GLAM! III by Cloudland Blue Quartet
Recorded over 14 days from February to June 2023 and one additional day in October 2024, as demos for his band Capital Models re songs they might cover or, in a few cases, already do, CBQ has compiled another 36 performances for this Record Store Day release.
Most have never been heard before, while a few have been featured on his weekly Eclectic Selection podcasts on Mixcloud.
Every vocal is a 1st take - indeed, as with 2023's "GLAM!" and 2024's "GLAM! #2", David had never sung many of these songs prior to these renditions.
So, you may spot vocal fluffs & errors from the very off (e.g. the initial cue on "Rebel Rebel" slightly missed, the less than absolutely in tune "Sound and Vision", or some shockingly bad vocalising on "Crazy Horses" - mind you, everyone else scrapes the barrel for Record Store Day!), but is he really desecrating the catalogues of David Bowie (6), Brian Eno (5), Lou Reed (2), The Beatles (2), Uriah Heep (2), Roxy Music (2), The Electric Light Orchestra (1), Alvin Stardust (1), Bad Company (1), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1), Bread (1), Frank Sinatra (1), Bryan Ferry (1), Kraftwerk (1), Kiss (1), Status Quo (1), The Monkees (1), The Osmonds (1), Elton John (1), Alice Cooper (1), T Rex (1) or Elvis Presley (1)?
You are the judge!
4LP Box Set
Side 1
Rebel Rebel
10538 Overture
My Coo Ca Choo
St Elmo's Fire
Feel Like Makin' Love
Side 2
Sound and Vision
Sweet Jane (Rock'n'Roll Animal)
Lucky Man
"Heroes"
Side 3
Revolution
The Guitar Man
Queen Bitch
Sweet Lorraine
Chance Meeting
Side 4
Cindy Tells Me
Rock On
Space Oddity
Send In The Clowns
Side 5
The "In" Crowd
Spinning Away
The Model
God of Thunder
Side 6
On Some Faraway Beach
Caroline
I Am the Walrus
Daydream Believer
Crazy Horses
Side 7
Vicious
Crocodile Rock
Cold Ethyl
Time
Stealin'
Side 8
Telegram Sam
Julie With...
Mother of Pearl
Blue Suede Shoes
Tracklist
| 1. | Rebel Rebel | 4:01 |
| 2. | 10538 Overture | 4:11 |
| 3. | My Coo Ca Choo | 2:43 |
| 4. | St Elmo's Fire | 3:00 |
| 5. | Feel Like Makin' Love | 4:44 |
| 6. | Sound and Vision | 3:04 |
| 7. | Sweet Jane (Rock'n'Roll Animal) | 4:37 |
| 8. | Lucky Man | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Heroes" | 6:27 |
| 10. | Revolution | 3:21 |
| 11. | The Guitar Man | 3:36 |
| 12. | Queen Bitch | 3:13 |
| 13. | Sweet Lorraine | 4:15 |
| 14. | Chance Meeting | 4:22 |
| 15. | Cindy Tells Me | 3:28 |
| 16. | Rock On | 3:29 |
| 17. | Space Oddity | 4:42 |
| 18. | Send In The Clowns | 4:25 |
| 19. | The "In" Crowd | 4:32 |
| 20. | Spinning Away | 5:25 |
| 21. | The Model | 3:36 |
| 22. | God of Thunder | 4:15 |
| 23. | On Some Faraway Beach | 4:36 |
| 24. | Caroline | 3:50 |
| 25. | I Am the Walrus | 4:40 |
| 26. | Daydream Believer | 3:13 |
| 27. | Crazy Horses | 2:35 |
| 28. | Vicious | 3:00 |
| 29. | Crocodile Rock | 3:45 |
| 30. | Cold Ethyl | 2:54 |
| 31. | Time | 5:13 |
| 32. | Stealin' | 4:41 |
| 33. | Telegram Sam | 3:39 |
| 34. | Julie With... | 6:37 |
| 35. | Mother of Pearl | 5:41 |
| 36. | Blue Suede Shoes | 2:02 |
Credits
Recorded at Crispycat, Edinburgh UK, 8, 15, 17, 23, 24, 28 February, 6, 12, 14, 15, 30 March, 18 May, 5, 7 June 2023, 15 October 2024
PLAY LOUD!!
License
All rights reserved.
A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting...