Seth Lakeman: Poor Man's Heaven.

Seth Lakeman's new CD Poor Man's Heaven is released on the 30th of June and you can buy it from Amazon for £7.98.

Click on the link below to go directly to the correct page at Amazon where you can read more and where you can buy the CD if you want to.



Please note that the information above is correct at the time of writing but that price and availability do sometimes change at Amazon.

"Louis Prima"

The CD "Louis Prima: Capitol Collectors Series" is available from Amazon for £5.97. which is the compilation of Prima's work that I have and is a pretty comprehensive "best of". However it does not have "I Wanna Be Like You" - but you can find a version of that song on "Jump Jive An' Wail: the Essential Louis Prima" which is available for £10.98.

Click on either link below to go directly to the correct page at Amazon where you can read more and buy the CD's if you wish.



Please note that the information above is correct at the time of writing but that price and availability do sometimes change at Amazon.

"Rock 'n' Roll 39-59 "

The book "Rock 'n' Roll 39-59" is currently on sale at Amazon for the price of £28 which is a 30% discount. Also as the price is currently over £15 the book is eligible for free delivery with the Super Saver Delivery option.

Click on the link below to go directly to the correct page at Amazon where you can read more and where you can buy the book if you want to.



Please note that the information above is correct at the time of writing but that price and availability can change at Amazon

"The Autobiography" by Johnnie Walker

The book "The Autobiography" by Johnnie Walker is available from Amazon for £6.29 (which is a 34% discount on the RRP)
Click on the link below to directly to the correct page at Amazon, where you can read more (including some very positive reviews) and where you can buy the book if you want to.



Please note that whilst the information above is correct at the time of writing Amazon do sometimes change price and availability.

"On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno"

"On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno" by David Sheppard is available from Amazon for £11.39 which is a 43% discount.

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Please note that all the information above is correct at the time of my writing but Amazon do sometimes change price and availability.

John Cooper Clarke.

Great documentary about about John Copper Clarke on Radio 4 this morning (which makes me feel really middle aged). Particularly liked Phil Jupitus' line that Cooper Clarke was more Les Dawson than Patti Smith and also a very odd anecdote by Mark E Smith (I'm pretty sure that you can still listen to the show on Radio 4's listen again facility if you want to hear it).
If you want to buy some of his stuff then the two adverts below will take you to the Amazon page and in my opinion these two CDs are the bast place to start.

I've also added a link to Mark E Smith's biography because it's a great book.



and here he is in the Sugar Puffs advert.

Midnight Voices: the Clive James-Pete Atkin Songbook

Great to hear Clive James talking about his work as a lyricist for Pete Atkin this afternoon. As he said the music is in the tradition of chanson - something that never really grabbed our Anglo-Saxon tastes - though any fan of the Divine Comedy or Scott Walker will probably like this.