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Details revealed of new MC5 box set, Total Assault

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Details revealed of new MC5 box set, Total Assault
As part of MC5's 50th anniversary celebrations, a new box set will be released containing the three influential albums they released between 1969-71. MC5 Total Assault: 50th Anniversary Collection is due out via Rhino on September 21. Each album has been repressed on coloured vinyl: Kick Out The Ja...

As part of MC5’s 50th anniversary celebrations, a new box set will be released containing the three influential albums they released between 1969-71. MC5 Total Assault: 50th Anniversary Collection is due out via Rhino on September 21.

Each album has been repressed on coloured vinyl: Kick Out The Jams (red vinyl), Back In The USA (white vinyl) and High Time (blue vinyl). The albums come in sleeves that faithfully recreate the original releases, including gatefolds for Kick Out The Jams and High Times. All three are housed in a hard slipcase with new art and previously unseen photographs by Raeanne Rubenstein.

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The set also includes a new essay by Creem magazine founding editor/writer and Uncut contributor Jaan Uhelszki, who writes: “Turned loose on a bare stage, the MC5 were among the most awe-inspiring perpetrators of sheer bombast and rock and roll brinkmanship alive… They tore through the stuff they heard on the radio with a fierce intensity that transcended the original artists’ intent. Tunes by James Brown, Chuck Berry, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones vibrated at a higher frequency when the Motor City Five tackled them.â€

MC5 co-founder and guitarist Wayne Kramer will release his memoir The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities on August 14 before hitting the road with a new all-star line-up of MC5 called MC50. The group will perform Kick Out The Jams in its entirety, along with other MC5 classics.

UK dates for the MC50 tour are as follows:

November
9th – Bristol, O2 Academy
10th – Glasgow, O2 ABC
11th – Manchester, Albert Hall
12th – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Hear Jon Spencer’s new track, “I Got The Hits”

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Hear Jon Spencer’s new track, “I Got The Hits”
Blues Explosion and Pussy Galore frontman Jon Spencer has announced a new solo album, Spencer Sings The Hits!, for November 2. Hear the first track from it, "I Got The Hits", below: https://soundcloud.com/user-906067948/10-i-got-the-hits/s-ZaglH Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it ...

Blues Explosion and Pussy Galore frontman Jon Spencer has announced a new solo album, Spencer Sings The Hits!, for November 2.

Hear the first track from it, “I Got The Hits”, below:

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As with the 2012 Blues Explosion album Meat And Bone, Spencer Sings The Hits! was recorded with Bill Skibbe at the Key Club Recording Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan. It features Sam Coomes of Quasi and Heatmiser on keyboards and M. Sord on drums.

“Sam is someone with whom I have crossed paths many times over the years,” explains Spencer. “I have always been a fan of his wild keyboard style and twisted tunesmith-ery. In fact we kicked around the idea of a collaboration way back in the early aughts. I got to know Sord from previous visits to and projects done at the Key Club – he was the handyman and assistant engineer that turned out to be a great drummer.â€

Peruse the artwork and tracklisting for Spencer Sings The Hits! below and pre-order the album here:

01 “Do The Trash Canâ€
02 “Fakeâ€
03 “Overloadâ€
04 “Time 2 Be Badâ€
05 “Ghostâ€
06 “Beetle Bootsâ€
07 “Hornet
08 “Wildernessâ€
09 “Love Handleâ€
10 “I Got the Hitsâ€
11 “Alien Humidityâ€
12 “Capeâ€

Jon Spencer tours the UK in October, supporting the Melvins. Tickets for all dates are available here from 10am on Friday (July 27):

October
23 Birmingham 02 Academy 2
24 Norwich Waterfront
25 Cardiff Y Plas
26 Leeds Stylus
28 Manchester Academy 2
29 Brighton Concorde 2
30 London Koko

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Pixies on Surfer Rosa: “A step into the loudness”

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Pixies on Surfer Rosa: “A step into the loudness”
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pixies' potent debut album Surfer Rosa, the latest issue of Uncut - on sale now! – features a brand new interview with the band in which they look back at the making of their first classic. "We were coming from little amps and a lot of dinky acoustic guitar," ...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pixies’ potent debut album Surfer Rosa, the latest issue of Uncut – on sale now! – features a brand new interview with the band in which they look back at the making of their first classic.

“We were coming from little amps and a lot of dinky acoustic guitar,” says Charles ‘Black Francis’ Thompson, referring to Pixies’ previous release, the Come On Pilgrim mini-LP. “But when we came to Surfer Rosa we had $10,000 all told, so we were able to go to a better studio and get bigger amplifiers – we had Marshalls. That was nice, because we never really had access to the big volume before, and the record represents that – a step into the loudness.”

Producer Steve Albini is credited with coaxing a powerful, honest sound from the band, as well as capturing their edgy interplay. “The conversational tangents they would go off on were funny, and charming,” remembers Albini, “so when they were doing something interesting, I would roll tape.”

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“Every recording session is like a snapshot of where the band is at the particular time,” adds Thompson. “Steve Albini was responsible for some blown-out sounds, and there’s a really heavy dose of quirkiness. That vibe was very successful. I feel that’s why it’s our most charming record.”

Although Pixies would go on to create more complete and commercially successful albums in the form of Doolittle and Bossanova, Thompson feels that Surfer Rosa was unique. “We’ve never been able to achieve that loose vibe again,” he says. “It’s hard to recreate a situation or recreate yourself the way you were back then. You can try, but at some point the trying starts to sound like you’re trying.”

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The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

The 23rd Uncut new music playlist of 2018

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The 23rd Uncut new music playlist of 2018
Our office favourites this week: and apologies for the shameless plug, but don't forget you can get the current issue of Uncut sent to you FOR FREE directly at home: here's how. Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner Get Uncut delivered to your door - click here to find out more! 1. LONNIE HOLLEY â€...

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1.
LONNIE HOLLEY
“I Woke Up In A Fucked Up Americaâ€
(Jagjaguwar)

2.
FUCKED UP
“Raise Your Voice Joyceâ€
(Merge)

3.
BIG RED MACHINE
“Gratitudeâ€
(Jagjaguwar)

4.
CHRIS LIGHTCAP
“Djaliâ€
(Royal Potato Family)

5.
THE PURRS
“Out Of Sight, Out Of Mindâ€
(Swoon)

6.
BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY
“Blueberry Jamâ€
(Domino)

7.
WAXAHATCHEE
“Chapel of Pinesâ€
(Merge)

8.
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
“Distant Sky [Live In Copenhagen]â€
(Kobalt)

9.
SARAH DAVACHI
“Evensongâ€
(Ba Da Bing Records/Grapefruit Records)

10.
MARK LANEGAN & DUKE GARWOOD
“Scarlettâ€
(Heavenly Recordings)

11.
POND
“Burnt Out Starâ€
(Marathon Artists)

12.
BULLY
“Guess Thereâ€
(Sub Pop)

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Introducing the Ultimate Genre Guide to Punk

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Introducing the Ultimate Genre Guide to Punk
A few months ago, John Lydon recalled in Uncut the early days of Public Image Ltd - a band he described as "too far forward, too far out there" and yet who have, miraculously, endured for 40 years now. You can read more about Lydon alongside The Clash, Wire, the Slits and more - as well as their Ame...

