A day without music is a lost day

It's Immaterial on Soundcloud

2011-06-15T17:00:00.002+02:00

Some special music of It's Immaterial can be found on Soundcloud.
Details of the music you can read on Facebook - It's immaterial.
Some of the songs are from the famous John Peel Sessions.
Have fun.

Happy New Year 2011

2010-12-16T15:35:00.004+01:00

For a long time searching for new hotspots.
Wll be back in 2011, if I can.

Click on the link Happy New Year 2011.
Enjoy the music.

Best wishes to all of you.

True Blue - Faces 1973

2009-12-28T00:25:00.001+01:00

True Blue completes this 1973 Vliegermolen gig.

Memphis - Faces

2009-12-28T00:22:00.001+01:00

From the same gig 1973.

Faces @ Vliegermolen 1973

2009-12-09T00:24:00.006+01:00

1973. Vliegermolen Voorburg The Netherlands.
The Eagles (first time in Europe), The Who, Rod Argent, Slade, Rod & The Faces.
Only a few songs of this unique Popgala are still there.
Here is Cindy Incidentally, broadcasted on the internet by Cultura 24.

The Christians @ My.Taratata.Com Complete part 2

2009-11-10T00:34:00.003+01:00

And here you have the rear cover of the DVD. Feel free to use them.

The Christians @ My.Taratata.Com Complete part 1

2009-11-10T00:27:00.005+01:00

After downloading the 8 clips (in mp4) and after converting them to mpg files I could burn a wonderful DVD and here is the front cover.

The Christians - What's In A Word - Taratata - 1994

2009-11-08T12:17:00.002+01:00

This video completes the Taratata archive.

The Christians - The Bottle - Taratata - Fête de la musique - 1993

2009-11-08T12:05:00.005+01:00

The Christians play this song on every gig. After seeing this one you will know why.

The Christians - What's In A Word - Taratata - Fête de la musique - 1993

2009-11-08T03:24:00.005+01:00

Fantastic this France Taratata archive.
For all these videos: After the video started, click on the button for a full screen. In French: Mode plein écran.
If you have Realplayer you can download each of these clips. Follow the menu in Realplayer: copy the url address of the clip - go to the realplayer - go to the menu - File - Open - then paste the http address of the video link in the next pop up screen. After the video has started and you place your mouse pointer on the video, a pop up menu appears: Download This Video.
By clicking that menu the download starts and it even shows you the time it will take. In one of your directories (video's - realplayer downloads) you will find the mp4 file, including the title of the clip.

The Christians - Happy In Hell - Taratata - 1993

2009-11-08T03:12:00.002+01:00

Again one from the Taratata show. This is the Acapella version.

Pow Pow & The Christians - Chain Gang - Taratata - 1993

2009-11-08T03:04:00.004+01:00

More video from the Taratata archives. Till this moment unknown.

Johnny Cash - Hurt - Video

2009-11-06T16:24:00.003+01:00

With this powerful song Johnny Cash did hit me in 2002.

From Wikepedia: Hurt" is a song written by Trent Reznor, first released on Nine Inch Nails' 1994 album The Downward Spiral. In 2002, "Hurt" was covered by Johnny Cash to critical acclaim; it was one of Cash's final hit releases before his death. Its accompanying video, featuring images from Cash's life and directed by Mark Romanek, was named the best video of the year by the Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards.
Take a look at the original version from Nine Inch Nails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx2TmQfM-o

The Faces - Stay With Me

2009-11-06T16:00:00.005+01:00

To start with a You Tube video from the The Faces.
It's from a much larger BBC Session: Sounds for Saturday.
It was the time that there still was Rock 'n' Roll.
This is far away from the 2009 Soulbook. Yeah, 37 years from it :-)
But... you can't have it all.

The Christians - Father - Taratata - 1993

2009-11-06T03:14:00.002+01:00

The first of the France Tarata shows from 1993

The Christians - Words - Taratata - 1994

2009-11-06T02:53:00.006+01:00

An other famous Taratata (France) appearance from 1994.

