Pre-punk '70s British rockers who embodied the street-tough "bovver boy" aesthetic is the aim of May 2009's @MOJOmagazine covermount. The disc cuts a very wide swath through this description, as it ranges from the glam of T. Rex to the stomping of Mott the Hoople and the slashing mayhem of Motorhead. It even wraps up with music-hall comedian Max Wall's Stiff Records goofball gazetteer of Albion pop culture, "England's Glory." For my featured cut I've selected another Stiff release, this one a '77 solo cut by former member of Jethro Tull spinoff Blodwyn Pig, The Pink Fairies, and Motorhead itself Larry Wallis. "Police Car" was produced by label knobsman Nick Lowe; Wallis himself also became an in-house producer for the legendary indie. Wallis most recently resurfaced in 2002 with his first full-fledged solo album, Death in the Guitarfternoon. This is the studio version of "Police Car"; I first learned it from a concert take on the '78 label sampler Live Stiffs Live.   2

covermount 9 Oct 2014