A few months ago, John Lydon recalled in Uncut the early days of Public Image Ltd – a band he described as “too far forward, too far out there” and yet who have, miraculously, endured for 40 years now. You can read more about Lydon alongside The Clash, Wire, the Slits and more – as well as their American counterparts like Ramones, Patti Smith and Television – in our latest Ultimate Genre Guide. This one, as you can probably tell, is devoted to punk in its many splendid forms.

The special edition goes on sale this Thursday – but you can buy a copy from our online store by clicking here. Before I hand you over to John Robinson, who edited it, just a gentle reminder that the current issue of Uncut is on sale now – stars Rod Stewart, Pixies, the Byrds, Jess Williamson, Sly Stone and much more – and you can even have it delivered for free direct to your front door.

Anyway, here’s John to tell you more about our Punk UGG.

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“People think NME was all leather jackets, punks and drugs,†Danny Baker wrote on Twitter recently. To prove how this wasn’t completely the case, he then posted a picture of the NME office from 1979: of writers Lynn Hannah, Monty Smith and Phil McNeill, a trio very much more about glasses, sensible hair and open-necked shirts.

Punk gave us many odd juxtapositions and contradictions – it introduced situationism as a pop culture topic, while also advancing the idea of spitting at a performer of music – but among the most satisfying is the meeting of punk and journalist. There are some great meetings in the archive pieces included here. The young Tony Parsons brims over with the possibility of The Clash, an interview released in part as the flip of the “Capital Radio†EP, free to NME-reading punks minded to send in a coupon. Parsons is an avatar for the times, behind them and the Buzzcocks; bitterly disappointed by Blondie’s perceived selling out.

Then there’s Phil McNeill. A bit older. Possibly a bit more sceptical. Here you’ll find him holding his own with the moodier elements of Wire, and attempting to reconcile the many simultaneous directions of the Slits. More particularly you’ll find him getting stuck in with the Sex Pistols in Amsterdam. Undaunted by his surroundings, he braces the co-operative elements of the band (Matlock; Cook), tries gamely to interview Rotten (who declines) and faces down a front-foot Steve Jones.

“They’ve been good to us lately,†Paul Cook interjects on behalf of NME.

“We’ve been good to you all along,†McNeill retorts.

It’s the kind of robust engagement with the subject that you’ll find in the new writing throughout this magazine, too. Whether your vision of punk is the punk of ideas and empowerment, of resourceful initiative-taking and musical freedom of expression, then you will read about it here in reviews of work by Patti Smith, Television, the Slits and Buzzcocks. If yours is a punk of outrage and bold statement of intention then thoughtful pieces on the Clash, the Sex Pistols, and The Saints – the early-adopting Australian punk band – will reveal some new insights.

There’s a review of 40 quintessentially punk singles, a map of world punk, and a list of non-musical punk artefacts. There’s a piece on the collectables and also the legacy.

There’s plenty to get stuck into. In fact, as the T-shirt had it, you’re going to wake up one morning, and know which side of the bed you’ve been sleeping on.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

The Flaming Lips – Seeing The Unseeable

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The Flaming Lips – Seeing The Unseeable
If one thing has characterised The Flaming Lips’ music across its 35-year development, it’s a kind of playful extremism. Detractors would claim that the Oklahoman vets are now infra dig, citing their shift away from psychedelia/punk to singalong pop, their love of kids’ party theatrics (glitte...

If one thing has characterised The Flaming Lips’ music across its 35-year development, it’s a kind of playful extremism. Detractors would claim that the Oklahoman vets are now infra dig, citing their shift away from psychedelia/punk to singalong pop, their love of kids’ party theatrics (glitter cannons and the like) and, in particular, their association with Miley Cyrus. Releasing an album on four CDs to be played simultaneously (1997’s Zaireeka) might have been self-indulgent, but it was experimentally credible. Recording with Cyrus was inexcusable even as a post-modern jape, because irony has never been in the Lips’ arsenal. They’d crossed a line.

However, the Cyrus collaborations made complete sense to anyone who’d been paying attention from the start. The Flaming Lips have been shaped by their genuine thirst for the new and their tireless, why-the-hell-not enthusiasm, by a drive for deep audience connectivity and capacity for transcendent glee. But although they’ve cheerfully embraced populism, they owe much to an underground, art-punk trio from Oklahoma City called The Hostages, who showed them how to be a band and remain a touchstone still. “If you saw and heard them, you would think they were fucking insane,†Wayne Coyne explained to Uncut. “But we knew them. And even though their music and live show was insane, they as people were very normal and nice. We thought we could be like that – make freaky records and play freaky shows even though we knew we were normal dorks.â€

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If that freak factor tapers off as grunge begins to make its mark and a 1991 deal with Warners looms, it’s still very much in play across this 6CD boxset. A reminder that in their earliest days the Lips straddled hardcore/punk, psychedelia and classic melodic rock, Seeing The Unseeable documents their Restless years, from 1986–90. It’s part of a flurry of recent reissue activity that includes their first, bona fide greatest hits album and Scratching The Door, 19 songs recorded by the band’s original lineup that comprise a companion volume to this collection. Seeing… is a massive beast – 72 tracks, remastered by Coyne, bassist Michael Ivins and producer Dave Fridmann – that might intimidate even devout fans, but dipping in and out is both highly entertaining and accidentally instructive: sticking a pin in pretty much anywhere throws up surprising sympathies, striking contrasts and weird-beard curiosities.

Hear It Is, from 1986 (on which Wayne Coyne took over vocal duties from his brother Mark) is their full-length debut and sees the band aligned with college-rock peers like Pixies, REM and Hüsker Dü. It offers up “Jesus Shootin’ Heroinâ€, a mix of stoner-prog and Black Francis-indebted alternative rock that stretches past seven minutes, followed by a radical tempo switch and obvious nod to The Stooges in “Just Like Before†and a further change for the slo-mo, mutant paisley rock of “She Is Deathâ€. Just one year later they released Oh My Gawd!!! – during the recording period Coyne and Ivins were experimenting with sleep deprivation, which might well explain the chaotic mix of The Who and Hüsker Dü that is “Everything’s Explodin’†and the Floyd-indebted “The Ceiling Is Bendin’â€. Ditto piano-hammered epic “Love Yer Brainâ€, which throws forward to the sweeping, melodic panoramas that have come to define present-day Lips, but offsets its poignancy with a two-and-a-half-minute demolition of said instrument.