Garry & Lionel Richie - Taratata - 1996

2009-11-06T00:01:00.003+01:00

Here the Taratata video from 1996 of We can work it out by Garry Christian and Lionel Richie.

Videoclips of The Christians on VEOH

2009-10-30T03:24:00.006+01:00

All my Videoclips of The Christians kan be watched on VEOH. Also the JVC Digital 8 clips made by myself on the Soundcheck in Leeds - 2006. (I don't know what Amazing Grace is doing there, I've got nothing to do with it.)

Click on the Title of this posted message (as for all titles above).

Have fun.

Royal Charter Remembered In Song

2009-10-30T02:28:00.005+01:00

Anglesey-based singer songwriter Henry Priestman has helped put together an EP of songs which commemorate the Royal Charter disaster.

The former member of The Christians band was invited by the Moelfre Partnership to compose some music as part of a series of events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famous Royal Charter shipwreck.

So notable a disaster was it at the time, with over 400 lives lost, that even Charles Dickens visited the village and wrote about the shipwreck.

The composition was originally meant to be for a brass band. But despite over 30 years in the music business, Henry says he still can't read a note of music.

So he suggested another option: to try and rustle up a few like-minded singers and artists, all whom have visited and been entranced by the village of Moelfre, and record an EP of songs that might help raise the profile of the events taking place in the village in 2009.

The three opening songs on the EP deal specifically with the events of 25-26 October 1859.

"We were fortunate to have been alerted to the song Isaac Lewis," said Henry. "It's written by US folk artist Tom Lewis and beautifully sung by Anglesey-born singer Elin Fflur."

It tells the story of Moelfre seaman Isaac Lewis's fate on the Royal Charter.

Searching for Angels by Kite Runners is a more abstract interpretation of the story.

"It includes the 'pull, pull' section in the middle which might have been inspired by Moelfre artist Keith Shone's striking 2009 painting Royal Charter Shipwreck," said Henry. "But actually it was written before we had seen the picture!"

Kite Runners is a new project formed especially for this occasion by Cardiff-based singer/songwriter and BBC Radio Wales presenter Amy Wadge, Liverpudlian guitarist Pete Riley and Henry Priestman.

Written in Moelfre and recorded in Nashville by Canadian Tia McGraff (and US partner Tommy Parham), Devils Gold is a kind of parable set to music that attempts to use one particular (and not very pleasant), but supposedly true aspect of the disaster.

As revealed in the book The Golden Wreck, sadly a few people chose to dive off the boat weighed down by gold in their pockets.

The Harbour Song Revisited was actually written a few years ago when John Campbell visited Moelfre, and was inspired by the beauty of Moelfre to pen the lyrics to accompany Henry's music.

Sailing Through the Sky by Welsh singer/song-writer Caryl Parry-Jones is the only song on the EP without a maritime theme.

"The music for Sailing Through the Sky was written for me by Christian Phillips," said Caryl. "He, Henry and I collaborated on the words which are about making the most of your chances, making the right choices."

The EP is on sale through several shops in Moelfre and Cob Records, Bangor.

The Roy Noble show, Radio Wales, 3pm - 5pm daily.

Extra information from Henry himself 28-12-2009:

Re Royal Charter CD....The Tia McGraff song was written here on Anglesey, but recorded in Nashville by Tommy, but Amy and I happened to be in Nashville when they did it, so that's us doing harmonies on it too! And it's me singing harmonies on Caryl's song (with co-writer Christian Phillips, who also played guitar on Jade's album!...complicated, yes?)...and on Elin Fflur it's me doing everything APART from singing!! and the song is written by US singer Tom Russell, not Tom Lewis, the writer of the article must have got confused!

Liverpool start

2009-10-07T01:53:00.001+02:00

This is a first start for something I already wanted to do for many years.

My love for music started in the early 60's in Liverpool with the Beatles and is still in Liverpool since the 80's when Garry, Roger, Russell and Henry started The Christians.

This Blog is called: A day without music is a lost day.

And so it is.

Try to have music in your heart, your head, your life.
Fish-Chris