But *all* of these were riddled with errors, and I used dozens of other resources to try to straighten out the facts - everything from a genealogy website to interviews with Tony Sheridan to the out-of-print autobiography of Joe Barbera. The main resources I used for this episode were the liner notes for this compilation CD of Taylor’s best material, this archived copy of a twenty-year-old homepage by a friend of Taylor’s, this blogged history of Taylor and the Playboys, and this Radio 4 documentary on Taylor.
There are several books available on Vince Taylor, including an autobiography, but sadly these are all in French, a language I don’t speak past schoolboy level, so I can’t say if they’re any good.
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Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Īs always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. There’s a half-hour Q&A episode, where I answer backers’ questions, and a ten-minute bonus episode on “The Hippy Hippy Shake” by Chan Romero. Patreon backers have two bonus podcasts this week. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Download file | Play in new window | Recorded on April 7, 2020Įpisode seventy-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Brand New Cadillac” by Vince Taylor and the Playboys, and the sad career of rock music’s first acid casualty.
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