On 1989’s Telepathic Surgery, the band cut loose with odd, collage-like interludes and went on a genre-hopping rampage. Here are “Chrome Plated Suicideâ€, indebted both for its vocal melody and guitar chords to “Sweet Child O’ Mineâ€, and “Hell’s Angels Cracker Factoryâ€, 23 minutes of unapologetically wayward space/art rock, tricked out with samples of an opera singer and a motorcycle revving. The last complete album reissue here is 1990’s In A Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares), where tape loops and effects play a major role and guitarist Jonathan Donahue makes his debut, alongside new drummer Nathan Roberts and Dave Fridmann. The filthy, monstrously fuzzed “Mountain Side†and a sweet stoner remake of “(What A) Wonderful World†represent just two facets of the heroically protean Lips, whose inability to settle on one sound was then part of their identity.

The remaining two discs of this sprawling cornucopia feature B-sides, rarities, flexi-disc and compilation releases, which yield treasures like Coyne’s faithfully cracked-voiced rendition of “After The Goldrush†and, from the Mushroom Tapes set of demos, “Agonizingâ€, a Suicide-attuned jam featuring waves of echo and feedback with cardboard-box beats and whiny-voiced lyrics about an auto accident. How they got from there to “Waitin’ For Supermanâ€, you imagine even The Flaming Lips have trouble explaining.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Buddy Guy – The Blues Is Alive And Well

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Buddy Guy – The Blues Is Alive And Well
Buddy Guy opens his latest studio album with a frank admission followed by a chilling plea. “I’ve been mighty lucky, I’ve travelled everywhere,†he sings. “Made a ton of money, spent it like I don’t care.†It may initially sound like a boast, but Guy transforms those lines into somethi...

Buddy Guy opens his latest studio album with a frank admission followed by a chilling plea. “I’ve been mighty lucky, I’ve travelled everywhere,†he sings. “Made a ton of money, spent it like I don’t care.†It may initially sound like a boast, but Guy transforms those lines into something very different, something much more rueful when he adds, “A few more years 
is all I need right now.â€

If the blues makes an art of pleading – for love or sex, for mercy or leniency, for wealth or glory, for salvation or simple understanding – then Guy’s request is 
all the more sobering for coming from 
a man who knows that he has more time behind him than in front of him. He brings every one of his 82 years to bear 
on the song, lending gravity to his request for just a little more time on Earth. And yet, even as his band pounds out a matter-of-fact beat like they’re ticking off his numbered days, Guy never sounds like the octogenarian that he is. His voice is robust and smooth, especially when he hits that high note on “please, PLEASE, Lordâ€. His guitar playing is fluid as ever, inventive and impossibly dextrous, and he riffs throughout “A Few Good Years†with the punchy determination of a man who won’t go down without a fight.

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Mortality has been on Guy’s mind for most of the 21st century, as he has settled more comfortably into his role as the last surviving master of Chicago’s electrified blues scene. Born in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, self-taught on a two-string guitar, apprenticed to a regional bluesman named John ‘Big Poppa’ Tilley, Guy developed an intense and exuberant playing style that favoured ostentation and understatement. In the late 1950s 
he left the South for better opportunities in Chicago, where he quickly became 
a popular live performer and sideman 
for Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and many others.

Guy became a favourite of blues-rock players in the 1960s and 1970s, lauded as a formative influence by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. He played with most of his acolytes during their heyday, and over the years they’ve returned the favour, adding crossover cameos to his recent albums, including The Blues Is Alive And Well. Mick Jagger blows a respectable, if undistinguished, harmonica on “You Did The Crimeâ€, and James Bay whines his way through “Blue No Moreâ€. This kind of cameo can be like a blurb on a book, more a celebrity endorsement than a real collaboration, so credit to Keith Richards and Jeff Beck for staying out of Guy’s way on the ebullient jam “Cognacâ€. He barks out orders to them, cajoling them to keep up, to play harder, and the octogenarian takes no small delight in schooling these septuagenarian youngsters.

Guy is too imaginative a player and too bold a personality to let any of these rock stars steal his show. Working again with Tom Hambridge, who has produced every Buddy Guy record for the last 10 years, the bluesman presents a survey of the form, interspersing rave-ups like “Bad Day†and “Guilty As Charged†with mid-tempo laments like “Ooh Daddy†and “When My Day Comesâ€. He stretches out into these songs, inhabiting them comfortably and casually, almost always finding a way to make the familiar sound fresh. “Selling Whiskey†cribs its staccato guitar and slinky groove from David Bowie’s “Fameâ€, as though the song’s illicit commercial enterprise garnered him more celebrity than playing the guitar ever did.

The Blues Is Alive And Well ends with “Milkin’ Muther For Yaâ€, a short but elaborate dirty joke and an odd coda after the heavy sentiments on the back half of the album. “Somebody Up There†is a grizzled rumination on racism and violence, with a rolling, tumbling riff that culminates in one of Guy’s fiercest solos. And “End of the Line†finds him alone up on stage, nearing the end of his set and wondering where everybody went: “I’m the last one to turn out the light, I’m the last one to call it a night.†Especially on a collection that opens with “A Few Good Yearsâ€, the song carries a heavy gravity despite the sympathetic Muscle Shoals Horns and his declaration that “I won’t behave!â€

Guy is not merely one of the greats of Chicago blues; he’s the last conservator of the form, and he does not take that responsibility lightly. “I promise ’til the day I die,†he testifies, “I’m gonna keep these blues alive.â€

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Hear a clip of David Bowie’s first ever studio recording

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Hear a clip of David Bowie’s first ever studio recording
In 1963, a 16-year-old David Bowie made his first ever studio recording as the lead vocalist for The Konrads at a studio in Morden, South London. The demo tape was recently discovered in a bread basket by Konrads drummer David Hadfield. Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to y...

In 1963, a 16-year-old David Bowie made his first ever studio recording as the lead vocalist for The Konrads at a studio in Morden, South London.

The demo tape was recently discovered in a bread basket by Konrads drummer David Hadfield.

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Hear a short clip below of Bowie singing a song he co-wrote, called “I Never Dreamed” (c/o David Hadfield):

Regarding the demo, Hadfield recalls: “Our agent, Eric Easton, who also managed The Rolling Stones, asked us to do a demo so he could try and get us an audition at Decca. So in early 1963 I booked into R.G.Jones small studio in Morden. In preparation for the demo, David and our guitarist Neville Wills wrote 2/3 songs. We had decided that we would do a couple of guitar instrumentals and one original song.

“I chose ‘I Never Dreamed’ as it was the strongest, the other two were a bit weak! I also decided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation. So this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago! There is no other recording featuring David as lead in existence. Decca initially turned us down, but when they eventually gave us an audition later that year, vocalist Roger Ferris was the lead voice and David sang backing harmonies.”

