Might be of interest to some out there… or maybe not :0)
The Worst Record Covers in the World exhibition
The exhibition takes place until April 4, at the Southgate Club in North London
The exhibition takes place until April 4, at the Southgate Club in North London
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And the most tasteless is original cover of The Scorpions Virgin Killer. Don’t google it.
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Is this the same exhibition that they had in Birkenhead?
Yep… here are some other display dates
Past Shows
Huddersfield Town Centre, 5-14 November 2021
Spode Museum, Stoke on Trent, 1 May- 30 Jun 2022
Shambala Festival, 25-28 August 2022
Huddersfield Town Centre 23 March – 2 April 2023
Williamson Museum & Art Gallery, Birkenhead Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
Future Yard, Birkenhead Nov-Dec 2023
Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick 6 Feb – 21 Apr 2024
Bearded Theory Festival 23 May – 26 May 2024
Halifax Comedy Festival 17 – 27 Oct 2024
Warrington Art Gallery and Museum
19 Oct 2024 – 9 Feb 2025
Leicester Comedy Festval- The Big Difference
5 – 23 Feb 2025
Future Shows
The Southgate Club, London
9 Mar-4 Apr 2025
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
4 May – 22 Jun 2025
Buxton Fringe, Various Venues
9-27 July 2025
Edinburgh Fringe, Various Venues
1-25 Aug 2025
Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Sep – Dec 2026
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A little swamp blues by some posh boys from London , followed by the original ;
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Literally the first and the only one I think of whenever I run into such lists. I genuinely can’t believe that someone thought it would be a good idea - and got away with it.
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Blind Faith is the other one that springs to mind. Even the Spinal Tap spoof covers didn’t get that bad.
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Back in '68 , somebody thought it might be a good idea for Elvis to jump on the Psychedelia bandwagon. Remarkably it’s not quite as bad as you’d think.
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I loved his 1968 show. My mum loved all his films as well.
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I am definitely going to see if i can get tickets. 
He is a poet and lyrical genius. I am not even a great hip hop fan.
My nephew and two neices looked at me and said "aren’t you abit old to go to a hip hop concert?“
I said " i am young at heart”.
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There used to be a time when every decent pub had a juke box… The guy in the village pub by me used to change the numbers of the selected song you wanted to play… Many a time people put money in for the first time, punched the number for ELO to liven the place up… only for Nana Mouskouri to start singing some dirge or other… then them having to walk away, protesting to everyone that was laughing at them, it wasn’t their choice :0)
Looking at the chart listings here… some of a certain age, could look at probably all of them, and could still remember the lyrics to each one…!
Anyway… here is the three I would have picked for my 50p :0)
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Not Ally’s Tartan Army?
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That’s a hell of a chart, isn’t it? I can’t argue with your top 3, but it would pain me to leave a lot of those out. Even the bottom half has some all time classics.
Does the Swan in Liverpool still have its jukebox? I could spend a whole day in there listening to it.
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I only recently saw this for the first time. I can’t stop watching it!
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It seems as though it does…
The Swan Inn with its ‘legendary’ jukebox is a ‘sanctuary’ on Wood Street for the alternative crowd.
One of the comments below the article from some guy states…
" Still waiting for the three I put on in 1976 " :0)
Viz:
Liverpool city centre’s most ‘uncompromising’ pub people compare to Star Wars cantina
While Liverpool as a city has become well accustomed to reinventing itself since the 1980s, there are some places you hope will never change.
For many city centre drinkers, that place is the Swan Inn. Known simply as ‘the Swan’, this historic pub has stood on Wood Street since Victorian times.
Stepping into the pub from the daylight of Wood Street can be a shock. Your eyes take time to adjust to its cool darkness and glowing red light while simultaneously rocked by a punch of heavy metal blasting from its legendary jukebox.
Its seating is a combination of wooden pews and tables; its walls an exhibition of classic posters and swan-themed paintings. There’s also an upstairs bar overlooked by a mezzanine.
The Swan’s position at the top of Wood Street has traditionally meant that from the 1970s through to the 2000s, it has acted as a starting point for drinkers and gig-goers heading to Wilsons and Sloanes – later the Krazyhouse. Now the last surviving venue of its kind on Wood Street, the Swan still pulls in the “alternative” crowds, old and young.
But to say that the Swan caters just to an alternative crowd would be a massive injustice. The pub is renowned for welcoming anyone and everyone through its doors.
Inside the Swan Inn glows an inviting red, on Wood Street, Liverpool. Legendary jukebox on the back wall
For years the Swan’s eclectic selection of beers has tempted the real ale drinkers, long before men unironically sporting flat caps around the bars of the Baltic Triangle were a regular sight. Its reputation for friendliness and community – a rare thing in a city centre pub these days – make it a favourite for businessmen and students alike.
