Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Wild n' Free, Ian Hunter, Overnight Angels

Wild n' Free drives as hard a a pile driver kicked in with a phased drum intro before a slew of guitars and bass frantically hit. This song could be autobiographical in that it describes much of Hunter's young life. He was stuck in dead end jobs as a young person. As he broke out and went on the road his "babe" did not understand as most people don't and they follow what they have been told and what is on the TV. Ian could out-punk the young kids of his day but with a maturity that they could not match in literacy and verbal fury. Hunter reminisces that it was a track that came together fast. 

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Wild 'N Free

(Ian Hunter)

Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Oh! I'd never known what it was like to free
I always thought it was never true
I got a feeling I was lost in space
Did not like my face
Just wanted to be
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Oh insanity's so insane Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
I ain't got no got no got no name
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Don't want no ball and chain

Damn people telling me that I was thinking bad
Had me believing they was right
All they wanted was another slob
In some stinking job
That just ain't me I just want to be
w w w Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Oh insanity's so in so insane Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
I ain't got no name
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
I don't I don't want to know a ball and chain

Just then I found out I was too broke to get out
So I took to the road no one was having me
I said don't want no handouts
Cause I'm making out
You ain't like me I just want to be
uh uh uh Wild 'N Free
I tried to tell you babe but you never understood
I always tried to make you see
But you believed just what your old man said
He had you chained to his head
And its on TV TV TV TV
Want to be want to be want to be
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like a hurricane
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Oh insanity's so insane Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
I ain't got no got no got no name
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Don't want no ball and chain
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Just like a ball a ball a ball of fire Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like it high its getting higher Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like some bolt from out the sky
Wild 'N Free Wild 'N Free
Like some bullett
Say goodbye


Wild n' Free3:08Originally released on Overnight Angels, and on the compilations GoldOnce Bitten - the CBS CollectionShades of Ian Hunter: The Ballad of Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople and The Singles Collection 1975-83.

Friday, December 29, 2023

Wild East, Ian Hunter, You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

The slow burn groove of Wild East featured Hoople-style piano chords and blistering sax. It is a mildly energetic and melodic song about the Wild West moved relocated to New York. 

Hunter enjoys writing tales of those who are down and out and here is one such example. It is an ordinary bloke but one with literary references atypical of pop songs. He feels like Jason sent by Pelias on an impossible mission, to fetch the Golden Fleece, along the way the Cyclops is laughing at him. This guy is a druggie but someone from the methadone clinic calls  and:

He writes all my lyrics backwards on diapers

All this is happening while loving the grease of wild east. We see Jezebel, who along with her husband, instituted the worship of the false gods of Baal and Asherah, talking to Jane. I'd speculate but maybe this is Sweet Jane. Hunter comments on this song as about NYC.

There is a live version from 1987. 

Searching for the Golden Fleece

The reason why Jason needed to find the Golden Fleece in the first place is because of the order given by Pelias. Pelias came up with the idea from Jason, who conversed with his uncle on what he would do to keep someone away. Jason did not realize at the time that Pelias wanted to rid himself of Jason forever. Pelias had taken the throne in Iolcus from Jason’s father, making Jason no longer the heir to the crown. So, since Pelias most likely felt threatened by Jason, he didn’t want him anywhere near Iolcus.

Pelias sent him on an impossible mission, to fetch the Golden Fleece from the King Aeetes of Colchis. Jason did not refuse the order forwarded by Pelias, but instead assembled a fleet of heroes and warriors to help him on his journey. This group was the Argonauts.

https://www.theoi.com/articles/what-is-the-story-of-jason-and-the-golden-fleece/

Cyclops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopes

Jezebel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel

Wild East

(Ian Hunter)

Well it's Tuesday night
How I'd like to be inside at this time
Watchin' T.V. is killin' me
It's such a drag tonight
I feel like Jason
Just found a rusty fleece
And the Cyclops all laughin' at me
You can't tame Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East

Now some cynic from the methadone clinic
He keeps on bothering me
He writes all my lyrics backwards on diapers
And hangs 'em from the local trees
Watch out, white boy
Don't argue with a sawn off piece
I'm a crazy son, Mama
I love the grease of Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East

Now Jezebel don't feel too well, she talks to Jane
'Bout a one way conversation on a subway train
Hey! They took away her wallet and her valise
Love hate, love hate, love hate, love hate, Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East Wild East
Wild East come on crazy Wild East

(repeat and fade)


Wild East3:58Originally released on You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, and on the compilations From The Knees Of My Heart and The Singles Collection 1975-83.
Wild East (live 11th November 1987)4:30This live version (recorded at Rock and Roll Heaven, Toronto ON) was released on Missing In Action, and on Bag Of Tricks (Vol 1) (box set only).

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Wild Bunch, Ian Hunter, When I'm President

Wild Bunch is an unusual rocker of a song sounding something like the Faces might have done. The song is about an actual movie and Hunter ends the tune with maybe someone should make a movie about the Wild Bunch! The song is set in one of the favorite periods of Ian's interest, i.e., American events that transpired between 1840 and 1915. He relates the tale as if he were part of the Wild Bunch:

An' I'm playin' dead underneath a bed, listening to the bullets whine

The 1969 film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means. At the end of his song Ian samples the traditional Christian hymn Shall We Gather at the River? noting of course that the hymn was first employed as an ironic counterpoint during an onscreen massacre in the film. 

