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This is Elton John live in concert at West London's Hammersmith Odeon back on the 22nd December 1973. Despite suffering from a heavy cold, Elton John clearly wanted to give this concert his best effort, the results are self evident, both the band and Elton were clearly up for the gig, possibly spurred on by national coverage on BBC radio in the UK. Looking at the set list not far from four decades on, I remain surprised at the amount of career defining material he had already produced at this stage. As boots go this is better quality, both in terms of audio and performance than a lot of officially released live albums from the early 1970's. Source: PRE-FM from BBC transcription reels. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps. Genre: Rock and contemporary pop. Set: Full Set (almost). Set List: CD 1: 01 - Intro - Funeral For A Friend - Love Lies Bleeding 02 - Candle In The Wind 03 - Hercules 04 - Rocket Man 05 - Bennie And The Jets 06 - Daniel 07 - ...

Right then and down to business! Loads of great new songs have come our way whilst we have been limited to how often we could update Beehive Candy, so this is an attempt to start catching up. To avoid missing any of the songs that have grabbed our ears, this will be a rapid run through that hopefully has something to appeal to your ears as well! Friday Mileʼs new release, Good Luck Studio, reveals a truly accessible pop album built on ravishing guy-girl harmonies, contagious melodies, and a vocal chemistry that few artists today can deliver. Reminiscent of The Magic Numbers and Rilo Kiley, these playfully romantic alt-country tunes are seriously worth checking out if the above mentioned acts appeal to you. Seriously good music. Listen: 'Lives Of Strangers' Website & Buy: Friday Mile . ____________________ From Portland, Oregon’s famously burgeoning indie music culture, Hello Morning isn’t hoping to mesh perfectly into the scene. While the Northwest is overflowing with ...

Hopefully Beehive Candy will be back to normal from now on, following a series of broadband problems, and illness in recent weeks. One individual left a comment that we are shameless promoters and because of the existence of torrents and so forth we are hardly doing anything special here! Well we are happy to support new artists we like, and share old boots, regardless of the odd (very odd) persons snide remarks, perhaps they are a bit sad & lonely.. This is a must for fans of Sandy Denny or Fotheringay , and whilst the audio quality is only average, it is quite listenable and a wonderful piece of history from the short lived band. Fotheringay was formed in 1970 by singer Sandy Denny upon her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from Fotheringhay Castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in England. The castle was also the inspiration for the song "Fotheringay", which Fairport Convention had included on their 1969 album, 'What We Did ...

Due to technical problems we have not been able to up date Beehive Candy for a few days (normal service should resume later this week!). In the meantime... This is Frankie Valli live in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the Tropicana Casino, back on September 11th 1986. Source: Soundboard Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps. Genre: Pop, Rock, Disco. Set: Full Set Set List: 01. Who Loves You 02. Dawn (Go Away) 03. Will You Love Me Tomorrow? 04. Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ’bout Me) 05. I’ve Got You Under My Skin 06. Frankie Valli talks 07. Book Of Love 08. My Eyes Adored You 09. Grease 10. Remember Then 11. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) 12. Swearin’ To God 13. Horn section intro 14. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You 15. Sherry 16. Walk Like A Man 17. Big Girls Don’t Cry 18. Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) 19. Instrumental 20. Streetfighter 21. More band intros 22. Frankie Valli talks 23. They Don’t Make Love Like They Used To 24. Let’s Hang On Comments: For the record Frankie Valli sc...

This is a selection of demo's that in part eventually led to The Who recording one of their most popular and enduring albums namely Quadrophenia. Quadrophenia was recorded at Ramport, The Who’s own studio in Battersea, south London in May and June of 1973, and these demo's are predominately the very early stages of the process including Pete Townsend performing his work to the rest of the band. The album, The Who's second 'rock opera' was released to coincide with The Who’s first UK and US tours for two years, it reached number 2 in both countries’ album charts. It was immaculately packaged in a handsome black and white gatefold sleeve, complete with extensive liner notes outlining the story and a 22-page book of evocative black and white photographs illustrating the central character Jimmy’s personal odyssey. Source: Soundboard. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps. Genre : Rock. Set: Selected early demo's. Demo Tape List: 1. Unus...

This is Shawn Colvin performing live at The Mann Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, USA back on the 9th August 2001. Shawn was the Opening act for Lyle Lovett (who duets with her on one song). Shawn learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Shawn cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances reflected that. Shawn Colvin experienced breakthrough success with A Few Small Repairs in October 1996. The single "Sunny Came Home" reached the US Top Ten, and won Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year. She has released several subsequent albums which were nominated for Grammys, and she has also released a greatest hits album. Source: Soundboard. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps. Genre: Contemporary folk Set: Full Set. Set List: 01 Anywhere You Go 02 talk 03 Trouble 04 Shotgun Down The Avalanche 05 Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Doe-A-Deer (with her da...

With SXSW just a month away there is no shortage of bands and artists looking to get noticed at the moment ! The Butterfly Explosion are a band from Ireland that blend powerful spiraling music with delicate vocals to form rich soundscapes of beautiful melodies, gliding between moments of ethereal dreampop and explosive sonic bliss. Well so says their promo and I have to agree they really are a breath of fresh air, and I hope get to be heard far and wide, they deserve it. When UK webzine Drowned In Sound had a week of articles in April 2009 dedicated to the revival and diverse influence of the early 90s shoegaze scene, Butterfly Explosion were amongst the international artists highlighted as ones to watch. Recording on the debut album Lost Trails began late 2008 with producer Torsten Kinsella (God Is An Astronaut) and is released March 1st 2010 through Revive Records. 'Closer', the first single, has been receiving extensive airplay from Ireland's leading alternative music s...

