In what is believed to be the first time a local community has banded together to record, produce and release a single, the charity is hoping that the record will not simply be perceived as a novelty gimmick, but rather that the song is judged upon its artistic merit.

The record has been described by Bowie’s record company as ‘unbelievably professional and full of passion’ and the overall project “as one of the most inspirational, ambitious, complex and inclusive community projects imaginable.”

The song which features 12 lead vocalists, 5 musicians and a choir of 60, collectively known as the Helensburgh Heroes Experience, was recorded in Glasgow’s Carlton Studios and on location in a local hall in Helensburgh. Helensburgh born Kenny Hyslop, a professional musician with Scots bands such as SLIK, Skids and Simple Minds, was the record’s producer.

The single can be heard at www.helensburghheroes.com and is now available to download from popular online music sites such as iTunes, Napster and Emusic.

The Charity is hoping that the single will not only attract commercial success, thus helping it to raise funds for much needed local arts and music facilities, but that it will also raise the profile of the past and present Helensburgh residents who have found global acclaim in the arts, sport, business and sciences, for example John Logie Baird and Deborah Kerr, and will inspire other communities to attempt similar projects.

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About Helensburgh Heroes
Helensburgh Heroes is a Scottish charity aimed at promoting regeneration through the arts, culture and heritage. As the name suggests, it is a fresh and dynamic collection of local people based in the Clyde side town of Helensburgh, and holds its roots in celebrating past and present local residents who have found global acclaim in the arts, sport, business and sciences, for example John Logie Baird and Deborah Kerr. The charity prides itself on its ethos of involving the local community in any Helensburgh Heroes endeavours, and has the overall aim of establishing a much needed permanent arts and leisure facility in the area, to assist and inspire the local community (young people in particular) to reach their full creative potential.

To listen to the single and for more information, go to:

Helensburgh Heroes Official Website
Helensburgh Heroes on Twitter

If I say David Bowie, you might think “Life On Mars”, “Ziggy Played Guitar”, “Heroes” or even “Space Oddity”. Yes, there are many faces to Mr. Bowie, his music stretches back to the mid sixties and still continues to surprise us today.

I’ve been a David Bowie fan since way back in the big collar and platform shoe days of the 1970’s. I was probably 10 years old when I bought “The Laughing Gnome” single. Novelty record yes, but it did get me interested in what else this bloke could do.

Fast forward to go backwards. It wasn’t until 1979 that I became familiar with my favorite David Bowie songs. I was at a party ’round a friend’s house when I heard “Love You Till Tuesday”. “Who’s this?” I asked naively. “David Bowie” came the reply, as if I was a bit stupid to ask such a question. This song was one of his earliest from an album containing many other gems such as “She’s Got medals”, “The London Boys”, “Uncle Arthur” and many more, every one a classic.

So if you are only familiar with Mr Bowie’s famous songs, then give some of these old tunes a go and see what you think.

Here’s one for an example of what a great talent this man is.

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By: Dave Tommo

WORN FREE celebrates Debbie Harry’s birthday and offers 10% off all her T-shirts throughout the first two weeks of July. The talented and beautiful Debbie Harry celebrates her birthday today and Worn Free is the perfect way to become part of rock history!

Blondie’s lead singer Debbie Harry quickly became recognized as one of the most influential fashion icons of the 70s with hit songs like “Heart of Glass” and “The Tide is High.” Her stage persona of cool sexuality and streetwise style became so closely associated with her two-toned blonde hair that many came to believe her real name was Blondie.

Debbie’s career as a musical artist and trendsetter took flight when edgy polaroid photographs of her were first published in Punk Magazine. She became the Punk Magazine’s first T-shirt model and with WORN FREE you can embrace Debbie Harry’s history and rock out with her signature “PUNK” T-shirt.

If you want something more fun, you can welcome in the summer with the legendary “Camp Funtime” shirt that Harry made famous during her first 1977 North American tour when Blondie opened for Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Other T-shirts embodied by Debbie Harry include No Pictures, Berlin, Vultures, Mick Ronson, L.A.M.F., Blue Jackets and Skull. Just enter coupon code RAPTURE. But this offer expires July 15, 2009, so order while the tide is high.

WORN FREE combines art, pop culture, and rock and roll into a line of hip T-shirts that really make rock history come alive. WORN FREE features some the most iconic designs and slogans of the 60s and 70s and the revival has been welcomed by a litany of celebrities such as Joel McHale, Jennifer Aniston, Robert Downey Jr, Mischa Barton, Adrian Grenier, and Naomi Campbell, who have all delighted in the chance to honor their favorite rock legends.