We shall gather by the river
and beat up on the wild bunch

In contrast, Hunter reverses the use of the hymn with the motifs of the song found in Revelation 22: 1-2 as the possibility of restoration and reward for the Wild Bunch. Hunter refers in the body of the song to the characters Thornton, Pike, Mapache, Angel, and Tess. 

Loosely based on the film Ian took a long movie and condensed it down to the bare bones to related the story line. 

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Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), who is being forced to track them down in order to ...

Billy Bob Thornton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanEdmond O'BrienBen Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.[2]

The Wild Bunch (1969) William Holden as Pike

The village elder warns them about General Mapache, a vicious Huertista officer in the Mexican Federal Army, who has been stealing food and animals from local

The Wild Bunch (1969) Jaime Sánchez as Angel

"Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "At the River" are the popular names for the traditional Christian hymn originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by American poet and gospel music composer Robert Lowry (1826–1899). It was written in 1864 and is now in the public domain. The title "Hanson Place" is a reference to the original Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn, where Lowry, as a Baptist minister, sometimes served. The original building now houses a different denomination.

restoration and reward, and reference the motifs found at Revelation 22:1–2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-pf-Jx19Lc

The Wild Bunch (1969) where it was employed as ironic counterpoint during an onscreen massacre.

We shall gather by the river
and beat up on the wild bunch

Wild Bunch

(Ian Hunter)

Dirty old street, dust on the feet of the temperance congregation
Hidden from view, Bobby Thornton's crew are waiting for the Wild Bunch

The hands on the clock nearly fell off in shock
When the wild bunch checked into the bank the teller's hands shook
He's too scared to look at the stain permeating his pants

Wild Bunch, ain't your rank 'n' file bunch, but they can lead you astray
Wild Bunch, slay 'em in the aisles bunch, they kinda like it that way

Out on the road, Thornton's posse in tow
Pike yells "there's nothing but junk!"
There ain't any gold, just washers full of holes
They stitched up the wild bunch

Left tumbleweed land, crossed the Rio Grande, bounty bums following us,
Meeting a man, blood all on his hands, beggars can't be choosers

Mapache's a dude with a crude attitude 'bout the Mexican revolution
His arsenal's low, so we gotta go rob a train 'n' get him some

Wild Bunch, what a juvenile bunch, penny dreadfuls gone to their heads
Wild Bunch, goin' outta style bunch, you don't mess with no feds

The passengers wept at the scale of the theft, there was gold, ammunition 'n' guns
But one little crate sealed everybody's fate 'n' put paid to the wild bunch

Angel 'n' Tess met unfortunate deaths, Mapache wasn't too far behind
An' I'm playin' dead underneath a bed, listening to the bullets whine

Wild Bunch, I kinda liked excitement, but enuff is enuff
Wild Bunch, if you're gonna walk a tightrope,
Sooner or later you're gonna fall off

Did this ever happen? Was I ever there? Most of the time I was drunk
It's a sobering thought... someone really oughta make a movie called the Wild Bunch

We shall gather by the river
We shall gather by the river
We shall gather by the river
and beat up on the wild bunch

We shall gather by the river 
We shall gather by the river
We shall gather by the river



Wild Bunch meanwhile is a rocker that reminds me of The Faces.

Wild Bunch3:54Originally issued on When I'm President.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Who Do You Love, Ian Hunter, Ian Hunter LP

This song is an infectious toe-tapper with funky Sixties-style harmonica and boogie piano. British audiences favored CBS's second single from the LP. This is a hey it's a me or him babe type of song. Hunter is asking for a decision. The lyrics mention Detroit so some speculated that it was about a DJ there but Ian has stated that this is not the case. He can't remember who it was written about. He enjoyed the groove. Hunter considers it a fabricated song with elements of truth. It appealed to a wide range of artists considering that the Pointer Sisters, Def Leppard, and Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outs recorded versions. 

There is a single edit version of Hunter's as well. 



Who Do You Love

(Ian Hunter)

Driving off in the rain and snow
Oh the jets ain't jumping cause the clouds too low
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know
The ice on the window the highway the sea
Who do you love is it him or is it me
Hey hey I wanna know

I called Detroit city on the telephone
The man on the line tell me you ain't home
I wanna know
Who's that voice
What's [...?]
There's a deep red glow in the early morning sky
Who do you love better make up your mind

Don't wanna buy love
Don't wanna try love
I just want your love babe

Hey alright!

Well its five in the morning and the place is dead
I'm gonna rest my body on a empty bed
Who do you love
I gotta know
What's his name baby
What's your game
Make up your mind are you his are you mine
When you get back I ask you one more time
Hey hey!
Hey hey!


Who Do You Love3:51Originally released on Ian Hunter, and on the compilations GoldThe JourneyOld Records Never DieOnce Bitten - the CBS Collection and The Very Best of Ian Hunter.
Who Do You Love (single version)3:19The single version can be found on the 2005 (30th Anniversary) and 2016 (box set) issues of Ian Hunter. It can also be found on the compilations Once Bitten Twice Shy and The Singles Collection 1975-83.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Dave "Curlee" Williams and sometimes also credited to James Faye "Roy" Hall), Ian Hunter, demo version is on the 2009 (30th Anniversary) and 2016 (box set) You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

This is Hunter's tribute to one of his biggest influences, Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On is a song associated with Jerry Lee, "The Killer," Lewis. Along with Little Richard these two early rock 'n' roll pioneers focused the youthful Ian and provided the musical reason for his existence. Along with Chuck Berry and The Everly Brothers Hunter's path became clearer. First as a fan and then as a performer music gave Ian his mode of expression. 

