Playlist 24 February
Another appearance tonight from The Velvet Underground, with one of the songs from the "VU" LP which didn't see the light of a record shop until 1985.Ìý"I Can't Stand It" was recorded in 1969 for what was to be the band's fourth LP. That plan fell apartÌýwhen MGM records new boss, Mike Curb, dropped the band in what can only be described as a "cull". Billboard at the time had the headline "MGM Busts 18 Rock Groups" implying that Mike Curb was taking a stand against rock groups which "promote and exploit hard drugs through music" - Billboard's words. I suppose the fact that the VelvetsÌýhad a song calledÌý"Heroin"Ìýdidn't help their chances of surviving Mike's reign.
Mike later went on to become Lieutenant Governor California for the Republican Party and foundedÌýthe country music label Curb Records.ÌýI think they're thinking of signingÌýThe Fall.Ìý
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Magazine - My Mind Ain't So Open
Vibrators - Wrecked On You
Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Weirdos - Solitary Confinement
Echo & The Bunnymen - With A Hip
Girls At Our Best! - Waterbed Babies
Modern Lovers - Lonely Financial Zone
The Fall - Your Heart Out
Sham 69 - Family Life
Yo - I See Beyond
Tenpole Tudor - I Wish
Talking Heads - The Book I Read
Velvet Underground - I Can’t Stand It
Jesus & Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up
Mouse & The Traps - Look At The Sun
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