Hello? Landcroft House...

"Hello Landcroft House, it's Miles and Alex from The Last Shadow Puppets here..."
Hello Miles and Alex. Can you answer me a question?
"We'll try..."
Tell me, what is the greatest record ever made?
Miles: "I always pick a Beatles record."
Alex: "I’m not sure."
Miles: "I’m pure just into the Beatles things that I love."
Alex: "I’m thinking about a few..."
Miles: "I love Anna and This Boy, really early Beatles’ tunes."
Alex: "I like No Reply from Beatles For Sale – I’m right into that at the moment.
Miles: "I’ve been having that and Rock & Roll Music a lot too. And I’ve been deep into Abbey Road too. I love Because, it has this mad organ on it..."
Alex: "And Polythene Pam too..."
Miles: "Yeah, that’s just Lennon having a buzz!"
You're only allowed one.
"Oh, OK."
Thanks for calling, bye!

Minehead Bonus Material

From March, 1964: "The Beatles - Allison Clark of Williton, Somerset meets the Beatles at Minehead railway Station, Somerset." Beatle Paul has some serious eyeliner on. Ringo really has got a seriously big nose...

With Love From Me To Them

Cafe Creme: Unlimited Citations Part 1 / Unlimited Citations Part 2 (EMI Italy, 1977)

"Singing with The Beedles!" they yelp, "Twisting in the 60s!" they scream, "Back In USSR!" they stumble, unable to get their mouths around that pesky definitive article. While the UK and America was experiencing the pant-tightening thrills of punk rock, Cafe Creme were recording jazz-funk tinged disco medleys of Beatles songs. I love how they're miming their own instruments on the cover and I love how they look like the guys who were left out of Toto for looking "too session-y".

Until yesterday I'd never heard of Unlimited Citations, then Silvana came back from Italy with a stack of 7"s she dug out for me from a gorgeous great market she came across in Lucca. Ahead of their time, these chaps - it would take Candy Flip another 13 years to catch on to how amazing it would be to have a version of Strawberry Fields Forever you could dance to. All this and production by French disco guru Laurent Rossi? Truly we are spoiled.

Hang On! This Record Is Quite Nice...

B For Bang: Julia (KML Recordings, 2007)
B For Bang are a group of (mainly) Italian artistes who have decided that Ver Beatles are a good stepping off point for their - and I quote - "discourse on the relationship between music and images". Well, that's what I thought! Anyway, Julia is a strong enough song to survive any onslaught - and this is one is, actually, rather nice. More stuff here...