The demo tape is being auctioned in September by Omega Auctions, alongside a “treasure trove of memorabilia” illustrating Bowie’s very early career, includes letters, bills, booking forms, photographs and promotional sketches.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

George Clinton interviewed: “Save the funk!”

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George Clinton interviewed: “Save the funk!”
Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home – with no delivery charge! George Clinton is on a mission to reclaim his musical legacy from pernicious lawyers, record labels and musicians. He’s even taken his case to the White House. Here, Dr Funkenstein takes time out fro...

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You’ve worked with several white rock bands… the Chili Peppers, Thomas Dolby, Primal Scream… What was it like working with them?
The Primals? Man, Bobby was so hard to understand! When you get fucked up, he’s really hard to understand! And both of us being fucked up, there was no chance! But we had so much fun working together. I worked with some techno guys last night, the Soul Clan. They had a dance track, and I put a typical abstract P-Funk song on it, called “In The Carâ€: “Oilspill, makin’ a killin’, drillin’ in the oilfield/Pipe it, pump it, truck it and fuck itâ€.

Going from being a cult thing to massive commercial success in the ’70s must have brought huge problems. Was it difficult to handle at the time?
Yeah, it was. You had personal relationships, I was stretching it out so the Family was getting bigger, they was the same people, but they was bigger. Like, Bootsy was number one, then when the Brides started becoming important, that started taking away from Bootsy and my other relations. The same with the other members – as it became bigger, other label executives and lawyers and managers wanted to carve themselves a piece of it, and started snatchin’ players away on the side. But it was the chemistry among all of us, that’s what fuelled the thing and made it work.

There were 16 P-Funk members inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame – that must be the most from one band inducted at the same time.
It is. And there were still some important people left out. We didn’t choose it, but they were trying to get a bit of all the important stuff in there to round it off. We wanted to get the P-Funk All Stars inducted, so they could include all the rest of the people involved.

Drug culture was once positive, useful for creativity, then it turned to being a bad thing.
The minute the Vietnam War was over, it was right back to two cars and a swimming pool. Any kind of war produces money, y’know what I’m sayin’? So they get a war on drugs, get 40 million dollars to fight it in this city, 30 million to fight it in another city, they get allocations, and they don’t really want to catch anybody but somebody with a half a gram up their ass, they don’t want to catch the person that’s selling the drugs or causing the deaths, otherwise they would really get on the pharmaceutical companies for stuff like that, too. There’s more profit in pretending we’re stopping it than in selling it. If they can sell you protection, they ain’t gonna stop it, they’re just gonna get it slowed down enough for you to stay scared of it. That’s the way the system works, they sell us protection on every level. The most important part of the President’s campaign was about Obamacare, how his people were going to get their meds; but drugs is still the number one evil, because it’s used like that.

You’ve always used music to talk about taboo things in a forthright manner. What would be the subjects you’d be dealing with now, if you were just starting out?
It would be about the monopoly of the record industry, how they’ve destroyed hip-hop by not paying people, going under the table with each other, trying to change the copyright laws. We’re just finding out how it works – this is the first year people are supposed to get their stuff back, and we’re fighting like hell now, trying to keep “One Nation†and “Knee Deepâ€. There’s this lawyer suing me for copyright ownership, for a million and a half dollars, and he got the judge to put interest on the lawsuit, so I would never ever be able to pay it back, the way they got it set up.

You used to have a lot of copyright problems…
We’re still having them! The entire band is having them, my entire Family, we just sent a request to the President of the United States to save the funk. We got a list of names, my entire family, to BMI requesting all our cheques. Other artists are involved in it, too. We gonna have us a Twitter Army! You can bet we know how to use the media, and the stage. I’m doing a reality show with my family, with my son Tracy, my six grandkids, Scott Thompson, Brandi – it’s a big family thing.

Is it going to be like The Osbournes?
A bit like that, but most of them are, like, musicians, rappers and everything – it’s what we call our C Kunspyruhzy: I see conspiracy all around me, y’know, with all the copyright stuff? We got to come up with new ways to get the music across, so we’re doin’ this reality show. So we can expose all the noses out there, stealin’ the copyrights and takin’ people’s music and money. This is all gonna be part of the reality show, the copyright fight, plus we still kicking ass onstage. We exposes the noses!

It’s a similar situation to that faced by the families of Hendrix and Marley.
I’m having problems with the same people that did the Hendrix case, the same lawyers that brought the case and then got sued by his family for over-charging them. I’m in court with this guy charging me a million and a half dollars for my own songs. All the lawyers and all the record companies banding together, because all of them have samples. It’s a cartel, and its long arms reach to the copyright office, BMI, ASCAP, all of them, so we have no choice but to go straight to the President. Hopefully the President danced to the music at one time. We seen him singin’ Al Green, we know he has some funk! And he used the phrasing from “One Nation Under A Groove†quite some bit in his speeches. We’re trying to keep it isolated to one record, but I’m really talking about all of them: Snoop Dogg, Puffy, Dre, Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Eminem, Michael Jackson. I’m talking about all these records for the past 25 years, we had samples on all of that, and we don’t get a penny from any of it.

Really? I imagined you were making more from samples than from your own record sales.
Well, Mothership Connection is the most sampled record in the world. But I’m telling you, these labels, they’ve got together in a way that they take all this money. With one forged document, and the lie that I filed for bankruptcy, which did not happen, the judge awarded it all to them. We’re asking for a federal investigation into the whole thing, because they are effectively a monopoly, they back each other up on all these court documents and shit.

The band used to make donations to the Negro College Fund and the NAACP…
Yes, we made the promoters give 25 cents out of every dollar to the NAACP. And right now we just adopted a school in Plainfield, New Jersey, where the band originated, the Obama Green Charter School, we’ve given it 25 per cent of the ownership of “One Nationâ€, “Knee Deepâ€, “Hardcore Jollies†and “Electric Spankingâ€. That’s the case that’s in court now, the guy’s suing me for a million and a half dollars, trying to take it back from the school. All of that’s part of the story coming out in the reality show, the book. We leanin’ on that so much, we makin’ T-shirts with the court documents on there. We call it legal briefs! We got underwear on sale with motions to come to court on there!

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The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons announces solo album, The Big Bad Blues

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ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons announces solo album, The Big Bad Blues
ZZ Top frontman Billy F Gibbons has announced that his new solo album, The Big Bad Blues, will be released on September 21. Described as a "down and dirty" collection of BFG originals and classic blues covers, the album features Joe Hardy on bass, Matt Sorum and Greg Morrow on drums, Mike ‘The Dr...

ZZ Top frontman Billy F Gibbons has announced that his new solo album, The Big Bad Blues, will be released on September 21.

Described as a “down and dirty” collection of BFG originals and classic blues covers, the album features Joe Hardy on bass, Matt Sorum and Greg Morrow on drums, Mike ‘The Drifter’ Flanigin on keyboards and James Harman on harmonica.

