I just noticed that there is a Punishment of Luxury website.
I read that their recorded-but-never-released 2nd album, "Gigantic Days" in on CD in England. I have a CD of demos called "Revolution By Numbers" which is pretty good (most songs are 'cassette-quality'). And, of course, all of their UK singles and LP.
I think it was Mike McG who recommended them to me. I never saw 'em live, but Eric in Amsterdam saw them and said they were very good, leading the audience into the streets, chanting "Hoo haw hoo haw!".
1987 13 TRK Collection (mostly, if not all, 70's recordings)
LPCOCKER HAPPY (Collection)FLY UKHIFLY 3
1970 12 TRK Collection
7"CRY ME A RIVER / GIVE PEACE A CHANCEA&M USAM-1200-S
1971? 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CDGREATEST HITSA&M USCD 3257
1987 12 TRK Collection (70's recordings)
CDJOE COCKERA&M USCD 3326
1969 10 TRKS ('86 issue) 2nd album
LPJOE COCKERREGAL ZO UKSLRZ 1011
1970 10 TRKS UK original, stereo - 2nd album
LPLIVE IN L.A.CUBE FR2326 041
1972 9 TRKS Live, '76 issue
CDx2MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMENA&M US6002.2
1970 19 TRKS Live – so, this isn’t a re-master, but it has more songs?Or just different indexing?
LPx2MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMENA&M DE80813 XT
1970 14 TRKS Live
7"MARJORINE / NEW AGE OF THE LILLY, THEREGAL ZO UKRZ 3006
1968 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
CDMILLENNIUM COLLECTIONA&M US541606.2
2000 11 TRK Collection
CDWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDSA&M US490419.2
1969 12 TRKS ('99 issue) (2 x bonus tracks) 1st album
LPWITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDSCUBE DEINT 136.305
1969 10 TRKS re-issue, 1st album
7"WOMAN TO WOMAN / MIDNIGHT RIDERCUBE UKBUG 25
1972 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
I don’t remember if I first saw or heard of Joe Cocker via the Woodstock film, but it was around that time.I also certainly heard him on the FM radio, or playing in hippie record stores.More white R&B than ‘rock’, it still sounded unique to my young ears.I wonder if he’ll ever write an autobiography?I, for one, would buy / read it.
The new century is moving forward, Mr. Cocker is still alive – and the newest record by him that I can fully support is his ’72 song “Woman to Woman”, which I heard played a lot at the time.Which album is it on?I’m not sure that I have that one.
I never saw the “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” film at the time – I believe my intro to LeonRussell was either hearing him with Joe Cocker or in the Bangla Desh film.Certainly by ’72, Mr. Russell had “Tightrope” on the radio – and he came into his own in a very mainstream yet acceptable way.And I have a legit DVD of the “Mad Dogs…” film.
Hip-O Select, a custom label of Universal – has released a 6CD set of the concerts that the 2LP/2CD of “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” was culled from.$60.I wonder if I’ll find a cheap one of those in a used bin somewhere?They’re also finally re-releasing the CD of “Joe Cocker!”, his 2nd album – but no bonus tracks (the re-issue of his debut, “With A Little Help From My Friends” has 2 x cool bonus tracks).And Mr. Cocker is a “Millennium Collection” artist – so can I get rid of the other two collections I have on CD?I definitely want to keep “Woman to Woman” on both vinyl and CD (and I don’t think it’s on the “Millennium Collection”).