1968
DJ Jack Rabid
Four Bands Interviewed in the new Big Takeover #92:
Lauds – Distant Images (Imitation Life) new
Green Pajamas – Under the Martian Sun/The Red Desert (Forever For a Little While) new
Robyn Hitchcock – Socrates in Thin Air (Shufflemania) 2022
The Beths – 2 A.M. (Expert in a Dying Field) new
The 3 Clubmen – Aviatrix (The 3 Clubmen EP) brand new
Freddie McKay – Fire is Burning (single) 1973
David Bowie – Black Country Rock (The Man Who Sold the World) 1970
DJ Jack Rabid
Irene & the Scotts – I’m Stuck on My Baby (single) 1967
The Baseball Project – The Yips (Grand Salami Time) brand new
The Deadlights – Bad News Day (Bright Sides) brand new
The New Distractions – The Gardens at Midnight (Time and Time Again EP) brand new
Grian Chatten – All of the People (Chaos For The Fly) brand new
Kristin Hersh – Ms Haha (Clear Pond Road) brand new
George Jones – Things Have Gone to Pieces (single) 1965
DJ Jack Rabid
SEVEN VERSIONS OF LARRY WILLIAMS’ “SLOW DOWN”:
Larry Williams – Slow Down (b-side of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”) 1958
Doug Sahm & The Del Kings – Slow Down (single; also San Antonio Rock: The Harlem Recordings, 1957-1961) 1961; Larry Williams cover
The Beatles – Slow Down (Live at the BBC); for the BBC’s Pop Goes the Beatles, August 20, 1963; Larry Williams cover
Gerry & the Pacemakers – Slow Down (How Do You Like It?) 1963; Larry Williams cover
The Jam – Slow Down (In the City) 1977; Larry Williams cover
Tom Jones & Jools Holland – Slow Down (Tom Jones & Jools Holland) 2004; Larry Williams cover
Die Toten Hosen – Slow Down (Learning English Lesson 3: MERSEY BEAT! The Sound Of Liverpool) 2020; Larry Williams cover
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Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones – The Foggy Dew (Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones; also Call of Erin, Vol 1) 2008; traditional cover

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