The Clash - Supermega Blackmarket Clash

another clash related post for you all to hopefully enjoy comes this one inspired by the good folks at blackmarketclash.com .they published a list of artists who they said had covered clash songs and asked if anyone could send them the full list.i did a little digging through the muebles archives and using my crack team of researchers (ok my wife and one of my nephews!) managed to get most of them except police and thieves by buffalo tom.(yes i know its not a clash original but they made it their own).anyway i emailed buffalo tom and according to buffalo tom themselves they never covered the track but i did find a version they did of straight to hell so that is included in its place.some of these cover artists may surprise you and one of them almost isnt really a proper cover(if that makes sense!) but youll hear what i mean.anyhoo its over to you the listener to listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

p.s one of the cover versions here isnt the best quality,sorry but its the only version i have.see if you can guess which one it is!

Supermega Blackmarket Clash

The Clash - Get Mashed vol.1

This post you see before you started life long before i compiled the outside broadcasts series that you can find elsewhere on the blog.this was one of my first attempts at compiling clash cover versions,remixes post clash projects etc.i hope you like it!

p.s i forgot to mention some of the artists included here. theres the police,the killers,busta rhymes,50 cent,tony blair!!,the beastie boys and many other artists that to be honest ive never heard of.some work really well , others er......not so much but worth a listen though,so after you've listened please leave a comment.thanks!
The Clash - Get Mashed

The Specials - Mashups,Remixes and Covers

Evening all in interweb land. This is a post thats been kicking around on the hard drive for a while waiting patiently to be posted. Ive been listening to the recent brilliant live on radio6 post from The Specials that i got here at auralscuptors and i remembered that i had this one ready to go. I suppose its an expanded version of an earlier post i did called mashups and remixes and is in a similar sort of vein to the clash post outside broadcasts.anyway this has got 26 tracks in total for your listening pleasure and does exactly as it says on the cover.some interesting collaborations including tom jones and the wu tang clan amongst others. anyway i hope you find something on there that you like so now please listen,enjoy and leave a comment.thanks
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Iggy Pop and Steve Jones - Demos 1985

evening all.well i got this link today from Jimbo in antrim and felt compelled to post it.its a 5 track offering recorded by messrs. pop and jones in september 1985.one of the tracks is a cover of jimi hendrix classic'purple haze'. i dont really know much about this collection to be honest but its deffo worth a listen and im really enjoying it and am listening to it while i type. anyway please listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

iggy and steve demos

The Vibrators - Punk The Early Years

this arrived in the form of a link from jimbo (cheers fella!)and this post is an album by the vibrators of cover versions of bands such as the pistols,sham 69,the ramones,999 etc etc.its a good listen and sounds like it would have been a good laugh to record,playing through a bunch of your favourite punk songs.anyway 20 tracks in total that need to be played loud.so please listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

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Buster and Friends - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu

i got a copy of the original version today of Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu by 'Dickie Doo and the donts' on a cd from a mate and i thought id post that original version here from 1958 along with the bad manners cover version.its a great song and i think the original is a great listen.anyway listen,enjoy both versions here,and then leave a comment.thanks!

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A Tribute to Madness - Various Artists

this is another nice cd i got from camden dave.no surprises in that it is a tribute to our favourite nutty boys madness.some good tracks on this cd my faves being bed and breakfast man and my girl.there is also a track from the selecter.not much else to say about this one except to listen,dance,enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!
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Tricky - Ghost Town

ok here we go with another cover,this one being a live version of ghost town by tricky.terry hall does a bit of guest vocals but its mainly tricky so in my opinion it counts as a cover!in this post you get 2 versions.one labelled ghost town (live) which is definitely tricky and a studio version which may not be.im not sure to be honest.so please listen and confirm whether or not the studio version is him or not.play loud ,enjoy, do some detective work and then leave a comment.thanks!

tricky_-_ghost_town.rar

Reel Big Fish - Monkey Man

Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out." The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the album Turn the Radio Off. Since the band's founding in 1992 and their demo In the Good Old Days..., the only original member remaining is Aaron Barrett.This is another cover of 'monkey man' and a great one it is too.so kids listen,bounce about,enjoy and go on go crazy and leave a comment.thanks!