The Swan is part of a classic triumvirate of Liverpool pubs under the same ownership as Ye Cracke on Rice Street and The Pilgrim on Pilgrim Street. John Storton, managing director of Yellow Spider Media who look after all three pubs, said the Swan survived the pandemic with the help of its regular customers.
John told the ECHO: "All of the regulars were so supportive – we did all sorts. We were doing a virtual jukebox on Spotify, social media competitions and selling pub merchandise.
"It was great to see how the community got together and said, ‘look, these places aren’t going anywhere – we need them.’ It just shows how important they were, particularly the Swan, because it’s the alternative pub.
"It’s that uncompromising vibe it has being a bit of a sanctuary for the alternative crowd and metal music fans. It’s a safe haven if you like.
“I’ve heard it described as the Mos Eisley Cantina, the pub in Star Wars. And everyone that works there and everybody involved with the place doesn’t see that as a negative – they want to be a collection of outsiders if you like, and that’s what really makes it a community place.”
John describes the Swan as almost the “antitheses” of the trendy wine bar type venues that dominate most areas of the city centre these days. The same is true of Wood Street; most of the haunts that made it a hub for rockers, goths and punks have now disappeared, perhaps in-part to changing tastes as well as the more pervasive influence of nearby Concert Square.
The legendary Swan jukebox
However, that’s not to say the Swan hasn’t lived comfortably beside such venues in the past. It was news to me when I discovered a trendy wine bar called the Steering Wheel used to occupy the space above the Swan.
Now a regular visitor to the Swan, I didn’t start drinking there until the early '00s, when a group of friends introduced me to it. Surprising, as back-in-the-day, I was a regular at Sloanes (later Krazyhouse) and even attended gigs in Wilsons in the 1990s.
My earliest memories of the place were finding an out-of-order toilet cubicle with the word “f****d” helpfully written on the door. Another time, I remember attempting to play a song on the newer jukebox in the upstairs bar when I miss keyed.
The unmistakable first few bars of Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood boomed out to the metal-loving crowd. Looks were aimed at me that I will never forget.
Rock karaoke in the Swan on Boxing Night could be a tough crowd
It was also in the mid-to-late '00s that the tradition of a Boxing Night rock karaoke (complete with brutal X-Factor style judges) was one of the highlights of the Swan’s calendar. Another traditional sight at the pub, especially from the 1970s to the '90s, was seeing a row of Harley Davidson, Triumphs and other classic motorbikes parked outside the pub as their biker owners enjoyed the hospitality inside.
Especially when it came to the verdict of the judges
Ex-regular Nick Glyne remembered the classic bikes. He told the ECHO: "The Swan was my favourite haunt in the late eighties/early nineties.
“The toilets were horrendous but the jukebox was the best. Harleys and other great bikes would be parked next door in front of the Mantunna tea factory.”
Another Swan regular and ex-barman from 1989 to 2001, and later again in the mid-00s, was Derek Bradley. Remembering his days behind the bar, and particularly the legendary jukebox, he told the ECHO: "Back in the day when the Swan had a real jukebox with records, every month a maintenance man used to arrive to service it and change some of the records.
"Many of the staff had a deep hatred of the song White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, which just seemed to whine on forever and generally get played over and over by certain customers. One day, a contingent took their chance and mobbed the maintenance man just as he opened the jukebox.
“We grabbed the record and jumped all over it, rendering it unplayable. Later we found out it was an original pressing and was worth a few bob, oops!”
The bar’s staff had been part of an April Fools prank that had convinced customers the rock pub was about to be turned into a wine bar
A considerable refurbishment of the Swan in the mid-noughties saw the iconic jukebox move upstairs to its sister pub, The Pilgrim. Besides removing the ancient – and much disliked – downstairs toilets, the pub changed little, much to the delight of its regulars.
So while much of everything else has changed on Wood Street since the Swan opened, it’s reassuring that some things have, and hopefully will, remain the same. Please raise your glasses, throw up your horns, and give three cheers to the Swan.
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A true dancing Queen. I love ABBA. My whole family does.
That song is so popular in every wedding I have been to and birthday and any celebration do.
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I saw this song by chance and the guitar work caught my ear. I am not sure of its origins, definitely North African with a modern twist, from Amazighen people maybe. I have been looking up this group of people.They have such unique rich culture, customs and traditions. The most famous Amazigh person i can think of is Zinedine Zidane.
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Seeing we’re on world music, here’s the late, great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:
The lyrics are translated at the bottom of the screen.
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