Bryan Adams - Reckless - 1984

11/14/21 • 78 min

It's summer 1990, you're 18 years old, and you head out on one of life's big adventures, to work as a courier at Eurocamp in Switzerland. Part of your job is to clean out the tents and you're seeking the perfect record to accompany your hot, sweaty, dirty labour. What would hit the spot and ease your graft as you worked from tent to tent? Well, in Kate's distant past, that album was Bryan Adam's 1984 classic album, Reckless, which spawned no less than 6 singles - all of which made 15 or higher on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.

We undertake our usual album disection, take a look at Bryan's career progression up to the release of this, his 4th studio album, and beyond, including reflecting on his 1991 mega hit, (Everything I do) I do it for you. As a result, we look up what were the best selling singles of the 90's in the UK, where Bryan's single ranked and how that top ten compares to the best selling singles of all time. Spolier - the 90's chart was a bit of a disappointment and Kate was not impressed with the record buying public in that decade!!

Continuing our journey through Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 singles of all time, we reach numbers 40-36. Reviewing the TV, radio and film listings for November 1984, we find out why Rick was such a fan of the movie Woman in Red. Stevie Wonder won an academy award for Best Original Song featured in the movie - it's safe to say that Kate is not a fan of the track!!
We introduce a single of the week for each of us - Kate choosing from her own 7" collection and Rick going with a song he came across during the course of last week when doing other research. What's Come Over Me, from Australian indie pop gems, Frente, for Kate, whilst Rick's pick is My Moon My Man, by candian singer songwriter Feist. Links to the respective You Tube video's below, plus a third link to one of the greatest music videos of all time - Here it goes again, by OKGO (mentioned in this episode due to a particular similarity with Feist's excellent video). If you've never seen it and can watch the video without smiling come and see us after class! Enjoy x

https://youtu.be/gjX2NtjKVck - What's Come Over Me - Frente
https://youtu.be/ltYq-jalYm0 - My Moon My Man - Feist
https://youtu.be/dTAAsCNK7RA - Here It Goes Again - OKGO
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The Caretaker Race - Hangover Square - 1990

A very special episode for the Memorabilia Podcast - our first indie superstar guest in Caretaker Race singer/songrwriter and Loft guitarist Andy Strickland. Andy kindly took the time to speak to us for over 90 minutes about his band's superb 1990 debut album 'Hangover Square'. For the first time, we also have music clips to accompany the tales behind the songwriting and producing. Thank you Andy!

There's a lot packed in to the lengthy episode and some wonderful stories shared by Andy talking about his time in 'The Loft', the break-up they went through, subsequently hitting number 3 in the Netflix music chart above Glen Campbell, forming The Caretaker Race, getting signed to legendary producer Stephen Street's Foundation record label, and everything you could possibly need to know about the LP Hangover Square.

There's mentions for writer and broadcaster Danny Baker, Ian Dickson (the Australian Simon Cowell), Terry Hall, Johnny Marr, Lloyd Cole, Cherry Red Records, producer John Parish, journalist Jerry Smith, 6Music radio presenter Steve Lamacq, The Sundays, and why he realised he wasn't cut out for the world of business and being the owner of a record label.

We can't thank Andy enough for giving up his time and for his patience during the recording. The Leeds to the Isle of Wight connection was a little unreliable and we encountered a number of technical hitches forcing us to swtich recording platforms after just a few minutes of getting going, so apologies for the imperfections in the opening minutes of the interview.

Andy stayed with us to review the top 10 UK singles at the time of release for Hangover Square and finished with a brilliant story about a night out in Paris with the singer whose single from the movie 'Days of Thunder' was at the very top of the hit parade in September 1990.

Andy left us with a 'hot-tip' for a new band to listen and watch out for - the Isle of Wight's very own 'Wet Leg'. In fact, the tip was that hot that the tickets we were going to buy to see them in Leeds in April 2022 have already sold out!

Watch the video for Wet Leg's viral single 'Chaise Longue': https://youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ

Listen to the recording of The Caretaker Race live in Switzerland in May 1991: https://youtu.be/QJE2jYzO0p8

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The Monkees - The Best Of The Monkees - 1981

Hey hey, we're covering The Monkees! As you'll discover, this was an LP that Rick borrowed from his cousin 20 odd years ago and he hasn't quite managed to return it yet - eek! Rick's now expecting a message from cousin Dave requesting its return, but secretly hoping that he no longer owns a record player so he'll be given the nod to keep it!

Kate was researching this one and being a 'Best of...' there wasn't a lot on this particular version of the album itself. The episode is therefore more of a focus on The Monkees and the story of their crazy formation in two seperate guises - firstly the actors who played the struggling band in the TV show, and secondly becoming an actual band in their own right. They sold a hell of a lot of records, often referenced The Beatles and reportedly outsold the Fab Four in america in 1967. They had some fantastic singles too, including Last Train To Clarkesville, I'm a believer, Plesant Valley Sunday, and Daydream Believer.

As we've covered 1981 before (Soft Cell's 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret), Kate left the usual film, TV and chart analysis this time round and focused on a few 1981 news stories which turned in to a mini chat about tennis and in particular John McEnroe.

On the continued countdown of Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 songs of all time, we cover numbers 35-31 featuring Rock 'n' Roll royalty in Little Richard and Chuck Berry, The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, The Notorious BIG, and one of the greatest live acts of all time - The Rolling Stones. Kate is somewhat sceptical about Mick Jagger's explanation of what their top-50 rated song is all about!

Rick's single of the week is from 2006 (although it didn't chart in the UK until 2007) by Brazilian 'nu-rave' band CSS - 'Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above' reached #39 in the UK singles chart in May 2007.

Watch the video of the single here: https://youtu.be/7agPOt1XZz8

Kate's single of the week is a little further back in time. Kate's version of The Wombling Song is from 1974 and she thinks is the first 7" she ever bought. A fine start to her vinyl collection!
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We're back in 2 weeks with 1992's 'Up' by 'Right Said Fred'! Yes, this music discussion podcast is all over the place and we wouldn't have it any other way!!