Recorded at the rainbow music hall in denver on 15th april 1979. Dont tell columbus crackles with desperation and redemption sung with rich, passionate power. Michael gramaglias documentary dont ask me questions. These dreams will never sleep, the best of, 19762015 celebrates the incredible 40 year career of one of britains most seminal songwriters graham parker. Apr 24, 20 during their original alliance, graham parker and the rumour never released a live album that accurately represented how powerful they sounded in concert the execrable the parkerilla is only worth mentioning as an aside. Music profile for graham parker, born 18 november 1950. Rock, pub rock, new wave graham parker, graham parker. Graham parker, squeezing out sparks 40th anniversary. Graham parker and the rumour, one of the uks pioneering prepunk bands, returns with a new album, mystery glue. Albums include stick to me, the parkerilla, and discovering japan local girls. Graham parker and the rumour rainbow music hall 1979. The original lp is still listed as one of rolling stones 500 greatest albums of all time and graham will be playing selections from the new acoustic version on his 2019 tour dates. The 124 track box consists of three anthology discs with some of graham s best loved recorded work as a solo artist and with the rumour one of the uks pioneering prepunk bands. During their original alliance, graham parker and the rumour never released a live album that accurately represented how powerful they sounded in concert the execrable the parkerilla is only worth mentioning as an aside.
Graham parker has recorded and performed nonstop for the last 35 years. Complete your graham parker and the rumour collection. They recorded five albums together until they split in 1980. Recorded around the time grahams 2nd album was released in 1976. Written in parkers second home of new york and recorded in just six days in the legendary rak studios in london, mystery glue is a real return to form for this seminal british songwriter and powerhouse band, which features its original lineup of parker, bob andrews, brinsley. Stream tracks and playlists from graham parker the rumour on your desktop or mobile device.
These doubledisc packages, however, stand as essential documents of the early stages of the partnership between this supremely smart songwriter and a crack band. I thought i dreamed it but it was real, sings graham parker. Graham parker and the rumour live at palladium, oct 22, 1977. This is a a great show from early in graham parker s career, with his legendary band, the rumour. Graham parker the official bootleg box 6cd set 2010. Graham parker and the rumour watch the moon come down live at wfuv duration. The rumour were an english rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Graham parker, bruce springsteen, nick lowe, joe jackson, black. The illustrious 40year career of british original graham parker, both with and without the rumour, will be celebrated on 30 september by umc. Rock legend graham parker costars as a rudd client, along with his reallife band the rumour, winners of the 1979 village voice critics poll, now reunited really after 30 years. The rumour is, of course, best known as graham parkers backing band. Live in san francisco 7111976 bootleg another ducks deluxe members career path was guitarist with graham parker, filled by martin belmont.
Im gonna tear your playhouse down stone foundation, graham parker, 04. Brinsley schwartz guitar and bob andrews keys from the band brinsley schwartz, martin belmont guitar from ducks deluxe, and andrew bodnar bass and steve goulding drums from bontemps roulez thats french for let the good times. Graham parker is best known a popular rock performer in the united kingdom who has a unique working man persona and a unique stage presence. With judd apatow, nick lowe, graham parker, bruce springsteen.
Monosterio and the recent reunion shows by graham parker and the rumour, what are your favorite graham parker albums. Graham parker and the rumour the parkerilla discogs. Graham parker and the rumour live at palladium, oct 22. But nothing he did later matched the brilliance of those early few albums all time classics that stand up to anything. Welcome to the official channel of the spirited, prepunk pioneers graham parker and the rumour. Together with his passionately remembered band the rumour, graham was the inspiration for artists that followed him. The parker brothers the parker brothers 2016 va classic mellow mastercuts vol. The rumour also recorded three albums without parker over. Graham parker and the rumour live at marble arch hq audio.
Max 1977, frogs, sprouts, clogs and krauts 1979, and purity of essence 1980. However, unlike the other two, parker has always clung to. Sep, 2012 graham parker and the rumour can also be seen in judd apatows upcoming film, this is 40, and the parker documentary, dont ask me questions, by the gramaglia brothers. Refusing to compromise, graham marched to his own drum. Studio albums 7 pop rock power pop soft rock poprock new wave.