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Listen to the track “Rollin’ And Tumblin'” below:

“The shift back to the blues is a natural,” says Gibbons. “It’s something which our followers can enjoy with the satisfaction of experiencing the roots tradition and, at the same time, feeling the richness of stretching the art form… There’s something very primordial within the art form. Nobody gets away from the infectious allure of those straight-ahead licks!â€

Check out the tracklisting for The Big Bad Blues below:

1) Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ (Gilly Stillwater)
2) My Baby She Rocks
3) Second Line
4) Standing Around Crying (Muddy Waters)
5) Let the Left Hand Know…
6) Bring It to Jerome (Jerome Green)
7) That’s What She Said
8) Mo’ Slower Blues
9) Hollywood 151
10) Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Muddy Waters)
11) Crackin’ Up (Bo Diddley)

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

New Aretha Franklin comp collates her early hits

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New Aretha Franklin comp collates her early hits
A new Aretha Franklin compilation has been announced for September 28. The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 collects 34 songs from Franklin's first four years at Atlantic, including all-time classics such as "Respect", "Think" and "I Say A Little Prayer". Order the latest issue of Uncut onli...

A new Aretha Franklin compilation has been announced for September 28.

The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967-1970 collects 34 songs from Franklin’s first four years at Atlantic, including all-time classics such as “Respect”, “Think” and “I Say A Little Prayer”.

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The album will be released on double CD, double LP and digital formats via Atlantic / Rhino. Check out the full tracklistings and cover art below:

CD
Disc One
1. “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)â€
2. “Do Right Woman, Do Right Manâ€
3. “Respectâ€
4. “Dr. Feelgoodâ€
5. “Baby I Love Youâ€
6. “Going Down Slowâ€
7. “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)â€
8. “Baby, Baby, Babyâ€
9. “Chain Of Foolsâ€
10. “Prove Itâ€
11. “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Goneâ€
12. “Ain’t No Wayâ€
13. “Thinkâ€
14. “You Send Meâ€
15. “The House That Jack Builtâ€
16. “I Say A Little Prayerâ€
17. “See Sawâ€
18. “My Songâ€

Disc Two
1. “The Weightâ€
2. “Tracks Of My Tearsâ€
3. “I Can’t See Myself Leaving Youâ€
4. “Gentle On My Mindâ€
5. “Share Your Love With Meâ€
6. “Pledging My Love / The Clockâ€
7. “Eleanor Rigbyâ€
8. “It Ain’t Fairâ€
9. “Call Meâ€
10. “Son Of A Preacher Manâ€
11. “Spirit In The Dark†– with The Dixie Flyers
12. “The Thrill Is Gone†– with The Dixie Flyers
13. “Don’t Play That Song†– with The Dixie Flyers
14. “Let It Be†– with The Dixie Flyers
15. “Border Song (Holy Moses)â€
16. “You And Me†– with The Dixie Flyers

LP
Side One
1. “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)â€
2. “Do Right Woman, Do Right Manâ€
3. “Respectâ€
4. “Baby I Love Youâ€
5. “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)â€
6. “Chain Of Foolsâ€

Side Two
1. “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Goneâ€
2. “Ain’t No Wayâ€
3. “Thinkâ€
4. “You Send Meâ€
5. “The House That Jack Builtâ€
6. “I Say A Little Prayerâ€

Side Three
1. “See Sawâ€
2. “My Songâ€
3. “The Weightâ€
4. “Tracks Of My Tearsâ€
5. “I Can’t See Myself Leaving Youâ€
6. “Gentle On My Mindâ€
7. “Share Your Love With Meâ€

Side Four
1. “Eleanor Rigbyâ€
2. “Call Meâ€
3. “Son Of A Preacher Manâ€
4. “Spirit In The Dark†– with The Dixie Flyers
5. “Don’t Play That Song†– with The Dixie Flyers
6. “Border Song (Holy Moses)â€

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Tracklist revealed for new David Bowie boxset, Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988)

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Tracklist revealed for new David Bowie boxset, Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988)
The tracklisting has been revealed for David Bowie: Loving The Alien (1983 - 1988), the fourth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie's career from 1969 onwards. The follow-up to the awarding winning and critically acclaimed David Bowie: Five Years (1969 – 1973), David Bowie: Who Can I Be Now? (1...

The tracklisting has been revealed for David Bowie: Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988), the fourth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie’s career from 1969 onwards.

The follow-up to the awarding winning and critically acclaimed David Bowie: Five Years (1969 – 1973), David Bowie: Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976) and David Bowie: A New Career In A New Town (1977 – 1982) will be released on October 12 by Parlophone Records and will contain a brand new production of the 1987 album, Never Let Me Down.

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Released as 11 CDs and across 15 albums – as well as a digital download – the box set features all of the material officially released by Bowie between 1983 and 1988.

The box includes the three studio albums he released during this period – Let’s Dance, Tonight and Never Let Me Down.

It also features a never before released live album recorded in Vancouver in 1983 on the Serious Moonlight tour, the vinyl debut of Glass Spider (Live In Montreal 1987) album and Dance – an album comprising 12 contemporaneous remixes some of which are appearing on CD and vinyl for the first time.

Re:Call 4 collects remastered contemporary single versions, non-album singles, album edits, b-sides and songs featured on soundtracks such as Labyrinth, Absolute Beginners and When The Wind Blows.

The box also contains Never Let Me Down (2018) – a new production of the 1987 album produced by Mario McNulty and featuring drummer Sterling Campbell, guitarists Reeves Gabrels and David Torn and bassist Tim Lefebvre. Nico Muhly has handled the string arrangements.

The box sets will be accompanied by a book: 128 pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set.

Here’s how the sets break down:

LP Box Set:

88 Page hardback book

Let’s Dance (remastered) (1LP)
Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) (previously unreleased) (2LP)*
Tonight (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1LP)
Never Let Me Down (2018) (previously unreleased) (2LP – side 4 is etched)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) (previously unreleased on vinyl) (3LP)*
Dance (2LP)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (3LP)*

* Exclusive to ‘Loving The Alien (1983-1988) LP box’

CD Box Set:

128 Page hardback book

Let’s Dance (remastered) (1CD)
Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) (previously unreleased) (2CD)
Tonight (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down (remastered) (1CD)
Never Let Me Down 2018 (previously unreleased) (1CD)*
Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) (2CD)
Dance (1CD)*
Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered) (2CD)*

* Exclusive to ‘Loving The Alien (1983-1988)’

Re:Call 4 (non-album singles, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (remastered)*

* Set exclusives

‘LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988)’ Vinyl & CD Tracklistings (showing Vinyl side breaks)

LET’S DANCE
Side 1
Modern Love
China Girl
Let’s Dance
Without You

Side 2
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Shake It

SERIOUS MOONLIGHT (LIVE ’83)
Side 1
Look Back In Anger
“Heroesâ€
What In The World
Golden Years
Fashion
Let’s Dance