reel_big_fish_-_monkey_man.rar

Snuff - Do Nothing , You're wondering now

Snuff are an English punk band formed in 1986. Their name reportedly came about after a long discussion about names ended up with one of them claiming "That's Enough", which was then shortened to Snuff. The original line up was Duncan Redmonds on drums and vocals, David Redmonds on Trombone, Simon Wells on guitar and vocals,and Andy Crighton on bass.they have gone through a few line up changes since then and are apparently at the moment 'taking a break.'

these two tracks are taken from their 'six of one ,half a dozen of the other' compilation cd which is on fat wreck records.its a 2 disk set of greatest hits and b-sides,rarities etc and is definitely worth a purchase.

so play this loud,enjoy,dance,think of another specials cover not yet listed here,let me know and then leave a comment.thanks!

many thanks to 'biopunk' for the heads up on this one.cheers

snuff_-_specials_covers.rar

Nouvelle Vague - Friday Night,Saturday Morning

im having a lot of fun with this theme of posts of other bands doing specials covers.its amazing what little gems are turning up.this next post is by Nouvelle Vague,who are a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Their name is a play on words referring simultaneously to their "Frenchness" and "artiness" (the '60s new wave of cult French cinema), the source of their songs (all covers of punk rock, post-punk, and New Wave songs), and their use of '60s Bossa nova-style arrangements.their second album also contains a cover of the buzzcocks classic 'ever fallen in love'.anyway play this,relax,enjoy and leave a comment.
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Spare Shells - A Tribute to The Specials

with my latest thing of doing posts of bands who have covered the specials i asked my mate camden dave about specials cover songs and he sent me this.its a tribute to the specials recorded by various artists like voodoo glow skulls and down by law.it also covers songs the specials covered themselves so covers of covers if you like.anyway this is a gem so all say thanks to camden dave when you see him(he works in the market in camden!)and then play this loud,skank like theres no tomorrow,enjoy yourself and go on leave a comment.thanks!

Spare_Shells_-_A_Tribute_To_The_Specials.rar

p.s theres still more covers to come later.stay tuned

The Ordinary Boys - Little Bitch

this is a great version of the song little bitch that the guys recorded for their album 'over the counter culture'.its played at great speed and i really like it.when they play it live they sometimes have comedian phil jupitus shouting the '1,2' bits.anyway play it loud,dance to the kitchen and back to the computer then leave a comment.thanks!
ordinary_boys_-_little_bitch.rar

Kasabian - Too much too young

this is a pretty good cover of the song that kasabian recorded for a radio 1 cd.every band recorded a song from every year the station had been on air.kasabian got 1980 and did too much too young.so listen,enjoy ,maybe dance a bit then leave a comment.thanks!

kasabian_-_too_much_too_young.rar

Melt Banana - Monkey Man

Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that was founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. These friends were Onuki Yasuko (also known as Yasuko O. or just Yako), Agata Ichirou, Rika mm' and later on Toshiaki Sudoh (more widely known as simply Sudoh).

i was told about these guys by a friend and this version of monkey man.and yes i know its not strictly a specials cover cos its not a specials original it is a song they are associated with.so listen,enjoy(possibly!!) and then leave a comment.thanks!

melt_bananna.rar

S.L.F - Doesn't make it all right

ok here we go then.part 2 of our specials cover version posts.this is a brilliant version of 'doesn't make it all right' recorded by irish punks s.l.f. what you have here is a video of it live recorded in '04 and the live version from their album 'Hanx' from 1979 (i think).although i took my version from the all the best cd as i cant find find the hanx one etc etc its the same.it was also on their studio album nobodys heroes which is a classic you should all check out.there will be a few big s.l.f posts here on the blog soon.so if anyone actually reads these bits above the download link then listen,watch,enjoy and leave a comment.Hanx!

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The Prodigy - Ghost Town

beginning a new sort of series (after the specials video collection) comes the new flavour : specials cover versions.obviously the specials themselves recorded several covers but quite a few bands have done versions of specials songs.kicking of this little project is the prodigy with their version of ghost town.i believe it was first performed live at the reading festival in 1998 and was intended to be released as a single but ended up on an n.m.e compilation only.its a good version that i actually like and to be honest didnt think i would.it deserves a listen and i hope after listening and enjoying you leave a comment.thanks!

p.s dont worry there wont be any lily allen or amy shitehouse being posted here as i really hate them both.sorry

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