Playlist 28.03.11

Big Audio Dynamite hit the comeback trail in Liverpool last night. Apparently it was a top occasion. Clash legend Mick Jones, supported by Don Letts, his film-maker / DJ pal, plus Leo, Dan and Greg. Film samples, stoner jokes, hip hop and west London cool, still not diminished.

I first saw them at the Town And Country Club in Kentish Town, November 28, 1985. Mike started off by quipping that The Clash had just died. And indeed Joe Strummer had just written off the final version of his punk combo that month. We cheered. Mick Jones was playing a Roland guitar synth. He called it a "Dalek's handbag". And he sang 'The Bottom Line' a tremendous anthem about renewal and bookie's odds. It was one of the greatest gigs ever, topped off with a teetering revision of Prince's '1999'.

I bought the anniversary edition of the debut album recently. And it holds up well. Mike Jones is normally thought of as the Clash guy, the Libertines producer or the Gorillaz moonlighter. But there was also a time when BAD was supremely good.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

T Rex - New York City (EMI)

The Strokes - Gratisfaction (Rough Trade)

Paul Shevlin - Backfire (DiDi Mau)

Dion - artist profile

Dion - Runaround Sue (Collectables)

Dion - I Wonder Why (Collectables)

Dion - Abraham, Martin, and John (Capitol)

Dion - (He's Got) The Whole World in his Hands (Collectables)

Dion - Two Ton Feather (Columbia)

Buddy Miller - No Good Lover (New West)

The Lost Brothers - Pale Moon (white)

Alexander - Let's Win (Rough Trade)

The Strokes - Machu Picchu (Rough Trade)

The Salt Flats - Blackwaterside (white)

PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land (Island)

Courtesy Of - Still In Love With You (white)

Nguuni Lovers Lovers - Cheza Ngoma (Moshi Moshi)

Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show (Sony)

Cashier No 9 - Gold Star (white)

Elbow - Open Arms (Fiction)

Rachel Austin - Babydoll (white)

The Stanley Brothers - Rank Strangers (Righteous)

Lucinda Williams - I Don't Know How You're Living (Lost Highway)

Rachel Sermani - Eggshells (white)

Ernest Tubb - He'll Have To Go (Righteous)

The Lost Brothers -In The City (white)

Buddy Miller - Freight Train (New West)

Grainne Duffy - I Know We're Gonna Be Just Fine (white)

Our Krypton Son - Catalonian Love Song (white)

Wild Beasts - Albatros (Domino)