Side 2
Breaking Glass
Life On Mars?
Sorrow
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
China Girl
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Rebel Rebel

Side 3
White Light / White Heat
Station To Station
Cracked Actor
Ashes To Ashes

Side 4
Space Oddity/Band Introduction
Young Americans
Fame
Modern Love

TONIGHT
Side 1
Loving The Alien
Don’t Look Down
God Only Knows
Tonight

Side 2
Neighborhood Threat
Blue Jean
Tumble And Twirl
I Keep Forgettin’
Dancing With The Big Boys

NEVER LET ME DOWN
Side 1
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes

Side 2
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
New York’s In Love
’87 And Cry
Bang

NEVER LET ME DOWN (2018)
Side 1
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum

Side 2
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider

Side 3
Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (ft Laurie Anderson)
New York’s In Love
87 & Cry
Bang Bang

Side 4
David Bowie 1987 logo etching

GLASS SPIDER (LIVE MONTREAL ’87)
Side 1
Up The Hill Backwards
Glass Spider
Day-In Day-Out
Bang Bang

Side 2
Absolute Beginners
Loving The Alien
China Girl
Rebel Rebel

Side 3
Fashion
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
All The Mad Men
Never Let Me Down

Side 4
Big Brother
‘87 And Cry
“Heroesâ€
Sons Of The Silent Age
Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction

Side 5
Young Americans
Beat Of Your Drum
The Jean Genie
Let’s Dance

Side 6
Fame
Time
Blue Jean
Modern Love

DANCE
Side 1
Shake It (Re-mix aka Long Version)
Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)
Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix)

Side 2
Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix)
Don’t Look Down (Extended Dance Mix)
Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix)

Side 3
Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix)
Underground (Extended Dance Mix)
Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix)

Side 4
Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix)
Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (12†mix)
Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella)

RE:CALL 4
Side 1
Let’s Dance (single version)
China Girl (single version)
Modern Love (single version)
This Is Not America (The theme from ‘The Falcon And The Snowman’) – David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group
Loving The Alien (re-mixed version)

Side 2
Don’t Look Down (re-mixed version)
Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain mix) – David Bowie and Mick Jagger
Absolute Beginners (from Absolute Beginners)
That’s Motivation (from Absolute Beginners)
Volare (from Absolute Beginners)

Side 3
Labyrinth Opening Titles/Underground (from Labyrinth)
Magic Dance (from Labyrinth)
As The World Falls Down (from Labyrinth)
Within You (from Labyrinth)
Underground (from Labyrinth)

Side 4
When The Wind Blows (single version) (from When The Wind Blows)
Day-In Day-Out (single version)
Julie
Beat Of Your Drum (vinyl album edit)
Glass Spider (vinyl album edit)

Side 5
Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (vinyl album edit)
New York’s In Love (vinyl album edit)
‘87 And Cry (vinyl album edit)
Bang Bang (vinyl album edit)
Time Will Crawl (single version)

Side 6
Girls (extended edit)
Never Let Me Down (7†remix edit)
Bang Bang (live – promotional mix)
Tonight (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie
Let’s Dance (live) Tina Turner with David Bowie

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Rod Stewart: “I’d be a mug to give it up!”

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Rod Stewart: “I’d be a mug to give it up!”
Talking exclusively in the new issue of Uncut – on sale now! – Rod Stewart reveals why his new album Blood Red Roses certainly won't be his last. "Oh, please!" he says, shooting down the suggestion. "You've got no idea! When I first started, none of us thought about fame. We just had to play an...

Talking exclusively in the new issue of Uncut – on sale now! – Rod Stewart reveals why his new album Blood Red Roses certainly won’t be his last.

“Oh, please!” he says, shooting down the suggestion. “You’ve got no idea! When I first started, none of us thought about fame. We just had to play and people listened – that was all we wanted. It’s still the same. Plus I’m a natural showoff! The audience is still there. Two nights, sold out, at the Hollywood Bowl. 15,000 a night. I’d be a mug to give it up.”

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Blood Red Roses is Stewart’s third album in a row to be written largely in collaboration with Kevin Savigar, whom he credits with reigniting his passion for songwriting after the American Songbook series. “I had writer’s block. I became a lazy git. No, maybe it wasn’t that. I didn’t have a foil. I couldn’t find anyone I wanted to write with until Kevin Savigar came along. He’s brilliant. We could go on and on writing songs for years.”

Asked if he’d ever be tempted to make a sparse and intimate record along the lines of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’s Raising Sand, Stewart says: “Yeah. But not yet. I’ve still got a lot of rocking stuff to be done. I’ve thought about getting a girl to sing with me on those kind of stripped back ballads. I know the record company want me to do it. But I need to find a girl I think I can sing with – Bonnie Raitt would be great – and the songs come and they’re all in that vein and they can all be interpreted, then I’ll do it. And it will happen.”

Read much more from Rod in the new issue of Uncut, in shops now or available to buy online – with no delivery charges – here.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Pink Floyd’s A Foot In The Door makes vinyl debut

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Pink Floyd’s A Foot In The Door makes vinyl debut
Pink Floyd's 2011 'best of' compilation A Foot In The Door will be released on vinyl for the first time on September 28, having previously only been issued on CD. The tracks on this career-spanning collection have been newly mastered for vinyl by longstanding Pink Floyd associate James Guthrie, wit...

Pink Floyd’s 2011 ‘best of’ compilation A Foot In The Door will be released on vinyl for the first time on September 28, having previously only been issued on CD.

The tracks on this career-spanning collection have been newly mastered for vinyl by longstanding Pink Floyd associate James Guthrie, with Joel Plante, and with lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman of Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles, California.

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The 2xLP version of A Foot In The Door features the reinstated version of “Time”, with the ringing alarm clocks at the start of the track restored, after being omitted on the CD release.

The original sleeve design has been amended by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon, to include alternate versions of the photographs used in the original CD version. The album package comes in a gatefold outer sleeve, with two separate printed inner bags, and is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.

The tracklisting for the new vinyl version of A Foot In The Door is as follows:

LP1 Side A
1) Hey You
2) See Emily Play
3) The Happiest Days of Our Lives
4) Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
5) Have a Cigar

LP1 Side B
1) Wish You Were Here
2) Time / Breathe (Reprise)
3) The Great Gig in the Sky
4) Money

LP2 Side A
1) Comfortably Numb
2) High Hopes
3) Learning to Fly

LP2 Side B
1) The Fletcher Memorial Home
2) Shine On You Crazy Diamond
3) Brain Damage
4) Eclipse

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Cat Power announces new album, Wanderer

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Cat Power announces new album, Wanderer
Chan Marshall AKA Cat Power has announced that her new album Wanderer will be released by Domino on October 5. Written and recorded in Miami and Los Angeles over the course of the last few years, Wanderer is entirely self-produced. Guests include Lana Del Rey. Order the latest issue of Uncut onlin...

