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Seven Summers by Paul Kelly & Saint Etienne

have you seen this lovely excerpt from Seven Summers - Paul Kelly's follow-up to What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?... it's about the Olympic site:


and , of course, here is Saint Etienne's Steeplechase - the athletic theme from It's The Taking Part That Counts:

I took part... it COUNTED!

yup, yesterday evening i went to the Olympic Park to see Team GB play Basketball against France...  i won't tell you what happened...

the album visits the stadium

a Silver for Michael Jamieson

and a FREE download of Parenthesis...'s Synthesized Swimming for YOU today!

a Gold for Bradley Wiggins, a Bronze for Chris Froome

and a FREE copy of Town Bike's Tour De Force for YOU today!

a Gold for Heather Stanning and Helen Glover..

and a FREE download of Ellis Island Sound's Ergo Squad Box for YOU today!

a silver for Fox-Pitt, King, Nicola Wilson, Zara Phillips and Tina Cook

and a FREE download of Band A Part's Cascabel for YOU today!

A Bronze for Rebecca Adlington

and a FREE download of Parenthesis...'s Synthesized Swimming for YOU today!

a Silver for Elizabeth Armitstead

and a FREE copy of Town Bike's Tour De Force for YOU today!

free downloads for WINNERS

quite an opening!


we will be giving away the sporting theme for every medal team GB wins during the games, so if Alison Williamson, Amy Oliver, Naomi Folkard, Larry Godfrey, Simon Terry or Alan Wills win an archery medal, DJ Downfall's Shoot It Shoot It (Hit Me Again) will be a FREE DOWNLOAD until the next medals are won!

and to start things off DARREN HAYMAN's wrestling ROMP! - Bundle! - is ALREADY available as a FREE DOWNLOAD SINGLE 

a review in the TIMES

all the bells

All the Bells at Westminster...

review on Neon Filler

and it's a 9/10... marvellous:

"As a compilation this ticks all the right boxes, offering something new with 26 exclusive tracks, and introducing us to some exciting new artists, such as the dirty rock and roll of One Fathom Down and fine songwriting of Jeff Mellin, who features here with one of the album’s stand out tracks Hit Me!"

Town Bike - Tour De Force (cycling) VIDEO

 

White Town - Theme For Olympic Weightlifting

oh, yes... chart topper and all round good egg Jyoti Mishra has the honour of being the last track from It's The Taking Part That Counts to be previewed on the blog...

a Metro review for It's The Taking Part That Counts

we have a review in the Metro:

There will doubtless be other musical tributes to the Olympics, be they blandly triumphalist orchestral anthems or bombastic power ballads, but none will be as charming as this two-CD collection, in which each of the 26 sports at the London Games are represented by a single track.

The Sunny Street - Steffi (Tennis)

the Sunny Street love Steffi Graf, and their Tennis song sits perfectly between house music and indiepop... it's all Fred Perrys, summers, lawns, strawberries, and very short shorts...

next week: White Town

Hannah Peel - The Bully (Hockey)

Hannah Peel has been extremely busy of late, what with her Hockey track for "it's the taking part that counts" and the Magnetic North album, both of which are, of course, UNMISSABLE:

Hannah Peel on the sport of Hockey:

"I had a bully for a teacher. 

..I cowered and shivered in my gym skirt and t-shirt at the corner of the pitch. 

With the wind and snow on my back and bare legs, she laughed at my agony"

Credits:

Written by Hannah Peel

Performed by Hannah Peel (piano / vocals / percussion / samples) and Simon Tong (Guitars / Bass / Drums)

Additional text: 'Know the Game, Women's Hockey' 3rd Edition 1954

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Darren Hayman - BUNDLE! (Wrestling)

for the weekend, why not treat yourself to a FREE download of Darren Hayman's Wrestling HIT! -
BUNDLE!

Saint Etienne - Steeplechase (Athletics)

my word, you have no idea how thrilled i was when Bob Stanley handed over a CD of a new, exclusive Saint Etienne track one Sunday at the Hangover Lounge... so here you go, this week's track from the It's The Taking Part That Counts album is Steeplechase by Saint Etienne... why not get yourself a copy in either bronze (download), silver (double CD), or gold (deluxe booklet with double CD) edition...

oh, and yes, the sleeve is a Saint Etienne board game...