Tagged: bobstanley

And completing our fawning over the week's output from Kings Cross, Bob Stanley's plea to remember the force that Cliff Richard was, rather than the tiresome Tory arse he became: The late 60s and early 70s produced a wealth of forgotten Cliff treats. After Throw Down a Line came The Joy of Living, a snipe at postwar town planning, of all things. Silvery Rain was about pesticides. Then in 1972 came a single called Jesus. Robin Turner of Heavenly Records remembers being a teenager, "head full of all the usual prejudices that 18-year-olds have" and hearing [...]

Have to be quick with this one... Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs appeared on BBC 6Music's Saturday night show to deliver a party mix guaranteed to put a smile on any face! Be quick as it will only be online until the 14th March. Saint Etienne - Saturday Night Party Mix Tracklist: Ladyhawke - Morning Dance Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance Panda Bear - Carrots OMD - This Is Helena Cliff Johns - Goofy Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep The [...]

Pitchfork spend some quality time with Bob Stanley : Pitchfork: You have a new compilation, London Conversations. You've released quite a few comps-- Too Young to Die, Smash the System, Travel Edition, plus rarities and fan-club releases: Why another one and why now? BS: Um, yeah, it's slightly embarrassing. For some reason we didn't think anybody would notice there's been about four before [laughs]. We've only done one officially before, which was Too Young to Die. There's been various in between because we've changed labels so many times. The reason we're doing it now is [...]

Mike Batt: he's given us a lot of dubious value - the Wombling Merry Christmas, Katie Melua, and now, a piece for The Times where he sets out to prove that - oh, yes - illegal downloading is killing music using any argument he can think of: Why do people illegally download music? Because they can. I hate to jump all over his opening line, but this isn't actually true, is it? First of all, there are huge numbers of people who have the ability to illegally download who, for whatever reason, choose [...]