D-Sides, Orphans, and Oddities
Episodes
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Music Mrs. Neal Can’t Stand
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Carla Bley - Enormous Tots (1974) The vocalist is Julie Tippetts, formerly Julie Driscoll, who sang on releases by Bob Dylan and Donovan. You've heard her before on this show, singing on the Centipede album. Her band of note in the late '60s, Brian Auger and The Trinity, starred in the rarely-seem 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee, a post-Head TV special, more psychedelic than the movie if you can believe that. As you know, I love Carla Bley. Her early '70s stuff is amazing. Like Zappa. More abstract.
The Move - Feel Too Good (1970)
The Carla Bley Band - Musique Mecanique I (1979) This suite is meant (I think) to sound like a mechanical device brought to sentience. I could and probably am very wrong. I love it.
The Carla Bley Band - Musique Mecanique II (At Midnight) (1979)
The Carla Bley Band - Musique Mecanique III (1979)
Electric Light Orchestra - Boy Blue (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra - Laredo Tornado (1974)
Electric Light Orchestra - Poor Boy (1974) I don't know if it was this album's legend or the fact that there's mostly a real orchestra/chorus, or the wonderful cover, but when I bought this I felt like I was holding something special. It really is a wonderful pop album. Their second-best.
Pink Floyd - Dogs (1977)
A filmstrip record from American Motors used to train salesmen how to sell the Rebel Machine. (1970) I know nothing about cars. But I did find this record and wanted to play it for you.
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports - Can't Get My Motor To Start (1981) This is a Carla Bley vanity project that was released under Nick Mason's name. He has said he liked the record he did with Rick Fenn (who was in 10CC after Godley and Creme left to develop the Gizmo) better, but it's not nearly as interesting as this. No one knew what to do with this, and people expecting The Wall were probably amused or stunned or both.
Louie and the Rockets - Stay Away From Karen (Unholy Rollers) (1972) "Behind-the-scenes life of the Roller Derby circuit... A beautiful young woman joins a Roller Derby team, but her fierce independence and competitive spirit get her into trouble."
This song was written by Bobby Hart, one half of the Boyce-Hart team that wrote "Come A Little Bit Closer" as well as a bunch of hits for The Monkees' first couple albums. And the theme. And they toured with Dolenz and Jones in 1975. Louie and the Rockets have a website.
Marvin Gaye - "T" Stands For Trouble (1972) From the film "Trouble Man", Marvin Gaye's one and only soundtrack album.
Yes - Going For The One (1976)
Monday Feb 14, 2022
The Monkees, Bond Street, and Richard Simmons
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
The Killjoys - Naïve (1977) Featuring Kevin Rowland, later to be the lead singer of Dexys Midnight Runners who had a huge worldwide hit with "Come On Eileen". Normally I'd frown on such trend-hopping (this was just the first of many image reinventions to come) but when lightning strikes, it strikes. But it almost never strikes twice in pop music. And it didn't for him.
The Monkees - Head Radio Promo (1968) This is hilarious! Hearing Annette Funicello and a few members of the cast waxing about these "crazy" Monkees. Not The Monkees themselves, mind you. By the way, one of the shortest soundtrack albums I've ever seen. Each side clocks in at about 14 minutes with some incidental dialog.
The Dave Clark Five - Last Train To Clarksville (1971?) Dave Clark had been approached (according to an interview I read from 1967) for the group to do the TV show which became The Monkees. But he turned it down because he did not see his band acting on screen the way the four actors who formed the 'made for TV band' called The Monkees would be asked to do. This particular recording appears on an out-of-print collection called "Unreleased Tracks", as were the other DC5 tracks on this show.
กุง กาดิน (Gunga Din) - ฉันจะร้องเพลง I Shall Sing) (196?)
Alice Swoboda - Potter's Field (1972) B-side of her second single. She released two.
Archie Bell & The Drells - Let's Groove (1975)
Doc Severinsen - Bond Street (1968)
Enoch Light - Bond Street (1969)
Fórmula 7 - Bond Street (1968)
Hager Twins - Pizza Man (1979) Written by Eddie Rabbitt.
Peoples Temple Choir - Welcome (1973)
Lafayette - Bond Street (1967)
Lazaro Salazar - Artuditu (1978)
Men Without Hats - Antarctica (1982)
Mouth and Macneal - ABC (1971)
The Folkswingers (featuring Harihar Rao) - Raga Rock (1966)
Richard Simmons - Wake Up (1982)
Richard Simmons - You Can Do It (1982)
The Styx - Soul Flow (1971) Not the Chicago prog band.
The Body Shop Trailer (1972)
The Colours - Cocaine (1968)
The Dave Clark Five - Get It On Now (197?)
The Dave Clark Five - Ruby Baby (197?)
Friday May 22, 2020
The Monkees Show! (with Ken Ray Wilemon)
Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
Featuring my poem about Muhammad Ali, who had just died when we did this show. 4:45 in. Ken on bongos. Hilarious. He will be missed.
Davy Jones - Girl (1971)
Mickey Dolenz - Don’t Do It (1967)
Mickey Dolenz - Daybreak (1973) Written by Harry Nilsson. Pretty groovy.
Mickey Dolenz - Unattended In The Jungle (1971)
Gilbert Neal and Ken Ray Wilemon - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Gilbert Neal and Ken Ray Wilemon - Daydream Believer
Gilbert Neal and Ken Ray Wilemon - Last Train to Clarksville
The Monkees - Oh My My (1970)
The Monkees - Porpoise Song (1968)
Mike Nesmith - Different Drum (1965)
Mike Nesmith - Cruisin’ (1979) Comes with a great video, for the time.
Eartha Kitt - Hurdy Gurdy Man (1970)
Paul Revere and the Raiders - BFDRF Blues (1966)
Raiders - If I Had It To Do All Over Again… (1972) Note the name change.
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Without You (1969)
Reg Presley - Wichita Lineman (1969) Singer for The Troggs, who had a hit with "Wild Thing".
(?) - Instant Karma (inst.)
Barbra Streisand - Mother (1971)
Jack Palance - Hannah (1970)