They tell me that to be surrounded by bastards is a good thing

So a bastard, son-of-a bitch from hell week from Den; the likes of which he don't wish to see until he enters the other side...So; Motown, Jessica Harper & Mr. B for yuz.

So I dug this great rare Motown CD and have since been trying to source this one (£100 would appear to be the starting price....so back to the dull cd. This gal was the first white artist on Motown (despite what Kiki Dee) may tell you! The answer record to 'Shop around' is worth a lesson too...As is this jibberish early sixties tune from the swell-named Harvey Fuqua! And to round off an all early Motown special is the Darnells sounding like they've kidnapped Phil Spector at gun point and drove him to Detroit. Well, I guess they did it before he did!

Debbie Dean- Everybody's talking about my baby

Debbie Dean- Don't let him shop around

Harvey- Any way you wanta

The Darnells- Too hurt to cry

So I was recommended this flick by Dan Sette which wasn't bad and featured the unknown what she looks like now-but-would-certainly-build-a-time-machine-to-get-her-back-in-the-early-eighties Jessica Harper...check her as a standard neurotic in Woody's great 8 and a half rip-off 'Stardust memories' as well...though she looks more the berries in this one....But here's a comp by some stalker-type from the tube

Jessica Harper show reel

A welcome journey back into the world of burly/ cabaret with Mr B. The gentlemen rapper. This guy is a frickin hoot that razzes my berries like there ain't no tomorrow. Check him out (prior knowledge of NWA- Straight out of Compton may be required). You gotta doff your cap to any guy who name checks Lapsang Souchong and pokes fun at the up it's own ass game that is cricket!

Mr B. Straight out of Surrey

You got a way of moving awound...

Just hot tracks (and naff but good ones) this week as Den plunges the depths further than even he thought possible. We've got a guy who can't pronounce his "R's", a square and a skeleton in the closet from Bowie.

I've been scratching the idea box since I realised i've never blogged Boyd & his Rockets...possibly the squarest looking rocker this side of the guy who belts out 'Sea cruise'.

Boyd Bennett & his Rockets- Tight tights

Adam Faith- I vibrate

Who said '60's Bowie was a pile of twee, twaddly, hogwash. Not Den! Only listen if you're a fan of 'The laughing gnome', 'The gospel according to Tony Day' and songs of their ilk. It's been a few years since I heard this one on Mark's Bowie barrel scraping tape series! Dunno if this ever saw the light of day back in '68 but here it is...

David Bowie- London bye ta-ta

Side shuffling

So it's Mid- January and I've been neglecting my corner of the web for the last few weeks. So lined up against the wall we have a smattering of youtube clips and some booshwash about Mad Men (Season 3 starts on the beeb on 21/1/10). Oh yeah, and a bunch of cheesy crappy pictures of our musical stars to add to their smokin' tracks!

The search goes on for cheesy images of the Peter Pan of pop...In the meantime the real work...the search for hot slabs keeps chuggin along....snort it up folks!

Cliff Richard & The Shadows- Ain't no turning back

The shot at the beginning of this video flips ol' Den's toupe...it's like '78 porn! That lovely burgendy Peacock label enticing me in...oh, to build a time machine...I tell you, it's hard to find cheesy pictures of a 50's R n B singer looking cheesy...

Big Mama Thornton- They call me big Mama

And so to a complete piss- wet knickers, scream fest from the blonde scouser William Wycherley. I think this may have been his first release. He's one stone cold bastard this dude...that is until the vid cuts short at the end! This is the worse picture I can find of Billy on the whole net...lookin' a bit like Rod Stewart...

Billy Fury- Don't knock upon my door

Absolute hogwash from the future coochie-coochie coo man who stole Dave Berry's act for the glam rock age. Anyway, his 5ft 2" girlfriend is missing...it's as rockin' as it gets in 1961 in Mansfield...top rate! This snap is from an ill-advised stint in Shitty-shitty bang-bang.

Shane Fenton & The Fentones- Five foot two, eyes of blue

And so to season 2 of Mad Men. I've previously raved about this copacetic TV show but this section has seen me tune my peepers seriously into the duds that Don wears on a daily basis! That cat is gone man! Anyhow, that aside- Joan! That girl has got a figure that not only doesnt give up but slaps you with a restraining order and then pees in your petrol tank for good measure. She's one smokin' sock dollager...and on this clip she's sat next to that cat- hound Russell Brand...

Christina Hendricks on the Jimmy Kimmel show

End of the decade

So Den has a great pre- Christmas jaunt down to the smoke...incorporating a visit to La Clique, Intoxica, the national gallery and to Frisky & Mannish's Christmas show at the Lyric on Shaftsbury Avenue. He'd been sniffy about this pair after seeing the below- par 'Wheels on the bus' go round number but was served up a nice big hunk of humble pie. This was one hell of show with too many highlights to poke a sticky stick at...so here is just one of 'em...

Frisky & Mannish- Beep!

So more rare tunes...I first heard this a few years back on Morrissey's 'Under the influence' CD. Not seen or located out in the field since...check out this great pop/ northern number on the tube...nice pre- bleach job snap to lap up for ya as well!