Hunter saw Jerry Lee at the London Palladium and was amazed. First the band played without Lewis for forty minutes, then, once on stage Jerry Lee just combed his hair. The crowd went nuts. He performed only five songs but said `I've done all that a man can do' and walked off. Even when Lewis hardly played live he had that arrogance on stage that Hunter employed in Mott The Hoople and during his solo career. Not surprisingly, one aspect of Ian on stage is his ability to move and mold an audience. 

Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me


"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (sometimes rendered "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On") is a song written by Dave "Curlee" Williams and sometimes also credited to James Faye "Roy" Hall. The song was first recorded by Big Maybelle, though the best-known version is the 1957 rock and roll/rockabilly version by Jerry Lee Lewis.

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On2:23A demo version is on the 2009 (30th Anniversary) and 2016 (box set) issues of You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic.

Monday, December 25, 2023

White House, Ian Hunter, Fingers Crossed

The joyful and fun interlude of White House is that this song balances with the other slower and thoughtful songs. This is Hunter's get out of the city, which he usually enjoys because of the excitement, to the pastoral country air. It is actually a love song and how he has successfully settled down by moving up in the world along with observations about his neighbors. The play on words is that it is not the President's White House but it belongs to Ian and Trudi in domestic bliss. Wally, the beaver in the song is real. When they occupied their house the beaver moved downstream. The song is based on his actual rural life and would not be out of place with The Traveling Wilburys or The Band. 

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White House

(Ian Hunter)

Income city lost its flair, packed our bags 'n' we're outta there
Gotta get some of that country air, gonna buy a white house

No address, numberless surrounded by a wilderness
I hope we don't get repossessed, livin' in a white house

You are the only one for me, you are the only one
The time, the place, your smile, your face
Livin' in a white house

We got birds, we got bees, we got lots of allergies
We got dogs 'n' they've got fleas, livin' in a white house

You are the only one for me, you are the only one
We've moved around, now we're settling down
Livin' in a white house

A thousand trees look down on me, shadowing the sun
And little rabbits multiply, I wish I had a gun
I wish I had a gun
Cos you are the only one for me, you are the only one

One eager beaver owns the pond
He's got a girlfriend she's a blonde
And on the whole they're rather fond
Of livin' by the white house

You are the only one for me, you are the only one. 
It ain't DC but it's cool with me
Livin' in the white house, 
you are the only one for me, you are the only one
We got our own home sweet home, livin' in a white house
Livin in a white house


Mid-tempo rockers such as White HouseBow Street Runners and Stranded In Reality sit alongside slower, more thoughtful songs such as Morpheus and the title track Fingers Crossed.

White House3:35Originally released on Fingers Crossed.

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter), Hanoi Rocks, 1983

For Michael Monroe's Hanoi Rocks he did the chorus and put together Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Friday, December 22, 2023

I Can't Get It (Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter), Ian Hunter

You Stepped Into My Dreams, Tilting the Mirror, Ian Hunter, Stranded In Reality, Long Odds n' Outtakes Bonus CD

This is a could have been since Hunter forgot about the recording but he thinks it's pretty good and could have made it on a regular release. 

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Michael Monroe, Hanoi Rocks, Ian Hunter, , I Can't Get It, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Shakes, Underwater World, 1984

 


"I Can't Get It"Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter
"Shakes"Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter
"Underwater World"

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

While You Were Looking At Me (Little Steven, Steve Van Zandt), Ian Hunter, Stranded, Tricks Vol. 1

Hunter really liked While You Were Looking At Me and he played it live but the writer, Little Steven (Steven Van Zandt), guitarist and mandolinist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band gave it to Michael Monroe instead for his album Not Fakin' It. Ian and Monroe knew each other well because there are three songs that Hunter contributed to Michael's work. Monroe suggested that Ian and Mick Ronson `Cop this,' that is, play this song live and since they both liked the track a great deal they did exactly that. Hunter also played keyboards on Monroe's She's No Angel track.

There are live versions from 1987 and 1989. 

Also recorded at The Cabaret, San Jose CA 16th December 1989 and is on Missing In Action.

Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me

While You Were Looking At Me (live 11th November 1987)4:22This live version (recorded at Rock and Roll Heaven, Toronto ON) can be found on Bag Of Tricks (Vol 1) (box set only).
While You Were Looking At Me (live 16th December 1989)4:24This live version (recorded at the Cabaret, San Jose CA) was released on Missing In Action. Not on the box set.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Where Do You All Come From (Ian Hunter/Mick Ralphs/Overend Watts/Dale Griffin), Ian Hunter, non-LP B-side to Roll Away The Stone , Acoustic Shadows, Stranded In Reality

The Where Do You All Come From nugget was only originally released as the non-LP B-side to Roll Away The Stone by Mott The Hoople but then resurrected for a live acoustic version in 2008 with just Steve Holley on drums and James Mastro on guitar. It had not been played since 1973 and Hunter wrote it as he looked at people and his audience in Mott. The acoustic tour live version came about as a request via Ian's website for a song that didn't often get played. The reference to Ralph J. Gleason is to the pioneering American music critic and columnist for among others Rolling Stone magazine. It was recorded at The Mick Jagger Theatre, Dartford, Kent 2nd March 2008.

Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me

Ralph Joseph Gleason (March 1, 1917 – June 3, 1975) was an American music critic and columnist. He contributed for many years to the San Francisco Chronicle, was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival.[1] A pioneering rock critic, he helped the San Francisco Chronicle transition into the rock era.[2]

Where Do You All Come From

(Ian Hunter/Mick Ralphs/Overend Watts/Dale Griffin)

Where do you all come from?
I gotta find you out
Makes you feel any, heads you can heal
My God you're upside down
An' I heard all you green gods are all jeering a bound(?)
My don't they get around

Now where did you get that hat?
Any religion would be proud of that
You can stand it on high like a flag in the sky
While your pilgrim's all got stoned on that
We'll share a thousand mirrors
And a beautiful view
And everybody talking about you

Where did you get those clothes?
Off a streetcar I suppose
You gotta be cool to look like a fool
You ain't exactly smelling like a rose
'N everybody's asking everybody out there
Have their fun (?)

Where do you all come from?
Where do you all come from?
Thank you for reason Ralph J. Gleason
For you I'll sing my song
Now the revolution's coming and I just can't wait
Excuse me, but I'm too tired and it's late

(All right)

Where do you all come from?
Where do you all come from?
Where do you all come from?
Where do you all come from?
All your integrity's gone
Tell me, where do you all come from?


Where Do You All Come From (live 2nd March 2008)3:50Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was originally issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only).

Monday, December 18, 2023

When The World Was Round, Ian Hunter, Shrunken Heads

When The World Was Round is a song that is not explicitly political but makes an important social statement yearning for a simpler world and addresses globalization. The original title was When the World Was Young but in any case this is about the off-balance world of today in that some people have nothing and others have too much. Today we are drowning in information but not enough to go on. It is a pop song that Hunter had not written in years. The lyric is about two political parties, Republicans and Democrats, but they are both rotten and lies while we are stuck in the middle. It has a tad of innocence before we find out what the world actually consists of. Hunter expresses the desire to make the world better. A strong lyric is "too much information but not enough to go on." 

There is a single radio edit and a live version from 2008. 

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When The World Was Round

(Ian Hunter)

Remember the kids in the playground, avoiding the bullies each day
Timing your life to the monsters, the monsters that won't go away
And you win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice
so you choose one (what have you done)

Everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round

Now that we're older and wiser
Now we got kids of our own
Timing their lives to the monsters
But the monsters won't leave them alone
You win some, you lose some, you ain't got much choice
But it's gotta be done, yeah it's gotta be done

'Cause everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round
I don't wanna put you off it
I don't wanna put you off it
But I think I liked it better when the world was round
And I wish that I could change it
Yes I wish that I could change it
I think I liked it better when the world was round

Is it my imagination
When I look back thru the ages
Is it my imagination

You win some, you lose some
You only got two shots, so you take one
(what have you done)

'Cause everybody lies 'n' we're stuck in the middle
I think I liked it better when the world was round
There's too much information but not enough to go on
I think I liked it better when the world was round
And I don't think we deserve this
No I don't think we deserve this
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Give me a reason to believe in
Give me a reason to believe in
I think I liked it better when the world was round
Maybe we can make it better
Maybe we can make it better
I think I liked it better when the world was round



while Ian yearns for a earlier, simpler world in When The World Was Round.

When The World Was Round4:50Originally released on Shrunken Heads.
When The World Was Round (single radio edit)3:53The 'single radio edit' version was originally a single (7-inch vinyl and CD). It can also be found on the box set version of Shrunken Heads.
When The World Was Round (live 2nd March 2008)3:50This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only).

Sunday, December 17, 2023

When The Daylight Comes, Ian Hunter, You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic

When The Daylight Comes was released as both an album track and single. Here is a twist on the typical man and woman together theme. Hunter expresses an overwhelming desire and romantic feeling for the woman but when the daylight comes I'll be on my way. Even if they share a bed he simply wants the intimacy of warmth and care. Usually a song like this is love 'em and leave 'em but this is completely unique and tender. Hunter says this sounds like a single which is the kiss of death. After his experience with Mott The Hoople Ian thinks his wellspring of hits dried up. The songs that are successful singles are not contrived and seem to spring up organically. 

Mick Ronson sang the first two verses of this song and amusingly, Ian was having a chat with Bruce Springsteen in The Power Station. Mick urged Bruce to sing the song by daring him to sing it or Ronson would. Sure enough, Mick did the first two verses and Springsteen didn't get to sing it after all. Ian thought Bruce was a nice humble guy and was surprised when Springsteen asked Hunter about his vocal phrasing since his records sold so much more than Ian's. Hunter wondered why Bruce would even bother asking.

There is an early version, the Single A-side on Tilting the Mirror, and five live releases from 1979. 

Also recorded at the Park West, Chicago IL 22nd June 1979 on Collateral Damage.

When The Daylight Comes

https://youtu.be/HMzZB40ezBM

(Ian Hunter)

Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo

Sweet woman what's your name?
You smell as fresh as the rain
Instead of leaving you came
let me feel your hair

A light shines in your eyes
The hungry years are so nice
Shadows shake in the lamplight
No writer could explain

But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
But when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo
Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo, Ooooo, yeah!

Please share my bed and I swear
That I won't touch you nowhere
Just need your warmth and your care
Don't wanna mess around

And when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

But there's a song in the air
and it knows that you're there
'cause it's making me share
you with my life
I know I know I know that
I want to weave you in words
want to paint you in verse
want to leave you in someone else's dreams
it seems the only way, Hey!
I can thank you, thank you baby

Some people say that we're sinners
Some people say that we're winners
We make good gossip at dinners
They try to pin us down

But when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
I'll be on my way

Yeah when the daylight comes
Yeah when the daylight comes
Oh when the daylight comes
We'll be on my way

(Repeat and fade)



When The Daylight Comes4:28An album track and single, originally released on You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, and on the compilations From The Knees Of My HeartOld Records Never Die and Shades of Ian Hunter.
When The Daylight Comes (single version)3:47The single version (about a minute shorter than the album version) can be found on Once Bitten Twice ShyThe Singles Collection 1975-83 and Tilting The Mirror - Rarities (box set only).
When The Daylight Comes (early version)4:38An early version is on the 2009 (30th Anniversary) and 2016 (box set) issues of You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, and on the compilation From The Knees Of My Heart.
When The Daylight Comes (live 18th June 1979)6:06This live version (recorded at the Agora, Cleveland OH) is on the 30th Anniversary issue of You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic. Not on the box set.
When The Daylight Comes (live 22nd June 1979)6:18This live version (recorded at Park West, Chicago IL) was released on Collateral Damage. Not on the box set.
When The Daylight Comes (live 5-11th November 1979)9:00This live version (recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles CA) was released on the 1994 issue of Welcome to the Club.
When The Daylight Comes (live 5-11th November 1979) (edit)6:19This edited live version (recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles CA) was released on the 2016 (box set) issue Welcome to the Club. It ends as Ian says "I would like to thank you from the knees of my heart... goodnight". It omits the entire closing section and the Slaughter On 10th Avenue coda.
When The Daylight Comes (live 22nd November 1979)16:47This live version (recorded Hammermith Odeon, London England) was originally issued on If You Wait Long Enough For Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only).