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David Bowie has been there ever since I can remember. I’ve enjoyed his tunes since I was a small kid, way back in the early 1970’s. People are well familiar with such songs as “Young Americans” and “Changes”, but have you spent time looking back a bit further than that? In the 60’s David was working on songs that to me, were some of the best he would ever produce.

Listen to “The Gospel According To Tony Day”. This was the b-side to the song “Laughing Gnome”. There are also albums out there with such classics on there as “Love Me Till Tuesday” or “Mr. Grave Digger”. One of my favourites is the song “The Little Bombadier” – it’s funny and sad.

Yes. So if you are a Bowie fan, sort yourself out with his early writings. I can honestly say you won’t be disappointed. You will feel like you have just discovered a new artist. It’s so mad none of these songs are anything like his latter recordings. Anyway. Have fun with the tunes and play them to your friends. Here’s one of my favourites to get you started.

Listen to “Uncle Arthur” on YouTube:

Listen to “The London Boys”:

Now go check out his first albums. He was definitely going through “Ch-ch-changes!!

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By: Dave Tommo

Building on the success of ‘The Edge of the 80s’ earlier this year, it seemed only right and proper to continue the series. The logical next release is ‘The Edge of the 70s’, serving up 3CDs of classic tracks from the late 70s as well as some more obscure gems, and tracks that have never been on CD before.

The late 1970s are known for the rise in computers; the start of big things for the likes of Apple and Microsoft, the emergence of directors like Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and the shift in music away from the more overblown progressive rock towards the experimental New Wave sound.

‘The Edge Of The 70s’ is not ‘just another 70s album’. It’s for the discerning music fan, or anyone with a keen interest in the late 70s, an era that has inspired many of today’s artists such as Kings Of Leon, Babyshambles and Interpol to name just a few.

This eclectic 3CD collection includes British rock legends Cure with “Boys Don’t Cry”, moving into living legend Patti Smith “Because The Night”, and the iconic Blondie “I’m Always Touched By Your Prescence Dear”.

The album gets even better with superstar David Bowie’s “Sounds & Vision”, Kate Bush with “Wow”, B52’s “Rock Lobster”, Gary Numan’s “Complex” and ending with Joe Jackson “Is She Really Going Out With Him”.

‘The Edge Of The Seventies’ is scheduled for release 22nd September, 2008 on Sony BMG.

Tracklist

(Information subject to change – TBC)

CD1

1. David Bowie – Sound & Vision
2. Blondie – Always Touched By Your Prescence
3. Martha & The Muffins – Echo Beach
4. Patti Smith – Because The Night
5. B-52s – Rock Lobster
6. Rezillos – Top Of The Pops
7. Undertones – Teenage Kicks
8. Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner
9. Ian Dury – Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
10. Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
11. Toyah – Ieya
12. Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
13. Jam – Strange Town
14. Secret Affair – Time For Action
15. The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
16. The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes
17. Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
18. Members – Sound Of The Suburbs
19. Buzzcocks – Promises

CD 2

1. Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
2. X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents
3. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Playground Twist
4. Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
5. Joy Division – Transmission
6. Public Image Ltd – Death Disco
7. Gary Numan – Complex
8. Iggy Pop – Nightclubbin
9. Human League – Being Boiled
10. Japan – European Son
11. Telex – Rock Around The Clock
12. John Foxx – Underpass
13. Giorgio Moroder – From Here To Eternity
14. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer
15. New Musik – Straight Lines
16. Fad Gadget – Back To Nature
17. Ultravox – Rockwrok
18. Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe

CD 3

1. Ramones – Baby I Love You
2. Kate Bush – Wow
3. Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
4. Nick Lowe – I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
5. Cars – My Best Friends’ Girl
6. Pretenders – Kid
7. Mink DeVille – Spanish Stroll
8. M – Pop Muzik
9. Quantum Jump- Lone Ranger
10. Regents – 7Teen
11. Jilted John – Jilted John
12. Flying Lizards – Money
13. Adam & The Ants – Cartrouble
14. Tourists – I Only Want To Be With You
15. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
16. Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?
17. Squeeze – Up The Junction
18. Only Ones – Another Girl Another Planet
19. John Cooper Clarke – Gimmix Play Loud

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Introducing the new compilation album which takes some of the best singer/songwriter tracks ever produced and brings decades of music together on one complete album.

