The record shop was good to me last week - I got Sonic Youth's "Goo" (where my old copy has gone is a mystery) and "Truly There Is No Other" by Holly Golightly for £4 each.
Holly Golightly (real name, folks) has been known to knock about with the legends Billy Childish and Jack White and has released about 15 solo albums.
What I like about Holly is her love of fags and cups of tea, her curiously English voice, her sometimes twisted but always heartfelt lyrics, her love of old blues and 50s rockabilly - that when she recreates the style - sounds really fresh and lovely.
The record is very varied, and it's hard to pick a couple of tracks to represent it. It's very Kinksian, a point that's made even clearer by the two Ray Davies' penned songs she covers, but avoids being de-riv.
(Double Bass on the LP was provided by Sir Bald Diddley, according to the sleeve notes. Nice one Sir Bald!)
"You Have Yet To Win" is like a stone cold lost classic from the 60s, and "Without You Here" makes me wonder why it's Duffy at number one.
Anyways, here's the tunes, from her 2003 record (I must check and see what she's up to just now) and if you like them, please buy them.
Without You Here by Holly Golightly
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Oh, she's the 'Holly' on 'It's true we love one another' - recognised the voice immediately, but hadn't realised that's who it was when I heard Elephant.
Great couple of tracks btw. I'll check her out. Thanks for yet another good turn on, Blimp...
my pleasure ghe - remember, if you click the track name rather than the play button they should download to your home pc!
Elephant is an amazing record, I always found it a wee shame they just used Holly for the lightweight track (as much as I love it). "There's No Home For You Here Girl" is in my top ten White Stripes tracks.
Yeah, I was gobsmacked when I first heard it. If there was one album a year with that instant impact, I'd be well pleased, but I think the one before that, that hit me as hard, was Dummy, 9 years earlier! Other standouts - if I had to choose - would be Ball & Biscuit, Seven Nation Army, and Cold Cold Night, in that order.
I feel a 'Spill topic coming on...
The trio on the opening side (it's a double on vinyl) is epic, and heavy - 7 nation, black math, there's no home. By the time There's no home has peaked - you're on your back. The after that Jack delivers one of his best vocal performances ever with I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (great guitar solo too).
God, a top ten would be hard to pick. . .
Also, I have a very sweet personal Jack White story - which I may share some day....
Don't make us beg, Blimpy
it's late, and I'm all wet cos Mewsli just came in from the storm and snuggled up next to me, so NO WHITE STRIPES POST TONIGHT!
Great songs - specially the first one. There was a song of hers called On The Fire which was on a Rough Trade comp a few years back and was really good so I'd meant to look up some more of her stuff.
Glad you like 'em!
On The Fire is a top, top tune, by the way.
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