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  • Accelerate: Technology Driving Business Performance;
  • ACM Queue: Architecting Tomorrow's Computing;
  • Adkins, Lesley and Roy A. Adkins, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome;
  • Ali, Ayaan Hirsi, Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations;
  • Ali, Tariq, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads, and Modernity;
  • Allawi, Ali A., The Crisis of Islamic Civilization;
  • Alperovitz, Gar, The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb;
  • American School & University: Shaping Facilities & Business Decisions;
  • Angelich, Jane, What's a Mother (in-Law) to Do?: 5 Essential Steps to Building a Loving Relationship with Your Son's New Wife;
  • Arad, Yitzchak, In the Shadow of the Red Banner: Soviet Jews in the War Against Nazi Germany;
  • Aristotle, Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices. (Loeb Classical Library No. 285);
  • Aristotle, Metaphysics: Books X-XIV, Oeconomica, Magna Moralia (The Loeb classical library);
  • Armstrong, Karen, A History of God;
  • Arrian: Anabasis of Alexander, Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 236);
  • Atkinson, Rick, The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (Liberation Trilogy);
  • Auletta, Ken, Googled: The End of the World As We Know It;
  • Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice;
  • Bacevich, Andrew, The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism;
  • Baker, James A. III, and Lee H. Hamilton, The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach;
  • Barber, Benjamin R., Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy;
  • Barnett, Thomas P.M., Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating;
  • Barnett, Thomas P.M., The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century;
  • Barron, Robert, Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith;
  • Baseline: Where Leadership Meets Technology;
  • Baur, Michael, Bauer, Stephen, eds., The Beatles and Philosophy;
  • Beard, Charles Austin, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (Sony Reader);
  • Benjamin, Daniel & Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America;
  • Bergen, Peter, The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader;
  • Berman, Paul, Terror and Liberalism;
  • Berman, Paul, The Flight of the Intellectuals: The Controversy Over Islamism and the Press;
  • Better Software: The Print Companion to StickyMinds.com;
  • Bleyer, Kevin, Me the People: One Man's Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America;
  • Boardman, Griffin, and Murray, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World;
  • Bracken, Paul, The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics;
  • Bradley, James, with Ron Powers, Flags of Our Fathers;
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  • Bronte, Emily, Wuthering Heights;
  • Brown, Ashley, War in Peace Volume 10 1974-1984: The Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Postwar Conflict;
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  • Bush, George W., Decision Points;
  • Bzdek, Vincent, The Kennedy Legacy: Jack, Bobby and Ted and a Family Dream Fulfilled;
  • Cahill, Thomas, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter;
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  • Campus Technology: Empowering the World of Higher Education;
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  • Channel Advisor: Business Insights for Solution Providers;
  • Chariton, Callirhoe (Loeb Classical Library);
  • Chief Learning Officer: Solutions for Enterprise Productivity;
  • Christ, Karl, The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and Civilization;
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  • CIO Insight: Best Practices for IT Business Leaders;
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  • Collins, Francis S., The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief ;
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  • Computerworld: The Voice of IT Management;
  • Connolly, Peter & Hazel Dodge, The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome;
  • Conti, Greg, Googling Security: How Much Does Google Know About You?;
  • Converge: Strategy and Leadership for Technology in Education;
  • Cowan, Ross, Roman Legionary 58 BC - AD 69;
  • Cowell, F. R., Life in Ancient Rome;
  • Creel, Richard, Religion and Doubt: Toward a Faith of Your Own;
  • Cross, Robin, General Editor, The Encyclopedia of Warfare: The Changing Nature of Warfare from Prehistory to Modern-day Armed Conflicts;
  • CSO: The Resource for Security Executives:
  • Cummins, Joseph, History's Greatest Wars: The Epic Conflicts that Shaped the Modern World;
  • D'Amato, Raffaele, Imperial Roman Naval Forces 31 BC-AD 500;
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  • Dando-Collins, Stephen, Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome;
  • Darwish, Nonie, Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror;
  • Davis Hanson, Victor, Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome;
  • Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker;
  • Dawkins, Richard, The God Delusion;
  • Dawkins, Richard, The Selfish Gene;
  • de Blij, Harm, Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America, Climate Change, The Rise of China, and Global Terrorism;
  • Defense Systems: Information Technology and Net-Centric Warfare;
  • Defense Systems: Strategic Intelligence for Info Centric Operations;
  • Defense Tech Briefs: Engineering Solutions for Military and Aerospace;
  • Dennett, Daniel C., Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon;
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  • Douglass, Elisha P., Rebels and Democrats: The Struggle for Equal Political Rights and Majority Role During the American Revolution;
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  • Dr. Dobb's Journal: The World of Software Development;
  • Drug Discovery News: Discovery/Development/Diagnostics/Delivery;
  • DT: Defense Technology International;
  • Dunbar, Richard, Alcatraz;
  • Education Channel Partner: News, Trends, and Analysis for K-20 Sales Professionals;
  • Edwards, Aton, Preparedness Now!;
  • EGM: Electronic Gaming Monthly, the No. 1 Videogame Magazine;
  • Ehrman, Bart D., Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scriptures and the Faiths We Never Knew;
  • Ehrman, Bart D., Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why;
  • Electronic Engineering Times: The Industry Newsweekly for the Creators of Technology;
  • Ellis, Joseph J., American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson;
  • Ellis, Joseph J., His Excellency: George Washington;
  • Emergency Management: Strategy & Leadership in Critical Times;
  • Emerson, Steven, American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us;
  • Erlewine, Robert, Monotheism and Tolerance: Recovering a Religion of Reason (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion);
  • ESD: Embedded Systems Design;
  • Everitt, Anthony, Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor;
  • Everitt, Anthony, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician;
  • eWeek: The Enterprise Newsweekly;
  • Federal Computer Week: Powering the Business of Government;
  • Ferguson, Niall, Civilization: The West and the Rest;
  • Ferguson, Niall, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power;
  • Ferguson, Niall, The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000;
  • Ferguson, Niall, The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Decline of the West;
  • Feuerbach, Ludwig, The Essence of Christianity (Sony eReader);
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army of the Principate 27 BC-AD 117;