Here in the UK synth-laden electro rockers Viva City have been gaining some well earned attention and will be bringing their razor-sharp mix of catchy and gritty electro rock across the pond to the States with a number of US dates, culminating with an appearance at SXSW. Viva City, whose signature sound is most reminiscent of a swirling mix of Depeche Mode and Prodigy, have shared the stage with the likes of Friendly Fires, Ladyhawk, Maximo Park and have collaborated with dance-house phenom Don Diablo on the banger “Audio Endlessly”. Their music has been applauded by UK critics and has garnered them extensive airplay on BBC and XFM Radio in the UK. The BBC's Radio 6 Music proclaims the songs are “a slice of classic electropop and sheer genius;” and Time Out Magazine declares their sound as “souped-up synth stabbing electro rock.” Listen: 'Lasers' Website: MySpace Purchase: (MP3's) Viva City There second single “Have You Ever Felt So Messed Up?” will be released in t...

This is part of a series of tour rehearsals undertaken by Fleetwood Mac over three days on a sound stage in Los Angeles. The rehearsals took place from the 18th to 20th October 1979, and there was an audience in attendance for the 'warm up' performance made up of friends and family. The rehearsals were filmed using a single camera video shot except on the 19th October where multi camera material exists. DVD boots of the rehearsals are in circulation, the sound quality on some is not to good and picture quality even worse. This is audio only from one of the sessions and is a whole lot better quality. Source: Soundboard. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@192kbps. Genre: Rock, pop rock, blues rock. Set: Part of Rehearsal Set. Set List: 1-Oh Well. 2-Dreams. 3-Not That Funny. 4-Rhiannon. 5-Over & Over. 6-Never Gonna Make It. 7-You Making Loving Fun. 8-I'm Afraid. 9-World Turning. Band Line Up: Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, vocals Stevie Nicks - vocals Christine McVie...

We start our second new music round up with SAADI whose promotional biography tell us & I quote ' As precious stone is extracted fr om its natural environment to be cut and polished, revealing its infinite multi-colored reflections, SAADI derives elements of musical influence and transforms them into pop gems rich in melody and reflecting an almost schizophrenic obsession with music. SAADI, the musical pseudonym of the radiant Boshra al Saadi, is an eclectic and transcendental artist with a unique ability to create harmonious tunes tiled from fragmentation's of both empathetic influence and detached curiosity. Drawing early influence from sources as diverse as Bob Dylan, classic 80's synth pop, traditional Arabic music, punk rock, Nigerian music and Brian Eno, SAA DI assembles her musical creation to form what is fundamentally her own. This collision of pop-smarts, exotic influences and fearless eclecticism spawns music which sounds both sophisticated and delightfully ...

This is a show from the final XTC tour (this concert was broadcast on FM radio), from a gig at L'Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium, back on the 7th March 1982. The last major hit of XTC's touring phase was "Senses Working Overtime," the first single from their double album English Settlement and a top 10 hit in 1982. At the peak of their popularity, the band embarked on a major tour, but Andy Partridge suffered a mental breakdown on stage during one of the first concerts of the tour in Paris on March 18th, 1982. The European and British dates were cancelled and after completing only one show in San Diego the whole US leg was also abandoned. Source: FM Broadcast. Sound Quality: Very good stereo mp3@320kbps. Genre: New Wave, alternative rock, psychedelic Rock. Set: Full Set. Set List: 1.Runaways. 2.Jason And The Argonauts. 3.Snowman. 4.Ball And Chain. 5.Senses Working Overtime. 6.All Along The Watchtower. 7.Towers Of London. 8.Mak...

In 1986 Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke decided to re team for a new project. Their label, Atlantic Records , however, insisted they resume the Bad Company name. But Paul Rodgers was already engaged with a new super group called The Firm. So the remaining two members hired ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe as the new lead singer, Steven Price as the new bass player and Greg Dechert (ex-Uriah Heep) on keyboards. Brian Howe's vocal style brought more of a pop-rock sound to the band, as opposed to Paul Rodgers' more bluesy style. Over a six -year span from 1986 to 1992, this version of the band released four albums including Fame and Fortune, Dangerous Age, the platinum selling Holy Water and Here Comes Trouble. The final studio album of the Brian Howe era, 1992's Here Comes Trouble , featured the Top 40 hit 'How About That', and 'This Could Be The One' (number 87). The album went Gold but the formula was growing stale. Before touring in support of Here Come...

I was not sure quite what to make of Peasant (Damien DeRose) when I was first sent a song of his last year, for whatever reason something was missing for me, and however much this site is about supporting new artists and music, liking what you hear has to be a key part of any endorsement. OK so you have guessed what happened next, but I will state it anyway, was I surprised and delighted when I received a copy of his forthcoming album! His record companies promo actually states "While the last album gave many people their first taste of Peasant, in the eyes of the moniker’s human form, Damien DeRose, this was a mere appetizer to what would soon come to fruition". So that's what happened, it turns out I was not to keen on the appetizer, but I have to say the second course 'Shady Retreat' is absolutely delightful. Listen: 'Well Alright' Website: MySpace . Buy (pre-order): Paper Garden Records . Shady Retreat is available via Paper Garden Records on March ...