Chan Marshall AKA Cat Power has announced that her new album Wanderer will be released by Domino on October 5.

Written and recorded in Miami and Los Angeles over the course of the last few years, Wanderer is entirely self-produced. Guests include Lana Del Rey.

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You can watch a trailer for Wanderer below:

Speaking about the significance of the album’s title, Marshall says: “The course my life has taken in this journey – going from town to town, with my guitar, telling my tale; with reverence to the people who did this generations before me. Folk singers, blues singers, and everything in between. They were all wanderers, and I am lucky to be among them.â€

Wanderer is available to pre-order now on CD and limited baby blue vinyl with exclusive 7†from the Domino store.

Cat Power embarks on a world tour this autumn, including a date a London’s Roundhouse on October 23. Tickets are available here from 10am on Friday (July 20). See the full list of tour dates below:

Sat Sept 15 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
Tues Sept 25 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
Thurs Sept 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts *
Fri Sept 28 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion *
Sun Sept 30 – New York, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium ^
Fri Oct 5 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Sat Oct 6 – South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Mon Oct 8 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
Tues Oct 9 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
Thurs Oct 11 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater
Fri Oct 12 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
Sat Oct 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
Tues Oct 23 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Thurs Oct 25 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Fri Oct 26 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
Sun Oct 28 – Berlin, GE @ Astra
Mon Oct 29 – Zurich, SW @ X-Tra
Tues Oct 30 – Lausanne, SW @ Les Docks
Thurs Nov 1 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzamatazz
Fri Nov 2 – Madrid, SP @ Circo Price
Mon Nov 5 – Bologna, IT @ Estragon
Tues Nov 6 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
Sat Nov 17 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
Sun Nov 18 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Wed Nov 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
Fri Nov 23 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory OC
Sat Nov 24 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Sun Nov 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Tues Nov 27 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
Wed Nov 28 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Thurs Nov 29 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
Wed Dec 19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
* with The National

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Hear two tracks from Richard Thompson’s new album

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Hear two tracks from Richard Thompson’s new album
Richard Thompson has announced that his new album 13 Rivers will be released on September 14. The album is self-produced and was recorded 100% analogue in just ten days. It was engineered by Clay Blair (The War On Drugs) and features Thompson’s regular accompanists Michael Jerome (drums, percussi...

Richard Thompson has announced that his new album 13 Rivers will be released on September 14.

The album is self-produced and was recorded 100% analogue in just ten days. It was engineered by Clay Blair (The War On Drugs) and features Thompson’s regular accompanists Michael Jerome (drums, percussion), Taras Prodaniuk (bass), and Bobby Eichorn (guitar).

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You can hear two tracks from 13 Rivers, “The Storm Won’t Come” and “Bones Of Gilead”, below:

“There are 13 songs on the record, and each one is like a river,†Thompson explains. “Some flow faster than others. Some follow a slow and winding current… The songs are a surprise in a good way. They came to me as a surprise in a dark time. They reflected my emotions in an oblique manner that I’ll never truly understand. It’s as if they’d been channelled from somewhere else. You find deeper meaning in the best records as time goes on. The reward comes later.â€

Peruse the tracklisting for 13 Rivers below:

1. The Storm Won’t Come
2. The Rattle Within
3. Her Love Was Meant For Me
4. Bones Of Gilead
5. The Dog In You
6. Trying
7. Do All These Tears Belong To You?
8. My Rock, My Rope
9. You Can’t Reach Me
10. O Cinderella
11. No Matter
12. Pride
13. Shaking The Gates

You can pre-order the album here. Richard Thompson tours the UK this autumn, supported by Joan Shelley. Check out the full itinerary below:

OCTOBER
Thu 11 Liverpool Philharmonic
Fri 12 Leeds Irish Centre
Sat 13 Perth Concert Hall
Mon 15 Canterbury Marlowe
Tue 16 London Barbican
Wed 17 Bath Forum
Thu 18 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Sat 20 Stoke on Trent Victoria Hall
Sun 21 Manchester Opera House
Mon 22 York Grand Opera House
Tue 23 Hull City Hall
Wed 24 Gateshead Sage
Fri 26 Birmingham Town Hall
Sat 27 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Sun 28 Oxford New Theatre
Tue 30 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Wed 31 Salisbury City Hall

NOVEMBER
Thu 1 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Fri 2 High Wycombe Swan
Sat 3 Woking The New Victoria

Tickets are available here.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Watch a video for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s new single, “Blueberry Jam”

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Watch a video for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s new single, “Blueberry Jam”
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy has released a surprise new single called "Blueberry Jam". The song was apparently inspired by some THC-laced chocolate covered blueberries given to Will Oldham and his wife to help them recover from the shock of a false ballistic missile alert, issued when they were living on...

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy has released a surprise new single called “Blueberry Jam”.

The song was apparently inspired by some THC-laced chocolate covered blueberries given to Will Oldham and his wife to help them recover from the shock of a false ballistic missile alert, issued when they were living on the rim of the active volcano Kilauea, in Hawaii. It features regular Will Oldham collaborators Matt Sweeney and Peter Townsend.

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Watch a video for “Blueberry Jam” below:

“Blueberry Jam” was completed to mark the opening of Hi Fidelity, a legal weed boutique in Berkeley, California, an offshoot of the famous Amoeba Music.

The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

Introducing the new Uncut!

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Introducing the new Uncut!
To Southern California, then, for a revelatory new interview Rod Stewart. We found Stewart at home with the football on - Argentina versus Croatia - but despite such lively distractions, he proved to be an attentive and genial host. There are splendid war stories, of course – one of them involving...

To Southern California, then, for a revelatory new interview Rod Stewart. We found Stewart at home with the football on – Argentina versus Croatia – but despite such lively distractions, he proved to be an attentive and genial host. There are splendid war stories, of course – one of them involving the Faces, a hotel room and a brass bedknob – but Stewart was also particularly strong on his folk roots, his abiding love of Bob Dylan and the pioneering work of the Jeff Beck Group. He tells us about upstaging the Grateful Dead, tormenting John Peel and being threatened with a knife by an august bluesman. But he is candid, too, about success, his songwriting and which one of his many hits owes a debt to a Lou Reed song… Did I say there were also good yarns? Yep, there’s loads of those, too. And we got to see his model railway. The issue goes on sale this Thursday, July 19 – but you can buy a copy now and have it sent direct to your home (free postage and packing, no less!).

Elsewhere, Tom Pinnock catches up with Pixies in New Orleans to discuss the making of their glorious debut, Surfer Rosa, which turns 30 this year. Rob Mitchum talks to Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn about their reasons for celebrating The Byrds’ Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album. New recruit Erin Osmon meets rising star Jess Williamson at home in Los Feliz. Rob Hughes rounds up Julian Cope, Pete Wylie and other faces from Liverpool’s fabled post-punk scene to map the journey taken from Eric’s to Top Of The Pops.

