Tucked away in the bowels of Wednesday's post was a reference to a visit I paid to Flashback Records in London's fashionable Essex Road last weekend.
As well as the album by Hukwe Zawose that I featured then I also found two albums by Little Axe in the bargain bin. Based on the assumption that any album on On-U is worth risking £1 on I snapped them up.
The albums in question were "The Wolf That House Built" (1994) and "Hard Grind" (2002). Here is a track from each of them.
"Wake The Town" - Little Axe
"Tight Like That" - Little Axe
My original plan for the videos was to have two videos of songs about axe-wielding, Bob Marley's "Small Axe" representing the supporters and Baris Manco's "Nick The Chopper" the opponents. Baris duly delivered.
But I couldn't find any videos of Bob doing "Small Axe" so I tried looking for the Twinkle Brothers' "Axeman" instead. Again no luck but bizarrely YouTube's algorithm selected the second video below as the fifth best match. And who am I to argue with the algorithms.
A fine example of Tartan Shortbread music in that second video clip
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ReplyDeleteLittle Axe is lovely stuff. Tackhead as a blues band? No, something more than the sum of its players. Maybe YT should have suggested "Pass The Hatchet" by Roger & The Gypsies, or the Panther Burns version!
ReplyDeleteNot familiar with the Panther Burn version, will need to seek it out
DeleteI think Baris has made better music than that
ReplyDelete11 seconds was 10 seconds too much of that Alexander Brothers song
DeleteWhat a sad lack of respect for your cultural heritage
DeleteLittle Axe has always been a favorite of mine since I first heard The Wolf that House Built. It may be their debut but it is always my #1. Your assumption that any On-U Sound release is worth at least £1 is definitely true, the weakest On-U is worth more than that by far.
ReplyDeleteYou might have shared Witchdoctor by Small Axe.
Really liked that first Little Axe track you played - must track down The Wolf That House Built if for no other reason than its fabulous title. I managed a full minute and a half of the Alexander Brothers - is there anywhere I can claim compensation for said suffering?
ReplyDeleteYou could have played Pink Floyd's Careful With That Exe, Eugene - it'd be interesting to see how CC rated that vis a vis the tartan shortbread music of the Alexander Brothers.