‘Singer’ is the latest compilation from Sony BMG and features a fresh and eclectic mix of acoustic, soul, jazz, blues and pop singer/songwriter classics to our ears. ‘Singer’ is set for UK release September 1st, 2008.

Whatever the decade, the British public has always had a constant love affair for classic singer/songwriter hits. This compilation now celebrates that with a great mix of old and new.

From classics including Annie Lennox’s smash hit “Why”, “Wild is in the Wind” by David Bowie, Bob Dylan’s “Baby, Stop Crying” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, to more recent modern day hits including Amy Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game”, Newton Faulkner’s haunting version of “Teardrop”, and the soulful melody of Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah”, the album is two CDs of pure music heaven. There really is something to suit every musical taste.

The best singer/songwriter album to hit the shelves for a long time, this carefully selected compilation will take you on a musical journey through the years.

Singer Tracklisting

(Amazon.co.uk tracklisting – information subject to change.)

Disc: 1

1. Bad Day – Powter, Daniel
2. Love Song – Bareilles, Sara
3. Lost – Buble, Michael
4. Come Away With Me – Jones, Norah
5. Love Is A Losing Game – Winehouse, Amy
6. White Flag – Dido
7. Hallelujah – Buckley, Jeff
8. Cannonball – Rice, Damien
9. Last Request – Nutini, Paolo
10. Nine Million Bicycles – Melua, Katie
11. Teardrop – Faulkner, Newton
12. Leave Right Now – Young, Will
13. 1973 – Blunt, James
14. You Give Me Something – Morrison, James (3)
15. Run Baby Run – Crow, Sheryl
16. Please Forgive Me – Gray, David (2)
17. Wild Wood – Weller, Paul
18. Waiting On The World To Change – Mayer, John (2)
19. Going To A Town – Wainwright, Rufus
20. Wild Is The Wind – Bowie, David

Disc: 2

1. Your Song – John, Elton
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
3. Praying For Time – Michael, George
4. Why – Lennox, Annie
5. Moments Of Pleasure – Bush, Kate
6. Perfect Day – Reed, Lou
7. Fields Of Gold – Cassidy, Eva
8. By Your Side – Sade
9. Constant Craving – Lang, K.D.
10. Way It Is – Hornsby, Bruce & The Range
11. Ballad Of Lucy Jordan – Faithfull, Marianne
12. 1000 Oceans – Amos, Tori
13. Chuck E’s In Love – Jones, Rickie Lee
14. Brown Eyed Girl – Morrison, Van
15. Baby Stop Crying – Dylan, Bob
16. Right Here Waiting – Marx, Richard
17. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You – Nicks, Stevie
18. That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Simon, Carly

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Scarlett Johansson releases her debut album, ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’, on Rhino, on May 19, 2008 in the UK (Atco Records May 20 – US). The album is preceded by the limited edition 7″ single, “Falling Down” on May 5.

The inspired album features 10 Tom Waits songs and includes one original track.

Collaborating with TV on the Radio producer David Sitek, Scarlett Johansson is also joined by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, Sean Antanaitis from Celebration and David Bowie who sings on two tracks.

The single “Falling Down”, comes with an exclusive b-side “Yesterday’s Here” on 7″, and is also available as a one-track download, released May 5.

Johansson spent last spring recording in Louisiana at Dockside Studios.

“Think Nico, backed by The Flaming Lips. On acid” – Daily Telegraph

“Scarlett’s performances are mystical and twice cool” – David Bowie

Listening party links for Scarlett Johansson tracks (select your player):

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Listening Party Tracklist picked by Scarlett herself:

1. Fawn
2. Town with No Cheer
3. Falling Down
4. Anywhere I Lay My Head
5. Fannin Street
6. Song for Jo

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“All You Need Is Me” is among a handful of new songs to have graced Morrissey’s set list over shows in recent months and was performed earlier this year on Later With Jools Holland along-side “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”, “That’s How People Grow Up” and the classic “The Last Of The Famous International Playboys”.

The “All You Need Is Me” single formats will feature new songs as exclusive b-sides.

“My Dearest Love” and “Children In Pieces” were recorded in LA with multi-award winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla who has won Oscars for his scores for the films Brokeback Mountain and Babel and Baftas for his scores for Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. They feature additional production and were mixed by Jerry Finn, producer of 2004’s widely acclaimed ‘You Are The Quarry’ (a #2 album in the UK).

A third b-side, a cover of David Bowie’s “Drive-in Saturday” recorded live at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska in May 2007, completes the set.