We also have new interviews with Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton and Dave Davies (who has the latest updates on all things Kinks). There’s new albums by Elephant Micah, Oh Sees, Amanda Shires, Kathryn Joseph, Odetta Hartman, Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood, Cowboy Junkies, Daniel Bachman and Tomberlin – all of whom you can also hear on our free 15-track CD. In our Archive section, we revisit classics by the Pretty Things, David Axelrod and The Fiery Furnaces. There’s a lot in here, I hope you’ll agree.

You can also read the Making Of… Sly & The Family Stone’s “Dance To The Musicâ€. Recalling the times and the circumstances under which the band formed, drummer Greg Errico says, “There were riots and all that stuff going on, and here we were, mixed genre, black and white, breaking all the rules. It was a challenge, but we didn’t fell it.

“We had the music and we had each other.â€

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The September 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Rod Stewart on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on Pixies, The Byrds, Jess Williamson, Liverpool’s post-punk scene, Sly Stone, Gruff Rhys, White Denim, Beth Orton, Mary Lattimore and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Oh Sees, Cowboy Junkies, Elephant Micah, Papa M and Odetta Hartman.

September 2018

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September 2018
Have a copy sent direct to your door! Rod Stewart, Pixies, The Byrds and much more are in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2018 and out on July 19. Stewart is on the cover, and inside, Uncut travels to Los Angeles for an audience at home with the man himself – up for discussion are Dylan,...

Have a copy sent direct to your door!

Rod Stewart, Pixies, The Byrds and much more are in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2018 and out on July 19.

Stewart is on the cover, and inside, Uncut travels to Los Angeles for an audience at home with the man himself – up for discussion are Dylan, Led Zeppelin, the Faces‘ war stories, and his model railway.

“I enjoyed being a celebrity, a Jack The Lad,†he tells us. “Who wouldn’t?â€

30 years after the release of Pixies‘ Surfer Rosa, Uncut heads to New Orleans to hear how the band created their landmark debut, and see what they’re up to now as they prepare to tour the album later this year.

“If there was any backlash,†Black Francis tells us, “we would have enjoyed the rejection!â€

Elsewhere, Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn “reunite†to discuss their pivotal Sweetheart Of The Rodeo album, while we examine the birth of Liverpool‘s fertile post-punk scene, with help from Julian Cope, Pete Wylie and more.

Uncut also heads to California to meet singer-songwriter Jess Williamson, and hear all about her visionary brand of Americana – vegan tacos, magic mushrooms and wild coyotes included – while Gruff Rhys answers your questions on bobble hats, drones and druggy road trips with Howard Marks.

Meanwhile, White Denim take us through their catalogue album by album, The Family Stone discuss the creation of “Dance To The Music†and Beth Orton reveals the music that has shaped her life.

In our reviews section, we take a look at new releases from Cowboy Junkies, Oh Sees, Elephant Micah, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Kathryn Joseph and more, and archival treats from The Pretty Things, David Axelrod, The Fiery Furnaces, Pete Shelley and a host more.

We catch Thom Yorke and Robert Smith‘s Meltdown live, and review films including The Negotiator and Sicario 2, DVDs such as Wild Wild Country and The American Friend, and books on Whiskeytown and The The.

Our front section includes an update on The Kinks‘ reunion, a comprehensive review of Bob Dylan‘s whiskey, a revisit of Performance, and an introduction to Mary Lattimore.

This month’s free 15-track CD, A Real Good Time, features 15 tracks of the month’s best new music, from White Denim, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Elephant Micah and Tomberlin, to Odetta Hartman, Cowboy Junkies, Papa M and Daniel Bachman.

The new Uncut, dated September 2018, is out on July 19.

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New Bert Jansch ‘best of’ announced

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New Bert Jansch ‘best of’ announced
A new career-spanning Bert Jansch 'best of' collection called Just A Simple Soul has been announced for October 26. Compiled by Bernard Butler and the Bert Jansch estate, it draws from all eras of Jansch's solo output, from his 1965 self-titled debut through to his final album, 2006's Black Swan. ...

A new career-spanning Bert Jansch ‘best of’ collection called Just A Simple Soul has been announced for October 26.

Compiled by Bernard Butler and the Bert Jansch estate, it draws from all eras of Jansch’s solo output, from his 1965 self-titled debut through to his final album, 2006’s Black Swan.

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Peruse the tracklisting below:

LP
Side 1
1. Strolling Down The Highway
2. Angie
3. Needle Of Death
4. It Don’t Bother Me
5. Black Water Side
6. Soho
7. The Time Has Come

Side 2
1. Go Your Way My Love
2. Come Back Baby
3. Poison
4. The Bright New Year
5. Rosemary Lane
6. Reynardine
7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Side 3
1. Fresh As A Sweet Sunday Morning
2. Chambertin
3. Baby Blue
4. Daybreak
5. Kittiwake
6. Sweet Rose
7. Let Me Sing

Side 4
1. Morning Brings Peace of Mind
2. Carnival
3. Just A Simple Soul
4. Crimson Moon
5. On The Edge Of A Dream
6. High Days

CD
CD1
1. Strolling Down The Highway
2. Angie
3. Needle Of Death
4. It Don’t Bother Me
5. A Man I’d Rather Be
6. The Waggoner’s Lad
7. Black Water Side
8. Soho
9. The Time Has Come
10. Go Your Way My Love
11. Come Back Baby
12. Poison
13. Promised Land
14. The Bright New Year
15. Rosemary Lane
16. Reynardine
17. M’Lady Nancy
18. Moonshine
19. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

CD2
1. Fresh As A Sweet Sunday Morning
2. Chambertin
3. The Blacksmith
4. Baby Blue
5. Daybreak
6. Kittiwake
7. Up To The Stars
8. Sweet Rose
9. The Road Tae Dundee
10. Let Me Sing
11. When The Circus Comes To Town
12. Morning Brings Peace of Mind
13. Toy Balloon
14. Carnival
15. Just A Simple Soul
16. Crimson Moon
17. Omie Wise
18. On The Edge Of A Dream
19. The Black Swan
20. High Days

You can pre-order the album, including a limited edition tote bag bundle, here.

The August 2018 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – with Prince on the cover. Elsewhere in the issue, you’ll find exclusive features on John Coltrane, Graham Nash, Cowboy Junkies, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hawkwind, Jennifer Warnes, Teenage Fanclub, David Sylvian, Wilko Johnson and many more. Our free CD showcases 15 tracks of this month’s best new music, including Israel Nash, Dirty Projectors, Luluc, Ty Segall and White Fence, Nathan Salsburg and Gwenifer Raymond.

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