Diana Dors- So little time

So here's another clip from the future rat-packer Sammy Davis Jnr. He's a proper mini- me in this one coming over a little freakish in one of Den's 2009 faves 'You rascal you'.

Sammy Davis Jnr- You rascal you

So that's it for 2009- look out for more in the new year and get your tickets for Burly Q on January 30th at www.burlyq.co.uk. Happy New Year!

Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands

So this week in Densville we got a debut for Woody Allen alongside the usual smattering of vinyl and a focus on another Scotch burlesque starlet!

Here's a new one that I recently discovered on what appears to be an all-Stax Christmas LP. Gee wizz it's Christmas don't really inspire you to think that this gal is gonna put any effort into this one...time to eat some festive humble pie!

Carla Thomas- Gee wizz it's Christmas

Another one for the dream list is this Decca/ Deram classic from the late 60's from Shape & Sizes (Who are they I hear you ask)...ain't got the foggiest! I just know I want it, need it!!!

Shape & Sizes- Rain on my face

This has always been one of Den's fave Woody Allen flicks (he can't believe he ain't blogged the dude before). In this scene Michael Caine attempts to bump into his messed-up sister-in-law so he can ball her instead of the equally-crazy wife back at the upper west side apartment...

Elliot chases Lee in Hannah & her sisters

So were onto the last of our Scotch Burly Q performers for Jan...Cat Aclysmic....You can't beat a combo of Johnny Kidd & itching powder folks! And boy! this girl has some serious ink. I do wanna shoot the dumb-ass shouting 'sexy' at the start...when has that ever been 'sexy'...

Itchin' powder routine Cat Aclysmic

Everything happens on time

DJ'ing frenzy at Casa Den-Aud this last week with Spin City in the bag Plan B & Burly Q are in the pending tray. I've got a few Xmas discoveries for you alongside the usual rag bag of reem swag hawled in by Den from dusty boxes in the last week...

Let's get things straight at the start: I love Joe Tex. You should hear 'Chicken crazy' which despite losing it's way at the end is soon to be blogged. There are oodles of others that I could dangle in front of your nose. Anyway, this guy wouldn't look out of place in a Carry on film with his approach to the fairer sex. He certainly ain't someone you'd want to spend Christmas with (Oh, the irony! Joe become a muslim in the late '70's!)...you can imagine him buying you a new set of pans and a hoover for Christmas to keep his crib clean for when the boys (Say, Leroy!) come over and vom on the carpet...

Joe Tex- I'll make every day Christmas for my woman

More lowest common denominator here with some border-line filth from 1951. I still don't know how to 'hucklebuck'...

Fluffy Hunter- Walk right in

And finally a might roar from those Geordies- The Animals. Den had his ears tuned to 'Chemistry' by those frightfully decked-out Girls Aloud gals...yup, it's a sample from this! It's on the flip of 'Don't let me be misunderstood'..

The Animals- Club a go-go

So Den gets a night in the house with eight french women. Yup, he'd seen it before (back in 2002!) when a number of knuckle-draggers down at the local megaplex shuffled out when a) they realised this film was in French! and b) the rest of them pissed orf when the singing started....A nice little Xmas film to get you in the festive mood.

8 Women trailer

This gal is soon to be seen at Burly Q and this one gives me the shiverin' fits...You're always welcome at Den's house if you can nipple tassle upside down! Anyone know what the song is by the way...?

Daiquiri Dusk- Twisted Gypsy

You rascal, you

So it's all female this week in Densville. Den's been chillin' at home with a one venture out to eat an eponymous trout the other night. Any way I've come over all British this week with everything hailing from these fair shores with 60s gals, 30s haus frau's and Scottish Burly Q from Vendetta Vain. Snaffle it up folks...

A snag from a charity shop...the hen's teeth unfortunatly look like they've had cement mixed on them! Plenty of gusto though from these perenial backing singers who were themselves ex-members of Den's fav The Vernons Girls...

The Breakaways- That boy of mine

A British 'Leader of the pack' or a pile of pop hogwash? Never seen this live clip before...

Twinkle- Terry

Den has spent the last few weeks watching 'Pennies from heaven' and is just about to watch the last episode. He knows how it all turns out though having read the book some time back but you can always rely on Potter for some schmokin' dance routines and top music. Head over to the bay to snag the cheap as frites soundtrack LP which includes the light years ahead of it's time 'Nasty man' by Ray Noble and his orchestra with Dorothy Carless. There's also this one which is missing from my LP with possibly the best title ever- 'You rascal, you'. In there is Arthur's stuck-up, pain-in-the-ass but oh so cute Mrs!

Pennies from heaven- You rascal, you

So, final straight time and a bit of Johnny Cash for you peeps. I'm sure this is how long-gone Johnny would like to be remembered! Here's the great Vendetta Vain popping her bum grapes to Cash's hit. I love the look on her face when she notices the Sigmund Freuds under her dress. Plug time...check her at Burly Q on January 30th! That head shot alone should be enough for you to book a plane, train or sharrabang down/up to Sheffield...

Balloon popping bum grapes