Finn has also produced the ‘A’ side “All You Need Is Me” and is currently finishing production of Morrissey’s new studio album, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2006’s #1 ‘Ringleader Of The Tormentors’ which is due for an Autumn 2008 release. ‘Greatest Hits’, spanning Morrissey’s 20 year solo career, is out now on Decca/Polydor and features 9 top 10 singles amongst its 15 tracks.

“All You Need Is Me” Single formats and B-Sides:

CD single

Track 1: “All You Need Is Me”
Track 2: “Children In Pieces”

7″ #1

Side A: All You Need Is Me”
Side B: “My Dearest Love”

7″ #2

Side A: “All You Need Is Me”
Side B: “Drive-in Saturday” (written by David Bowie, Recorded Live at the Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, 11th May 2007)

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Morrissey has chosen Beck, The New York Dolls, The Courteeners, Black Kids, Siouxsie Sioux, Guillemots, Dirty Pretty Things, The Wombats and Noise Is The Best Revenge amongst others to be his guests at Hyde Park.

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While the early 80’s is now a quarter of a century ago: the style, the sounds, the fashion pioneered by the fringe artists of the 80’s has never been so relevant to modern day life and music.

The Klaxons, CSS, New Young Pony Club, Calvin Harris are all artists who are heavily influenced by periphery 80s artists. Many a feel good album with the cheesy tunes of the 80s has been released but never something as razor sharp and stylish as ‘The Edge Of The Eighties’.

Now for the first time Sony BMG is proud to announce the release of an 80’s compilation with an ‘edgier’, fresher and cooler tracklisting. ‘The Edge Of The Eighties’ – highlighting some of the artists and tracks that may not be as familiar, but still defined the times, is set for UK release on 31st March, 2008.

Featuring fierce tracks from Ultravox “Vienna”, Visage “Fade To Gray”, New Order “Temptation”, Pretenders “Talk Of The Town”, The Associates “Party Fears Two”, Propaganda “Duel”, The Cure “The Walk” and Psychedelic Furs “Love My Way”.

If that isn’t enough this triple CD compilation also includes tracks from legends Adam & The Ants and superstar David Bowie. Many of these tracks have only previously been available on vinyl and now can all be found together on this excellent retrospective of the niche 80s bands that shaped a generation.

The Edge Of The Eighties track list (Provisional):

CD1

1. Ultravox – Vienna
2. Visage – Fade To Grey
3. Soft Cell – Torch
4. Passions – I’m In Love With A German Filmstar
5. Japan – Quiet Life
6. Landscape – Einstein A Go-Go
7. Simple Minds – Glittering Prize
8. Adam & The Ants – Dog Eat Dog
9. Bow Wow Wow – Go Wild In The Country
10. Altered Images – Don’t Talk To Me About Love
11. Fiction Factory – Feels Like Heaven
12. Furniture – Brilliant Mind
13. Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You
14. David Sylvian – Red Guitar
15. Associates – Party Fears Two
16. ABC – That Was Then…
17. Haysi Fantayzee – John Wayne Is Big Leggy
18. Haircut 100 – Favourite Shirts

CD2

1. New Order – Temptation
2. Propaganda – Duel
3. Swansway – Soul Train
4. Joy Division – Atmosphere
5. Cocteau Twins – Pearly Dewrdrops’ Drops
6. Mobiles – Drowning In Berlin
7. Pretenders – Talk Of The Town
8. Susan Fassbender – Twilight Cafe
9. Art Of Noise – Beatbox
10. SPK – Metal Dance **
11. A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran
12. Tears For Fears – Pale Shelter
13. Blue Zoo – Cry Boy Cry
14. B-Movie – Remembrance Day
15. Thompson Twins – In The Name Of Love
16. Blancmange – Living On The Ceiling
17. Men Without Hats – Safety Dance
18. H20 – I Dream To Sleep

CD3

1. Siouxsie & The Banshees – Dear Prudence
2. The Cure – The Walk
3. Scritti Politti – Absolute
4. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
5. Japan – Life In Tokyo
6. David Bowie – Up The Hill Backwards
7. Devo – Whip It
8. Our Daughters Wedding – Lawnchairs
9. Bauhaus – Kick In The Eye
10. Spear Of Destiny – Liberator
11. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Back Of Love
12. Bow Wow Wow – Chihuahua
13. Dead Or Alive – That’s The Way (I Like It)
14. Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
15. Stranglers – European Female
16. Telex – Moskow Diskow
17. Laurie Anderson – O Superman

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