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army of the Punic Wars 264-146 BC;
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army: the Civil Wars 88-31 BC;
  • Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire;
  • Fisk, Robert, The Great War For Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East;
  • Forstchen, William R., One Second After;
  • Fox, Robin Lane, The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian;
  • Frazer, James George, The Golden Bough (Volume 3): A Study in Magic and Religion (Sony eReader);
  • Freeh, Louis J., My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror;
  • Freeman, Charles, The Greek Achievement: The Foundations of the Western World;
  • Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Further Updated and Expanded/Release 3.0;
  • Friedman, Thomas L., The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization;
  • Frontinus: Stratagems. Aqueducts of Rome. (Loeb Classical Library No. 174);
  • Fuller Focus: Fuller Theological Seminary;
  • Fuller, Graham E., A World Without Islam;
  • Gaubatz, P. David and Paul Sperry, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America;
  • Ghattas, Kim, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power;
  • Gibson, William, Neuromancer;
  • Gilmour, Michael J., Gods and Guitars: Seeking the Sacred in Post-1960s Popular Music;
  • Global Services: Strategies for Sourcing People, Processes, and Technologies;
  • Glucklich, Ariel, Dying for Heaven: Holy Pleasure and Suicide Bombers-Why the Best Qualities of Religion Are Also It's Most Dangerous;
  • Goldberg, Jonah, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning;
  • Goldin, Shmuel, Unlocking the Torah Text Vayikra (Leviticus);
  • Goldsworthy, Adrian, Caesar: Life of a Colossus;
  • Goldsworthy, Adrian, How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower;
  • Goodman, Lenn E., Creation and Evolution;
  • Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln;
  • Gopp, Amy, et.al., Split Ticket: Independent Faith in a Time of Partisan Politics (WTF: Where's the Faith?);
  • Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq;
  • Government Health IT: The Magazine of Public/private Health Care Convergence;
  • Government Technology's Emergency Management: Strategy & Leadership in Critical Times;
  • Government Technology: Solutions for State and Local Government in the Information Age;
  • Grant , Michael, The Climax of Rome: The Final Achievements of the Ancient World, AD 161 - 337;
  • Grant, Michael, The Classical Greeks;
  • Grumberg, Orna, and Helmut Veith, 25 Years of Model Checking: History, Achievements, Perspectives;
  • Halberstam, David, War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals;
  • Hammer, Reuven, Entering Torah Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, How The Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security (Encounter Broadsides);
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, The End of Sparta: A Novel;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Wars of the Ancient Greeks;
  • Harnack, Adolf Von, History of Dogma, Volume 3 (Sony Reader);
  • Harris, Alex, Reputation At Risk: Reputation Report;
  • Harris, Sam, Letter to a Christian Nation;
  • Harris, Sam, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason;
  • Hayek, F. A., The Road to Serfdom;
  • Heilbroner, Robert L., and Lester Thurow, Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going;
  • Hempel, Sandra, The Strange Case of The Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera;
  • Hinnells, John R., A Handbook of Ancient Religions;
  • Hitchens, Christopher, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything;
  • Hogg, Ian V., The Encyclopedia of Weaponry: The Development of Weaponry from Prehistory to 21st Century Warfare;
  • Hugo, Victor, The Hunchback of Notre Dame;
  • Humphrey, Caroline & Vitebsky, Piers, Sacred Architecture;
  • Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order;
  • Info World: Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security;
  • Information Week: Business Innovation Powered by Technology:
  • Infostor: The Leading Source for Enterprise Storage Professionals;
  • Infrastructure Insite: Bringing IT Together;
  • Insurance Technology: Business Innovation Powered by Technology;
  • Integrated Solutions: For Enterprise Content Management;
  • Intel Premier IT: Sharing Best Practices with the Information Technology Community;
  • Irwin, Robert, Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents;
  • Jeffrey, Grant R., The Global-Warming Deception: How a Secret Elite Plans to Bankrupt America and Steal Your Freedom;
  • Jewkes, Yvonne, and Majid Yar, Handbook of Internet Crime;
  • Johnson, Chalmers, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire;
  • Journal, The: Transforming Education Through Technology;
  • Judd, Denis, The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947;
  • Kagan, Donald, The Peloponnesian War;
  • Kansas, Dave, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It;
  • Karsh, Efraim, Islamic Imperialism: A History;
  • Kasser, Rodolphe, The Gospel of Judas;
  • Katz, Solomon, The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Medieval Europe: (The Development of Western Civilization);
  • Keegan, John, Intelligence in War: The Value--and Limitations--of What the Military Can Learn About the Enemy;
  • Kenis, Leo, et. al., The Transformation of the Christian Churches in Western Europe 1945-2000 (Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society 6);
  • Kepel, Gilles, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam;
  • Kiplinger's: Personal Finance;
  • Klein, Naomi, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism;
  • KM World: Content, Document, and Knowledge Management;
  • Koestler, Arthur, Darkness at Noon: A Novel;
  • Kostova, Elizabeth, The Historian;
  • Kuttner, Robert, The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity;
  • Lake, Kirsopp, The Text of the New Testament, Sony Reader;
  • Laur, Timothy M., Encyclopedia of Modern US Military Weapons ;
  • Leffler, Melvyn P., and Jeffrey W. Legro, To Lead the World: American Strategy After the Bush Doctrine;
  • Lendon, J. E., Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity;
  • Lenin, V. I., Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism;
  • Lennon, John J., There is Absolutely No Reason to Pay Too Much for College!;
  • Lewis, Bernard, The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror;
  • Lewis, Bernard, What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East;
  • Lifton, Robert J., Greg Mitchell, Hiroshima in America;
  • Limberis, Vasiliki M., Architects of Piety: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Cult of the Martyrs;
  • Lipsett, B. Diane, Desiring Conversion: Hermas, Thecla, Aseneth;
  • Livingston, Jessica, Founders At Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days;
  • Livy, Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics);
  • Louis J., Freeh, My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror;
  • Mackay, Christopher S., Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History;
  • Majno, Guido, The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World;
  • Marcus, Greil,Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes;
  • Marshall-Cornwall, James, Napoleon as Military Commander;
  • Maughm, W. Somerset, Of Human Bondage;
  • McCluskey, Neal P., Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education;
  • McCullough, David, 1776;
  • McCullough, David, John Adams;
  • McCullough, David, Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt;
  • McLynn, Frank, Marcus Aurelius: A Life;
  • McManus, John, Deadly Brotherhood, The: The American Combat Soldier in World War II ;