The woman of rumour 1 hours and 23 minutes movie hatsuko umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day kyoto. Jul 11, 20 graham parker lead vocals, rhythm guitar brinsley schwarz guitar, backing vocals martin belmont rhythm guitar, backing vocals bob andrews keyboards, backing vocals steve goulding. The uk version has been available for some time on cd, but the us version. This group seemed to be on the tv all the time when i was a nipper. Most of the guys continued on as session musicians playing with various other acts, with schwarz, bodnar, and goulding continuing to work quite a bit with graham parker on his solo albums and tours, as well as with elvis costello and others. Written in parker s second home of new york and recorded in just six days in the legendary rak studios in london, mystery glue is a real return to form for this seminal british songwriter and powerhouse band, which features its original lineup of parker, bob andrews, brinsley. The rumour max the rumour is, of course, best known as graham parkers backing band. Her daughter yukiko returns from tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mothers profession.
Graham parker ocean county library toms river, nj 20041022 flac 11 mar. Jun 06, 1979 but the rumour splitup, with both graham and each other in 1981, to go their separate ways. The album is a real return to form for this seminal british songwriter and powerhouse band, which features its original lineup of parker, bob andrews, brinsley schwarz, martin belmont, andrew bodnar and stephen goulding. Some songs with both guitar tabs in their entirety. His style influenced other rock artists including joe jackson, elvis costello and paul weller. The follow up to their magnificent debut disc, howling wind also issued in 1976. Graham parker lead vocals, rhythm guitar brinsley schwarz guitar, backing vocals martin belmont rhythm guitar, backing vocals bob andrews keyboards, backing vocals steve goulding. Graham parker and the rumour live at marble arch a. An official graham parker and the rumour live album, the parkerilla, issued in 1978, had nothing new. However, the rumour were also recording artists in their own right, releasing three albums. Thirty years into a storied career in rock n roll that began with his band the rumour presaging new wave, pub rock and punk graham parker finds himself at the absolute top of his game and in the midst of a extended creative hot streak. Graham parker and the rumour with, fools gold from their 1976 sophomore album, heat treatment.
Graham parker and the rumour reunite the new york times. Music profile for graham parker and the rumour, formed 1975. Featuring a rarely heard live broadcast from radio bremen in 1978, and, for the first time ever, a complete concert from 2012, recorded and mixed by dave cook. This is a a great show from early in graham parkers career, with his legendary band, the rumour. Listen to graham parker the rumour soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create new york.
Jun 15, 2016 the rumour max the rumour is, of course, best known as graham parkers backing band. I also loved early graham parker i hear he is rehearsing with the rumour for a tour soon. Graham parker the rumour free listening on soundcloud. All the lyrics, chords, bars, tablature and notation of lead guitar, including solos plus extracts from the rhythm guitar. Explore releases from graham parker and the rumour at discogs. Relive graham parkers four decades in the music business with this careerspanning reissue from universal music that covers both his years with the rumour and his solo output. Graham parker and the rumour old waldorf apr 9, 1979. However, parker and the rumour were too good onstage for the parkerilla to feel entirely like a throwaway. Graham parker and the rumour discography and songs. The best of graham parker 19762015 includes 90 tracks across six cds, a compilation live dvd, a 36page hardcover book featuring a new interview with parker and an overview. Graham parker was overshadowed by his fellow english new wavers elvis costello and joe jackson in the late 1970s. Graham parker and the rumour bottom line aug 17, 1976.
Dont ask me questions graham parker, the rumour, 05. Recorded around the time graham s 2nd album was released in 1976. In 1980, the rumour recorded their third and last album in two different versions. They all shared a penchant for witty, snide lyrics and strong hooks, and for marrying pop songcraft with punks roar.
Most observers, including parker himself, blamed his u. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from graham parker and the rumour at the discogs. The band reunited in 2011 to make parkers latest record and appeared as a unit in judd apatows film this is 40. The unsung life of graham parker profiles the fiercely independent musician, songwriter, and singer who was a contemporary of such seventies. Official bootleg box from quake records a 6cd box set of live material from 1976 through 2012. Parker s vocals are tough and soulful at every turn, the rumour get more of a chance to show off their instrumental prowess here than they did on their studio recordings, and when the players connect with the right song, as they do on. Originally formed in 1975, the band made waves with their in. The band split after the release of their fifth album, the up escalator and parker went on to forge a solo career that continues to produce powerful work.
Initially managed by stiff records founder dave robinson, graham parker was put together with former members of brinsley schwarz by his management and they became a huge and electrifying live draw, bridging new wave with the earlier pubrock scene. Judd apatow cast graham parker in this is 40 after. Graham parker and the rumour tour dates listed on since dec 2011. He also lives nearby in woodstock, so i see him play around usually acoustic. Graham parker the rumours stream on soundcloud hear the. One of the uks best ever singersongwriters and performers, gp has a career going back into the 70s with one of the hottest bands of the day the rumour. Before elvis costello, the sex pistols or the clash there was graham parker and the rumour, who anticipated the energy of punk and set the bar for smart, literate lyrics married to a.