RAPIERS ARE GO!: 4 MySpace Tracks

19 June 2007

Call me a slowcoach.

I've finally reshuffled the four-tune musical deck on my Rapiers MySpace outpost. For your sampling pleasure are:

On My Mind. This B side of Buckleshoe Stomp is a beat-fantastic remake of a neglected Mike Berry 1964 single.
Move It Baby. One of the standout tracks on Return of The Rapiers, this Simon Scott rocker shows our lads in a sure groove.
Lies. Merseyside drive at its finest, this Remo Four classic recycles a Walk, Don't Run chord progression under vocal harmonies straight from the Cavern.
Saturday Night at the Duckpond. The Rapiers' calling card, this Fenderised updating of Swan Lake never fails to dazzle live—quite rightly, it's taken from a night at the London Palladium.

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Rapiers Favourites

Ace Cafe London
Great English fry-ups on the North Circular, real Rapiersland.
Ace Records
Re-issuers of "1961", originally issued in 1987.
Amersham Rock 'n' Roll Club
See the stars up close and personal at this Buckinghamshire hot spot.
Fury Records
The rock 'n' roll specialty label behind most of The Rapiers' recordings.
Joe Meek Society
Delve into the life and times of Britain's 1st independent record producer.
Joe Meek Yahoo! Group
Ongoing discussion of Meekdom news and happenings.
John Leyton
"Johnny Remember Me", "Wild Wild" and "Son This Is She" are his hits, spectacularly rendered by The Rapiers.
Kaisers
Musical kin to The Rapiers, pride of Scotland, Beatmeisters first class.
Liam Watson
White Coat proprietor of Toe Rag Studios, our lads' preferred recording studio.
Mike Berry
Another original from the Joe Meek stable of stars.
My Generation Yahoo! Group
Focusing on '60s BritPop stars like The Searchers.
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
Founded by Screaming Lord Sutch, OMRLP offers voters sense and sensibility at each by-election.
Palm Door Films
LA-based documentarians behind "A Life in the Death of Joe Meek".
Pipeline Magazine
The instrumental rock review also sponsors an annual Easter convention.
Shadow Music
Ground Zero for all things Shadows: music, comment, clubs and more.
Telstar The Movie
The Rapiers make bit cameos in director Nick Moran's 2009 biopic of the rise and fall of producer Joe Meek.
YouTube
Saving you the trouble of keying in "Rapiers".

RAPIERS ARE GO!