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Roll Of Honour

Category: Rock & Roll

Go Diddley!
Bo Diddley, Culture, Music, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Go Diddley!

Who do you love? 1537, of course! Continue reading Go Diddley!

The Killer, Kills
60's, Culture, Jerry Lee Lewis, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

The Killer, Kills

Holding your face to the white-hot flame of rock and roll. Continue reading The Killer, Kills

Mama Get Your Hammer
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock & Roll

Mama Get Your Hammer

Must-follow parental and financial advice on a rock and roll compilation Continue reading Mama Get Your Hammer

High Times And Misdemeanours
Culture, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

High Times And Misdemeanours

Some righteous testimony for y’all. Continue reading High Times And Misdemeanours

A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene
Cramps, Culture, Dogs D'Amour, Hard Rock, Iggy Pop, Japan, Kate Bush, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene

A roving dweeb writes about canals and all that shit. Continue reading A Big Splash On The Amsterdam Vinyl Scene

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!
Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

Sick shrimp shit going down? can only be Elvis. Continue reading Shrimp! Shrimp! Shrimp!

December 10, 1949
Culture, Culture, Fats Domino, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl

December 10, 1949

The date of the biggest and best eruption there has ever been? Continue reading December 10, 1949

The Jim Jones Review
Culture, Jim Jones Revue, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

The Jim Jones Review

Doesn’t have to be complicated does it? that music thang, I mean.  So, technology is great, you can do some … Continue reading The Jim Jones Review

Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow
Chuck berry, Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow

As I was motivatin’ over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville 90 years aint too bad. Chuck … Continue reading Cuddlin’ More And Drivin’ Slow

Love Me Tea Vendor, Love Me True
Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Rock & Roll, Self-indulgent nonsense

Love Me Tea Vendor, Love Me True

Quite simply the best Christmas present we got this Christmas, a knitted Elvis tea cosy from Mrs 1537’s mother*. This … Continue reading Love Me Tea Vendor, Love Me True

Behind These Shades The Visions Fade
Culture, Mott The Hoople, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Vinyl

Behind These Shades The Visions Fade

You ever get stuck on a song? I do, often.  Tonight I was spinning Mott The Hoople Greatest Hits, in … Continue reading Behind These Shades The Visions Fade

1537 Vs. Scotland
African Music, Cramps, Music, Rugby, Self-indulgent nonsense, Songhoy Blues, Vinyl

1537 Vs. Scotland

This weekend was time for my annual pilgrimage to Cardiff to watch mighty red-clad warriors smashing 18 shades of enlightenment … Continue reading 1537 Vs. Scotland

Deprav-O-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong
Cramps, Culture, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Deprav-O-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong

I’ll run amok on you… do the devil’s dance You happy face fucks will pee your pants After revisiting some … Continue reading Deprav-O-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong

Matching Leopard Skin Bowtie And Boots
Culture, Music, New York Dolls

Matching Leopard Skin Bowtie And Boots

One of my fondest memories of university life is walking back from a tiny club called Riffs through a fucking rough … Continue reading Matching Leopard Skin Bowtie And Boots

Spencer Speaks!
Culture, Interview, MFC Chicken, Rock & Roll

Spencer Speaks!

In the fine tradition of Frost/Nixon in this exciting episode of 1537 I give you my no-holds-barred interview with Spencer Evoy, lead vox … Continue reading Spencer Speaks!

Hot Little Twig
60's, Culture, Elvis Presley, Music, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Vinyl

Hot Little Twig

Well I’ve got a gal, she’s as cute as she can be She’s a distant cousin but she’s not too … Continue reading Hot Little Twig

MFC Solid!
Culture, MFC Chicken, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll

MFC Solid!

Okay boys and girls, I’m done with playing nice here.  I have previously extolled the virtues of MFC Chicken Music … Continue reading MFC Solid!

Love Is Gonna …
Humour, MFC Chicken, Music, Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Love Is Gonna …

What do you get if you combine the talents of a Canadian, a Brazilian, a Mancunian, a Czech Jewish Indian … Continue reading Love Is Gonna …

Party! Get Naked! Buy Us Beer!
Record collecting, Rock & Roll, Sub Pop

Party! Get Naked! Buy Us Beer!

Poor Bobby Dylan he’s been scratching around in the music business for a lifetime without even coming close to scratching … Continue reading Party! Get Naked! Buy Us Beer!

Johnny, Dorsey, Paul
Johnny Burnette Trio, Record collecting, Rock & Roll

Johnny, Dorsey, Paul

Surely the greatest rock and roll story, rarely, told?  Johnny Burnette Trio The Legendary Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio.  … Continue reading Johnny, Dorsey, Paul

How That Elastic Snaps Against My Kneecaps
Cramps, Music, Rock & Roll

How That Elastic Snaps Against My Kneecaps

Dames, Booze, Chains and Boots Bend Over, I’ll Drive I Wanna Get in Your Pants Two-Headed Sex Change … and … Continue reading How That Elastic Snaps Against My Kneecaps

Vogliamo Bene A Elvis
Elvis Presley, Music, Rock & Roll, Vinyl

Vogliamo Bene A Elvis

After staying up far too late and writing far too much about a couple of 12″s yesterday, I’ll let you … Continue reading Vogliamo Bene A Elvis

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