  • McMaster, H. R., Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam;
  • McNamara, Patrick, Science and the World's Religions Volume 1: Origins and Destinies (Brain, Behavior, and Evolution);
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  • McNamara, Patrick, Science and the World's Religions Volume 3: Religions and Controversies (Brain, Behavior, and Evolution);
  • Meacham, Jon, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House;
  • Mearsheimer, John J., and Stephen M. Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy;
  • Meier, Christian, Caesar: A Biography;
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  • Mommsen, Theodor, The History of the Roman Republic, Sony Reader;
  • Muller, F. Max, Chips From A German Workshop: Volume III: Essays On Language And Literature;
  • Murray, Janet, H., Hamlet On the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace;
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  • Müller, F. Max, Chips From A German Workshop;
  • Nader, Ralph, Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender;
  • Nagl, John A., Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam;
  • Napoleoni, Loretta, Terrorism and the Economy: How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World;
  • Nature: The International Weekly Journal of Science;
  • Negus, Christopher, Fedora 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux;
  • Network Computing: For IT by IT:
  • Network World: The Leader in Network Knowledge;
  • Network-centric Security: Where Physical Security & IT Worlds Converge;
  • Newman, Paul B., Travel and Trade in the Middle Ages;
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, The Nietzsche-Wagner Correspondence;
  • Nixon, Ed, The Nixons: A Family Portrait;
  • O'Brien, Johnny, Day of the Assassins: A Jack Christie Novel;
  • O'Donnell, James J., Augustine: A New Biography;
  • OH & S: Occupational Health & Safety
  • Okakura, Kakuzo, The Book of Tea;
  • Optimize: Business Strategy & Execution for CIOs;
  • Ostler, Nicholas, Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin;
  • Parry, Jay A., The Real George Washington (American Classic Series);
  • Paton, W.R., The Greek Anthology, Volume V, Loeb Classical Library, No. 86;
  • Pausanius, Guide to Greece 1: Central Greece;
  • Perrett, Bryan, Cassell Military Classics: Iron Fist: Classic Armoured Warfare;
  • Perrottet, Tony, The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Olympic Games;
  • Peters, Ralph, New Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy;
  • Phillips, Kevin, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush;
  • Pick, Bernhard; Paralipomena; Remains of Gospels and Sayings of Christ (Sony Reader);
  • Pimlott, John, The Elite: The Special Forces of the World Volume 1;
  • Pitre, Brant, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper;
  • Plutarch's Lives, X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus (Loeb Classical Library®);
  • Podhoretz, Norman, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism;
  • Posner, Gerald, Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK;
  • Potter, Wendell, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans;
  • Pouesi, Daniel, Akua;
  • Premier IT Magazine: Sharing Best Practices with the Information Technology Community;
  • Price, Monroe E. & Daniel Dayan, eds., Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China;
  • Profit: The Executive's Guide to Oracle Applications;
  • Public CIO: Technology Leadership in the Public Sector;
  • Putnam, Robert D., Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community;
  • Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy;
  • Rawles, James Wesley, Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse;
  • Red Herring: The Business of Technology;
  • Redmond Channel Partner: Driving Success in the Microsoft Partner Community;
  • Redmond Magazine: The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT Community;
  • Renan, Ernest, The life of Jesus (Sony eReader);
  • Richler, Mordecai (editor), Writers on World War II: An Anthology;
  • Roberts, Ian, The Energy Glut: Climate Change and the Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World;
  • Rocca, Samuel, The Army of Herod the Great;
  • Rodgers, Nigel, A Military History of Ancient Greece: An Authoritative Account of the Politics, Armies and Wars During the Golden Age of Ancient Greece, shown in over 200 color photographs, diagrams, maps and plans;
  • Rodoreda, Merce, Death in Spring: A Novel;
  • Romerstein, Herbert and Breindel, Eric,The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors;
  • Ross, Dennis, Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World;
  • Roth, Jonathan P., Roman Warfare (Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization);
  • SC Magazine: For IT Security Professionals;
  • Scahill, Jeremy, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated];
  • Schama, Simon, A History of Britain, At the Edge of the World 3500 B.C. - 1603 A.D.;
  • Scheuer, Michael, Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War On Terror;
  • Scheuer, Michael, Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq;
  • Scheuer, Michael, Osama Bin Laden;
  • Scheuer, Michael, Through Our Enemies Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America;
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  • Schug-Wille, Art of the Byzantine World;
  • Schulze, Hagen, Germany: A New History;
  • Schweizer, Peter, Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy---and How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them;
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  • Security Technology & Design: The Security Executive's Resource for Systems Integration and Convergence;
  • Seibel, Peter, Coders at Work;
  • Sekunda N., & S. Northwood, Early Roman Armies;
  • Seneca: Naturales Quaestiones, Books II (Loeb Classical Library No. 450);
  • Sewall, Sarah, The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual;
  • Sheppard, Ruth, Alexander the Great at War: His Army - His Battles - His Enemies;
  • Shinder, Jason, ed., The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later;
  • Sidebottom, Harry, Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction;
  • Sides, Hampton, Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West;
  • Simkins, Michael, The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan;
  • Sinchak, Steve, Hacking Windows Vista;
  • Smith, RJ, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown;
  • Software Development Times: The Industry Newspaper for Software Development Managers;
  • Software Test Performance;
  • Solomon, Norman, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death;
  • Song, Lolan, Innovation Together: Microsoft Research Asia Academic Research Collaboration;
  • Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays, tr. Robert Fagles;
  • Sound & Vision: The Consumer Electronics Authority;
  • Southern, Pat, The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History;
  • Sri, Edward, A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Understanding What We Say and Do In The Liturgy;
  • Sri, Edward, Men, Women and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights from John Paul II's Love and Responsibility;
  • Stair, John Bettridge, Old Samoa; Or, Flotsam and Jetsam From the Pacific Ocean;
  • Starr, Chester G., The Roman Empire, 27 B.C.-A.D. 476: A Study in Survival;
  • Starr, John Bryan, Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture;
  • Stauffer, John, Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln;
  • Steyn, Mark, America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It;
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